2 Apr 2025
Lifestyle
Services Shopping

African and Multi-ethnic hair salons in Stockholm

It’s never easy to find a hairdresser who can cut and style your hair just as you like it, but as an African or someone of mixed race it can be particularly difficult to find salons that specialize in your hair type.

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Lifestyle Sports and Fitness

The Stockholm Netball Club

Looking for some healthy competition in a friendly environment? Join one of the coed teams in the Stockholm Netball Club!   The only netball club in Sweden has come a long way in 3 short years.  The club started out from modest means by marking out a court with chalk and playing with a basketball […]

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Pregnancy & Baby

Saving money on baby items

Have you found yourself shocked, no frightened, no scratch that just plain appalled to see how much baby related products cost here? One thing almost any newcomer will tell you is how expensive it is to live & shop in Stockholm, and baby products are no exception. A brio pram for 9000Sek ($1350), a manual […]

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Online Stores Shopping

British Corner Shop – Making My Christmas

Sometimes it’s hard not to be ‘home’ and I’m feeling it particularly this year, since it will be one of the first times I’m not making it to the UK for Christmas. I do feel lucky that I will manage to see friends and family at other times of the year (when it’s cheaper to […]

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Expat Traditions Online Stores Shopping

What to buy a man for Christmas

I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found it difficult to buy things for the men in my life (well, except the 19 month old – he’s happy with a stick). Techno-loving Conor Boyd has come to my rescue with his top 10 gifts, which he thinks should satisfy anyone who’s into gadgets, male […]

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Pregnancy & Baby

Baby friendly cafés

Have you been searching for the best baby friendly cafe’s in Stockholm? Here’s our updated list of the most popular cafe’s just in time for winter!

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Books Lifestyle

Our favourite Stockholm travel guides

It’s always hard to figure out what travel guide will fit a particular trip and person? What has the most interesting content for you and your trip? Should you purchase a traditional paper guide, download an eBook or choose a mobile app? We have chosen our favourite Swedish / Stockholm travel guides. Here’s what we […]

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Dining out Lifestyle

Stockholm restaurants: Södermalm review

Eager to find the best restaurants in Stockholm? Well, look no further. Stockholm nightlife is all about finding that perfect bar or restaurant to suit your style and your tatse buds … Photo by: Miriam Preis

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Dining out Lifestyle

Stockholm’s dining out hotspots: Krogen Soldaten Švejk

This week’s stockholm restaurant review: Krogen Soldaten Švejk – run by the same family since 1974 this shabby Bohemian-style pub serves Czech-inspired home cooking and a variety of fantastic Czech beers …

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Lifestyle Sports and Fitness

Play rugby in Stockholm

Rugby season has already begun here in Stockholm, but it’s not too late for you to get in on the action! We spoke to Julian Bevan from Sweden’s oldest rugby club, IF Attila RG…

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