Photo: Hasse Holmberg/TTAs the cloudier days in Stockholm are beginning to make painfully clear, the summer is drawing to a close. With that in mind, now is a good time to roll out some common Swedish autumn topics and phrases to help you navigate your way through the darker days. Much ado about mushroomsAutumn means it's prime svampplockning (mushroom picking) season in Sweden, the biggest thing since blåbärsplockning (blueberry picking) season, or whatever other season it happened to be before that. You likely won't miss the fact that this fruit is in abundance in the autumn: Swedish supermarkets tend to give them pride of place while they're in season. Apples are so abundant in Sweden they even make art with them.

Source: The Local August 23, 2017 04:52 UTC