LIFE IN SWEDEN AFTER 8 MONTHS! HOMESICKNESS, QUITTING SFI?!
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- čas přidán 16. 01. 2023
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It doesn’t get more Swedish than complaining about the weather. We all do. We live in Sweden. 😁
hahaha, ok good!
Det gör vi här i Storbritannien också, ha ha! Mvh, en svensk tjej som bor i England
Not me. It is what it is. If you want sunshine and warmth 24/7 Sahara is a rather nice place ;)
@@johne.203 i don't care either in January, it is what is, so i never expect anything
@@jimmykarlsson2567 Same. I've grown up with the Swedish weather and it's what I'm used to.
Vitamin D, Caffeine, workouts, and clothes so that you can be outside whatever weather is out there during the few hours of light during the day (take a walk during lunch break for example). And if the darkness really affect you bad get a daylight lamp for light therapy that you can use during the darkest months. But yes sometimes the weather here are really grey, dark and rainy here during the winter months. Spring is on the way so we are already getting more light day by day now.
Swedish will come by itself just by living here, listening to swedish music, watching swedish things. Thats the way we learn english even before school. Music is a really good way to learn a language, besides, in sweden you can survive on english, now i know you want to learn swedish and it will come. The problem is with å,ä,ö but maybe you will learn in very fast. I,m keeping my fingers crossed kim!
Best tip I can think of is vitamin D, waking up early so you don't miss the sunlight and as another guy suggested, the light bulbs that has similar hue as the sun. Also if you plan on going on vacation abroad, do it at this time of the year rather than in the summer.
I personally enjoy the winter when it's actually winter but here in Skåne, as you know by now, it mostly rains :(.
Great to see you Kim, winter is rough out there. Try to get sunlight or daylight into your eyes in the first half hour of waking up. It will help in regulating your circadian rhythm and other vital functions of the body and help in navigating the rough winters.
Be 🙏 well
Swedes travel a lot and now you know why 😎
Swedish Pro-Tips to edure the winters!
The dark winter is a perfect oportunity to develop your indoor social scene. Have a Christmas party, Have a New-Years party,
Invite friends to dinner parties. Swedes are very used to socialize at home and do not have high requirements on the venue.
We are very happy to be invited to a potluck in a small apartment. The tighter the merrier. Join a social club and go to concerts
or performing arts. You also need to make a budget for an annual winter trip to a warm place. Go away just for a week to get
some sun and warmth. Thailand and Dubai are common winter destinations for Swedes, but there are also many other places.
Only a week in the sun will break up the winter in two semesters so to speak, and it makes more difference than you can imagine.
Yes, such a trip is quite costly. But if you put aside a yearly savings plan for this, and travel off season it's easier. Prices during
Christmas and Swedish schools winter break are very high. But if you can travel some random week in January/February it's
about half the price. In our family we have switched the summer budget to the winter season. We make the long expensive trip
in the winter, and stay home in sunny Sweden durig the summer holiday. That way we maximize our sun-hours throughout the year.
PEACE!
Girl! You can nag about the weather in Sweden more than my husband. Congratulations!😄
I've enjoyed your videos. Watching them were part of my preparations for my first week of working in Sweden.
After 10 days these are my observations:
1) the daylight in Karlstad was about 90 minutes shorter than the amount of daylight I had back home for this last week.
2) It wasn't as cold or snowy as I expected. Back home in the Upper Peninsula in the states the temp was around -27 C and it pretty much stayed around 0 C in Karlstad and we had/have a lot more snow in the Upper Peninsula.
3) The part of Sweden between Karlstad and Stockholm is so much like the Upper Peninsula I couldn't believe it. The people are so similar between the two places. The hills are a little bigger around Norway, Michigan (the town I come from in the Upper Peninsula) than in the part of Sweden I was in--but it is the same rocky landscape with similar forests.
4) Everyone was so kind and friendly. I was expecting people to be standoffish, but I found people really enjoyed talking and I had many wonderful experiences.
5) Sweden feels way more automated than the United States. It seemed that many of the places I went prioritized certain automations and technology.
6) Driving in towns definitely took some adjustments. I just drive really slow. I love seeing all the bicyclists. However I was not as used to their interactions with traffic. While in the city streets, I found some really would just cut off the sidewalk and across the road right in front of my car without any indication what was going to happen and regardless of if there was a crosswalk there or not. This was likely complicated by the fact that I was not familiar with the streets and trying to figure out where I was going--so there was an additional level of distraction on my part--but that felt quite stressful. I definitely preferred not driving--but it was a 30 km drive to where I worked so I at least needed to drive that distance in the morning and evenings.
7) Breakfast is amazing. I ate so much good food, and I was invited to houses for dinners and everything was so wonderful. I found that I was always full but not wanting anyone to think I wasn't enjoying their cooking--I loved all the sauces as well. Such a better way to eat food....Now that I'm back in the states for a few weeks, I am doing a three day fast just to process any extra food that I consumed while there....
8) Public transportation and the shared pedestrian / bicyclist's sidewalks were fabulous.
9) The concept of land ownership is pretty neat too--the idea that you can wander on anyone's land as long as you're not destroying a crop is such a liberating thought--I got to wander the forests a few times and that was really nice. We have huge amounts of State and National Forest in the Upper Peninsula that you can wander for hundreds of kilometers and for days--but inevitably you will come across tracks of privately owned land marked no trespassing that you have to go around. I like the Swedish style here.
10) Gymnasium is a really cool educational concept and I wish the State's adopted something similar
11) It seemed like everyone is beautiful and healthy in Sweden--I might have fallen a tiny bit in love with every girl I met..(just kidding but only slightly)
Kim, Sweden is very hard in winter . Worst is Jan and Feb. it will never get easy. You need to know this. South Sweden is prob worse than north. Spring will lift you for sure. But winter is tough that’s it and not to be underestimated
Thank you for this wonderful video❤️❤️❤️
Great to see you back, Kim! And good to hear you postponed SFI because it was too much - take care of yourself first and foremost!
I've been living in Stockholm since November and from Australia so can definitely empathise with some of the things you talk about. :)
Hope you have a great 2023 and looking forward to more videos!
Nov to Feb are boring and grey here in Sweden, i know, but hang in there mate, you gonna appreciate the spring more, I promise 👍 😀.
And then after some time, you will get use to it.
I was in Maimi ( Florida) for 2 weeks and was looking like a 🥵🥵🥵 all over my body. So i don't know it i could take the heat and the tropical air again.
So i can understand the feeling. It was only for 2 weeks though 😀
@@jimmykarlsson2567 Thanks! Actually the weather is strangely one of things I am quite enjoying 😂 Especially when it's snowing but it's been a a bit lacking recently! Haha. In general I try not to worry too much about what I can't control, and weather is #1 on that list! Haha. But yes looking forward to spring and summer anyway for sure!
Haha I can imagine - I've lived in Singapore as well so I know the feeling. Haha!
The way people in Sweden generally survive the winter, we go to Thailand. Honestly though, I would suggest getting a "daylight lamp" (dagsljuslamp) as it helps your body with differentiating between day and night during the winter.
Thank you for the video, it's the same in Scotland, so dark and cold, look after yourself xxx Linda
Ohh!!! Love Scotland ❤❤❤
@@jimmykarlsson2567 Yes Scotland is lovely xxx
Welcome back! It was my first Jul in Sweden as well, and it was actually pretty awesome, but I think it’s mostly because we have two little girls (aged 4 and 7), and they got really into it. Plus, my wife is Swedish, so she and her family did a ton of cooking and baking (we had Julbord three times). That said, I did live in Finland before, and I do remember my first winter in Helsinki was pretty depressing! I remember actually worrying that I was going blind from the lack of light! So yeah, it gets better, and definitely approve of the vitamin D and mood lights.
Great to hear you enjoyed your Christmas! Lucky you getting to have Julbord 3 times haha 🎄
Hey, it is not gonna be grey and gloomy for a couple of months, come on! 🙂All is turning now, and as you live down there you will see it all first - spring in Sweden! And it is something to see, I tell ya! You have to experience the darkness crappy weather to really and truly appreciate the sun, that is my conclusion. The effect hits hard, awaking all senses that are not dead! 🙂Stay strong, and wait for it....
Thank you for a nice update! 🙂
Jaa Malmö och Skåne är ganska behagligt och milt överlag.
Här får man nästan gå ut en halvtimma tidigare för å skrapa bort 3 centimeter is från rutan varje morgon 😀😀😀
Survival tip for Swedish winter: Wine!!! 1 Box / day.
You are becoming a true Nordic citizen- we always complain about the weather (even though in Norway we say “it’s not bad weather, just you using bad clothes”)
It might even be better further north… yes, it possibly is colder (but it’s quite cold in the rainy, windy Malmø too) however, it might be lighter because of the snow.
Many of my foreign neighbours (southern Europe) use light boxes in the winter - giving them more light and reducing the possible level of winter depression…
For Christmas spirit (next time), I have heard that there’s a nice Christmas market inside Tivoli in Copenhagen… or you can visit the market here in Trondheim or at Røros (Norway)…
" Det finns inget dåligt väder, bara dåliga kläder "
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Heja Frida Karlsson 💪💪💪
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Please do one with your views on swedish christmas vs american christmas.
AND your reaction on what every swedish person MUST watch at 3 pm and 8 pm
have a friend who did his basic training in Arvidsjaur. when on leave in Malmö, he said the cold weather in malmlö is so much worse, because its a humid cold tempererature. up north its dry, yes more dangerous, you dont feel it , but he learned. anyways, now almost 30 years later, he still feels the same way(living in Umeå) or inland in the north of skåne, its almost the same thing/😘
Does that mean that you and your friend hate our contary sweden and wish you where living in Florida.?
@@markusforsberg6741 svarar på svenka. om du någonsin jämför kyla i norr med kyla vid kust, så färstår du vad jag menar.
Welcome back!
Well I live in Malmö too and I can only agree. Winter here is pure death and despair! 😫
And I have no advice more than take a trip to Southern Spain. Or maybe plan a trip and have something to look forward to!
And go to London for next Christmas!
Atleast you live in Malmö 😀😀😀
( only joking) 😀😀😀
Nice to get a life update from the place where I was born .
Hoppas allt är ok!
Get a really big TV so you can watch lots of movies during the dark part of the year. Book a train to Paris or Berlin. Or to Jokkmokk, Åre or Riksgränsen, but that journey will probably be longer than going south, Sweden is a loooong country. And you should have been here last winter, it was such a nice, snowy winter. Hopefully there will be more of those in the future. 🙂
Omg I feel you😅 I used to live in US, have been to California, NY and NJ, so I know what you mean☀️One day I fell in love and moved to my fiancé up very north to Kiruna (only real love can make you do that😂)and it was in November and that was really tough, so in the end of summer there I literally forced us to move here to Skåne, of course it’s much better here, but still kinda depressing during 7 months of the year, sport helped btw, but anyway my next plan is to move us to Spain🌪 let’s go with ussss🎉
I got recommended to take vitamin D daily for every month that has an R in it (so september to april), just a quick and helpful way to remember! 🌞
You will fit right in complaining about the weather.
You should try to get out for a walk in the midle of the day when the light is strongest. That helps against winter depression.
its actually easier in some ways living in the north, the snow REALLY helps with the darkness. At least for me so i love going to the north sometimes between October to March/April. It gives me more energy than going to the sun. So try that, just a few days in lofoten Norway will blow your mind and also epriciate the amazing nature just around your cornor.
The snow remains in the north so it will be brighter there instead of the gray that will be in the southern parts. If I could choose, I would like to live in the north in the winter.
Jag vet inte, kanske både och.
Jag bor i mitten, så vi får lite av varje, vilket kan vara trevligt
Girl I so relate to you hahaha we have been back for 24 hours from the US and it's dark/grey af. People are trying to tell me spring is almost here... like its January lol and Christmas is soooo different here. You're not alone! //M
Welcome back to Sweden! Haha yeah...I WISH it was almost spring! Can't wait for that!
Haha 😀😀😀 hang in there.
Remember you will appreciate spring much more this way. Wait you see 😀
Welcome and good luck 🤗 I'm on my way leaving Sweden after 10 years i feel depressed and unwanted here.
Unwanted??
You are never Unwanted 😀😀😀
HAHA! About questioning every decision you ever done in life. Welcome to winter sweden. It does not dissapperad any year. Its just pure darkness.
You will forget it all in the summer time. Duality.
Vodka makes the winter go by faster ;)
We on youtube missed you!
Wintertips: Go to a sauna, turn off the lights, sweat... after, cool winter feels nice, the grey feels liks sun. Fixed!
Just moved to Malmö from Southern California and wow yeah this weather right now sucks. If it were colder and there was snow instead of rain I think that would be preferable.
yes! It would be so much nicer with snow :)
That's true
Haha I love this. Is remote work common in Sweden or do people mostly go in?
Good luck with SFI🙂👍
Heey u should go to the northpart of sweden and skiing or just have a real nice time
kul att du är tillbaka
I don't move to Sweden until next week, but I've heard that the electricity (el) prices are obscene this year because of the war in Ukraine. I've also heard that lots of Swedes like to leave their decorations up for a few extra months. Maybe it's regional or the prices like you mentioned.
If you like to complain about the weather then you will find it very easy to fit in as a swede, we all do that. It´s the typical subject to talk about. It´s to warm, it´s to cold. It rains to much and so on .But spring is here soon. And it is so wonderfull to see nature burst to life. The more your see of the sun the better you feel. God to see your back!. It´s soon time to do your taxes now. Depending of when you want your tax money back. Keep that in mind. Do a video about that
Maj
It's Semla season!
Very nice Kim.
Vitamin D and look if they have sun therapy rooms on example swimming houses or spa
Yes i total agree it is very hard to move to a new place , done it and move back to my lovely west cost i love. Vitamin D is something i take to many of us swedes are doing that just becouse of the dark persiod
a stupid question What do you think of rolls semlor
Some save 10 vacation days for the winter. Then buy a ticket to somewhere warm
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To survive Swedish winter, take D3+K2 and at least one week on Canary islands.. or a week at a skiresort, in sweden or the Alps!
The moste importante is that you understand a bit swedish when some speak to you.. and swedish signs.
Like what "Slutstation" means?
Try to speak Swenglish as much you can!
Came home frome Lantzarote for a month ago, one pick up spanish words and phrases, and suddenly one starts speaking english with spanish words and phrases.
Did you try Europe ?
Summer in Sweden. Blink, and you'll miss it.
In defense of 'Norrland' (The northern part of Sweden) Winters are not worse up north. The winters are brighter because of all the snow, it is not as windy, and it's a dry could, not a damp cold that gets into your bones. I grew up in Skelleftea and my mother would tell me that when she was young she moved to Malmo but ended up moving back north because she couldn't stand the gloomy winters and the raw coldness. Just saying. Malmo does not have the best weather in Sweden. Please, don't think that it's worse everywhere else.
Did you know that, the American national team in handball is in malmoe.. For the world up in handball.. Go and support them
Complaining about the weather? Damn, you're getting more Swedish by the day 😂
Yeah living in southern sweden you wont get much snow or great winters. Move more north if you want better winters. Buuuut....you will geat eaten my mosquitos up north in the summer instead. So keep that in mind. What is worse? Getting blood drained by insects or have boring winters :p
I'm thinking.......
Maybe the blood thing 😀😀😀
That’s a choice English speakers do have, to not go to SFI. People speaking other languages have a harder time of it. But the language will come, for anyone. It’s mostly a question of socialising, I guess. Problem is that that’s a two way street.
The further south you are in Sweden, the more gloomy winter gets. The landscape get more beautiful and serene..?…up north, the sky is blue more often and the snow actually brightens up the day. Complaining about the weather is a national sport, I would say that you now qualify as being a swede 😂
😇 he he... velkommen til Skandinavia. Må være et sjokk fra 300 dager sol i usa.
Hur många dagar sol är det i Sverige ungefär???
Move from Malmö to where its real vinter instead of grey south of sweden
Why don't you teach Swedish? I'd like to learn Swedish from you.
And teach you what? She can barely say in swedish what's her name and where she lives 😅 it's the same sentence she repeats all the time - Jag är Kimberly och jag bor i Malmö
And there are no tips. Just have rutine. There is nothing normal exept having to feel anything other than cold and just appriciate that to get you thru.
Just accept that it might build character. It does not do anything else that feels good.
One tip tho. Get far north. Experperiance the cosyness when the air is still cold but dry. It doesnt get you as bad. And its beautiful.
Get some northen light in that bitch....
Typ Dalarna och norrut.
För mellan Sverige ( där jag bor) är lika trist och grått nu också
Min engelska man pratar fortfarande svenska, efter att vi bodde hemma i Sverige under åtta år
Hemligheten är att förtränga bort vädret och gå ut ändå. Finns inget dåligt väder. Bara dåliga kläder ;)
And this was the most worthless christmas in sweden ever... Reality just hits shit here different
What happened to your fiancee?! Did I miss something?!
I feel like your complaining needs a little bit of work to be Swedish (how cold is it temperature wise? What specifically is bugging you? Precipitation? Snowfall? Humidity? Etc. How many hours of sunlight do you get?) otherwise you’re doing great, haha.
😀😀😀 ähh bit ihop 😀😀😀
@@jimmykarlsson2567 Att klaga på vädret är ju en nationalsport i det här landet, det är en mycket viktig tradition! 😜
@@E-jit så är det 😀😀😀
Why are you working 3 jobs?
You are in Sweden now, we only work one job!
You need to take care of your free time better.
take your husband to book a weekend in Spain There are cheap flights from Denmark Malmö last minute rent an apartment or something so you can come down and see the spring Spain is a fantastic recommend February-March otherwise solarium D vitamins are great Don't forget c vitamins good food good drink and love then you survive Sweden))))) ta din man att boka en weekend i Spanien Det finns billiga flygresor ifrån Danmark Malmö sista minuten hyr en lägenhet eller något så ni kommer ner och få se våren Spanien är en fantastisk rekommenderar februari-mars annars solarium D vitaminer är jättebra Glöm inte c-vitaminer god mat god dryck och kärlek då överlever man Sverige)))))))) then you can also go up a bit in Sweden and look at the snow and get to see all this beautiful light, even if you think it's cold, it's wonderful when you learn to rent a small house to have a fireplace with a big fire and then put on your skis, eat and drink well, you can go both uphill and downhill sedan kan man även åka upp lite i Sverige och titta på snön och får se allt det här ljusa fina även fast du tycker det är kallt så är det underbart när man lär sig att hyra en liten hus att ha en öppen spis med stor brasa och sedan knäppa på sig skidorna äta och dricka gott man kan åka både på längden och nerför Now it's getting hard to read because I can't press period on my keyboard and so I mix Swedish and English so awkward is is