Stockholm’s annual Culture Festival opens on Wednesday, August 12, turning central squares, streets and waterfront areas into a five-day cultural meeting place. The festival is one of the clearest examples of Stockholm’s approach to making culture part of everyday urban life. A public invitation to StockholmStockholm Culture Festival first took place in 2005 and continues a tradition of city-wide summer events in the capital. For Stockholm, the festival offers both a cultural programme and a form of public hospitality. With the festival beginning on August 12, Stockholm enters one of its busiest cultural weeks of the summer.