“Wait, you mean you don’t wear a swimsuit?” I ask sort of afraid to hear the answer. “In Sweden we ‘saaaow-na’ naked, but you can do what you feel comfortable with,” Åsa said without hesitation. “So that’s what the locals do?” I ask again restating the obvious. “Yes.” My first thought was, no way am […]
The fire crackled as Sofie put the juniper branch in the fire. This warmth was welcome on this damp, cool hiking day in Jämtland – the southern part of northern Sweden. We had been hiking for about 3 hours through the soft, spongy, treeless tundra towards the border of Norway. This stop for fika, otherwise […]
I just spent 3 hours in the subway in Stockholm. No, it wasn’t stuck. No, I didn’t get lost. No, I wasn’t held hostage. I actually spent 3 hours in the subway on purpose. When I scoured the internet and my AFAR phone app for ideas on free or cheap things I could do in […]
When Skogskyrkogården was created at the beginning of the 1900s, it was unique and unlike anything ever seen before. Today, it is considered one of the most important creations of modern architecture. Skyscraper? Bridge? Memorial? School? Monument? Church? No….a cemetery. As soon as I heard that a cemetery was one of the UNESCO World Heritage […]
