Cultureteca 14.06.20
South Asia and Latin America endured another turbulent week at the heart of the global coronavirus pandemic, while COVID-19 increasingly roiled the southern and western United States. Cases were rising fastest across...
Midsommar (2019)
★ (1 out of 4 stars) - Through a few snapshots of comforting mundanity - the boys' scenes could be from a Judd Apatow movie, minus the laughs - we come to learn of Dani and Christian, a young American couple whose long-term relationship has started to crack. Spurred on by his friends, who find her too needy, Christian has already begun separating himself from Dani, for her part made anxious by her bipolar sister...
Cultureteca 10.01.16
Sweden Imposes ID Checks Over ‘The Bridge’ On Monday Sweden implemented mandatory identity checks for travellers arriving by train, bus, or ferry from Denmark, in an attempt to reduce the number of migrants arriving...
Daily Visual 07.01.16: Krysset Burns in Skellefteå
Max is Sweden’s favourite fast food chain, more profitable in the country than McDonald’s or Burger King, serving the usual fare of hamburgers, chicken bits, fries, and milkshakes but emphasising its national...
Swedish Lussekatter
Throughout Scandinavia and especially in Sweden, 13 December – right at the heart of advent – means the celebration of Lucia. One of the most relished dates in the Swedish calendar, marking...
Last Year in Jokkmokk: Winter Market
The name of Jokkmokk, a small town of under 3,000, in the Lappland province in the very north of Sweden, would be Sami for ‘River’s Curve’, only there is no bend or curve...
Last Year in Umeå: Wandering in White
The third and final part of this short series showing something of Umeå in the long winter months, and while installments one and two were set in the heart of the Västerbotten metropolis, featuring ice sculptures, slides,...
Live 2015 Women’s World Cup: Germany vs. Sweden
Welcome to Culturedarm’s live blog on the fifteenth day of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. With the group phase of the competition coming to a close on Wednesday, the women have had...
Swedish Chokladbollar
The tasty chokladboll, infamously once – and alas occasionally still – known as the negerboll, the humble chocolate ball when translated into English, is one of the most popular of all Swedish...