FILE PHOTO: A man walks past Systembolaget, a government-owned chain of liquor store and only retail store allowed to sell alcoholic beverages that contain more than 3.5% alcohol by volume, in Stockholm, Sweden, May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden will allow its microbreweries, vineyards and distilleries to sell their drinks on-site to visitors, in a relaxation of strict rules on alcohol sales that aim to protect public health and which have been in place since 1955.
But visitors must be on a paid tour and must listen to what the law described as a lecture "with real content" about the drink first, as well as facts about the negative effects of alcohol consumption.
