22 Dec 2024
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Essentials Expat Support Health

Healthcare in Sweden

Healthcare in Sweden is comprehensive and affordable, but may operate very differently from your home country. Lysanne Sizoo provides the YLC guide to visiting a doctor in Sweden. You may also like Children’s Healthcare in Sweden Emergency Contact Information List of Hospitals and Emergency Clinics in Stockholm   Healthcare in Sweden is offered both privately […]

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Bars, Pubs & Clubs Lifestyle Music Tourist Information

The YLC guide to Stockholm concert halls

With Sweden being the third largest exporter of pop and rock music in the world, the country’s love for music is reflected in the Stockholm music scene, which is one of the most thriving in Europe. So stop wandering aimlessly and check out the YLC guide to where to take in a gig!   With […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Milk Tart

Milk tart (or “melktert” in Afrikaans) is one of South Africa’s most popular Sunday after-church tea accompaniments. Similar to a custard tart, the ratio of milk to egg is higher which gives it a lighter texture and a more milky flavour.

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Community Expat Support Finding a Job General Counselling Work & Money

Transition as opportunity: your dream job abroad

Job searching is hard and can be demoralising. The longer people search, the more their self-confidence is dented. Add to that a foreign language and a foreign culture and the challenge is complete. YLC’s mental health expert Lysanne Sizoo suggests that you can use this time of transition wisely and meet the challenge creatively by […]

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Community Swedish Culture

April Fools Post – Traditions: Meatballs, Melodi Madness and Midsummer Elixir

Every now and then you come across some truly zany Swedish traditions. The odd thing is that they all seem to happen in April! In which other country do you get to dress up as a giant meatball? And where else are bonfires started in preparation for Eurovision? Most astonishing of all is the decision […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Moroccan lamb with roasted vegetables

Sometimes only a leg of lamb will do, especially on Easter Sunday! This is the recipe for Mechoui, a Moroccan slow-cooked lamb recipe that brings something a little exotic to your table at this time of year. Enjoy and Glad Påsk! Ingredients: MECHOUI 2.2kg (5lb) leg of lamb 75g butter, softened at room temperature 3 […]

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Lifestyle Swedish Culture Tourist Information What's on: Stockholm

What’s On and Where to go: April

Stockholmers rejoice – blue skies and longer evenings are officially here! But even with all that extra time, the following list should keep you busy enough this April – whether you’re a liquorice lover, a green-fingered gardener, or a shopping zealot!   Stockholm Vintage Fair For the eleventh time running, Bakåt:Framåt is organizing their biannual […]

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Community Extraordinary Expats

Extraordinary Expats: Yukiko Krigh, Architect and Interior Designer

She’s the genius behind Bisou Bisou, a Harvard graduate and mother of two. Now, with her husband Mathias, she’s brought some of her design magic to Stockholm with the new ‘3-experiences-in-1’ concept, Tjoget.

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Traditional Dublin Gur Cake

Alison Doyle brought a breath of fresh Irish air to Sweden whilst she was here. Her St Patrick’s day parties in Ystad were legendary, with Vatten Teknik in the kommun lighting up the water towers green for the occasion, Irish dancing to the fantastic band, Molly på Rymmen, and just great craic. But of course, it was also […]

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Community Expat Support General Counselling

Homesick or Heresick: Dealing with being away

In this article, Lysanne looks at the issue of homesickness and the fact that it may be a sign that your internal adjustment mechanism is suffering from overload. It is not so much about missing the home we chose to leave, but about feeling temporarily exhausted by being an incomer in a new home that […]

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