I went out to Grodan Sergel Nightclub at Sveavagen inStockholm with my friends and my girlfriend in January to have a goodtime but was in for a big surprise, disappointment and discrimination. We waited and waited for a very long time outsidethe tape (in the minus 12 degrees weather) and we were right in front of thebouncer (who was a short guy from Turkey or the neighboring countries).
It was clearly our turn as there were lots ofpeople behind us. I was wondering howlong we would have to wait and why he kept ignoring us, as new people startedto show up and if they came from his own country they were allowed in rightaway with a big smile on his face. Hepurposely kept on ignoring us and I wondered why because we were sober and had notdone anything bad nor disturbed anyone and in addition, all of us look likevery decent and nice people.
Mygirlfriend (from Asia) finally asked how long time it would take before we canget in? He replied in a few minutes. Wekept waiting in hope to get in. After 15minutes passed or so, I asked again, when can we get in? He turned to my friend (from Sweden as well), and asked are you drunk in a rude voice. My friend who was totally sober said no. Then he turned to me and asked, open up my jacket, also in a very rudetone. I opened up my jacked for him andhe said, you cannot get in because your shirt is not qualified for this cluband he turned around right away to pay attention to other people (and avoid me). I thought that he was joking, but it was forreal. My shirt is 3 weeks old and verynice, which definitely qualifies for any club by the way.
So there we were, standing with my Swedish friend and hisgirlfriend who is also from Asia in the cold having waited for 45 minutes invain, wondering what in the world is this? I am from Sweden and have lived abroad for over 15 years and beenattending many clubs in all over the U. S, Europe and Asia and never once have Iexperienced such bad treatment, discrimination (racism?) and service. I felt like a cheap crap not being amountedto anything, probably like a black person in the U. S 100 years ago.
Is this the way to treat guests at anightclub in Stockholm or are they trying to increase racism in society or whatis going on? I have many questions as ofwhy? I can feel lots of tensions in theenvironment standing there outside the club and for all tourists and residentsin Stockholm, I want to say, dont support, Grodan Sergel Nightclub in Stockholmat Svea vagen.
Their behaviors areunacceptable and discriminating. Pleasetell your friends if they plan to go out in Stockholm as I am sure there arelots of other much better places than this and warn them about these issues ifthey ever plan to go there. If you wantto have fun and a great experience dont waste your time on this one. The clubis a scam and filled with shady people. Theydefinitely ruined our whole night. Why? Now when I hear and read other people's stories about being ripped off with their credit card in the club, I can understand why this happens because they don't care.
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