Important Differences Between Sweden & The U.S.A {PART 2} | THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT THINK OF!
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- Hello Everyone! Welcome!
I have been here in Sweden for about 4 months now and wanted to talk to you guys about some OBVIOUS yet IMPORTANT differences between Sweden and America!!! When to take your shoes off, how to do laundry, throwing away your trash properly, locking the bathroom door, grocery shopping in Sweden... and SO much more!!! There are SO many differences between the two countries and I hope to make more parts to this series!
Here are the resources I used! Check them out!!!:
- New York Times | In Sweden, Trash Heats Homes, Powers Buses and Fuels Taxi Fleets (By Amy Yee): www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/cl...
- Blue Ocean | FROM TRASH TO TREASURE: SWEDEN’S RECYCLING REVOLUTION (By W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne): www.blueoceanstrategy.com/blo...
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The laundry room booking system may varry. In my apartment, we have that digital and have had for ~10 years. You book online and use your "digital tag key" to enter the rooms. If it's not your time, the doors wont open. :)
Keeping the laundry room clean is very important to Swedish people, the whole building hates the Erikssons from apartment 35 on the fourth floor because they never take out the fluff from the dryer 😁😉.
Very interesting Ilyssa: The thing about how to lock doors etc. here in Sweden most likely has to do with the fact that the doors you mention are security doors (or safety doors, if you will). The part (bolt?) that locks into the doorframe is much longer so you have to lift the handle for the door to lock properly. I myself didn't get one of those doors until last spring, and it took me a while to figure out how to lock it :-), having been used to the "old" way of looking doors. The shoes off when you visit someone's home is very interesting.. I get that in parts of the US where you always take your car from point A to B dirty shoes aren't really an issue. But for example in a city like New York, where you have to walk dirty streets all the time (where dogs poop without owners picking it up), shoes off should be as obligatory as here in Sweden, but to my knowledge it isn't.
It's so strange when you live here and think everything is so slow and unorganized and then you come here with a whole new perspective. It's nice to see. Cheers
Regarding the tampons. There are two brands that I know come with an applicator, Tampax and Natracare. You should be able to find them both in a regular supermarket (or at least one of the bigger ones) or a pharmacy.
Welcome to sweden! Glad you like it here. About the ac, most apartments dont have ac thats true. However, around 65-70% of the houses in sweden have air to air heating pumps, and of course they have ac mode. Plus the fact that half of sweden dont really have any use for ac, the heat and humidity are only for one to two months, and thats not worth the investment.
Everything you brought up is 100% correct. I enjoyed watching it.
Thanks so much for watching!
Locking the front door by first pull the handle upward and then turn the key is unusual in Sweden. It's a new thing.
Hi Ilyssa! I have watched a couple of your videoclips, and I love them! This is really fun!
Hey, Olov! Thanks so much for your support! I am glad you like them ☺
It’s so much fun to follow your guys journey here in Sweden.😀 Great video!
Thank you!
The cost for the small plastic produce bags is typically around $0.05 (five cents). This is mandated by a law.
The paper produce bags are normally free.The larger normal bags for your groceries may cost around $1, and you normally must pay for both the plastic and the paper ones.
Thanks for sharing the details!! Reusable bags are the way to go!
yea the plastic ones goe for abbout 7-8sek/piece and the papper ones for 4-5sek/piece :) or you can buy those mesh-thick plastic ones that are reusable 20-25sek/piece (i have some that are from like 2009 i think) those suckers last half a lifetime... or you can go for the canvas/fabric reusable ones those go for a lot, like 50sek+/piece
personally i prefer the large paper bags.... OH ALSO!....why the flipp is USA paper bags so small and have no HANDLES!?!?!
That laundry system is ancient. Nowdays atleast in Stockholm its via an app or with your gateway tag. But that system does still exist to this Day.
Just watched this video, in the break between first and second period in tonights game (Västerås-Västervik) 😃 I’m from Västervik , and has been following your journey here in Sweden on youtube ☺️
I'll be dipped, another Västervikare watching \o :)
In our apartment complex there was so much conflict about the laundry rooms, they got a digital system that couldn't be tampered with. People stealing each others time, disabling the time lock to use the laundry rooms in the middle of the night, a LOT of angry notes and maybe even a fist fight. The last one is just a rumor I heard though. Yeah, a lot of Swedes take laundry room time seriously, but some don't, which creates issues. 😛
People actually walk in Sweden. i remember when i visited the US and everyone just took their car everywhere, even if it was 5 minutes away. Hardly any sidewalks at all.
I actually mentioned how common it is for Swedes to walk/bike in my original video for this series!
Hi Ilyssa! Would be really interesting if you made a vlog about your impressions of Sweden and the Swedish life now that you've been here for a few months.
A thing to consider when it comes to air conditioning is that its used more often in specific areas. As someone from the north of sweden, up here it is much more common to have an ac. Its much colder so its more common to have an ac in addition to underfloor heating and/or a fireplace.
Not sure if you have been exposed to this yet, but if a swede starts mentioning miles (mil), be aware that the swedish mile is ten kilometers. This is mostly used for driving distances, mileage in used car ads, and fuel consumption (given in liter/mil).
In southern Sweden it is not uncommon with air-air heat pumps for heating. And typically they can be reversed and work for cooling as a normal AC. However this is only for single home houses. Larger apartment complexes are often heated via district heating. Possibly fueled with thrash. So no AC.
air-air isn't that uncommon in norrland too..
The food leftovers we sort become biogas, which many buses in the cities run on.
I saw this video now haha! But something I reacted on was the tampon applicator you were talking about, like tampax. When I lived in the USA, I hated that every tampon had an applicator. I thought it was so much harder to get it in and all the time the cotton just broke. With that said I love the tampons here, also better for the environment. But ofc it has to do with what you’re used to.
Mmmm.. We don't have AC here in Sweden. This year I bought one. Oh man what a difference it makes :D Very expensive though when it comes to the electricbill
California starting to do compost food recycling it started first of this year. We pay 10 cents per bag unless you’re on the food program the bags are free.
Love to hear that!
To the "take your shoes of indoors", its about the climate, wet and cold outside!
There are more to it, no dress code, take your shoes of and relax, kind of thing.
Many house owners use slippers inside, even if they have heated floors.
And you forgot one thing, there should always be at least one shoe horn, in the entrace hall!
Then the laundry thing, it says that you live in an apartment, they have awsome laundry rooms, high quality machines and lot of space.
Its juste this, if one got children, and both parents working, its not enough, so one install a laundry stack (a washing machine and a tumble dryer) in the bathroom.
In newer apartments and houses there are "grovkök", it translates to "utility room" when I google it, but its the laundry room, separeted from the bathroom.. thats modern and practical!
Hey! You have moved from Warm temperate climate (northern United States) and
Subtropical climate (southern United States) to Boreal climate is also called
the boreal (taiga) forest zone. In America, the zone is in northern Canada and all of Greenland. Stockholm, for example, is approximately at the same latitude as southern Greenland.
We have been hot for about a month (if we are lucky) so installing AC is a waste of money.
Sweden is divided into eight plant zones. Some plants in southern Sweden Zone 1 does not grow in Zone 3 but may grow in Zone 2.
In northern Sweden Zones 6 - 8 there are archaic plants that can not grow in southern Sweden.
You can not plant a palm tree outdoors in Southern Sweden. It would freeze to death.
Northern Florida is located at the same latitude as southern Morocco and northern Egypt. LA is at the same latitude as Iran.
If you live in Spain, it is the same latitude as New York.
What I want to tell you, which unfortunately makes many people move from Sweden after a few years, is that you live in an Arctic country.
The advantage is that the air is very clean and the water is still reasonably clean. Four Seasons. Sweden's nature rests for about 4 to 5 months.
Wakes up and becomes summer. Fall asleep in the fall and become a long winter.
I hope you stay despite our rather inclement weather.
People from Australia who move to Sweden are grateful to avoid
+35 - +45 ° C during the day and - 2 ° C at night.
It takes just as short a time to get used to the cold as it takes to get used to the heat.
I've traveled around the United States 16,000 Miles and was going crazy from the heat sometimes.
Ps. Many Swedes have a washing machine in the apartment.
The latitude does not really matter as we got the Gulf stream bringing up warm water from the Carribean that makes Stockholm climate be like NY climate.
@@Merecir Tur att du vet så mycket. Du räddar hela CZcams!
@@KjellEson Tack så mycket.
Tampax is a very popular brand of tampons and they have applicators. They are found in pretty much every store selling tampons (supermarkets etc). Just wanted to let you know you don’t have to use ones without applicators if your preference is to use the ones who do have it. 😊
I remember the tampoong aplicators frpm the 90-s… but later almost no one uses them. Anyway, I bought my last tampoong/pad 10 years ago, when I got my ”menskopp”, mooncup. Never going back, I really wish I knew of them before, so many years lost. Just a tip for everyone!
7:20 key tag, analogue :)
🌹Good Video as Usual🌹
Lovely thumbnail tho
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On the subject of burning garbage for heating I'd just like to ad that the exaust/smoke frome the burning is being filtered, so there's no big amount of toxic or environmentaly damaging substances being released during this process. I think they filter co2 pretty good as well. Been a few years since I looked in to the subject, didn't go that deep either. What always bugs me tho is what do they do with those filters they use when they're full of the essence of incinerated human waste?
I hated the bar bathrooms in the us. Took an uber "home" when i knew my stomach was messed upp and then back to the bar.
Even tho I used to live in Sweden I get blown away by the differences between Finland and Sweden :D In Finland the second your front door closes it automatically locks so you don't need to worry about locking it. Just need to make sure you have your keys with you lol.
Ahh that would make me a bit anxious! Lol But I am sure it saves time when you're rushing.
Meanwhile here in Northern Sweden I don't even lock the door every day... 😂
Benefits with livi'n in the countryside 🤘😁
I would HATE that lol :P
You mentioned garbage in your video! We haven't always sorted garbage😅. We started 10 - 15 years ago with the brown bags various garbagebins if you have chosen it as an alternative in your home. There we sort food, hard/soft plastic, metal, newspapers, white and colored glass and residial waste. And if it is environmental waste, we take it to the various en vitonmental stations we have around the country. In the past we exhibited in the forest or mega big waste/garbage disposal/dumps such as car batteries, broken tv's, and cars😥, but that was 35- 40 years ago😁, now we take care of everything at an environmental station and recycles😇😄. How do you do inte US with recycling and do you like us have environmental stations?
There is another solution to this problem it is that you have your own washing machine in the apartment and the dishwasher. This is the new thing for all new apartments.
Just like you have in a house, but in a house you have to pay for everything yourself.
I like when you discover anthore living ways than american way.keep on
Ac wasn't necessarily before
damn so many rules... i will go and break them all.
Well, Sweden is arctic, so we don't need AC, that goes for Europe aswell (no AC), still their climate is milder
The middeteranian s warm, south Europe
@@rogermagnusson115 Yes but they don't have AC in general.
Sweden is like Canada. Same weater
Hey, not every home has AC in LA, California too
I have heard the same with NY
When I first saw American tampons I was confused, it looks so much more inconvenient to me.
Apoteket has tampongs whit applicator.. So you know
Apoteket is the swedish store that sells medicine, think you know which i mean
You should really look up "allemansrätten" (possibiity to roam free) and go hiking etc. Freedom!
And I do hope you love to "fika" :-)
you missed batteries and electronics
Ahhh!!! I don’t know much about that yet, but I’ll look into it 😄 thanks for watching
In US burgers are so Big as Compared to Sweden 😅
But its just The southern USA Who have warm climate.. Many places have winter.. How do they do with shoes in new York area, Chicago, Montana, colorado for example? Do you like sweden? Have you been to spain? Woundef because you have a spanish family name.. I guess many american woud like The social benefits Who west europe and some other countries in europe have.. Just some thaugts... I like your videos.. Have you meet other american eutubers in sweden i follow a handfull...
I'm of the male kind, so I'm a bit confused , I know about tampons', what the devil is tampon indicator ?? //Love from Sweden (where girls apparently keeps us in the dark)
About the doors, that means you have a newer door. Older doors is just like you're used too, you just put the key in and lock. I think they started to change around 10 years ago.
Why would you need an applicator? Just use your fingers and wash your hands, easy! Or better yet, switch to a menstrual cup instead, much cheaper and better for the environment
American public bathrooms are savage. Absolute savage.
I would not say the difference between the US and Sweden because you lived/live on one city, there are some variations from a city to another, from a region to another, from state to another and so on .. it could be best to say (between Västerås & the city you come from in the US) ..
Ok! What corrections would you add? I have visited 3 cities now and talked to many native Swedes but am always open to learning more! These are my perceptions and observations of Sweden as I’ve stated. Thanks for watching 😄
@@IlyssaAlvarez I live in the north of Sweden and I'd say you were pretty much spot on with everything. The door handle thing is not everywhere though but I certainly come across them every now and then.
Hawaii has many Japanese customs which includes removing shoes at the front door. It is nearly universal in Hawaii. Air conditioning is rare and heating pretty much non-existent. People shiver when it gets down to 65 degrees F.
@@IlyssaAlvarez You need more time .. involve with different people .. from different cities and backgrounds + cultures to have a better idea about this country, you don't to correct anything right now, but good to mention that your opinion based on just 3 cities and with (limited) mount of people :) I have been living in Sweden for 28 years and i still don't know everything about the people living over there.
@@enkidu77 I appreciate your input, I’ll continue to keep that in mind! Nobody can ever know everything😁
Are your hands controlled by aliens? It's really un-Swedish.
Americans realising that the USA is not the world. 🙄
I've never felt that way and I've never met anyone who does lol Have a great day! Spread positivity. Thanks for watching 😊
@@IlyssaAlvarez I think that what I don't like about the video is that it feels like the experience of a teenager during a summer abroad. I think that you maybe should dig a bit deeper.
@@petarjovanovic1481 Interesting to hear you feel that way! I hope you find exactly the information you're looking for.
@@petarjovanovic1481 You nailed it. All those American videos are like: "Oh, I visited Europe, and they do this WEIRD stuff that we don't do in the USA".
@@francisdec1615 What do you want Americans to say?
Yes everything is better here.Your healthcare stinks