Tag Archives: holiday
Popular Swedish Christmas Tunes Posted by Chelsea B on Dec 3, 2019
December means that the jul-vibes are copious in many countries! Sweden is no exception. When strolling through town, you’ll see lights, decorations, and hear sweet Christmas tunes pumped out of speakers to get folks in the holiday mood. Because it’s the first Tuesday of the month, that means that this blog post is going to…
The Swedish holiday is celebrating it’s 75th anniversary Posted by Katja on Aug 23, 2013
Hasn’t Sweden become well renowned for it’s laws about receiving paid holiday all over the world? Have the rumours become larger than life about exactly how many weeks people in Sweden actually get? This blogpost will try to sort some of these questions out and put Sweden in comparison to other countries in the world…
The Swedish midnight sun Posted by Katja on Aug 7, 2012
One of Sweden’s most wonderful aspects of nature is the midnight sun up in the north, close to and beyond the polar circle. Some people are fine with going to bed when it is still light, others become true night time people and don’t go to bed until 6 or 7 am. A lot of…