16 Dec 2025
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Community Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Pork Tenderloin w/Raspberry Vinegar

This recipe comes from the States and although it’s not always easy to find raspberry vinegar in Stockholm it’s worth making the effort – it really lifts the flavour of the pork! Raspberrry and pork – one doesn’t always put the two together, often thinking fruit with pork leans more towards apples or prunes. This […]

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Creative Arts Design Swedish Culture Tourist Information What's on: Stockholm

Stockholm Art: Liljevalchs Spring Salon 2014

Giant horses, striking colours and the Prime Minister in a dress! Friday saw the unveiling of the Spring Salon at Liljevalchs Art Gallery. YLC braved the cold to attend! It was a cold and crisp winter morning in Stockholm when the press gathered at the Liljevalchs gallery to sneak a first peek at this year’s exhibition. […]

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Community Family Activities Lifestyle

Top Spots for Sledding in Stockholm

The snow has arrived with a vengeance and if sliding down a hill at top speed with no brakes is your idea of fun – check out these great spots for sledding in Stockholm! Vasaparken  Located just two blocks from Odenplan the hill at Vasaparken is one of the best in the city. It’s wide, […]

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Dining out Tourist Information What's on: Stockholm

Pukka Tucker when Naked Chef comes to Stockholm

World renowned TV-chef Jamie Oliver announced on Wednesday that he’ll be opening a restaurant in a central Stockholm hotel this autumn. Jamie Oliver testing food at Scandic “I have been working with Scandic for almost five years now and I am really pleased to be able to launch Jamie’s Italian in Scandinavia together with them,” the […]

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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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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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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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Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Black Bean Soup

Now that the cold has truly arrived I can think of nothing better to warm us up than a delicious and hearty soup.  This one actually comes from Cuba but is perfect for these dark, winter days.    Black beans are full of hearty goodness, something we can all probably use as we try to […]

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