10 Things I Like About Living in Sweden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- Wooooo it's a list video! About me not really minding living in Sweden at all at the moment. Sweden is ok. And so am I. Are you? Hello, thanks for reading :D
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One small note about the vegetarian thing: it's very much a city/student trend. More rural places still cherish the "traditional" swedish diet which is very meat- and dairy heavy.
Fair point! But I'd argue that that is true in most countries, and that it's easier in big cities in Sweden to be vegan/vegetarian than in big cities in other countries ~
Fun fact: there are six times more ex-vegans than current vegans. So yes, it's a trend among (very)young people and as such a short lived one.
@@FishSlappee Ahh Stockholm… my Sambo is a vegan, all the Swedish culinary delights. Couldn’t wait for the obligatory summer and Christmas in Småland with the svårmor(my failed attempt at humour). There Id get to eat real köttbullar or Jansens. Id even get to speak Swedish!
@@ukraine_tbic Janssons is the worst thing about christmas, I hate having to guess which one is potatisgratäng and janssons
@@mariusmuresan8248 The ex-vegans are just weak pussies.
I've been living in Sweden for 3 weeks now, and so far I love it! Swedish are so gentle, they are kind without expecting anything in return.
Yes indeed. Sweden is one of the best countries in the world.
You came in summer. Wait until lovely winter...... lol
@@manisky9026 hahaha yep Swedish disappeared after October, even friends we made at the beginning were missing. It was a funny thing to live.
@@cosmic_plant And yes, people in cold countries don't get angry as much as people in countries with Sunshine and warm weather. Cold weather put your nerves to sleep. :D
I have been living in Sweden for 10 years.
Your dry humour is brilliant! Love your videos.
When I moved to Sweden it took me 2 MONTHS to be able to have a Bank ID and Swish and a bank account to receive my salary. (Even though i got hired by a big tech company here) I was mind-blown of how slow it was.
Is this a recent thing that has happened?
@@thelocalvibe Bank ID is about 20y old but if you're not a swedish citizen it takes more time to get registered for BankID which you get through a swedish bank.
So there are controls for identity, registering at a new bank, probably at skatteverket (swedish tax office) as well.
I expect it to be faster than 2 months but dont underestimate time of manual beauracracy, once you have the digital ID of BankID life is a lot more smooth.
Salary can however be paid by other means, bank ID is not needed for that.
A friend from Cyprus was commenting it with me, he is a doctor and had to wait like more than two months for his personal number and had to keep using cash lol. It will happen this to me since I'm moving to Sweden soon to live with my girlfriend who's Swedish lol
@@dennercassio I'm a Swede, and I still use cash for everything, except for bills.
@@herrbonk3635 Wow, I suppose you don't live in the big cities. Is it right?
Another great video! Usually when you get a list of things people like about a country, it's very generic and has a more broad appeal. This felt very personal and unique, but also showed off a lot of things to like you wouldn't think about right away. Also, right there with you on waiting for Japan to open up to live there!
i spent last winter in Sweden up north in Boden, really loved it, the nature and so much snow, I loved watching all the tractors clear the snow, fika is such a good thing to have, its like Tea in UK but more structured, and seeing that princess cake omg made my mouth water!! and yes the flats(apartments) are always warm, its strange not being able to control your own heat, but in the winter there it just needs one temperature dam well HOT!
Its true that living in an apartment in Sweden makes you more isolated than anything. The apartments are also very well insolated.
Love your work btw. Make more now!
I really enjoyed listening to what you like about Sweden. Someone else has mentioned how other lists are generic and have more "broad appeal" and I'd agree with them. I've seen so many people romanticize the country, and while I'm sure I'd do the same if I were to move there (hell, even when I visit I'm sure), being able to hear a different side, even if they are small things, is a nice change. It allowed me to hear more about what's common there, things I had yet to even hear from anyone who has made lists or a multitude of videos of the country. Anyways, I'm excited all the same to visit Sweden as soon as I can.
“But it’s a nice gesture.” Such a gushing compliment, ABBA. I watched the other TH-cam video of you complaining about Swedes. So it was fun to see the positive side of you. My grandparents were all born in Sweden and came to Canada to farm. You are a lovely young man. It was fun way to learn about your life and thoughts about Sweden. All the best.
Thanks for sharing. I am moving to Stockholm in one month and your channel is very-very interesting.
Nice video thank you. It sounds like Sweden compensates for the terrible weather. There's something to be said for that. I live in Florida. Probably some of the most beautiful weather in the world as long as there's no hurricane. I have a slightly larger than average apartment. But there is no sound separation. And it's expensive. And there's no safety net for us regarding either healthcare or housing. I'm not sure I would be welcome in Sweden. Even if I were, I might be so Americanized that I couldn't fit in. But your story gave me a moment to imagine what it might be like.
Yes, about the swish there is an equivalent here too in the Philippines. It's called G-cash, so as long as you have the phone number you can send money to anyone with the app.
I've been vegetarian since I was 15, I'm 23 now. In the beginning, here in Portugal, where I live, it was difficult to find really good products for vegetarians. About 5 years ago a greater variety of products started to appear, but it can still improve. Here where I live meat is still a very predominant culture and is found in many dishes. But Sweden is another level in vegetarian food. :D
Não estava à espera de encontrar outro português vegetariano nesta secção de comentários haha 🇵🇹🌱
@@cmlkhf pelos vistos, estamos em todo o lado! ahahahah
I hope your really successful in the future you make great vids, congrats on how far you’ve come already
Thank youuuuuu ~ ✨💞
i'm living in Norway, Trondheim now. and unfortunately its different. after 6 months i'm really thinking about going back home and then to chose another destination.. it's pretty nature here but the cost you pay for that (i don't mean only money) is overwhelming
Your videos bring me so much joy
I am an American now living in Portugal and I had the good fortune to visit Sweden in the summer about four years ago. it was a gorgeous weekend every day it was beautiful and I took the boat around Stockholm and I stopped at the Abba Museum which was a hoot and a half I loved it Loved walking around in Stockholm and boating everywhere, I think I also visited the castle and had really delicious Swedish food at a hotel I was staying at. I have come true Swede-O ~Phile and when I get my Portuguese citizenship would I be able to move there or are you not in the Schengen zone? But you forgot one of the best things about Sweden are the Swedish people!
Sweden has impressive culture and nature. At the same time, everything sounds very practical, and very organized. For me, personally, a little too much
😂 you’re HILARIOUS as well as informative.
Don’t know how I got here at 4am but I’m not mad
P.S. I do know… these iPhones be listening to all our convos
Haha well yay, thank you! And bless the big brother appliances haha 😄
One small note about Sweden’s low winter temperatures:
Where I live (Skåne) it rarely gets lower than -3 during winter and rarely any snow. Would be cool to see polar bears but I don’t think they would like it down here :)
I come from the Balkans which is 3-4 hours by car close to Greece and it gets -20 during winter! So no, not the entire of Sweden is fricking cold. Sweden is a big country by size :)
7:25 - at least it's properly labeled; in some stores, I have to harrass the store clerk to tell me the price of an item I may or may not buy - but that's on them for not having properly labeled the prices of their products, so it's their nerves (it's also inconvenient for me since I need to bring said item(s) to the check-out to go through this demistification process) - however, I fear that I may relish too much in this price interrogation and become a sadist.
You start your list with bureaucracy and administration and I'm over here nodding my head like mmm yes thats the good shit, please talk about standing in line next time 😄 Great video!
Useful content! 👍👌
Well appreciated !!
I would say the only places in sweden that only take cash are some pizzerias and small restaurants, either because card readers are too expensive for them, or they launder money
@Frien Yeah they do that for tax evation and to be able to dodge paying the minimum wages set up by workers unions
Help hahahah I'm still not used to your humor. 🤣 Please tell me this isn't the Swedish humor haha I'm screwed if it is! I can't tell when he's joking or serious. 😵
Looking forward to my visit in April 2023. Will it still be cold and dark? Trying to mentally prepare myself for the weather. Just going to go half way round the world for the candy shops and fika. Actually, it’s my graduation gift.
oh hey, good for you, I hope you like it here! Also, April is decently bright, not to worry about the darkness at all, it's mainly between October/March I'd say. You can look up at what time the sun rises and sets online before you come here if you want to :)
@@FishSlappee thanks, bruh. Nothing like hearing it from a person who’s there-boots on the ground, so to speak. I looked up temps, and it seemed tolerably chilly. But I’m from Wash, DC area, and in April, our temps varied from 40-85F during the day with the odd derecho and small tornado thrown in for a bit of excitement. Pack a hard hat, parka and board shorts for that.
It’s more like the weather switches day by day, now it’s June it’s cold and dark and yesterday it was literally warm an and cozy and bright
@@genshinkleetheterroristd4576 Thanks. I’ll pack a parka and shorts. Prepared for anything.
@@georgecornwellv1130 Np nothing to be worried about lol but I don’t know about the future because I am only studying here and I am going home to Japan in August
I’m still in love with Japan, but I found for me “little Japan” in Sweden.
Need to watch your videos about Japan.
I am Foghorn and I approve the message in the background of this video.
Sometimes I feel like I am a Swedish person born in the wrong country.
This made me feel another level of anxiety, how could I ever move abroad knowing there won't be any MobiltBankID!?
Hahaha ~ Bring it with you on your phone and just look at it once in a while, maybe it'll calm you down!
You made my day, and I had a good one. Big thanks and love from the PNW! Do you guys have psychedelic mushrooms?
hahaha excellent question. And yes, we all do.
vincent van bob unfortunately passed away yesterday. he would've loved this video. x
I love Sweden and I am from Brazil. I am kind of boring and a perfect match here, in Brazil I was just a nerd. 😂
4:56 okay, real question: you mentioned apartments are big, but from my experience, the apartments are tinyyyyy!
Is there a specific neighborhood/district where apartments are big?
I love that you swear like a trooper - lol
It’s very like us Australians
i noticed that too, he swears in the least offensive possible way !
I might only be 20 years old but i have never actually used an atm, and the in the last half year i think I’ve only whipped out my card a dozen times, I’m always just either using Apple Pay or Swish
6:05 are you saying you're a fika fan or are you saying "Fika, (för) fan!" ? Pretty much the same thing, though
Looks nice there! Must have coffee and candy!
Hoppas du kan dra snart 👍🏻
I was surprised to hear that Sweden is vegan friendly! I would have thought that in a colder region it would be difficult and/or very expensive live plant-based. Shows how much I know! It's very difficult here in the southern part of the United States. It shouldn't be but it is.
What neighborhood did you live in that was 5 minutes from that forrest trail?
There are many like it around Stockholm! I don't want to doxx myself though ^^
@@FishSlappee oh I thought you lived in Tokyo now. My apologies.
@@paulelledge8977 no worries! I do, but my brother still lives where I used to ^^
The way you said "Krona" was perfect👌
He's Swedish
he looks more English than Swedish!
Your English is excellent. One suggestion: “Insulated,” not “isolated,” when talking about weather-proofing an apartment.
Well, he is British after all. But he's also Swedish
Ur phone cover? From where
Hey when your neighbors are having loud sx..... can you type up a transcript of what you hear and make it available without naming names of course. Thanks in advance.
"Grab a jävla bulle" ah- yes ☆WORDS☆
“It is nice to always grab a jävla bulle liksom” is my favorite line. 👍🏼
This is unnecessarily funny
you are lifesaver :)
hahaha glad this video did what it set out to do! ^^
yes
Cashless may be convenient, but you lose complete control.
I used to think I’d be happy to never leave my home town.
Now I’m pretty sure I’ll implode if I don’t end up moving to Sweden
pretty good camera angle, tho.
For me I love Sweden very much the law the weather all….
6:05 Couldn't have said it better myself
Is it true that people in Sweden often die of boredom ? And how did you avoid this fate ?
Hobbies
I'd probably go back being a vegan after watching this video.
I really enjoy watching your videos hehe.
hi new subscribers ❤
And we are beautifull too
I've got to ask, are you Swedish or English? Its hard to tell because that English accent and blonde hair are a bit of a perplexity🙂
He's both.
Well the vegan side was indeed one of my main points of attraction, one well the point? i guess? Thank you for making this!! Thanks convertibles in some channel success maybe? how does this work, should i double comment? not sure, hélas i ain't nerdy at all, but still, tak! 💮
haha thank you so much, one comment is more than enough ^^
@@FishSlappee hahaha I like the honesty behind the veil of "more than enough" 😂 you're welcome 🙈💮
Is better than Netherlands ?
I've never lived in the Netherlands, so I couldn't say! It seems lovely though ^^
Åh fan, mobilt bank-ID!
det hetaste som finns!
Here I am, want to settle in Sweden forever
Lol I enjoy my experience there though I am from Japan ;)
How is a cashless society a plus? Convenience always has a nasty catch.
I couldn't live there with no sun for half a year I think I would go insane lol
We have sun in the winter of course 😂
Like it
What are your thoughts toward the immigrants who venture into your favourite forest.
1/2 Swedish. Great list. Very different to mine though. I think Swedish apartments are "big" only compared to London or Japan. I Belgium even Brussels the apartments are unique, VERY spacious, high ceilings and same or cheaper price than even Uppsala
I'm Irish. I don't think I could handle all the rules there. Everything is either black or white, but we Irish live in the grey.
You seem like a very nice person
that's nice to hear! I'm sure you're lovey as well ^^
Try living in Ireland I hate it here and I'm Irish. I'm 33 not going anywhere with my life. I can't move out and I'm single. Nothings changed since 2014.
''it's always nice to have a reason the grab a fucking bulle liksom'' is the realest shit I've heard för fan
+1 sub 🍆
Ja, jag vill leva ja vill dö i norden!
I've been living in Gothenburg for almost an year...and I can tell all the statements are true.
Even the masturbation stuff...
Why Japan though
Bruh That Turtle neck was SEXY!!!
I'm pretty sure this is "10 things I hate about living in Sweden-Version 2.0" 🤣. Damn this is a boooooring list! Still love ya videos though! Cheers!
You look like extremely sophisticated, sarcastic and posh version of Draco Malfoy. :]
It is amazing that you can pronounce words like a Swede with a Swedish accent. With your blondish looks I thought for a second that you were Swedish 😊not many English people can do that.
Han är svensk och är uppvuxen i Stockholm
@@morriskaller3549 Jaså är han, oj jag missuppfattade det 😊
I will swap places with you. In the UK and hate it.
Ripe for the digital social credit system.
there are polar bears wow that sound so scary
I hope everyone get that the joke about the swish app 😀
Ok, I'm gonna sound like a dick and word nazi now, but as a fellow Swede I also made this mistake and thought I would just make you aware: isolation = att vara ensam, separerad. insulation = hur mycket värme ett material släpper igenom t.ex. ett hus isolering
😂😂😂
Good luck buying anything in Sweden when the power goes off. That will be the day when people wish they would not have given up cash so easily...
This is great but you stole my idea for a vlog about perks of living in Sweden -___- hijacked my brain u did
you should make one anyway!!!
You are nothing in Sweden without BankID 😅.
"Speaking of apartments...I like them."
What a coincidence! I like shelter, too.
"Ok, I just had a huge dump."
Congratulations.
Lived 1.5 years in Sweden - the most boring and senseless years of my life. Happily moved to Japan 2 weeks ago. Dont go to North guys.
It's very easy to be vegan in Stockholm* :c
Snus...what is about that Snus "thing" ;-)
lösvikts godis costs more than good proper food in Sweden, eat more of it, Swedish dentist would
like that !
Japan? And you thought Swedes were distant and/or socially awkward...
Boring is not bad.
#1984 #georgeorwell #swish
May I remind you 1 very important aspect of Sweden you did not mention about?
It is the fact that your country is the only one in the world to have a FEMINIST GOVERNMENT!!!
I need to tell you that in italian "fika" means... female genitals
3:53 ok bold of you to assume mobile bank ID thing isn't extremely arousing to the average person. skipping endless bureaucracy? damn