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ABBA: 5 things to know about the band's comeback

ce April 2018, the band ABBA has officially announced its return on September 2, 2021. The cleverly orchestrated comeback comes 40 years after the Swedish band's last studio album, The Visitors released in November 1981. Of course, the pop music legends' hits have never left the airwaves, as M ...

08
Nov
2021

Erik Johansson : a photographer master of illusion

A photographer with a surrealist universe Have you ever seen the photographs of Erik Johansson? This Swedish artist is known for his surreal photographs, composed using different techniques. In fact, he uses drawing, digital retouching and photography. Erik Johansson started designing his images ...

12
Apr
2022

The Tribe: a delightful new family series on TF1.

It's a joyful and whimsical comedy. "The Tribe" is a very loose adaptation of the Swedish series "Our Big Family" available on Netflix. However, while the original Swedish series is rather dramatic, this new show on TF1 leans more towards comedy. Screenwriters Manon Dillys and Éliane Vigneron wer ...

05
Feb
2024

The Cannes Film Festival: the biggest cinema event in the world.

e stormed by photographers from all over the world. The 2023 edition. The 76th Cannes Film Festival will take place from May 16th to May 27th, 2023. Swedish director Ruben Östlund, who won an award at Cannes last year, will be the president of the feature film jury. He will have the privilege of p ...

23
Apr
2009

Saint Lucia: 5 things to know about this festival of lights

1- It is celebrated on December 13. The Saint Lucia (called Sankta Lucia or simply Lucia in Swedish) is a feast day in honor of Saint Lucia of Syracuse. It is celebrated on December 13, the feast day of this Catholic saint who lived in early fourth century Sicily and died a martyr. This saint is ...

07
Dec
2017

Simon Beck : the inventor of snow art

agram A post shared by Simon Beck (@simonbeck_snowart) For example, he drew on the snow Koch's snowflake, a fractal cut invented by Swedish mathematician Helge Von Koch in 1904, and the Sierpinski triangle (a fractal object made from an equilateral triangle). These snow art crea ...

25
Feb
2022

Fitness walking: what is the bungy pump?

classic Nordic walking, this new discipline uses sticks with an internal elastic. These new walking poles were invented already a few years ago by a Swedish manufacturer to make the practice of Nordic walking even more fun. This specific material increases the propulsion of the body with each st ...

29
Apr
2022