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Still a stocking short of a few presents? More style than substance on your Christmas list? Don’t miss our five book picks – as chosen by YOU readers! We recently asked our fabulous readers to recommend a book they thought would make a great gift for someone else or even one they’d love to […]
Come Friday Stockholm will be overrun with white-clad kids and girls with candles in their hair. YLC’s Judi Lembke explains Swedish Christmas, one tradition at a time… We already know that winter in Sweden is cold, it’s dark and it sometimes feels like the sun will never show its face again. Here enters Lucia, […]
Lucia celebrations light up the dark … Friday, December 13th 2013
It’s not Christmas without the kids! But – what to get them? Never fear, YLC is here with the 2013 list of greatest gifts for your merry munchkins! 1. Circus School Yes, we’re going to get a bit crazy right off the bat here. But seriously – how many times have you wished your parents […]
In Stockholm with kids? There are few places as popular to take them as the enchanted world of Junibacken. YLC teamed up with this fun fantasyland to give readers a chance to win two pairs of annual passes! Follow instructions below to win! Junibacken is an indoor fantasy world, where there are regular shows performed […]
Let us spirit you away to a chilly Victorian London with Dickens’ A Christmas Carol! YLC has two pairs of tickets to give away! There is no ‘Bah, humbug’ about it – YOU have a chance to win! The play opened for the first time in Stockholm in 1988 and was the highlight of many Stockholmers’ […]
So, it’s almost Christmas and your boss/neighbour/Swedish friend has requested your attendance at a function beginning with glögg-something. What to expect? What to bring? The questions are a-massing… December is drawing nigh, it’s peak glögg-glugging time and chances are that you’ve been invited to a glöggfika, or perhaps you want to hold your own only… you […]
Stockholmers are readying for the coming First Advent weekend, when lights go up in windows and glögg is put on the boil. YLC’s Judi Lembke explains the phenomenon that is a Swedish Christmas, one tradition at a time… Advent to me is those cardboard chocolate Christmas calendars the kids get all excited about because it […]
It’s the time of year to get baking! And what Christmas of glögg-party would be complete without these babies? At YLC we have searched far and wide for the best recipe EVER – just for YOU! Pepparkakor – also known as ginger snaps or ginger thins or ginger biscuits – have a rather long and […]
Christmas is magical with children and never more so than in Stockholm, where there’s a winter wonderland of fun to be had. Enjoy Christmas crafting, Santa spotting and… dog shows? Here’s Your Living City’s guide to enjoying Stockholm with children this month.
