Sankta Lucia is one of my favorite Swedish holidays to celebrate. When the choir starts the Sankta Lucia song, I immediately get goosebumps. In recent …
Sankta Lucia in Skansen, an unforgettable experience
Novent, a new Swedish Christmas trend
Combine November and Advent and you have Novent, a new trend in Sweden that I would like to soon conquer the rest of the world! …
Recipe homemade Swedish ‘julmust’
Never heard of julmust? If you’ve already been to Sweden around Christmas or Easter, or had a close look in the foodmarket at Ikea, it …
Swedish Christmas traditions: SVT’s julkalender
Since 1960, you can watch a special TV series broadcasted on the Swedish television channel SVT every year during the advent. SVT’s julkalender or Christmas …
Book review: Villa Volvo Vovve
Anyone who is interested in Sweden and the Swedish language, who has plans to emigrate to Sweden or who has already emigrated and wants to …
Skogskyrkogården in autumn
Skogskyrkogården can literally be translated as forest graveyard. That is actually what it is: a graveyard in a forest. Or rather: forest and cemetery merge …
Grand Hotel Lapland in Gällivare
When I traveled with the Inlandsbanan to Swedish Lapland in the summer of 2017, I switched between wild camping and hotel nights. In Gällivare I …
Staying at Hotel Emma in Östersund
In the summer of 2017 I traveled with Inlandsbanan all the way to Swedish Lapland. Slow travel, you might say. The first day the train …
Kiruna, the Swedish mine town that has to move 4 km
About 200 km above the Arctic Circle you will find the Swedish town of Kiruna. It is the northernmost city in Sweden. Kiruna is mainly …
Gällivare camping in Swedish Lapland
When I traveled through Sweden with Inlandsbanan in 2017, I combined overnight stays in hotels with wild camping. In Gällivare I pitched my tent at …