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Liljeholmen is one of the districts in the southern part of Stockholm, just south of the island of Södermalm. Other neighboring districts are Aspudden, Gröndal, Midsommarkransen, Västberga, and Årsta. Liljeholmen is home to around 16,700 inhabitants as well as several larger businesses. The former industrial areas here have, however, more recently been developed into residential…
Husby is a district in the northern parts of the City of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It lies in the middle of a line of three residential districts in an area known as Järvafältet. Here it has Akalla to the northwest and Kista to the southeast, all three areas developed during the 1970s. Husby…
Akalla is a district in the northern parts of the City of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is located in an area known as Järvafältet, a former green area where Akalla as well as neighbouring Husby and Kista were established in the 1970s. Today this is a densely populated suburb of Stockholm, with a…
Welcome to Kista, a district of Stockholm that we for a long time have called home. This is a part of the City of Stockholm, a suburb to the north of the center. Sometimes referred to as Sweden’s “Silicon Valley”, it is home to several headquarters of Swedish IT companies and the Swedish offices of…
April 7th, 2017 is a date that affected us all and will be affecting Stockholm for a long time to come. It was a day when terror struck the Swedish capital, We were, however, lucky that the events that day only caused disruptions to our plans. Others were not as fortunate. Now a year afterward…
The real winter has finally arrived in Kista and Stockholm. Snow has been falling and we have basically been snowed in. That means that we have had to stay indoors most of the time – at least some of us, Susann still needs to go to work Well, I have actually caught a cold and…
The 10th of August 1628 was a big day for both Stockholm and the Swedish navy. It was the day of the maiden voyage for the new mighty warship Vasa. As it turned out, the ship proved to be one of Sweden’s biggest engineering failures ever. From that day onwards the ship spent 333 years on…
One of the highlights in wintery Stockholm is the Skansen Christmas market. Earlier this year we purchased a family card for entrance to Skansen for a whole year. Until now we have only used it once and that was to enjoy seeing all the Nordic animals for a day. It is now the time of…
It’s that time of the year from which there is no escape – fall in Sweden! This is a season that leaves me with such mixed feelings. On the one hand, it’s incredibly beautiful with all the changing colors and the crisp air, but on the other, it’s just so dark. Yesterday we woke up…
Last Friday was a wonderful sunny day and we took the possibility to visit the open-air museum here in Stockholm – Skansen. It is actually the world’s oldest open-air museum and it’s located on beautiful Djurgården. The interesting thing about Skansen is that it also includes a zoo, with mainly nordic animals. But you will…
Something special happened last night in Cologne, Germany. It was time for the final of the Ice Hockey World Championships. The teams representing Canada and Sweden were on the ice. I was of course up watching the game, enjoying the battle game between the two teams. As result, I and quite a few others ended up…
Hello! On Monday we were aimlessly walking around in the center of Stockholm when we realized that we could go to a museum. For free. That museum visit inspired me to write this post about 4 free things to try in Stockholm. In case you are traveling on a budget, these tips might be just…