24 Jan 2025
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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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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Irish Stew

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 Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: A Swedish-Irish Loaf

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 […]

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Lifestyle Swedish Culture

Swedish Traditions: Fredagsmys

It’s Friday everyone! In homes across Sweden cushions are being plumped, bowls filled, and remote controls placed in strategic positions as Sweden readies for a newish national weekend pastime – the Mys! Previously we  have investigated the history behind Swedes’ Saturday stampede to the sweet counter – it’s now time to take a look at […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Boxty and Champ

I’m very excited that Alison Doyle, the girl who brought Ireland to Ystad, has decided to share some of her recipes with Your Living City for March; the month of St Patrick’s Day! Taitneamh a bhaint as! This week: Boxty and Champ

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Community Swedish Culture

Swedish Traditions: March 2013 – Waffles and Witches

In March it’s not until the end of the month that we celebrate any truly Swedish traditions, but if you ask us – they are well worth the wait! First up is Våffeldagen (Waffle Day) followed by Påsk (Easter) with its godis, brightly-coloured feathers and… witches? YLC has the background to each of these Spring traditions. Våffeldagen (Waffle Day) […]

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Community Extraordinary Expats

Extraordinary Expats: Josh Lenn, Actor & Teacher

He performs on the stage and in Battlefield 3; he’s both a teacher and a father of 2; he’s an American actor in Stockholm. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Joshua Lenn, our extraordinary expat this month. Actually as a child in San Francisco, Josh didn’t want to be an actor, but another A-word: […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Chinese Egg Tarts

Chinese Egg Tarts are an icon, a foodie mascot on any dim sum menu. What a way to end our Chinese-themed recipes this February.

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Community Swedish Culture

Swedish Traditions: Lördagsgodis – the Saturday Sweet Stampede

Rampaging animals? A demonstration turned riot? No, it’s Saturday at the Swedish pick-n-mix counter. Just in time for the weekend, YLC explains the deal with Lördagsgodis. Anyone who’s wandered into their local ICA or Konsum on any given Saturday would have noticed the scores of normally healthy Swedes, both tall and small, chucking aside the […]

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Community Couples Counselling Expat Support

For better or worse: Love in a foreign land – Part 1

In the first of a series of articles on love in Sweden, Lysanne Sizoopsychotherapist UKCP reg., considers the issues faced by expats when either one or both halves of a couple are in a foreign country. Part 1: At home or abroad.

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