For this week's mystery location, we challenge you to guess one of the ten biggest cities in the country from just nine clues. Can't be that hard... right? READ () »
From Eurovision to the Abba museum to Bruce Springsteen, May is shaping up to be a very musical month in Sweden. And with temperatures rising and summer holidays fast approaching, the timing seems right for a rundown of Sweden's hottest summer music festivals for 2013. READ () »
The world's first museum dedicated to Sweden's iconic disco group Abba is set to open in Stockholm on Tuesday, offering visitors a chance to get up close and personal with the 1970s foursome with a little help from modern technology, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert reports. READ () »
Think you know Sweden? Or simply want to learn more? For the second quiz in our trivia series, we head to a city that's rather unusually squashed, at least from an international perspective. But which one is it? READ () »
Three Swedish restaurants are among the top 100 in the world, according to a new ranking published in the UK on Monday. READ () »
Think you know Sweden? Or simply want to learn more? In our new "Secret Location" trivia series, we head to a "mystery" Swedish town that millions of people have visited without ever actually stepping foot there. But which one is it? READ () »
A Stockholm museum in honour of Swedish super group Abba is only weeks away from being open to the public. Camille Bas-Wohlert finds out what fans of the legendary group can expect. READ () »
Photographer Lisa Mikulski profiles Gothenburg for this week's My Sweden, explaining how it's the "delightful" little things that make it Sweden's best city to visit. READ () »
In our weekly profile of life in different parts of Sweden, Colombian-born entrepreneur Carlos Perdomo waxes poetic about Karlstad, a town that offers small-town charm, a bevy of foreign students, and no shortage of outdoor adventure. READ () »
Stockholm's storied Grand Hotel is set on being one of the top-ten luxury hotels in Europe by 2015, and recently offered a rare, behind-the-scenes look at a set of newly renovated suites that owners hope will help it get there. READ () »
A Gothenburg hotel concept that is part social commentary, part installation, has received worldwide attention by inviting guests to pay to be homeless for a night in the city. READ () »
For this week’s My Sweden, The Local heads south and talks to former US Marine Ron Tibbs, who lives on a secluded farm near Kristianstad where he's converting a 100-year-old pig house into a traditional Swedish café. READ () »
An engineering student from Saudi Arabia presents Borås, a town of around 65,000 "well-dressed" residents and one enormous Pinocchio, for this week’s My Sweden. READ () »
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