There’s a particular feeling that arrives in Stockholm at the start of summer — light staying late, people lingering in parks, conversations happening on benches that, three months ago, no one wanted to sit on. The city softens for a while. People look up.
This summer, the STOCKHOLM! project in collaboration with Stockholms stad, is bringing a series of small, drop-in workshops into three of Södermalm’s parks, as part of a wider effort to bring art and small everyday encounters into the city’s public spaces.
Each one is free, open to anyone passing through, and designed to work whether one person joins in or fifty. They’re not events you have to sign up for. You come, you stay as long as you like, and then you carry on with your day — maybe slightly differently than before.
The summer is built around three places, three gestures, and one quiet idea: that art and small actions in public space can give people a reason to look up, talk to each other, and step out of their everyday rhythm.
Medis — Truth or Dare, Reimagined
10 June & 8 July · 14:30–16:00
A playful take on Sanning eller konka. You pull a card from one of two boxes — a question, or a small dare. Maybe you compliment a stranger on their socks. Maybe you write something on the ground in chalk for the whole park to read. Then you pass the card on, and someone else keeps it going. By the end of the afternoon, small brave gestures have travelled through the park, from hand to hand.
Björns Trädgård — Winter Letters to Yourself
17 June & 15 July · 14:30–16:00
A quieter workshop. You write a letter to your future self — to be delivered in November, just as winter sets in. Add photos, drawings, a few words, a compliment card. We seal the envelopes, hold onto them, and post them when you need them most. A small bridge from summer’s hope across to the darker months.
Tantolunden — Graffiti Wall Mapping
5 & 19 August · 14:30–16:00
A collective workshop on the public wall in Tantolunden. The first time, we draw a map of Södermalm and invite people to mark the places that hold their dearest memories. The second time, we hand out markers and let people draw their ideal city onto a blank one. Slowly, the wall becomes a shared portrait of how this neighbourhood is lived in — and dreamed of.
Across the summer, the three workshops form a small arc. Björns asks you to look inward, to yourself in time. Tantolunden asks you to look at your city, its memory and its possibilities. Medis asks you to look at each other — and to play.
Come find us. Stay as long as you’d like.