Tell me what’s your favourite semla and I’ll tell you who you are 🙂 Semla is by far my favourite Swedish fika bun. There are many ways to eat your semla, as nicely described by the Newbie team here. You can eat it with a spoon, dipped in a bowl of warm milk or go […]
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Best cafés in Stockholm to enjoy fika like a Swede
Written by Irene Ramón Sweden is obsessed with fika and everything it has to do with it, especially coffee. Ask any of your Swedish colleagues how many cups of coffee they’ve had just today, and you’ll be surprised to hear that the number is higher than you expected. My previous manager was at ten cups […]
Corporate fika turned a domestic affair
A full week of Teams-Zoom-Hangouts-Meet-Skype-Slack and Friday is coming up. Time to slow down, you think, but your Swedish colleagues have a different opinion. Friday is the very culmination of the week and an opportunity to get high on sugar after a full five days of Lutheran discipline. Forget about casual Friday In normal times, […]
Gamla stan: Stockholm’s old town
Due to the pandemic, we cannot go to far off places, this gave me a wonderful time to explore Stockholm. Stockholm is known for its rich cultural heritage, the architecture of the buildings, and museums. But it also houses one of the city’s earliest settlements, still featuring the medieval street layout. Yes, you have taken the right […]
Swedish Pastry Calendar
Written by Hayu Hamemayu As someone with many sweet teeth, one thing I love about Sweden is its “excuses” to always have something sweet between meals. Thanks to its most celebrated tradition, Fika. It seems to me that despite the lagom value, Swedes are quite into cake and pastry; they even have special days to […]
