21 Nov 2024
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Out-Of-The-Box: Young Swedish Design

What gets crafted when Sweden’s young designers are given the license to dare to believe in their ideas and to play with, create from and explore them freely, where implementation is without any consideration for adaptation to market needs? “Young Swedish Design” showcases 20 such contributions in areas as divergent as product design, textiles, fashion, […]

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Stockholm St Patrick’s Day Parade 2017

We had the chance to attend the Stockholm St. Patrick’s Day parade once again this year, and enjoyed our Irish friends bringing their green cheer to the city along with some nice spring weather. The route took the parade from Humlegården past Kungsträdgården into Gamla Stan, where the day continued with entertainment from the Blarney Pilgrims, […]

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Design Lifestyle

Stockholm Design Week SPECIAL – Inspiration taking shape

For a whole week each year, Stockholm becomes a meeting point for Nordic and other European brands that are shaping the furniture and interior design world. You probably didn’t know Scandinavian design is so strong that it has become a point of reference for everyone with an eye in the inspiring interiors. Why Scandinavian design? Because of it’s […]

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Art Culture Extraordinary Expats

Extraordinary Expat: Virginie Garcia, Photographer of Life

YLC’s Hedir had the chance to interview Stockholm-based French photographer Virginie Garcia. She tells about how she got into photography and what she feels is most important when taking pictures. Can you tell us a little bit about you and your work? I’m French and I live in Sweden! I’m a photographer of life. I […]

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Dining out Lifestyle

Stockholm: Truffle Eats To Rival Gotland’s

This year the Gotland Truffle Festival falls on 11th to 13th November, offering a Gotlandic truffle ceremony and seminars, as well as truffles for sale and served in many different dishes by various chefs at restaurants of diverse specialties. Given the festival’s previous successes, hoards of visitors from myriad regions in Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe, and beyond […]

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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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Unmissable TV this autumn
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Unmissable TV this autumn

Autumn is here and whether we want it or not we become a little bit more comfortable staying at home and cozying up on our sofas enjoying a good film or a good tv show. And some of Sweden’s biggest TV channels know it! We had a chance to have a sneak peek on what […]

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Shopping For Contemporary East Asian Art

Art lovers in Stockholm have been treated with much cherished doses of contemporary East Asian art this year. Wetterling Gallery ran “The Doubling of Reality” solo exhibition by Berlin-based Korean painter SEO in April and May, while ArkDes and Moderna Museet’s joint presentation of their “Yayoi Kusama – The Infinity” summer show on the renowned […]

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Music Videos

PREMIERE – Your Living City Profiles: Sara Steele

We are premiering our new Profiles video series with the very talented singer and songwriter Sara Steele. A rising star from Stockholm with an unique sound in the line of progressive dark pop with lots of beats and some post-rock as well. Steele describes her own work as a cinema show, but with music.

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Community Featured What's on: Stockholm

Stockholm lights up for Christmas

Stockholm Christmas lights bring light into the darkness from late November until well into the new year. All the lights are officially lit up on the 21st of November, when a new Christmas market also opens at Sergels Torg. Stockholm has put great effort to lighting up the streets during the darkest time of the […]

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