Dark winter days are just around the corner. Which means it's time to embrace autumn in Sweden – while it lasts. From cosy candles to cinnamon buns, here's The Local's guide to enjoying the year's most colourful season.
The Local's Maddy Savage was drawn to Stockholm's beauty, fashion and healthy lifestyle when she moved to the Swedish capital. But after two years getting under the skin of the city, she reflects on the more unusual reasons she's become passionate about her adopted home.
A trial of shorter days at a nursing home that made global headlines could end ahead of schedule if a motion gets through the city council later on Thursday.
International media have gone crazy for the idea that Swedish employers are introducing a six-hour work day, but for those of us living in the Nordic nation, the hype has little to do with the reality, writes Maddy Savage.
Taxis, booze and meals might cost more than elsewhere in Europe, but Sweden's capital's a surprisingly easy place to hang out, even if you're short on cash.
Entrepreneurs have organized a protest outside Sweden's parliament, after the co-founders of the Swedish streaming service suggested growing startups would be forced to leave Stockholm if its housing crisis continues.
Almost 56,000 calls have been made to Sweden since became it the first country in the world to launch its own phone number last week, with almost 40 percent coming from the US.
Six months after two Swedes poked fun of their smartphone-addicted peers with an unofficial road sign, it's become an unexpected educational tool, one of its co-creators has told The Local.
French entrepreneur Anabelle Lindqvist tells The Local how she combined her twin passions of wellness and working with children by launching baby massage classes in Stockholm.
Bars in Sweden are supposed to ban people from dancing unless they have a special licence. But that finally looks set to change, with a controversial law likely to be overturned later this month.
You know those habits that Swedes think are totally normal but foreigners just don't get? One New Zealand stand-up comic has made a living out of them. And Swedes love Al Pitcher's style so much he's about to get his own TV show.
As Sweden's biggest DJ announces he's taking a break from performing, The Local looks back at some of Avicii's most memorable moments both on and off the stage.
Elfdalian, a rare Viking language, is getting a revival after local politicians agreed to build a new preschool in Älvdalen, the small forest community that still uses it.
Sweden's star soul singer invited 130 black and mixed race women on stage with her at the Nordic nation's Grammy Awards in a move compared with Beyonce's Superbowl appearance.
Low-cost airline boss Michael O'Leary has said Sweden must do more to attract other European businesses and backed the campaign to keep the UK in the EU, at a press conference in Stockholm.
Viola Beach, the British band killed when their car plunged into a canal south of Stockholm last weekend, have made number one in the UK's iTunes chart following a social media campaign backed by a host of celebrities.
