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December 2011
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See what a group of engineers did to encourage people to use the stairs in Stockholm.
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October 2011
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Read for happiness
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about a successful urban farm outside of Stockholm.
It’s a very special feeling to get off the metro in Tensta, walk through the centre, under the highway and after a few minutes in a beautiful landscape you are on a farm!
And not just any farm. When Oloph Fritzén and Jenny Olofsson, two young farmers from the South of Sweden, took over Hästa gård they decided to make it organic....
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September 2011
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Denmark to get 1st female PM after leftist opposition wins election
A majority for the “red bloc” also deprives the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party of the kingmaker role it has used to tighten Denmark’s borders and stem the flow of asylum-seekers.
This made me breathe a huge sigh of relief. Denmark’s political climate has been alarming of late, to say the least....
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August 2011
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Beware of Verbs!
swanadianme:
Many verbs in Swedish are very similar to their English translations: - Baka = to bake - Jogga = to jog - Kontemplera = to contemplate Kissa = to pee …… But some are not. Beware the Swedish verbs.
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Basically, everything you need to know about life...
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For those considering the visit or the move, Lola Akinmade-Åkerström breaks it down skillfully. Anyone with an interest in Sweden will have read all this before but it´s nice to see it all in succinct form. Most of these items on the list also fall under the category of “reasons why I love Sweden.”
For decades, Swedish culture has been boiled down to four stereotypes we know...
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Something terrible has happened
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I´m often boasting about the wildly efficient, clean, and convenient laundry system that most apartment complexes have here. It´s a little laundry house that one person uses at a time based on an electronic booking system. You have four passes for a month, and you have to show up at the time you´ve booked for or else there will be TROUBLE. The time slots are all back-to-back so if you...
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July 2011
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June 2011
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