Tips & Tricks
Stockholm Jazz Festival (Stockholm) — held annually every October, this jazz festival features over 110 concerts over the course of seven days. Concerts take place at various venues, including the Stockholm Concert Hall, Fasching (a jazz club), and Kulturhuset. The lineup includes Dianne Reeves, Cassandra Wilson, Snarky Puppy, and many more. Visit the event website […]
Kungsängen Golf Club (Garpebodavägen 1, Kungsängen) This course, located 30 minutes northwest of Stockholm (via the E18), has hosted the Scandinavian Masters tournament and features two 18-hole courses (King’s Court and Queen’s Court). The varied courses present obstacles including water features, woods, and more. Interested golfers can contact course management at: www.kungsangengc.se
LIGHTS (Tele2 Arena, Rökerigatan 8, Stockholm) — The popular Summerburst festival, dedicated to electronic music, gets a twin festival in November, LIGHTS. On the last Saturday of Novemeber, Stockholm’s brand new Tele2 Arena turns into Scandinavia’s biggest and most luminous night club with the arrival of the LIGHTS festival – Sweden’s new indoor festival for […]
Festival Internacional de Cine de Estocolmo (Festival Centre en Kulturhuset, Sergels torg, Estocolmo) — este evento de 12 días (que se celebra cada noviembre) presenta producciones cinematográficas suecas e internacionales (incluidas nuevas películas de Hollywood). El festival también es reconocido por su capacidad de promover y ofrecer un lugar para cineastas jóvenes y prometedores. Hasta […]
Uppsala – this is Sweden’s fourth largest city, and a major university town just north of Stockholm (easily reached by train in just 35 minutes from Stockholm). Visitors can see the three Bronze Age royal burial mounds in Old Uppsala, along with Scandinavia’s largest cathedral, the university museum (Museum Gustavianum), and local shops and eateries. […]
Skiiing in the Stockholm area – since Scandinavia is known for its winters, some visitors wonder about the skiing in Sweden (since other European destinations, especially Switzerland and its Alps, get more press about its skiing). Within the Stockholm area, there is a variety of ski slopes where such enthusiasts can go to: Hammarbybacken […]