Find out how glass is made by the master craftsmen at the Orrefors factory
Glass designed by Ingegerd Råman for Orrefors

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Orrefors Sweden

The names Orrefors and Kosta Boda are synonymous around the world with innovative design, matchless craftsmanship and the marriage of form and function. These two companies, now one, have been designing and making glass articles, art glass and custom glass in the Glasriket area for more than 250 years.

On a guided tour of the Orrefors factory you can watch the world famous glass being made in the hot-shop and see glass on display at the exhibition centre. Orrefors also arranges an event called ‘Foundry herring’, at which you can try glass blowing and then enjoy a drink and Småland delicacies afterwards at the Orrefors Inn.

You can also purchase seconds at bargain prices at the factory and there are factory outlets dotted around the ‘Glasriket’ area offering glass and crystal ware at very competitive prices.


Swedish design

It’s almost like the “d” in “Swedish Design” should be a capital letter given its renown the world over.

Visiting Sweden, you’ll find great Swedish design all around you. On buildings at Stadshuset, the Stockholm Library on Odengatan, the Turning Torso building in Malmö, in shops, on street signs, on road signs (the strolling elk set against a yellow background, within a red triangle) in hotels, on buses and trains and the clothes that people wear. There is much to celebrate about Swedish form and design, from the ‘Falu red” cottages of Dalarna, to the art glass and crystal of Orrefors. A visit to Sweden will inspire new ideas and you might just find yourself redecorating your home on your return.

For cool designer clothes look out for Swedish brands Odd Molly, Filippa K, WE and Björn Borg and if you want to buy jeans with a conscience check out Cheap Monday.

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Stockholm is known as a leading design centre, and design in the broadest sense – both contemporary and traditional – is an important part of the city’s exciting shopping scene.

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Where to go shopping in Gothenburg

If we deal with the geography of Gothenburg’s main shopping districts first, they are; Nordstan, Innerstaden and Avenyn.

Shopping in Malmö

Malmö – made for shopping

Malmö has 800 shops and counting, as well as 7 shopping centres; Hansa, Triangeln, Caroli, Balthazar City, Storgatan, Åhléns and Mobilia.

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