WHY DOING LAUNDRY IS A BIG DEAL IN SWEDEN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Doing Laundry is as important as waking up everyone morning! Well , maybe not that important, but it sure is a big deal in Sweden. In this video Sanjay will show you how to navigate the Laundry Room in Sweden and be great friends with your neighbours.
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This was very funny, accurate and informative. Like a "How to be a Swede for dummies!" manual. :)
A small Note though. Laundry room configurations can vary alot depending on cities and landlords. But there is a common ... thread, on how it works and looks. Some features may be lacking, while other places still have classic features like "Torkrum" (Drying room) and "Mangel" (Mangle - a thing to squese water out of cloth). They also used to have a "Strykbräda" (Ironing Board), but its less common to find them today (in my experience).
The booking system varies alot to, but most bigger towns and cities use some digital version, accessable from a terminal like in this video, and sometimes via an app or online. But other places still uses older analog systems, with keys and locks. Some places may even still use a regular schedule paper and penn (where you write up your name on the time you want to wash).
Take care.
Cheers.
Lots of people have washing machines and dryers in their apartements in Sweden (I am one of them) , sometimes it's part of the apartement and sometimes you have to buy them yourself however you still always have access to a communal laundry room. In the laundry room you have access to several washing mashines, dryers, dryer rooms and a mangle, you can usually do all your laundry in one load and you don't have to pay for the electricity you use.
We also often have access to another laundry room created just for carpets mattress pads, sofa cushions etc
Also in my building the laundry room is not in the basement, we access it from the outside next to our doorway.
Quite liked this ‘Lets Play’, when can we expect a speed run?
I fail to understand why can't they have washing machine inside the house. Sure its cheaper to have common area for that, but so as common tv room, common video game room, common bathroom, common kitchen. Why choose only the laundry? Seriously makes no sense. Its not a social activity and takes a lot of time just waiting.
Hej Douglas! Yes, we can certainly see why it may be jarring for people to understand, especially in our present day. However, according to this really fascinating listen from Radio Sweden, communal laundry facilities were introduced in the 1920s and 1930s, and in that era were seen as an important staple for access: everyone should have somewhere safe to live, and be able to support themselves healthily - which included having the guarantee of somewhere to wash their clothes conveniently. If you want to listen more to their report on this, I'd check out their programme here: sverigesradio.se/artikel/6906807 / Emma, Study in Sweden
In some apartment buildings there are rules if it is allowed to have a washing machine in the apartment. There are associations and landlords who have said no to having a washing machine in apartments. One motivation is water damage that can occur and that neighbors can suffer from it.
The laundryroom Isn't really "free"
You pay for the right to use it with your rent
Communal laundry rooms are one thing which is really strange for me. I see a smaller number of apartments with washing machines, even relatively big ones. Here in Russia we have washing machines in almost every apartment and no laundry rooms. Despite people in Russia are usually much, much more poor than people in Sweden. I'm not trying to say that the Swedish approach is bad, I'm just trying to figure out the key idea behind the popularity of the laundry rooms.
Perfect reflection of a wash day!!
In my neighborhood the laundry room's door was always opened and we had the old system. Even if you book a time and you go 5 min later, just say goodbye.😠. Thanks God they fixed it.
Thak god im american and dont have to worry about stupid shit like that
In my laundry room, they have the washers and dryers and stuff in a completely different place, and there they have an old booking system, so you can enter there and steal some clothes if you want
We only have three washing machines in my block, in Germany. And one dryer. Washing cost 1 euro and drying 0.50 cent.
Oh my, my tvättstuga made it to TH-cam! Receive my virtual neighborhood love for cleaning out the dryer lint!
The laundry room is a big deal. Not long ago the laundry room was ranked as the place where people fighting or brawl the most. A study showed that every sixth tenant has got into fight there. If you keep your time and clean after you, you should be fine :)
I fail to understand why can't they have washing machine inside the house. Sure its cheaper to have common area for that, but so as common tv room, common video game room, common bathroom, common kitchen. Why choose only the laundry? Seriously makes no sense. Its not a social activity and takes a lot of time just waiting.
@@drac124 It's a throwback to communal living. Y'know like a nod to Communism. Swedes are left meaning Socialists are they not? But yet Swedes are said to be highly individualistic. Strange.
For me its a qestion of money! It cost a lot to buy machines, it also cost a lot to let them run, especially the driers cost a lot in energy. Its also nice to not have to fit in 2 gigantic machines in a little apartment. Often the come extra with the drykabinett or sometimes even with a hole rom as a dryer you can hang your clodes to dry whit a big fan that blowing hot air on the clothes. Ofter there is a mangle to if you like to flatten things.
One of the best parks is that i finish all the loundry Downey in the actuelly laundryroom so when a come back to my apartment I can just put the clothes straigt where they belong and not in a big pile of unfolded mess, witch usally happens fore me when i've had a my own waching-machine.
Sorry if I have misspelled something, I've
Of course the damn autocorrect changed some words but I hope you can understand me anyway
@@drac124 In some apartment buildings there are rules if it is allowed to have a washing machine in the apartment. There are associations and landlords who have said no to having a washing machine in apartments. One motivation is water damage that can occur and that neighbors can suffer from it. There are also apartment buildings where you could have a washing machine and dryer.
This sounds like a kind of hell.
Haha it's not everyone's vibe, Kev, but we certainly dig it ! /Emma, Study in Sweden
Interesting
Hahahaha, hey, I love my IKEA blue bag.
why is it dark!
Does no one live in their own house with their own washer and dryer in Sweden? This is the same situation in the US for many apartment residents, but laundry is much less of a big deal when you live in a single family home. Also this doesn't really help the idealized vision so many Americans have of living in a Nordic Utopia. Looks like laundry is a big deal for city dwellers, no matter what country you're from!
@Ajgs Ktovet This is great information to know! It's common to have laundry rooms in apartment buildings in the US, too! Thanks for your perspective! That is interesting you say wash day was Saturday. I have heard historically in the US it was Monday. Bath night was always Saturday, but laundry day was Monday.
Truth and facts here, Ajgs! /Emma, Study in Sweden
Those who live in houses in Sweden of course have their own washing machines and dryer. However, those who live in an apartment do not always have it, many times it depends on rules. In some apartment buildings there are rules if it is allowed to have a washing machine in the apartment. There are associations and landlords who have said no to having a washing machine in apartments. One motivation is water damage that can occur and that neighbors can suffer from it.
Nope just nope. Prefer the washing machine and dryer in my kitchen thank you lol
Haha we understand your aversion, Taryn! But maybe one day you will experience the unique thrills the communal laundry room has to offer... the unexpected adrenaline rush on a Sunday afternoon when you realise you have to get down to the basement in 2 minutes otherwise you'll be locked out by the electronic timing system... it's all fun and games ahah /Emma, Study in Sweden
@@StudyinSwedenOfficial I’ll pass. Nah like haha. Where’s the fun in dragging all the washing down when you can easily do it in the comfort of your own home? I do washing about 4-5 times a week and about 2-4 loads on they days.
Would never have my stuff in a laundry room that people share like. Can’t have other people’s scent over my own. It’s personal reasons for me. Sounds like fun but just not for me.
Plus I live in Scotland we don’t have basements haha. There are some flats round me that has that option for communal my cousin has it but it’s not a basement. Actually tbh no idea what it looks like never been down there. They have keys for that so getting locked in or out doesn’t happen.
But for me needs to be in my own home.
My sentiment exactly.
@@taryn7347 This is to make your cost of living lower, you don't have to buy a washing machine or dryer. And you don't have to worry about them breaking. Scent has never been a problem personally, as in I've never notice anyone's scent on my stuff. Ofc most people that don't really worry about their living expenses has washing machines etc in their own home in Sweden.
This needs more likes lol
so funny!
Correct title should be: Why Doing Laundry Is A Big Deal When You Don't Have Your Own Washer And Dryer. This situation is not unique to Sweden.
#lifegoals of having our own washer and dryer and avoiding passive aggressive notes - sign us up! /Douglas, Study in Sweden
@@StudyinSwedenOfficial Grownup goals, right? It's one of those things we really take for granted unless we don't have it.
That poor plant....
Hahahahahahaaaaa
What utter rubbish! I do my washing up when it pleases me.
I am starting to learn why democratic socialism really sucks. Of course its capitalist, but there are some mixed parts as well.
Det är det inte!!!!
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