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How to Set Up a Mini Julbord in a Rental Apartment: A List of Simple Products f…

🏨 Where Tourists Can Try Julbord: Restaurants, Archipelago Cruises, Hotel Buffets

A Guide to Julbord in Sweden: Restaurants, Hotel Buffets, and Cruises in the St…

🥤 Alcohol and the Holidays: Sober Alternatives and Swedes’ Attitude Toward Drinking

Understanding Sweden’s Alcohol Culture: Systembolaget, Holiday Traditions (Mids…

🧨 Fireworks and Safety on New Year’s Eve: Where You Can and Can’t Set Off Fireworks

Practical Tips for Tourists and Residents of Scandinavia: Light Therapy, Fika, …

🗓️ How to Get Through the Darkness Without Falling Into Winter Blues: Hygge and Lagom the Swedish Way

Practical Tips for Tourists and Residents of Scandinavia: Light Therapy, Fika, …

🛍️ Preschool and School in December: Holiday Performances, Lucia, Gifts, and Holidays

What December Is Like in Swedish Preschools (Förskola) and Schools: Lucia, Holi…

🚑 What to Do If You Get Sick or Need Help: Pharmacy and Healthcare Services During the Holidays

What to Do If You Get Sick in Sweden During the Holidays: 1177 Vårdguiden, 112,…

🍷 Systembolaget Opening Hours and Where to Buy Alcohol in Advance for the Holidays

How Systembolaget Operates During Holidays in Sweden: Closed Days, Early Closur…

🎄 Family New Year in Sweden: Activities for Children and Where to Go as a Family

Where to Celebrate New Year in Stockholm: The Best Viewpoints for Fireworks, th…

🎄 How New Year Is Celebrated in Stockholm: Fireworks, Viewpoints, Skansen, and Restaurants

Where to Celebrate New Year in Stockholm: The Best Viewpoints for Fireworks, th…

🧸 What NOT to Give in Sweden: Potential Cultural Pitfalls

Heading to Sweden? Here’s What You Shouldn’t Give Swedes: Controversial Gifts, …

🎁 Gifts for Colleagues and Acquaintances: Unspoken Etiquette and Popular Formats (Present Swap, etc.)

How Gifts Are Given in Sweden and Scandinavia: the “Lagom” Rule, What Is Approp…

📝 Gifts from Sweden: what to bring home as Christmas souvenirs

Christmas Souvenir Ideas from Sweden: Edible Gifts, Design, Handicrafts, and Co…

📝 Julklapp and the tradition of gift rhymes: how to label gifts the Swedish way

Discover what a julklapp is and why Swedes love gift rhymes (julklappsrim). Sim…

🎁 Red Days and “Squeeze Days”: How Offices and Government Institutions Operate During the Christmas Holidays

What Are “Red Days” (röda dagar) and “Squeeze Days” (klämdagar) in Sweden: Whic…

🎄 Traditions in Transition: What Remains and What Is Disappearing in Modern Swedish Christmas