We once held the belief that Göteborg had little to offer when it came to finding cool second-hand shops and bargains…Well, we were crazy wrong! After some digging around and sightseeing we found out that this city has a lot of pearls if you’re liking the old, used and dusty stuff.

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The market will be held on August 15 and the 29th.
If you want to have your own stand, go to http://www.marknad.org and register.
For other flee markets in Sweden go to http://www.svenskaloppisar.se/sok.asp (only in Swedish)

Here's a piece of local knowledge I picked up last week. One of those places you probably won't hear about too often. A Swedish friend might casually mention it, if they know about it, but it'll probably just fizz in through one ear and out of the other.

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There are those days when the whole universe is against you. For some reason those days always seem to hit the day before an important dead-line. I actually read somewhere that technical instruments may be affected by human frustration. I'm a firm believer that this is the case.

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This is a great store for anyone interested in home cooking. You'll find everything from the basics for cooking simple pasta to the finest spices for enhancing your favourite recipes.

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So this might not be the most politically correct shop in town. But what would we do without it? In the last month or so we had three emergency visits to this store. First time was prior to a friend's birthday. We needed some kind of medal for her bravery excepting the magic 30's age limit.

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The interior design store Norrgavel won the Corporate Social Responsibility Award from Retail Awards 2008. The beautiful and clean design by Nirvan Richter is aspiring to be timeless.

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We always go to Sorbet when we need to buy a gift that stands out. Perfect for when we want to be different and get that special someone to say "Oh my god this gift is sooo cool, how did you come up with that?"

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Fresh Fish is the Göteborg annual fashion fair trade. Inside Exercishuset young and talented designers showed their collections, for the public as well as for the jury. Monthly writer Hanna Ricksten set out to find the new fashion look out.

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Okay, we all now that Sweden is the land of IKEA and HM, so what does this town offer besides the well known clothing chains? Monthly hit the streets and checked out some of the nice clothing shops in town.

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