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<![CDATA[Life in Danderyd - Blog]]>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 12:17:52 +0200Weebly<![CDATA[Beginners' ballet classes in English in Djursholm - for adults and children]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 16:30:15 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/beginners-ballet-classes-in-english-in-djursholm-for-adults-and-children

]]><![CDATA[Musical theatre camp this summer at BISS]]>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:46:46 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/musical-theatre-camp-this-summer-at-bissUpstage Productions will be back at BISS this Summer for another week of Musical Theatre fun! The course will run from July 27th to July 31st and is suitable for 7 to 14 year olds.

The week will be as fun as last year ending with another great show.

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, strict attention will be placed on remaining safe and respectful to other people's space. The audience will be respectfully positioned. Numbers onto the course will be limited and so booking a place soon is encouraged. Packed-lunches will be required and breaks will be spent outside.

Hand sanitizers will be provided and the rooms designated for our use will be cleaned and aired throughout. We as a team have no health issues and have had no contact with anyone with the virus.

We want to make this course an exciting and fun-filled experience serving as a creative distraction from the recent lockdown we have all had to endure.

Each day will start at 10am and finish at 3pm with the show at 2pm on the Friday. We will be based at the Ekeby site and the cost of the course is 2334 SEK.

To book a place, please contact Thomas Kett at Upstage Productions on thomaskett@hotmail.com. More info about the company can be found here: www.upstagemusicalproductions.com

]]><![CDATA[Have you tried open-water swimming?]]>Thu, 14 May 2020 11:06:47 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/have-you-tried-open-water-swimmingYou can imagine that there are plenty of places to swim in and around Danderyd!

Here is a map and information from the council about the places to swim out from:
https://www.danderyd.se/uppleva-och-gora/idrott-motion-och-friluftsliv/friluftsliv-och-motion/badplatser/

You can check out the water quality here:
https://www.havochvatten.se/hav/fiske--fritid/badvatten/kommuner-och-badplatser/kommuner/badplatser-i-danderyds-kommun.html

A bit of Googling tells us that you should have a wetsuit to swim out in open water, which certainly sounds sensible this far north!

PHOTO: Jenny Thornberg

Local business update

Just up the road in Täby, you can buy the Orca brand of wetsuits from Venkanto and their website and webshop works in English: www.venkanto.com .

Enebyberg-based Susanna and Peter Dörlich run Venkanto. They are agents for the New Zealand Orca brand across Scandinavia and the Balkans and, unsurprisingly, love open-water swimming themselves.

Susanna explains:

“Swimming in open water is a little bit of an adventure, which we think many people would like.”

The company was lucky to have received their main shipment of wetsuits before boarders closed. Now they hope people will want to try swimming in our beautiful lakes and seas and even try events like Swim-Run.

If you have had a go or are a big fan of open-water swimming and want to share some photos with us, please send them over or share them to us on Facebook!

]]><![CDATA[Solving local interior design challenges via the web]]>Fri, 08 May 2020 12:42:49 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/solving-local-interior-design-challenges-via-the-webSmall business update

Linda Lilja runs Lilja Deco AB in Stocksund after a career in the media branch. As a certified interior designer and home-styling consultant, she works with both home interior décor projects and styling of properties before they are put up for sale.

Interior design from Lilja Deco - Life in Danderyd

Everyone wants to feel comfortable in their own home and many are interested in home décor. It can be difficult to pull everything together for a project, whether it is a whole house renovation or the redecoration of one room. Creating a comfortable, functional home with the right mix of colours, lighting, furniture and textiles requires experience but mostly time, which many people don’t have much of today.

Linda says: ”Right now I see that, because of Covid-19, there are very few home-styling projects. I guess that people don’t feel like or are waiting to sell their property.”

Hiring an interior designer who can take care of all those elements can be a good investment in both time and money, helping you avoid expensive purchases that don’t fit and keeping you clear of the shops at the weekend.

”I think a change is coming - I can imagine that many people currently stuck in at home are beginning to think about how their home works for them. Clearing, cleaning, reorganising the furniture and gardening. It is in these areas that I can help the most.”

To make both interior design projects and home-styling work right now, Linda has come up with some ideas:

For clients that don’t want to meet up, Linda can do a web-based interior design proposal. You send the measurements and pictures and she will put together a plan.
Linda can come and view your home from a distance.
You can give her a key and she can view your home without you.

Now Linda is looking forward to Danderyd residents trying out these ideas!

You can find Linda’s website and contact information at: https://liljadeco.se/

If you are also a female business owner based in Danderyd, check out the women’s business network Nätverqet Danderyd which meets once a month in both Swedish and English. Lilja Deco is part of Nätverqet and has support from local marketing agency Write in Danderyd for this piece.

]]><![CDATA[Nursery school space at Svea Montessori Förskola in Djursholm]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 07:27:48 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/nursery-school-space-at-svea-montessori-forskola-in-djursholmLocal school update

The wonderful parent-run Svea Montessori nursery school in Djursholm has space for one or two small children coming up. The school takes around 30 children in total across two groups, children age 1-3 in one group and 4-6 year-olds and is situated behind Djursholms Delikatesser.

There are a couple of spaces available for children born in 2018 and 2019.

The förskola is run by the parents and has slightly shorter opening hours than the council nursery schools have. If you are a parent that likes to get involved, you can!

Find out more here: https://www.sveamontessori.se/sveamontessori/extern/ or contact the school directly: info@sveamontessori.se

]]><![CDATA[Yoga at home in English with Djursholm Yoga]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:43:40 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/yoga-at-home-in-english-with-djursholm-yogaLocal business update

Jenny Hermelin from Djursholm Yoga has recorded a yoga routine for us to do at home after requests from English-speaking members. You can find it on their YouTube channel and by clicking below:

Gillian Florence Sanger has also recorded a guided meditation for grounding and balancing, also in English:

]]><![CDATA[Order luxury biodynamic wines from a local importer]]>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:08:22 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/order-luxury-biodynamic-wines-from-a-local-importerLocal business update

Local importer of biodynamic wines in Sweden, BRASRI, work with small-scale winemakers who have great respect for nature and good practices.

Brasri's usual customers are gourmet and gastro restaurants, several with Michelin stars. At the moment, restaurant business is all but stopped and the company's stocks are full so they are offering wines to the public.

The wines are available from System Bolaget and can be delivered to your home.

Here is more information:

https://niceprice.brasri.com

]]><![CDATA[Can you make amazing pizzas? La Piazza needs you]]>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:59:35 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/can-you-make-amazing-pizzas-la-piazza-needs-youLa Piazza in Djursholm to looking for a pizza chef who can work full time for the next two weeks. If that is you, please email them: info@lapiazzadjursholm.se
]]><![CDATA[Get children exercising and doing yoga at home]]>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:34:22 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/get-children-exercising-and-doing-yoga-at-home

Local non-commercial update

Although we aren't technically in lock-down here, many of us are keeping ourselves home and have children to entertain.

Local non-commercial enterprise Happy Poses might have just the solution.

Happy Poses have a set of exercise cards that have been developed for children to use in difficult circumstances, such as in refugee camps or war-torn regions. They are free, can be printed on A4/letter paper and are a perfect introduction to yoga-based exercise.

The poses in the set are also designed to help relieve tension and the effects of stress in the body - a very necessary tool right now, especially for kids.

The exercise cards are available in English, Swedish and Spanish.

www.happyposes.com

]]><![CDATA[Help...and toilet roll birthday cake...from Coop in Djursholm]]>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:58:12 GMThttps://www.lifeindanderyd.com/blog/helpand-toilet-roll-birthday-cakefrom-coop-in-djursholmLocal business update

Birthdays right now are difficult. What do you think about these toilet roll cakes? 🙂
They are real cakes made in Coop Djursholm and filled with chocolate butter cream and have a chocolate bottom. 🧻🥳 Yummy!

Anna and Robert, who run Coop Djursholm, would like to help anyone who is in a risk group or the oldest generation. If you can't get to the store, give them a call on 0107417103.

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