Stockholm

Paper tickets to be abolished in the metro

Stockholm | 2010-01-08 | 2 comments

Stockholm in big freeze

Stockholm | 2010-01-09 | 3 comments

The cold weather has got Stockholm in a firm grip. Tenants are freezing in their apartments, thousands of households suffer from power outages, and the situation for the homeless is unusually...

More traffic after introduction of congestion tax

Stockholm | 2010-01-13

The traffic in Stockholm inner city has increased slightly since the congestion tax became permanent two years ago.

The Center Party: We need to make it easier to build in the cities

Stockholm | 2010-01-22

The Center Party (green liberals) wants to make it easier to build new buildings in the city and to reduce the possibilities to appeal when something is going to be built.

Big delays in train traffic

Stockholm | 2010-01-29

There have been many passengers stuck at the central station in Stockholm tonight. A broken train south of the city stopped many other southbound trains from the central station, leading to delayed and cancelled departures.

Police surveillance cameras in Stockholm

Stockholm | 2010-02-11

The police may set up surveillance cameras in central Stockholm, among else at the night-club...

Journalist claims to have been harassed by police officers

Stockholm | 2010-02-13 | 1 comment

The journalist and blogger Jesper Nilsson claims to have been harassed by a police officer in the metro in Stockholm.

No more heart transplants in Stockholm?

Stockholm | 2010-02-17 | 2 comments

Heart transplants might no longer be executed in Stockholm. According to a central decision today, they will only take place in Gothenburg and Lund. The decision gets a lot of criticism from local Stockholm politicians today.

No spring in sight

Stockholm | 2010-02-20 | 1 comment

This time of the year the spring usually makes itself visible in at least the southern parts of Sweden. But not this year. A white blanket of snow covers the whole country, and as far as the forecasts...

Night club convicted for discrimination

Stockholm | 2010-02-28 | 3 comments

Last week, Elite Hotel in Stockholm was convicted to pay SEK 90 000 in damage for discrimination writes the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

New policy on mother-tongue education criticised

Stockholm | 2010-03-01 | 2 comments

The support from the language centre in Stockholm...

Thirteen year old boy found dead at Slussen

Stockholm | 2010-03-05 | 2 comments

A thirteen year old boy has been found dead in a deep shaft at Slussen in Stockholm. The incident is believed to be an accident.

Parking Fines - a good business for the city

Stockholm | 2010-03-06

Never before Stockholm City has made this much money on parking fees. P-fines increased by 55 percent last year. But Stockholmers and visitors will have to continue to pay, it will be even more...

Three people froze to death north of Stockholm

Stockholm | 2010-03-07 | 1 comment

At least three persons are believed to have frozen to death in the Uppsala region north of Stockholm last night, a night that was extremely cold.

Expensive phone bills for local politician

Stockholm | 2010-03-10

There are big differences between local politicians in Stockholm when it comes to the sum of their telephone bills.

Melting snow problem for Stockholm

Stockholm | 2010-03-12

International street names proposed in Södertälje

Stockholm | 2010-03-15 | 5 comments

Turkish organisations demonstrated against genocide decision

Stockholm | 2010-03-21 | 47 comments

A few hundred people gathered at a Sergels torg in central Stockholm today to protest against the parliament’s decision to label the killing of Armenians and other groups 1915 as genocide.

Fight about new taxi policy

Stockholm | 2010-03-23 | 2 comments

Today a new queue system for taxis at Arlanda Airport started. Some taxi-drivers are very upset and the situation was tense when activists from left-radical Syndikalisterna held demonstrations.

Taxi drivers are blocking the way to Arlanda airport (updated)

Stockholm | 2010-03-25 | 1 comment

About seventy Independent taxi drivers are blocking the way to Arlanda airport today as a protest against what they claim is an unfair system that benefits the large companies.

Glass walls around metro tracks suggested

Stockholm | 2010-04-02

The Center Party proposes that glass walls shall be built around the tracks at some metro stations in Stockholm. The main purpose is to avoid accidents but there are also health aspects.

Large protests against biogas plant

Stockholm | 2010-04-03

The interest to fill up your car with biogas is large, and increasing, in Stockholm. At the same time there are shortages of biogas. Therefore is a large biogas plant planned in Skarpnäck, southern...

"Ring road around Stockholm will be built"

Stockholm | 2010-04-04

It seems as the big road project Förbifart Stockholm will be realised – even if there is a shift of power in September.

Car toll planned at the airport

Stockholm | 2010-04-10 | 2 comments

Toll facilities at Arlanda Airport. This could become a reality when the airport is now taking an innovative approach to meet the environmental goals. A toll of SEK 100 per airport trip - and expanded...

New fraud allegations in the Moderate Party

Stockholm | 2010-04-17 | 1 comment

New allegations of electoral fraud in the Moderate...

Opposition: referendum on Stockholm bypass

Stockholm | 2010-04-20

The Red-green opposition wants to hold a regional referendum on the Stockholm bypass, the planned motorway project which is meant to drive traffic around the inner city. It is part of an agreement between the three parties on the infrastructure in the Stockholm area.

Imposed referendum might be illegal

Stockholm | 2010-04-21 | 1 comment

Political scientists and legal scholars today question whether the opposition’s decision to impose a referendum on Stockholm is legal and compatible with the Swedish constitution.

Stockholm car traffic not so slow

Stockholm | 2010-04-22

Among major European cities, Stockholm has the fourth most free-flowing traffic, according to an analysis of data from the...

Text messages to save lives

Stockholm | 2010-04-27 | 1 comment

In a unique project, Stockholm´s South General Hospital hopes to save more victims of cardiac arrest, this by sending text messages to people with CPR knowledge.

"Use Stockholm´s water for public transports"

Stockholm | 2010-04-28

There have been discussions for a long time about using Stockholm’s water for public transports to a larger extent than today. The latest contribution to the debate came yesterday when the Greens presented their ideas for the next electoral term.

Protests against new housings in greenbelt

Stockholm | 2010-05-10 | 2 comments

When Stockholm is growing and there is need for new houses and apartment buildings, new areas have to be explored. This is unavoidable but often creates protests from locals.

Increasing number of beggars

Stockholm | 2010-05-11 | 10 comments

The phenomenon of begging was for a long time barely noticeable in Sweden. But in recent years the number of EU citizens who beg on the streets has increased significantly. The police have now increasingly begun to deport the beggars to their home countries.

"Tailbacks on by pass road by 2030"

Stockholm | 2010-05-19

The Swedish Transport Administration claims that the planned road by pass (Förbifart Stockholm), which will direct traffic around the capital, will be too small already 10-15 years after opening.

Robbery against Bukowskis

Stockholm | 2010-05-27

The auctioneer firm Bukowskis in Stockholm was robbed today. The robbers might have taken items worth SEK 12 million.

Social Democrats want extended metro system

Stockholm | 2010-05-28

The Social Democrats in Stockholm proposed major investments in the Stockholm metro system today.

Cold case team became a fiasco

Stockholm | 2010-05-31

The Cold Case Team of the Stockholm Police is a paper tiger. The work has basically been down the last 18 months. Murder...

Cycling upturn challenge city planning

Stockholm | 2010-06-05 | 1 comment

Cycling in Stockholm has increased with record numbers. In ten years, the number of cyclists in has increased by 75 per cent, something that both bus drivers and the traffic police realy have noticed....

”No social problems can excuse such a behavior”

Stockholm | 2010-06-09 | 9 comments

The riots and the burning down of a school building in Rinkeby, west...

15 evacuated from Globe Sky View

Stockholm | 2010-06-13

An electrical fault meant that 15 people got stuck 40 meter up in the air at the Stockholm Globe...

Stockholm wedding photos

Stockholm | 2010-06-20 | 1 comment

Here we have gathered some photos from Stockholm during the wedding. If you have any photo from your stay in Stockholm which you would like to get published, contact us and we may publish it on our site.

Swedish terror suspect arrested

Stockholm | 2010-06-22 | 1 comment

A Swedish citizen was arrested on Tuesday morning in Rinkeby, north-west Stockholm, on suspicion of...

Swedish football player shot to death

Stockholm | 2010-07-01 | 8 comments

(Updated) A football player in the club Assyriska was shot to death last night. The incident took place in a café in the city Södertälje. Another man was also shot to death and a third was wounded. Around 15 people in the café witnessed the shooting. Nobody is yet arrested for the murders.

Hostage situation at bank robbery

Stockholm | 2010-07-02 | 1 comment

(Updated) Police have stormed the bank and seized the suspected robber. This afternoon the police stormed the bank office at Östermalmstorg in Stockholm, where a robber was surrounded, with customers...

Passengers stuck on hot train for six hours

Stockholm | 2010-07-14 | 1 comment

Yesterday afternoon a train from Gothenburg to Stockholm got stuck for six hours outside Södertälje southwest of Stockholm. The passengers had no food, water or air condition and were not allowed to leave the train.

Gondola lifts - something for Stockholm?

Stockholm | 2010-07-18 | 1 comment

Emerging housing crisis for students

Stockholm | 2010-07-23 | 6 comments

The new students who start studying at the universities in Stockholm in August face a difficult housing situation. The housing queue has been doubled and the waiting time quadrupled. This writes Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) today.

Youth drug abuse worsen in the summer

Stockholm | 2010-07-31

Fewer local policeman, and a tightening economy in the social services affects addicted youths. This says the staff at Maria Youth Emergency Ward in Stockholm. During the summer, the care cases at the...

Leagues of burglars work in Stockholm

Stockholm | 2010-08-05 | 2 comments

League of organized burglars are operating in Stockholm according to the police. The extent of their ‘business’ is bigger than previously anticipated.

Time for the Midnight Race

Stockholm | 2010-08-14

Tonight is the night for the yearly MidNight race in Stockholm. 21 000 runners will occupy the streets of south Stockholm from 10 pm.

Green party is growing fast in Stockholm

Stockholm | 2010-08-24

A new survey in Stockholm shows that the centre-right alliance who is currently governing in Stockholm is ten percentage units ahead of the red-green opposition. But the remarcable about the survey is the explosive increase of the Green party.

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