Just finished two courses of Indian cooking with mom this week and they went off without a hitch. ::knock on wood:: Ever since she arrived before Midsommer, the weather in Stockholm has been fantastic: hot, bit humid, and sunny. Indian weather is here in Sweden. Yayyy!
The students in the classes were all awesome. Anne from Anne’s food joined us, Sabina from Orientalista, and Mattias Senchaholic’s Blog. English word of day: sencha. Sencha is a Japanese green tea where the tea leaves are not crushed (compared to match japanese tea which is powdered).
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On September 19th, 2010 millions of Swedes and voting adults will take to the polls and vote on the national election for Parliament (riksdag). The newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, created a fun quiz to help you figure out what political party you best support based on a 25 question quiz.
You can also see the Swedish political barometer for the past four years (2006-2010) on a near monthly basis from Dn.se.
The quiz is in Swedish but I have translated the quiz questions into English below.
Take the quiz here, Valkompassen 2010. Let us know what Swedish political party you would [...] Continue Reading…
Stockholm is not a cheap city to visit on a budget. It’s almost an irony to say “Stockholm on a budget” because well, it can involve kebabs, pizza, and really disgustingly cheap stor stark beer or lättöl (light alcohol content beers).
Alas, there is some relief during the summertime in Stockholm. Many museums have free days and some are free entirely.
Free Museums in Stockholm: Free ALL the time
Forum för levande historia (The Living History Forum)
This museum provides a haunting look at crimes against humanity and aims to remind us of the importance of learning from our dark pasts.
Färgfabriken (Center for [...] Continue Reading…
“Why do Swedish doors open outwards?”
“Why is the Swedish flag blue and yellow?”
“Why do Swedish men give the look?”
“Why can’t Sweden make a decent loaf of bread?”
“Does Kalles Kaviar break Geneva convention rules?”
Thanks to Dano for the inspiration, we need a thread not related to Swedish dating or why cigarette butts are not thrown away. And damnit, we need the answer to life’s mystery: what’s with the small frogs at midsummer?
Post your question and myself or another equally brilliant Swedo, Americano, Britso, Italiano will have an insightful answer. Or multiple answers.
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It was Monday after Midsommar and I had nothing better to do than visit the museum with Andrew and his family who are here to visit Stockholm. After two hours in the museum (more on that later), we headed to the Absolut Ice Bar near central station.
It was 25C outside and sunny in Stockholm. In the ice bar it was -5C and required a funny coat and mittens that don’t warm you up. To say the least, visiting the frigid weather was refreshing and cooling. Wearing a short skirt and high heels is not recommended [...] Continue Reading…
It’s that time again! The dying questions for swedish men is chock full of goodness of information. Before we start on our new questions about swedish dating, here’s a summary of what we know about swedish men and women.
Swedish men:
Are very good listeners
Are quiet and shy
Help doing house work
Cook dinner, breakfast or a little smörgås
Give the look
Are respectful
Like foreign girls (who doesn’t like anything exotic?)
Swedish women:
Want romance too
Love confident men
Are beautiful
Like foreign men
Are sensitive at heart
And now the A-Z of questions we still discuss and ponder about. A big thanks to all the readers who continuously comment and [...] Continue Reading…
Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.
Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.
Ej öron, ej öron, ej svansar hava de.
Ej öron, ej öron, ej svansar hava de.
Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,
kou ack ack ack ack kaa.
Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,
kou ack ack ack ack kaa.
The sun is shining brightly, the girls are meeting midsommar men, and the fishes are splashing around on our dining plates.
Welcome to the Swedish Midsummer!
Time to eat delicious strawberries, lax, sill, potatoes with dill, and of course aquavit. No midsommarfirande (midsummer festival) is complete without singing [...] Continue Reading…
I was a bad American-Swedo. I skipped out on the Swedish Royal Wedding and Love Stockholm in favor of Germany. It wasn’t my idea, the Swede wanted a weekend away from the festivities.
Instead, my friend Andrew attended the Kortege and snapped some spectacular photos. He also is a blogger and photographer at Ett Foto. Unfortunately, he was not invited to the delicious banquet dinner to eat Norwegian lobster, cod, chilled green pea soup, whitefish roe, char, poached quail egg, asparagus and beetroot from Gotland, veal sirloin from Stenhammar, strawberry mousse with rhubarb and vanilla ice [...] Continue Reading…
It’s summertime and it means walking around the city, eating ice cream, and hanging out in the park.
Recently though, I get annoyed when in a park or any grassy area where a Swede can lie down and be a solar panel. There’s garbage everywhere. Specifically, snus and cigarette butts.
Cigarette crap is disgusting.
Why is there no where to sit? Why do people have to throw their butts everywhere? Gross. And why, in a city that is the “Green Capital of Europe” no one has bothered to clean up the parks?
Bottle caps, cigarette butts, snus pouches litter the parks [...] Continue Reading…
Today is June 6th, National Day in Sweden – Swedish flag day or a day off to sunbathe and drink Carlsberg if you will.
If you missed the blue and yellow flag waving, gun toting, candy eating, BBQ grilling and BudLite, well then, you’re probably dreaming of the American 4th of July celebrated in splendor of excess.
Of course being Sweden, National Day is a summer holiday to enjoy the weather and possibly wave Swedish flags. Nationaldagen became a red day in 2005 in the hopes of Swedes celebrating the independence from [Norway, Denmark, Finland, the darkness?]. [...] Continue Reading…
