Celebrate Fika Day!

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Today everyone should celebrate the annual Fika Day. Or at least that’s what Francesco and I do, because exactly today, March 1st, but 11 years ago, we met in person for the first time and we had a fika. I remember I had some cake and a white hot chocolate, which was too big to handle, …

Lucia goes swimming

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I have seen quite a number of Lucia celebrations since I moved to Sweden, but I had never seen a Lucia procession in the waters of a swimming pool. I guess there is a first time for everything – here the video of Lucia celebrations in the pool of Forsgrénska badet, the public swimming pool of …

The Man-Made Star

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A night walk below zero Celsius for staring at the beauty of Stockholm, bejeweled by Your Star, a man-made star and public artwork made by Olafur Eliasson for celebrating the Nobel Week: The piece, which creates a new “star” above Stockholm City Hall, is an LED light encased in a specially-designed aluminum sphere. The light that radiates …

The Swedish Job

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Exactly 5 years ago, November 4th 2010, 12:00 noon, I had my very first job interview in Sweden. Time truly flies when you’re having fun!

The Prodigy of survival

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The Prodigy’s “The Fat of the Land” was probably the first CD I’ve ever bought, back in 1997. Eighteen years later, it’s quite a miracle to be still able to make a smashing gig with (many) oldies and (some) new songs. Not many bands would have survived this long and this well, this is a …

My Halloween routine

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A night walk inside Skogskyrkogården, The Woodland Cemetery, one of Sweden’s UNESCO heritage sites: that’s my routine for Halloween. Powerful, yet heartwarming sights through trees and graveyards, blessed by thousands of candles lit in memory of someone who has left something worth remembering for someone else. Every year, a very inspiring walk.

Technovirus

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House of Kink

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Coming soon.

San Fran

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The Eye

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The City of Angels

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The City of Angels, LA LA Land, or simply Los Angeles, is a humongous melting pot, a city of cities, with no center, but many directions. Astronomy, art, kitsch, beach, food, chill, chaos, you name it. Moreover, Los Angeles means Family, with my more than beloved Conrad and my king Johnny living there. The city’s …

The Dormant Behemoth

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On a Sunday morning, Dylan drove us and a bunch of friends 100 miles south of Seattle, to Mount St. Helens. I was only one year old, in 1980, when this behemoth – a 2500m tall, active stratovolcano – was the protagonist of the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in the history of the …

The Icons of Seattle

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For me, Seattle wouldn’t be the same without its two icons: one is eye-catching, sturdy and unique; the other, too. One is the Space Needle, its most iconic building, built in the early 60s for the World’s Fair. The other is my friend Dylan (in the centre of the picture), stunning son of Seattle, built in …