Dreamers are castrated before they become a threat Posted by Katja on Feb 25, 2010
Imagine: You’re walking down the sidewalk or sitting on the bus maybe even on an airplane, who knows… but you are having a wonderful day and just a couple of seconds ago you thought of something you really want to do. Something just got you inspired and you are already up and far away from…
Sweden’s infrastructure cracks Posted by Gabriel on Feb 24, 2010
I don’t know if you’ve heard that Sweden has been virtually shut down since Sunday because of snow and extremely cold weather. The subway (tunnelbana) in Stockholm was not running above ground until today. The trains throughout the country were at a standstill and a number of trains were stuck without working bathrooms nor food…
Choose this title! Posted by jennie on Feb 23, 2010
Since all your comments and inputs are such a great source of inspiration, would you be willing to help out with a little experiment? What about this: You think of a title suggestion and post it as a comment here or on Facebook. Out of all your brilliant title suggestions, we pick a few and write posts about exactly that. Anything goes…
Swedish wedding customs Posted by jennie on Feb 22, 2010
As Gabriel pointed out here, you can learn a lot about a country by studying the customs (seder) and traditions surrounding big moments in life such as child births and weddings (bröllop). I’m not about to either give birth or get hitched, but there are a lot of weddings in the air at the moment. First…
Swedes love their winter Olympics Posted by Gabriel on Feb 21, 2010
Swedes love their winter Olympics, called OS in Swedish, which means Olympiska Spelen. It’s no wonder — Sweden is freezing. Especially right now. I was out today for a couple of minutes and still can’t feel my face. Swedes really do go crazy for their winter Olympics. They love the summer too, but the winter Olympics…
Have a nice weekend everyone! Posted by Tibor on Feb 19, 2010
Det är dags för fredagsmys! Gabriel, Jennie, Marcus, Katja and Tibor
For the love of sport. Posted by jennie on Feb 19, 2010
First of all: Screw Jante! My god, alpine skier Anja Pärsson! What a performance! What a talent! What an achievement! To fly 60 meters and crash in a horrid way, stand up, walk away with a stiff leg and come back next day and score a bronze medal… I’m speechless. Go Sweden! Heja Sverige! Anyone…