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The essential Swedish summer student guide
You smell like a goat. You’re unshaven. You work endless hours in dimly lit caves. You speak a language understood only by others of your kind. You fear women and put prices on men’s heads. And legions...
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The magic – and madness – of Midsummer
So, what’s the strangest holiday you can think of? Perhaps you’d say Halloween, an American creation which – as far as I can tell – consists of children dressing up as witches, ghosts, zombies, and all...
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Top things I’ll miss in Sweden
While studying abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, the hardest part isn’t going to your host country: it’s coming back home. Meeting new people from around the world is just one of the many...
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These little things I love about you
I was sitting on the waterfront of Strandvägen and couldn’t believe that it was 20°C and that it was in Stockholm and that spring has finally (finally!) arrived. I had a book with me but I couldn’t...
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“Oh when I look back now that summer seemed to last forever”
For me, as for Bryan Adams (please, don’t judge my music taste) and for a lot of you I guess, summer is a special time of the year. As one Russian song says: “Summer is a small life”, meaning that it’s...
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Midsummer: 24 Hours of Daylight
As far as parties and holidays go, Midsummer is the like the Swedish Super Bowl – a true celebration of life, light, food and drink with friends and family. My first Midsummer in Sweden was incredible,...
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