22 Nov 2024
stockholm
Community Networking

TEDx Stockholm – The New Diplomacy

“The difficult thing in life is not reaching your goals. It’s finding out what your goals are.” –  Johan Ernst Nilsson, Global explorer, author, and speaker at TEDxStockholm, December 2013 New Year, new resolutions, new hope, new challenges…the newness of 2014 is innumerable, just like every other year. But regardless of our lofty intentions, so many New […]

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Crossfit Sports and Fitness

Let’s Get Training: Friday Bonus Workout!

It’s Friday and that means it’s time for your bonus workout!  Personal Trainer Karl Gullö is here to take you through your paces.   The Friday workouts are generally a little harder then the Monday workouts and may require some gear, such as a jump rope, kettle ball and other equipment.  You’ve finished the first […]

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Café Culture Dining out

YLC Review: Fotografiska Bistro

Fotografiska may be one of the hippest art galleries in town, but after every well-spent hour analysing photography your empty stomach simply cannot be ignored. So what is the Fotografiska Bistro like? YLC finds out. Even before I arrived I knew that Fotografiska Bistro had two very important factors in its favour: location and location. […]

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Family Activities What's on: Kids What's on: Stockholm

Downhill skiing in and around Stockholm

Finally! The snow is coming and it’s time to strap on our skis and hit the slopes.  YLC has the lowdown on where to head for a bit of downhill in and around Stockholm.  All of the locations listed below have ski rental services, provide ski lessons. Some may require you order your lift passes […]

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YLC Giveaways: January – Legally Blonde!

We’ve got two tickets to give away to the frothy, the fabulous, the fantastically fun Legally Blonde at Stockholm’s Maxim Teater! Elle Woods is blonde, bubbly and seemingly air headed – her whole world changes when her Prince Charming heads East for a more serious life at Harvard.  Instead of taking this betrayal laying down […]

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Books Culture

Books for January: Great reads you’re not going to want to miss

With the warm weather still in the distance there’s plenty of time to curl up with a great book while we wait (and wait) for the warmer weather to arrive. We’ve done a lot of reading during the cold, dark winter and plan on doing plenty more.  Here’s five great reads for January, from mystery […]

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Community Extraordinary Expats

Extraordinary Expat: Entrepreneur Mary-Rose Hoja

With her sparkling smile and tumbling blonde locks you might not peg Mary-Rose Hoja as a scientist with an entrepreneurial spirit. Once you meet her in person, though, there’s no doubt that this is a woman of enormous drive, intellect and charm. With a PhD in the sciences in her pocket and a good portion of […]

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Community Culture

Stockholm Stories: Reflections on a City

Sweden has a thing about order. Everything has its place and it’s vital to know where everything is. Your Living City’s Rob Scott on the enduring mysteries of Stockholm. Sometimes I think the Swedes confuse equality with equanimity. And I’m not just talking about things like shoes, jackets, hats, gloves and bowling balls (alright, no […]

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Culture Lifestyle Swedish Culture Tourist Information Your New City

YLC’s Top Five Ways to Beat the post-holiday Blues

The holidays are over, the julgransplundring has been completed, it’s dark, it’s cold and maybe you’re feeling a bit of a let down after all that excitement. The post-holiday blues are apparently a very real problem but don’t despair! Whether you want to exercise your brain, your body or your social skills, YLC’s Judi Lembke […]

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Crossfit Health Sports and Fitness

Let’s Get Training: The 30 Day Challenge!

You survived the holidays but now your jeans are too tight and you feel like you’re carrying around an extra skinka. Well, it’s a new year, which means new starts and new resolutions – or maybe just the desire to get back that fabulous shape you had before multiple visits to the julbord and enough champagne […]

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