Pictures from our readers during 2016
This is a big thank you to our readers. You made our year! You can still be featured in this gallery. Just tag your photos on Instagram or Facebook with #YourLivingCity.
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Baby Talk: Top 10 Tips to Help You Sparkle over the Festive Season!
- by Miss V.
- 13 Dec 2016
Top 10 tips to help you sparkle over the festive season: 1. Smile! This season offers so many opportunities to be social and the warmth and positivity you’ll receive in return is a boost. Even with two hours sleep and a howling baby, smile! 2. Coffee – this cannot be overstated. You’ve moved on from […]
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Cookbooks For Swedish Food & Drink Aficionados
- by Wai Lin Coultas
- 12 Dec 2016
The pure joy of having the opportunity of living in Sweden for a couple of years is irrevocably tied to the world’s current fascination with Scandinavian food trends – from dishes rooted in centuries of traditions to the ever evolving new Nordic flavours and textures. There is nothing more heart warming than indulging on a […]
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Party Treat: Goan Curry Surf & Turf
- by Wai Lin Coultas
- 28 Nov 2016
Christmas is about peace and goodwill to all mankind. So throw a party, invite the friends you have made in Stockholm from far and near. There is no better time to spread the yuletide cheer… … and no better way to start the bash than with finger food that reflects your celebration of multicultural harmony […]
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Your Living City Role Models: Kungsateljé
- by Karen Lundquist
- 25 Nov 2016
Kungsateljé is a tailoring service from Stockholm that is taking the concept of modifying and preparing your clothes to a new level of fashion consultancy and style solutions. Meet Said and Sam, the talent and soul of Kungsateljé, two role models who came to Sweden to mix tailoring traditions with innovation and are forging great […]
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Expat Cookbook: Spiced Lobster Soufflé
- by Wai Lin Coultas
- 8 Nov 2016
When I plan a dinner for friends with sophisticated palates decidedly fond of the king of crustaceans, I dust this recipe out of my treasure trove of time-tested dishes bearing my signature twists and fusions to serve as a winning appetizer for five, for the complex depth of flavours embedded within this soufflé’s deceptively light […]
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Getting our Nerd on at Comic Con
- by Nina Uddin
- 6 Nov 2016
Comic Con is the place to be for all of us who like nerding over stuff like comics, superheroes, movies, TV series, gaming, fandom and cosplay. The Stockholm Comic Con was once again held at Kistamässan on the first weekend of November, and the event drew a large crowd, many of them all dressed up for […]
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Día de Muertos – Day of the Dead festivities at Etnografiska
- by Karen Lundquist
- 6 Nov 2016
The Mexican Day of the Dead comes back to Etnografiska Museet for its annual celebration. The Mexican Society in Sweden together with Etnografiska bring us these traditions, that combine the remembrance of the departed with music, performances and colour. They have set up an altar with offerings dedicated to Juan Gabriel, one of Latin America’s biggest selling singers/composers, […]
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Alla helgons dag – All Saints’ Day
- by Morgane Oléron
- 2 Nov 2016
Dark, dark, dark, rain rain dark and ho, what do you know…snow! Ok so November is not my favorite month. There is however a reason why the eleventh month of the year does not completely suck. Whether you call it Halloween and dress up as a pumpkin, or Dia de muertos and decorate an altar […]
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Andreas Wennberg helps newcomers in their quest for a job in Sweden
- by Hedir Al-chalabi
- 2 Nov 2016
I had the opportunity to contact Andreas, a man who dreams about making the world a better place. But dreaming is not helping anyone to achieve what you want, so he launched a startup where he was the one to seek for funding, involved in the marketing, web development and so on. But let’s take a […]