Stockholm

Architects and bakers team up for gingerbread competition

An annual gingerbread-house competition in Sweden has taken on a new twist as its sponsor, ArkDes, an architecture and design center, challenged the bakers to find solutions to Stockholm’s growing housing crisis. With average waits for public or supported housing in the capital up to 8 years, the need for new construction is clear, and the ideas submitted ranged from high-rises such as those above mixed with low-rise to UFO-like structures. Gingerbread houses are a Christmas tradition, and…

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Instant climate change available at airport!

Step into a booth—The Climate Portal—at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport, and step into the climate of an entirely different place, say the city you’re traveling to.   Chilly? Too hot? step out and down to the shopping area for an extra…

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Oslo, Stockholm get hi-speed link this summer

A new rail link to connect Stockholm and Oslo opens in August, cutting the time from 6 to 4-1/2 hours. It’s aimed at international professionals who might otherwise have chosen to fly between Scandinavian capitals.   It almost got delayed;…

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Architects and bakers team up for gingerbread competition

An annual gingerbread-house competition in Sweden has taken on a new twist as its sponsor, ArkDes, an architecture and design center, challenged the bakers to find solutions to Stockholm’s growing housing crisis. With average waits for public or supported housing in the capital up to 8 years, the need for new construction is clear, and the ideas submitted ranged from high-rises such as those above mixed with low-rise to UFO-like structures. Gingerbread houses are a Christmas tradition, and…

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Instant climate change available at airport!

Step into a booth—The Climate Portal—at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport, and step into the climate of an entirely different place, say the city you’re traveling to.   Chilly? Too hot? step out and down to the shopping area for an extra…

Read More

Oslo, Stockholm get hi-speed link this summer

A new rail link to connect Stockholm and Oslo opens in August, cutting the time from 6 to 4-1/2 hours. It’s aimed at international professionals who might otherwise have chosen to fly between Scandinavian capitals.   It almost got delayed;…

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