Twenty-three years ago I had the golden opportunity to visit Sweden on a tour with my mother. My mother being…well…. my mother (overly protective) it was not the best situation for a twenty-four year old but it was better than nothing (which meant not going). After all, I’d been away at college, lived alone in … Read more
So today I’m off to Sweden! First some fun in Stockholm, including the Swedish Freak meet up, and then off to Skelleftea. Not only will I have time to catch up with my friends I haven’t seen for 9 months, but I will be going to a proper Swedish wedding! I’m super excited. Not only … Read more
Woot! I’m super excited to announce that we are going to have a Swedish Freak Meetup in Stockholm! Where: O’Connells, Stora Nygatan 21 (Gamla Stan), Stockholm When: Tuesday, Sept 11 @ 17:30 What: Meeting awesome Swedish Freaks! While this is an Irish pub, we will be quickly turning it Swedish with our Swedish Awesomeness! … Read more
So Midsummer is a big deal in Sweden. As the longest day of the year draws closer, the shops start putting up big displays of sill and potatoes, adverts on TV start featuring the famous Midsummer pole and the queues in Systembolaget, the state-run alcohol shops, steadily grow longer. Not to mention, Midsummer is declared … Read more
One of the first things you notice when you get to Stockholm it that the city is spread over several islands. One of these is a pretty little island called Skeppsholmen that is right in the centre of the city. It has a small park and a few cool museums on it, but its biggest … Read more
This guest post was written by Brett Sills, the author of My Sweet Saga, a story of an American finding adventure in Stockholm. If you tapped my shoulder in 2008 and told me that, in a year’s time, Sweden would become one of the most important things in my life, I’d have thought you were … Read more
Due to the hurricane in the states, we have been in Stockholm a tad longer then expected, waiting for my parents to arrive so we can drive up to Norrland and go moose hunting! Not a bad thing being stuck in Stockholm (if you can afford it). My most favorite thing to do while in … Read more
So It’s Not Just For the United States One of the benefits, or so I would have imagined, of relocating to Sweden would have been a quiet escape from the political drama in the United States. No, that’s not to say Sweden doesn’t have it’s own setbacks and dilemmas, that’s not what I’m attempting to … Read more