[Advertisement – this post is based on a press stay with Visit Sweden and the West Sweden tourist board] One of the joys of travelling to West Sweden is just how easy it is to combine city and countryside, so after three days in Gothenburg Chris and I decided to hire a car and embark on a 24-hour road trip along the beautiful Bohuslän Coast. I always think there’s something magical about . . .
Top tips for a design-led city break in Gothenburg
[Advertisement – this post is based on a press stay with Visit Sweden and the Gothenburg and West Sweden tourist boards] Both Chris and I love travelling to Sweden. We’ve enjoyed a fair bit of time in Stockholm over the years, and I was lucky enough to be invited on a press trip to the southern region of Skåne back in 2017, but there’s still so much of this vast country to see. So, before . . .
Highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2019
I've already shared my top picks from the Stockholm Furniture Fair, so today I want to focus on the highlights of wider Stockholm Design Week. First held in 2002, Design Week takes place to coincide with the fair and has grown larger and larger each year. This time around was the biggest yet, with more than 400 events across the city - everything from pop-up exhibitions and talks to open . . .
A winter break in the Yorkshire Dales
[Advertising - this post covers a free press stay, though all words and opinions are my own] I've always had a soft spot for the Yorkshire Dales. It's where my late maternal grandmother was born, and she and my grandfather kept a holiday home up there for years. I have very fond memories of magical summers there as a child, paddling in rivers with my brothers, exploring hills and . . .
10 independent magazines to inspire your travels in 2019
Hello and happy new year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas break? Mine was just what I needed it to be - simple and laid-back - and I'm starting 2019 feeling refreshed, reenergised and raring to go. I recently did a little survey on Instagram about what people would like to see on the blog over the coming year, and a recurring request was more travel content. I already have a few trips on . . .
48 hours in Helsinki
One morning not so long ago a very exciting email popped into my inbox: an invitation to join a two-day press tour to Helsinki, courtesy of Finnair and Finavia (the company which runs Helsinki Airport). It was tricky timing, sandwiched between already-booked trips to Copenhagen and Budapest, but how could I pass up the chance to explore the only Nordic capital which I hadn't yet visited, and . . .
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