Keiichi Matsuda via CR blog

One of my favorite blogs is Yimby, short for Yes In My Backyard. The blog discusses the urban development of Stockholm, and as you would expect it's always a two-front discussion between progressiveness (represented by architects and urban planners) versus conservatism (represented by politicians and "concerned" citizens). 

It's easy to summarize the Swedes attitude towards urban [...]

When I lived abroad, I got the funny question from Germans whether people in Sweden actually throw out Christmas trees on the street. Apparently this was a reference this old IKEA ad: 

Here's the proof that Christmas trees are actually thrown out on the streets en masse. And not only that – in the design-and-environmentally-conscious Stockholm they stack the old [...]

Last Thursday me and an agency project manager had lunch at Grodan, a place located in Östermalm. This is a district in Stockholm known to most Swedes for being poshy and upper-class. Whilst eating and discussing about diets, we get interrupted by a 60-plus gentleman by the table next to us. He introduces himself as [...]