20 Jul 2026
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Melodifestivalen 2020 – Get ready for Heat 2!

The music extravaganza that has three million Swedes benched in front of their TVs every Saturday for the foreseeable future kicked off last week with a strong first heat. The Swedes take their Eurovision qualification extremely seriously, so you better hang along for the ride.   The first heat saw the audience voting the first […]

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SWEDISH FILM FROM SCRATCH: The Origins

Before Ingmar Bergman, before the Nordic Noir (and the Millennium Trilogy), and much before Snabba Cash, there was already a flaming film industry created by the Swedes. If you want to know a bit more of the roots of the Swedish film industry, here you have a few recommendations on the early cinema in Sweden, […]

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WHAT’S ON STOCKHOLM: February 2020

January felt so long we are glad it’s finally over to give way to February’s new opportunities. The city’s buzz and life are slowly starting to return after its winter hibernation and post-holidays empty-pocket days. So with this month’s new hopes come lots of events and happenings and you don’t need to go anywhere else […]

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Java Whiskers – Sweden’s First Cat Café

Cats – darlings of the internet and controllers of many happy cat-owners’ lives – have now a place for cat-worship, socialising and adoption here in Stockholm at Surbrunnsgatan 48. We’re talking about Java Whiskers Cat Café, which opened its doors on February 16th, 2019 and has since then worked as a cat influencer and a bridge between […]

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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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