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I am on opor-garai side yesteryear side week... off to Kingdom of Spain for a friend's birthday. I wanted to exit you lot alongside some tips of fun things happening inwards the metropolis during my absence! GAT Stage, kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se First upward is the fun Kulturfestivalen (Culture Festival). I am sorry to fille this! This festival runs from 13th through the 18th of August too encompasses all things cultural. Best of all... it is all free! No admission fees. It is a picayune difficult to write close since in that place are therefore many things going on, but basically the festival takes identify inwards the downtown expanse roughly the squares Gustav Adolfs Torg , Brunkebergstorg too Sergels Torg . The plan ( click here ) runs from midday until belatedly inwards the evenings too you lot tin bathroom honour something for every taste... cabaret, opera, salsa, literature, street performances, dance, Bollywood, vintage punk reinvented, nightclubbing too much, much mor...

Just a picayune heads up! Today (August 10th) is the get-go solar daytime of the Stockholm Culture Festival , which volition live on going on until Sunday, August 15th. There is enough to produce in addition to encounter in addition to the best affair of all is that it is gratuitous admission to 99% of the scheduled events! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 subject of this year's festival is Denmark... amongst many of the artists, music, theatre in addition to movies coming from our neighbours to the south. All types of "culture" volition live on represented in addition to at that spot is something for everyone (whatever your age). Take a await at their website (linked above) in addition to banking concern correspond out the program. The performances in addition to events are happening throughout the metropolis though all of them are centrally located in addition to closed together... Skeppsbron inwards the Old Town, Gustav Adolfs Square , Brunkenbergs Square in addition t...

Every August The Stockholm International Film Festival organizes an outdoor motion painting theatre showing only about all-time dandy movies... for free! This yr the subject is power in addition to politics in addition to only about great, Oscar-winning movies are existence screened. They volition hold upward shown this calendar week (August 18th to 22nd) inwards Rålambshovs Park on the isle of Kungsholmen. They volition all hold upward inwards English, except Sunday's movie, in addition to kickoff at 8pm. So pick out your blankets in addition to picnic baskets in addition to sentinel a dandy motion painting nether a starry Stockholm heaven (fingers crossed virtually the weather!). Here is the schedule: Wednesday, August 18th- All The Presidents Men starring Robert Redford in addition to Dustin Hoffman. Thursday, August 19th- The Hurt Locker which sweeped the Oscars this year. Friday, August 20th- Milk starring Sean Penn in addition to Josh Brolin. Saturday, August 21st- The...

The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Photo past times Micke Wiberg More civilization comes to Stockholm this weekend as well as coming week. Firstly, nosotros stimulate got the annual Baltic Sea Festival ... an annual music festival featuring basis class singers as well as musicians from the basis of opera as well as symphony music. The master copy artists are the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Opera Orchestra as well as Royal Opera Chorus. The festival kicks off this evening (Friday, August 23rd) amongst a functioning of "Romeo & Juliet" past times Berlioz as well as ends on Friday, August 30th amongst an eve of Stravinsky (The Rite of Spring, Petruschka as well as Firebird) performed past times the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, conducted past times Valery Gergiev. Plenty of slap-up performances inwards the days inbetween every bit well... click hither for the total program ! The bulk of the perfomances stimulate got identify at Berwaldhallen, which is located o...

One terminal summertime festival to become earlier nosotros tin expect frontwards to autumn! This festival, Taste of Stockholm , is genuinely purpose of a serial of gastronomical, fine-dining festivals ( Taste Festivals ) taking house inward major cities to a greater extent than or less the world. It is straight off Stockholm's plow this sixth through eighth of September. Unfortunately, the alone English linguistic communication version of their website is through a Google interpret push (found nether the heading "Socialize amongst us"), which doesn't brand for the best translation. But I volition endeavor together with hand yous an overview. Otherwise, if yous are staying at the Rival Hotel , come upwards past times together with speak to me for to a greater extent than in-depth information. Gourmet pizza from Gastrologik! The festival takes house on the isle of Riddarholmen , which is only side past times side to Gamla Stan (old town), together with is separate upw...

If y'all are coming to Stockholm this coming weekend (September 27th to 29th) thus y'all chose a nifty fourth dimension to see Stockholm amongst lots going on inwards the city! Photo past times Anna Yu, Skansen A personal favorite is the Autumn Fair at Skansen , which is located on the isle of Djurgården. This is an annual consequence taking house during the final weekend of September... a traditional tumble marketplace amongst a historical feel. The marketplace takes house on both Sabbatum in addition to Dominicus from 11am to 4pm. Not alone tin y'all buy this season's honey, marmalades, breads, cheeses in addition to vegetables, y'all tin too come across the farmers in addition to other historical characters associated amongst farmer markets. Besides edible treats, y'all volition discovery textiles, woodwork in addition to other handicraft for sale. There volition survive traditional marketplace games equally good equally alive music. You tin too endeavour t...

( EDIT: This is a spider web log entry from 2013, to come across data regarding the 2011 festival- click here ) Attention all chococolate lovers! Next weekend (October 15th to 17th) it is fourth dimension for the 9th annual chocolate festival at the Nordic Museum ( Nordiska Museet ). The festival takes house inwards the master copy hall of the museum together with the festival has kicking the bucket quite popular. Patisseries together with chocolatiers volition hold upward displaying their products together with you lot volition conduct maintain the oppurtunity to purchase & gustation their wares. There volition hold upward a phase laid where competitions together with demonmstations volition hold upward held... including the "cake maker of the year" together with a chocolate sculpture competition. There volition fifty-fifty hold upward a contest for children besides equally a marsipan corner play area. The Nordic Museum is located on the isle of Djurgården, most Ska...

Today (November 6th) is the start twenty-four hr menses of the 24th annual  Stockholm International Film Festival ... 12 days of cinematic delights, awards too reddish carpeting events. It actually is every bit good much to listing out hither inward the blog, too hence I volition simply write an overview too you lot tin sack click on the link to a higher house (or links below) for to a greater extent than data nearly the festival, movies, tickets too events. Skandia. Photo by Emmanuel Castro Skött "Freedom" is the topic of this year's festival too this volition loosely necktie inward dissimilar aspects of the festival. Breaking it downwardly inward numbers, the festival is 12 days long too features 180 movies (from over l countries) beingness shown at 9 dissimilar venues throughout the city. More numbers? There volition last 5 parties/events amongst themes every bit varied every bit LGBT, Horror too Bollywood. 18 prizes too scholarships volition last awarded during t...