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Meatballs for the People

Restaurant · Swedish · Vegetarian-friendly · Södermalm · Since 2013

Meatballs for the People
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On a clear day in June the terrace has sun 08:00–12:30, about 4.5 hours in total.

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The story of Meatballs for the People

Meatballs for the People opened in 2013 at Nytorgsgatan 30 in Södermalm and bills itself as Sweden's first meatball shop. It began when one of its three founders, Mathias, came back from a trip to Italy with a meatball machine. He, Tiel and Peder spent that autumn experimenting, helped by Tiel's luck as a hunter, and the idea of a restaurant serving nothing but meatballs took shape.

The meatballs are made from a wide range of meat and fish: beef, pork, lamb, chicken and salmon, as well as game such as deer, moose, reindeer and bear. There are vegetarian versions too, and a small deli counter sells meatballs to take home. The restaurant aims to know each ingredient's route from pasture to plate and works with farmers, hunters and fishermen.

Sources: Meatballs for the People · Meatballs for the People: About us · Time Out: Meatballs for the People (2024) · Visit Stockholm: Meatballs for the People

When does Meatballs for the People get sun?

Sun on the terrace on a clear day in the middle of the month. Yellow is sun, light blue is daylight but shade.

April

Sun 10:20–12:10 (2 hours)

June

Sun 08:00–12:30 (4.5 hours)

August

Sun 07:40–08:50 and 10:20–12:20 (3 hours)

Opening hours

Mon–Thu11:00–22:30
Fri–Sat11:00–24:00
Sun11:00–22:30

Regular opening hours from OpenStreetMap. Check with the place before you go, especially around holidays.

About the terrace

According to the City of Stockholm, Meatballs for the People holds a permit for a terrace of about 14 m² at Nytorgsgatan 30. The permit runs 1 April to 15 October 2026. The terrace has been in the city's register since 2020, as far back as the register goes.

Source: the City of Stockholm's register of street-space permits (open data). We calculate the sun where the permit says the tables stand.

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Sun on the terrace, according to Stoligt

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How Stoligt works it out

Every ten minutes we draw a line from each terrace toward the sun and check whether a building or hill is tall enough to block it. Building heights come from OpenStreetMap and ground heights from Lantmäteriet, the Swedish mapping agency. The times assume a clear day, so clouds are not included here. They are on the live map, which shows today's weather.

Trees, parasols and awnings are not in the model, and we don't know exactly where on the pavement the tables stand. Treat the times as an educated guess, often accurate to within ten minutes.