Facts and fun about Sweden

30 things you can only do in Sweden

  1. Catch edible fish in a capital
  2. Golf in three countries at the same time
  3. Swim from an Icebreaker - in ice
  4. Swim in a lake in the middle of a Capital
  5. Take a dip from a floating sauna
  6. Be awarded the Nobel Prize (except Peace)
  7. Downhill ski at midnight
  8. Cuddle a wolf
  9. Visit the largest IKEA in the world
  10. Stay at an ABBA hotel
  11. Celebrate Midsummer Festivities
  12. Visit the longest art exhibition in the world
  13. Enjoy a Crayfish party
  14. Balloon across the city centre of Stockholm
  15. Experience a Nobel Dinner
  16. See the big six in the wild (bear, mouse, lynx, wolf, wolverine, musk ox)
  17. Eat Surströmming (the smelliest fish dish in the world!)
  18. Go Ice Sailing, the fastest sport available
  19. Pat a moose
  20. Fish the best oysters in the world
  21. Build your own igloo to sleep in
  22. Celebrate Lucia
  23. Downhill ski in the Capital
  24. Follow the footsteps of Ingmar Bergman
  25. Have dinner around a 17th century Warship
  26. Pick flowers anywhere you like
  27. Sleep in the ICEHOTEL
  28. Touch the largest spherical building in the world
  29. Visit the world of Pippi Longstocking
  30. Visit the Office of Risbecker Internationa

Top 5 books from Sweden

  1. The Millennium Trilogy, Stieg Larson
  2. Let the Right One In, John Ajvide Lindqvist
  3. Brothers Lionheart, Astrid Lindgren
  4. Easy Money, Jens Lapidus
  5. The Forest of Hours, Kerstin Ekman

 

Top 5 Swedish movies

  1. The Millennium Trilogy
  2. Let the Right One in
  3. Show Me Love
  4. As It Is In Heaven
  5. My Life As a Dog

 

Some cool links

"Why I love Stockholm - A top 10 resons" by Marc A. De Jong »

Jamie Oliver's perfect gastro city break ... in Stockholm »

Jamie Oliver Does Stockholm »

Jamie Oliver Does Swedish Buns »