Once there were a lot of young Scandinavians that flocked through the alleys of Jerusalem pursuing the endless magic of the Middle East's Gamla Stan, and not a little Arab peddlers learned basic words in Swedish as a natural thing to do. In recent years the lusterless, dusty entrance at the narrow main street sloping down from Jaffa Gate to the Muslim Quarter market still displays the tempting sign, but many accomodation places have changed or closed down with the significant decline of secular Western low-budget fun-seeking travelers in the capital.