18 Mar 2026
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Learning Swedish: Public or Private?

You pratar lite svenska, you wear skinny jeans and drink coffee from 7-Eleven. Why do you still feel like the protagonist in Where’s Wally? YLC’s Kirsten Smart has one answer on how to get into the beanie-covered heads of the Swedes.  Mikko Nikkinen/imagebank.sweden.se So you’ve decided to learn Swedish. Hurra! The next step is deciding […]

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Expat Support General Counselling

Expats and mental health: YOUR questions answered

As an expat, deciding to make the move back home can often be harder than the original emigration. This week YLC’s mental health adviser, Lysanne Sizoo, answers a reader’s enquiry on the unforeseen difficulties of saying hej då to Sweden. Whether it was love, work, or studies that brought you to Sweden, when these come to a natural […]

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Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the week: placki z jabłkami (apple pancakes)

Polish Independence Day is on the 11th November and we invite you to celebrate with YLC’s recipes from Poland this month!

Submitted by the wonderful Alina Pawlewicz

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Community Swedish Culture

YLC Guide: Swedish November Traditions

Just because it’s too early to crack open the glögg, doesn’t mean the month of November is devoid of celebration!

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Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Churros

Olé Olé – it was Spanish national day on 12th October and we are celebrating with a month of Castillian cuisine

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Café Culture Community Culture Dining out Expat Support Networking Swedish Culture Swedish Language Courses

Expat Support: Fika with Mumm

It’s a noun, it’s a verb and it’s synonymous with a great many things. That’s right, we’re talking about fika! Want to join?

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Community Expat Support General Counselling

Expats and Mental Health: Why Identities Change Abroad

This week YLC’s mental health expert Lysanne Sizoo discusses how our sense of identity is challenged when we move to another country… and how we can use it to our advantage. Photo: Marko Kudjerski/Flickr (file) Have you noticed that the way in which you introduce yourself to others has changed since you moved abroad? Where before […]

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Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Tortilla Española

Olé Olé – we are celebrating with a month of Castillian cuisine

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Community Extraordinary Expats

Extraordinary Expats: Lucy Robertshaw

At 16, Lucy Robertshaw was not an ordinary teen obsessing over boys and sneaking out of the house on a weeknight. Instead, she chose the path less travelled by and ended up in the Swedish woods with a successful company of her own. If someone had told Lucy Robertshaw three years ago that she would be […]

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Expat Cookbook

Recipe of the Week: Paella

Olé Olé – it’s Spanish national day on 12th October and we are celebrating with a month of Castillian cuisine.

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