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President Obama's Visit to Stockholm September 4th & 5th!

Posted by zlatin

President Obama has a scheduled visit to Stockholm this week (September 4th & 5th) on his way to the G20 summit in St Petersburg. It is the first time a sitting US president visits Sweden for a b

Restaurant Gondolen

Posted by zlatin

Gondolen as seen from Slussen I believe most towns and cities have that one mainstay restaurant where businessmen take visiting clients, husbands take wives for anniversary dinners and locals ta

African Masterpieces Coming Soon!

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Copyright: © National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Nigeria. Photo courtesy Museum for African Art/Fundación Botín. (Photo: Karin L. Willis)I'm excited! Sad to see summer ending... but ther

Baltic Sea Festival and Free Ballet/Opera in the Park!

Posted by zlatin

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Photo by Micke WibergMore culture comes to Stockholm this weekend and coming week. Firstly, we have the annual Baltic Sea Festival... an annual music festival fe

Crayfish Season!

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August is the month for eating crayfish in Sweden. Generally Swedes have a party at home called a kräftskiva where they eat the little critters along with bread and hard cheeses as well as other deli

Next Week: Culture Festival, Outdoor Cinema & Midnight Run!

Posted by zlatin

I am on vacation next week... off to Spain for a friend's birthday. I wanted to leave you with some tips of fun things happening in the city during my absence!GAT Stage, kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se

Fishing in Stockholm

Posted by zlatin

After a week of festivals and general craziness... I thought I would slow it down with something a bit different! A happy Rival Hotel guest sent me some pictures of the fish he caught while visiting