About Coolstockholm

Some of the hottest trends in fashion, film, design, art and music have their origins here in Scandinavia, on the roof of Europe. Cool Stockholm has been created by culture-vulture journalist David Bartal, together with Nizar Achmad, gourmet chef and major-league party animal

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Fashion freaks will get a treat at the end of this month, March 27-28, when the fifth annual installment of the Vintage Fair takes place at Hornstull Strand, a funky venue by the water which has reinvented itself several times in recent years. (…)

Fashion + live music a happy combination

Veronica Maggio sings for Ivana Helsinki

Ida Pyk

The Media Rocks Group of the USA has previously arranged  spectacular shows in London, New York and Rio de Jan de Janiero.   On June 25-26, for the first time ever in Scandinavia, a Fashion Rocks show was held  beneath the giant chandeliers of 146-year-old Berns Salonger. (…)

King of Pop remembered in Stockholm

This was the scene at Sergels Torg, the central square in the Swedish capital shortly after people learned about the death of music legend Michael Jackson.   Fans lit candles, brought red roses, a sequinned glove, photos of the star as well as a copy of tabloid Expressen, whose first page declared “Dead Last Night.”   News travels fast.  Many people in Sweden learned about Michael’s passing  within seconds of people in Hollywood.  I was  drowning in text messages and phone calls all saying the same thing: ”Have you heard? (…)

Thirty-five-hour Party People

Berns nightclub manager Martin Kling, guest manager Payman Dejdez, Nizar and David get together for a planning session in the 2.35:1 Club. (…)

Strike a pose

This is exactly what Carolina Gynning did when I asked her for a photograph after her performance in Söndagsparty, Kanal 5’s new talk show live from New York with comedians Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson.  Carolina Gynning, most famous for winning the Swedish version of Big Brother in 2004 and her voluptuous looks, was one of the show’s guests on May 24th, together with author and poet Björn Ranelid. (…)

A fertile place for murder and mayhem

The Stockholm City Museum is arranging guided tours in English of the locations depicted in author Stieg Larsson’s phenomonally successful Millenium thriller series.

Nizar to be ambassador at 2.35:1 “Berns”

Nizar and Martin have a chat
In a few months, sometime in August, I will get a chance to be an ambassador to
2.35.1 “Berns.” That means I will host pre-parties, and one of them will be in a luxurious suite with a big balcony at Berns Hotel. (…)

Music Festival, Flea Market and Club

There’s a lot of good stuff taking place today in Stockholm, on Saturday May 30.
I want to catch a Swedish band called MFMB (video above), which is supposed to perform at 5:30 p.m. (…)

A place to play for small creatures

Dos Kids – Design Passion 2009 from Dos Family on Vimeo. (…)

Animated video invitation from Ljunggrens

FromMeToYou Trailer 1 from Vidiots on Vimeo. (…)