The Vasa museum is always hard to explain - "It's a sunken warship. It sank like 1 000 meters from shore on her maiden voyage. Awesome!" lol But it is truly amazing. Glad you liked it! 3:38 Just right to the lamp post you can see a cannon ball embedded in the corner of the building. A reminder for us to hate the Danish (but we actually like them). 😁 4:07 In the summer you can fill up your water bottle with free water from this faountain. It used to come from a well, but now it's communal water. 4:33 Yeah, that's trolls. They've been in Swedish mythology for centuries. If a troll catch a ray of sunlight they turn into stone. That's why there are so many rocks in Swedish forest. The trolls are mean though, so be aware. Gnomes is another thing - they look like santa without the Coca Cola colours and they are protecting the animals and farms and we feed them porrige at christmas. 9:40 Yeah, Christian II of Denmark did that. In the red building here you can see like 90 bright pieces put in. That is to remember the people who died in the Stockholm bloodbath. 12:45 Great. We can send an innocent Canadian couple to recon if we can invade Denmark by now. I'll buy you a fika for the trouble! haha 😁 Great content! Love your uploads! 👍But can't wait to see what you would do if your mrs could plan a day or two. ☺
@JetLagWarriors I think they didnt mention in that Vasa ship museum about prank that finnish students did? As a Finn its hilarious. They managed to dive with proper diving gear, just day or couple before they lift up the ship, and bring 50cm height metal(bronze, brass, iron or something like that) statue of legendary finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, who dominatet early 20th century olympics running. He had multiple gold medal. They say that it was a "revenge" of swedish made campaing against Paavo Nurmi, when they claimed he is professional, and that time it was forbidded in olympics, so Paavo Nurmi was banned from one olympics at least for that. I think its hilarious, and genious "student prank", that especially tech-uni/tech-college students(abiturientit) like to do. But this was king of other such endeavors. Swedes scientists and historians even think first days that statue was statue of Hermes, messenger of gods etc 😅😅 Not even english lang wikipedia mention about that, finnish lang page tho mention it in the ond of the page/article. P.s. one critical point that prank was possible was that, one of the four prankster(one only alive today I think) was chief editor in students magazine, and he had press card. And the lifting operation area was military zone/area that particular time. With his press card it was possible to him go to do crucial intelligence mission... I have watched and start to follow u when u start your finnish hockey tour. Sweden is bigger country, and I think ypu have great time there. Swedes are great ppl also. Sweden are our dear brothers(outside of hockey seasons :)), and finns love them, thats obvious. Thanks for great content. Keep it up❤️👍🏻🤟
@@JetLagWarriors Been a while since I was there, but if I recall there was a sign about how one especially rainy summer there werelots of tourists who wanted to do indoor things because of the weather, and with the damp in their clothes, water from umbrellas and even the humid air as people passed in and out of the airlock there was a noticable degredation of the ship. So they had to rework the tech to keep the humidity and temperature controlled and even added a third door to the airlock as you go into the main hall.
But watch out if you buy tickets for Venice. Because there are a very small village up north, in the middle of nowhere named Vännäs. Pronounced almost the same way. So be sure to order tickets for Venice, Italy. Nothing else
Strömming with lingonberries and mashed potatoes is a very classic Swedish dish. "Sur" in "Surströmming" literally translates to "sour", and is just sort of an indication of the taste. Although I wouldn't classify it as sour. :)
It always makes me emotional when people from abroad talk warm heartedly about the country and the city I originated from. You take so much for granted and get ‘home blind’ when you’ve grown up in a certain place. Sweden is a beautiful place and I’m happy and thankful to have been born here. Thanks for a great episode about our beloved Stockholm ❤ And yea, you should definitely visit again in the summer when the sun barely sets and the city is in full bloom. Take a ferry to archipelago’s and enjoy being outdoors late in the evening while it’s still warm enough. Cheers guys
when I visited Kopenhagen I also wanted to visit Malmö but my three friends didn't want to because they said they heard it's kinda dangerous at night for women there (we are all Slavic women and would have 100% been catcalled based on reports from other women (Russian) online), so we ended up not going. It's a pity that Malmö has destroyed it's own reputation by wanting to help everyone. Not everyone is your friend and not everyone appreciates you. I decided I'll go another time at least to Stockholm with some guy friends if they're up for it. I've been in Helsinki twice and find it very safe and peaceful there! I imagine that's what Malmö used to be like. I like Scandinavians a lot - they are very peaceful and quiet❤
@@NoctLightCloud Thanks for you input. I really think you should visit Malmö yourself to form your own opinion and not make assumptions based on what some ‘Russian says online’. Ten years ago I travelled to India by myself and travelled around the country for four months. If I would have taken all the negative things I read about India before hand and made that my firm belief of what that country was, I would never had set my foot there. Where there challenges? absolutely. But I ended up having a wonderful journey and fantastic memories I will keep with me for the rest of my life. And yes, Scandinavia is fantastic and you should definitely visit Stockholm and other parts of the country if you have the opportunity. All the best to you
@@The.ambience.outdoors Yeahhhh not sure about that. The info about travelling alone to India isn't really useful to tell to a woman tbh. I have lived in Japan and Korea - two of the safest countries in the world (I was born in Austria - also a safe country). Yet even there I had creepy encounters (strangers following me to my hotel/dormitory). So I can't assume that even the safest countries are 100% safe. Unless you're a woman yourself, you won't know how much we have to pay attention to our surroundings and where exactly to go, and weed out potential no-go zones, and read up stuff online beforehand. As if we are mentally ill. My sister got inappropiately touched in a taxi once by an older dude when she was alone. My friend once had a man in Japan in the subway pull down his pants in front of her and do you know what to himself. At night, women have to plan even commutes (taxi, metro) meticulously. I'd rather listen to some Russian women's advice (because I look like them and get treated like them wherever I go - I got asked many times if I'm Russian) than to a Western man who has never had such experiences and recommends places to me about which many people write negative things online. I actually used to give things a chance more often. I went to Christiania in Kopenhagen because everyone on the internet was saying how nice it is. I have never felt more unsafe! Based on the demographic I've seen there, it's all foreigners from certain countries (I am good at telling where someone is from). A self-made problem, and that's a pity. I think loads of people also passed on Malmö because of its self-made problems. I'm not the only one. (And I'd never go to India/Arab countries anyways (I don't know any woman who would) - you men can go there all alone on our behalf😂 In my next life, maybe.)
@@NoctLightCloud so you had a bad experience and felt unsafe in Christiania because people had a different ethnicity than you? So you are clearly a racist then. And I’m not giving you advice to go anywhere, I’m just telling you stop having prejudices about places you never visited. You say it yourself, even in the most safe places on earth you’ll find people behaving badly. That’s just the nature of the world.
@@The.ambience.outdoors What? I have dated only out of my ethnicity and have only foreigner friends. Even when I visited Türkiye, I felt safe. Those people there in Christiania looked like up to no good, almost militant. My parents are from a majority Muslim country. Keep your racist card to yourself, that isn't it!!
The royal family doesn't live in the royal palace anymore. They just work there now. They haven't lived there since 1981. The king and queen lives in the palace in Drottningholm. And their kids somewhere else obviously since they're adults haha
@@MrGunnar69Well, quite a lot. The King is a large employer and do a lot of business. Their official status also means meeting other officials, every ambassador, the prime minister and plan for their extensive travels as figureheads of Sweden.
@@MrGunnar69it's partly a museum and it's for representation when foreign dignitaries come to visit. Its also used for royal weddings, birthdays etc.And daily show with changing of the guards where if there is music the different military bands play a small concert with 3 songs. Usually at 12:00 or 13:00 daily. Sometimes its changing of the guards with horses and the band on horses, cool stuff. Info on what it is daily you can see on the official site of the castle.
Copenhagen is nicer but Stockholm is really, really close. All the nordics are great though, everything is so close it's smart just to visit all of them!
Actually Sweden and Denmark have world record in wars with each other. Its unbelievable to think about it today when we se danes as our nordic brothers. 🇸🇪🫶🇩🇰
blame all the wars on Denmark kings ...they were all totally obsessed to invade Sweden ...they didnt manage to do it ...just some parts in South Sweden called Skåne !!
@@robertjohansson1618 South sweden used to be danish but it was conquered then the danes were forced to speak swedish which is why the south has such a weird dialect.
5:16 - Yes the waterfountain has drinkable water. It is turned off while it's cold outside to save the pipes and to avoid ice on the ground, but if you are in Stockholm during a really warm summer's day (been a few recent summers with upwards of 30°C) and if you have a waterbottle you can fill it at these fountains. It is the same water that comes out of your tap in the kitchen at home.
We went for a weekend trip to Stockholm last weekend and absolutely loved it. It's nice to see a Canadian appreciate the city in exactly the same way as we did and we are British. The Vasa Museum is unreal and Gamla Stan is an amazing part of the city. The food is incredible also... the Swedish meatballs are out of this world!
Amazing, interesting and historical video. Stockholm is indeed gorgeous. Great job, Steve lvana, adding another wonderful place to your awesome travels and our enjoyable viewings. Thanks a bunch for sharing. Safe travels always !! 😍
Thanks so much. I visited Stockholm in the summer. It is very beautiful. I loved this video. You hit many of the best highlights. My grandparents ( Lundquist) moved to Canada from Sweden.
Yep you're correct, "sur" means "sour", so fermented, and lingonberries are kinda our version of cranberries. Btw a Swedish breakfast staple you may want to try is "Filmjölk", it's like an alternative to Yoghurt but made with a different bacteria culture and usually unsweetened (usually eaten with cereal, you might want to sprinkle a bit of sugar on it).
@@Potatwielder Yeah berries is a good call, I come from a working class family so it was probably a bit too fancy for us :P My favorite cereal is Start! with freeze-dried berries.
The ugly big-nosed figures in that window was Trolls. In Scandinavia Trolls are ugly, mean, often very rich and eats children as opposed to Finnish Trolls who are white, fluffy, hibernates during winter and makes moonshine. Trolls is old folklore, millennia old in some aspects. The ugly figures with horned helmets are "vikings" or at least a tourist version of an 19th century Opera depiction with no relation to reality. I recommend the Viking museum or the History museum for a more accurate view of the actual norsemen during the viking age. The redand blue horses are originally an old tradition from The province of Dalarna. The red ones became a Swedish symbol at the 1930 Chicago International Expo and have been very popular since then. They are hand-carved In Dalarna, and there's almost a different traditional design for every village. Forget Malmö, eat fish in Gothenburg, but then go to Dalarna and catch a home game with Leksands IF... Big cities can be fun, and you've seen Stockholm... but in the countryside is where the soul of Sweden still resides.
There are way better meatballs in town. Head over to Restaurang Pelikan in the Södermalm district (especially for the meatballs) and Restaurang Tennstopet by Odenplan. Classic Stockholm restaurants with lots of history and great food. If the weather ever warms up while you're here, you should go to Mälarpaviljongen in the Kungsholmen district. It's a pretty unique place by and on the water. You should check out city hall close by too, well worth a visit. You really should come back in the summer, the city is so green and there's daylight until very late. Lots of great boat rides to take as well.
Great video thanks so much. Question to anyone, I’m visiting Stockholm with my teenage daughter in 2 weeks time for 5 days and I would like to spend one day out of the city, maybe nature inspired or anything really, how far can I go and where do you suggest. Many thanks in advance 😊😊😊
@@joboswell29 If you want nature don't come in spring. The color palett right now is basically a greyscale. But notable places outside of Stockholm are Mariefred and Sigtuna (both cute historic towns). Nature can be found inside of Stockholm so that won't be a problem. I recommend Hansta if you want to see some older forests, but there are some near universitetet which are good enough.
Benny and Frida of ABBA had a flat together in old Town. They had the top 2 floors and you had to walk up 90 steps, no elevator. They loved it though. Lived there for many years and even filmed some commercials in it so you can see the inside a bit.
Yes, same fish....But the type Ivana was eating is fresh!....Surströmming ""Sourherring" is FERMENTED and is eaten prefferable in september-october OUTDOORS!
One of the best engineer gags was made with the boat. When it was lifted there was a statue of Paavo Nurmi on top of it. Finnish engineering students hae scuba dived down to the ship before it was lifted. Classic.
Seriously guys, you should really come to Denmark. I am a Danish bicycle traveler and a history geek, who would love to show you the place and tell you lot's of quirky stories about the north of Europe. Just make sure that I am at home when you get there, as I travel the globe too, most of the time. But I would really like to welcome you to Copenhagen, as well as other places in Denmark.
I'm in Stockholm now, agree that it is very exceptional and stands above most cities in Europe! Copenhagen is still my favorite though, although I would be incredibly content in any Scandinavian city :)
You wouldn't never surströmming at a restaurant like that. It's not normal food, like something that's on the menu on a restaurant. Other people wouldn't be able to eat if someone was eating surströmming in the restarant, It's something people eat outdoors, in August, in the North of Sweden. There are a few restaurants that do have surströmming, but then it's just like a special event for a day or so, and then you can feel the smell a block away, I kid you not, you think there is some leakage from a sewer or something. Yeah, Lingonberries are more similar to cranberries, than other kinds of berries, so it's eaten with savory dishes. Strömming is just herring. In this case fried herring. There is also pickled herring, which is also worth trying, and that's not surströmming either. Most Swedes have never eaten surströmming, and never will. If you go to Gothenburg you'll eat a lot of fish and seafood, it's the seafood city of Sweden. Don't miss having a shrimp sandwish, or a skagen sandwish. Delicious!
Your talks about suatrömming is just BS. All fermented food has got a certain smell. Open the can in an other room, flush some cold water on it and the smell is almost gone. The taste isn´t far from ansjovis.
Old heritage building in Stockholm are kept the way they are, the owner can renovate the apartments anyway they want but the outer buildings must be kept the same. St Paul has one of the best coffee and cinnamon rolls
A fun fact is that the original royal castle of sweden burned down and they built the one which still stands today, hence why the new one isnt as medieval and look quite modern
Interesting to see stuff like this from people who don't live in places. Noticing the rose glasses is quite eye opening. Traveling to places is way better than living in each place.
Im from sweden and i ride through stockholm quite alot and i always see the bad sides of the city, this video helped me by showing all the good sides i forgot even existed. :)
Surströmming is a Norrland speciality. In the rest of Sweden, where 90 % of the population live, surströmming is extremely rare. Most people have never tasted it, or even seen it.
Ive tasted it twice. And yeah it lives up to its rumors. And no it isnt that rare. Most supermatkets have it, but its seasonal. P.s I dont livein Norrland
In sweden you do put jams on bread just not lingonberry. And the only jam you put alongside food is lingonberry really, unless its pancakes then you put jam and usually whipped cream (not syrup like NA)
6:12 No, the Swedish royals don't live at the Royal Palace in Gamla stan. It's just their work place, and where they host if other heads of states are visiting and so on. If there is a Swedish flag on the roof, then it means that the king is there, and if there is not, then he's out travelling in Sweden or some other country. The King and Queen live at Drottningholm Palace, since 1981, about 12 km west of Stockholm. It's very nice to take a boat there in the summer, and have a picnic in the park.
@@herrbonk3635Not long ago, the opening post claimed that they had not lived there for 43 years. Do you think that almost half a century is not long ago? If true, the crown princess only lived there for three years, and the prince for one year.
@@herrbonk3635 Crown Princess Victoria was born in 1977, so she was very little when they moved to Drottningholm, where she, and her siblings, grew up. Carl XVI Gustaf grew up in the Royal Palace though, after spending his first year at Haga Palace (where Crown Princess Victoria now lives with her family).
You have a small Romanian grocery store there (Carpații Deli), maybe you can find some ”mici” there. 😋😄 Sweden is by far the most beautiful country in Scandinavia. Rent a car and drive around, visit the nature it's worth it. Too bad it's not summer yet.
If you need tips for Gothenburg let me know. Also cardamom buns are delicious, just as good if not better than cinnamon buns. It is dark inside the Vasa Museum because the old wood of the boat is very sensitive so the conditions are handled to preserve it as good as possible. That's also why it's a bit chilly inside the museum, they control the air temperature and humidity.
You were in Gothenburg for a few days to see hockey. Are we going to get a video on the city or did you focus on enjoying it yourself? Edit: posted this at 12:30 and then saw you mention Gothenburg, ao looking foward to that. Also, Swedes put cardamom in almost all their pastries, but the cardamom buns can sometimes be a little overpowering. They smell amazing when baking, though.
Today one of the most iconic buildings in Copenhagen burned down. Shme you won't to see it. Oh, and team Cardamom here, for sure! Fika happens antytime you want, bu i work places usually between 9-10 AND 14-15. We use military time here.
Good video guys! As a Swede having lived in Australia since 2010, I can't wait to go back in June 2024! Bonus, did you guys catch the cannon ball that's visible in the middle-left of the screen at @3:38 in the yellow building (above the maroon sun shade) that's said to have been fired by the Danish king back in 1520 during the Stockholm Blood Bath?
The navy was planning for the future better than they do now. In 1975 Swedish Chief of Navy received the message that the wood was ready for collection. It turned out that the Swedish Navy planted 300 000 oak trees 1830 to be used for ship production in the far future. Now when warships no longer is made of wood, they export the oak for making beer and whiskey barrels.
You should go to Brynas - Djurgården Hockey. It's the finals now and the first two games (Today and friday) are played in Gävle 2 hours north of Stockholm. Djurgården are the team with the most cup wins in Sweden and Brynas has the second most!
Glad to see your postive and energetic friendly TH-cam video..;)Glad you liked your stay here. and if you come back during summer..;) I think you might enjoy it even more. have a great time in Sweden , Denmark . thanx..;) best regards from the royal capital of Sweden.;)
I guess you are away now but there is a really cool museum in the basement of the castle with clothes from the kings from the 1500s on. Two full clothings that the kings wore when they were killed in battle for example.
I have tried real ‘Surströmming’ three times and I still do not like it and will not try it again. Everyone in my family loves it and have several gatherings a year, where I am either not around or I am eating regular herring instead, because the wrap with everything in it is still very good. So traditional ‘Surströmming’ is eaten with a flat bread (either soft or hard, if eating with a soft bread we fold it to a wrap) that you put delicacy potatoes, sour cream, unions and a nice red Nordic caviar, being of northern Swedish decent we use this very delicious red caviar (Löjrom, the best part in my opinion) on our gatherings that someone in our family has caught the fish themselves and sold us at a reduced price 😉. This is a holy tradition; it is cultural and anyone who complains and does not like it and whines about the smell or taste is not welcome to participate in this holy tradition and is looked upon with low regards. Furthermore, anyone who has ever eaten Surströmming as a joke or dare etc just to get clicks and likes, you are all extremely disrespectful to this tradition and our people. This from someone who does not like it personally, but I would never disrespect someone else in that way that several videos online can clearly prove other have done already. If this is hard for anyone to understand imagine you loving something so much your mouth waters just thinking about it, longing for summer when you can sit out in the sun and eat it in pure enjoyment… then several d-bags online decide to eat it and gag on it as a joke. Thank you for listening to my TED-talk about Surströmming. X-D
My fav museum! Had the privilege to lead tours inside; About The Vasa ship; Norwegians cousins use to tell jokes about Swedes being the submarine inventors 😅
9:45 Why is everything so clear and colored (you included)? 😂 What's happening? Is that Nordic area ... the wonderland? 😂 The image is so good, I'm fascinated. I look forward for more of your videos in Sweden. Have a nice time there you two! Cheers!
I've heard that the king ordered another row of canons on the ship to make it more impressive and then the ship got too heavy on top so it was easy for a gust to bring the ship down 😄
Those figurines are trolls. The design is heavily inspired by the art of John Bauer. "Fika" [fee-kah] is both a verb and a noun. We can "take a fika" or "we are going to fika" and it usually means coffee or tea with something sweet. At the square where the bloodbath occurred, there is a big red house with white bricks scattered across the front of the building, and there is a common story that all of the white bricks were the skulls of those beheaded. It's not really, but it's a spooky story that a lot of Stockholm kids have heard.
Hi mr JetlLag Warrior, are you going to attend the Hockeyallsvenskan finale with Brynäs IF up against Djurgårdens IF? They just played the first game yesterday game 1 best of 7, Brynäs won with 6-2! I really like your videos, keep it up!
Yeayy at last back to a fascinating Jetlagg Warriors travelogue. TBH am not a fan of hockey, though I understand you cant film much lately taking into considerations Ivana's pregnancy. Love this vlog. Makes me want to visit interesting Stockholms. Keep well & love from 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾
Man you really got bad luck with the weather if you were here in april. It's kinda 50/50 if april is nice and sunny or cold and cloudy. Sadly this year we got cold and cloudy to the max
The Vasa museum is always hard to explain - "It's a sunken warship. It sank like 1 000 meters from shore on her maiden voyage. Awesome!" lol But it is truly amazing. Glad you liked it!
3:38 Just right to the lamp post you can see a cannon ball embedded in the corner of the building. A reminder for us to hate the Danish (but we actually like them). 😁
4:07 In the summer you can fill up your water bottle with free water from this faountain. It used to come from a well, but now it's communal water.
4:33 Yeah, that's trolls. They've been in Swedish mythology for centuries. If a troll catch a ray of sunlight they turn into stone. That's why there are so many rocks in Swedish forest. The trolls are mean though, so be aware. Gnomes is another thing - they look like santa without the Coca Cola colours and they are protecting the animals and farms and we feed them porrige at christmas.
9:40 Yeah, Christian II of Denmark did that. In the red building here you can see like 90 bright pieces put in. That is to remember the people who died in the Stockholm bloodbath.
12:45 Great. We can send an innocent Canadian couple to recon if we can invade Denmark by now. I'll buy you a fika for the trouble! haha 😁
Great content! Love your uploads! 👍But can't wait to see what you would do if your mrs could plan a day or two. ☺
Thanks for this great comment!
The Vasa museum is dark with temperature and humidity controlled to slow down the inevitable decomposing of the hull.
Oh! This is a smart idea. The Vasa museums was a highlight for me, and a must see in Stockholm
@@JetLagWarriorsVasa and Skansen are the two top visited museums in Sweden with about 1.4 million visitors, each.
They sprayed the ship with some restoration chemical for decades while it was already on display in the museum, but it's wood and was sunk so long.
@JetLagWarriors I think they didnt mention in that Vasa ship museum about prank that finnish students did? As a Finn its hilarious.
They managed to dive with proper diving gear, just day or couple before they lift up the ship, and bring 50cm height metal(bronze, brass, iron or something like that) statue of legendary finnish runner Paavo Nurmi, who dominatet early 20th century olympics running. He had multiple gold medal.
They say that it was a "revenge" of swedish made campaing against Paavo Nurmi, when they claimed he is professional, and that time it was forbidded in olympics, so Paavo Nurmi was banned from one olympics at least for that.
I think its hilarious, and genious "student prank", that especially tech-uni/tech-college students(abiturientit) like to do. But this was king of other such endeavors.
Swedes scientists and historians even think first days that statue was statue of Hermes, messenger of gods etc 😅😅
Not even english lang wikipedia mention about that, finnish lang page tho mention it in the ond of the page/article.
P.s. one critical point that prank was possible was that, one of the four prankster(one only alive today I think) was chief editor in students magazine, and he had press card. And the lifting operation area was military zone/area that particular time. With his press card it was possible to him go to do crucial intelligence mission...
I have watched and start to follow u when u start your finnish hockey tour. Sweden is bigger country, and I think ypu have great time there. Swedes are great ppl also. Sweden are our dear brothers(outside of hockey seasons :)), and finns love them, thats obvious.
Thanks for great content. Keep it up❤️👍🏻🤟
@@JetLagWarriors Been a while since I was there, but if I recall there was a sign about how one especially rainy summer there werelots of tourists who wanted to do indoor things because of the weather, and with the damp in their clothes, water from umbrellas and even the humid air as people passed in and out of the airlock there was a noticable degredation of the ship. So they had to rework the tech to keep the humidity and temperature controlled and even added a third door to the airlock as you go into the main hall.
Its funny how you said it felt like the nordic venice, because Stockholm is sometimes referred to as the Venice of the nordics or Scandinvia
But watch out if you buy tickets for Venice. Because there are a very small village up north, in the middle of nowhere named Vännäs. Pronounced almost the same way. So be sure to order tickets for Venice, Italy.
Nothing else
Venice of the North.
Also commonly referred to as "The City Between the Bridges"
Strömming with lingonberries and mashed potatoes is a very classic Swedish dish. "Sur" in "Surströmming" literally translates to "sour", and is just sort of an indication of the taste. Although I wouldn't classify it as sour. :)
Sur can also mean bad. If its bad weather we usualy say the weather is sour. But I guess that does'nt apply to food though
It always makes me emotional when people from abroad talk warm heartedly about the country and the city I originated from.
You take so much for granted and get ‘home blind’ when you’ve grown up in a certain place. Sweden is a beautiful place and I’m happy and thankful to have been born here.
Thanks for a great episode about our beloved Stockholm ❤
And yea, you should definitely visit again in the summer when the sun barely sets and the city is in full bloom.
Take a ferry to archipelago’s and enjoy being outdoors late in the evening while it’s still warm enough.
Cheers guys
when I visited Kopenhagen I also wanted to visit Malmö but my three friends didn't want to because they said they heard it's kinda dangerous at night for women there (we are all Slavic women and would have 100% been catcalled based on reports from other women (Russian) online), so we ended up not going. It's a pity that Malmö has destroyed it's own reputation by wanting to help everyone. Not everyone is your friend and not everyone appreciates you. I decided I'll go another time at least to Stockholm with some guy friends if they're up for it. I've been in Helsinki twice and find it very safe and peaceful there! I imagine that's what Malmö used to be like.
I like Scandinavians a lot - they are very peaceful and quiet❤
@@NoctLightCloud Thanks for you input. I really think you should visit Malmö yourself to form your own opinion and not make assumptions based on what some ‘Russian says online’.
Ten years ago I travelled to India by myself and travelled around the country for four months. If I would have taken all the negative things I read about India before hand and made that my firm belief of what that country was, I would never had set my foot there.
Where there challenges? absolutely.
But I ended up having a wonderful journey and fantastic memories I will keep with me for the rest of my life.
And yes, Scandinavia is fantastic and you should definitely visit Stockholm and other parts of the country if you have the opportunity. All the best to you
@@The.ambience.outdoors Yeahhhh not sure about that. The info about travelling alone to India isn't really useful to tell to a woman tbh. I have lived in Japan and Korea - two of the safest countries in the world (I was born in Austria - also a safe country). Yet even there I had creepy encounters (strangers following me to my hotel/dormitory). So I can't assume that even the safest countries are 100% safe. Unless you're a woman yourself, you won't know how much we have to pay attention to our surroundings and where exactly to go, and weed out potential no-go zones, and read up stuff online beforehand. As if we are mentally ill. My sister got inappropiately touched in a taxi once by an older dude when she was alone. My friend once had a man in Japan in the subway pull down his pants in front of her and do you know what to himself. At night, women have to plan even commutes (taxi, metro) meticulously. I'd rather listen to some Russian women's advice (because I look like them and get treated like them wherever I go - I got asked many times if I'm Russian) than to a Western man who has never had such experiences and recommends places to me about which many people write negative things online. I actually used to give things a chance more often. I went to Christiania in Kopenhagen because everyone on the internet was saying how nice it is. I have never felt more unsafe! Based on the demographic I've seen there, it's all foreigners from certain countries (I am good at telling where someone is from). A self-made problem, and that's a pity.
I think loads of people also passed on Malmö because of its self-made problems. I'm not the only one.
(And I'd never go to India/Arab countries anyways (I don't know any woman who would) - you men can go there all alone on our behalf😂 In my next life, maybe.)
@@NoctLightCloud so you had a bad experience and felt unsafe in Christiania because people had a different ethnicity than you? So you are clearly a racist then.
And I’m not giving you advice to go anywhere, I’m just telling you stop having prejudices about places you never visited.
You say it yourself, even in the most safe places on earth you’ll find people behaving badly. That’s just the nature of the world.
@@The.ambience.outdoors What? I have dated only out of my ethnicity and have only foreigner friends. Even when I visited Türkiye, I felt safe. Those people there in Christiania looked like up to no good, almost militant. My parents are from a majority Muslim country. Keep your racist card to yourself, that isn't it!!
Figured you'd be blown away by Vasa! It is truly one of a kind.
Thanks for this great video of my home town! Love it!❤
You're quite right. Stockholm was built on islands, originally as a lock to protect the lake mälaren.
It's been called "Venice of the North".
The royal family doesn't live in the royal palace anymore. They just work there now. They haven't lived there since 1981. The king and queen lives in the palace in Drottningholm. And their kids somewhere else obviously since they're adults haha
What kind of work do they do in the castle?
@@MrGunnar69Well, quite a lot. The King is a large employer and do a lot of business. Their official status also means meeting other officials, every ambassador, the prime minister and plan for their extensive travels as figureheads of Sweden.
@@MrGunnar69it's partly a museum and it's for representation when foreign dignitaries come to visit. Its also used for royal weddings, birthdays etc.And daily show with changing of the guards where if there is music the different military bands play a small concert with 3 songs. Usually at 12:00 or 13:00 daily.
Sometimes its changing of the guards with horses and the band on horses, cool stuff. Info on what it is daily you can see on the official site of the castle.
@@MrGunnar69 They sharpen swords and axes offcorse.
I hate to say it as a Finn but Stockholm might be the nicest city in Europe. I hate it.
We are very proud of it.
As a Swede I think Copenhagen is even better than Stockholm
Stockholm isnt even the best in sweden
Its not a contest - as a stockholmer I completely love Helsinki ❤️
Copenhagen is nicer but Stockholm is really, really close. All the nordics are great though, everything is so close it's smart just to visit all of them!
Actually Sweden and Denmark have world record in wars with each other.
Its unbelievable to think about it today when we se danes as our nordic brothers. 🇸🇪🫶🇩🇰
Like that one brother we all aware no one understands but we nod & smile anyway because we stand together
I mean, brothers riff on each others all the time but if someone else does it we close ranks, so yeah - checks out.
I do feel sorry for Denmark though, drunk Swedes aren’t that fun. 😅😂
blame all the wars on Denmark kings ...they were all totally obsessed to invade Sweden ...they didnt manage to do it ...just some parts in South Sweden called Skåne !!
@@robertjohansson1618 South sweden used to be danish but it was conquered then the danes were forced to speak swedish which is why the south has such a weird dialect.
The history of the Vasa ship is a lesson in how too not run a project. A lot of important lessons to be learned.
Yea we brought in foreign consultants. It proved to be a disaster. 😉
Did j like statue of Paavo Nurmi? 😅
@@Jonsson474because it would be a bad career move to actually blame the king
@@Lazaruz81true, they probably didn't dare to protest too much about it being too narrow with way too many cannons. Many cannons need a wider ship. 😅
@@karlbro7287 if the king wants another gun deck you build him another gun deck
My ancestor was brought over from Wallonia. To oversee the making of the cannons for the Vasa and Äpplet... The sister ship to the Vasa.
Wallonian heritage here to.👍
how do you guys know your heritage?
Great video! Thanks for visiting my home town!
Thank you so much. You guys were great.
5:16 - Yes the waterfountain has drinkable water. It is turned off while it's cold outside to save the pipes and to avoid ice on the ground, but if you are in Stockholm during a really warm summer's day (been a few recent summers with upwards of 30°C) and if you have a waterbottle you can fill it at these fountains. It is the same water that comes out of your tap in the kitchen at home.
We went for a weekend trip to Stockholm last weekend and absolutely loved it. It's nice to see a Canadian appreciate the city in exactly the same way as we did and we are British. The Vasa Museum is unreal and Gamla Stan is an amazing part of the city. The food is incredible also... the Swedish meatballs are out of this world!
Summer really is the one and only time to visit Stockholm!😊
I'm surprised you liked it despite the freezing cold
Welcome back! YES, Stockholm is so much better/nicer in the summer.
Amazing, interesting and historical video. Stockholm is indeed gorgeous. Great job, Steve lvana, adding another wonderful place to your awesome travels and our enjoyable viewings. Thanks a bunch for sharing. Safe travels always !! 😍
What an interesting city and history!
Finally yaaaay video about Stockholm. Tnx i wanna more
5 videos this week incoming!! Stay tuned
As a Norwegian I don’t like to admit it, but Stockholm is beautiful and awesome city.
Norway is liek Sweden 20 years ago or 15 in Oslo. Not bad at all if you are getting older yoruself :)
Thanks so much. I visited Stockholm in the summer. It is very beautiful. I loved this video. You hit many of the best highlights. My grandparents ( Lundquist) moved to Canada from Sweden.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just got back from Stockholm and love the city. Love love love the Vasa museum!
Yep you're correct, "sur" means "sour", so fermented, and lingonberries are kinda our version of cranberries. Btw a Swedish breakfast staple you may want to try is "Filmjölk", it's like an alternative to Yoghurt but made with a different bacteria culture and usually unsweetened (usually eaten with cereal, you might want to sprinkle a bit of sugar on it).
Cornflakes on filmjölk is disgusting, do not recommend.
The best way to eat filmjölk is with lingonberry jam.
I go with blueberries and "oat rings".
@@Potatwielder Yeah berries is a good call, I come from a working class family so it was probably a bit too fancy for us :P My favorite cereal is Start! with freeze-dried berries.
The ugly big-nosed figures in that window was Trolls. In Scandinavia Trolls are ugly, mean, often very rich and eats children as opposed to Finnish Trolls who are white, fluffy, hibernates during winter and makes moonshine. Trolls is old folklore, millennia old in some aspects.
The ugly figures with horned helmets are "vikings" or at least a tourist version of an 19th century Opera depiction with no relation to reality. I recommend the Viking museum or the History museum for a more accurate view of the actual norsemen during the viking age.
The redand blue horses are originally an old tradition from The province of Dalarna. The red ones became a Swedish symbol at the 1930 Chicago International Expo and have been very popular since then. They are hand-carved In Dalarna, and there's almost a different traditional design for every village.
Forget Malmö, eat fish in Gothenburg, but then go to Dalarna and catch a home game with Leksands IF... Big cities can be fun, and you've seen Stockholm... but in the countryside is where the soul of Sweden still resides.
There are way better meatballs in town. Head over to Restaurang Pelikan in the Södermalm district (especially for the meatballs) and Restaurang Tennstopet by Odenplan. Classic Stockholm restaurants with lots of history and great food. If the weather ever warms up while you're here, you should go to Mälarpaviljongen in the Kungsholmen district. It's a pretty unique place by and on the water. You should check out city hall close by too, well worth a visit. You really should come back in the summer, the city is so green and there's daylight until very late. Lots of great boat rides to take as well.
Head outside Stockholm and the prices for meatlballs drop like 100 kr
While they're in Stockholm, they're probably more interested in tips about things in Stockholm...
Great video thanks so much. Question to anyone, I’m visiting Stockholm with my teenage daughter in 2 weeks time for 5 days and I would like to spend one day out of the city, maybe nature inspired or anything really, how far can I go and where do you suggest. Many thanks in advance 😊😊😊
@@joboswell29 Vaxholm, Mariefred, Sandhamn, Sigtuna, Uppsala and Trosa are nice places outside of but close to Stockholm.
@@joboswell29 If you want nature don't come in spring. The color palett right now is basically a greyscale. But notable places outside of Stockholm are Mariefred and Sigtuna (both cute historic towns). Nature can be found inside of Stockholm so that won't be a problem. I recommend Hansta if you want to see some older forests, but there are some near universitetet which are good enough.
Amazing video greetings from Stockholm, we are traveling to Seoul in july our favouritr city, glad you guys liked Stockholm :)
I can deeply recommend Sjätte Tunnan in gamla stan if you want to eat some medieval food in a medieval setting.
Ate there once. The butter was great 😂
Love these videos. And big respect to Ivana for wearing the HIFK beanie in Stockholm!
I love that you are still hanging around with those Jokerit, Ilves and IFK beaniea 😂
Benny and Frida of ABBA had a flat together in old Town. They had the top 2 floors and you had to walk up 90 steps, no elevator. They loved it though. Lived there for many years and even filmed some commercials in it so you can see the inside a bit.
Sur means sour. Fermented is fermenterad. Herring is either sill or strömming depending on the situation.
Depending on where it is caught.
Yes, same fish....But the type Ivana was eating is fresh!....Surströmming ""Sourherring" is FERMENTED and is eaten prefferable in september-october OUTDOORS!
Great musuem! So much to see and learn. Keep safe, healthy and happy.
Glad you guys liked my town.
@JetLag Warriors You should travel to Gotland, Visby in sweden if you want to see a medieval town!
One of the best engineer gags was made with the boat. When it was lifted there was a statue of Paavo Nurmi on top of it. Finnish engineering students hae scuba dived down to the ship before it was lifted. Classic.
4:20 That café was established only 9 years after the USA was founded.
Seriously guys, you should really come to Denmark. I am a Danish bicycle traveler and a history geek, who would love to show you the place and tell you lot's of quirky stories about the north of Europe. Just make sure that I am at home when you get there, as I travel the globe too, most of the time. But I would really like to welcome you to Copenhagen, as well as other places in Denmark.
oh we just got back from Copenhagen! Lovely city. A shame we only spent a couple of days there. Wish it was longer.
And in Kalmar there is the Regalskeppet Kronan which exploded. It5not in Kalmar but outside Öland.
Take the train across the Øresund to Copenhagen!
I'm in Stockholm now, agree that it is very exceptional and stands above most cities in Europe! Copenhagen is still my favorite though, although I would be incredibly content in any Scandinavian city :)
You wouldn't never surströmming at a restaurant like that. It's not normal food, like something that's on the menu on a restaurant. Other people wouldn't be able to eat if someone was eating surströmming in the restarant, It's something people eat outdoors, in August, in the North of Sweden. There are a few restaurants that do have surströmming, but then it's just like a special event for a day or so, and then you can feel the smell a block away, I kid you not, you think there is some leakage from a sewer or something.
Yeah, Lingonberries are more similar to cranberries, than other kinds of berries, so it's eaten with savory dishes.
Strömming is just herring. In this case fried herring. There is also pickled herring, which is also worth trying, and that's not surströmming either. Most Swedes have never eaten surströmming, and never will. If you go to Gothenburg you'll eat a lot of fish and seafood, it's the seafood city of Sweden. Don't miss having a shrimp sandwish, or a skagen sandwish. Delicious!
Your talks about suatrömming is just BS. All fermented food has got a certain smell. Open the can in an other room, flush some cold water on it and the smell is almost gone. The taste isn´t far from ansjovis.
@@rogerviklund7894 haha, Roger snackar skit 😂. "The smell is almost gone", vilken tomte...
I grew up in Vancouver BC! I'm now living on the West Coast of Sweden close to Gothenburg. I still haven't been to Stockholm (Haha!)
My fav town to visit every now and then.
Glad to see you here in my town, hope you guys enjoyed it!
Old heritage building in Stockholm are kept the way they are, the owner can renovate the apartments anyway they want but the outer buildings must be kept the same. St Paul has one of the best coffee and cinnamon rolls
That was fun to se my home town 🇸🇪❤️ stekt strömming och kaffe med kardemumnabulle 😋 👍😊
Great and really nice video about my hometown. Thank you.😊👍❤️
Stockholm is actually called "Nordens Venedig"/Nordic Venedig.
Welcome to sweden,do not forget gothenburg ,i live and love gothenburg 😊
A fun fact is that the original royal castle of sweden burned down and they built the one which still stands today, hence why the new one isnt as medieval and look quite modern
It's the largest baroque palace in Europe with 600 rooms. They started to build it 1662 and it took 60 years to build.
I love Sweden sooo much
Hi from Sweden, I live north of Sweden, welcome there 😀🥰
You will be welcomed in Copenhagen and Denmark.
Interesting to see stuff like this from people who don't live in places. Noticing the rose glasses is quite eye opening.
Traveling to places is way better than living in each place.
Stockholm is called the Venice of the north
Not Hamburg?
@@samelmudir There is like two dozen cities called Venice of the North.
@@samelmudir Hamburg is not really northern europe
@@swedishveganshow You're clearly from GBG. Jelly little brother.
In some cases Hamburg is considered a part of Northern Europe.
Im from sweden and i ride through stockholm quite alot and i always see the bad sides of the city, this video helped me by showing all the good sides i forgot even existed. :)
The gnomes in the stores are Norse Trolls. It's a tribute to the old stories of the mountain trolls up north :)
Visit Gothenburg on the westcoast
are you guys going back into finland to watch the finals Tappara vs Pelicans
Yep
Surströmming is a Norrland speciality. In the rest of Sweden, where 90 % of the population live, surströmming is extremely rare. Most people have never tasted it, or even seen it.
Ive tasted it twice. And yeah it lives up to its rumors. And no it isnt that rare. Most supermatkets have it, but its seasonal. P.s I dont livein Norrland
Depends, in parts of Scania (skåne) its also strangely common.
In sweden you do put jams on bread just not lingonberry. And the only jam you put alongside food is lingonberry really, unless its pancakes then you put jam and usually whipped cream (not syrup like NA)
I gotta learn about how to use lingon berry. It’s unique and yummy 👍
Love to watch videos of foreigners visiting my country and non the less eating our local foods 😂.
The king really wanted it that tall and wouldnt accept a no from the engineers, is why this happened
6:12 No, the Swedish royals don't live at the Royal Palace in Gamla stan. It's just their work place, and where they host if other heads of states are visiting and so on. If there is a Swedish flag on the roof, then it means that the king is there, and if there is not, then he's out travelling in Sweden or some other country.
The King and Queen live at Drottningholm Palace, since 1981, about 12 km west of Stockholm.
It's very nice to take a boat there in the summer, and have a picnic in the park.
They lived there not long ago though. And the current King was brought up there, Victoria too.
@@herrbonk3635Not long ago, the opening post claimed that they had not lived there for 43 years. Do you think that almost half a century is not long ago?
If true, the crown princess only lived there for three years, and the prince for one year.
@@MrGunnar69 No, that's not long ago to me.
@@herrbonk3635 Crown Princess Victoria was born in 1977, so she was very little when they moved to Drottningholm, where she, and her siblings, grew up. Carl XVI Gustaf grew up in the Royal Palace though, after spending his first year at Haga Palace (where Crown Princess Victoria now lives with her family).
@@Asa...S Yes, I know. So what?
1:45 And that is why Stockholm is called "Venice of the North".*
(*along with a bunch of others)
You have a small Romanian grocery store there (Carpații Deli), maybe you can find some ”mici” there. 😋😄
Sweden is by far the most beautiful country in Scandinavia. Rent a car and drive around, visit the nature it's worth it. Too bad it's not summer yet.
If you need tips for Gothenburg let me know.
Also cardamom buns are delicious, just as good if not better than cinnamon buns.
It is dark inside the Vasa Museum because the old wood of the boat is very sensitive so the conditions are handled to preserve it as good as possible. That's also why it's a bit chilly inside the museum, they control the air temperature and humidity.
shud have come to Malmö instead and been able to go between Malmö and Copenhagen and visit 2 great citites almost combining to become one city.
i could see my flat in some of the shots :) thank you for uploading.
Fika, Before lunch after lunch and in the afternoon. maybe after dinner to!
Nordic Venice cuts it so well 😅😊 Fantastic video 🎉🎉🎉❤
You were in Gothenburg for a few days to see hockey. Are we going to get a video on the city or did you focus on enjoying it yourself?
Edit: posted this at 12:30 and then saw you mention Gothenburg, ao looking foward to that. Also, Swedes put cardamom in almost all their pastries, but the cardamom buns can sometimes be a little overpowering. They smell amazing when baking, though.
Gothenburg video coming on Thursday! Will be around 11 minutes long -- similar to this one.
Welcome to Sweden!
Yup, come back in summer, its nicer
Yes, you are right about the Strömming. The one you ate is not fermented (Not Surströmming).
Today one of the most iconic buildings in Copenhagen burned down. Shme you won't to see it. Oh, and team Cardamom here, for sure! Fika happens antytime you want, bu i work places usually between 9-10 AND 14-15. We use military time here.
ahhhhh you make me want to visit Stockholm so bad!!
You're welcome.
@@swedishveganshow Not really....
If you do, please visit in summer - early autumn. The rest of the year is basically just grey.
Good video guys! As a Swede having lived in Australia since 2010, I can't wait to go back in June 2024!
Bonus, did you guys catch the cannon ball that's visible in the middle-left of the screen at @3:38 in the yellow building (above the maroon sun shade) that's said to have been fired by the Danish king back in 1520 during the Stockholm Blood Bath?
The navy was planning for the future better than they do now.
In 1975 Swedish Chief of Navy received the message that the wood was ready for collection.
It turned out that the Swedish Navy planted 300 000 oak trees 1830 to be used for ship production in the far future.
Now when warships no longer is made of wood, they export the oak for making beer and whiskey barrels.
You should go to Brynas - Djurgården Hockey. It's the finals now and the first two games (Today and friday) are played in Gävle 2 hours north of Stockholm. Djurgården are the team with the most cup wins in Sweden and Brynas has the second most!
Glad to see your postive and energetic friendly TH-cam video..;)Glad you liked your stay here. and if you come back during summer..;) I think you might enjoy it even more. have a great time in Sweden , Denmark . thanx..;) best regards from the royal capital of Sweden.;)
I guess you are away now but there is a really cool museum in the basement of the castle with clothes from the kings from the 1500s on. Two full clothings that the kings wore when they were killed in battle for example.
Darn, I wish we saw this
Welcome, too bad about the april weather tho!
You can have a fika any time a day. :)
I have tried real ‘Surströmming’ three times and I still do not like it and will not try it again.
Everyone in my family loves it and have several gatherings a year, where I am either not around or I am eating regular herring instead, because the wrap with everything in it is still very good.
So traditional ‘Surströmming’ is eaten with a flat bread (either soft or hard, if eating with a soft bread we fold it to a wrap) that you put delicacy potatoes, sour cream, unions and a nice red Nordic caviar, being of northern Swedish decent we use this very delicious red caviar (Löjrom, the best part in my opinion) on our gatherings that someone in our family has caught the fish themselves and sold us at a reduced price 😉.
This is a holy tradition; it is cultural and anyone who complains and does not like it and whines about the smell or taste is not welcome to participate in this holy tradition and is looked upon with low regards.
Furthermore, anyone who has ever eaten Surströmming as a joke or dare etc just to get clicks and likes, you are all extremely disrespectful to this tradition and our people.
This from someone who does not like it personally, but I would never disrespect someone else in that way that several videos online can clearly prove other have done already.
If this is hard for anyone to understand imagine you loving something so much your mouth waters just thinking about it, longing for summer when you can sit out in the sun and eat it in pure enjoyment… then several d-bags online decide to eat it and gag on it as a joke.
Thank you for listening to my TED-talk about Surströmming. X-D
LOL I enjoyed reading this comment, thanks for this
finland on winter , sweden on summer , denmerk is awesome too
Lake Mälaren really is a wide river, that’s right.
My fav museum! Had the privilege to lead tours inside; About The Vasa ship; Norwegians cousins use to tell jokes about Swedes being the submarine inventors 😅
I went abord the ship 7 years ago. Quite an experience.
9:45 Why is everything so clear and colored (you included)? 😂 What's happening? Is that Nordic area ... the wonderland? 😂 The image is so good, I'm fascinated. I look forward for more of your videos in Sweden. Have a nice time there you two! Cheers!
I've heard that the king ordered another row of canons on the ship to make it more impressive and then the ship got too heavy on top so it was easy for a gust to bring the ship down 😄
6:31 - omg those prices lol. I'm from Stockholm but that's insane.
Cool you saw my hockey team Djurgården!
Those figurines are trolls. The design is heavily inspired by the art of John Bauer. "Fika" [fee-kah] is both a verb and a noun. We can "take a fika" or "we are going to fika" and it usually means coffee or tea with something sweet. At the square where the bloodbath occurred, there is a big red house with white bricks scattered across the front of the building, and there is a common story that all of the white bricks were the skulls of those beheaded. It's not really, but it's a spooky story that a lot of Stockholm kids have heard.
Hi mr JetlLag Warrior, are you going to attend the Hockeyallsvenskan finale with Brynäs IF up against Djurgårdens IF? They just played the first game yesterday game 1 best of 7, Brynäs won with 6-2! I really like your videos, keep it up!
I love cardamom bun 😋😋
And of course cinnamon bun too. 😍
Yeayy at last back to a fascinating Jetlagg Warriors travelogue. TBH am not a fan of hockey, though I understand you cant film much lately taking into considerations Ivana's pregnancy. Love this vlog. Makes me want to visit interesting Stockholms. Keep well & love from 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾
you guys should visit Odenplan, gammla stan is all tourist-y. loved the video.
Man you really got bad luck with the weather if you were here in april. It's kinda 50/50 if april is nice and sunny or cold and cloudy. Sadly this year we got cold and cloudy to the max