Stockholm’s Shopping Centers
Sweden’s equivalent of Harrods or Bloomingdales is Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) on Hamngatan (just opposite Sweden House), whose rooftop illuminated sign, constantly rotating, is visible...
Swedish Tomb Raider Star Alicia Vikander aka Mrs. Google
On a press tour earlier this year, Swedish Tomb Raider star and Oscar winner (2016) Alicia Vikander shared a lot if wacky facts about...
Scandinavian Mussel
Scandinavian mussel (Mytilus edulis) are regarded with some suspicion by most northerners; their strange, fleshy appearance, paired with ignorance of their sweet juiciness, salty...
The Swedish King of Sauces
One of Sweden’s most famous chefs, Erik Lallerstedt, produces genuine gourmet sauces you can buy in shops all over the Europe. There’s no longer...
The Best Hiking Trails in Sweden
The Swedes have an enviable and relaxed relationship with nature partly due to a public right to roam, known as allermansrätten. Let us introduce...
What’s the Secret Behind the Happy Scandinavian Countries?
The Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden as well as the Nordic countries Finland and Iceland consistently rank highly in surveys of quality of...
New Exhibition in Stockholm – A New Me
Fotografiska in Stockholm has opened a new photo exhibition, A New Me, displaying images by the 2018 Young Nordic Photographer of the Year, Marie...
Hiking the High Coast Trail in Sweden
The Höga Kusten (High Coast) in Sweden was formed when the region sank under a gigantic mass of ice during the last ice age.
When...
Scandinavian Oyster
The Scandinavian oyster (Ostrea edulis) is the round-shelled belon, and this is what our oyster shell-middens consist of. Pollution, bad management and overfishing have...
King’s Garden in Stockholm
It’s anyone’s guess what the Swedish sculptor John Tobias Sergel (1740-1814) might have thought of the huge illuminated obelisk, fountain and square that bears...
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