It's a week until Swedish Midsommar and it is also the final episode of Season 1 of The Newbie Guide to Sweden podcast - all about life in Sweden as an expat!

Thank you for listening to the podcast so far, there will be plenty more expat personal stories and interviews during season 2!

To wrap up this season, I talk to a freshly-arrived Newbie, who also happens to be my good mate. Enjoy hearing Josh's first impressions of Sweden, including work cultures, friendliness, snus, lös godis and Swedish pronunciations. We've all been here.

We also briefly discuss Studenten and the bizarre traditions surrounding this rite of passage for teenage Swedes!

Big ups for Andrew from episode 1 taking on the Vätternrunden. More info on that can be found at: https://vatternrundan.se/en/

Learn more about our guests!

Josh Philp on instagram: @Joshua__philp

Andrew Colley: @andrewcolley

Learn more about us!

The Newbie Guide to Sweden on insta: @thenewbieguidetosweden

Host, Sheona Urquhart Smångs on insta: @mysheona

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It's officially Summer and time to get thinking about your Swedish summer destinations during this precious, short-lived but beautiful season!

Sheona shares some of the top destinations around Sweden that are perfect for summer, so you can add them to your list!

Places mentioned:

Västkusten - or The West Coast, including Smögen, Tjörn, Klädesholmen, Falkenberg and Marstrad.

Österlen and the beaches Stenshuvud Nationalpark and Sandhammaren.

Gotland

Öland

Högakusten, with hikes including Skuleberget and Slåttdalsskrevan

Sweden's highest mountain, Kebnekaise.

Stockholm Archipelago.

We meet fellow Newbie Alexandra, who hosts her own spiritually minded kayaking and walking experiences in the Stockholm Archipelago - she's also lived in a cabin in the woods by herself for 7 years!! She's a beautiful soul.

Learn more about our guests!

Alexandra's Instagram: @naturespiritsweden

Alexandra's Airbnb link to her tours: HERE!

Learn more about us!

The Newbie Guide to Sweden on insta: @thenewbieguidetosweden

Host, Sheona Urquhart Smångs on insta: @mysheona

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Fasten your 3-point seatbelts, we are heading West in today's episode! Göteborg (or Gothenburg) is a brilliant city for so many reasons, mainly because so many wonderful Newbies call it home. In today's episode, we are meeting two of them: Veronica from Cafe Molokini and Vishnu from Volvo Group. We also chat a little bit about Gothenburg's history and touch on the hilarity that is the Gothenburg accent - possibly the jolliest of all Swedish accents! Thanks for listening!

Learn more about our guests!

Cafe Molokini insta: @molokinicafe

Cafe Molokini web: molokinicafe.se

Vishnu on LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com

Volvo Camp X: volvogroup.com

Learn more about us!

The Newbie Guide to Sweden on insta: @thenewbieguidetosweden

Host, Sheona Urquhart Smångs on insta: @mysheona

Join the conversation via our Instagram or Facebook group

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