Recipe of the Week: National Day Cake
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.
Expat Cookbook
Swedish Culture
Community
Tourist Information
YLC Picks: Top 10 Stockholm Tourist Apps
- by YLC Stockholm
- 4 Jun 2014
Whether you’re a tourist or a local wanting to discover more of YOUR living city – we bring you YLC’s top ten apps for enjoying Stockholm. Apps are now part of our everyday life. When going abroad, you can now use a number of apps to save money when planning your trip, find secret spots only […]
Tourist Information
What's on: Stockholm
Splendid Silent Sun: Stockholm Summer in Solitude
- by Carmen Price
- 3 Jun 2014
When the sky is blue and the trees are vibrant green, everyone wants to be out and about. But what about taking a little time to enjoy the splendid, Stockholm sun alone?
Weddings
Stockholm Bachelor: Top Five Party Ideas
- by Ting Yiu
- 28 May 2014
With stag-dos or svensexas dating back to the ancient Spartans, YLC decided to jazz up this old shindig with new additions to make this night/weekend of freedom more about fun and bromance than hang overs and NSFW pictures.
Swedish Culture
Videos
Spuds, Beans and Anchovies: Stockholmers Explain Swedish Food
- by YLC Stockholm
- 27 May 2014
Want to know what the Swedish equivalent of Mac’n Cheese is? Ready for some brown beans? Or ever wondered just what it is that’s supposed to be so tempting with Janssons Frestelse?
Lifestyle
Weddings
Stockholm Bachelorette: 5 top Party Ideas
- by Ting Yiu
- 21 May 2014
Whether you call it a hen’s do or a möhippa (Swedish), a ladies last leg of freedom is no longer just a booze soaked night of debauchery (though it can be if you’re into that too).
Extraordinary Expats
Videos
What's on: Stockholm
Stockholm People: Greg Poehler, Welcome to Sweden
- by Rebecca Martin
- 14 May 2014
With the two last shows of the highly successful series Welcome to Sweden airing tonight on TV4, we decided to check in with American comedian and expat Greg Poehler, to talk past, present and future and how it feels to mock an ABBA great…
Dining out
Tourist Information
Insider Info: 5 Fave Lunchtime Haunts (Söder)
- by YLC Stockholm
- 14 May 2014
New to Stockholm or just stuck in an eating rut? We share some of our fave places to snack on Stockholm’s Södermalm. You’re welcome!
Community
Essentials
Family
Health
Tourist Information
Sweden’s Summer Scourge: the Tick
- by Rebecca Martin
- 8 May 2014
That’s right, people, the ‘fästing’ fest is going on – and you might just be invited!
Community
Swedish Culture
Tourist Information
Your New City
Notes on Northern Sweden: A Journey
- by YLC Stockholm
- 7 May 2014
YLC’s Amy Johansson took a one-week, 1200 kilometre road trip from Växjö in the deep south to Piteå in the far north…and discovered that they do things a bit differently up there.