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The 2025 edition of Gingerbread House is a unique, fragrant exhibition made up of gingerbread houses. Here, children, amateurs, and professionals alike are all invited to create side by side and compete for this year&#x27;s prize aournd this year&#x27;s theme: Love.

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Culture & Arts

Gingerbread House 2025 by ArkDes

Rådhuset

Nobel Week Lights is a festival lighting up Stockholm during the darkest time of the year – a free cultural experience for all. This year, the festival takes place in both Tensta and in the city centre. The light art festival invites international and local artists, designers, and students to create public light artworks inspired by the Nobel Prize.

www.nobelprizemuseum.se/nobel-week-lights/

Nobel Week Lights

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Travel 3,000 years back in time! The exhibition Tutankhamun – The Immersive Exhibition at Magasin 9 in Stockholm takes you deep into ancient Egypt through virtual reality, augmented reality, and stunning projections. Follow the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, see golden treasures recreated in life-size detail, and encounter authentic artifacts from different historical periods. A magical experience for the whole family!

Tutankhamon – The Immersive Exhibition

Kungsträdgården

Kickstart the weekend at Nationalmuseum! On Thursday evenings, the museum is abuzz with people, art and music, with FREE admission for everyone from 5pm to 8pm. Enjoy an ever-changing programme with DJs, live music, afterwork drinks in the Sculpture Courtyard, and other activities.

www.nationalmuseum.se/torsdagskv%C3%A4llar-p%C3%A5-nationalmuseum

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Thursday Evenings at Nationalmuseum

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The National Museum of Science and Technology has created an experience where you can not only try your favorite games and explore the game history, but also step into, and let yourself be immersed by, games. The Play Beyond Play exhibition occupies over 1,000 square meters of gaming fun! Join in on a journey through game history!

Play Beyond Play

Hötorget T-bana

Elysium is an immersive theatre experience where the audience enters a mythological beauty clinic run by the god of death, Hades. For those tired of this world and this life, it offers a chance to step in as visitors and explore exercises and choices that open the way to something entirely different.

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Elysium

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When We See Us: A century of Black figurative painting has been celebrated internationally as one of the most significant exhibitions of our time. The exhibition comprises over 155 works borrowed from institutions and private collectors from 26 different countries. The artworks, created by Black artists around the world over the past century, are set in dialogue with contemporary Black thinkers, writers, and poets.

When We See Us

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Globen

The Hives are back with a new album and world tour - playing at Avicii Arena in December!The Hives are back. Faster than anyone expected, stronger than ever, and still one of the best live bands in the world. It is now confirmed that their seventh album The Hives Forever Forever The Hives will be released in August. In conjunction with the album release, the heroes from Fagersta will embark on a world tour, and on Saturday, December 6, they will perform at Avicii Arena in Stockholm!

aviciiarena.se/en/events/music-show/the-hives-forever-forever-the-hives-world-tour-2025-2/

The Hives

The Hives Forever Forever The Hives – World Tour 2025

Slussen

This year marks 20 years since the birth of the beloved and controversial – now defunct – band LIFELOVER. To celebrate this anniversary, former members, through their new band Kall, together with musicians from Shining and Craft, will perform a tribute concert to the band that continues to provoke and inspire audiences around the world. On Saturday, December 6, we in the audience will have the chance to hear Lifelover material live in Sweden for the first time in 14 years!

stadsgardsterminalen.com/event/lifelover-sylvaine-kollektivet-livet/

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Lifelover | Sylvaine | Live at Kollektivet Livet

Billy Opel is a unique entertainer – Dalarna&#x27;s very own master of humorous songs and sharp observations. With his humorous songs and observations, he has charmed audiences all over the country. Now it&#x27;s finally time for him to return to Södra Teatern!

Billy Opel

Magnus Uggla’s jubilee show featuring songs from five decades at the newly renovated Göta Lejon in Stockholm.

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Karlaplan

Step into Beatles&#x27; history on a full-day guided tour through Stockholm, led by Beatles biographer Carl Magnus Palm. We visit the places where John, Paul, George and Ringo made music history in 1963 and 1964. You will hear behind-the-scenes stories, meet special guests and share memories with other fans. This tour is organized by Tours For Fans in colloboration with The Beatles Information Center.

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Beatles' Stockholm

Gamla stan

We travel back to the Middle Ages and learn about and how Christmas was celebrated in the city. Hear about Christmas&#x27;s own saint, Saint Nicholas, the first Santa Claus, and about Lucia. Hear about the butter cake that people were allowed to taste at Christmas and about a gingerbread with pepper. And listen to the scary story of the Christmas Lotta of the Dead. All under the vault of the Black Friars from the 14th century.

medeltidsmuseet.stockholm/aktuellt/?t=event&c=279

Medieval Christmas – family viewing

Medieval Christmas – family viewing 2025

Gamla Stan

Wine tasting in English in Old Town (Stockholm) - Every Saturday 20:00. The history of wine spans thousands of years and is closely intertwined with the history of agriculture, food, civilization and humanity itself. This tasting is led by a Swedish wine expert with Diploma from WSET in London.

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Wine tasting in English in Old Town (Stockholm)

Mariatorget

Explore Stockholm with the Lola Akinmade Åkerström BookClub Tour. This guided walk highlights Afro-Swedish history, literary sites featured in Lola’s books, and cozy fika stops. Join engaging discussions with fellow readers and support the Afro-Swedish community.

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Lola Akinmade Åkerström BookClub Full-day Tour

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British star RAYE is embarking on her new tour, This Tour May Contain New Music. On Saturday, February 7, 2026, she will perform with her sisters Absolutely and Amma as special guests at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm.

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RAYE - This Tour May Contain New Music

Solna

The Melodifestivalen tour is celebrating its 25th anniversary and is being celebrated with a wonderful mix of tour cities, including both audience favorites and long-awaited reunions. The tour begins in Linköping on January 30th and then takes us via Gothenburg, Kristianstad, Malmö, and Sundsvall before culminating in the grand finale in Stockholm on March 7th.

Melodifestivalen 2026

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Håkan Hellström is back with his first indoor tour since 2016. These concerts will be a chance for fans to get even closer to an artist whose music and lyrics unite generations. With his unique ability to create euphoria and community, Håkan promises to offer two unforgettable evenings filled with emotion and energy.

evenemangsbiljetter.se/alla-evenemang/kategorier/konsert/hakan-hellstrom

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Håkan Hellström Concert

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