23 Oct 2026
Culture
Cooking What's on: Stockholm Wine

Double treat: Stockholm Food & Wine and Fotomässan

Last weekend we had the chance to experience a half a week of fun at Stockholmsmässan, when two of the most awaited fairs of the year took place. I’m talking about Fotomässan and Stockholm Food & Wine. Being a photographer myself, what more could one ask for, than some days of shuffling through camera gadgets, photographs and photo-masterclasses, […]

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Culture Movies Videos

Ricky Whittle at Comic Con Stockholm

When Stockholm Comic Con was in town, they of course brought along some actors to pose for photos, sign autographs and most importantly, answer questions from fans in Q&A sessions. Here we bring you a bit of the rather easy-on-the-eyes Ricky Whittle and his Q&A, in which he flatters the Swedes, has a go at […]

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Music New Music Friday

New Music Friday: Natali Felicia goes to War

You know Fridays mean new music and this Friday we have picked for you a powerful new tune from Stockholm artist  Natali Felicia. The song War was actually released already a week ago, but the amazing video followed this week, so take a look! Natali says War is a song about feeling trapped and so used by someone/something […]

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Film director Ken Loach
Culture Movies What's on: Stockholm

Stockholm International Film Festival 2016’s opening night

Last night at the Skandia movie theatre, Ken Loach, one of Europe’s biggest film directors, was in charge of cutting the inaugural celluloid ribbon and thus initiating the countless activities of Stockholm Film Festival this year. Loach was accompanied by Stockholm Film Festival’s director Git Scheynius  during his inaugural speech. The director of films like Kes, The Wind That Shakes The Barely, presented his […]

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Music Videos

Fresh Swedish Sounds: Nadia Nair

We had the chance to catch Nadia Nair at Pop House Live the other day. Nadia Nair has been a personal favorite ever since her first single release Bon Voyage about four years ago. If you have not yet heard her amazing debut album Beautiful Poetry, which came out earlier this year, it’s high time you did […]

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Community Lifestyle Movies

Getting our Nerd on at Comic Con

Comic Con is the place to be for all of us who like nerding over stuff like comics, superheroes, movies, TV series, gaming, fandom and cosplay. The Stockholm Comic Con was once again held at Kistamässan on the first weekend of November, and the event drew a large crowd, many of them all dressed up for […]

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Dining out Lifestyle

Stockholm: Truffle Eats To Rival Gotland’s

This year the Gotland Truffle Festival falls on 11th to 13th November, offering a Gotlandic truffle ceremony and seminars, as well as truffles for sale and served in many different dishes by various chefs at restaurants of diverse specialties. Given the festival’s previous successes, hoards of visitors from myriad regions in Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe, and beyond […]

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Community Culture Expat Traditions Family Activities Videos

Día de Muertos – Day of the Dead festivities at Etnografiska

The Mexican Day of the Dead comes back to Etnografiska Museet for its annual celebration. The Mexican Society in Sweden together with Etnografiska bring us these traditions, that combine the remembrance of the departed with music, performances and colour. They have set up an altar with offerings dedicated to Juan Gabriel, one of Latin America’s biggest selling singers/composers, […]

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Friday Playlist New Music Friday News

New Music Friday: Who is Laura Nox?

As you may know, Fridays mean new music and we have listened to a bunch of new stuff again… The one song that really stands out from today’s Swedish releases is Save a Little Love from a new enigmatic artist calling herself Laura Nox. The record company hints that what we have here is a […]

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Community Culture Expat Traditions What's on: Stockholm

Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) – when the dead meet the living

It’s almost like a trend now. We see references everywhere to the Mexican Day of the Dead; in Halloween costumes with skull face-paint better known in Mexico as ¨Catrinas¨, but also in Hollywood films like the latest James Bond movie, Spectre, 2015, where the opening sequence shows a Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City. […]

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