Exactly! Free health care and education and long vacations also helps. It's a stress free life here in Sweden. At least compared to the other countries I have lived in.
Yes, fika isn’t the primary reason for reduced stress and high productivity but it is all interconnected. It’s part of the overall Swedish culture and that matters. When you have countries like mine (the US) that doesn’t even value long lunch breaks (30 mins is typical, 60 mins is considered “long” here), and where people typically have back-to-back meetings, a government backed law requiring a rest break is very crucial to creating a stress free society. And naturally, a society that values its workers lends itself to other policies that also treat a human being as humanely as possible. Whereas in the US, lunch breaks are short, they’re often taken “when you can find the time”, naturally other things like regularly taking time off for rest or health visits or maternity/paternity leaves are also not valued. And, in the US, the only jobs that must by law provide two 15 min rest breaks on top of your 30 min lunch break are jobs where you cannot use the restroom whenever you wish to. Like factory jobs or restaurant/retail jobs. That’s not the same as a fika. Those breaks are meant to give you the opportunity to use the restroom! It’s ridiculous.
Hahaha nobody would come to the catering "hazukashii". We tried many techniques, but none worked. Japanese chaps want to be paid and left alone. The days of loyalty to the company until death do us part are long gone.
dj, you would not have patience for that and you'd drink it straight from the bottle. brits are not used to glasses that much. they prefer bottles and cans.
As a Swedish person I would say it a big differance with a fika break or coffee break at work and how we do it privatly. Getting a break from the work with the coffee breaks is something that a lot of people do in other countries as well. Having a fika outside the work place can is an social activity that grownups do or it can be a way of getting to know somebody better without spelling out you are interested. So some fikas can be a pre date thing or an date or just shooting the breeze with a friend or friends. And saying no to an obvious date can be rough so its more sutle to ask someone if the want to have a fika sometime lol man we are fucked up ^^
Do you mean rough for the person having to say no to the date, or rough for the person being rejected? The way it's written, it sounds like the former, but you mean the latter right?
Im german, might try this at some girl to get her to know better. "Hey Melanie, bock auf ein kleinen fick-a zwischendurch, irgendwo draußen wie die Schweden?" I hope this as sutle as you promise 😬
Lmao! I’ve noticed many Swedish words either sound like a bad word in English or yea you gave a great Italian example…no one say that word in Italy unless you want to get smacked Will Smith style! My favorites that sound bad in English: Fart = speed Kock = chef Kött = meat Slut = end/finish Of course now I forget the other funny ones…
I know you exaggerate but one thing also to remember about Sweden and maybe other nordic countries is that almost everyone do sports, gym or workout. So one or two cookies a day is burnt off. I think everyone even older people have physical activities that atleast equals out the intake.
Also just think about it, you eat some sweet things during fika twice a day. That already satisfies many people need for sweets, thus you (well I for sure) would likely feel less inclined to have chocolate or something sweet after work as a snack.
The point is the break, not the exact foods or drinks. This can be adapted to any dietary needs...even if you're fasting lol. Cuz the point is about relaxing, taking things in, and enjoying yourself and others. You could even just put on some records, play a board game, then talk about the music. The benefits would be essentially the same.
Not really. Swedes literally stop working when it’s fika time and the entire office goes for coffee and talk to each other. Outside of Sweden is more like an individual choice, it can be at any time and there’s no expectation to talk to your coworkers
Fika is an important institution, Fredagsfika is almost sacred. At the workplace you will be forgiven for occasionally not having fika with the others on other days, but not coming for Fredagsfika on Fridays is very suspicious bordering outright rude. Many distinguish between grovfika where you have sandwiches, almost a meal, and sötfika which includes sweet pastries. Grovfika is more common in the morning, sötfika more afternoon or evening.
@@zwcdamien easy to say in Sweden where we get 5 weeks vacation for everyone and healthcare... job security from getting fired without reason.. parental leave is 390 days split between partners... but SURE don't be shallow and work for your overlords
Well coffee breaks a plenty in many offices all around the world , there might be a lot of stuff in the back end which makes the Swedish population quite pleased with the offices and going to them .
My whole day is fika wake up, grind the beans, put the kettle on, brew the coffee, make a magic instant coffee for while I"m waiting for the real coffee, toast up some raisin bread with cream cheese, cookies throughout the day and cake for dessert at dinner. Fika all day long. well, work hard, save all your money, retire early, Fika All Day !!
Interesting. One bit left out is the length of time set aside for a #FIKA? (15-minute break seems too short to indulge in that many snacks!) *#Sweden** **#Wellbeing** **#BBCNews*
In Norway🇳🇴, we also do a Fika ☕️🍪style breaks in the working place environment. We called this coffee break or coffee with a pastry break. It’s mostly called Coffee and pastry break (in Norwegian: Kaffe☕️🍪 og bakst pause), where we are talking about the good times and basic stuff. We enjoy ourself with a fancy or juicy pastry (like school bun, a cookie chocolate or two, or a cinnamon bun) with a black coffee or coffee with milk. ‘’We’’ and in specially 😊me, also does this when we are walking or on the move. It’s kinda gives you a happy mood and positive thoughts to progress further, when you are on the move somewhere. This is how we do some kinda of Fika style break in Norway. But, I didn’t know that the swedes🇸🇪 eats 4 different types of pastry in a Fika break! Isn’t that too much sweet stuff and pastry in lunch? 😂 Seriously, 4 pastry products in one break? We in Norway only eat one or two pastry products, and drinks a bit more coffee for each break! ☕️☕️☕️🇳🇴Heia Norge! Fika er ikke for oss!
Fika sounds a whole lot like the Swiss mandatory z'nüni at around 9:30-9:45 and z'vieri at 15:00-15:15 at work. Those are breaks of 15min which are common in mornings and afternoons. Minus the pastry variants, we have them but do them more simple during short breaks.
It reminds me coffee-breaks (in deed, tea-breaks) we had at Russia's famous gas company. At 11 and 16 o"clock, semi-official, but we had a great time and we could talk about everything.
Honestly you havent lived until you have been to kafferep, the grand fika , first 7 type of biscuits, cinnamon bun, soft cake, then cream cake or princess cake and coffee and then gossip for hours. That is how I now know my neighbour nickname in the village and that my other neighbour growing marijuana according to the half blind biddy it is really basil, chili and tomatoes , which made me chuckle .
Hmmm… I am a Brit and have lived in Sweden for over 30 years and can wholeheartedly confirm that this report was full of complete and utter tosh. At work we have a 15 minute slot booked in the calendars on Friday afternoons… where whoever is on the rosta brings one or two different treats… But 7 different things? No Every day at 10:00 and 15:00? No
Depends on the company or if you work in the public sector where this is very common, 30 minute everyday morning fika (basically additional breakfast) and afternoon mostly on fridays fika, that's what I got when working in the public sector, but it does depend on which work or company otherwise
So a coffee and cake break then. This is done all over the world in Germany Kaffee and Kuchen in the UK as Afteenoon Tea. This is hardly revolutionary.
Basically. A difference, however, is that you also fika on your free time. It’s an activity for itself. But yeah, it’s not exclusively a Swedish/Nordic thing.
As a Swede who spent 5 years abroad, I'm quite tired of all these videos romanticizing everything about the Swedish workplace and life in general. We're not some stress-free utopia or socialist paradise. If you actually lived in Sweden you'd quickly find out that most Swedes are depressed about living here and the only thing that keeps us happy is the planning of our next trip to a warmer country.
This is why we need to protect proper tea breaks in the UK. Also, the consumption of cakes and cookies in this manner is a big middle finger up to the idea that "bringing in cake to work is as detrimental to health as second hand smoking"...
We used to, also we used to have proper work breaks (especially if in an office no eating at your desk), my dad worked in the 1970's and he said the culture was much better but got worse until it reached the bottom that we know now in the early 00's.
I get more stressed having to stay late because of these coffee breaks. Remote work is the future. Why waste time socialising when you just need to get work done at work and spend time with your real friends outside of the office premises?
To decompress and to go back to your work refreshed? To be able to treat colleagues like friendly acquaintances is very important in the general working of things, and during these breaks you might even become friends with these people, we are social creatures who need a bit of rest during the day. If you are completely against such things no one is forcing you to go, you could always just try and get the time deducted so you can leave early, but you might find yourself even more stressed out.
Yeah........let's just ignore the fact that Swedes are also some of the biggest consumers of antidepressants. Something tells me that might have something to do with their happiness as well.😂
@@guff9567 did you actually bring up Viking’s as an example LOL had many raids this year have you?? In multiple countries you thought of 4 things and one of them was VIKINGS and another died in 1945 hahahaha You’re English aren’t you
So do they give you time, in Canada, to walk out of the building and down the street to buy your coffee, and enough time to sit and talk and eat cake with it? Or do you just send someone to Tim Horton’s, or the coffee machine downstairs, and end up drinking from a paper cup at your desk?
Back in Brazil me and my coworkers would practice fika everyday, but it doesn't have a official name. Although, if I had to give it a name it would be "unallowed lazy work break" 😁. There would be lots of gossip, laughing, and nonsense funny talk.
Tell them this in Australia. The company I left we didn't get a break. Workers don't need it only office staff they think. Even toilet breaks for workers were monitored as seen as wasting time.
I'm failing to see how this is essentially different to the traditional tea-break in the UK. The one differentiating factor that I don't think was mentioned is time (duration). How long does an employee get for fika? Having a quality coffee like the one in the video and eating a cinnamon bun/roll, biscuits and then a princess cake would be one hell of a rush in the 15 minutes allowed in the UK which also includes moving from the workstation to the staff room/canteen/rest area and then back again. The time of day which they noted as 10am and 3pm are generally similar however.
15 mins, you're lucky in Australia the company I left we weren't allowed a break . The office staff got 10 minutes. Managers got what ever they needed when ever.
Between 10-15 minutes and a few hours in different circumstances, they also probably don't have a you need to be back in exactly X amount of minutes, just as long as one gets their work done properly.
The “traditional tea break” in the UK was the cleaner in her end-of-shift incarnation bringing a trolley with a couple of giant teapots and some kitkats, and everyone sitting together to have it. I’ve never seen that again since about 1982. Since then it has been either people guddling about in a tiny grubby kitchen area making instant coffee and tea with the bag in the cup. And for the last 20 years, in the UK, it’s people hunched unspeaking over their screens, sipping alone.
The tradition of drinking coffee and enjoying a break with others originated from East Africa, in present day Ethiopia, the first people to drink coffee and then spread the practice to the world. I feel the need to say this as many African traditions are being presented as someone else’s, whilst the EU does it’s best to protect the origins of their own products, not even allowing other countries to mimic their products
Tomatoes came from South America but it was the Italians that perfected Marinara. The Aztecs grew the first cocoa beans but Belgium i think has the best chocolate.
@@kimberlygarrett1485 , Ethiopia isn’t just the origin of the product, it’s also where it was first drank as a beverage..it’s not like Tomatoes and Marinara where one group of people had the raw material, and the other made the actual product. Ethiopians had a practice of drinking coffee with family and friends, especially during work as it boosted energy and was a stimulating way to enjoy your work break…your examples are not at all the same
This is for the north european cultures, were you do not really socially interact at the workplace, so you need a kind of frame to do that. In the south for example people and colleagues wiil talk to you the whole time, so why would they need to have a fika in the first place? :D
Like the old-fashioned right of two tea breaks in British workplaces, and a room in the building to go and do it. Whatever happened to those? Cooler because it's Swedish though.
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i would buy coffee for all my colleagues if they would leave me alone and not talk to me 😂 Fika seems like a great way to get rid of some of them for atleast a while
I think lower working hours, better security, better maternity/paternity pay and arrangements are the realm cause of Swedish worker happiness
second that, fika is a waste of time.
Exactly! Free health care and education and long vacations also helps. It's a stress free life here in Sweden. At least compared to the other countries I have lived in.
While I agree, fika being protected by law is a part of a slightly more stress free working day, and nothing to be scoffed at.
Fika is a symptom of Swedish society. When you value your population's happiness and wellbeing, you get things like fika.
Yes, fika isn’t the primary reason for reduced stress and high productivity but it is all interconnected. It’s part of the overall Swedish culture and that matters. When you have countries like mine (the US) that doesn’t even value long lunch breaks (30 mins is typical, 60 mins is considered “long” here), and where people typically have back-to-back meetings, a government backed law requiring a rest break is very crucial to creating a stress free society. And naturally, a society that values its workers lends itself to other policies that also treat a human being as humanely as possible. Whereas in the US, lunch breaks are short, they’re often taken “when you can find the time”, naturally other things like regularly taking time off for rest or health visits or maternity/paternity leaves are also not valued. And, in the US, the only jobs that must by law provide two 15 min rest breaks on top of your 30 min lunch break are jobs where you cannot use the restroom whenever you wish to. Like factory jobs or restaurant/retail jobs. That’s not the same as a fika. Those breaks are meant to give you the opportunity to use the restroom! It’s ridiculous.
working in japan is tough and stressful. we should do this.
back to your desk!
Hahaha nobody would come to the catering "hazukashii". We tried many techniques, but none worked. Japanese chaps want to be paid and left alone. The days of loyalty to the company until death do us part are long gone.
😂
I used to work with a Swedish girl here in Australia and she introduced me to fika! It’s the best! It can just reset your day.
Better than the typical British tradition of a pint down the pub.
How so?
How about a bottle of vodka .... Russian style ?
Oh did you miss afternoon and high tea
Nothing better than grabbing a pint with the lads
dj, you would not have patience for that and you'd drink it straight from the bottle. brits are not used to glasses that much. they prefer bottles and cans.
As a Swedish person I would say it a big differance with a fika break or coffee break at work and how we do it privatly. Getting a break from the work with the coffee breaks is something that a lot of people do in other countries as well. Having a fika outside the work place can is an social activity that grownups do or it can be a way of getting to know somebody better without spelling out you are interested. So some fikas can be a pre date thing or an date or just shooting the breeze with a friend or friends. And saying no to an obvious date can be rough so its more sutle to ask someone if the want to have a fika sometime lol man we are fucked up ^^
Do you mean rough for the person having to say no to the date, or rough for the person being rejected? The way it's written, it sounds like the former, but you mean the latter right?
I love this thx for sharing XD
Im german, might try this at some girl to get her to know better.
"Hey Melanie, bock auf ein kleinen fick-a zwischendurch, irgendwo draußen wie die Schweden?"
I hope this as sutle as you promise 😬
Did I just spend 6 minutes watching a bunch of people take a work break?
My sentiment exactly just an excuse to make a story.
yea its a coffee break that is mandatory.
No, a fika
Telling an Italian that _Swedish fika_ will make them happier is just stating a fact well known since Fellini's, _La dolce vita._
Angelo moriondo 🇮🇹
Lmao! I’ve noticed many Swedish words either sound like a bad word in English or yea you gave a great Italian example…no one say that word in Italy unless you want to get smacked Will Smith style!
My favorites that sound bad in English:
Fart = speed
Kock = chef
Kött = meat
Slut = end/finish
Of course now I forget the other funny ones…
Sempre piaciuta la fika
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
But Italian people have a good lunch break.
I LOVE this concept but I would be as big as a house if I ate pastries/cookies every day at fika! 😂
I know you exaggerate but one thing also to remember about Sweden and maybe other nordic countries is that almost everyone do sports, gym or workout. So one or two cookies a day is burnt off. I think everyone even older people have physical activities that atleast equals out the intake.
We don’t eat that much as depicted in the video, usually just a cinnamon bun or something similar.
Also just think about it, you eat some sweet things during fika twice a day. That already satisfies many people need for sweets, thus you (well I for sure) would likely feel less inclined to have chocolate or something sweet after work as a snack.
Hahaha same here
The point is the break, not the exact foods or drinks. This can be adapted to any dietary needs...even if you're fasting lol. Cuz the point is about relaxing, taking things in, and enjoying yourself and others. You could even just put on some records, play a board game, then talk about the music. The benefits would be essentially the same.
I think coffee breaks are already very common outside Sweden. Just don't overdose on caffeine.
5-6 strongish turkish coffees a day is ok.
btw, caffeine overdose is just an euphemism for panic or hysterical fit.
It's impossible to overdose on caffeine. You'd have to drink 30+ cups a day.
Not really. Swedes literally stop working when it’s fika time and the entire office goes for coffee and talk to each other. Outside of Sweden is more like an individual choice, it can be at any time and there’s no expectation to talk to your coworkers
Fika is an important institution, Fredagsfika is almost sacred. At the workplace you will be forgiven for occasionally not having fika with the others on other days, but not coming for Fredagsfika on Fridays is very suspicious bordering outright rude. Many distinguish between grovfika where you have sandwiches, almost a meal, and sötfika which includes sweet pastries. Grovfika is more common in the morning, sötfika more afternoon or evening.
in Italian, fica (pronounced fika) is something that, in fact, make most men and some woman happy, at work and everywhere
Yep, this video is comically absurd knowing Italian! "For a fika you should always say yes"
😂😅
😂
Well for many of us having to have small talks with colleagues we don't like, is more stressful than actually working :D
As an Italian i can confirm that the Fika is a way of life for us
Came here for this, not disappointed
WE LOVE SWEDISH FIKA! 😍😍😍
It really is anything except proper pay and security, isn't it?
I know right this is propaganda
Money isn’t everything. Good quality time spending with your friends is invaluable. Don’t be shallow.
@@zwcdamienYes, money isn’t everything, but I would quite like to not die from hypothermia
@@zwcdamien easy to say in Sweden where we get 5 weeks vacation for everyone and healthcare... job security from getting fired without reason.. parental leave is 390 days split between partners... but SURE don't be shallow and work for your overlords
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It's common in Germany as well as "Kaffee & Kuchen" or coffee & cake in the afternoon...
Well coffee breaks a plenty in many offices all around the world , there might be a lot of stuff in the back end which makes the Swedish population quite pleased with the offices and going to them .
The BBC has shown this video a few years ago. The Fika is a great idea.
My whole day is fika wake up, grind the beans, put the kettle on, brew the coffee, make a magic instant coffee for while I"m waiting for the real coffee, toast up some raisin bread with cream cheese, cookies throughout the day and cake for dessert at dinner. Fika all day long. well, work hard, save all your money, retire early, Fika All Day !!
Interesting. One bit left out is the length of time set aside for a #FIKA? (15-minute break seems too short to indulge in that many snacks!)
*#Sweden** **#Wellbeing** **#BBCNews*
yeah it's usually 30 minutes
Two people with obviously Swedish accents walk into a cafe and ask how to have a real Swedish fika 😅
I love Swedish Fika (laughs in Italian)
Best way to start over the working day with a cup of coffee and some pastries, the rest is just success. I love Fika!
In Norway🇳🇴, we also do a Fika ☕️🍪style breaks in the working place environment. We called this coffee break or coffee with a pastry break. It’s mostly called Coffee and pastry break (in Norwegian: Kaffe☕️🍪 og bakst pause), where we are talking about the good times and basic stuff. We enjoy ourself with a fancy or juicy pastry (like school bun, a cookie chocolate or two, or a cinnamon bun) with a black coffee or coffee with milk. ‘’We’’ and in specially 😊me, also does this when we are walking or on the move. It’s kinda gives you a happy mood and positive thoughts to progress further, when you are on the move somewhere. This is how we do some kinda of Fika style break in Norway. But, I didn’t know that the swedes🇸🇪 eats 4 different types of pastry in a Fika break! Isn’t that too much sweet stuff and pastry in lunch? 😂 Seriously, 4 pastry products in one break? We in Norway only eat one or two pastry products, and drinks a bit more coffee for each break! ☕️☕️☕️🇳🇴Heia Norge! Fika er ikke for oss!
Nej vi äter inte riktigt 4 grejer, det är mer om det är festligt, vanligtvis är det bara en kanelbulle eller några småkakor
Inte ens det skulle jag vilja påstå. En liten paus med kaffe.
Same in Italy, we love this!!!
'Fika the social lubricant' - DId I hear that right?
Yea
Makes thing go in and out smooth
haha! It´s a Swedish saying. Like with booze: You relax and talk more openly.
In Germany I also do 'fika' now and then. It releases stress and makes you happier.
Poor introverts can't get out of it
Fika sounds a whole lot like the Swiss mandatory z'nüni at around 9:30-9:45 and z'vieri at 15:00-15:15 at work. Those are breaks of 15min which are common in mornings and afternoons. Minus the pastry variants, we have them but do them more simple during short breaks.
My mentality! I was Swedish in another life. Even order of pastries make sense to me.
It reminds me coffee-breaks (in deed, tea-breaks) we had at Russia's famous gas company. At 11 and 16 o"clock, semi-official, but we had a great time and we could talk about everything.
That’s so much cookies and cakes multiple times everyday
it's nice to have a coffee/tea breaks once in a while!
Honestly you havent lived until you have been to kafferep, the grand fika , first 7 type of biscuits, cinnamon bun, soft cake, then cream cake or princess cake and coffee and then gossip for hours. That is how I now know my neighbour nickname in the village and that my other neighbour growing marijuana according to the half blind biddy it is really basil, chili and tomatoes , which made me chuckle .
For Italian men, fika is the first thought waking up each morning
Hmmm… I am a Brit and have lived in Sweden for over 30 years and can wholeheartedly confirm that this report was full of complete and utter tosh.
At work we have a 15 minute slot booked in the calendars on Friday afternoons… where whoever is on the rosta brings one or two different treats…
But 7 different things? No
Every day at 10:00 and 15:00? No
Depends on the company or if you work in the public sector where this is very common, 30 minute everyday morning fika (basically additional breakfast) and afternoon mostly on fridays fika, that's what I got when working in the public sector, but it does depend on which work or company otherwise
This is interesting to learn about. Thank you
So.. it's literally a coffee break. Americans have this, it's called a cigarette break. 😆
So a coffee and cake break then. This is done all over the world in Germany Kaffee and Kuchen in the UK as Afteenoon Tea. This is hardly revolutionary.
Basically. A difference, however, is that you also fika on your free time. It’s an activity for itself. But yeah, it’s not exclusively a Swedish/Nordic thing.
@@zwcdamien sure it’s not just like the invention of the USA coffee break to dose employees up on caffeine and more productive?
Yes.
Brits like "Scandi" everything. It's getting silly.
But is it a thing in workplaces in Germany?
@@starvictory7079 yes
It's the employment right that seems to 'revolutionary' now.
As a Swede who spent 5 years abroad, I'm quite tired of all these videos romanticizing everything about the Swedish workplace and life in general. We're not some stress-free utopia or socialist paradise. If you actually lived in Sweden you'd quickly find out that most Swedes are depressed about living here and the only thing that keeps us happy is the planning of our next trip to a warmer country.
Are there no introverts in Sweden? Being forced to socialize twice a workday sounds tiring
If you don't want to interact you gulp down the coffee and then go for a long poo 😏
Great idea !¡❤ Gives everyone a boost to continue working the rest if the day 😊
I dare any Italian to watch this while maintaing a serious face lmao
Why? Are they coffee nazis?
@@LibertyGunsBeerTrumpfika means hmmm a part of female anatomy, I think.
No, it’s because fika sounds like the word pussy in Italian…
@@LibertyGunsBeerTrump "fika" means "pussy" in Italian
More like c**t. Very rude
This is why we need to protect proper tea breaks in the UK. Also, the consumption of cakes and cookies in this manner is a big middle finger up to the idea that "bringing in cake to work is as detrimental to health as second hand smoking"...
We used to, also we used to have proper work breaks (especially if in an office no eating at your desk), my dad worked in the 1970's and he said the culture was much better but got worse until it reached the bottom that we know now in the early 00's.
Fika is not only a way to frink coffee with colleages but also a way of life.
ive lived it it wasn't for me
yet sweden has one of thee highest suicie rates
@@asmith9140 different taste for different people
So the BBC is repeating a video from 2022. What a surprise. Maybe the BBC can do a video on Afternoon Tiffin. Us British, we are tiffin-mad
Yea we have been having tea and and lunch breaks since forever nothing new to se here.
Too many Fika rules seems stressful.
I get more stressed having to stay late because of these coffee breaks. Remote work is the future. Why waste time socialising when you just need to get work done at work and spend time with your real friends outside of the office premises?
To decompress and to go back to your work refreshed? To be able to treat colleagues like friendly acquaintances is very important in the general working of things, and during these breaks you might even become friends with these people, we are social creatures who need a bit of rest during the day. If you are completely against such things no one is forcing you to go, you could always just try and get the time deducted so you can leave early, but you might find yourself even more stressed out.
Det var mycket intressant, tack så mycket för dina videon
Anglosphere: our revolutionary new research suggests that breaking from constant work to relax and connect may be good
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Yeah........let's just ignore the fact that Swedes are also some of the biggest consumers of antidepressants. Something tells me that might have something to do with their happiness as well.😂
Now I really want Princess cake. I miss it so much! 😢
"Do not talk about politics or religion" really describes our times..
What if you don’t like having chats with your colleagues?
You're fucked. Everyone at work will go out of your way to make your life miserable
A coffee break...who knew
I do something similar, but with Red Bull and a sugared donut. I'm 100% certain it makes me super human!
the rate at which you will die from health issues is the only super human thing
In Bengal we call it "chay adda" same concept and older :)
Wonderful
It sounds like every other countries coffee tradition...only with a swedish name.
All the Nordic countries look so nice. When do you ever hear news about them that isn’t positive
1) Anders Behring Breivik
2) Vikings
3) 25 June 2022 pride killings
4) Vidkun Quisling?
More?
@@guff9567 did you actually bring up Viking’s as an example LOL had many raids this year have you??
In multiple countries you thought of 4 things and one of them was VIKINGS and another died in 1945 hahahaha
You’re English aren’t you
Try typing, gang violence and bombing, Sweden... into google. It's not all "so nice"
@@neildeeley4177 norway has the highest death rate per capita from mass shooting the past 15 years 😢
@@neildeeley4177 it's in their blood.
Any italians here finding this hilarious?? It's too perfect to be true. Send it to Maccio Capatonda please
In India we have tea breaks but to drink tea or coffee is up to you.
Called « pause clope » in France 😂
It’s just afternoon tea, people. If that works for you in the UK, you’re already there.
Can I please get the details from introverted Swedes on denying an invite to Fika to have it on your own instead 😂
I could never say to my German colleagues "let's have a Fika" 😅 😂
It sounds like what we call a coffee break in Canada. Two coffee breaks and a lunch break is mandatory here.
i'm only in the office 2 days a week but when i am i'm already on my way home 2 hours after lunch.... i'll have breakfast at my desk tho
why are you lying, we dont have this tradition in canada lol
Spaniard living in Canada, and this is a completely lie. I had to implement the hour break for lunch at my office because they didn't stop.
So do they give you time, in Canada, to walk out of the building and down the street to buy your coffee, and enough time to sit and talk and eat cake with it?
Or do you just send someone to Tim Horton’s, or the coffee machine downstairs, and end up drinking from a paper cup at your desk?
So...basically tea time/coffee breaks? This is not unique to Sweden lol
Kenya has a tea time at 10am for all employees
When issues arise around this, you could say it was a Fikal matter.
🤣 You're a pip!
I will
Back in Brazil me and my coworkers would practice fika everyday, but it doesn't have a official name. Although, if I had to give it a name it would be "unallowed lazy work break" 😁. There would be lots of gossip, laughing, and nonsense funny talk.
Go fika during peak winter in cafes near suburban areas anywhere in Sweden and expect a full heart attack.
Fika is a coffee break+socialization
gimme a break. i wanna be alone.
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coffee breaks are common everywhere.
The only unique thing about Swedish “fika” is that it’s just a catchy word! Lots of countries have coffee breaks!
I think the difference is that people purposely take a break together to drink coffee together.
@@iwastubed96 Same thing happens all over southern and southeastern Europe multiple times a day. We just call it "a coffee".
@@kria9119 Great to know
@@kria9119 yeaj but it's not just coffee.. it's a bunch of pastories aswell
Doubt they do that everywhere
Fika is coffee break and talking shit about others, it's nothing special.
Italians! I'm the only Italian here who's bursting with laughter ?😂😂
Tell them this in Australia.
The company I left we didn't get a break. Workers don't need it only office staff they think. Even toilet breaks for workers were monitored as seen as wasting time.
This looks like a (fancy) tea time/coffee break in one 😅
I'm failing to see how this is essentially different to the traditional tea-break in the UK. The one differentiating factor that I don't think was mentioned is time (duration). How long does an employee get for fika? Having a quality coffee like the one in the video and eating a cinnamon bun/roll, biscuits and then a princess cake would be one hell of a rush in the 15 minutes allowed in the UK which also includes moving from the workstation to the staff room/canteen/rest area and then back again. The time of day which they noted as 10am and 3pm are generally similar however.
this is literally a coffe or tea break, just a fancy word to make us apparently thinkit's something new. It's literally a coffe break, I don't get it
15 mins, you're lucky in Australia the company I left we weren't allowed a break . The office staff got 10 minutes. Managers got what ever they needed when ever.
Between 10-15 minutes and a few hours in different circumstances, they also probably don't have a you need to be back in exactly X amount of minutes, just as long as one gets their work done properly.
The “traditional tea break” in the UK was the cleaner in her end-of-shift incarnation bringing a trolley with a couple of giant teapots and some kitkats, and everyone sitting together to have it.
I’ve never seen that again since about 1982.
Since then it has been either people guddling about in a tiny grubby kitchen area making instant coffee and tea with the bag in the cup.
And for the last 20 years, in the UK, it’s people hunched unspeaking over their screens, sipping alone.
It is!
Greetings from Stockholm. 🇸🇪
pretentious becomes more pretentious
The tradition of drinking coffee and enjoying a break with others originated from East Africa, in present day Ethiopia, the first people to drink coffee and then spread the practice to the world. I feel the need to say this as many African traditions are being presented as someone else’s, whilst the EU does it’s best to protect the origins of their own products, not even allowing other countries to mimic their products
Cool.. How is the work thing going for you?
Yawn. Not interested.
Sure, coffee comes from there, but fika is not African.
But thanks for the coffee! :)
Tomatoes came from South America but it was the Italians that perfected Marinara. The Aztecs grew the first cocoa beans but Belgium i think has the best chocolate.
@@kimberlygarrett1485 ,
Ethiopia isn’t just the origin of the product, it’s also where it was first drank as a beverage..it’s not like Tomatoes and Marinara where one group of people had the raw material, and the other made the actual product. Ethiopians had a practice of drinking coffee with family and friends, especially during work as it boosted energy and was a stimulating way to enjoy your work break…your examples are not at all the same
I prefer start from being paid the same ...
It's almost like merienda in the Philippines.
Similar to evening chai in India! Though, I wish that was a thing at most workplaces as well :)
I was about to comment the same. In India we have tea breaks at workplace.
This is for the north european cultures, were you do not really socially interact at the workplace, so you need a kind of frame to do that. In the south for example people and colleagues wiil talk to you the whole time, so why would they need to have a fika in the first place? :D
The cynical part of me thinks this sounds a little like an ad for the coffee and tea industries.
what about the cinnamon bun idustry?
And paid for by the professional gyms you need to visit if you're going to eat that much cake every day.
@@-_James_- a pastry a day doesn’t make you fat
@@-_James_- The sugar/fat contents of swedish pastry is lower than american/british
So how long is the coffee break usually?
around 15 minutes usually
Like the old-fashioned right of two tea breaks in British workplaces, and a room in the building to go and do it. Whatever happened to those? Cooler because it's Swedish though.
The morning break was the best because you could also get a bacon buttie.
Ridiculous…
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So… it’s just having coffee and cake?
i would buy coffee for all my colleagues if they would leave me alone and not talk to me 😂 Fika seems like a great way to get rid of some of them for atleast a while
What if people don’t drink coffee?
Those kinda people can just go and sit nicely and silently in the corner. 😂
RIP AVICII 🥺😭😭😭
Wow this one is really interesting! Fika! ❤
How is it that everyone is not 5 times their size from eating all that sugar??!!
because, it's not actually that much sugar as in american/british counterparts
I've never drank coffee