Stockholm Parents: Back to Work, Off to School
Heading back to work? Sending the kids to preschool? Savvy Stockholm parents give us their top tips!
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Exploring the City: Stockholm’s neighbourhoods
- by Rebecca Martin
- 6 Aug 2014
Stockholm, the Venice of the north, is a mosaic of unique areas and districts. Don’t miss the YLC guide to the areas that make up our cosmopolitan city.
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Summer Stockholm: Four Fab Daytrips
- by Carmen Price
- 21 Jul 2014
Do you live in Stockholm and want to get away – but not really get away? Are you visiting Stockholm and looking to experience more than what the confines of the Baltic gem have to offer? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then it might be time for you to take […]
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No Man’s an Island: Artipelag
- by Carmen Price
- 14 Jul 2014
The Artipelag exhibition “No Man Is An Island” explores the complex relationship between human beings and the Stockholm archipelago. YLC’s Carmen Price decided to check it out. Summer forays into the velvety blue waters of the Stockholm archipelago are not as common as you might think. Despite widespread belief in the popular 1960s cliché of the […]
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The Best Kanelbulle Recipe EVER
- by Rebecca Martin
- 2 Jul 2014
Summer is here and the time of picnics is upon us. What better to bring with you to the beach or the park than a basket full of delectable cinnamon buns?
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Skåne: the Sweet Song of Sweden’s Deep South
- by YLC Stockholm
- 25 Jun 2014
YLC’s Amy Johansson take us on a tour of her new stomping grounds – the deep south or the Texas of Sweden… Surrounded by sea on 3 sides, the southernmost part of Sweden has been a much contested borderland between Sweden and Denmark. With the treaty of Roskilde in 1658, the area was finally ceded […]
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Summer Eats: Ugnspannkaka (Oven Pancake)
- by Rebecca Martin
- 17 Jun 2014
School’s out and hordes of holiday-heady and hungry children are suddenly at home during the day. So what to make? For a no-fuss lunch that suits all ages, it’s a no-brainer – Ugnspannkaka. During school holidays I suddenly that the number of kids turning up at mealtimes in my household can vary from 2 to […]
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The Lowdown: Midsummer in Stockholm 2014
- by YLC Stockholm
- 16 Jun 2014
Looking for a place to dance around the May pole this weekend or just want to learn more about Midsummer in Sweden?
Swedish Culture
What's on: Stockholm
How to Celebrate Swedish National Day
- by Solveig Rundquist
- 5 Jun 2014
Rumour has it that Sweden’s National Day began in 1523 when Gustav Vasa was crowned, but it wasn’t made a public holiday until 2005. But either way it’s a cause to celebrate – choose a century and go from there!
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Swedish Culture
Recipe of the Week: National Day Cake
- by YLC Stockholm
- 5 Jun 2014
It’s no secret that Swedes love their cake – and cookies, and candies, and everything sweet. So no wonder then that fika on National Day has its very own tasty confection…nationaldagsbakelse.