Tag: Sweden
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Cabin project follows stress-reducing effect of living in nature -- the Swedish way (Video)
Swedes enjoy an interesting "close-to-nature" lifestyle -- this informal study shows how it might help visitors from other countries.
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Your next home might be built by robots, and you will never know
They are already doing this in Sweden.
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Sleep like a Swede using the lifestyle philosophy of 'lagom'
Another Nordic cultural concept to prove that Scandinavians have it all figured out … but this one could help the rest of us sleep better too.
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Oboy, we visit the Cykelehuset Ohboy!, an apartment building built around bicycles
This Passivhaus building in Malmo may be the greenest building TreeHugger has ever shown.
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This is the best off-grid, off-pipe bathroom I have ever seen
It's beautiful blue and white Swedish porcelain, and it's from 1890, but they really figured things out.
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It's time to change the way we talk about prefab
Forget "prefabricated" -- remember "Monteringsfärdiga".
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Rare white moose steps out of a fantasy, into a Swedish creek
While unicorns remain frustratingly elusive, the magical white moose makes an appearance in Sweden.
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I want to be working at this Anders Berensen desk
People who work from home should have a nice place to work. This is one of the nicest.
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Allemansrätten, the Swedish right to roam the countryside, is guaranteed by the constitution
In Sweden everyone has the legal right to walk, cycle, ride, ski and camp almost anywhere in nature.
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Golden Solar Egg sauna is a community incubator for ideas (Video)
Sweden's northernmost town gets a glittering, sculptural sauna -- a new place to gather and talk about how locals are being affected by the mining industry.
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Swedish shopping center sells only refurbished second-hand items
This brilliant update on the thrift store model includes DIY repair classes, organic food, and a drop-off zone for unwanted items.
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Stockholm’s metro stations are a glorious riot of art and color
Take a sneak peak at the world's longest underground art gallery.
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Now this is how to market the ultimate shared semi-autonomous vehicle
It already exists, is on the roads, and has its own flashy commerical
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Celebrate waffles (and waffle slabs) on Våffeldagen (Swedish Waffle Day) March 25
TreeHugger will celebrate waffle slabs, which use less concrete to go farther.
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Sweet Swedish pair rescues a moose from frozen lake
What would you do if you came across a giant ruminant stuck in the ice? Here's how this quick-thinking couple saved the day.
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IKEA to launch hackable, open-platform sofa that transforms with your needs
This sofa will convert into a number of uses, and will accommodate third-party add-ons like armrests, backrests, side tables and more.
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Clever DIY pull-out extensions transform ordinary van into mini-camper (Video)
This amazing conversion takes the add-on rear kitchen system a huge step further, creating a van that transforms into a full-fledged camper you can sleep in.
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Speaker system is designed for deconstruction
Everybody should be doing this, planning for repairability from day one.
