When in Stockholm...
It was my first time to a strip club since COVID 2020. It was also the first time to a strip club in Europe. Generally speaking, in California and NYC, I'm a pretty regular goer (4 times a month) for over 20 years~ But ever since the pandemic, I thought maybe it's time for me to give it up. But... traveling to Stockholm and seeing the absolutely gorgeous women all over the place, I felt it was too good of a chance to pass up. Also, Stockholm has seemingly forgotten all about COVID. Not a mask in sight (both at the club, as well as everywhere else in the city).
So, in I strolled, around 10pm on a Friday night. The entrance cover options were as follows:
500 SEK ($50 USD): entrance to club only
850 SEK ($85 USD): entrance, drink, and 5-7 minute lap-dance (very low-mileage) on the showroom floor (in front of all patrons)
1800 SEK ($180 USD): entrance, drink, and 10 minute lap-dance (mileage-may-vary) in a mesh curtained-off booth with a L-shape sofa (private for the most part)
Since I was in town for vacation, I figured I'd go with the 3rd option. But more on that later.
The showroom floor was small. Much much smaller than any club I've been to in the states. There were two non-elevated circle stages (each about 6 feet in diameter). Each circle stage had 1 dancer dancing (stage 1 with top, stage 2 topless). In total, there were 12 decent-sized leather chairs that surrounded the entire stage. So that should give you an idea how small this place was. Along one side of the wall was the bar, where there would be about 6-7 dancers sitting on the barstools.
In total, on a Friday night, there were about 12-15 women working. 3 blondes, 2 asians, 2 black, and the rest of other European descent (Russian, Spanish, etc). All of them had great bodies, and a decent variety of types. However, I did see more silicone than I thought I would. Probably half of them were augmented. I would say of the 15 women, 3 of them were 9/10. 5 of them were 7/8. And the rest were 5-6. At least, for my tastes. Most of them were between 20-30 years old.
As far as customers, there were less than a dozen guys there when I arrived. And here's where it gets interesting... the dancers ONLY dance on stage when a new customer comes in. Since there is a no-tipping culture in Stockholm, there is no real incentive for the dancers to dance on stage. So when I came in, 2 dances occurred. But after those 2, the show stopped for 20-30 minutes, until 3 guys walked in. So then the show dances started up again.
Pretty much as soon as I sat down, one dancer after the other came up to me and talked to me for 5 minutes. One of the questions they all asked me was if I had a lap dance ticket. Since I bought the option 3 (the $180 USD entrance + 10 min dance), I said yes, and they would proceed to see if I'd like to take them to a dance. The problem is, I wanted to see all the dancers on stage before I decided who to take. But since they only dance when new customers come in (and after an hour of being there, maybe only a total of 5 guys came in), I still hadn't seen all the dancers.
So I had to keep declining dancers who'd approach me. Most were very good sports about it. No rolling-of-eyes or attitudes. But I would say they were overall much more aggressive than dancers in the states, where usually dancers would just say "want a dance?" and then I say "maybe later" and that's that.
But I grew tired of waiting, so since I did have my eye on a few women, I just went up to one of them on my own. She obliged fairly quickly, so we barely had any small talk (like literally zero). We got into the curtained area and I was pleasantly surprised that the mesh curtains made the experience private enough. The dancer I had was a tall blonde Swedish woman. Pretty young I would guess (in her early 20s). All natural with super firm breasts and smooth skin. She was nice, but you can tell all business and not as friendly as the others.
She gave a very very low mileage dance... especially compared to the ones I'm used to in the states. Very light grinding, with no real solid pressure on my member. I wasn't allowed to touch anything above her waist (or below of course). Pretty much only could have my hands on her thighs and waist the whole time. She was fucking gorgeous though, I will give her that.
After the mediocre dance (which actually did feel like 10 minutes, surprisingly), she asked if I wanted to continue on to the VIP rooms. They had jacuzzi rooms, and other bed rooms, etc. The cost for these were incredible... 104,000 SEK (Essentially $1040 USD). For 30 mins or an hour? I don't even remember the length at that point, because the price point was way too expensive to consider in the first place. So I asked what are some of the cheaper options. She offered to do another 10 minutes in the curtained area for 3000 SEK ($300 USD) which is crazy since at the door I paid $180 for entrance + dance.
So, though I was very tempted to spend more time with her, it just didn't seem worth it. So we parted ways and I went back to the showroom floor. After which, the house mom came over to explain more of the options to me. She was extremely nice, and from what I could tell trustworthy. She said there is also the option of 3000 SEK ($300 USD) for a 20 minute dance in a private room downstairs (which didn't line up to what the previous dancer had just quoted me at). Well anyways, I ended up talking to a few more dancers, and found another one I liked. I asked her if she would do the 20 min dance downstairs for $300 USD and she said that's too cheap. She said usually she charges much more for the 20 min dance downstairs. So this is where essentially it came down to different dancers charging different prices, whereas the house mom was giving me more "general" numbers. I told her I'd only be interested in the 20 min dance, and she pretty much just got up and left and never returned lol.
Anyways, I left shortly after that. It was a fun experience over all, just to see how strip clubs are like in different parts of the world. I'm glad I didn't go crazy and spend anything over the $180 USD I paid up front. Of course, for $180 I could have had a lot more fun in NYC or LA, but I pretty much paid for the experience, and not the actual lap dances (what I usually go to strip clubs for).
Would I return? Meh, maybe. There aren't many strip clubs in Stockholm to choose from, so I'd likely check one of the others before returning here. Not that I will be back in Stockholm anytime soon though~
