20/10/2026
I had such a great day at Pappa Sven yesterday which reminded me about everything I love about this place and just wanted to share some of the stories. We had a visit from a couple who had come up from Sydney with their bikes, they told me their first stop is always Pappa Sven and they loved the cold elderflower spritzer as they wandered around, they took photos of each other out the front and of course I loved their excitement for Newcastle as they set off again on their bikes. Ann from Timeless Textiles Gallery dropped in with her visitors from Canberra who told me about Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere reserve (in southern Sweden) which is now on my list of places to visit and I shared details of the fantastic hike I did in Norway for their upcoming trip. My lovely friend Kieran dropped in for a gift for her daughter and I reminded her of the very first gift she bought at Pappa Sven when her daughter graduated from uni (and she reminded me that was in 2014!!) , then of course our Tuesday afternoon knitters (16 of them 😍😍) arrived and the upstairs apartment was filled with beautiful chatter, knitting and laughter. And our final visitors were a beautiful couple who were driving home to Canberra (from Brisbane) . The lady has followed us for many years and convinced her husband to make the detour in search of her favourite Bergs Pot. I loved the fact that her husband told me ‘you know they’ve just opened a $30million Newcastle bypass but we had to skip it to visit you’ . What a fabulous compliment. Oh and in between we had deliveries from Paperikauppa Putinki Åsas Tomtebod Pluto Design , so things were just a little bit disorderly 🫣🫣and no one even cared! We love the fact that you go out of your way to visit us, share your stories and listen to ours. It’s a total privilege to work in retail …
