living like a local in Sweden for 48 hours 🇸🇪 (first Europe vlog)
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- čas přidán 21. 05. 2022
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UPDATE: y'all are the best.. thank u for all the fun comments and energy here, really miss Sweden now!
update 5/5/24: i can't believe this got 34k views and so many comments :O! i'm so happy people were able to enjoy these little moments with Sweden. thank you for your time and attention, much love ^^
update 5/20/24: i filmed this when i had ~100 subs (mainly family, friends, acquaintances); now that it’s gaining traction i want to emphasize that there are so many gems i haven’t explored in Sweden (as mentioned in comments) so i’m hoping to return someday to explore more. thank you for all the support 💛💙
one day I will get a stabilizer
activities:
prayers for ukraine
cemetery visit
sauna/pool day
swedish snacks/food
clothes-looking/shopping
biking..barely
mcdonald's vegan burger taste test
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As a Swedish local I can confirm, I always hang out in souvernir shops, go to church and go for a date with my jar of kimchee.
definitely normal everyday things for anyone to do. except grocery shopping, that's a bit off
Yeah, right? 🤡
Kimchi, obviously, but duh?
😊
Tourism 101 dunno about Swedish Living xD
Shrimps and chocolate. ;D
That's all you need to know. And maybe coffee to wash it down with.
A tip is to NEVER go to places like Pressbyrån to buy snacks. They charge WAY more than normal grocery stores like ICA, Willys and Coop.
thanks for the tip! I love the coop, gotta check out ICA and Willys next time
Willys is a funny name to Brits 😂
@@shelleyseokim That supermarket you were in was an ICA, so from what it looked like, you love ICA too. :)
@@reallivebluescat I heard of a swedish girl trying to get a british bank card or something, seems like you don't like the name Fanny either. :)
Pressbyrån can be good if you are in a hurry.. or don't got another option nearby, but otherwise I'd agree.. like 50% pricier
There are two things i think foreigners often miss out on when visiting Stockholm. One of them is Gamla Stan” or “Old town”. Its the center on which modern Stockholm branches out from with most buildings coming from the years 1600 to 1700. Very beautiful architecture!
Another thing is the royal palace. Parts of the palace is open for the public along with guided tours with things like the royale treasuries and seeing the royale guard march. Unfortunatly, due to my young age at the time, I can’t really remember most of it.
Overall, great video! Loved to see a non European view on my country! Keep it up! 🇸🇪 💙💛
Really? Cause those two places are usually packed with tourists so I don't really feel like they are beeing missed that much...
@@chalphon4907 Yes, I realize that i should have clarified that i meant vloggers, not just regular tourist.
youtube gets how much I love non swedish people make content about sweden
This was the first time ever I saw a visitor to Sweden visit a church.
I loved that! :)
Yeah our churches are very under rated
@@MazeWinagreed! it was so beautiful 🫠
@@shelleyseokim We have some of the worlds most best preserved medieval churches in Sweden with the original wall paintings still left. Some of them are about a thousand years old. Very beautiful. Google image search for "härkeberga kyrka" for example.
Haha yeah, that's why the church was empty, Swedes don't go there either
I had no idea I needed this; a Korean-style vlog of Sweden by an American LOL
🤣🤣🤣
The church segment was AWESOME. Sooo many beautiful churches in Sweden. Greetings from a Christian Swede!
You're welcome back anytime. Also lots to do and see outside of Stockholm.
You should have visited the fortress in Vaxholm it has a nice museum and is very cosy for a fort.
You can just see it sticking up but the inside of the walls of the fort are buildings so when you get inside it looks like a town square.
this is why next time I plan to do more research.. that sounds beautiful 🥺
I'm late here but thank you for this video. As a swede I have been getting very caught up in the worse things with my country, and this helped me think about how many beautiful things there actually are. I love it here because of the nature mixed with city, the quiet people, and basically yeah it's great. Amazing video, glad you enjoyed visiting!
love this 💛
regarding the spicy thing, i feel like people either (~70%) don't really LIKE LIKE spicy food, but they can tolerate it. others (~20%) absolutely love it, i am one of those people. might be because i'm dating a thai girl so we eat a lot of chili. the rest of the people (10%) hate it and won't eat if it's the least spicy.
Yeah im one of the persons who loves spicy! 🌶️ ^0^
I’m part of the 10% who hate it 🤣
It is funny that I recognized the cemetary without ever being there, thus recognizing the old church, and the older ruins, and the bustop...and sure it was Sigtuna where you held up...and I figured no wonder, as it is situated pretty close to Arlanda Airport. And if I may say so, it is a good choice to stay there if you want to learn about Sweden, as it is one of the oldest towns there is in Sweden.
that is beautiful :’) thank you for sharing this
I'm so happy you decided to visit our country! Hope you had a good time, it was funny to see you get excited about trying the different swedish snacks haha. If you come here again you gotta try raggmunk med fläsk och lingon, it's delicious and a true swedish delicacy (it's actually just pancakes with potatoes in them and with a side of pork)
And yeah we don't usually like spicy food however those who do, like me, LOVE it. Also you gotta travel more to the countryside, swim in a lake during summer, that's peak Sweden.
Thanks for the vlog, it was very entertaining :)
It is very refreshing to watch a vlog and see places which are part of the mondane and everyday for me be viewed with new and curious eyes. It makes me feel grateful to live here and have experienced it, since it can be so exciting. And to recognise places I have stood at, about which I can say "I have been there!" ...is just so fun. Great video, great vlog, great job :)
aw makes me so happy to hear this!
same!! i felt that feeling i get when i look at some pretty and exotic place and want to go there, and then i realized that dang.. i live here. appreciating my country more!
You're so brave to buy salty licorice. Im so curious if you ended up liking it.
Miss Sweden so im watching your vlog.
I subscribed!🌸
//Maria
My best tip for a summer visit, is to go out to Waxholm (which you did) and then take a boat (preferably a old steam ship) out to Finnhamn or Möja. For vegan food and a view, try Hälsans hus, good food and best view of Old Town. For a food experience (non-vegan), try Punk Royale. And go swim at Långholmen, swimming and looking at the city is nice. Avoid 7/11, we´ve got loads of nice cafeterias or sweet shops :-) For a bit of Asia in Stockholm, try Arc rooftop restaurant and Yasuragi spa.
Omg yes!! The Yasuragi spa is a big recommendation! It is in Nacka (where I live) and it is a Japanese themed spa!
"Swedish fish" are from USA but I do believe they were started by Swedes and are supposedly similar to some Swedish candy (I haven't tried them).
Swedes love cheese. Traditionally it's stored hard cheeses for the breakfast sandwich.
This is so cozy! You really managed to show a lot of the quintessential Swedish/Stockholm things in such a natural and cozy way 💛💙
ahh looking back i could've done more local-like things, like go to IKEA or do a “Fika” (coffee) break lol maybe next timee. but tysm qt!! 🥺
@@shelleyseokim Fika is easy, cup of coffee and a cinnamon bun or some other pastry, and just sit down for 15 minutes with one or more friends.
This was a calming and a overall good quality video. I love how curious you are and how much respect and appreciation you show for everything around you on your vissit (which I, as swede, take for granted).
Once again; good video! I wish you a good day and that you do well here on CZcams :)
aw very thoughtful and sweet comment, thanks so much 😌
really enjoyed your vlog of Stockholm, if you ever return to Sweden you need to come to Gothenburg. It is the second biggest city in Sweden and one of the only citys in the world that is not a capital that has a English translation
As a Swede, I loved this so much!! 🌸🫶 Thank you for this lovely vlog :)
Also my cousin’s dad is like a co-owner (I think?) of Pontus in the Air, the restaurant you are at in the airport :O (I just thought that was cool 😭)
Really enjoyed this video, thanks! :D 💕
wow that is mind blowing 😳 sucha cool restaurant, and small world 😱 thanks for watching and for your kind words 🤍
What a lovely showcase of my hometown ☺ Hope you had a good time and welcome back wheneeeeeeever 🥰
These travel vlogs are very soothing to watch :) keep up the good content!
ahh thank you Luna!! sending hugs, hope you’re well 💓
Hiii I’m Swedish and did you know that the helmets Vikings wear were not what they did wear when they were alive. The helmets were illustrated on a Viking in an art piece in the 1800s. And since then we pictured that Vikings had helmets.❤
I didn’t know, so cool! thanks for sharing 🙂
As a swede that lives outside of the city, there are none pressbyrån here. We do have a lot of coops tho like you mentioned there were in Switzerland lil
This Vlog, as with all your videos, was fantastic. So we'll put together 👍
Brings back alot of fond memories for me, I visited Stockholm in 2007 and arrived by Arlanda Airport then and my first though was how quiet it was.
The local food was great and I remember discovering something called Fil, like yoghurt mixed with milk. Super tasty and worked wonders on all the yummy cereals!
I went in November though so it was a tad cold!
Keep up the good work, you are fantastic 😀👍
Thanks Dan!! Wow, 15 years later and Arlanda still has its quiet charm to it. 🫢 I think I’ve seen Fil around but haven’t tried, must do a taste test someday 😋 Glad you could be reminded of fond memories, I appreciate your thoughtful comments! 🤍
@@shelleyseokim Another thing you should try is Kvarg :) it's a bit like yoghurt but not the same
Appreciate you visiting Shelley
SWEDEN IS MODERN, CHIC, CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL
Agreed!!
Pressbyrån is actually more like a Swedish 7/11 even though 7/11 has become relatively big in Sweden during the last 10-15 years. Though Pressbyrån did really start as a newspaper (and other printed things) stand.
Also, Daim isn't a company name, it's that type of candy (hard "toffee" covered in milk chocolate). The company that owns the Daim recipie is Marabou, one of if not THE most popular chocolatiers in Sweden.
Loved this vlog! Great editing and you seem like a really down to earth, chill and fun to be around person! Also, always great to watch non-swedes try our salty candy! If you ever return, try Djungelvrål, it's even saltier! Subbed :)
Wow really nice place and very beautiful church super duper video thanks for sharing👍👍 so sweet you are a very very beautiful
awh thank you
Such as a beautiful vlog. Thank you very much for showing us the beauties of the Sweden 🇸🇪. From channel Jason JS
Beautiful place and thank you for your vlog
Omg you're gorgeous 😍
Great vlog!
It was really lovely to see you explore my home town like this. You deserve more subscribers as well, you're really sweet and respectful.
thanks for saying that! I was actually pleasantly shocked at 900+ haha especially since I’ve been prioritizing grad school 😣 but comments like yours inspire me to make content again for summer break :) your hometown is beautiful btw!
@@shelleyseokim I hope you do! You're really good at how you present things and seem very genuine. I think you could really go far as a vlogger but I really respect that you're going to med school which has got to be really grueling.
But hey, to have vlogging as a fallback is a pretty big flex :D
Thank you for replying btw, you really made my day!
its my home town too
Buying the salt liquorice gosh how brave, theres also a lot more to see in Sweden than just stockholm glad I got this video pop up in my recommended was an enjoyable one.
Regarding the Supermarket, I'd say that is sort of mid-sized. And the selection was pretty typical for an ICA store.
We don't tend to have quite as much of a variety of spicy foods, but I think there's one or two different kinds of most of the stuff the average person would need for a "Non-Swedish" cooking recipe, for lack of a better term. There are often smaller immigrant-run stores that sell imported Asian, middle eastern, Indian and similar foodstuffs and spices too though :)
Great quality video for such a small channel. Well done! Keep up the good work :)
Love it! Nice to see that you're enjoying Sweden! I was a bit surprised though to see that you went from being somewhere in Central Stockholm to standing right in my hometown (Sigtuna).
I was like wait I know this Church and this Pressbyån... how did she end up here??... :'D
1:58 everybody gangsta till the LEMONY PIMPED SHRIMPS roll up 😂
best name ever for shrimps 😂 a notable contrast from bad back posture meme 🦐
Very fun to see what a foreigner thinks of my homeland! Coop is also a thing in Sweden and its quite big, the places you visited probably did not have one.
Welcome to my country Sweden!🇸🇪 I hope you enjoy here in Sweden!💜🇸🇪
Daim is a type of candy made by Marabou(Swedish company started by a Norwegian). Crunchy almond caramel covered by milk chocolate. Original is a chocolate bar form. But you can get it in several shapes and sizes. Like in pellet form. They put Daim in ice cream, baked goods etc. So if you see a Daim cake it means the cake has Daim in it. Canada(?) made candy based on Daim called Skor bar.
Daim is based on "Heath bar"
Dajm renamed to Daim 1990, to make the name easier for english speakers?
Regarding candy.
Norway has the best chocolate in the Nordics, our chocolate culture is related to the Swizz tradition although we've put our own spin on it.
So arguably on par with the great chocolate nations of Switzerland and Belgium, or at least not far behind. (It's a bit of a matter of personal taste/preference)
Personally I find the Icelandic regular and Finnish salty licorice the best.
Sweden has great gummy candies.
3:19
Honestly the best sausages are probably Danish or German.
That said we have some famous places selling them here in Norway too, in Bergen for instance.
Also, in Norway we traditionally don't use a bun but instead use a flat bread of sorts made from potato.
4:43
There's a "Å" there, that's a separate letter from "A" with a different sound.
Nordic languages have quite a few differences in how the letters sounds compared to English.
10:01
Nordic countries tends towards more herbs and preservatives like salt, smoking etc etc traditionally as far as flavours are concerned.
That and just fresh food.
That said immigrants have left a huge impact on the food culture in Nordic countries.
13:20
Don't worry so much about it.
Granted the Swedes are the most up tight of all the nordics.
But even they won't think about a bikini as any different from being fully dressed...
Remember that historically our region has been pretty chill with nudity, especially in the Finno-Ugric areas and fown south in Denmark and the areas that's more Frisean.
13:31
Well, bathing in literally ice covered water is normal here...
So water that's clear like this is practically warm for us.
13:48
That's one area where the Swedes are definitely ahead of us here in Norway, they got way, way more vegan and vegetarian food.
That said we got some good stuff here too, at least in the cities like Oslo, Trondheim etc.
Welcome back to Sweden 🇸🇪
Loved this video ❤️
Welcome back to Sweden ! 😊
for anyone wondering, 1 week of this stuff shes doing in Stockholm, is like $1000-1500 at least
-foods 2-3x a day $15-30+ each
-snacks shes buying a few of here and there are $2-5 each
-hotel is probably $100-150+ a night
-travel is like $20-40 each ride
-clothes are $20-80 each, depending
alot more stuff that ive probably forgot
Those shrimp sandwiches are so good!
4:37 saying comparing pressbyrån to coop is so far off, pressbyrån is like 7/11 (WE HAVE BOTH) plus coop is everywhere in sweden too (coop and ica)
Yep, Pressbyrån's a convenience store like 7/11. Coop in Switzerland and Sweden (and lots of places in Europe) is a grocery store or supermarket chain.
Can confirm that riding a bike isn't quite like "riding a bike" after enough time off of one! =)
Very busy ride!!
2:41 the perfect style
That intro!
" Look like a mess right now " Girl, you are sooo cute! 😍
I was just looking for a cozy video about Stockholm, because I want to visit it soon. And I did not expect to see anything about 💙💛 Ukraine here... but it is very nice, thank you for staying in that church and lighting a candle as a sign of support. Your video turned out to be so comfortable and pleasant, you cheered me up, thank you. Also, really like your style and content! (subscribed and liked:)) I wish you all the best 🤍
aw after these vlogs i started med school and felt like i lost my "spark" and stopped making videos. thanks for reminding me of why I made vlogs to begin with -- hearing it brought some peace to people like you brings me peace too. Sending love, thank you for stopping by!
I concur. =)
You gotta try smörgåstårta, it's sooo good 🤤
im amazed that you made sweden look aesthetic
LOL aw maybe! or i may have simply highlighted what was there all along :) ty though!! ^^
While Marabou might seem swedish, and the average swede probably thinks it is swedish, it is actually norwegian. It's called Freia in Norway.
Marabou is owned by the large American company Mondelez.
@@Wigant-wc7to I'm talking about the actual chocolate, like who made it.
Pressbyrån is like 7/11 and expensive, We have Coop supermarkets aswell and we got some asian supermarkets also where they sell asian products like Korean Buldak ramen or other asian products
I loved the Coops there! and don't remember seeing buldak but good to know now because that's my fav spicy noodle brand currently, ty!!🙂
Daim is actually Swedish originally :)
Really like the vibe of your video. If you come back to Sweden please try to take some time outside the main capital.
She did! She went to Vaxholm.
12:38 I went to this fort for a class trip doing some fun challenges there when I was somewhere early in middleschool. Was pretty fun xd
The yellow candy from the beginning, called "Krówka" is actually Polish :D nice to see they like it.
Welcome to Sweden🤩
hi first tme seeing your channel. i think it funny and little strange to visit the semeterry like first XD. Glad to see u enjoy ma contry and the culture.
hi! haha I agree, but i really loved the little unexpected, "quiet" parts of Sweden that I probably couldn't find on a tourist site or chatgpt or anything 🤣 I felt like I was in a storybook :) thanks for stopping by 🥹
Next time you are welcome up to us in the north of sweden also, we would love to have you. But... Instead of big shops we mostly have trees, so might not be the most exciting place :)
Pleasant video, and fun to see your country from a foreigners perspective. Hope to se a video where you visit us again :)
Going to stockholm and not visiting the vasa museum should be a crime
(we also have coop, pressbyrån is fairly common but it's more like a corner shop, spicy stuff is also a fairly common thing here, every person i know have a jar of jalapenos somewhere in their fridge)
(btw, most hotells have robes in the rooms so uhh...)
"Oh cool, Two doors"
Easily impressed are we? :P
12:55 Probably some of the best Swedish dishes
Literally as a Swedish person i love pancakes and shrimp bread/cake
Glad to see you visited Sweden, hope you enjoyed it. You gotta look when eating Swedish candy, we have a lot of liquorice, both sweet and salty. It's an acquired taste for sure and I've not met anyone who liked it from the start. Swedes love it tho :D Your english is so good too, I'm guessing you're american?
thanks! i still reminisce about my 2 days there when I'm super stressed from grad school. definitely a relaxing time :) yes, i am from the US! 🇺🇸 although my family is from Korea ^^
Love this video😍 and you are so beautiful !!
Aw thanks!! happy you stopped by 😊
"Childrens favorit" haha wth? No ' and mixing English and Swedish, I wonder if that's intentional.
4:40 We have Coop, I don't know if Coop is a different thing in Switzerland but Pressbyrån is Swedish 7-Eleven. So an expensive convenience store that isn't open 24/7. Coop is a regular supermarket here.
13:15 o.o' hghn!
for any foreigners, if you wanna go to sweden, tip, dont go to stockholm, its very expensive and you miss alot of the calm and charming stuff the rest of swedens cities/towns have to offer
Gothenburg is nice
But at the same time Stockholm also offers some of the absolute best tourist attractions and trademarks. Coming from a non Stockholmare :p. Though if you’re planning on getting the most out of your money I’d agree you should head away from Stockholm and maybe head either to the extreme north or extreme south since they have so much unique ”Sweden stuff” to offer.
Welcome to Sweden! Even though it's like a year ago..
8:49 ”Just hush. Talk to the hand ✋🏻”
Yes we swedes love gravy! It is almost holy to us.
Welcome to Gothenburg the next time❤️
That's nice. Would like to see atleast a week in Stockholm.. there's so much more.
The algoritm actually recommended me something good today (:
Poor girl, hope she didn't die from the salty liquorice candy 😟
H&M is swedish store, so got that covered as well c:
wait i just realized that!!!! thank you for sharing :)
"Looks like Pressbyrån is the Swedish version of Switzerland's COOP"
Not even close though.
Europe is filled to the brim with different COOP's all using the same logo with only slight variations.
And they are only tied together by ICA (International Cooperative Association) which doesn't own any of the cooperatives in their respective countries, they only facilitate the baseline structure of each cooperative.
😍😍
Looks like fun. I’ll be going there soon.
whooo!! enjoy and safe travels! 🇸🇪
@@shelleyseokim thanks. When will you be back?
Such a nice vlog! And you are just adorable! Pls come back to Sweden :-)
aww tysm!! def plan to come back someday! 😌
@@shelleyseokim you will be recieved with open arms and if you need some "local" assistance or somewhere to stay, pls let me know :-)
@@shelleyseokim ps and I promise I wont make you eat (more of) the sour wasabi again ;-)
hope you liked my home country ♥ (the video got recommended today for me)
Great video 👍❤ No, no one at the Hotel will mind if you eat (a lot) from the freebies. Swedes are by nature very hospitable (and hungry 😂) We wish we could have more of your Asian genes, you have the perfect body no matter how much you eat. That is not fair 😢
Thank you for sharing, welcome back. ❤
haha every body is perfect in its unique way, but ty!!! i think all that walking helped keep me stable haha. Aw great to hear they likely weren't annoyed by this random freeloading tourist, thanks for your welcome!! Stay healthy :)
3:45
bless your heart
I think you got a lot of swedes with the algorithm lol.
If you ever do a second visit I highly recommend the north or the south (cuz you were in the middle). They are very different places. In the North you'll see nature like nothing before and in the south you have more warmth and more people.
Daim, we pronounce as dime, not dame in Sweden. Nice video, enjoyed watching. Good to see you try vegan even although your not a vegetarian. I agree the veggie burgers taste best. Max burger is the best for veggies.
1:28 ive been there! Im swedish btw
I come from Sweden and I love your video
Ive been in sweden but in gothenburg and they have really good public transport
Idk why they’re called swedish fish since they’re not even swedish. As a swede the only place I’ve seen swedish fish being sold is in ikea 💀
Nice video! I really appreciate that you took a moment to pray for Ukraine in the church. It's a close issue for us since many of us fear the war could spread to us. I'm a little dissapointed you didn't try more of Max! You seem to mostly want to eat vegetarian and Max has a huge vegetarian/vegan menu with some great burgers imo. Anyways, thanks for visiting Sweden, hope you come back sometime!
Wow I need to back for Max, sounds like heaven for someone who is sorta plant-based 😱 and I could only imagine how that must be, so much chaos going on in this world it was the least I could do! def want to help more however I can 😔 and thank you for having me! 🫡
Wow, ur so beautiful. Interesting perspective too.
cool vlog ! :)
Välkommen till sverige :D
Good that you tried marabou