Life in Sweden Archives

Stockholm ICEBAR: ‘The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway’

September 24, 2016September 24, 2016 Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Tourist Attraction ice bar, stockholm, sweden

What is Stockholm’s ICEBAR like? Well, as you'd expect, it’s like walking into a giant freezer. A freezer with a bar, that is. A freezer full of animals elaborately carved into huge blocks of glistening

Five Reasons Why Stockholm is Best Experienced on Foot

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling stockholm, sweden, tourism, transport, walking

As a participant of TBEX Stockholm I was very kindly given a 72-hour transport pass that works on trains, buses, and some boats across the city. This was perfect for enabling quick transport to the conference,

Loginn: a Floating Hotel in Stockholm

July 28, 2016September 13, 2016 Europe, Featured, History, Life in Sweden, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism, Travelling Loginn Hotel, Maritime history, stockholm, sweden, unusual hotels

Spread across 14 islands the city of Stockholm has arisen from the sea, so it seems rather fitting to stay on the water rather than next to it when you visit the stunning Swedish capital. This

Weekend Break: Västerås

July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, History, Life in Sweden, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism sweden, västerås

If you are researching flights to Stockholm, you may well come across an airport called ‘Stockholm Västerås’, particularly if you are flying with love-it-or-hate-it airline, Ryanair. But, what you should know in this scenario is

Aurora Borealis: 7 Things To Know Before You Go

January 31, 2016March 28, 2016 Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Nature, Photography, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling arctic, arctic circle, aurora, aurora borealis, iceland, lapland, northern lights, northern lights apartments, porjus, sweden

Experiencing the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is on many people’s bucket list and, when seen, they offer a tantalising display of nature at her most beautiful. But, seeking the notoriously elusive aurora can be a

Around the World in 26 Letters: My Travel Alphabet

April 12, 2015April 12, 2015 Asia, Beaches, Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, History, Japan, Life in India, Life in Sweden, Literature, Nature, Photography, South America, Swedish Tourism, Top Ten, Travelling army, asia, atacama desert, aurora, bolivia, bosnia, bucharest, caribbean, chile, china, colombia, dracula, edinburgh, estonia, europe, fuji, gotland, Greece, holi, iceland, iguassu, iguazu falls, india, isle of skye, istanbul, japan, Jökulsárlón, kleftiko, lapland, machu picchu, mary king close, mostar, Mumbai, new york city, northern lights, NYC, ogmore, ogmore beach, ogmore by sea, parque tayrona, peru, qatar airways, romania, rurrenabaque, san blas, scotland, skye, sri lanka, stari most, sweden, taj mahal, tallinn, terracotta warriors, udaipur, unawatuna, valparaiso, visby, wales, waterfalls, xi'an, yamuna river, zostel

I’ve been travelling the world, on-and-off, for almost 16 years—ever since an adventurous 4 week train journey took me through Germany, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic into Romania back in the days when

Why You Should Visit Stockholm in Winter

November 30, 2014December 13, 2015 Advice, Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling city break, five reasons to visit stockholm in winter, stockholm, stockholm city break, stockholm tourism, sweden, visit stockholm in winter, winter, winter break, winter tourism

Visiting Stockholm between October and May is a thought that sends shivers down the spines of many, but in my opinion it is the nicest time to visit. Although the city comes alive in the

7 Great Ways To Spend Summer in Stockholm

June 21, 2014April 19, 2015 Europe, Featured, Life in Sweden, Swedish Climate, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism best things to do in stockholm, europe, festival, fika, food, gröna lund, midsommar, rooftop, seven things to do in stockholm, skansen, spend summer in stockholm, stockholm, stockholm archipelago, stockholm tourist attractions, sweden, sweden national day, taste of stockholm, upplev mer, vaxholm, what to do in stockholm

Stockholm is a summer city; its leafy parks, rocky beaches, and swathes of Baltic water that swirl around the city’s 14 islands all seem to have been designed for long summer days where the sky

Finding History and Nature in Gorgeous Gotland

May 31, 2014May 31, 2014 Europe, Featured, History, Life in Sweden, Nature, Photography, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism, Travelling farö, gotland, högklint, museum, stones, sweden, viking

In my last post I write about Visby, a perfectly preserved medieval town and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Swedish island of Gotland; but the colourful labyrinthine alleys of this Baltic-blasted, cobbled town are

Visby: Sweden’s Perfectly Preserved Medieval Town

May 10, 2014May 10, 2014 Europe, Featured, History, Life in Sweden, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism, Tradition, Travelling gotland, scandinavia, st katarina, sweden, visby

Swedes are travellers: roaming foreign lands is in their blood. It is Viking blood, after all. Stone depicting seafaring Vikings. You’ll be hard pushed to travel far without running into a Swede or two. This

My Upcoming Summer Plans

March 30, 2014May 26, 2014 Europe, Featured, Food and Drink, Life in Sweden, Nature, Plans, Swedish Tourism, Travelling eating out, gothenburg, gotland, göteborg, kayak, macedonia, plans, restaurant, rooftop hiking, skopje, stockholm, sweden, thai food, travel, Upcoming Plans, visby

Now that the light is finally shining at the end of Sweden’s long, wintry tunnel, I am feeling the urge to climb out from under the thick duvet I have hidden under for the last

Stockholm Winter Blues. Or, What Happens When the Snow Doesn’t Come.

March 24, 2014November 30, 2014 Europe, Life in Sweden, Nature, Swedish Climate, Travelling cold, miserable, stockholm, sweden, weather, winter

Stockholm is a truly stunning city; that much has been established by pretty much any traveller to set foot on the cobbled stones of the Old Town. In the short summer months, boats chug across sparkling

Dogsledding in Lapland with Arctic Husky Adventures

March 2, 2014April 13, 2014 Europe, Friends and Family, Life in Sweden, Nature, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling adventure, arctic, arctic circle, dogsledding, husky, jokkmokk, lapland, sweden

A memorable journey is often more about the people you meet than the things you see, and when I went dogsledding with Arctic Husky Adventures in Jokkmokk, Swedish Lapland, last week I met quite possibly

Exploring SoFo: Stockholm’s Most Sociable Neighbourhood

June 23, 2013August 23, 2013 Europe, Food and Drink, Life in Sweden, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism, Travelling boutique, designer, folkungagatan, greta garbo, hipster, life in sweden, retro, sofo, stockholm, sweden, södermalm, vintage

Travel doesn’t always have to be far away; sometimes you can explore your own area through the eyes of a tourist. As you know, I have been living and working in Stockholm since May 2012.

Brunch in the Stockholm Archipelago

March 23, 2013May 12, 2013 Europe, Food and Drink, Life in Sweden, Swedish Tourism, Travelling archipelago, brunch, luxury, stockholm, sweden, swedish food, tourism, travel

Whilst I love the thrill of being a budget backpacker, one of the best things about being an expat—rather than a traveller—is that every now and then you can splash out on something a little

American Brunch in Stockholm

December 1, 2012January 6, 2013 Europe, Food and Drink, Life in Sweden, Swedish Tourism, Travelling american, arizona, brunch, maple syrup, pancakes, stockholm, vasastan

What do you do if you are very hungry on a Sunday morning in Stockholm, and have a craving for American pancakes? Let me give you some advice for if you ever find yourself in

Lighting a Candle on All Saints Day, Sweden

November 4, 2012October 31, 2015 Europe, Life in Sweden, Swedish Tourism, Tradition, Travelling, Uncategorized all saints day, alla helgons dag, cemetery, Skogskyrkogården, stockholm, sweden tradition

All Saints Day is an official holiday in the Swedish calendar. It is celebrated on the Saturday that falls between the 31st October and the 6th November. Many businesses close early on Friday afternoon, and

Anundshög: Sweden’s largest Viking burial site

July 7, 2012September 9, 2012 Europe, Life in Sweden, Swedish History, Swedish Tourism, Travelling anundshög, burial, culture, history, scandinavia, society, sweden, viking

Being a bit of a History geek one of my favourite things about travelling is encountering ancient cultures and histories, and where better to be than Scandinavia—home of the Viking? Don't tell me you've never

What a Year! 2011 in Pictures

December 23, 2011January 22, 2012 Life in Sweden, Nature, South America, Swedish Climate, Swedish Tourism, Travelling aurora borealis, ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki, helsinki, machu picchu, northern lights, photo essay, photography, porjus, russia, south america, st.petersburg, sweden

It's the end of another year and with New Year's Eve just around the corner it's the time to reflect on the year that has gone before. 2011 was a good year. Living in Sweden

8 Things I Have Learnt in Sweden

August 4, 2011October 11, 2011 Europe, Life in Sweden, Travelling, Working Overseas sweden

What’s the point of travel if not to learn from your experiences? Here’s what I have learnt during my year in Sweden. Bikes with a basket and bell are not just for little girls Pretty