23 Oct 2026
Culture
Photo by Olle Kirchmeier
Festivals Music Videos

Way Out West – more WOW than ever!

In its 11th edition Way Out West has thrown its biggest festival so far – bigger size, bigger line-up, bigger production… Total WOW factor everywhere! Around 34,000 souls stepped into Gothenburg’s Slottskogen fields every day, looking to satisfy their thirst for excitement, music and fun, because this is what Way Out West is all about, as we could discover by talking to the […]

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Culture Lifestyle

An Afternoon At Vasastaden: Absolutely Sublime!

For those who enjoy luxuriating in the aesthetics that feed all your senses, Sankt Eriksplan is a delight not to be missed. A popular square of expensive residential in Vasastaden named after King Erik IX, the patron saint of Stockholm, the Plaza’s main street Rörstrandsgatan is cramped with many shops and restaurants, with the Philadelphia Church renowned […]

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Jennie Abrahamson
Music

In Pictures: Jennie Abrahamson @ Gröna Lund

Jennie Abrahamson ended her summer tour at Gröna Lund, and Your Living City’s resident pop nerd Nina Uddin was there with her camera. Jennie Abrahamson‘s latest album Reverseries  (her fifth) is full of well-crafted, subtle and ethereal pop, and the tour has taken Jennie around Europe before returning in style to meet the home crowd in Stockholm […]

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Culture What's on: Stockholm

Art Selfies To End Summer

Summer is when we enjoy a jaunt in the park most; especially when sublime clay sculptures are magically placed amongst the woods for our children and the child in us to discover… a definite time for engaging in fantasy worlds where life is dreamlike, ethereal and surreal… one ever worthy of a selfie moment for […]

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Skott
Music New Music Friday

Fresh Swedish Sounds: Music Video Round-up

Some of our favorite Swedish artists have great new music videos out, so here are the ones you absolutely shouldn’t miss from July’s crop of music videos!   Skott: Mermaid Skott brings us dreamy under-water sequences that go amazingly together with her hauntingly beautiful song Mermaid. Skott is getting a lot of critical acclaim and hype […]

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Culture Lifestyle Uncategorized

A Kungsholmen of Food & Drink

A former industrial district in central Stockholm, Kungsholmen is now very much a residential borough chockablock with hip and happening eateries and drinking establishments frequented by both locals and tourists, thanks to the proliferation of hotels within the neighbourhood. Keen to dip your culinary toes into its vibrant food and drinks scene? Then head on […]

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Culture Music

Maxida Märak brings intensity and conviction

The first time I saw Maxida Märak live, she awoke my curiosity singing a duet at a huge charity gala. The second time I saw her, she blew my mind. It was another charity event with plenty of big artists performing, at a very small church, sometime before Christmas 2015. Maxida was the host of […]

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Friday Playlist Music

YLC Playlist: Stockholm Summer 2017

Are you looking for some fresh Swedish sounds for your summer playlist? Look no further, because we have put together an all-Swedish, all-awesome playlist of wonderful tunes that will get you into the summer state of mind in no time. We have Tove Styrke‘s excellent Say My Name, as well as Neiked‘s Call Me, which both give […]

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Featured Music What's on: Stockholm

Rita Ora and other stars of Sommarkrysset

Sommarkrysset is a long-running summer entertainment format of Swedish TV4, going on its 13th season. It is broadcast live from the Gröna Lund amusement park on summer Saturdays, giving the music fans the chance to enjoy performances by Swedish and international artists either on location or through their TV screens. The programme also includes a […]

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Art Culture

Arty Summer’s Consciousness Rising

Awareness is the buzzword for art lovers during Stockholm’s warmest weeks this year… …of how others see us… of how what is within us affects the external… of the impact that makes on a place and its condition… of how art brings to mind all we hold so dear to our very essence… …of how […]

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