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Where to Have a Coffee Break (Fika) in Stockholm?

Abha — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:00:43 +0000

In Swedish, “Fika” means “coffee” or “to have coffee” or simply “a coffee break”. Fika is a popular Swedish tradition to socialize over a cup of coffee accompanied by a pastry, piece of cake, cinnamon roll or other sweet baked snacks. Bullar, a roll filled with cinnamon, cardamom and sugar, is an integral part of the custom. Fika has no fix time. It happens many times daily. The weather is one of the favorite subjects of fika conversations. It could be a quick or elaborate. You need a diverse range of sweets, tarts, pastries and cookies for an elaborate fika. The capital city Stockholm has numerous modern and traditional cake shops and cafes for fika. Read on to know about traditional Swedish bakeries cum cafes.

Best Desserts in Stockholm

Anita Choudhary — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:00:42 +0000

The city of Stockholm features a wide range of restaurants which indicates the diversity of cultures in the city. But the real allure of Stockholm, as well as anywhere that you go in the Scandinavian region, is the variety of desserts and sweets that are available. Suffice it to say, you will have no problem finding an abundance of cakes, cookies, pies, and other tantalizing pastries that are sure to please. Here are a few of our choices for best desserts in Stockholm.

Cafés in Stockholm

Eva Paulsen — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:00:26 +0000

Sweden has a long-standing culture of coffee drinking. This is a part of the ”fika” tradition, which basically means that you have a coffee paired with something sweet, like cookies or cake. No self-respecting employee expects anything less than that half an hour of the afternoon is reserved for a fika break with the colleagues. Although traditionally people would at the most visit each other's homes for a fika, modern times have increasingly made the shy, quiet Swedes a more sociable people who today prefer to have their cuppa in a café. And, luckily, Stockholm offers a whole bunch of pleasant places to do just that. 502 of them, to be exact.

Traditional Swedish Spas

Abha — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:00:33 +0000

The spas in Sweden were established to encourage people to exercise and swim for mental and physical well being. Most of the spas are set up in brilliant secluded locations in line with its second important tenet: oneness with nature.

Photo by D Sharon Pruitt

However, this long Swedish tradition could not have escaped global influences and wave of modernization.

Christmas Holiday in Göteborg, Sweden

Kesha Coggins — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:00:15 +0000

Göteborg, Sweden is a lovely city to make your way to for the holidays. Quaint and rustic, this seaport town will mesmerize you from the moment that you arrive. The nearest airport is Göteborg Torslanda Airport making it easily accessible by way of this international airport. No winter holiday in Göteborg is complete without taking [...]

Top 3 Swedish Christmas Recipes

Kesha Coggins — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:00:08 +0000

While Christmas is considered one of the grandest and longest holiday of Sweden, the Swedish holiday just simply is not quiet complete without the magically element of the Swedish holiday cuisine. Candle lighting has always been the foundation of the Swedish holiday traditional but it is the Swedish holiday dishes that annually are the supreme [...]

Ice Hotel, Great Cause, Green Wave & Homophobia

Marion — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:07:20 +0000

Great Cause: Do not forget that TripsAdviser is giving away a $ 1 million donation and offers you the possibility to choose the organization you want to support. So what are you waiting for? Green Wave: Well known to be one of Europe’s best cycling cities, Copenhagen closed one of its main avenues to car [...]

The Best Golf Courses in Sweden

Abha — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:00:07 +0000

World-class Swedish players- Henrik Stenson, Jesper Parnevik and Annika Sörenstam have made a name for themselves in international golf. In fact, golf is no more a privilege of elite but any one in Sweden can play and enjoy it. The Swedish green fee is much lower than that in other parts of Europe. The country, [...]