Henrik Lundstöm, 25 years old,  came to my apartment  recently for dinner.  He arrived with a big smile and said: “Nizaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar  Nu kööööör vi. (…)

Fashion designer and tailor

Who says that Swedish people are shy and inhibited? I had lunch late last week in a new Lebanese restaurant on the south side of town. (…)

Is there any where else on earth where the bus stop shelters get a regular wash down?

On Tuesday, I took a four hour bus ride, together with a group of journalists and librarians, to the childhood home of Astrid Lindgren, who was born and grown up in Vimmerby, in the province of Småland.

A brand new champagne and shellfish bar has opened in the cellar of the classic Stockholm eatery “Prinsen” on Mäster Samuelsgatan. Brut Bar features different champagne, cava, or prosecco, shellfish, and fish. I couldn’t make it to a press lunch held at Brut Bar earlier this month, but the place sounds interesting. The basic idea is to keep things simple.

In a possible concession to the recession, you can buy your champagne as a half-glass if that is all your budget or your appetite allows. For an extra 28 kronor, you can have a sublime oyster with your drink.

A debate blossomed this week about a comic sketch broadcast live by Sveriges Television (SVT), the public TV channel, during the national finals of the Eurovision song contest. The musical sketch performed at the Globen arena was called “Tingeling,” and it featured a series of stereotypes of Russia.