5 Dec 2025
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Lucia in Sweden: Light in Dark December

Come Friday Stockholm will be overrun with white-clad kids and girls with candles in their hair. YLC’s Judi Lembke explains Swedish Christmas, one tradition at a time…   We already know that winter in Sweden is cold, it’s dark and it sometimes feels like the sun will never show its face again. Here enters Lucia, […]

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Posh Stockholm Eats on the (relative) Cheap

Eating out in Stockholm can be very expensive, even at lunch. But there are bargains to be had and we don’t mean the local burger kiosk or a cafeteria lunch. YLC’s Judi Lembke knows where to go! If you know where to go in the city –  there is no reason you can’t eat in […]

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Nobel Prize: Winners 2013

In the heady days of Nobel week – YLC’s Judi Lembke sets out to educate, nay, inform our readers on just who will be receiving the esteemed Nobel Prizes from Royal hands in 2013. In years past everything from Bucky Balls to Doris Lessing being grumpy has made Nobel season a bit more interesting. But […]

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Celebrating Nobel Day: the YLC Guide

No invite to the Nobel Banquet yet? Starting to suspect you’ll be left organising festivities on your own? YLC’s Judi Lembke on how to create your own Nobel fun. Back when I worked for a well-known  Swedish news outlet I was lucky enough to attend the Nobels twice and if I’m honest with you the […]

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YLC Christmas Giveaway: Stockholm Souvenirs

On the 6th day of December, YLC gave to me… papercraft maps!

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December Seasonal Concerts in Stockholm

December is packed with festivities from Advent to Lucia to Christmas; but never fear we will get you to the best places! Let us present to you the YLC guide to seasonal concerts in the city! May your December be filled with song! Lucia Concerts: Lucia at Skansen Djurgårdsslätten 49-51, 115 21 Stockholm Friday 13th […]

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English Theatre in Stockholm: The Cordelia Dream

There is nothing better on a dark November night than a dark drama – YLC’s Vanessa Le Grange went to see rehearsals of a new play in English opening in Stockholm. There’s something about November that has us either looking inward and hibernating or painting the town maroon in velvet and autumn chic. I imagine […]

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YLC reviews: Quality Hotel Friends

YLC’s Solveig Rundquist checks out a remarkable new Stockholm hotel

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Skansen: the truly Swedish Experience

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Princess Madeleine’s wedding: the YLC lowdown

Fancy heading down to Slottsbacken this Saturday to witness a smidgen of romantic history in the making?

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