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The lights of the Scandinavium arena, with the lights of Liseberg in the background. Taken in Gothenburg, December 22, 2006.

Some of the Xmas lights in and around Gothenburg's Liseburg amusement park, December 2006.

The entry arch to Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. On December 22, it was open from 3pm to 10pm, in order to optimise the effect of the Xmas lights.

The front of the Universeum and the spire of Liseberg in Göteborg, Dec 22, 2006

A bright red mushroom I found by the side of the road near Kalleberga, Blekinge.

I've been back in Perth for two weeks now, however there are some things that are taking a bit to get adjusted to. Obviously, the main one of these is the time difference i.e. jetlag. Sweden was six hours behind WA time when I left here. With the move to winter time over there in late October, this difference became seven hours. Then with the ...

Whilst I had been getting into the Jul spirit here in Sweden with my advent calendar, furious writing of ''God Jul'' cards to some of the students here, and the seven-candle light display, I had also heard mention of this Tomte fellow. I didn't know what it was all about, but thankfully Paul O'Mahony at thelocal.se was able to answer my ...

My task today (or however long it takes me) is to write my thesis abstract. I remember reading somewhere that it should be around 300 words. It _should_ be fairly easy, but my supervisor keeps saying it is the hardest part. Maybe it's difficult to cram everything in such a small amount of words. I'll be having a squiz at a few other examples from ...

I am continually amazed at the different Christmas traditions here in Sweden. Most of them have something to do with light. This is hardly surprising, since it is dark for more than 17 hours a day here, and this figure is higher almost everywhere else in the country. Starting from the evening of November 30th (Sweden is very into this 'evening ...

This news article caught my attention http://www.thelocal.se/5771/20061212/. It seems the majority of Sweden's reindeer are in danger of starving to death due to the uncharacteristic weather we've been having here. I really feel sorry for them and wish there was something I could do. Poor guys. Maybe Rudolph needs to turn on his nose early and ...