17 Nov 2024
Sweden
Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Elk Tenderloin with Brandy Sauce

With hunting season drawing to a close here in Sweden, this week’s recipe puts elk on the menu! Although originally from Africa, this recipe is perfect for the Swedish dinner plate.    What you need:  2 Elk tenderloins, about 225-300 g each 2 packets bacon 120 ml button mushrooms, sliced 1 tbsp Grey Poupon mustard […]

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Community Expat Traditions

For Auld Lang Syne: Burns Night in Stockholm

Whether you’re Scottish, a Burns fan or just in the mood for haggis and kilts, YLC has all the info you need to help you host a Burns Supper in Stockholm! Ye’re welcome!   So, who was this Robert Burns chap anyway? Poet, philanderer and champion of liberty and social justice, Robert Burns (Rabbie Burns […]

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Culture Wine

Wine of the Month: Ring out the Old World; Ring in the New

The last party of 2013 is over, the Champagne has long since disappeared from the fridge – now it’s time to make good on that resolution to try something new and exciting in the world of wine! YLC’s Matthias Breitsameter demystifies the grapevines. The story of drinking wine in the new world has both sacred […]

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Café Culture Community Expat Cookbook Swedish Culture

YLC Top Five Swedish Fika

During our Christmas giveaways we asked our readers to give us their recommendations on their most favourite fika – here are a few of our favourites. Enjoy! If you’ve recovered from all that Christmas baking and feel ready to get back into the kitchen we’ve included links to all the fika recipes, so why not take a chance […]

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Community Expat Support General Counselling

Expats and Mental Health: Pitch Im-perfect

When we bring our Inner Perfectionist with us on our foreign adventures we may find that she or he is a more of a hindrance than a help. Our expat health specialist Lysanne Sizoo helps you to chill out. What I call the inner Perfectionist is that part of you that is always telling you […]

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Crossfit Health Sports and Fitness

Let’s get training! The 30 Day Challenge – Week 2

We are one week into our training program. Hopefully you are motivated, feeling good and happy about what you are achieving – a healthier you! Making smart choices shouldn’t be a burden but a privilege, so be proud!. Speaking of smart – let’s set some smart goals for ourselves. How often hasn’t it happened that […]

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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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