Bowl, meet and eat at Imperial lanes
Bowling and dinner can be a great way to spend an afternoon or evening in Stockholm. Or combine your meeting with some fun incentive activity. Imperial Lanes is a new place in Nacka offering a sportsbar, bowling facilities, restaurant and conference facilities. 
Imperial Lanes is situated in Sickla Köpkvarter, a popular shoppingcenter in Nacka, east of the city center.
Imperial Lanes website is swedish.
Outdoor movies on ice
Do you think its to cold to be outdoors in Stockholm? To celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the event, Stockholm Film Festival arranges an outdoor event - showing the movies on a screen of ice in Kungsträdgården. The ice is ofcourse from the cleanest place on earth - The ice hotel in Sweden. 
The three movies shown in Kungsträdgården on the ice screen is:
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show presented by Susan Sarandon, Sat Nov 21 at 1700 oclock
- Morvern Callar, Sat Nov 21 at 1900 oclock
- Raise the Red Lantern, Sun Nov 22 at 1700 oclock.
Two other movies are shown outdoors during the Filmfestival. Stockholm Film Festival takes place November 18-29, 2009. Read more about the news here.
Candles during All Saints' Day
Image: Skogskyrkogården
This upcomming weekend is one of my favorite ones. The traditional custom of lighting candles on family graves is still widely practised, and anyone travelling in Stockholm on this weekend is met by some beautiful scenes - graveyards filled with candles in remembrance of the people you love. This tradition now lives side by side with the more international tradition of halloween parties.
One of the most beautiful places in Stockholm during All saints Day is the UNESCO World heritage Skogskyrkogården.
Read more about the All Saints' Day tradition on Sweden.se
Everyone is talking about Larsson
Photo: Anna-Karin Andersson
Some 50 journalists from all over europe has done it, The spanish prime minister did it a couple of weeks ago. Yes we are talking about the Millennium tour in Stockholm- in the footsteps of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomqvist in the books by the swedish author Stieg Larsson. This images is taken by a colleague of mine in London just recently. And yes, on the top shelf you will find Stieg Larssons The Girl Who kicked the hornets nest. Millennium tours are organised by Stadsmuseum
ABBAWorld opens in London
ABBAWORLD will make its world premiere in London this autumn. The highly anticipated multi-media experience and exhibition will debut for a limited run in the heart of London. ABBAWORLD looks set to become one of London's most exciting experiences, bringing fans closer than ever before to the band by using state of the art technology and displaying previously unseen film and memorabilia across 30,000 square feet of space.
The venue selected for the world premiere of ABBAWORLD is a closely guarded secret whilst the necessary preparations take place; however, it is located in the heart of London's West End, close to public transport, and it will meet the highest expectations of the fans of ABBA.
An ABBA-museum was supposed to open in Stockholm this summer, but the plans were posponed and the concept sold. The new idea is to take the exhibition on a world tour and then end with a permanent attraction in Stockholm.
Read more about it here ABBAMuseum here
New bike guide
Bikeguide Stockholm is a new company. They rent mountain- and citybikes and offer guided tours on both city bike or mountainbikes. The office is situated on Narvavägen 13-17 by the The Museum of National Antiquities (Historiska museet) Check out their website in swedish, english and german.
"You could rent a newly serviced bike for the streets of the town or for the paths of the forests. We also offer guided tours in varied degrees of difficulty, depending on your level of knowledge. You could just take a tour for the joy of riding a bike or for a guided tour in the town".
Placido Domingo recieves new swedish opera award
The first-ever Birgit Nilsson Prize Award Ceremony will take place in the Royal Swedish Opera on 13 October 2009. H.M. King Carl Gustaf will personally hand over the Birgit Nilsson Prize to the designated winner Plácido Domingo in Stockholm.
The award ceremony is also open to the public. Ticket sales start 4 August 2009
Active vacation in Stockholm
Sightseeing on 100 year old water beauties
S/S Drottningholm
Two of Strömma kanalbolagets sightseeing boats S/S Drottningholm and M/S Angantyr turns 100 year old this year. They are still in use, both from the City Hall quay to Drottningholm Palace.
New sightseeing ideas
Gallivant Productions offers a theatrical walk through stockholm's legendary Old Town lead by "real" vikings. The tour takes about one hour stopping along the way for a little info, a little humor, and a lot of fun. Daily tours from May to September at 10,00, 11.30, 13.00 and 14.30. The tour costs SEK 125.
Ecotrip Stockholm offers and exclusive and environmental friendly guided boattoars on the duffyboat runned on electricity. Quiet boattours with an authorized guide in english, german and swedish for a tailormade sightseeing.
Discovery Bus offers bus sightseeing in english in buses using biofuel. The guides are authorized. Discovery Bus collaborates with the Airport coaches Flygbussarna Charter and offers departures wednesday-saturday from june-september at 10.30 and 12.30 from Vasagatan (opposite the central station) and on Hamngatan by Stockholm Tourist Centre (STC). Buy your tickets at STC or on internet.
New visitor maps at the Woodland cemetary
The Woodland cemetary (Skogskyrkogården) have released a new visitors map in 7 languages. The woodland cemetary is one of Stockholms world heritages, situated in a beautiful landscape... The visitors map gives you info on all the sights...
Read more about Skogskyrkogården on Stockholmtown.
In Stieg Larssons footsteps
Author Stieg Larsson's three Millennium books about the journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the computer hacker Lisbeth Salander have been translated into more than 40 languages and read by tens of millions the world over. The movie, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is already an international success. Experience Stockholm from Salander and Blomkvists perspective. Buy the millennium map and see all the sights in Stockholm....
At Stockholmtown you will find a feature on what to do in stieg Larssons footsteps
Swim and see a movie
Water realted horror movies such as "Jaws" and family matinées such as "Finding Nemo" are showed at Aspuddsbadet indoor swimming pool during this winter. Aspuddsbadet is situated in the southern suburb Aspudden.
Europes largest Skatepark opens 2010
Europe biggest skate park for all types of riders and riding styles is going to open in Stockholm 2010. The Highvalley Skatepark will be 7500 square meters and situated in Högdalen suburb in Stockholm. The architect behind it is Stefan Hauser.
New activity and events arena
Three floors of activities and conference venues with room for up to 1100 persons have opened at Gärdet in Stockholm. Ballbreaker Sports & Activity Centre have Spa area, Soccer and Hockey simulators, 20 bowling isles, golfsimulator, hunting simulator, billiard, 12 racing car simulators, meeting rooms, restaurant and several bars.
Ballbreaker, Sehlstedtsgatan 4, Gärdet
Ballbreaker is also situated on Kungsholmen, Warfvinges väg 19.
Street market changes
The popular Street market at Hornstulls Strand 4, on Södermalm closed earlier this year. The new Hornstull Strand Etbl. will open in the former Street premisess November 26 with a slightly different focus; concerts and clubs. They will also serve brunch. The popular Christmas market will also take place.
Christmas spirit in Stockholm
Photo: Skating at Kungsträdgården/ Stockholm Visitors Board
Sweden and Stockholm are known for summer's midnight sun when the sun almost never goes down. But Stockholm is at least as exotic -not to mention cozier-in the winter when the sun almost never comes up. Therefore we proudly introduce the exotic "midday darkness" when we celebrate the light when the city turns warm and snuggly. Read more about Christmas markets, Christmas smorgasbord, Lucia and a list of the best traditional and creative Christmas activities in Stockholm on Stockholmtown and their press room
Cultural walk
These pictures are taken just 20-50 meters from motorways and a five minute walk from the city. Autumnafternoons, like today, are perfect for excursions. We often talk of the Island Djurgården as the museum are number one, but there are plenty of options for that 2-3 hour nature and museum walk.
Why not try Brunnsviken in the Ecopark starting of at the Sculptorer Carl Eldhs museum (top picture) and walk along the waterfront (bottom picture) to Bergianska Garden (one of Linnaeus disciples) where you can enjoy a cup of coffee or a sandwich in the Edvard Andersson Greenary. If you have become curious about nature phenomenas you can just walk accross the "street" to Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (nature history) where you can explore the journey of man or some of the other interesting exhibitions.
First european electronic playground
A live computor game - a so called ground"ground" for youth will be inaugurated on wednesday in the Nydalsparken Park in the suburb Tensta. The new playground is not for small children but for youngsters aged 10-15. The new elecronic ground has three different tools with several games that rewards flexibility, strength and speed - but also cooperation.
Soft adventures in Stockholm
Combine kayak or walking with comfortable beds and a nice dinner. Stockholm Adventures is a new company focusing on so called soft adventures, outdoor activities and comfort, perfect for a city break. Here are some of the packages:
SeaKayaking with luxury for both beginners and experienced paddlers includes two days of seakayaking, all equipment, comfortable accommodation, experienced guide and full board. This part of the archipelago is made up of a labyrinth of islands that are just ideal for exploration by kayak. The accommodation for this trip is in comfortable double rooms on one of the small outermost islands just at the water´s edge.
2 days hike with luxury includes full board, comfortable accommodation at a B&B and a map . Its a perfect way for a couple or some friends to explore a part of the hiking tour Sörmlandsleden and enjoy a nice dinner in a comfortable environment. You reach the startingpoint from the communterstation Handen, just some 20 minutes from the central station.
6-hour hike at Tyresta National Park includes lunch and hikeguide. Wild country on the edge of the city. Tyresta National Park is the nearest National Park to the capital city. In parts of Tyresta the forest is a rugged forest full of giant trees and There are desolate small moors, dramatic cliffs and clear forest lakes. However, the forest is also of cultural interest and contains traces of those who lived here tens of thousands of years ago.
