Travel Gate Sweden

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Experience the history, the culture and the technology behind drinks such as vodka, wine and Swedish punsch. The Historical Museum of Wines and Spirits in Stockholm is the only museum of its kind in Sweden. Start with a walking-tour around the museum, where you will taste four different Swedish drinks. (more…)

The Swedish cuisine is currently experiencing a renaissance. The chef´s profession has become fashionable and Swedish chefs have garnered several gold and silver medals in the Bocuse d´Or and the Food Olympics. We are starting to get tourists who travel to Gothenburg in order to enjoy Swedish gastronomy. (more…)

Taste our local delicacies when you arrive to the airport from Stockholm to Skåne. Already on the plane you will find a menu that differs from what at least I am used to find in the air. Kullaflyg that operates e.g Stockholm and Gotland show they care about the local businesses and use as much as possible locally produced, organic food and drink on board. (more…)

Completely new for this year is the health-oriented two-days cruise on Göta Kanal, the waterway from Göteborg/Gothenburg to Stockholm.  In addition to massage on board the package will include a long bike ride with a picnic and swimming and sauna in the (more…)

Pamper yourself with fine dining in Stockholm at half the normal prices. The F12 restaurants will cut prices by half in order to fill their restaurant with food lovers in spite of the financial crisis. “From now on we will focus to keep the dining rooms busy with guests, the master chef and owner declares. We shall survive these difficult times and accept lower margins in order to achieve that. (more…)

Perhaps Sweden isn’t the first country that comes to mind today when you think of food and food tou-rism. And that’s what the Government wants to do something about. In autumn 2008, the Minister for (more…)

Today is the start of the lobster season 2008.Traditionally, the Lobster Season starts on the first Monday after the 20th of September. Well before this day, people in the fishing villages start working on the preparation of the lobster pots. (more…)

A tast of Sweden in LA

In the heart of Los Angeles, California, just a stone’s throw from the glitter and glamour of Hollywood, is a small piece of Scandinavia. Olson’s Delicatessen and Gift Shop is owned and operated by Åke Ohlsson from Hjärnarp, Sweden. Growing up in southern Sweden, Ohlsson started his working career in the food business. (more…)

Crayfish Culinary Experience

The darkness is lightened up with Chinese lanterns and the moon is full. Now we will make the most of the warm August evenings in Sweden. The crayfish party season is coming up!

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In the middle of August the giant crayfish party in Skåne will be arranged in Helsingborg and gather hundreds of people sitting by the harbour with hats and paper bibs. The Malmö festival starts off in the third week in August with a huge crayfish party at Stortorget. All you need to bring with you are some crayfish and a party mood! (more…)