It's official - we're excellent at English! English speakers arriving in Sweden already know that residents have amazing English skills. If an English speaker walks into a bar and tries to order in terrible Swedish, it...
Sit down to a good museum tour in the comfort of your own home. Stockholm has an absolute wealth of brilliant and inspiring galleries and museums so it's especially upsetting that we can't visit them at the moment. How...
Cancel all your plans, everything else can wait! We all love eating cheese but who knew that the process of making it could be so rewarding? Cheese has been made in Northern Europe for thousands of years and the art of...
Pour yourself a drink, turn on the TV and settle under a soft blanket for this year's International Film Festival. This week the brilliant Stockholm International Film Festival begins, running from 11-22 November and w...
As the sun sets over Stockholm, the city becomes a silhouette against brightly coloured streaks of light. Autumn in Stockholm sees the sun set earlier and earlier every day. However, as the cold sets in and we all try...
As of October 29, the Swedish government has adjusted its advice on personal activity in Västra Götaland, Östergötland, and Stockholm. What do these new restrictions mean for ordinary residents of Stockholm? Well, in t...
Because who doesn't want to see some adorable Halloween-themed pets this time of year? Halloween is bound to be a bit different this year but this doesn't mean that we can't still enjoy it. There are many ways to get t...
On an island named Hamneskär off the West coast of Sweden sits the perfect place to lose yourself - Pater Noster Lighthouse hotel. There are only two ways to reach the remote Pater Noster Lighthouse on the island of Ha...
One Hercule Van Wolfwinkle is taking the media by storm with his avante-garde pet portraits, raising money for a homeless charity. It's certainly not his day-job but perhaps it should be. The artist known as Hercule Va...
It's official, we are waving goodbye to our precious coral reefs and it's happening faster than any of us had realised. This week, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies has released a worrying report that...