Never put work before life; from midnight swims to beach barbecues, your go-to guide to the Swedish way of living

You only need to wander around Stockholm at 5pm on a Saturday afternoon to understand that the Nordic way of life runs at an entirely different pace to that of the UK. When every British high street is a throng of teenage girls and predatory chuggers, in Sweden the streets are serene and the doors of Acne, J Lindeberg and Cheap Monday are closing.