When Wallander fans hear the name of the town of Ystad, it will immediately ring a bell. This city in Skåne was the place where the popular …
Botanical garden in Lund
The Botanical Garden in Lund (Botaniska trädgården) is part of the university. The garden is centrally located in Lund, the university town in southern Sweden. …
St: Jakobs Stenugnsbageri in Lund
When I was in Lund for the first time, I passed by St: Jakobs Stenugnsbageri. It was February and it had snowed in the morning. In …
Gripsholms Värdshus, the oldest inn from Sweden
At about 45 minutes from Stockholm you’ll find the picturesque town Mariefred. The main attraction in Mariefred is Gripsholms Slott. Across the road from the …
Dancing at ABBA – The Museum
There is only one museum in the whole world where you spontaneously start dancing when you go in, where you almost all the time want …
By Öresundståg from Denmark to Sweden
Since 2000, it only takes half an hour from Copenhagen Airport (Kastrup) to Sweden. Sometimes they say you get faster in the centre of Malmö from Copenhagen airport than …
Semlor – the Swedish Shrove Tuesday bun
Each year, my Swedish Instagram friends share loads of pictures of semlor. These Swedish pastries look really delicious. You actually eat a semla on Shrove …
MiaMarias: a great lunch spot in Malmö
After Stockholm, Malmö is the second place in Sweden where I don’t feel like a tourist anymore but dare to say that I know the …
The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared – Hundraåringen
Some time ago I went on a press trip to Sörmland. The program mentioned that we would visit Malmköping because this is where the 100-year-old Allan …
Lagom – good enough is the new perfect
One of the nicest things about the Swedish language are the words that you actually can not literally translate. I’m thinking of fika, but also …