22 Dec 2024
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Speed, Agility, Courage: Stockholm Australian Rules Football

Australian Rules Football is Australia’s indigenous game and has a reputation for its unique mix of skill and physical exertion (or should we say, carnage). This weekend the Stockholm region Australian Football Federation (the SAFF) kicks off its 11th season.

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For Auld Lang Syne: Burns Night in Stockholm

Whether you’re Scottish, a Burns fan or just in the mood for haggis and kilts, YLC has all the info you need to help you host a Burns Supper in Stockholm! Ye’re welcome!   So, who was this Robert Burns chap anyway? Poet, philanderer and champion of liberty and social justice, Robert Burns (Rabbie Burns […]

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Community Expat Traditions What's on: Stockholm

Australia Day in Stockholm: 26th January 2014

Streuth, is it that time of year already? Sunday is Australia Day and if you don’t fancy a snowy barbie on your balcony, there’s plenty of fun to be had in Stockholm! Australia Day commemorates the establishment of the first settlement at Port Jackson, now part of Sydney, in 1788. Although it was not known as […]

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Thanksgiving Supplies in Stockholm

Running around like a headless… chicken to get everything ready for Thanksgiving? Never fear – YLC has got the info on where you can buy your turkey and all the standard trimmings for the big dinner. Get your Turkey Day on in Stockholm!

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The YLC guide to a Stockholm Thanksgiving

YLC’s Amy Johansson on pilgrim selfies, potential potlucks and where to go if you are gagging for some pumpkin pie but find cooking just that little bit too much to stomach! I moved to Sweden two years – and two Thanksgivings – ago. Though I am mad for the winter holiday season in my new […]

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YLC Guide: Five Swedish October Traditions

Put the thermal underwear down and drop that copy of Deepak Chopra because it’s not hibernation time just yet!

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Community Expat Traditions What's on: Stockholm

Norwegian National Day in Stockholm: 17th May

Nasjonaldagen (National Day) is a momentous day in the Norwegian calendar. In neighbour capital Stockholm, 10,000 people participate in the festivities every year. Here’s your chance to be one of them in 2013! You may also like: Recipe of the Week: Fårikål Recipe of the Week: Pannekaker   A Brief History of the Constitution Norway was on Boney’s side in the […]

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Valentine’s Day in Stockholm 2013

Stockholm is one of the most romantic cities in the world, so why not head out this Valentine’s Day and have a romantic experience you’ll never forget!

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Trick-or-Treat your swedish street

Trick-or-Treat Your Swedish Street: Recruit your neighbors. You have until next weekend.

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Swedish Love | Your thoughts

In the lead up to our Love competition, we have asked people their thoughts on courting Swedish women and Swedish men …

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