27 Apr 2024
Lifestyle
Lifestyle Sports and Fitness

Australian Rules Football in Stockholm

It may be a long way from home but Australian Rules Football

is growing in force and popularity …

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Family

LEGO education classes at Creative Brick Zone

  Creative Brick Zone is a meeting place for children of all ages to play, build and learn with LEGO®. We offer birthday parties, LEGO Education Classes, family game nights, and   drop-in to the Brick Zone to build to your heart’s content. Sign your child up for any of these classes. Next classes start the week […]

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Lifestyle Sports and Fitness

An expat’s guide to Stockholm’s football clubs

Following on from our inside view into Stockholm’s football culture, we now take a closer look at the teams that make up the football competition here. Football, is distinctly…

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Lifestyle Sports and Fitness

Places to watch American football in Stockholm

Where to watch football in Stockholm Being married to an American football fan, I’ve watched a playoff game at 5am in Beijing, a Super Bowl game at 7am in Nagoya, and many games at home (thanks to TV10 and Viasat), here in Stockholm. The Super Bowl is best enjoyed in a group so if you’re […]

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Lifestyle Sports and Fitness

Inside view into Stockholm’s football culture

Screaming fans, lively teams and thick British accents: the English football league is alive and well in Stockholm. Simon Brazier, a massive football fan, long-term player and Brit living in Sweden has provided us with the ins-and-outs of Stockholm’s expat football culture.

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Family

Networking for young families

There are many international families setting up a new life in Stockholm. We spoke to one such family about their experience of the journey so far …

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Books Lifestyle

Bookshops in Stockholm

For those who are sick of shopping for books online and have mastered the ‘internal compass setting’ to successfully navigate yourself around the city! lol there are many bookshops in Stockholm that sell a range of…

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Books Lifestyle

Frog for Valentine

One of the easiest ways to familiarize yourself with the Swedish language is probably to read a picture book (or watch a Swedish animated film for children with subtitles). This is one of my favourite books, although it isn’t originally Swedish (it’s Dutch), it has been published both in Sweden and the UK, so if […]

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Books Lifestyle

Book review: Ronia, the Robber’s daughter

RONIA, THE ROBBER’S DAUGHTER / RONJA RÖVARDOTTER Ronia (Ronja in Swedish) the Robber’s daughter was my favourite book when I was a child. And it will probably remain in my top 5 forever. Ronja is adventurous, strong-headed, funny, smart and caring. Whether it comes to her friend Birk, the son of her father’s archenemy Borka, […]

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