6 Dec 2025
Culture
Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Last of the Legends: Bunny Wailer Live at Gröna Lund

He taught Bob Marley how to sing, refused to tour the world and turned down fame and fortune to live in a shack. Famously reclusive, he’s not an easy man to see live. This was a chance to redeem myself and experience a piece of reggae history. He came decked out in white, splashed with […]

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Art Swedish Culture Tourist Information What's on: Stockholm

No Man’s an Island: Artipelag

The Artipelag exhibition “No Man Is An Island” explores the complex relationship between human beings and the Stockholm archipelago. YLC’s Carmen Price decided to check it out. Summer forays into the velvety blue waters of the Stockholm archipelago are not as common as you might think. Despite widespread belief in the popular 1960s cliché of the […]

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Culture Fiction Love Refugee

Love Refugee: A Straightforward Date

I only vaguely remembered talking to the American at the barbeque, so I was quite surprised to get a message from him later that weekend inviting me to dinner. See, this is what I like about Americans: they are very straightforward when it comes to dating. You always know when you’re on a date with […]

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Culture Music

Silver Fox Still Shaking It: Tom Jones live at Gröna Lund

We’ve all heard his cheesy slow dance songs and cringed at the ladies man crooning Hasselhoff style sans shirt. Yet when Tom Jones played Gröna Lund in June, curiosity got the better of me and I put my hand up to go. What ensued was THE most surprising 1.5 hours of vocal finesse that had […]

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Fiction Love Refugee

Love Refugee: A Little Spark of Hope

Well, that was my first Midsummer… The barbeque was held in a park quite near the apartment I’m staying in, which surrounds a beautiful church set on a hill. I wondered how easy it would be to find a random group of strangers in a big park, and I did wander aimlessly for a bit, […]

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Fiction Love Refugee

Love Refugee: Project Distraction

New day, new week, new attitude… new everything. I’ve been being ridiculous. I’m much too long in the tooth to be getting my knickers in a twist over a guy I don’t even know all that well. I think it’s a bit to do with what I mentioned the other week, this feeling of not […]

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Culture Music

Girl Power at #KENTFEST

Sweden’s biggest rock band Kent decided to put together a festival of their own, the way they thought it should be done. They named it #KENTFEST and brought along a Ferris wheel as well as many of the most interesting young women on the Swedish music scene right now. The crowds had started gathering well […]

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Culture Music What's on: Stockholm

Timbuktu and Damn! In concert at Gröna Lund

He’s the MC that Swedish grandparents have heard of. He’s also the guy that told Jimmie Åkesson to shove it. When Sweden’s most influential political musician Timbuktu plays at Gröna Lund, you sell your first-born to see him, says YLC’s Ting Yiu. I knew he was a big deal when middle-aged lunch lady types were […]

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Community Swedish Culture Tourist Information What's on: Stockholm

The Lowdown: Midsummer in Stockholm 2014

Looking for a place to dance around the May pole this weekend or just want to learn more about Midsummer in Sweden?

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Culture Friday Playlist Music

Summer Party: The Friday Playlist

It’s time for another Friday playlist to get you in the summer mood. YLC’s Nina Uddin has curated a FABULOUS Spotify playlist of party-worthy tunes from some of the hottest Swedish artists right now. Get your summer party going with Billboard-charting Swedish pop sensations  Tove Lo and Icona Pop.  Get into the groove with Syster Sol, […]

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