ICA Kvantum — Supermarket in Kungsholmen, Stockholm

This is one branch of ICA, sitting on Fleminggatan in Kungsholmen, with Rådhuset as the neighbourhood's station. You walk into an ordered store: shelves kept straight, displays tidy, and a lot of ground to cover before you reach the tills.

Start at the counters. The seafood counter is where the staff talk you through what is traditional and point you at things to try, and the meat counter works the same way, with people behind it who know the cuts and help you pick. The counters are the reason to plan a visit rather than grab and go.

The bakery runs to bread, cakes and buns, and the bread sold for fika holds up as decent. The first section of the store rewards a slow pass, because there is a lot packed into it, and the bread and cakes alone are easy to rush past.

A hot lunch is sold by weight at the food bar, which is the practical midday option if you are nearby and want to sit down to a plate rather than assemble a picnic. The store also sells beer, though only at 3.5% and below.

On cost, this is not the cheap end of Kungsholmen: the price level runs high against other stores in the neighbourhood, and you pay for the range and the counters. There are waits at the counters and checkouts. It suits you if you want a full shop with real counters and a hot lunch under one roof, close to where you are staying.