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Ringön Riot launches in Gothenburg, industrial district doubles as festival ground, city tests another culture-led remake
A new rock festival, Ringön Riot, will be launched in Gothenburg’s old industrial district this summer. According to Göteborgs-Posten, the project is being sold as both a music event and another step in Ringön’s gradual conversion from workshops and warehouses into a cultural quarter.
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Götheborg stays moored, Gothenburg turns tall ship into luxury venue, heritage bill shifts from museum dream to waterfront business
The East Indiaman Götheborg will remain at the quay in Gothenburg and be remade as a luxury experience venue instead of sailing on as a museum ship. Aftonbladet reports that the plan is to turn one of the city’s most visible symbols into what backers describe as a pure tourist attraction.
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Roskilde Festival expands site, two new stages test demand
Roskilde Festival will add two new stages this summer, extending the site with a new area called Gaia. DR reports that the expansion is meant to create space for more music and a different audience flow at one of Denmark’s largest cultural businesses.
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Sweden Stopped Being Ashamed, Finland Still Doesn't Dare Ask Why
A Finnish-Swedish columnist argues that Sweden's culture war has produced something unexpected — a population no longer embarrassed by its own national identity — while Finland's equivalent debate never starts because the social penalties for raising it remain prohibitive.