7 May 2024
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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 1

It’s that time of the year again… Can you believe we are already at the start of the Mello season? The music extravaganza is attracting something like three million Swedes every Saturday for the next six weeks, benched in front of their TVs with the whole family, or putting on fun schlager parties with their […]

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Formex – Scandinavian design trends for 2020

We visited Formex, which was held on January 14-17, 2020 at Stockholmsmässan. The challenges of retailing have been the focus at the trade fair, as the international trend and content agency Carlin occupied the Stockholm Exhibition Hall with its exhibition Retail Hub. The purpose was to both inspire and offer new insights for exhibitors and […]

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YLC’s Swedish TOP 50 of 2019

Another amazing music year has come to an end, so it’s time to sum up the very best of the year! We decided to put together a crazy-good playlist of our most favorite Swedish music of the year. It’s filled to the brim with pop perfection and quite a bit of sultry soul. Have a […]

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YLC’s Stockholm Christmas Playlist

‘Tis the season and it’s high time to add some new favorites to your Christmas playlists. We bring you our ultimate selection of  many amazing Swedish artists who have all put their wonderful voices on some great Christmas tunes. The list brings you new takes on classic Christmas standards as well as brand-new original Christmas songs. The […]

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GET UP Soul Choir brings Christmas Joy

The most wonderful bringers of joy, GET UP Soul Choir, celebrated the release of their debut single on the 5th of December by bringing the house down at Nosh & Chow.  Beside their just released rendition of Silent Night / O Come All Ye Faithful, they put their own joyous and soulful touch on several […]

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The 30th Stockholm Film Festival Award Ceremony and Winners

On the evening of November 15, the winners at the 30th Stockholm International Film Festival were presented at Göta Lejon. The festival’s big winner was the director Melina León, whose movie Song Without a Name was awarded the prestigious Bronze Horse for Best Film and Best Cinematography. Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang’s documentary One Child […]

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Authentic Stockholm Beer at Gamla Stan’s Bryggeri Munkbron

Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s Old Town, has its own brewery, which is in fact the only brewery within central Stockholm. It is called Bryggeri Munkbron and you’ll find it on Lilla Nygatan 2. They offer original brews crafted with class and they also have a bar where you can try their appropriately designed menu to match the flavours […]

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Opening Gala of the 30th Stockholm International Film Festival

On its 30th anniversary, the Stockholm Film Festival proudly presented the Nordic premiere of Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story (2019) at the gala opening on Tuesday, November 5 at the Skandia cinema in Stockholm. In addition, the 1 km film winner Julia Thelin had a world premiere with Lilla Olle (2019). Your Living City was present […]

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Shockholm 2019 Highlights

Scandinavia’s largest Halloween event, the Shockholm parade took place for the 9th time now and brought out thousands of people joining in on the ghoulish fun. Creative performances took place on the stage at Kungsträdgården, including Bollywood dance, live music and acrobatics. After that the crowds joined in a world-first, when the parade actually split […]

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In Pictures: Charli XCX in Stockholm

Charli XCX brought the party to Berns in Stockholm as she made the Stockholm stop on her tour. Even though she was alone on stage, Charli’s explosive energy got the crowd going from the very beginning to the end of the show. She was constantly moving and still showing that punk rock energy we have […]

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