Gatufest 2010 is a lesson in political economy

Dagbladet had a so called scoop yesterday telling us that this year’s Gatufest will be financed with 600,000kr by Sundsvall kommun. Last year that was berely a success had got only 100,000 from the kommun and now with all the spending cuts increasing the budget seems inappropriate. Maybe, and maybe not. To make a profit [...]

Sundsvall Social Media Club

Sundsvall Social Media Club is the meeting point for all people interested in social media in Sundsvall. You can be blogger writing on fashion or café shop owner looking for ways to market your business in a cost effective way. Why is it important for Sundsvall to have this? You don’t need to live in [...]

The new Norra Kajen district

New hi-tech neighbourhood in Sundsvall. By 2011 the center of Sundsvall near the port entrance will be changed completely with the new district, Norra Kajen. The old industrial area will become an attractive residential neighbourhood. According to the plans it will be highly developed area with modern architecture and ecological construction that is enviromental friednly. [...]

Snow chaos in Sundsvall

Good Sundsvallian sense of humor

It is good to find out that the cold weather didn’t change the Sundsvallian sense of humor. Sundsvalls Tidning posted today an article on a mother that noticed some unusual shapes in her kids’ godis bag. Apparently the store which is an ordinary local shop is selling godis in the shape of vaginas and penises. [...]

Omega 3 and Sundsvall

5 years ago no one knew what is Omega 3 not to mention food containing it. Today you have a whole shelf full of products containing the fat acid Omega 3. People started to look for it in food while food manufactures put more stress on letting the costumers know that the product contains it. [...]

Sundsvall’s best job

In search for the best job in Sundsvall you can run into those who make the kanalbullar for coffee shops or the woman in Ikea that she does all is to make sure that the demonstration rooms are looking tidy. But in fact the best job in Sundsvall is actually outside Sundsvall. It is even [...]

Higher parking fines but free parking places

It is not new that there is a problem in central Sundsvall when it comes to parking places. They are expensive, low in number and sometimes far away from the main shopping areas. And now the Sundsvall kommun is allowing free parking in central Sundsvall in south of Norrmalm, around Kulturmagasinet and in Strandgatan.   [...]

Happy 2010 Sundsvall

New Year’s fireworks 2010 from Nacksta.

Things that won’t happen in Sundsvall in 2010

With all the forecasting of what will happen in 2010 we forget those things that probably will not happen next year. Here is a list of the 10 things that you will probably not see in 2010 in Sundsvall. 1. Dragons celebrating 2nd championship at Stora Torget. This year it is Norrköping that will win [...]