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  • Travel to Austria - Visit Klagenfurt
    Klagenfurt is the capital of the province of Karnten and was a small market village until the beginning of the sixteenth century when it started to grow into the centre of commerce that it is today. The old city area, Alstadt, has many old and beautifully restored and kept colorful living and farm houses, with styles from baroque to Art Nouveau. It is the sixth largest city in Austria with over ninety thousand inhabitants.
  • Buying the perfect Christmas gift for children
    Buying Christmas presents for kids is the simplest thing in the world, or is it not? Well, it is not always easy if you do not have children of your own in the same age. How do you know exactly what this special kid wants? You want to buy a Christmas present that will hopefully be used often and not just end up on the top shelf in a closet somewhere.
  • Buying the perfect Christmas present for a woman
    For many men, finding and buying the perfect Christmas present for a woman can be very troublesome and create a lot of problems and anxiety. What am I supposed to buy? What is her size? Does she like to wear underwear with lace? All these questions will be buzzing around inside the heads of the poor men, creating a lot of pressure and often just as much indetermination.
  • Buying the perfect Christmas gift for a man
    When Christmas is drawing ever nearer, the days are getting shorter and the snow is starting to fall, it is high time to start planning what Christmas presents to buy. For most, Christmas shopping is very stress related, but there are, however, ways of avoiding the whole Christmas rush hour and instead buying the Christmas presents online instead from the comfort of your home.
  • Analysis of the Swedish pension system - Part three
    Now we will move on to review some examples of correlations between different pension systems gathered from the Swedish pension history. The examples are limited to age pension and partial pension. Early retirement pension will not be covered.
  • Analysis of the Swedish pension system - Part two
    The third principle for giving structure to the pension system is in different governmental welfare regimes. Traditional denominations are the Belveridge system with its accentuation on basic security and the Bismarck system with its accentuation on a pension system closely tied to the terms of employment.
  • High end hotel alternatives in Salzburg
    Salzburg is Austria's fourth largest city with many hotels to choose from during the vacation there. Salzburg is famous for its baroque architecture and is a popular place for the skiing vacation. Salzburg's most famous person you may have heard of, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born here.
  • Analysis of the Swedish pension system - Part one
    The ever increasing number of elderly people along with tendencies for early exits from employment is going to result in much discussion about the pension systems in industrialized countries in the future. Governments and other international organizations such as the European Union and the World Bank are getting more and more interested in the design of different pension systems.
  • Pension - a historical view
    The thought of collecting pension when you become older, and no longer can support yourself and your family through a regular job, seems very familiar and obvious to us westerners. However, these thought and ideas are not as old and rooted as we might think; pension is actually a rather modern financial system. We do not have to travel very far back in history to see communities where a pension system was not even though of before.
  • My favourite walks in Stockholm - Around the bay of Djurgarden continued…
    Continuing from where I left off, make north east from Stockholm Rosendal's Garden Café until you get to Prince Bertil's boule court which is said to be the nicest and best place to play boule in the whole of Sweden. On Sundays anyone can reserve a court to come and play.
  • A look at pension systems
    The thought of a system for security, like a pension system, is not unique for any country. In Venice during the fifteenth century a form of pension system was in place where the workers from the ship yards received a basic financial security when they became old or if they were injured. In addition, there was even a form of pension for widows of deceased workers. Venice,
  • Hair loss sucks
    Are you like me; you've never thought about hair loss and always had thick, lustrous hair and then all of a sudden you start noticing (or someone very helpful informs you) it is thinning out. At first you start blaming your new shampoo, the humidity or the weather in general before realizing that hair loss is a fact. Goodbye shallow beautiful women, goodbye perfect vacation pictures with the wind in your hair. But you know actually, it's really not that bad after all...
  • Travel to Austria - Visit Innsbruck
    Innsbruck, the capital of the famous province of Tyrol sums up its distinctive character. With the shimmering mountain range right at the doorstep of the town, Innsbruck has the old merchant routes of Europe to thank for its development. The combination of old alpine traditions and commerce, first and foremost tourism and sports, is obviously seen here.
  • Learning how to drive and getting your driver's license
    The day is finally approaching: The day when you are legally able to get your driver's license, a true milestone in everyone's life. Everyone surely remembers the day when they were first able to take the car out for a spin alone. The roads towards acquiring ones driver's license are many. This article is written from a European point of view, and is hence focused on the rules and regulations that apply there. These rules and regulations obviously differ from country to country so make sure...
  • Choosing the right baby carriage and strollers
    Baby strollers come very much in handy for stressed out parents. A baby carriage lets you take your baby with you and keep it close by when you go about your business and daily routine. At the same time the baby stroller helps you stow away those shopping and grocery bags as well as keeps your arms rested.
  • A review of the Swedish pension system
    Sweden has long had a general pension system available for everyone - being as it is a country dominated by socialist government and values for a long time. It has changed to and from over the years to end up becoming a very modern and evenly distributed pension system. I will briefly explain how it works.
  • Planning a party for children
    When you start planning a children's party you need to think it through thoroughly, otherwise thing may now go as smoothly as you had thought and anticipated. Depending on the age of the child you are planning the party for; there are many different games and activities to choose from. Just remember to have time put aside for other things as well. Planning the whole occasion around fun and games is all good, but children often have many other ideas amongst themselves...
  • Buying the right baptism gift
    Coming up with great ideas for a baby's baptism present is no easy task. It is always dependent on what kind of relationship you have to the baby in question as well as the baby's parents. If you are a close relative - like a grandparent, aunt, uncle or similar - perhaps a more exclusive present is due. If you are invited to the baptism in the capacity of a friend from back in the day or far away, then maybe a different kind of present is needed for the baptism.
  • My favourite walks in Stockholm - Around the bay of Djurgarden
    Stockholm is a beautiful city. I have been living here for over five years now and still wonder over the magnificence of the place. In this article series I will describe my favourite walking paths in and around the city, with places to see and things to do.
  • Good and lasting skin care - Loose your acne
    Who does not want to have good and lasting skin care? A skin that does not feel tight, itches or shows flaky tendencies. The thing is that everyone is created differently with completely different basic conditions for maintaining a good a skin care.
  • How to find cheap clothes online
    When it comes to clothing, be it for adults or just as well for children, the consumers often times find themselves spending too much money. However, it does not necessarily have to end up this way.
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