It's pretty well-known for many people that the modern way of living leads to a sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical activity. Which in its turn can lead to overweight and serious health issues.

In Sweden it's regarded as a serious problem worth to fight against and try to inspire couch potatoes to stand up and start moving. The project ( Read more... )

Here it was supposed to be a post with some nice pictures and some equally nice words. But since Telia, a Swedish state-owned monopolist company and my Internet provider, doesn't provide me with Internet connection there will be neither pictures nor nice words ( Read more... )

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Did you know that it's a year of the Horse according to the Chinese calendar? Well, Sweden has its own very special horse - dalahäst.

Год Лошади, говорите? Швеция - это, конечно, не Китай и даже не Греция, но и тут есть своя особенная лошадь - "dalahäst".


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Gudrun Sjödén, a Swedish designer is often inspired by folk costumes from different countries. The collections are then photographed in those places that inspired them. Sometimes it happens to be Sweden.
This video was made on Visingsö island which is located in the Lake Vättern ( Read more... )

Long time ago, when women had pretty few rights and were almost completely depending on men, a young woman who lived in the town of Gränna became a widow with a two weeks old daughter. For humanitarian reasons she got the permission to start her own business so she started a bakery ( Read more... )

Муж пришел из магазина. Купил молоко, мороженое, клубничное варенье, туалетную бумагу, глёгг и...

Hubby came back home from the food store. Bought milk, ice-cream, strawberry jam, toilet paper, glögg  and...

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Одним из основных занятий многих шведов в междупраздничные дни (между Рождеством и Новым годом) является шопинг. И шведская торговля их всячески к этому поощряет грандиозными скидками.
В этом году муж предложил заняться шопингом в Гётеборге, где выбор всего всяко больше, чем в нашей провинции.( Краткий обзор нашего шопинга, гётеборгской погоды и одна мысль про гендерное равноправие... )

Вам когда-нибудь дарили булыжник на день рождения?

Have you ever got a stone as a birthday present?

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