STOCKHOLM — Walk around downtown Sweden’s capital at night and you may hear music pulsing out of pop and jazz clubs. Bengan’s Record Store has one of the largest vinyl collections in Europe. And the ABBA Museum is one of the hottest tourist attractions in Stockholm.

This is a music-loving city, not all that dissimilar to Nashville. It’s a place that’s produced hit acts like Ace of Base and Bolaget, as well as producers and writers that have had their hands in such American hits like “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys, “Starship” by Nikki Minaj and Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off.”

The similarities between the two cities don’t stop at music. Just like Music City has a serious hockey fix with the Predators, Stockholm loves hockey.

“This is a hockey country,” ViaPlay hockey reporter

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