Events in Hagastaden

The Cell arranges this panel talk on where committed gaming ends and addiction begins, ahead of gaming disorder becoming a diagnosis of its own in 2028, as the organiser puts it. On the panel are Per Strömbäck, head of the trade body Dataspelsföretagen, Evelina Galli, tech reporter at P3 Nyheter, and Philip Lindner, a psychologist and docent at Karolinska Institutet; Cecilia Odlind of Karolinska Institutet chairs. The evening is held at Urban Deli in the Forskaren building, which also houses The Cell, and the talk is in Swedish; registration goes through The Cell.

Free, registration needed

The drag artists Lena BH and Charlotte XCX host a Halloween quiz in Origo, with pop culture on a horror theme. Teams are capped at four, prizes are promised for costumes, and places are booked through Invajo.

Round two of the hotel's football quiz, in which the teams' points are kept in a table across the season and Alexander Sjöblom and Felix Gran ask the questions. Teams are capped at six and places are booked through Invajo; round one was held on 30 September and round three follows on 26 November.

A tour for seniors of the exhibition Me You We – Exploring Human Behaviour, using conversation cards to open up talk about the contemporary art and the objects from medical history. In connection with the tour Urban Deli gives seniors 20 per cent off food against the phrase “The Cell 20 %” at the till.

Free admission

An evening in the hotel's Live session by Blique series, in which one artist at a time plays live. The hotel presents Bruno as a new voice from Stockholm whose music draws on indie, psychedelia and R&B, with “Ung” as his breakout single. Places are booked through Invajo on the event's page; no price is stated.

Students from Handarbetets vänner show pieces they have sketched and stitched from one shared starting point, part three of the Me, You, We series, each in a material and technique of their own choosing. Places on the evening of 12 November are limited, and the works then stay on view at The Cell into late January.

Free admission, registration required

The shared embroidery at The Cell opens with a workshop led by teachers and students from Handarbetets vänner, in which participants put the first stitches into a picture measuring 370 × 70 centimetres. After that the piece is laid out for drop-in stitching through 18 December. No clock time had been published on 8 October 2026.

Free of charge, advance registration required

Shervin Shahnavaz, psychologist and researcher at Karolinska Institutet

In this recurring series a researcher from Karolinska Institutet walks through works in the exhibition Me You We – Exploring Human Behaviour from the viewpoint of their own field. On 19 November it is Shervin Shahnavaz, whose research covers fear, migration, mental health and psychological treatment.

Free, registration needed

Radio Totalnormal makes an episode before a live audience, with conversation, music and first-hand stories from hosts who have themselves lived with mental ill-health. The programme has run since 2008, Fanzingo, a media house in Alby, is behind it, and the broadcast is in Swedish.

Free, registration needed

Participants in Dans för Parkinson have spent the autumn working with the exhibition Me You We through dance, together with Balettakademien, and show the result this afternoon. The showing is part of the conference Dancing My Mind, and The Cell is otherwise closed on 20 November.

Free, registration required

An evening in the hotel's Live session by Blique series, in which one artist at a time plays live. Rhys Frank broke through at seventeen and followed time away from the industry with the 2024 EP Portland. Places are booked through Invajo on the event's page; no price is stated.

Theme: dance and health – in the lab according to The Cell's calendar overview; the house is otherwise closed that day

Conversation meet-ups for anyone practising Swedish; each one starts from a theme in research, health or art, and participants get a word list to go with it. No previous knowledge is needed, The Cell serves coffee, and you can stay on in the room until 18:00.

Round three of the hotel's football quiz, in which the teams' points are kept in a table across the season and Alexander Sjöblom and Felix Gran ask the questions. Teams are capped at six and places are booked through Invajo; round one was held on 30 September and round two is set for 29 October.

A tour for seniors of the exhibition Me You We – Exploring Human Behaviour, using conversation cards to open up talk about the contemporary art and the objects from medical history. In connection with the tour Urban Deli gives seniors 20 per cent off food against the phrase “The Cell 20 %” at the till.

Free admission

An evening in the hotel's Live session by Blique series, in which one artist at a time plays live. Naliyah, an Ethiopian-Swedish artist and songwriter with one base in Stockholm and one in London, makes alternative soul with Afro-influenced rhythms and a strand of jazz, as the hotel presents her, and belongs to Tensta Gospel Choir. Places are booked through Invajo on the event's page; no price is stated.

With Emma Swärdh, teacher and researcher at Karolinska Institutet, on climate, air pollution, time in nature and health

Conversation meet-ups for anyone practising Swedish; each one starts from a theme in research, health or art, and participants get a word list to go with it. No previous knowledge is needed, The Cell serves coffee, and you can stay on in the room until 18:00.

New Year's Eve – 22:30 on the booking page, 22:00 on the event page

An evening in the hotel's Live session by Blique series, in which one artist at a time plays live – this one on New Year's Eve. Jhon Allan is a producer and artist with one foot in rock and the other in alt-R&B, with three EPs out since 2023, the third being Pure Illusion in 2025. The start is 22:30 on the hotel's booking page and in the What's On list but 22:00 on the event page. Places are booked through Invajo; no price is stated.