Online stores give Sweden’s state booze monopoly a run for its money More Swedes are swopping the long queues at Systembolaget outlets for apps such as Vivino 11 March 2021 - 10:58 Colm Fulton Swedes queue to buy alcohol before the state-run alcohol monopoly closes for the weekend amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Stockholm, Sweden, on February 27 2021. Picture: REUTERS/COLM FULTON
Stockholm On a chilly Saturday in central Stockholm, about 150 people queue on a street, squinting into the low sun, checking their watches and hoping to make it into Systembolaget Sweden’s state alcohol monopoly before it shuts at 3pm.
“This is the last chance to buy alcohol before Monday,” says musician Calle Lehman as he stands in the ever-expanding line. “The big Saturday afternoon queue is a bit of a tradition.”
Queue to quaff? Pandemic poses problems for Sweden s state booze monopoly
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