16th August 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 2 comments

Directly south of Stockholm, the Småland region has something for everyone, from cute pastel-coloured towns, to islands, glass factories, a castle, pine forests, rust-red cottages with white trim, even the hometown of Astrid Lindgren, the […]

9th August 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 5 comments

No doubt you’ve heard about the Nobel prize, but did you know that Alfred Nobel was a Swede and that the Nobel prizes (with the exception of the Peace prize) are awarded in Stockholm every […]

2nd August 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 4 comments

I knew little about Sweden when I arrived in the country last month. I imagined it would be pretty similar to Canada, a nordic first world country with good infrastructure and mostly middle-class people. And […]

29th July 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Sweden / 1 comment

Art lovers will love Stockholm! For a city its size, Stockholm is surprisingly well endowed with museums, and especially art museums.  Most visitors flock to the famous Vasa Museum of course, but if you love art, […]