What scams should I watch out for in Stockholm?

Stockholm is one of Europe's safer capitals for tourist scams, but a few patterns repeat. The most common is the friendship bracelet hustle around Gamla Stan and Sergels Torg: someone ties a bracelet on your wrist uninvited, then demands payment. Walk away before they touch you. Taxi overcharging hits arrivals at Arlanda who skip the fixed-rate licensed cabs (Taxi Stockholm and Cabonline both post flat fares to the city center, roughly 500-650 SEK); the predatory operators cluster outside the arrivals hall and refuse to quote a price upfront. Card skimming is rare but not unknown at standalone ATMs in tourist-heavy areas; use machines attached to bank branches. Pickpocketing concentrates on the T-Centralen subway platforms during rush hour and on the Gamla Stan tourist corridor in summer. The "dropped money" diversion scam, common in southern Europe, occasionally surfaces here too. Stockholm has no significant fake-ticket or restaurant-overcharge culture, so beyond these specifics, your risk is genuinely low.

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