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What it's like to celebrate midsummer in Sweden: A smorgasbord, maypole and partying into the night
AOL
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“You don’t normally have hot food at Midsummer: it’s about potatoes and herring,” says Malin, co-host of the Midsummer celebration. Photograph by Alamy, Johner ImagesThis article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As my Swedish...
Thailand Privilege Card wins quality award in Stockholm
ScandAsia
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June 20, 2025
Thailand Privilege Card Co., Ltd. (TPC), the operator of the Thailand Privilege Card membership program under the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), has received the ESQR’s Quality Choice Prize 2025. The award was presented at a ceremony held at...
The 'Scheffler we know' back in Travelers Round 1
Yahoo Sports
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FRISCO, Texas – No LPGA player has been involved more in the making of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship than Stacy Lewis. In fact, when this championship first came together a decade ago, former KPMG chair John Veihmeyer said the firm’s...
Volvo XC90 T8 – The Speedy, Safe, Swedish SUV!
North East Post
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Andy Harris Motoring and Property Editor @ytimesmotoring 12:00 AM 21st June 2025 cars Many of us reach the stage in life when a growing family dictates the choice of car. For some that means a conventional five-seat family car does not suffice,...
Watch: Swedish tourist’s ride takes a shocking turn– Here's what happened on the Delhi highway
The Times of India
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A Swedish tourist, Jonas, faced a harrowing experience in India when an Uber Intercity driver allegedly abandoned him on a Delhi highway after demanding extra cash. Jonas shared a video on Instagram, recounting how the driver left him stranded...
What it's like to celebrate midsummer in Sweden
National Geographic
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This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As my Swedish army bike rattles down the last hill, I place a hand on the basket to secure my Midsummer contributions: two king-size sausage rolls and a green bean and orange salad....
This new Primus camping stove is lighter than your Garmin watch and boils water in under 4 minutes, so you can "move quickly and explore further"
Advnture
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June 20, 2025
If your idea of cooking up a hot meal at camp involves effortless stove set up, boiling water in two shakes of a lamb's tail and a delicious freeze-dried meal in front of you in under 10 minutes, there's a new minimalist camping stove in town and...
Letter from Barcelona: Rebalancing tourism in the age of protest
WIT
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June 20, 2025
On the weekend after Phocuswright Europe, thousands of protestors across southern Europe took to the streets to demonstrate their unhappiness over overtourism. “Your holidays, my misery,” they chanted in Barcelona, as they held up slogans such as...
COLUMN: ‘Beach Girls’ remember man behind ‘Boys’ after Brian Wilson’s death
The Macon Melody - Georgia
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June 20, 2025
Elizabeth Causey, left, and mother Miki Fluker (Photo courtesy of Miki Fluker) Miki Fluker first heard the song “Surf City” when she was 11 years old in the summer of 1963. No, she wasn’t hanging 10 catching a wave on a surfboard in landlocked...
Holland teacher awarded grant to travel abroad, create new lessons
Holland Sentinel - Michigan
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HOLLAND — A teacher from a local elementary school will travel abroad this summer to visit the setting of a book used in her classroom and create new learning experiences for students. Joy Kooyer, a third grade teacher at Holland’s West...
Robert Lawrence Cory, 99,
Southern Maryland News Net
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July 6, 2025
Robert Lawrence Cory, 99, of Dunkirk passed away June 26, 2025. He was born June 16, 1926 in Belleville, NJ to Harold and Maude (Summers) Cory. At the age of 17 Bob joined the United States Navy and proudly served his country for 6 years. During...
Driver Hits Intoxicated Swedish Man Lying on Pattaya Nightlife Ground
Khaosod English
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June 20, 2025
PATTAYA — A 54-year-old Swedish tourist was critically injured early Friday morning after being run over by a car while lying intoxicated on the ground in a nightclub parking lot in Pattaya. The incident occurred at 3.20 a.m. on June 20 in the...
Speaking French, Swedish, German… the migrants booted out of EU in asylum crackdown & on small boats to ‘soft touch’ UK
The Scottish Sun
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June 19, 2025
MORE than 2,000 migrants are massing in the Jungle camp outside Dunkirk in northern France. And their aim — to cross the Channel and take advantage of “soft touch” Britain after they were turfed out by the EU countries where they previously lived....
The Last Journey — this lovely Swedish documentary will make you weep
The Times
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This profoundly lovely Swedish documentary is a crowd-pleasing road movie that hides a feral heart. Slickly shot, it’s an often bleakly funny account of a last-ditch drive from central Sweden to southern France by the TV host Filip Hammar and his...
British holidaymaker dies from rabies: what you need to know about the disease and getting the jab if you’re going abroad this summer
The Conversation
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June 19, 2025
The recent death of a British woman from rabies after a holiday in Morocco is a sobering reminder of the risks posed by this almost universally fatal disease, once symptoms begin. If you’re considering travelling to a country where rabies is...
Huntington Beach Is on Surfari to Stay
Paste
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This weekend Huntington Beach pays tribute to a man who did more than most to popularize surfing—even if he wasn’t a surfer himself. Brian Wilson might not have ever waxed his own board, but his songs with the Beach Boys helped define how the...
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Hubby eSIM is Sunweb’s provider of choice in key holiday destinations
Travolution
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June 19, 2025
Through Hubby’s solution, Sunweb’s travellers will have access to an easy-to-use, reliable and affordable Internet connection with their regular mobile number, without the need for a physical SIM card, public Wi-Fi or roaming charges. Hubby’s...
For The Beach Boys, Williamsburg Live is worth a return
The Virginian-Pilot
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June 19, 2025
WILLIAMSBURG — Each year, the organizers of Williamsburg Live aim to bring in a diverse group of new musicians, with the 2025 lineup including a country trio from the Deep South and an ABBA tribute band from Sweden. But when The Beach Boys request...
The Last Journey review: Life-affirming Swedish father-and-son documentary is simply unmissable
Irish Independent
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Lars Hammar has lost his spark. A resident of Koping, Sweden, the beloved schoolteacher retired at 65 and was supposed to spend his golden years travelling the world with his wife, Tiina. Instead, he got stuck in his armchair. It’s been this way...
What to know about Travelers Championship on Thursday
NBC Connecticut
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June 19, 2025
The Travelers Championship is underway at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell. There is a field of 72 players and tournament officials said nearly 2,000 volunteers will be helping out. Hoda Kotb is headlining the Women's Day Breakfast on Thursday and...