Expat & Travel Blog
In this section, we share all of our Swedish experiences related to local traditions and celebrations. As well as everything that we had gone through during our expatriate time in this country.
While Sweden is a beautiful and extremely well-developed country, not everything here was glamorous for us. Hence, we tend to share our honest thoughts not only of what is making us stay here, but also what annoys us.
So, if you want to learn about Sweden and its traditions. Or perhaps you are curious about how one feels when living in Sweden. Or maybe you are trying to find Sweden’s weak spots – pick an article below.
Sweden has been widely recognized as one of the most developed countries in the world. Its economic and social welfare systems speak for themselves. That clearly reflects in increasing life expectancy as well as in the country’s growing economy. But in this article, I want to ignore the bigger picture and look at the (not)…
For many Swedes, July is the most awaited month of the year, as the daylight and ‘high’ temperatures allow enjoying outdoors and beautiful nature. Personally, I love warm climate, endless BBQs and rooftop bars. However, there are a few things that are hard to get used to during this month. Hence, I decided to share…
Stockholm is one of the greenest capital cities in Europe and, luckily for us, going out of the city to be in nature is really easy and affordable. There are a lot of choices, whether you want to spend some days in national parks, nature reserves or in the archipelago. And for a little while…
This week is a bit special as this article will be the last one for this year…! How crazy fast time has been flying by?! And as the snow kept on falling here in Stockholm, and because Christmas is just around the corner, can there be a better article than Christmas related?! Thus, this week…
Yesterday was an important day here in Sweden. We celebrated Lucia Day! I hope you’ll get to know more about what this mysterious day is, but also how and why Lucia dagen is celebrated here in Sweden.
November…. When the weather gets poor and the temperature drops… Also, last weekend it kinda snowed and everything was frozen, and icy in the morning. So, I thought it could be a good thing to stop for a minute and put all my thoughts together on how we can actually survive another winter in Sweden….
Today, I want to share with you the 10 things I like the most during this fall in Sweden. Fall used to be one of my favourite seasons, but since I moved to Sweden, well, I like it a little less! The reason why is mainly the weather (surprise surprise!). Here fall is super cold and…
As you might have seen on the blog, there are so many things I love about Sweden. But also, about living abroad. I really like and enjoy most aspects of being an expat in this Nordic country. Though, there are 5 things I really dislike about Sweden. To find out, just keep on reading! I…
So it has been almost 2 years now that I moved to Sweden and lived here full-time. So I thought it would be interesting to see how Sweden changed me, what I gained from my experience here and some of the things you may also experience when moving to the Nordics!
Celebrating Midsummer in Stockholm…. What is this?! Before coming to Sweden I have never ever heard of Midsummer. And it turns out to be a thing! So, if we would have to rank the different holidays, it would be right after Christmas. Or, any other holidays with this type of high importance, that no one…