Winter Stockholm seemed to come off the Christmas card: snowy, beautiful and with pastry and mulled wine aroma. As in all Catholic Europe, the main holiday here is Christmas, but the New Year in Sweden is also popular. Until mid-December, the Christmas Fair continues to operate in Stockholm. But this is not the main thing. The main event in early December is the annual awarding of the Nobel Prize. The awarding is held in the field of medicine and physiology, physics, chemistry, and literature. Winter in Sweden is mild and snowy. In Stockholm, the air temperature in January is at zero. To celebrate New Year, local people meet with friends and go to enjoy the salute. If you are planning to celebrate New Year in Stockholm, note that the favorite place of locals for celebration is the open-air museum Skansen. This museum represents the whole Sweden in miniature. By New Year's, a festive performance is being prepared in different genres, from the church choir to the fire-show, and salute. There are tents with the hot dogs and mulled wine, and if you want something more respectable, take a look at the Solliden restaurant with a festive menu and a beautiful panoramic view of the city.
February is the month of design and beauty in Stockholm. Of course, long walks on the street in February are not possible, due to the short light day and severe windy weather. The best choice is to attend two major events in the world of Scandinavian design. The first event is the Stockholm Furniture Fair, which is the largest and most famous Scandinavian interior exhibition-fair. Here are exhibited the furniture, lighting, textiles and interior items for residential and public spaces. The Stockholm International Antiques Fair is an annual event here, founded in 1978. The fair features paintings, collectibles and antiques and even contemporary design works. All of them are put up for sale. So if you are looking for some new item for your interior - the Stockholm International Antique Fair is the best place for it. The tastiest event is held on March 25, when Swedes celebrate the International Waffle Day. Local people dust the old grandfather's cast-iron wafers and cook the dough for wafers according to a special recipe. The waffles are complemented with the traditional cloudberry and blueberry jam.
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