Weird Stockholm – Why not?

I’ve been around a lot these last days. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot! I’m experiencing this city, walking past its gates, peeking through its windows, tasting its beers… and living strange moment in Swenglish.

ITALY Vs. SWEDEN – What do we have in common?

Everyone can tell the obvious differences between Italy and Sweden. But knowing the little similarities… that’s a whole another story. So, instead of writing a corny article about the things we don't have in common, I'll try to underline what we share.

Stockholms Stadsbibliotek

I've always been kind of an architecture fan and the Stockholm Public Library really amazed me. It is called the Stadsbiblioteket and was designed by the mostly reknown representative of Nordic Classicism and Modernism of the 1920s, Erik Gunnar Asplund.

Hitta mig i Eken!

Over the years, a city gets several different nicknames, such as a person. I was intrigued by Stockholm’s names. Some were just created to attract foreign tourists, some are derogatory terms. And then I found this name: Eken – “the oak”. From the late 1800s onwards Stockholm was nicknamed after the oak tree. The city lies on a harbor but its shoulders are in the surrounding forests.

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