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Where to have fika in Lund?*

Visiting a city in Sweden isn’t a complete experience without having the famous Swedish coffee break better known as fika. Where the best places to have it in Lund? Here is the list:

img_79051. Love Coffee Roasters

Located in Klostergatan 1, at the very corner of Lund’s cathedral, this café is famous for its manual roaster and hipster culture. With 17 years experience of stellar coffees, Love Coffee Roasters is indeed a great place for a great fika.

Opening hours:

Monday – Friday : 8.00 – 18.00
Saturday :10.00 – 17.00
Sunday : 11.00 – 16.00

At Love Coffee Roasters

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How to Enjoy the Swedish Summer in Lund

When it comes to summer, Swedes knows how to make the most of it. It’s of course understandable, since summer doesn’t last long here and winter can be unbearable. So they definitely don’t want to miss the summer moments. Travel to sandy beaches, go for kayaking in national parks, or enjoying the days in summer houses are parts of the summer essentials in Sweden.

Unfortunately, for a small city like Lund, where most of the inhabitants are students, summer is also a quiet moment as most people leave the city for summer holiday. Even some stores are closed (or at least closed early) during summer. Locals call it as sommarstängt which literally means closed for/during summer. So, how are the best ways to enjoy summer in Lund? Well, here are what I do: Continue reading “How to Enjoy the Swedish Summer in Lund” →

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When in Stockholm

Just like any other capital city in the world, Stockholm has what a capital could offer: the dynamic, the excitement, the access and the availability. The city itself is very hectic with people commute here and there every minute. But, unlike other capital cities, which tend to be polluted, Stockholm is awarded as the cleanest capital city on Earth (source). This makes traveling in Stockholm is physically and mentally refreshing 😊 .

In Stockholm, you will never run out of idea how to spend the day. Even when the weather is surprisingly weird (for example sleet on May, yes, May! 😅 ), there is always something to do or somewhere to go in Stockholm. And indeed, my 4 days stay there went by in a glance. So, here are the places we managed to visit during our stay in Stockholm:

  1. Skansen Open Air Museum

Located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Skansen is the first open air museum (a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts out-of-doors) and zoo in Sweden. This place is perfect for family outing as you can spend the whole day here learning about Swedish culture and history, petting the Scandinavian animals, having a picnic or even having elk meat for lunch (and that’s exactly what we did 😁 )

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“Sola i Karlstad” (The Sun in Karlstad)

Haven’t posted anything since last month because I was distracted by other (let’s say) “projects” 😄 . But hey, now I’m back again. And this post will be the beginning of my traveling series, as I want to write some posts about Swedish cities I’ve been visited on April and early May 2017. I’ll start with Karlstad, then the capital Stockholm, then southern and east southern part of Skåne, especially Ystad, Simrishamn and Trelleborg.

So, let’s start with Karlstad.

Karlstad is a city in the Värmland province in Sweden, where Sweden’s longest river, Klarälven, runs into Sweden’s largest lake, Vänern. I went there during the Easter break at the beginning of April so it was supposed to be Spring but Sweden has that so called April Weather (when weather is so unpredictable) so it wasn’t that “springy” after all 😆 . We took the SJ regional train from Lund to Karlstad (with short transit in Gothenburg). In total, it was around 6 hours trip including the layover, but with scenic views during the trip and Wi-Fi on board, it felt like two hours. Haha.

The symbol for Karlstad is a smiling sun as Karlstad is often associated with sunshine. Karlstad is indeed reputed to be one of the sunniest towns in Sweden. That’s why the slogan of the city is “Sola i Karlstad” (the Sun in Karlstad). Originally, it was referring to a beautiful girl working as a waitress at several inns in Karlstad named Eva Lisa Holtz. She was well known for her “sunny” and cheerful personality so she got the nickname “sola” which means “the sun” in the Värmland accent. Nowadays, the expression also refers to its reportedly sunny weather (Wikipedia). Continue reading ““Sola i Karlstad” (The Sun in Karlstad)” →

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