Ikealandia y el país de los Nobel (J. en)
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Un blog sobre mi experiencia erasmus en la ciudad de Estocomo: el frío, el país de Pipi, del Ikea, de los premios Nobel, de los bollos de canela y de mucho más ¿te animas? (en)
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St. Lucy party
Together with Valvurga it is one of the biggest parties in Sweden, as well very typical. Lucy is celebrating on 13th of December and it represents light in the dark of the winter and in the cold. It is a very ancient tradition and celebrated every year in Sweden. It is...
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National day in Sweden
National day in Sweden is also a very important party; they are very proud of their country and flag. On the other hand, also is true that national party has not huge celebrations, just some flags in the balconies… The national day is 6th June, when usually students...
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Summer Solstice
Summer solstice is as well known as St. John day. It is the longest day and the shortest night in the whole year, exactly on 24th June. Also it coincided with the holiday time of many Swedish and a lot of them decide to prolong them until august. They have 5 weeks...
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Baba sonic
Hej, what do you know about babasonic in Stockholm? I want to tell you about a night club in Stockholm. Baba sonic is a typical nightclub of Sodermalm, not too posh, not too commercial, and small enough. One day: Every Wednesday, from 10:00 p. m. to 3:00, free admission...
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Women in Nordic Politics
Women's representation in politics is a major issue. The Nordic countries are among the first countries to have granted definitely the right of women to vote and to run for office. In 1906, Finnish women became the first in the world to have unrestricted rights both to...
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Sweden in Eurovision song contest
Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1958 but the Swedish have not entered the contest in 1964, 1970 and 1976. Sweden has competed 45 times. The contest is selecting the representative called Melodifestivalen and it is broadcast...
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Wayne\'s coffee, the Swedish Starbucks
Wayne's Coffee is a Swedish franchise and was the first coffee bar of its kind in Scandinavia. The model was U. S. Starbucks has grown huge over the world but was missing in the Swedish market. From Starbucks, the Swedes have found inspiration to both the menu, the...
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Pressbyrån
Pressbyrån is a Swedish retail company that owns the concept of kiosks and convenience stores, often at or adjacent to railway stations, underground stations, bus terminals or the like. Pressbyrån currently has about 320 stores. All are operated by franchisees. The...
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Practical information
Sweden is a wonderful country where you can visit the nature and the capital of scandinavia. Apart from this blog also you will need some more information like for example about hotels, history, where to go, what do you can visit... this is a list for some useful links...
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Public transportation
Public transportation system in Stockholm is SL. It is a company very eficient and fast, as all Swedish society. Sl webpage is www.sl.se , where you can consult the times, the lines, some problems, questions… Here in Stockholm all public transportation is included in...
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SL card
SL card is the card you use to get in the different transport in Stockholm. As I told you you can take train, bus, metro, tramway and boat, all inside the same card and much cheaper than a single ticket. I will tell you about the best and the different options you...
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Some curiosities
Apart I have already told you about Stockholm public transportation: easy, punctual, efficient… there are some particularities that show that Sweden is a very modern country. For example, if you lost your SL card they return to you another and cancel the old one. The...
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Tickets for everything
But the most remarkable and curious thing is you have to wait to also to take the ticket. The problem of this is when you have not the ticket, you can not complain. I tell this information as a kind of curiosity because I remember I return a book in the library and I...
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Subway
The Subway or metro in Stockholm is called Tunnelbana and it is quite similar to other cities in Europe. It is a very simple metro because just have 4 different lines, which crossing with each other in only 4 different points. They use a kind of central system in order...
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The Penteltag
Pendeltag is the train service of short destinations in Stockholm and also it is inside the public transportation and SL card. They are form by many lines that cross Stockholm from the north to the south and vice versa. It goes to that villages and towns near the big...
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Buses in Stockholm
Buses in Stockholm are red. Yes, maybe it is obvious but if you take other colour you must pay extra money. Remember, public buses, red buses and always you can see a signal with the number of the bus and the destination. Mot, the word means direction, or destination,...
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Swedish economy
Favoured by peace and political neutrality throughout the twentieth century, the Swedish population has reached an enviable standard of living based on the twin pillars of high technology and a strong welfare state. The country has excellent transport infrastructure and...
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Thomas Sabo
The company history dates back to the eighties of last century: in 1984, Thomas Sabo selfmademan, big fan of jewelry, decided to start his own jewelry company with headquarters in historic Lauf an der Pegnitz Bavaria - and to give his name. A company whose intention was...
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Tramway
Tramway is a strange alternative in Stockholm and not a very usual transport. It works just in Djurgarden island because it is very bad communicated. It is useful to go to that island: vasa, Skansen, Biologiska, Pipi, Nordic… you can take it from T-Centralen until the...
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Who is the last one, please?
It is a common sentence we can heard in some countries as Spain in our everyday life: in the doctor, shops… but here it is very different. It is a closer society and they use other different methods, queues, queues, queues and finally queues. Swedish people love the...
