Several people killed after bus crashes into bus stop in Stockholm Roads were closed as rescue teams raced to the scene on Friday afternoon The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025
Image of burn survivor wins Taylor Wessing photo portrait prize Stockholm-based photographer Martina Holmberg takes £15,000 first prize for portrait of Mel, who survived car fire The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025
Slow-paced and low-cost: Why you should do a bus and train odyssey around Scandinavia this winter Scandinavia is one of Europe’s most expensive destinations, but choosing the right transport can mean considerable savings. Euronews · Nov 11, 2025
87 Ugly, Unaesthetic And Depressing Buildings That Give Modern Architecture A Bad Name Attractiveness may be subjective, but we all have a sense of what an unappealing image looks like. The following structures you will see fall under that category, and seeing them may provide you with a sensible explanation as to why. Scroll through and see some of the “ugliest” structures around… Bored Panda · Nov 10, 2025
Eight winter clothing essentials Scandinavians swear by – from heated socks to ‘allværsjakke’ Brace for the cold with these clever accessories made and tested by people who know long, dark winters The Guardian - US · Nov 9, 2025
Grand Hotel, Stockholm, hotel review HOTELS: Benjamin Parker visits the grande dame of Stockholm’s hotel scene to experience the very best of Scandinavian luxury with opulent interiors and a world-class cocktail bar The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025
How Stockholm Used a $3 Toll To Tame Its Traffic Congestion Swedes initially hated the congestion pricing experiment. After they witnessed the effects, they voted to bring it back. Reason · Oct 27, 2025
Not to be: Hamlet rages in Stockholm against the political closure of a cultural institution The experimental annexe of Sweden’s national stage, Elverket, has fallen victim to severe government cuts. Its final play is a powerful protest against being forced to leave its home The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025
My dad cursed our family and left us. But after his death, he followed me everywhere His absence shaped me. But as my father lay dying in a Stockholm nursing home, I longed to hear him explain, says Swedish novelist Jonas Hassen Khemiri The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2025
Up to 20,000 coins from Early Middle Ages discovered by man digging for worms near Stockholm A man digging for worms at his summer house in Sweden has unearthed a stupendous treasure: a silver hoard of up to 20,000 coins from the Early Middle Ages. LiveScience · Oct 11, 2025
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025 Hungarian novelist celebrated for dystopian, melancholic novels that ‘reaffirm the power of art’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025
Nobel prize in literature 2025 as it happened: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’ Nobel academy cites Hungarian novelist for work that ‘in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2025
The Nobel Prize in physics is to be announced Tuesday The Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025
The Nobel Prize in medicine will be announced Monday, starting this year's awards The 2025 Nobel Prizes are starting Monday with the medicine prize being announced by a panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025 Home Office missed chances to assess man who died on Bibby Stockholm, coroner finds ‘Distraught’ Leonard Farruku, 27, was found dead in shower cubicle on Dorset barge
Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025 Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.
PC Gamer · Sep 30, 2025 2 months after halting work on its latest project, Just Cause developer Avalanche is closing its Liverpool studio and laying off employees in Malmö and Stockholm Avalanche, which halted work on Contraband following Microsoft's massive layoffs in July, says the closure and cuts are necessary "in light of current challenges to our business and the industry."
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025 Man who died onboard Bibby Stockholm ‘had not raised concerns’ about barge Leonard Farruku died on the barge providing accommodation for asylum seekers in December 2023.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025 Deserted islands, seagrass meadows and endless ocean: kayaking in Sweden’s new marine national park In Nämdöskärgården, in the Stockholm archipelago, low-impact tourism is helping visitors appreciate the region’s fragile ecology and ocean conservation efforts
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025 Man who died on Bibby Stockholm ‘point blank’ refused to go on barge, inquest hears Leonard Farruku’s family claim he was ‘tricked’ to move to the accommodation vessel
Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025 Man who died on Bibby Stockholm ‘tricked’ into going to barge, inquest hears Albanian Leonard Farruku was ‘distraught’ and had ‘point blank’ refused to go the accommodation vessel.
Euronews · Sep 19, 2025 Gun crime capitals: Where's safest and most dangerous in the EU? As several European cities struggle with rising organised crime and gun violence, Euronews lists EU capitals according to their safety and danger when it comes to shootings.
Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025 Man who died on Bibby Stockholm said ‘he wanted to go back to his home country’ Leonard Farruku told hotel staff before arriving on the barge that he wanted to go to Albania because of his mental health.
Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025 Home Office ‘did not respond to concerns’ about man who died on Bibby Stockholm An inquest has heard that Albanian Leonard Farruku was said to have ‘serious mental health issues’.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2025 Family of man who died on Bibby Stockholm question mental health care Sisters of Leonard Farruku tell inquest his ‘mental state was clearly not right’ and ask why he was put on the barge