February 14, 2012
Miscellaneous: May 14th, 2007 by PR
Have you ever been to Baker’s Bog, A Spoon Farm or Suspender Pen? What about Awful Village Hospital, Baffle Brink or Shout Stone? If you’ve ever travelled on Stockholm’s subway then you probably have without realising it.
We’ve given Stockholm’s subway map a little makeover. From River Source in the north to Smelt Castle in the south, from Hazel Village Beach in the west to Sharp Nude in the east, a hundred stations as you’ve never seen them before:

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
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"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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