Wearing shoes indoors is weird in general. "It's dirty" well you're the one making it dirty by walking around with shoes and dragging in mud and dirt all over the place. I have my fur slippers on right now and that's basically the only thing I tend to have on my feet when not outside or working. During the winter I have shoes on while working because leaving the work shoes on the doorstep on the truck while it's snowing or raining can be a bad idea, because it's not air nor water proof between the body of the truck and the door so they either freeze of get wet, or both. I take my shoes off in the summer, though.
@@kingnothingvi2347 I love the dark too, it's cosy. Like in the fall, before it gets cold. I actually hate anything below five or ten degrees celsius, however (5-10 depending on the amount of wind).
Haha, not emptying the lint in the dryer... doing so is practically a low-key declaration of war in Sweden. Cue passive-aggressive notes taped to the wall!
The thing with turning the groceries so that the barcode is the right way for the cashier is something that makes me truly grateful for having been born and raised in Sweden. We might avoid our neighbours and can't make small talk if our lives depended on it; but no one will look at you weird of you take the well-being of the cashier at the grocery store in consideration. We *do* care for each other, we just show it in a different way I guess? ❤️ Although, do note that it's not *expected* to do so. It's just not weird if you do. :) Just don't pile the groceries. That's just rude. 😂
I've heard it been said that Scandinavians are cold on the outside and warm on the inside. We can seem really introverted and even rude to foreigners, and it can be hard to get to know us, but once you do, you've got some really good friends.
It IS expected. There are often signs telling you to do so in the grocery store. Signs telling you not to pile the groceries and signs telling you to turn the bar code towards the cashier.
Turning your groceries to adjust the barcode is retarded, and I have never done it. Probably most people in Stockholm and old people who does it. The cashier gets payed for that job!
I wouldn't really say that it rains that much in the summer in Sweden actually, compared to many other countries (like britain/ireland). Mostly we only have what we call a "skur" here and there. It can rain for half an hour to and hour a few times a week. But mostly it's sunny when it's actually summer. Though sometimes summer becomes way too short.
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 haha, never! Just signed a three year lease and been here for two. The positives outweigh the negatives.. and I earn gooooood money by Greek standards (:
As a Swede I love our 4 seasons🤗, very warm in summer 24-34degrees celcius with bright evenings, sunny fresh mild autumn , winters with darkness and cold (cozy to stay in and chill , surf, read books ), and lovely spring when the sun warms your cheeks again and nature comes to life.
+1 I haven't tried it, but after 40+ years (born and raised and living in Sweden for all that time) with distinct seasons throughout the year, I think I'd just snap if I were ever forced to live in LA for like a year. It would be like a Matrix dream I was continously trying to wake up from, except it would be a nightmare since I'm really not very fond of 25C and sunny weather... :>
Very warm summers? The summers are more like lottery. Sometimes the warm weather will only last for 2 week and may not reach above 20+, sometimes they may last a month or even more with temp well above 25-30 +, I love those summer jackpots .
@@youarerightbut5066 Not anymore, since climate change we have WARM summers nowadays even up to 36degrees but mostly from may-august between 23-30 degrees and in june-august 25-33 degrees Isnt that warm enough for you ?
In the North the spring is by far the best season, not only is it easy to get to nature with a snowmobile, but the sun is not too hot but still burns more than in the summer.
Great video, Stefan. Cool to get your perspective on us swedes :D Makes a lot of sense and we're glad to have you!
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You know of the midnight sun in north of Sweden, right, when the sun never sets for about a month. Now there are the Polar Night there instead, when the sun doesn’t go up at all for a month.
Sweden is an amazing country. Even if the weather isn't always welcoming, we Swedes still do what we do, cause it's better to be welcoming towards others than to be miserable all the time. And i'm actually looking to learn Spanish, German and Russian, as i'm fluent in my own language, which is Swedish and English. And it's true that we here in Sweden understands English, so those who are unfamiliar with Swedish won't understand anything. To be honest about one thing, i'm so good at English that i often forgets Swedish words, and that makes thinga hard for me to talk properly with my own people. I often combine the useage of both Swedish and English, cause i know many of my friends understands me. My parents however, aren't the best at understanding English, so i often translate words for them, even if i have it a bit hard at making myself clear in my native Swedish. It sucks, as i tend to forget many Swedish words and when i'm talking to my parents, i often must go through other means to explain
Same for me) I know both Ukrainian and Russian and i mix up/forget words pretty often. In such cases it becomes difficult to use even those languages you're good at! :)
Yeah, me too. It depends on what subject I speaking about, like TH-cam, movies, tv-series and games I usually only talk with English speakers so when I talk to a Swedish speaker about those subjects I inject a lot of English words. On the other hand, I'm a massage therapist and when I have an English speaking customer it makes it way more difficult to talk to them about muscles and what they need to do to improve their posture etc.
@@Shiva182Katarina yeah. My intressts are mostly video games and i'm often by myself as i'm an introvert, so not much socializing for me. In my case, it's mostly because i'm so good at speaking both, that i tend to forget words and then it's because i'm an introvert, so i have a hard time knowing what to talk about. That's why i'm single at least. I might be young, as i'm soon to be 22 in febuary next year, and many thinks i'm way older, because i'm so good at English and Swedish. It's just that i'm fast at learning a new language, but eh, i only want a new job as of now, as i don't enjoy the current job i have, and i rarely talk to my colleagues. When i do speak to others, i often throw in English words in most of my sentences, which i don't know why i do
@@Chisszaru I'm also an introvert but at my work I have to talk obviously :P I actually find that weird, usually the younger you are (to a certain extent of course) the better at English you are.
Maybe it is just Stockholm, but Swedes here are really aloof. And Corona has made it worse. Out walking , when greeting some one with "God jul" most Swedes won't even acknowledge it with a nod, but 85% of the immigrants do.
Complaining about my favourite chocolate not being in the grocery store anymore? How is that not a big deal? I’m almost not joking when I say I cried for that very reason just the other day...🥲
@@jarlhedberg435 Ja eller hur? Men fanns en marabou jordnötsnougat som var helt underbar som jag har saknat i 25 år, sen de slutade sälja den, minns du den? Helt underbar!
As a swede, when after travelling to the indian countryside in goa, really made me appreciate what we have here back home. And it made me understand poverty so much more. Even the middleclass here lives like Hollywood stars in comparrison to what i saw there so that thaught me a lot. And I am very grateful now in a way what I own etc.
I've been living in Sweden for almost 6 month and I definitely agree with the "friendly / helpful / welcoming" side of the swedes. A little bit hard to connect with them in a deeper way but as it is in my own country I guess (France by the way)
I love your take on this I was there for six months as an exchange student last year (2020) and I can agree with many of the things you mentioned! I am sure I wanna go back (applying for master's atm) cause Sweden is a whole new world. After going there from North America, from México, I realized how much I can grow and how much I can learn. It was an eye opener moment in my life, for many aspects of my life!
"How cool is that, that I could be in America and hear someone speak Swedish and pick up a conversation with them." Well Stefan, how very American of you to wanna talk to strangers out of the blue.
How are you supposed to make new friends if you never talk to strangers? I wouldn’t know my BFF of 20 years, if I hadn’t just struck up a conversation with her one day.
Swedes do engage in a conversation with you in a social gathering etc. Or if you are a friend of a friend this also helps, they are generally not very willing to make new friends when in the grocery store trying to shop etc.
Stefan, in a word: "Bravo!" Here in southern Poland we have a seasonal cycle that is not as extreme as Stockholm, and at our summer solstice we're used to twilight at 2230 hours, with the sun rising at 0100--so there are no endless summer nights--but the shorter winter days are not bothersome to me at all. There is a "terrible beauty" to that seasonal change. Beauty that is a part of nature woven into the planet's own life cycle. I especially appreciated the clips of your walks and jogging about town--l only wish you had spent a few more minutes capturing that street view of Stockholm at dusk. It's always great to hear someone compare another country to America, and to resist the idea that it's the world greatest country. It's not just the USA that can appreciate and learn from the Scandinavian region, but other advanced inustrialized and developing countries that can adapt from the Swedish model in order to achieve a very high standard of living (inclusive of the highest rankings in gender equality, among many other social measures) with a much smaller carbon footprint. ****** It's still on my list of things to do in my lifetime (l have 65 years), but l would like to cruise the Norwegian coast from Oslo to Lofoten, once in the summer and a second time in the deep of winter. And to spend one month in Lofoten without the sun... Keep up the superb work Stefan. Well done. Best wishes for a better New Year!
@@caciliawhy5195 Yes, but we have fools for leaders. Authentic leadership is absent across EU, and most Poles live under stress. My heart goes out to them. I refuse to shop in foreigner stores. I only go to Polish shops. As for gender equality, it was outrageous to me that women had to take to streets to fight for rights they have already! Poles should look to Scandinavia countries, not EU or US to organize our country. I love Poland--at least we have freedom to complain still. As male, l am ashamed by how many men treat their wives or partners. They ticketed women for protesting. But one word that Polish men say should be made illegal and they should be ticked and go to jail until it is purged from Polish language... Lepszego nowegu roku!
After hearing you talk about the 5 things you do in Sweden I started applying some of the things and I few good . Today I placed the groceries on the belt with the bar code accessible to the employee. I never tought of that really .... but thank you I feel good and will be doing that from now on
Thanks for the good vibes. Well I am grateful for being alive and for feeling healthy, for being able to walk, to hear, to watch, to speak, to reflex about life and myself. I'm grateful for being in Malmö, Sweden, for the beautiful buildings and parks I see when I walk down streets. I'm grateful for being here because is a peaceful, safe, lovely, quiet, charming, tolerant, developed country. I'm grateful for having so many opportunities in my life.... Too many things bom grateful!
Tacksam över? Bara en sådan liten sak som att kunna slå på subtitles på dina klipp gör mig tacksam. Det inkluderar även mig som inte hör tillräckligt bra för att hänga med i talet. Tack för många inlägg jag har tittat just bara därför 😊
Tror inte det bara är en knapp man trycker på utan någon måste transkribera allt han säger och ”skapa subtitles” många youtubers som tex Helen torsgården betalar en person för att göra detta:)
Stefan! You made me very curious now. Have you ever stumbled upon someone speaking swedish in public in the US? Cheers for the positivism shared in this video! Happy New Year! 🎆🎊🎈
Grateful it hasn't been too cold or snowy in Stockholm. Usually I have to stop biking by December because of ice and snow, I can still bike and it is my solace. Smhi, the Swedish weather service has not been accurate about the rain forecast. It has rained everyday since November, and the forecast often doesn't say rain. Weirdly I am grateful, because t gets me out on the bike when I wouldn't go out if rain was in the forecast.
The seasons are awesome when the winter offers coldness and snow and the summer sun and swimweather. 2020 has been a dissapointment in both aspects for me. Especially the winter. I have not seen snow in my home town the whole year. My highest wish for 2021 is to see snow in my hometown, hopefully for Christmas
There was a time when I was unemployed and living off benefits. Not much money, I could'nt afford much. I was poor. ☹️ But when I thought more on my 'poverty' I realised that I still lived comfortably. I could pay my bills. I could afford good food. Okay, I could'nt afford to eat out, I could'nt afford too see a movie, shop for shoppings sake but, I already had more than I needed. Living off unenployment benefits made me relativly poor, in Sweden but, I still ranked among the 10% richest in the world.
Great videos! God job😊 You pointed out many things my friend from LA also are grateful for, like the different seasons or the systems like transportation, Healthcare and more. I think more swedes should see this so the can remind themselves how good they have it. Thanks again and keep it up! /Jimmy Askelius
-10 degrees in a tank top talking to my friends after school lunch was nothing. (10 -15 mins) (this was 2011 - 2012) right now, if the temperature goes over 24- 27 degrees and there is no wind, I start to go "dead seal" or whatever you would call it. I joked with my friends that I should get a summer place up in "västerbotten" or "lappland".
Thank you Stefan. It is always interesting to learn how people from other countries find different aspects on Sweden. Personally I would not miss a little less winter and cold and a little more warm weather than I have experienced during my 79 years.
När du säger att det är roligt att lära dig ett nytt språk, det är så jag känner när vi jobbar med grammatik på engelskan! OBS jag älskar dina videor!! ❤️❤️🇺🇸🇸🇪
I've now been here for 2 months, I moved here from New Hampshire to get my MA. Generally, aside from the sun, it seems fairly similar so far. I'm also pretty sure I walked past you about a week ago on my way home. (I do feel like I stick out for wearing a mask here tbh)
It depends on where in Stockholm you are. Some areas the people are more careful than other areas. It's a big difference between the Red Line and the Blue line of the Metro for example.
Wait until spring and summer, you gonna like it, about the mask, do whatever you feel is good for you, no one judge you. Also, it's only mandatory to wear mask when it's crowded with people in the public transportation during rush hours, not otherwise.
Hey Stefan! Been following your videos since last September when I interviewed for a position in Stockholm. They were a huge help in preparing to move here, which we did in February of this year. Quick question: recommendations for language learning. My 6 year old is learning very fast as she is in a Swedish only school, but we're lagging behind. What did you do to ease into learning?
As a Swede, from what I've heard, it really really helps to interact with Swedes just in general in Swedish. If there are words you don't know, or if you have trouble understanding / explaining, it's always possible to switch to English, but trying to have as much of your conversations as possible in Swedish seems to help a lot (source: immigrants I've met).
Let me answer your question here because i also from a foreigner background but have been in Sweden for 27 years, to learn Swedish in proper way is to get friends in first place, maybe another family to deal with on daily basis, if you are at work, speak Swedish, be in the "fika" breaks, afterwork, etc (maybe not at the moment because of corona), to watch movies/TV Shows with Swedish SUBS, to listen to radio with talk shows in Swedish, to not be shy to speak Swedish even if you are bad at that, also don't hesitate to mix English and Swedish together, people will not say anything negative.. cheers!
In Sweden, especially SVT 1 and 2, and TV4, most Swedish programmes are subtitled in Swedish for people who are hearing impaired (well, obviously not the programmes that are live broadcasts). It is really useful to be able to read and hear at the same time. Good luck.
I use radio sweden på lätt svenska its a great way of keep up with what's going on in Sweden and practice reading and listening skills and 8 sidor it's also great but it's simpler swedish
I agree, to find a way to get everyday life running in a foreign country is truly making you grow as a person! Me and my family went to Australia for a year, me and my husband worked there and our kids went to schools. Now we are back in Sweden since 1 1/2 years. I am really grateful for the opportunity, and the experience has made me appreciate both the Aussie way of living, AND the Swedish way of life. I now love two countries, in different ways.
What a great positive video! that's how I am too. I live in Poland and people look at me a lot when I walk around. I teach English and one of my students said to me it's because you look happy. of course, I'm happy I live in Europe! I love the architecture. I love the seasons. what's not to love! Of course I'm still waiting for my residence permit 5 months later...lol
I’m gonna be honest. I’m from the US but I remember you saying how Swedes are very understanding and helpful, and that gave me some relief because I really wanna go to Sweden one day and have a conversation in Swedish with a Swedish person. 💛💙 I’m scared I’ll mess up the language or say something backwards and they’ll get mad or offended. That’s the last thing I want. I have Swedish in my blood and am very proud of it. I just wish I was from Sweden altogether.
@@krisryker666most swedes wont say what they think of you unless they are very good friends with you. People tend to understand that someone may be having a bad day when they meet so they wont judge you as much
When I moved to Sweden, I told everyone that I WANT TO SPEAK SWDISH to practice. Everyone was really understanding and nice and did not change to English. But if you don’t say it and mess up, people might change to English. And that is not being rude, they probably just try to be considered. 🙂 So just a suggestion when you come here
I am thankful for lots of things and opportunities I have had to live in another countries and now I am thinking of visiting Sweden, and your videos help me to know a bit more about it. Thanks 🙏
Jag uppskattar att utbildning är gratis och att det är så enkelt att bli föräldraledig eller tjänstledig. Jag har inte jobbat på ett år nu. Först var jag föräldraledig i 8 måander och sedan tog jag tjänstledigt för att studera på YH. Jag hatar mitt jobb och alla jobb jag har haft hitils, så det är väldigt skönt att komma bort från det och få arbeta på en bättre framtid. Hade jag bott i ett annat land hade det inte varit lika enkelt.
I give gratitude every night for my health, that I have food in the pantry and refrigerator, a comfortable safe home, a few true blue friends that will be there when I really need them, for my family. Any other blessings is just whip cream on the hit fudge sundae since the aforementioned are the greatest gifts of all.
please show more of the country. your videos always seem so brief (this is a compliment). beautiful country and people. I love the seasons btw -its one of the reasons I've chosen to stay in NY so long and the other is being around family. I imagine that part's hard for you.
Jag är tacksam för kreativa TH-cam-kreatörer och jag älskar att bo i ett land där du inte blir utblottad om du blir sjuk eller går en utbildning och sen ångrar sig.
My top 5: I live in Norway, not Sweden, but I think these apply just as well for both. #1. everything just works. I see you too touch upon this. The buses run on time (well, mostly), the streets are clean, people obey traffic laws, the streets are plowed when it snows, and so on. #2. freedom to roam. You're allowed to hike wherever you want in the wilderness, as long as you stay off crops and keep a respectful distance to houses and cabins. Obviously if you have something of value out in the woods (a logging camp, industrial site, parked vehicles, etc.), you're allowed to fence it off, but if it's just trees and nature, it's open to everyone. #3. free college and university tuition. You can be the child of some low income family and still have access to higher education, allowing for social mobility. #4. the high level of trust we have in each other, and in society and government as a whole. We can fiercely disagree with government decisions and with each other, but in the end we have faith in our politicians. We have a high degree of transparency and little corruption, and politicians are usually (not always) good at consulting and listening to experts and basing decisions on facts. This has greatly helped us during the corona pandemic. The downside is that we, and the politicians, can spend a looong time discussing and researching for and against before reaching decisions. #5. this is the one that's the most "cultural" or "your mileage may wary" one, I feel -- the gender equality. Women can and frequently do rise to high-level positions in both business and government. Boys and girls have more of the same expectations and social norms -- girls are allowed to swear, wear pants with holes in them or dirty shoes, and talk tough when they want to. Guys are allowed to be vulnerable, at least more than in many other countries. Guys are expected to know how to cook, and can't just relegate this to the woman. Many households try to share all the household tasks, so that both partners clean as much, for example.
Hey! Posted on my 65'th birthday... And just seeing it now. Have you ever travelled to Arlanda Airport with Flygbussarna? I'm a busdriver there (business not booming now, thx to Covid!) and will be until March 31. Then I'll retire... Going from LA to Stockholm is quite a change, ha-ha.
Since my move to Tennessee,I can't say I miss the winters in Stockholm.The US is an amazing place although I can relate to the higher standard you're talking about,but imo it's really just minor differences between the 2 countries.USA just need some more Bernie in their lives 😉 .🇺🇲❤🇸🇪
I didn't realize the lack of graffiti until you mentioned it! BUT IT'S SO TRUE! Living in Germany everything was covered in graffiti and it was pretty disheartening. So I'm definitely grateful for that as well!
I live in Sweden and travelled to Japan for a year. Going there I was excited to have more daytime in the winter. Ends up I really missed the dark winter afternoons. It came like a shock and made me embrace the winter darkness a lot more. I had never expected that. Also the light and warm summer nights makes up for it.
At Karlberg slott you might sometimes see me in a bus btw. Its a very common place for running and walking. However, dont run in their park between 22 and 06. . You might trip their alarm :)
You earned a new sub! You provide a realistic, American view of Sweden. My family comes from Sweden and though I probably couldn’t afford to stay there, I would like to. I appreciate Your views.
It’s dark at 3:30 in the afternoon, at Christmas, in Seattle. Interesting that Portland has that much difference, just 4 hours away! Next time you’re home, you should drive up to Poulsbo. Love this post! Great points.
I think I’m a Sweaboo! I’m so jealous of you! Lol, not really. I’m actually happy for anyone who can truly find their place in this world and be content. The more I watch your videos the more I’m convinced I’m a very rare breed of an American. I always turn my barcodes to the cashier because it’s polite but I don’t think too many people do here. I live in Ohio in a town where most are pretty reserved and keep to themselves. The story of someone asking you in a restaurant if what you were eating is good is appalling to me. I would never do that myself and would be offended if I’m in a restaurant and someone gets up in my business. I wouldn’t make a scene or anything but I wouldn’t like it. I do like how Swedes get out even in the cold when it’s snowing. You wouldn’t see that too much where I live but in the city you might. Not like it is there though where they just stroll about. Well if I can’t live there I can at least live there vicariously through you 😂👍
Why would anyone be depressed for 50% of their life over... *The friggin whether? * Prefering one should not make you automatically loath the other by default, that's just silly and if the whether is out of season and you can't find enough other things in life to keep you from being depressed... Isnt that a rather shallow and empty life? Or atleast some rather distorted priorities. I realize this may come cross as harsh. If so I'm sorry as this was not my purpose but a by product of my concern over people getting more and more fragile with every passing year.
I really love the idea of living in Sweden, but as a SoCal native I'd die in the cold and die a second death without Mexican food. I tried Mexican food in Stockholm and it was just bad. The tap water was AMAZING though!
I think swedes gets suprised that other countries dont understand english. Youre kind of expecting english to be enough to communicate in most contries, but that is so not true. French ppl for example, its almost as they get offended when youre trying to speak english to them, and Will only answer in french. They even do voice-over in movies.. for adults!? 😂
Grown up in Hamburg, Germany, now living in the East of England, I do miss those late summer evenings. It gets dark here at least an hour earlier. You raise some very interesting points, unusual points. Living in a different country really is the best! I know people who have not even moved out of their village, I could never do that!
I'm grateful that I haven't gotten Corona and not given it to somebody else yet that I know of, and I work in a big clothing shop and get exposed to it everyday big time. Ppl are still wanting fashion, not respectful to distance to me or my co-workers whatsoever, is strange and alien to me. So I'm grateful of luck I guess.
I can hear that you speak softer, a little bit slower and more grounded now, maybee it´s because you are older or maybee it´s because you have lived here for a while, or maybee both. When I was in LA many years ago it suprise me that people speak so loud and that people say a lot of sweet things but not really mean it. It was a little bit like living/talking on the surface.
No offence to Americans, or most of the world apparently, but wearing your outdoor shoes inside is such a crazy thing.
Wearing shoes indoors is weird in general. "It's dirty" well you're the one making it dirty by walking around with shoes and dragging in mud and dirt all over the place. I have my fur slippers on right now and that's basically the only thing I tend to have on my feet when not outside or working. During the winter I have shoes on while working because leaving the work shoes on the doorstep on the truck while it's snowing or raining can be a bad idea, because it's not air nor water proof between the body of the truck and the door so they either freeze of get wet, or both. I take my shoes off in the summer, though.
I’m from the UK and I automatically put my slippers on when I come home. Maybe in a past life I was Swedish :)
Yeah right right its disgusting no offence but still
I’m from the US and i think it’s absolutely disgusting to wear dirty outdoor shoes inside the house
I will never understand that. They literally lay in their bed with shoes lmao
Cold? This is the Warmest winter ❄️ I’ve ever experienced in more than 15 years!
Andreas Ekstrand jag tror typ att 2019 var en av om inte den varmaste vintern på jättelänge
Still to cold for my taste (and my family came here in the early 1700s, not the 1970s).
I love the cold and the dark days, maybe im just weird.
@@kingnothingvi2347 I love the dark too, it's cosy. Like in the fall, before it gets cold. I actually hate anything below five or ten degrees celsius, however (5-10 depending on the amount of wind).
@ogviw Why? What kind of bugs bugs you? (My problem is with ticks carrying TBE, nothing else really.)
"Det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder." :)
"Det finns inga dåliga kläder, bara dåligt väder." ;)
Jaaaa
@@maritnordin6017 Nämen nu du
Sant!!
det är inte så hur gammal är du 40 kanske
Haha, not emptying the lint in the dryer... doing so is practically a low-key declaration of war in Sweden. Cue passive-aggressive notes taped to the wall!
The famous "angry note on dashboard " :D
"Den som inte tar bort luddet ska dö!" 😂
Det är kul att du pratar mjukare och tystare nu :)
Hade inte tänkt på det men tack!
@Timothy Sivula hade funkar ju också
@Timothy Sivula Det är ett annat tempus. Det har inget med formalitetsgrad att göra.
Jag tror att din mjukare ton i dina videor har att göra med att, du mer och mer, håller på att bli Svenskifierad ;-)
Ja just det han skriker inte så mycket längre, han kanske har fattat att han har mikrofon :)
Väldigt bra video. Intressant att få reda på vad folk från andra länder lägger märke till i Sverige som man själv kanske inte tänker på så ofta
Håller med intressant video 👍
The thing with turning the groceries so that the barcode is the right way for the cashier is something that makes me truly grateful for having been born and raised in Sweden. We might avoid our neighbours and can't make small talk if our lives depended on it; but no one will look at you weird of you take the well-being of the cashier at the grocery store in consideration.
We *do* care for each other, we just show it in a different way I guess? ❤️
Although, do note that it's not *expected* to do so. It's just not weird if you do. :) Just don't pile the groceries. That's just rude. 😂
I've heard it been said that Scandinavians are cold on the outside and warm on the inside. We can seem really introverted and even rude to foreigners, and it can be hard to get to know us, but once you do, you've got some really good friends.
@@safe-keeper1042 I think that's so sweet! And kind of true. :)
It IS expected. There are often signs telling you to do so in the grocery store. Signs telling you not to pile the groceries and signs telling you to turn the bar code towards the cashier.
I guess you could say we like to show that we care about others through our actions rather than words :)
Turning your groceries to adjust the barcode is retarded, and I have never done it. Probably most people in Stockholm and old people who does it. The cashier gets payed for that job!
In the bible it says that it rained for 40 day and 40 nights and it's called a catastrophe. In Sweden we call it summer.
True
Yep, Luxembourg too! Though truth been told we've had some really nice summers last years.
Indeed
40 days and 40 nights? How little!
I wouldn't really say that it rains that much in the summer in Sweden actually, compared to many other countries (like britain/ireland). Mostly we only have what we call a "skur" here and there. It can rain for half an hour to and hour a few times a week. But mostly it's sunny when it's actually summer. Though sometimes summer becomes way too short.
Moved to Greece two years ago, from Sweden. You are right, there are so much to appreciate. The bureaucracy here is INSANE, and FEW things work xD
Pack your bags, and come home !
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@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 haha, never! Just signed a three year lease and been here for two. The positives outweigh the negatives.. and I earn gooooood money by Greek standards (:
@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 Greece has its own perks too, I bet he likes it there :D Bureaucracy though sucks in the entire Mediterrenean regions.
As a Swede I love our 4 seasons🤗, very warm in summer 24-34degrees celcius with bright evenings, sunny fresh mild autumn , winters with darkness and cold (cozy to stay in and chill , surf, read books ), and lovely spring when the sun warms your cheeks again and nature comes to life.
+1
I haven't tried it, but after 40+ years (born and raised and living in Sweden for all that time) with distinct seasons throughout the year, I think I'd just snap if I were ever forced to live in LA for like a year. It would be like a Matrix dream I was continously trying to wake up from, except it would be a nightmare since I'm really not very fond of 25C and sunny weather... :>
Well said.
Very warm summers? The summers are more like lottery. Sometimes the warm weather will only last for 2 week and may not reach above 20+, sometimes they may last a month or even more with temp well above 25-30 +, I love those summer jackpots .
@@youarerightbut5066 Not anymore, since climate change we have WARM summers nowadays even up to 36degrees but mostly from may-august between 23-30 degrees and in june-august 25-33 degrees Isnt that warm enough for you ?
In the North the spring is by far the best season, not only is it easy to get to nature with a snowmobile, but the sun is not too hot but still burns more than in the summer.
Saying goes: "There is no bad weather, only bad clothes".
Great video, Stefan. Cool to get your perspective on us swedes :D Makes a lot of sense and we're glad to have you!
You know of the midnight sun in north of Sweden, right, when the sun never sets for about a month. Now there are the Polar Night there instead, when the sun doesn’t go up at all for a month.
Or even longer...
Stefan Thyron som julvärd i SVT 2021!❤️
Sweden is an amazing country. Even if the weather isn't always welcoming, we Swedes still do what we do, cause it's better to be welcoming towards others than to be miserable all the time. And i'm actually looking to learn Spanish, German and Russian, as i'm fluent in my own language, which is Swedish and English. And it's true that we here in Sweden understands English, so those who are unfamiliar with Swedish won't understand anything. To be honest about one thing, i'm so good at English that i often forgets Swedish words, and that makes thinga hard for me to talk properly with my own people. I often combine the useage of both Swedish and English, cause i know many of my friends understands me. My parents however, aren't the best at understanding English, so i often translate words for them, even if i have it a bit hard at making myself clear in my native Swedish. It sucks, as i tend to forget many Swedish words and when i'm talking to my parents, i often must go through other means to explain
Same for me) I know both Ukrainian and Russian and i mix up/forget words pretty often. In such cases it becomes difficult to use even those languages you're good at! :)
Yeah, me too. It depends on what subject I speaking about, like TH-cam, movies, tv-series and games I usually only talk with English speakers so when I talk to a Swedish speaker about those subjects I inject a lot of English words. On the other hand, I'm a massage therapist and when I have an English speaking customer it makes it way more difficult to talk to them about muscles and what they need to do to improve their posture etc.
@@Shiva182Katarina yeah. My intressts are mostly video games and i'm often by myself as i'm an introvert, so not much socializing for me. In my case, it's mostly because i'm so good at speaking both, that i tend to forget words and then it's because i'm an introvert, so i have a hard time knowing what to talk about. That's why i'm single at least. I might be young, as i'm soon to be 22 in febuary next year, and many thinks i'm way older, because i'm so good at English and Swedish. It's just that i'm fast at learning a new language, but eh, i only want a new job as of now, as i don't enjoy the current job i have, and i rarely talk to my colleagues. When i do speak to others, i often throw in English words in most of my sentences, which i don't know why i do
@@Chisszaru I'm also an introvert but at my work I have to talk obviously :P
I actually find that weird, usually the younger you are (to a certain extent of course) the better at English you are.
Maybe it is just Stockholm, but Swedes here are really aloof. And Corona has made it worse. Out walking , when greeting some one with "God jul" most Swedes won't even acknowledge it with a nod, but 85% of the immigrants do.
the more i watch your videos the more I’m convinced to move to Sweden
When sun comes out on a winter day, you see everyone pause with their heads up like solar panels to absorb their monthly dose
Jag bor i Skåne och det är första vintern på jättemånga år som vi har haft mycket snö i flera veckor. Jag är så tacksam för det
I want to move to Sweden so much! Enjoyed watching
Complaining about my favourite chocolate not being in the grocery store anymore? How is that not a big deal? I’m almost not joking when I say I cried for that very reason just the other day...🥲
I did complained about a kind of chips (ugnsbakad chips) and still do that when i don't see it in the grocery stores lol
@@enkidu77 I understand your pain my friend😣
Ja eller hur, vart tog Marabou Dukat vägen?
@@jarlhedberg435 Ja eller hur? Men fanns en marabou jordnötsnougat som var helt underbar som jag har saknat i 25 år, sen de slutade sälja den, minns du den? Helt underbar!
@@linnig4759 Cloettas Makalös, vart tog den vägen?
Thanks Stefan for sharing with us your life in Sweden! It's one of my grandest dreams to see and experience Sweden! Take care and keep safe always!
What a great video, Stefan. It's a pleasure watching your videos. Happy new year.
As a swede, when after travelling to the indian countryside in goa, really made me appreciate what we have here back home. And it made me understand poverty so much more. Even the middleclass here lives like Hollywood stars in comparrison to what i saw there so that thaught me a lot. And I am very grateful now in a way what I own etc.
I've been living in Sweden for almost 6 month and I definitely agree with the "friendly / helpful / welcoming" side of the swedes. A little bit hard to connect with them in a deeper way but as it is in my own country I guess (France by the way)
You will appreciate that you don't go deeper with people in any country, trust me :)
J'ai toujours pensé que les Français étaient assez faciles d'approche pourtant!
@@Shuuuky I lived in Paris for five years and it was pretty difficult to get to know the French people and I didn´t find them more open than others.
@@ann-christinenilsson4046 you might want to try Latin America or Spain, I think we are the friendliest people in the world.
@@enkidu77 🤣
"It gets so dark so quickly"
Bish i bet i can literally sleep night to night
I agreeeeee... but at summer i sleep like at 2Am XD
I know people in the US that really thinks that we have polarbears on the streets. I always tell them that we only have them in the suburbs.😂
You should tell them the polar bears are all employed as security guards in the subway system. :>
cold in Stockholm?
meanwhile in Norrland: (-25°, 2 m snow)
very glad you're greatful though :D
I love your take on this
I was there for six months as an exchange student last year (2020) and I can agree with many of the things you mentioned!
I am sure I wanna go back (applying for master's atm) cause Sweden is a whole new world. After going there from North America, from México, I realized how much I can grow and how much I can learn. It was an eye opener moment in my life, for many aspects of my life!
"How cool is that, that I could be in America and hear someone speak Swedish and pick up a conversation with them."
Well Stefan, how very American of you to wanna talk to strangers out of the blue.
How are you supposed to make new friends if you never talk to strangers? I wouldn’t know my BFF of 20 years, if I hadn’t just struck up a conversation with her one day.
Swedes do engage in a conversation with you in a social gathering etc. Or if you are a friend of a friend this also helps, they are generally not very willing to make new friends when in the grocery store trying to shop etc.
I love that you're such a positive guy!
Stefan, in a word: "Bravo!"
Here in southern Poland we have a seasonal cycle that is not as extreme as Stockholm, and at our summer solstice we're used to twilight at 2230 hours, with the sun rising at 0100--so there are no endless summer nights--but the shorter winter days are not bothersome to me at all. There is
a "terrible beauty" to that seasonal change. Beauty that is a part of nature woven into the planet's own life cycle. I especially appreciated the clips of your walks and jogging about town--l only wish you had spent a few more minutes capturing that street view of Stockholm at dusk.
It's always great to hear someone compare another country to America, and to resist the idea that it's the world greatest country. It's not just the USA that can appreciate and learn from the Scandinavian region, but other advanced inustrialized and developing countries that can adapt from the Swedish model in order to achieve a very high standard of living (inclusive of the highest rankings in gender equality, among many other social measures) with a much smaller carbon footprint.
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It's still on my list of things to do in my lifetime (l have 65 years), but l would like to cruise the Norwegian coast from Oslo to Lofoten, once in the summer and a second time in the deep of winter. And to spend one month in Lofoten without the sun...
Keep up the superb work Stefan. Well done.
Best wishes for a better New Year!
I live in Poland. It's a great country!
@@caciliawhy5195 Yes, but we have fools for leaders. Authentic leadership is absent across EU, and most Poles live under stress. My heart goes out to them. I refuse to shop in foreigner stores. I only go to Polish shops.
As for gender equality, it was outrageous to me that women had to take to streets to fight for rights they have already! Poles should look to Scandinavia countries, not EU or US to organize our country. I love Poland--at least we have freedom to complain still.
As male, l am ashamed by how many men treat their wives or partners. They ticketed women for protesting. But one word that Polish men say should be made illegal and they should be ticked and go to jail until it is purged from Polish language...
Lepszego nowegu roku!
Apartment tour!
After hearing you talk about the 5 things you do in Sweden I started applying some of the things and I few good . Today I placed the groceries on the belt with the bar code accessible to the employee. I never tought of that really .... but thank you I feel good and will be doing that from now on
Thanks for the good vibes. Well I am grateful for being alive and for feeling healthy, for being able to walk, to hear, to watch, to speak, to reflex about life and myself. I'm grateful for being in Malmö, Sweden, for the beautiful buildings and parks I see when I walk down streets. I'm grateful for being here because is a peaceful, safe, lovely, quiet, charming, tolerant, developed country. I'm grateful for having so many opportunities in my life.... Too many things bom grateful!
Tacksam över?
Bara en sådan liten sak som att kunna slå på subtitles på dina klipp gör mig tacksam. Det inkluderar även mig som inte hör tillräckligt bra för att hänga med i talet. Tack för många inlägg jag har tittat just bara därför 😊
Tror inte det bara är en knapp man trycker på utan någon måste transkribera allt han säger och ”skapa subtitles” många youtubers som tex Helen torsgården betalar en person för att göra detta:)
@@louiseeide2772 Helena syftade nog på den automatiska textningen på engelska. Vilket funkar helt okej om petsonen talar tydligt som Stefan gör 🙂
Tack för att du är så positiv, Stefan!
Du är väldigt uppmuntrande! Tack för det. Det är lätt att gnälla på mycket, men jag blev glad av denna video. 🙂
Stefan! You made me very curious now. Have you ever stumbled upon someone speaking swedish in public in the US?
Cheers for the positivism shared in this video! Happy New Year! 🎆🎊🎈
I have. Many times in grocery stores and I come up and answer them in Swedish. Pretty awesome.
Haha you made use of those two days of snow that we had this month :D
Grateful it hasn't been too cold or snowy in Stockholm. Usually I have to stop biking by December because of ice and snow, I can still bike and it is my solace. Smhi, the Swedish weather service has not been accurate about the rain forecast. It has rained everyday since November, and the forecast often doesn't say rain. Weirdly I am grateful, because t gets me out on the bike when I wouldn't go out if rain was in the forecast.
The seasons are awesome when the winter offers coldness and snow and the summer sun and swimweather. 2020 has been a dissapointment in both aspects for me. Especially the winter. I have not seen snow in my home town the whole year. My highest wish for 2021 is to see snow in my hometown, hopefully for Christmas
Preparing to move to Sweden in about a year and I appreciate this!
Vi behöver en Stefan reagerar på Tomten Är far till alla barnen-video 😂
There was a time when I was unemployed and living off benefits.
Not much money, I could'nt afford much. I was poor. ☹️
But when I thought more on my 'poverty' I realised that I still lived comfortably. I could pay my bills. I could afford good food.
Okay, I could'nt afford to eat out, I could'nt afford too see a movie, shop for shoppings sake but, I already had more than I needed.
Living off unenployment benefits made me relativly poor, in Sweden but, I still ranked among the 10% richest in the world.
Great videos! God job😊
You pointed out many things my friend from LA also are grateful for, like the different seasons or the systems like transportation, Healthcare and more. I think more swedes should see this so the can remind themselves how good they have it. Thanks again and keep it up!
/Jimmy Askelius
-10 degrees in a tank top talking to my friends after school lunch was nothing. (10 -15 mins) (this was 2011 - 2012)
right now, if the temperature goes over 24- 27 degrees and there is no wind, I start to go "dead seal" or whatever you would call it.
I joked with my friends that I should get a summer place up in "västerbotten" or "lappland".
you def got that scandinavian winter tan of bluish pale down!
Hey in the north, people celebrate when the sun comes up because in the winter it’s always night lol. The sun never comes up 😂
Well yes but actually Y E S
Glad to hear you are seeing life in a positive way. I am Swedish and love the vlogs several of you make from Sweden. Makes me homesick.
Things get fixed really quickly "Laughs in subway escalator"
Swedish words with a dialect from English speaking countries is so fun to hear, because its kind of right but its not how most of us pronounce it
Thank you Stefan. It is always interesting to learn how people from other countries find different aspects on Sweden.
Personally I would not miss a little less winter and cold and a little more warm weather than I have experienced during my 79 years.
När du säger att det är roligt att lära dig ett nytt språk, det är så jag känner när vi jobbar med grammatik på engelskan! OBS jag älskar dina videor!! ❤️❤️🇺🇸🇸🇪
I've now been here for 2 months, I moved here from New Hampshire to get my MA. Generally, aside from the sun, it seems fairly similar so far. I'm also pretty sure I walked past you about a week ago on my way home. (I do feel like I stick out for wearing a mask here tbh)
It depends on where in Stockholm you are. Some areas the people are more careful than other areas. It's a big difference between the Red Line and the Blue line of the Metro for example.
Wait until spring and summer, you gonna like it, about the mask, do whatever you feel is good for you, no one judge you. Also, it's only mandatory to wear mask when it's crowded with people in the public transportation during rush hours, not otherwise.
Vi är glada att du valt att bo här med oss :)
Hey Stefan! Been following your videos since last September when I interviewed for a position in Stockholm. They were a huge help in preparing to move here, which we did in February of this year.
Quick question: recommendations for language learning. My 6 year old is learning very fast as she is in a Swedish only school, but we're lagging behind. What did you do to ease into learning?
As a Swede, from what I've heard, it really really helps to interact with Swedes just in general in Swedish. If there are words you don't know, or if you have trouble understanding / explaining, it's always possible to switch to English, but trying to have as much of your conversations as possible in Swedish seems to help a lot (source: immigrants I've met).
Let me answer your question here because i also from a foreigner background but have been in Sweden for 27 years, to learn Swedish in proper way is to get friends in first place, maybe another family to deal with on daily basis, if you are at work, speak Swedish, be in the "fika" breaks, afterwork, etc (maybe not at the moment because of corona), to watch movies/TV Shows with Swedish SUBS, to listen to radio with talk shows in Swedish, to not be shy to speak Swedish even if you are bad at that, also don't hesitate to mix English and Swedish together, people will not say anything negative.. cheers!
In Sweden, especially SVT 1 and 2, and TV4, most Swedish programmes are subtitled in Swedish for people who are hearing impaired (well, obviously not the programmes that are live broadcasts). It is really useful to be able to read and hear at the same time. Good luck.
I use radio sweden på lätt svenska its a great way of keep up with what's going on in Sweden and practice reading and listening skills and 8 sidor it's also great but it's simpler swedish
The "Kläder efter väder" meme är jag efter jag flyttade till Norrland hahaha
Jo du... speciellt nu med 1,5 meter snö
I am grateful that I found your channel! I wish I can move to scandinavia one day 😍
If you do, dont move to denmark
@@laialararomero649 yes, yes wise move
@@axelekelund1507 why?? I want to know!
An inspiration! Keep up the content!❤
Gnagare! ;)
I agree, to find a way to get everyday life running in a foreign country is truly making you grow as a person! Me and my family went to Australia for a year, me and my husband worked there and our kids went to schools. Now we are back in Sweden since 1 1/2 years. I am really grateful for the opportunity, and the experience has made me appreciate both the Aussie way of living, AND the Swedish way of life. I now love two countries, in different ways.
What you are grateful for in Sweden: How much you appreciate the weather at home
What a great positive video! that's how I am too. I live in Poland and people look at me a lot when I walk around. I teach English and one of my students said to me it's because you look happy. of course, I'm happy I live in Europe! I love the architecture. I love the seasons. what's not to love! Of course I'm still waiting for my residence permit 5 months later...lol
Number 1 for me wasnt a number 1 untill i got crohns, 2200kronor a year in sweden or 40000kronor~/syringe in usa. I need around 1 every 10 days.
I’m gonna be honest. I’m from the US but I remember you saying how Swedes are very understanding and helpful, and that gave me some relief because I really wanna go to Sweden one day and have a conversation in Swedish with a Swedish person. 💛💙 I’m scared I’ll mess up the language or say something backwards and they’ll get mad or offended. That’s the last thing I want. I have Swedish in my blood and am very proud of it. I just wish I was from Sweden altogether.
Bruh, no one is gonna judge u if u mess up, dont worry.
@@negativekda8730 they don’t think Americans are crazy or rude?
@@krisryker666most swedes wont say what they think of you unless they are very good friends with you. People tend to understand that someone may be having a bad day when they meet so they wont judge you as much
@@prayera9336 thank you :)
When I moved to Sweden, I told everyone that I WANT TO SPEAK SWDISH to practice. Everyone was really understanding and nice and did not change to English. But if you don’t say it and mess up, people might change to English. And that is not being rude, they probably just try to be considered. 🙂 So just a suggestion when you come here
Oh my gosh: 4 months of work permit stress! Sounds like kind of a nightmare. What happened?
Thank you for this uplifting video. Perfect timing cause of a though time (Corona). All is not negative.
In Februsri you get vintersun. bright sunshine but cold.
Det kallas för " I-lands problem"
I am thankful for lots of things and opportunities I have had to live in another countries and now I am thinking of visiting Sweden, and your videos help me to know a bit more about it. Thanks 🙏
Jag uppskattar att utbildning är gratis och att det är så enkelt att bli föräldraledig eller tjänstledig. Jag har inte jobbat på ett år nu. Först var jag föräldraledig i 8 måander och sedan tog jag tjänstledigt för att studera på YH. Jag hatar mitt jobb och alla jobb jag har haft hitils, så det är väldigt skönt att komma bort från det och få arbeta på en bättre framtid. Hade jag bott i ett annat land hade det inte varit lika enkelt.
tbh the snow has been very late here in sweden! we got our first snowy weather last week here in linköping..
Thank you for all your videos, it makes me dream about what is to live there. I live in Panama, a tropical country.
I give gratitude every night for my health, that I have food in the pantry and refrigerator, a comfortable safe home, a few true blue friends that will be there when I really need them, for my family. Any other blessings is just whip cream on the hit fudge sundae since the aforementioned are the greatest gifts of all.
please show more of the country. your videos always seem so brief (this is a compliment). beautiful country and people. I love the seasons btw -its one of the reasons I've chosen to stay in NY so long and the other is being around family. I imagine that part's hard for you.
Health care for all citizens
Jag är tacksam för kreativa TH-cam-kreatörer och jag älskar att bo i ett land där du inte blir utblottad om du blir sjuk eller går en utbildning och sen ångrar sig.
My top 5: I live in Norway, not Sweden, but I think these apply just as well for both.
#1. everything just works. I see you too touch upon this. The buses run on time (well, mostly), the streets are clean, people obey traffic laws, the streets are plowed when it snows, and so on.
#2. freedom to roam. You're allowed to hike wherever you want in the wilderness, as long as you stay off crops and keep a respectful distance to houses and cabins. Obviously if you have something of value out in the woods (a logging camp, industrial site, parked vehicles, etc.), you're allowed to fence it off, but if it's just trees and nature, it's open to everyone.
#3. free college and university tuition. You can be the child of some low income family and still have access to higher education, allowing for social mobility.
#4. the high level of trust we have in each other, and in society and government as a whole. We can fiercely disagree with government decisions and with each other, but in the end we have faith in our politicians. We have a high degree of transparency and little corruption, and politicians are usually (not always) good at consulting and listening to experts and basing decisions on facts. This has greatly helped us during the corona pandemic.
The downside is that we, and the politicians, can spend a looong time discussing and researching for and against before reaching decisions.
#5. this is the one that's the most "cultural" or "your mileage may wary" one, I feel -- the gender equality. Women can and frequently do rise to high-level positions in both business and government. Boys and girls have more of the same expectations and social norms -- girls are allowed to swear, wear pants with holes in them or dirty shoes, and talk tough when they want to. Guys are allowed to be vulnerable, at least more than in many other countries. Guys are expected to know how to cook, and can't just relegate this to the woman. Many households try to share all the household tasks, so that both partners clean as much, for example.
Hey! Posted on my 65'th birthday... And just seeing it now. Have you ever travelled to Arlanda Airport with Flygbussarna? I'm a busdriver there (business not booming now, thx to Covid!) and will be until March 31. Then I'll retire...
Going from LA to Stockholm is quite a change, ha-ha.
In Karlstad it was -11 degrees Celsius
Since my move to Tennessee,I can't say I miss the winters in Stockholm.The US is an amazing place although I can relate to the higher standard you're talking about,but imo it's really just minor differences between the 2 countries.USA just need some more Bernie in their lives 😉 .🇺🇲❤🇸🇪
I've heard people say the step from stranger to acquaintance is big for swedes, but the step from acquaintance to friends is often small :)
Favorite chocolate out in the grocery store? THAT is unacceptable... 😮 It really is 😄 for reals.
I didn't realize the lack of graffiti until you mentioned it! BUT IT'S SO TRUE! Living in Germany everything was covered in graffiti and it was pretty disheartening. So I'm definitely grateful for that as well!
I would hate the winter
I live in Sweden and travelled to Japan for a year. Going there I was excited to have more daytime in the winter. Ends up I really missed the dark winter afternoons. It came like a shock and made me embrace the winter darkness a lot more. I had never expected that. Also the light and warm summer nights makes up for it.
At Karlberg slott you might sometimes see me in a bus btw. Its a very common place for running and walking. However, dont run in their park between 22 and 06. . You might trip their alarm :)
Where are ya from? I mean.... To me -30 and lower is "really cold". And how long have you been living in Sweden?
You earned a new sub! You provide a realistic, American view of Sweden. My family comes from Sweden and though I probably couldn’t afford to stay there, I would like to. I appreciate Your views.
It’s dark at 3:30 in the afternoon, at Christmas, in Seattle. Interesting that Portland has that much difference, just 4 hours away!
Next time you’re home, you should drive up to Poulsbo.
Love this post! Great points.
I think I’m a Sweaboo! I’m so jealous of you! Lol, not really. I’m actually happy for anyone who can truly find their place in this world and be content. The more
I watch your videos the more I’m convinced I’m a very rare breed of
an American. I always turn my barcodes to the cashier because it’s polite but I don’t think too many people do here. I live in Ohio in a town where most are pretty reserved and keep to themselves. The story of someone asking you in a restaurant if what you were eating is good is appalling to me. I would never do that myself and would be offended if I’m in a restaurant and someone gets up in my business. I wouldn’t make a scene or anything but I wouldn’t like it. I do like how Swedes get out even in the cold when it’s snowing. You wouldn’t see that too much where I live but in the city you might. Not like it is there though where they just stroll about. Well if I can’t live there I can at least live there vicariously through you 😂👍
Why would anyone be depressed for 50% of their life over... *The friggin whether? *
Prefering one should not make you automatically loath the other by default, that's just silly and if the whether is out of season and you can't find enough other things in life to keep you from being depressed...
Isnt that a rather shallow and empty life?
Or atleast some rather distorted priorities.
I realize this may come cross as harsh.
If so I'm sorry as this was not my purpose but a by product of my concern over people getting more and more fragile with every passing year.
I really love the idea of living in Sweden, but as a SoCal native I'd die in the cold and die a second death without Mexican food.
I tried Mexican food in Stockholm and it was just bad. The tap water was AMAZING though!
You are the kind of person that Sweden really needs. You are the best!
I think swedes gets suprised that other countries dont understand english. Youre kind of expecting english to be enough to communicate in most contries, but that is so not true. French ppl for example, its almost as they get offended when youre trying to speak english to them, and Will only answer in french. They even do voice-over in movies.. for adults!? 😂
Grown up in Hamburg, Germany, now living in the East of England, I do miss those late summer evenings. It gets dark here at least an hour earlier.
You raise some very interesting points, unusual points. Living in a different country really is the best! I know people who have not even moved out of their village, I could never do that!
I'm grateful that I haven't gotten Corona and not given it to somebody else yet that I know of, and I work in a big clothing shop and get exposed to it everyday big time. Ppl are still wanting fashion, not respectful to distance to me or my co-workers whatsoever, is strange and alien to me. So I'm grateful of luck I guess.
Great Stefan that you appreciate the pros of Sweden, love it, Michael Gothenburg/Sweden.
Everything works???
Are you a socialist? Iv lived here in 50y and no, it worked 1980 not now 😂
It's so much fun to watch your videos and how you see us Swedes and the country (mostly Stockholm). Kul att du tycker om att bo här 😉🙂
I can hear that you speak softer, a little bit slower and more grounded now, maybee it´s because you are older or maybee it´s because you have lived here for a while, or maybee both. When I was in LA many years ago it suprise me that people speak so loud and that people say a lot of sweet things but not really mean it. It was a little bit like living/talking on the surface.