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Witch festival puts the spring in your step?

Why, it’s Walpurgis Eve, of course. Marina Georgescu explains how it is a Christian festival that took over from the…

2 years ago

Norrland Newbie – “The locals are friendly”

Our newbie, Tisha Cox, is missing the familiarity of home but is enjoying finding out that one stereotype of northern…

2 years ago

Your Norrländska Dictionary—Learn the Swedish spoken in Norrland!

So you’ve become quite fluent in Swedish. Maybe it’s time to read Vicky Taylor’s guide to mastering the basics of…

2 years ago

Making child’s play of Easter

Easter is around the corner and the kids have a whole week off from school. What to do with all…

2 years ago

Time to get totally floored with XL-Bygg

XL-Bygg Skellefteå    

2 years ago

The Directory – Your guide to ice hockey

Object of the sport The aim of ice hockey is to score more goals than the opposition by hitting the…

2 years ago

WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT – Late Spring 2023

BIRTHDAY WISHES So, happy birthday to us! We are one year old! As we write this, it’s 11.50pm and we’re…

2 years ago

Solar Egg is boiling

Book yourself a sauna in Bigert & Bergström’s fabulous giant egg. Solar Egg was created by artist duo Bigert &…

2 years ago

‘You either laugh or cry’

Donna Richmond talks to Monika Björn, who is speaking at Sara on 21st March, about her fight to get Sweden…

2 years ago

What’s going on during Sportlov?

In this guide, Vicky Taylor tells us all about Skellefteå activities for the annual Swedish sports vacation, Sportlov. Whether you’re…

2 years ago

”It was hellish at first”

Iona McLeman-Hägglund is one of the longest-standing British residents of Sweden, having been here since 1969. The Scot is also…

2 years ago

“A beauty tinged with glacial danger”

With the snow in northern Sweden ”deep enough to drown in”, ex-Londoner Gerald Laffey explains the trials and tribulations that…

2 years ago