Archive : Xpats Tips

Another fall weekend is nearly upon us and I wanted to write a post with suggestions of fun thing to do on the weekend in Stockholm. Brunch: Brunch is a classic in North America and I don’t feel that many people take advantage of brunch spots in the Stockholm area.  If you are looking for reviews of brunch restaurants in Stockholm, a group of expats have recently started a blog that reviews different [...]

I was contacted by SEST (The Stockholm English Speaking Theatre) and shown a they will be performing, and I wanted to share with my fellow Stockholm expats out there. Please share if you are going, and what you thought should you see it. SEST also has a Facebook fan page which I encourage you to Like UPDATE:  I was just advised that a new website was set up for SEST and can be found at http://www.sestcompany.com/ The [...]

It was only 2 years ago that my eldest daughter was born in Sweden.  As life now picks up speed and the babies are becoming children, I am thinking that it is time to find a nanny or an au pair for my kids.  I recently found a good service that has listings of nannies where ever you are in the world, and the best part is, it is all in English.  Check out greataupair.com and you will see the listings [...]

It has been five years or so since I moved to Sweden, and I have yet to see someone wanting to make it in Sweden like this guy.  His name is Martin, a friend, who has moved to Sweden about a year ago and wanted to continue a career teaching English while keeping his students in the Czech Republic where they had moved from.  His solution was to start teaching Skype English classes and started a website [...]

I just got word that one of my favorite Stockholm-native bands will be playing at Bara Vi in Stockholm on Thursday, March 17. The Show starts at 8.00pm.The Glade is an indie rock band with folk influences. They formed in Stockholm in 2008 and will play an acoustic set at Bara Vi, Skånegatan 59 on Södermalm (Map Below)(straight across from Petsounds Bar). You can check them out on Spotify, [...]

I just received my Christmas phone bill today that made me think that I should have been using a phone card and perhaps drunkenly talking to friends less. I know I recently published a post about a Rebtel voucher that was sent to us to try out – which by the way we enjoyed immensely – but I went the old fashion way. I just wish that if I were going to use a land-line phone, I should [...]

There are couple unsung newspapers written in English that can be found online carrying Swedish news.  Below are the ones that I know of, but please let us know if we have missed any others. The Local is the main English language newspaper in Sweden.  It is continually updated with translated news from TT (The Swedish news agency) and has a very active forum.  The site has very a heavy dependence [...]

I just ran into a thread in the local forum that really caught my eye. A group of expats, who claim to know know few others in Sweden but their partner’s friends and family, have started an online document where they share their Skype information, so they can make friends with the expatriate community of Sweden [and use this as a platform if you and your speaking partner both wish] I thought [...]

For a long time now there has been an interest in English-speaking playgroups in Sweden. I have managed to find two in Stockholm and another in Goteborg (Gothenburg). I hope these can be of use to English-speaking parents out there. It is worth noting that each of these groups has a small membership fee. Stockholm: If you live in the northern suburbs of Stockholm, there is a small but growing English [...]

1. Take that awful job at Marcus Evans. It is really going to hurt to have to dress up in a suit and tie, and sit at your desk for exactly 480 minutes a day, but it is going to teach you a lot about life and will give you a little bit of money for a couple months even if you are bad at it. Hey, you will probably even make some friends while you are at it. 2. Start networking, and go straight to the [...]