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Scandinavian Christmas Market – Stockholm

November 13, 2010 by Scandinavian mum

By the time December comes round, Sweden has very few hours of daylight. The sun drops out of sight in the afternoon. The first Sunday of Advent comes as an eagerly awaited sign that Christmas is approaching. Although by then, of course, the Christmas shop windows and street decorations are already in place.
We highly recommend the oldest and very traditional Christmas Market in Stockholm with a special cheery festive atmosphere, Stortorgets Julmarknad in the heart of the Old Town (Gamla Stan) at Stortorget Square (close to the Royal Palace).
The market opens the 20th of November and there is several stalls offering Swedish Christmas sweets, smoked sausages, reindeer and elk meat and other delicacies, glögg (mulled wine) and a range of Swedish handmade arts and crafts.

Stockholm is a tremendously beautiful city and the Old Town with the picturesque cobblestone streets is the perfect surroundings for the annual Christmas market.



Also read about Scandinavian Christmas markets in Copenhagen and Oslo.

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Lively photo shoot by Oii

November 12, 2010 by Scandinavian mum

Not all photo shoots seems to be a boring and never-ending event. Some can be quite lively and fun!
Like with the latest photo session the Swedish online shop Oii Design had.


I spy with my little eye… I Dig Denim, Acne Miniature and FUB.


Photo: Oii Design

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ImseVimse organic nappies from beautiful Sweden

August 22, 2010 by Scandinavian mum

ImseVimse was founded in 1988 and is based on the picturesque island of Gotland, in the Swedish city of Visby , which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Visby is a popular vacation destination for Scandinavians during the summer and receives hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.

Gotland is also known for being a environmental concerned, where everyone are expected to become involved: the business and public sectors, as well as the municipality’s individual residents at work, in their leisure activities and at home. Everyone contributes to the development and formation of the Eco-municipality of Gotland.

The company ImseVimse is no exception. Right from the beginning they have marketed their products on the basis of their benefits to the environment and health, with their aim to be the most environmentally friendly company in the industry. The company was founded by Marie Walleberg when her daughter developed contact eczema from wearing disposable diapers. The problem disappeared when she wore cloth diapers.

ImseVimse produce and sell a range of products in organic cotton; nappies, training pants, swimming nappies, towels and blankets. For more information visit UK stockist coolinclothes.co.uk



Photo: Gotland.travel and ImseVimse.co.uk

Photo and Imse Vimse

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My Scandinavian Retreat

July 24, 2010 by Scandinavian mum


Summer in the land of the midnight sun is a unique experience; Brilliant weather combined with raw nature and contemporary style -It’s a dream!
To be inspired and to see more Scandinavian holiday homes visit MyScandinavianRetreat
Photos: Claesson Koivisto Rune

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It’s been too long!

April 22, 2010 by Scandinavian mum

Trying not to mention the hottest subject over the last week that we all are slowly growing tired of I have to admit that we had our return journey from our Easter Holiday in Norway unexpectedly changed from a simple 2 hours flight into traveling through Northern Europe by car, boat and train, staying at various of places whilst waiting for Euro Star to have 4 seats available for the last leg of our journey…

It’s amazing how rural Scandinavia suddenly is when there is no flights. But what an adventure at the same time when you have to travel more than 1200 miles through Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France in order to get back home.

Picture to the left is shot by Amélie, of her new souvenir from Brussels. Looking very happy to finally be on the train, going to his new home in the UK.

Picture shows two little Scandinavians missing the ferry in Rodbyhavn, Denmark by only 2 minutes.



Anyway! It’s lovely to be back in sunny London! First thing I did was clearing out our winter clothes, making space for Spring Summer! Thank you for visiting and looking forward to catching up!

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