8 Apr 2025
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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Meat Pie

You cannot have a Australian recipe month without the humble meat pie. This hand size meat and gravy filled pastry is so perfect that it’s even celebrated in Australian folk songs: ‘Meat pie and tomato sauce, same again for the second course’. The meat pie was described by former New South Wales Premier Bob Carr in […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Cheesy Vegemite Twists

It is said that over 90% of Australian households have a jar of Vegemite in the pantry. I, for one, am surprised it’s not more but most of the rest of the world can’t understand why. Vegemite is a dark brown paste made from yeast extract left over from the production of beer. It is […]

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Courses taught in English during 2013

If you are new in town, want to meet other international people, or just learn a new skill or take a class, here’s a list of courses taught in English happening in early 2013. For an English speaker in Stockholm, it can be hard to build the perfect social group. A great place to meet […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Pavlova

The Pavlova was named after the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova. It is said to be first made for her during her tour of Australasia in 1926, either because of her love of meringue or because the light, airy dessert reminded one of her beautiful dancing. Despite the fact that all Australians grow up believing this […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Christmas – Baked French Toast (Canada)

We make this every Christmas. It’s great because you assemble everything the night before and bake it Christmas morning while the children are busy opening presents. Ingredients FRENCH TOAST Butter, to grease the pan 1 whole loaf crusty bread (a baguette would be great too) 8 eggs 475ml full fat milk 120ml heavy cream 125g white […]

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Community Extraordinary Expats

Extraordinary Expats: Andy Foster, Founder of Language Exchange Stockholm

I originally wanted to interview Andy Foster for ‘Extraordinary Expats’ for his fantastic work founding and then building up the Language Exchange Stockholm group, featured earlier on Your Living City. When I contacted Andy, his son Lucas had been born 12 days earlier and it was clear that the whole family deserved the epithet. For […]

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Community Education Networking Swedish Language Courses

Language Exchange – STOCKHOLM

Want to put your Swedish skills to use in a fun social setting? Join Language Exchange – STOCKHOLM to practise your svenska and meet new people in a casual, friendly environment.   Here at Your Living City we are all too familiar with the process of learning Swedish and the variety of courses available in Stockholm. […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Christmas – The King’s Gingerbread Biscuits (Sweden)

This recipe is the one that my Swedish husband’s family has always used; we made them the first Christmas that he was in Canada and they were a huge hit! Great to make thick gingerbread cookies, which you can then use to make your own ice cream sandwiches. Don’t forget you’ll need to start this […]

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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Christmas – Bethmännchen (Germany)

This is a very quick and easy recipe for cookies that came originally from Frankfurt. Each Bethmännchen originally has three almonds round the sides, but in our house we keep it simple and the children just pop one on top!       Ingredients 100g Almonds, blanched and skinned 150g Icing Sugar 200g Almond flour 1 […]

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Community Religion

Synogogues and Jewish Resources in Stockholm

Are you Jewish and looking for a place of worship? There is a strong, welcoming community in the city, so here is a list of synagogues in Stockholm, on-line resources and details of the kosher grocery store. Synagogues: Stockholms Stora Synagoga Rabbi: David Lazar Approach: Conservative / Masorti Wahrendorffsgatan 3 B (next to the Community offices), […]

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