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Top ten ways to spend a weekend in Gothenburg

Top ten ways to spend a weekend in Gothenburg

In The Local's new series highlighting tourist destinations across Sweden, we head to Gothenburg, the country's second biggest city, where you can eat seafood aplenty, enjoy the beautiful islands, and (hopefully) avoid the Cheese-Slicer Bridge. READ () »

Think You Know Sweden?
Quiz: Thank you for the music (and the frogs)

Quiz: Thank you for the music (and the frogs)

This week's mystery quiz should be a piece of cake. The secret location is one of the top six most populated cities in Sweden, and a beautiful place to visit at that. But can you guess which one it is before the time runs out? READ () »

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Quiz: 'The best town in the country'

Quiz: 'The best town in the country'

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 () »

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Top ten must-see Swedish music festivals

Top ten must-see Swedish music festivals

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 () »

Abba - The Museum expected to be a big hit

Abba - The Museum expected to be a big hit

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?
Quiz: Lock, rock, and too slow on the clock

Quiz: Lock, rock, and too slow on the clock

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 eateries among world's top 100

Three Swedish eateries among world's top 100

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?
Secret Location: All along the watchtower

Secret Location: All along the watchtower

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 () »

Abba museum set to open doors in Stockholm

Abba museum set to open doors in Stockholm

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 () »

My Sweden - Gothenburg
'Delightful Gothenburg beats Stockholm by far'

'Delightful Gothenburg beats Stockholm by far'

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 () »

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