Mall of Scandinavia, colloquially known as MoS (which means “mush” or “mash”) is the latest, greatest mall to open on our side of town. It is huge. Which is good in a way, because it means the mall has so much choice, including several stores that we’d otherwise have to go all the way to central Stockholm for. And it has a good choice of restaurants, which many other nearby malls and shopping centres really neglect. (I’m talking about you, Barkarby!)

But I just don’t feel comfortable there. Even though it has small seating areas and plants and cafés, and a fountain, and cool decorations, it’s just so large that I end up feeling lost.

And somehow, despite its size, it often manages to be overcrowded. I suspect it’s due to the equally giant arena next door. Today we happened to visit MoS together with hundreds and hundreds of football fans, because it turned out that a major game was due to start in the arena a few hours later. Nice for the shops, not so nice for the shoppers. I found it really stressful.

The one argument for going to MoS rather than any of the alternatives is the multitude of Pokemon Go gyms and stops. Mos is littered with sponsored pokestops, and many of the people walking around don’t appear to be doing any shopping at all, just catching Pokemons. You can recognize them by their distracted air, and the fact that they all have their phones connected to power banks.