1 Jan 2025
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Fashion & Beauty Lifestyle

Rookies 2013 – the latest thing in Swedish fashion

Every year since 2005, the Swedish Fashion Council (Moderådet) puts on a show during Stockholm Fashion Week to showcase a number of select young brands and promote their establishment on the market. Your Living City was there to see the Rookies chosen for 2013. <

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Fashion & Beauty Lifestyle

Fashion Week: The Your Living City Lowdown

The past few days saw Mercedes Benz Fashion Week attracting bloggers, models and journalists to the pavillion in Kungsträdgården and Berns Salon. Our very own Emma Ladlow reports.   The first show out was The Local Firm and we were lucky enough to be there and see the dark, minimal, military inspired street-wear for both men and women. […]

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Family

What to Do and Where to Go with Children in Stockholm: February

February is a short month, but no less action-packed for that. Take the opportunity to teach your child to skate on the ice and maybe participate in a race yourself at Vikingarännet. If that sounds too chilly, we’ve plenty of indoorsy activities listed from ‘danceoke’ to concerts to exhibitions.  Don’t worry, we’ll be doing a specific […]

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Why You Should Watch Melodifestivalen

Ah, Eurovision. The fun, the frocks, the fantastic spectacle. I remember watching it with my mum when I was 7, getting far too involved in the mayhem. I didn’t know about Melodifestivalen though, the build up to Eurovision in Sweden, where the nation’s representative is selected.

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Café Culture Lifestyle

Fancy a fika? Nytorget

Olivia Hahne, our hottest new contributor, is on a one woman-and-baby mission to find the best place to have a coffee in Stockholm. This week: Nytorget. Not your ‘hood? Check out the rest of our café culture series. Il Caffè Address: Södermannagatan 23, Stockholm. Tel No: 08 462 9500 Il Caffè is living proof that a […]

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Café Culture Lifestyle

Fancy a fika? Sankt Eriksplan

Olivia Hahne, our hottest new contributor, is on a one woman-and-baby mission to find the best place to have a coffee in Stockholm. This week: St Eriksplan. Not your ‘hood? Check out the rest of our café culture series. Xoko Address: Rörstrandsgatan 15, 113 25 Stockholm. Tel No: 08-31 84 87   Walking into Xoko […]

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Café Culture Lifestyle

Fancy a Fika? The New Café Culture Series

Want to know the best cafés in your part of town? Olivia Hahne, our hottest new contributor, is on a one woman-and-baby mission to find them out for you. We’ll be publishing her weekly reviews from tomorrow; in the meantime, check out her criteria for finding the best fika in Stockholm below. What better way […]

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Family

Junibacken – A Swedish Child’s Dreamland

Junibacken is an indoor fantasy world, where there are regular shows performed throughout the day; Imagination forms the heartland, imagination and books. What they’ve created is one living book, so that your child can experience reading (that most solitary habit) in all dimensions and with other people.

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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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Family

Stockholm for kids: Indoor play-centres

Looking for a place to take the kids in Stockholm? Here are some of the best indoor play centres the city has to offer…

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