Tygverket is the fabric store where the habitats of Stockholm have been coming to on a regular basis, not only to buy fabric, but also to give their furniture a spruce up. During 2011 they opened a branch further up on S:t Paulsgatan, where they not only offer a wide selection of liberty fabrics, but also creative workshops.

During this spring you can learn everything from how to make the perfect shirt collar, to creating pants for your kids and a full circle skirt for yourself. Tygverket also offers workshops for beginners.

Do you have fancy plans for your Friday night but nothing to wear? Fear no more, as Tygverket offers a Friday night workshop, where according to level, you’ll get to create a fabulous garment for a night out.

Other workshops that are offered include: detail sewing, re-cycling, pencil skirt, bag course, underwear and appliqués.

For more information on prices and hours, please refer to the website.

Tygverket; S:t Paulsgatan 3; 08-714 99 11; google maps

Gallery Aguéli always has the work of different artists on its walls but, as of 2011, it has a new guest–Cafe Amsterdam.

Cafe Amsterdam serves lighter lunches and sandwiches, and really wows with its homemade elderberry lemonade and home-baked goods. To get you buzzing for your buzz around the gallery, you’ll find a normal coffee menu as well as homemade chai. The decor of the cafe consists of an eclectic collection of furniture and they have free wi-fi if you want to get some work done. In addition to being a café and exhibition hall (at the moment they’re featuring paintings and collages of Arnold Bunge’s exhibition ”drömspår”), Amsterdam also holds concerts and, if you’re thinking about having a party of your own, you can rent the premises, with or without catering. During the summer, you can sit outside and enjoy activities like flea markets.

Amsterdam and gallery Aguéli is open on Wed-Sat 11-19, Sun-Mon 12-19 and is closed on Tuesdays.

Amsterdam & Galleri Aguéli; Blecktornsgränd 9; +46 8 641 33 81; www.amsterdamcafe.se

New Years eve is coming up and if you still don’t know what to do, Lime&Tonic has a few tips for you!

The club Under Bron will feature house music spun by various DJs from 8pm and will host a New Years Eve costume party with prizes and fireworks. Flipping discs will be Ewan Pearson from the UK, as well as Leo & William, ”Kärleksdöden and Love Laglös”, Tiedye, La Petite Putain and Amanda Liljegren. In the basement, the KKK–Kornéls Koola Klubb–will also be on hand to entertain your ears. Entrance starts at 350kr, you have to be over 23 to get in to the party that lasts until 3am.

At Södra Teatern, the club Yes! will fill the whole house. Sås Crew – Marcus Price, Carli, JExpert and A Lowe Thing–will play electro and base at Etablissemanget. Yes Soundsystem with Mad Mats, Donuts, Pure P and Ametist are playing house and hip-hop. In the Champagnebaren, All Out Dubstep with Trickykid and L-Wiz are playing. Here you’ll get in if you’re over 20 and at 3am the doors are closing.

At Spy Bar on the other hand, you can celebrate the New Year until 5am with house played by Lars Allertz & Co in the White bar and Pecut reminding us of what 2011 sounded like in Engelbrektsbaren. Omid and Fjodor will play for you in the ”Gubbrummet.” Spy Bar opens at 10pm, entrance starts at 200kr and you have to be at least 23 to join the party.

Happy New Year!

Christmas is the time for traditions and every year plenty of them can be found at Skansen. This weekend it is time to come and bake Christmas goodies in the destination’s traditional and inspiring environment.

From December 13 to the 18th you will be able to bake Swedish goods, such as gingerbread in the Väla School from 11-15:00 on weekdays and 10-15:00 on the weekend. At Järnhandlarbostaden it is not only ginger bread that will be baked, but also traditional Swedish Christmas pasteries like crullers.

At Skansen you can have a look in houses and at traditional farms to see how Christmas used to be celebrated back in the day. There’s also a Christmas marked with a 1903 pedigree and musicians and choirs singing Christmas carols, just to get you in the right spirit!

Skansen can be reached by bus 44, tram 7 or the ferry.

Photo curtsey by Skansen.se

This weekend it is once again time for the Design school Beckmans yearly Christmas market. Buy unique Christmas presents that the students from the fashion, design and visual communication has created.

Beckmans also offers a small café, for those in need of a break of all the shopping. The Christmas market is open from 11-17, both Saturday and Sunday. Take a break from the big chains and come by for some unique and innovative Christmas presents!

Beer ring, Greta Nordin, F14

On normal days, Beckmans offer both full time programs within the different subjects, as well as evening courses and workshops in everything from how to build a collection to asymmetric typography.

Brahegatan 10, Metro: Östermalmstorg. http://www.beckmans.se

Photo courtesy of  Beckmans

Stockholm is the world’s fifth most expensive city. But even if you don’t have deep pockets, there are several things to do that will not cost you one crown:

* The well-know club Debaser charges no entry on most Friday and Saturdays before 22:00. It’s well worth to be on time, as a lot of good musicians and band plays there. Check out the website to see who’s playing.

Debaser, Karl Johans Torg 1 or Medborgarplatsen 8 http://www.debaser.se

* Stand up – Big Ben. Many comedians have started their career at this English pub, which is well-known for its stand-up scene. Thursdays and Sundays there is free stand-up and for brave souls, the stage is yours.

Big Ben, Folkungagatan 97, http://www.bigben.nu

* The Culture house (kulturhuset) – Here you’ll find interesting exhibitions that are changed on a regular basis, a play area for children, creative teenagers hanging out on the ground floor and an intriguing library section. The best part? Its all for free! (Some of the exhibitions might cost money though, so make sure you check out the website before heading down town.)

Kulturhuset, Sergels torg, 08-508 315 08, http://www.kulturhuset.se

Stockholm’s archipelago consists of more than 30.000 islands and is over 800 million years old. The archipelago offers a variety of activities for every season of the year and now with the winter fast approaching, there is a plethora of Swedish Christmas buffets offered.

At Smådalarö Gård you can enjoy seafood inspired Christmas buffet in a nautical atmosphere. Prices start at 1695:- for one person in a double room and “glögg”, fish -and seafood Christmas buffet and a heaping breakfast is included. Only Christmas buffet is 795:- for adults.

Engsholms castle offers a Christmas buffet with taste of game from Mörkö as well as the forests of the Sörmland area. Staying over night is offered to those who can’t get enough of the castle environment. The buffet is 525:- +tax.

In order to get to the different islands you’ll have to go by boat and the three biggest companies that serves most islands are: Waxholmsbolaget, Cinderella and Strömma Kanalbolaget.

For more information:

http://www.visitskargarden.se/