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I slowly open my eyes as light comes streaming in through the window. Wake up! It’s time to get up. I check the time, and quickly realise that I forgot to close the blinds. It’s 3am in the morning.I’ve been living in Sweden for just over two years now, and still I find northern Europe’s irregular pattern of dark and light disconcerting at times. However, other than the weather and the fact that Cape Town i ...
Aah… The Kingdom of Sweden, neatly tucked among its Nordic cousins, Denmark, Norway and Finland and straddling the Arctic Circle is not one of the places on earth I imagined myself living in, but here I am. There is a lot more to this country than Volvo, ABBA and Bjorn Borg. It has a fascinating history and many unique traditions (and no not everyone here is blond haired, blue eyed and promiscuous…myth bust ...