22 Dec 2024
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Café Culture Dining out

Stockholm’s Top Kanelbullar of 2023: The Ultimate Taste Test

When it comes to kanelbullar in Stockholm, there’s an abundance of options. Some are famous, while others come highly recommended by locals. However, this time, we decided to do things differently. We patiently waited until other media and trend-setters revealed their favorite kanelbulle, and then we embarked on a mission to try out the absolute […]

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Café Culture Getting Around

Top 10 Best Cafés in Stockholm’s trendy Södermalm

Swedes are among the biggest coffee lovers in the world and the options of cafés in  Stockholm are vast and varied. We took upon us to do some digging to find the 10 best coffee-serving pearls in the city’s coolest area, Södermalm. We have listed a bit of everything from Rasta to American, to French, to Swedish, vego and […]

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Café Culture Dining out Swedish Culture

My Favorite Cafes – In and Around Stockholm

One of my absolute favorite things about Sweden is the Swedish fika, or coffee break. Swedes have utterly perfected this fika thing, which actually encompasses much more than simply taking the American “ten minute coffee break” at work. It is a social institution, utilized by friends, family and the work place alike, and almost always […]

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Café Culture Culture

Coffee in Stockholm

Stockholm is full of quaint little cafés. I go to none of these.

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Al Fresco Eating: Five Fave Outdoor Stockholm Cafés

In the short-lived but magical spirit of Swedish summer, YLC’s Kirsten Smart has hustled together her finest selection of outdoor cafés and eateries so that YOU too can feel the unbridled pleasures of eating al fresco!

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Expat Support: Fika with Mumm

It’s a noun, it’s a verb and it’s synonymous with a great many things. That’s right, we’re talking about fika! Want to join?

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Café Culture Extraordinary Expats Starting a business

Extraordinary Expats: Emma Jenkins of Frankie’s Coffee

Emma met Frankie a year ago. This summer they took the plunge, moved to Sweden and set up shop.

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Community Dating Expat Dating Lifestyle

Dating in the City: the Girl who fell out of a Window

Claire Duffy on diving out of windows, setting snacks on fire, and what it takes to make a Stockholm stranger smile!

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