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Hypebeast
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Acne Studios Taps Moomin and Friends on Another Collaborative Capsule
Summary Like many of us,Acne Studioscan't get enough of Tove Jansson'sMoomins. After an initial collaboration back in November of 2024, the fashion house is reconnecting with Jansson's characters for another full-length Fall/Winter 2025 collaborative range. This go around, the pair, who share Scandinavian roots, presents a 16-piece unisex lineup of both apparel and accessories, spanning jersey, denim and knitwear stamped with sketches of the animated Moomins gang. Arriving as the latest release in Acne Studio's 'Face' series, the extensive release comes dipped in a vibrant pallate of colors, leaning into the whimsical aura of the magical Moomins land. Other characters – Little My, Snorkmaiden, Stinky and the Hattifatteners – materialize in the form of embroidered patches and printed graphics, landing on some of Acne's signature silhouettes such as the brand's 1981 jeans and striped shirting and sweaters. Footwear rounds out the release, with a pair of classic lace-up sneakers stamped with Acne's Face logo and further elevated with removable metal Moomin patches. The full Acne Studios x Moomins drop lands online at Acne's officialwebstoreon May 28, followed by an in-person drop at all Acne Studios stores worldwide on May 30.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Swedish prospect Ludvig Jansson signs with Florida Panthers to start NHL career
Swedish prospect Ludvig Jansson signs with Florida Panthers to start NHL career (Image Source: Getty Images) Ludvig Jansson will begin North American career following time spent playing in Sweden Ludvig Jansson expected playing in AHL before NHL debut Something fresh is in store for the Florida Panthers next season. The team just signed a young defenseman who has been competing internationally. Even though most of the fans have not heard too much about him yet, the Panthers clearly see something special in this young player. His name is Ludvig Jansson , and he is officially with the team now on a new contract starting in May 6, 2025, the Florida Panthers signed 21-year-old Ludvig Jansson to a three-year, entry-level NHL deal. The contract is through the 2025-26 season. Ludvig Jansson was picked by the Panthers during the 2022 NHL Entry Draft as a fourth-round (125th overall) he still works on improving his game and gaining experience skating with Sweden, Jansson suited up for SHL's Luleå HF for 50 regular season games last year and recorded three assists and a single also found himself on the playoff series of Luleå, which saw them win the SHL, with 17 playoff games played and two assists for Jansson. He had a beast of a year, and Luleå had a beast of a year, and it should be enjoyable for him in the General Manager Bill Zito made a remark about the signing, stating Ludvig Jansson is "a smart, smooth-skating defenseman" who stood out to the team with the progress he's made in Sweden. The Panthers believe he will make a valuable contributor to their defense down the he joins the Panthers on the NHL roster, Ludvig Jansson will probably start his North American career with the Charlotte Checkers, the Panthers' AHL affiliate . Competing in the American Hockey League will give him time to adjust to the game in North America, which is more physical and faster than it is in Jansson also has global exposure. He played for Sweden in the IIHF World Junior Championship of 2022 and 2023. He created a record with four goals and ten points in the competition in 2023. He was named to the All-Star Team for the year based on his decent signing proves that the Florida Panthers are looking forward to it. With signings like Ludvig Jansson entering the system, the team is adding fresh blood and investing in future Read: Florida Panthers Look For Turnaround Victory Against Tampa Bay Lightning In Pivotal Game 4 Matchup
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Panthers Sign Promising Prospect To Entry-Level Deal
The Florida Panthers have made a move, signing defenseman Ludvig Jansson to a three-year, entry-level contract. His new deal will kick in during the 2025-26 campaign. Jansson, 21, was selected by the Panthers with the 125th overall pick of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft. Since then, the 6-foot blueliner has been working on his development overseas in Sweden. However, after signing this entry-level contract, he is able to begin his professional career in North America next season. Jansson appeared in 50 games this season with Lulea HF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), where he had one goal, four points, and a minus-2 rating. He also recorded two assists in 17 playoff games for the SHL squad, where they took home the Le Mat Trophy. Jansson will likely need to spend some time with the Panthers' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, before making the jump to the NHL level. However, the right-shot defenseman has good upside, and it will be fascinating to see how much of an impact he can make with the Panthers later down the road from here. Recent Panthers News Panthers Red-Hot Forward Is Hitting New Level This Playoffs Panthers Red-Hot Forward Is Hitting New Level This Playoffs The Florida Panthers lost their Game 1 matchup to the Toronto Maple Leafs by a 5-4 final score. The Panthers made a push in the third period by scoring three goals, but they could not complete the comeback. Report: Stolarz hospitalized, Leafs' coach feels Bennett 'elbow to the head' was 'clear as day' Report: Stolarz hospitalized, Leafs' coach feels Bennett 'elbow to the head' was 'clear as day' As is often the case when it comes to Florida Panthers and playoff games, much of the talk after Monday's Game 1 against the Toronto Maple Leafs was about a controversial hit. Comeback effort falls short as Panthers struggle early in Game 1 loss to Toronto Comeback effort falls short as Panthers struggle early in Game 1 loss to Toronto The Florida Panthers will have to come from behind if they're going to advance past the Toronto Maple Leafs. Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk Has Big Praise For Brad Marchand Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk Has Big Praise For Brad Marchand The Florida Panthers made a major move at the 2025 NHL trade deadline, acquiring star forward Brad Marchand from the Boston Bruins. With this move, the Panthers added another top-six forward to their group.
Times
03-05-2025
- Times
My great-value road trip around southern Sweden's sauna hotspot
'It's like champagne in your veins,' Mia Jansson says, her eyes dancing with delight. The sensation she's describing — the blood-pumping tingling that's taken over my body — is a mix of pure elation, triumph and adrenaline. I've just survived my first dip in the cold Swedish sea. A bath, they call it, but it's not the kind I'm used to. I'm outside a sauna at the Palsjobaden cold bathing house in Helsingborg, a coastal city in the Skane region of southern Sweden, standing stark naked next to a woman I met less than an hour ago. We're staring out to the Oresund strait, the channel that forms the Swedish-Danish border, a busy shipping route and a place of crystal-clear waters and hardy swimmers. It's a stop on the road trip I'm taking to some of the country's cold bathhouses to learn about their culture, meet die-hard fans of an icy dip and see what else the region has to offer. I'm in the hands of an expert: Jansson, 61, from the nearby city of Angelholm. As well as working as a project manager for the council, she's a passionate official ambassador of cold-bathing culture for the city of Helsingborg and my guide for the session. When I feel ready, I signal to Jansson that it's time to heat our bodies up for the next dip. The sauna feels like a place of bodily freedom and quiet liberation, and Jansson, along with traditional cold bathers, believes three immersions is the magic number. Cold bathhouses — piers with saunas and steps leading into the water that facilitate year-round sea swimming for devoted locals — are an unmissable feature of this coastline. Skane, encompassing the southern tip of Sweden, is filled with them, 12 public ones in all (of only 30 across the country), at which anyone can buy a ticket and bathe. 'The first time you go into the water you get rid of all the dirt. The second time you go into the water you get rid of all your worries. And the third time you start building something new,' Jansson explains, alluding to the transformative rejuvenating effects that three lots of a 15-minute sauna followed by a cold dip can have. Men and women sauna and bathe separately here, usually naked. It's part of daily life, with immunity and mood-boosting impacts and fair pricing (one trip from £6.50; annual pass £200; It's an age-old tradition that's proving more popular than ever. The primrose-yellow Palsjobaden was created in the 1800s, and is one of three in the city today: 'There is no other place in the world with three cold bathhouses,' Jansson says. 'This city is a little bit special.' The country's latest cold bathhouse is in Landskrona, a city between Malmo and Helsingborg. Built to replace storm-lost versions (last destroyed by Storm Sven in December 2013), Landskrona Kallbadhus opened in March in the centre of the city ( Designed by the local architects MagasinA, the matt black structure at the end of the pier has a space-age edge, with a copper-clad entrance, a smart changing area, communal showers, kitchen facilities and a sleek sauna looking out to sea, plus the usual stairs into the water and a deck for reading and relaxing. Without Jansson here to guide me I'm nervous, but the sauna gets me hot enough to find the water bearable and the champagne sensation returns. As saunas pop up across London — the British Sauna Society estimates that the number of public sauna sites has jumped from 45 in 2023 to 147 in 2025 — I'm here looking at one of the origins for the trend. While sauna culture is largely believed to have started in Finland, in Sweden it's all about the kallbad, the cold bath, with the sauna element a mere facilitator. Watching other women dip with ease instils infectious energy. We're a sea of bodies all doing the same thing: sunbathing, swimming, reading, meditating, showering, chatting, salt scrubbing, sauna-ing: naked and in unison. On my road trip, heading north from Malmo, I discover that the region is as flat as a pancake, making driving and hiking a breeze. It's agricultural land where the sea and the weather are in charge. The bathing culture has helped to define the landscape and tourism offerings too and I can't drive more than 30 minutes up the coast without stumbling on another temptation to get into the sea. I stay at several hotels that lean into sea-and-sauna culture. The Maryhill Estate is a fun seafront health club hotel in the grounds of a historic castle outside the village of Glumslov. Scandic Oceanhamnen is a smart sea-facing spot in the city centre with a rooftop sauna area. And Hotel Skansen in Bastad goes for the full experience with its own cold-bathing house. 'This was the most sinful place in Sweden back in the day,' Andy Enerstedt tells me. Looking around, I'd never believe it. Enerstedt is the co-owner of Ransvik Havsveranda, a small café with a big history in Molle, where I stop for lunch. In an idyllic bay in the Kullaberg nature reserve, this café/waffle house has been operating since 1921, and has been run by Enerstedt and his husband, Mattias Grapenfelt, since 2019. It's now a place of well-heeled diners and smart organic, local, seasonal menus featuring cocktails and caviar-stuffed croissants, served with a tranquil sea view (mains from £18; But at the dawn of the 20th century, workers and students made their way up to the secluded beach and shrugged off strict gendered Swedish traditions to bathe, men and women together. This café was at the centre of sensation. Enerstedt takes me inside to show me some black-and-white photos from the time, all big grins, genitals and striped bathing suits. • Read our full guide to Sweden From marinated salmon to the softest new potatoes I've ever tried, the food here is refreshingly simple, scattered with homegrown herbs and absolutely incredible. Looking across the bay from my hotel in Molle later, it seems unimaginable that this spot would garner international attention. But at the height of its popularity, people came from across Europe and there was a direct train from Berlin to Molle to transport keen, free-spirited bathers. It wasn't long before the wealthy classes wanted a piece of the action and so along came smart accommodation, including the Grand Hotel. Perched at the highest point in the former fishing village, it looks like it has been transported straight from a Victorian seaside tale and keeps me happily hostage for the night. Nearby, Molle Krukmakeri is a similarly charming and free-spirited pitstop with a house, café, pottery studio and shop. The owner, Lisa Wohlfahrt, a ceramicist, and her partner bought the land in 1997 and kept building their liberal haven; the latest additions include beautiful dining yurts and accommodation. 'When we started this in the village, we wanted it to be a meeting place for people, so our mission was to force people to talk to each other,' she says. • 10 of the best European road trips There is much to explore, from vineyards to gardens and hiking trails, and wellness in many forms, and people talk of making the area on the Bjare peninsula in the north of the region a 'new Napa'. It sounds like a bold ambition, but after spending a couple of hours at the biodynamic and organic Thora Vingard, I'm sold (tour with tasting £30pp; Foraged herbs and flavours from the wilds of the nearby Hovs Hallar nature reserve speckle the dishes in the sleek, contemporary Flora restaurant, surrounded by 53,000 vines (mains from £15; Skane has a talent for making you leave your worries behind. The food is wonderful, the sea beckons you in and the land urges you to explore and relax. I leave refreshed: I've left my stress in the sea and fallen in deep for the cold bathing culture. This article contains affiliate links, which can earn us revenue Josephine Price was a guest of Visit Sweden ( Visit Skane ( of Maryhill Estate, which has B&B doubles from £120 ( Scandic Oceanhamnen, which has B&B doubles from £79 ( Grand Hotel Molle, which has B&B doubles from £223 ( and Hotel Skansen, which has B&B doubles from £170 ( Fly to Copenhagen or Malmo By Sarah Turner The smorgasbord of sauna options just outside the Arctic Circle includes sweat lodges, dry-heat cabins and a wood-fired sauna that fits up to 60 people, as well as hot tubs. The accommodation encompasses rooms, cottages and, in summer, about 80 good-value camping pitches, some of which come with their own sauna huts. Run by the Spolander family, who have lived here for six generations, Kukkolaforsen lies on the banks of the Torne River, which marks the border with Finland and offers everything from ice-breaker trips in winter to fishing using traditional nets when the ice B&B doubles from £161 ( Fly to Lulea The wraparound landscape of Gullmar fjord, a nature reserve on Sweden's west coast, is showcased here by the architect Gert Wingardh's minimalist design. Panoramic windows are partnered with low-key granite swimming pools — six in total, indoor and out — and treatment rooms. There are three different saunas, including one on the fjord, but there's also cycling, hiking and woodland to explore. Elsewhere the 156 rooms and suites are on-point Scandi, with plenty of blond wood and clever lighting plus extraordinarily expensive Carpe Diem B&B doubles from £325 ( Fly to Gothenburg This spa hotel at the start of the Stockholm archipelago has been dispensing Japandi serenity since 1997. It might sound prescriptive — guests all wear the same black swimming costumes and yukatas (simplified kimonos) to immerse themselves in Japanese bathing culture while feasting on sushi and teppanyaki — but it's also thoroughly delightful. Treatments include reiki, and further relaxation comes from steaming outdoor tubs and a light-filled indoor swimming pool, but the size — there are 191 futon-filled rooms — means that the price isn't as rarified as you might Half-board doubles from £309 ( Fly to Stockholm In southern Sweden, this hotel has been providing Swedish-style R&R since 1897. The spa extends to an indoor swimming pool, sauna (of course) and treatment rooms, but regulars also tend to head along the wooden jetty to swim in the Baltic. Built on a dune-fringed beach, the hotel now has 140 rooms and suites. Their floral vibe is matched by a convivial New England feel in the restaurants and bars, which partner crayfish with plenty of B&B doubles from £242 ( Fly to Copenhagen Rarefied and very isolated, there are just 12 rooms and suites here, six of which float on the Lule River in summer and rest on ice in winter. The others are on land and are surrounded by birch trees in a tundra landscape. In summer it stays light for 24 hours a day, facilitating midnight swims. The spa and restaurant are housed in the striking circular building that's also on the river. A hole is cut in the ice in winter so guests can take a swim after their sauna. The food is foraged in the warmer months, while treatments also use local berries and B&B doubles from £542 ( Fly to Lulea
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
The Fantasy of a More Neighborly Past
This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors' weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. A Florida retirement community might be an unexpected setting for a novel written by a Finnish Swedish children's book author. But in 1976, Tove Jansson, who is best-known for her whimsical hippo-esque characters, the Moomins, published an adult novel set in the fictional Berkeley Arms in Florida. The book, Sun City, was inspired by a late-career trip to the Tampa Bay area and examines the isolation of older Americans—a part of stateside life that, as Lauren LeBlanc writes in her recent essay, 'often goes unseen.' First, here are five new stories from The Atlantic's Books section: A revelatory way of understanding the Black experience 'America in 2025,' a poem by James Parker The paradox of music discovery, the Spotify way The unfunny man who believes in humor Blame Gerald Ford for Trump's unaccountability Jansson's novel takes place during an era of profound social upheaval, which marked a shift in American patterns of socialization. The first half of the 20th century, as Derek Thompson writes in The Atlantic's February cover story, was 'extraordinarily social.' Shared spaces—libraries, theaters, and playgrounds—were rapidly built across the U.S. People were gathering regularly in public, and participating in clubs and organizations with their peers. But in the 1970s, Americans started retreating from public life—a trend that the political scientist Robert D. Putnam attributed in part to the rise of cars and televisions. Today, we're living in what Thompson calls the 'anti-social century.' In contrast to the widespread notion that we may be experiencing a loneliness epidemic, he argues that Americans are now choosing isolation and solitude, and replacing real-life socialization with digital communication. Today, many Americans also lack contact with a 'village'—the circle of neighbors and acquaintances who live around us, and who teach us to broker disagreement civilly, a style of communication notably lacking on the internet. The milieu of Jansson's book offers evidence that these changes began long before Americans became absorbed in their phones. Sun City follows a group of seniors who have come to Florida from around the country and now live in close quarters. Though they 'may share a pretty veranda lined with rocking chairs,' as LeBlanc writes, they 'occupy hermetically sealed worlds of their own' and choose individual pursuits rather than seeking community among their neighbors. Misunderstandings and cynicism are all too common, making their retirement home a place where 'distrust was a poison that made a person shrink up and lose all contact with real life.' When two sisters suddenly die, no one cares—as LeBlanc writes, 'no heartwarming community rises from these ashes.' Jansson was, of course, writing about the U.S. from an outsider's perspective, and LeBlanc acknowledges that her view of American life could have been a 'product of extreme culture shock.' But her novel shows that even people who don't have digital distractions, and who are forced to commune with one another, can be as isolated as anyone today. It made me wonder if there's another way to address our growing anti-sociality: making people want to reestablish ties. We may need to lead by example and personally engage in face-to-face encounters—perhaps by throwing more parties, or talking with the person next to us in spin class. Doing so might encourage more neighbors to look up from their screens and seek out the sound of spontaneous laughter in a dark movie theater, or a shared evening that ends with an embrace. The Outsider Who Captured American Loneliness By Lauren LeBlanc The Finnish writer Tove Jansson returned from a U.S. trip with a new perspective on home—and an enduring novel. Read the full article. , by Claire Keegan Keegan's novella follows an Irishman, Bill Furlong, delivering coal throughout a small town during a lean 1980s winter. The story unfolds in the days before Christmas, a time when Bill finds himself particularly moved by the mundane, beautiful things in his life: a neighbor pouring warm milk over her children's cereal, the modest letters his five daughters send to Santa Claus, the kindness his mother was shown, years earlier, when she became pregnant out of wedlock. While bringing fuel to the local Catholic convent, however, Bill discovers that women and girls are being held there against their will, forced to work in one of the Church's infamous 'Magdalene laundries.' He knows well, in a town defined by the Church, why he might want to stay quiet about the open secret he's just learned, but it quickly becomes clear that his morals will make him unable to do so. Although the history of Ireland's treatment of unmarried women and their children is violent and bleak, the novella, like Bill's life, is characterized by ordinary, small moments of love. — Amanda Parrish Morgan From our list: Six books to read by the fire 📚 Money, Lies, and God, by Katherine Stewart 📚 Snowy Day and Other Stories, by Lee Chang-Dong 📚 How to Be Avant-Garde, by Morgan Falconer The House Where 28,000 Records Burned By Nancy Walecki I've known Charlie for as long as I can remember. He and my father met because of records. In the late 1980s, Charlie was at a crowded party in the Hollywood Hills when he heard someone greet my father by his full name. Charlie whipped around: 'You're Fred Walecki? I've been seeing your name on records.' Dad owned a rock-and-roll-instrument shop, and musicians thanked him on their albums for the gear (and emotional support) he provided during recording sessions. Charlie was a national sales manager at Warner Bros. Records and could rattle off the B-side of any record, so of course he'd clocked Walecki appearing over and over again. Growing up, I thought every song I'd ever heard could also be found on Charlie's shelves; his friend Jim Wagner, who once ran sales, merchandising, and advertising for Warner Bros. Records, called it the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame West. Read the full article. When you buy a book using a link in this newsletter, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting The Atlantic. Sign up for The Wonder Reader, a Saturday newsletter in which our editors recommend stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Explore all of our newsletters. Article originally published at The Atlantic
