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Vintage and pit stops in Stockholm

Posted by swingzine.com | dec 17, 2018 | CITY GUIDES |

Visiting Stockholm soon? Sweden’s capital, also called the Venice of the North, offers many great swing and vintage venues but also some pit stops for vintage lovers. All year around, every night of the week, there are sights to be seen. Coffee, pastries & sweets Citykonditoriet – located in one of Stockholm’s most beautiful premises. Pastries and bread are a tasty delight. Addres: Adolf Fredriks kyrkogata 10. Subway: T-CentralenVetekatten – A quaint cafe serving lunch, cakes and pastries. Founded in 1928, it features many rooms and a variety of seating options, so walk around and explore! Address: Kungsgatan 55....

TOP-3-LIST: World’s most equal swing cities

Posted by swingzine.com | apr 4, 2017 | CITY GUIDES, SWING THINGS |

“Vintage attributes or gender are usually less important in those cities”, says DecaVitas, the only same sex professional swing dancers in the world, based in Sweden. According to the duo these are the world’s most equal swing places: San Francisco, the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. Check out this links if you want so swing out in San Francisco and the peninsula: 1 – san francisco lindy 2 – lindy list.com 3 – catscornersf.com 4 – swingornothing.com Seattle, the seaport city on the west coast of the United States. Check out this links if you want so swing out in Seattle: 1...

TOP-3-LIST: Best swing cities in the world

Posted by swingzine.com | apr 1, 2017 | CITY GUIDES, SWING THINGS |

LENNART WESTERLUND´S FAVORITES Seoul, Korea Dancing Lindy hop in Seoul is completely crazy, in a good way. People let themselves go! They show a lot of feeling, sweat and passion. The attitude is reminiscent of Lindy hopers during its heyday. Close, sweaty and a freakin grove. Seoul is a home of lot of really good dancers. Vilnius, Lithuania Good dancer, close to my home in Sweden and no fuss, no rebuke is added. Like it! Stockholm, Sweden My hometown and where Chicago dance studio is located. Obviously you need to go...

Stockholm, Sweden

Posted by swingzine.com | feb 2, 2017 | CITY GUIDES |

Visiting Stockholm soon? Stockholm offers a lot of great swing venues, all year around, every night of the week. To avoid being astray, in search of a sensible place to do a swing out, you need steering. Here it is! It would be a great pity if you go to Venice of the North and miss something wonderful like this. Chicago – the epicenter of swing dance in Stockholm, located at Hornsgatan 75, 100 meters from Zinkensdamms subway. Run by Lindy hoppers known all over the world such as Fatima Teffahi, Lennart Westerlund and Sakarias ”Zacke” Larsson and home of...