19 May 2024
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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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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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Cooking Lifestyle

Vegan Vikings Week & Vegovision

“Maybe we could have one day a week where we eat vegetarian together?” he said while ingesting one last slice of bacon. When my partner, the most carnivore being I know, wants to do “meat free Mondays”, you know something is underway. It is not just another trend that will come and go, it is […]

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Community Family Pregnancy & Baby

Baby Talk: The First of Many Top 10 Lists

Baby Talk: The Top 10 Things I’ve Learned since becoming a Mom In no particular order Always shop around.  Try to withstand the appeal of beautifully laid-out baby shops and look online as well.  Gently used second-hand products can be found on Facebook – use the search function to find groups or pages.  The closed […]

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Featured Outdoor Activities Sports and Fitness Videos

GET THOSE RUNNING SHOES ON

The benefits of running are uncountable, we’ve heard and read them all, but as far as I am concerned they are threefold: Personal development Discovering places Meeting people I don’t know about you, but for me running had always been something you do only if you’re being chased. And then I moved to Sweden. And […]

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Pregnancy & Baby

Baby Talk: The Baby Bag

Forget what they told you about packing Champagne. The Baby Bag, a symbol of completion and order.  To have used one means that you’ve successfully gone through pregnancy and proudly delivered your baby.  It’s also one of the few things you actually have complete control over. Plan well, pack every possible thing you’ll need but […]

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PREMIERE of Living the City: Stockholm’s Top 5 Cocktails

We’re premiering the first episode of our brand new video series Living the City. In our first episode we present to you Stockholm’s Top 5 Cocktails and see five different cocktail experts prepare for us the cocktails that Stockholmers love the most. Our cocktail experts are: Samuel Wiktorsson preparing a Smoked Old Fashioned at Ebenist Antonio Sorbo […]

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Fashion & Beauty Lifestyle Videos

PREMIERE – Your Living City Role Models: Rabi Ephraim Jallo

We are premiering our new Role Models video series with a one of Sweden’s best hairdressers Rabi Ephraim Jallo. Rabi proposes a concept called The Experience in which his customers will not just leave his salon with a great hair style, but will also take home an experience of the best customer care one can wish for […]

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Art Creative Arts Culture Lifestyle

Shopping For Contemporary East Asian Art

Art lovers in Stockholm have been treated with much cherished doses of contemporary East Asian art this year. Wetterling Gallery ran “The Doubling of Reality” solo exhibition by Berlin-based Korean painter SEO in April and May, while ArkDes and Moderna Museet’s joint presentation of their “Yayoi Kusama – The Infinity” summer show on the renowned […]

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