18 Dec 2024
Sports and Fitness
Football Sports and Fitness

UEFA EURO Women’s Football Championships

The UEFA Euro Women’s football championship is already in full swing. As the great football legend Pele once said, “Football is a beautiful game” and the performances from this year’s tournament have already demonstrated what Pele meant. The 16 teams taking part in this year’s football extravaganza started showing what they can deliver and one […]

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Dating Expat Dating Featured Getting Around Outdoor Activities Sports and Fitness

Explore Stockholm: Outdoor Dates for Adventurous Romantics

Stockholm’s beautiful greenery and scenery makes it a perfect spot for adventurous and breathtaking dates. The city is home to countless outdoor activities, which means you and your special someone never have to settle for ordinary! Here are three fun ways to romantically enjoy all that Stockholm offers: Björnö Nature Reserve: Only 45 minutes away […]

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Expat Traditions Sports and Fitness

Finnish Baseball in Stockholm

Did you know the Finns have their own version of baseball? It’s called pesäpallo, and it’s Finland’s national sport. It all was started in 1910 by legendary Lauri “Tahko” Pihkala, who had been to the US and learned baseball. Pihkala was fascinated by the sport, but he had some things he wanted to develop about […]

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Health Outdoor Activities What's on: Stockholm Yoga

Ever wondered what the City Hall looks like upside down?

We did. So we checked it out. For 3 years now Dan and his team at Run with Me Stockholm have been building a community for runners living in Stockholm (Join them every Sunday for a run and a fika!) as well as offering “out of the ordinary” guided tours for tourists who packed their […]

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Health Yoga

Yoga Games 2017

Call it luck or faith, I happen to live about a 7 min walk from Münchenbryggeriet, where the Yoga Games took place on the weekend of the 10-12 of February. Such a luxury to step out of my apartment and have access to so much yoga knowledge !  I truly appreciated that when my alarm […]

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Health Sports and Fitness Yoga

Yoga Games face on!

When you are a yoga geek and told you are given a ticket to the Yoga Games in Stockholm starting today, I can only assume that is how Charlie felt when discovering his Golden ticket: pure excitement. I must admit I am still trying to keep up with the amount of Yoga events happening in […]

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Featured Outdoor Activities Sports and Fitness Videos

GET THOSE RUNNING SHOES ON

The benefits of running are uncountable, we’ve heard and read them all, but as far as I am concerned they are threefold: Personal development Discovering places Meeting people I don’t know about you, but for me running had always been something you do only if you’re being chased. And then I moved to Sweden. And […]

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Cricket Sports and Fitness

Sweden earns spot in Division 1 in Cricket after Stockholm tournament

After hosting the ICC European Championship matches in Division 2 in Stockholm, Team Sweden managed to clinch second place in the group behind Germany. This means Sweden has earned the promotion to European Division 1 in the ICC World Cricket League. “It’s an amazing feeling after the last match to secure Sweden’s promotion to the […]

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Community Cricket Sports and Fitness

European Cricket Championship matches in Stockholm

On the 17th-20th August the Swedish Cricket Federation and the City of Stockholm are hosting the 2016 World Cricket League Division II Europe, which means the European Cricket Championships in Sweden’s division. This is the first time an official outdoor cricket championship will be played in Sweden. “It is fantastic that the International Cricket Council has […]

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Football Sports and Fitness

Sweden’s World Cup 2018 campaign

Following the retirement of Kim Källström and Zlatan Ibrahimović, many fans will worry. Before Sweden locks horns with the other teams in Group A, let’s pause. Sweden’s U21’s are European champions so there must be some potential there. With Zlatan no longer playing, players can step out of his shadow and Sweden can play a […]

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