Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow Podcast

The Podcast

Heather and her expat friends discuss their experiences and humiliations among their adopted country of Sweden. We discuss tips, observations, and the type of important questions expats want to know, such as “Why are there witches on Easter?”, “Why do Swedes never take the last piece of candy?” and “Where can I find decent Tex-Mex food?”.
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The Blog

As an American living in Stockholm I’ve had lots of observations and questions about my adopted country of Sweden that I’ve been blogging about since 2009. I talk about the difficulties of finding a job, parenting, and horrible, horrible language mistakes.
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Latest episodes

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#143 Familiar but Foreign

Do you feel more at home in your new country, your old country, or neither one? We discuss growing and evolving in a different culture.

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#142 Thriving in a New Culture

Jackie, from Barbados, works with training and coaching people living in a new culture.

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#141 Living Fully as an Expat

Fanny talks about a special course she is running that deals with the challenges people face as immigrants living abroad.

Latest Posts

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Semla: The greatest of all Swedish pastries

There was once a Swedish king who died from eating 16 semlor.  If you don’t control yourself, it might happen to you too.

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Lost and Found in Stockholm

One thing that’s nice about Stockholm is that when you lose something, about 95% of the people will put it somewhere in the hopes that you will find it.

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The Bi-Yearly Trek to IKEA

I’m sure many of you around the world shop at IKEA, and from what I’ve seen, the experience seems universally the same. Let me walk you through the classic IKEA adventure – see if this sounds familiar.