The real end of winter is, in short, what the Swedes celebrate with the bonfires on Valborg. The weather can be changeable and cold until …
Valborg or Walpurgis night
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Take me to Sweden – Your ultimate travel guide to Sweden
Take me to Sweden – Your ultimate travel guide to Sweden
The real end of winter is, in short, what the Swedes celebrate with the bonfires on Valborg. The weather can be changeable and cold until …
There are a few modes of transportation in Sweden that intrigue me. For example, in Kiruna I saw snowmobiles on the driveway during the summer …
Sweden is great at music. Music is actually their number one export product. I believe the long dark winters have something to do with it. …
Sweden was at the top of my wish list for years. Yet it would take me until 2015 before coming to Stockholm for the first …
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! …
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 …
Det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder. In Sweden you hear this all the time. It really just means that there isn’t really bad …
The midsummer party anthem is ‘Små grodorna,’ a catchy sing-along about little frogs. I actually learned the lyrics from some elderly Swedish couples while travelling …
My plan was to spend most of June (just like it was my plan last year) in Sweden. I wanted to be there on the …
The average Swede is very concerned with his/her health and exercises every day. Preferably they exercise outdoors. Rain or shine. Throughout the year. You can …
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