10 Things I Hate About Living in Sweden
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- I mean I don't really hate living in Sweden, but sometimes recreational hatred is fun :D ~ Mjööööööö!
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0:00 Introduction
0:23 1 Sweden is Dark
0:59 2 Swedes are Refridgerators
1:42 3 Sweden is Small
2:44 4 No 24/7 Shops
3:18 5 Systembolaget
4:19 6 The Swedish Housing Market
5:14 7 Felix Herngren
5:21 8 The Swedish Language
5:54 9 Sweden Needs to Loosen Up
7:15 10 Jantelagen
Just a disclaimer, since many of you down here seem to think I am not Swedish. Hejhej, jag är svensk, och den här viden är från en svensk persons perspektiv. Tusen tack för alla kommentarer, ni är alla gullpluttar! ^^
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Man. sweden Highest gun crime in Europe driven by immigration and the disturbancw in the drug trade. Crazy. Any thoughts on how to solve this crisis?
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I'm finally here ☺️
Im from sweden
Hej jag är svensk
I just spent 9 minutes watching a video on why Sweden is terrible and couldn’t stop thinking about how much I want to live in Sweden the entire time
now I'm interested what would happen if you watch the video about why I like living in Sweden ~ thanks for the comment!
Same lmao sounds like a dream compared to where i live c:
RUSSIA CHINA
@@FishSlappee Try Moscow. I mean seriously much more freedom than west, from low quality life commie blocks to beauty and posh lifestyle, complete randomness, really much more freedom, until u try to pretend liberal, even LGBT is okay, until you're not showing off.
@@FishSlappee Sweden 🇸🇪 Is Clean! Just Like The Netherlands 🇳🇱
-Excellent Education Systems.
-Hardly Any Teen Moms.
-Cleaner Air & Water.
-Beautiful Affordable Homes.
-Aspirational Mentality Through Out.
-Great Culinary Delights + Fresh Ingredients.
I Literally Could Go On! 😍
I love the dark, don't drink, don't mind winter and hate interactions with people. This place sounds perfect!
Ha ha ha
same
Don't be too fooled by the no alcohol and no interactions with people. Because alcohol is so limited here, the Swedes drink like crazy. I live in Prague and often travel between the two countries. The amount of piss drunk Swedes at 7 am in the plane is shocking. About the no interactions. Last weekend I went to a concert on the boat Patricia. It was so goddamn crowded! People pushed and shoved. It was impossible to be anywhere else than all the way in the back and thus not see much. The public transport in peak times is sometimes unbearable. I'm sure that when you live in the middle of nowhere somewhere in the north then yeah, it can be less crowded but then again, dunno how the job situation looks like there.
@kikivondugong1306 I actually live in one of the drunkest cities in America (in Wisconsin) so dealing with drunks isn't anything new to me. I also only leave the house if I have too. I try to avoid over crowded places as much as possible. I swear everyone looks at me funny when I say I love the darker months of winter like I'm some kind of freak. I would definitely love to live in the middle of nowhere away from the hustle and bustle and jave some peace and quiet. Maybe when I retire lol!
Beside fact that you can be easily robbed and beaten in the street by migrant and police just don't care about it.
I was visiting a friend and her family in Sweden and was taken on a tour by my friend’s mother who by Swedish standards was considered quite eccentric, which every Swede we encountered on our tour took pains to let me know. Namely she talked to strangers, was irreverent and I am sure other qualities I failed to notice because I am from New York and used to just about every form of eccentricity and it doesn’t ruffle a feather. It struck me that her life must have been very frustrating, having her wings clipped at every turn and being branded weird, when in fact she was quite brilliant and charmingly engaging, from my perspective.
And that is the most depressing thing about Scandinavian countries. The soul crushing conformity.
@@MotorcyclePhaedrus In this respect, it is just like Japan.
@@MotorcyclePhaedrus I feel like this is the case in many western European countries 🤷♀, I'm Belgian and honestly feel like Swedish society has a similar mentality (maybe Belgium is a bit looser in some aspects but not by that much I think), other countries like Germany, Switzerland, Austria... are quite rigid too.
@@AlineBooneMusic i have spoken to people from new Zealand who say its pretty much the same there. Sad it has to be that way.
The 'weird' Swedes just move to America, Ireland, or Australia where they can be normal.
Sweden seems the exact opposite of where I live (Southwestern US). It's clean, with excellent public services, the people keep to themselves, and the sun isn't there to give you melanoma every time you walk outside to get the mail. I want to go there!
stfu, people like me who live in cold climates where we hardly see the sun suffer greatly because of it. lots of us are vitamind d deficient and suffer from seasonal affective disorder. you are incredibly lucky to be born somewhere with limitless access to the sun.
😂👍 greetings from Arizona
The sun does not give you melanoma. Greetings from Portugal.
@@MrMadalien doesnt it literally do that?
@@tpeterson9140 No, it does not.
I'm a sunlight-hating introvert who doesn't drink. Sounds like I should move to Sweden.
Hello Mig nice pic
Sun-light hating ? 😳 you lived in a cave?
Yes but you have like to drink though, its literally one of the most popular ways to pass the time.
I hear you! The entire video I was wishing I could just pick up and move to Sweden!
@@jadeh2699 Ill swap with you. Where you at?
"...You're surrounded by so many %$#& people, it's impossible to feel alienated or out of place because there's always going to be someone who's even weirder than you are."
And this is why I love big cities.
Yes, it is true. I live in one.
Yess I've lived my whole life in a small village 1 hour away from a big city, now I'm finally moving to Copenhagen and that's my main reason
That is the single best argument in favor of living in big cities I've ever heard hands down
same
Copenhagen is not big city
Yes, one of the things I couldn't get used to is this lack of eye contact. I lived in a big city and still felled I did not exist. If I needed to have a small talk I had to go to a shop to buy something...I had a hard times there.
🙂If you are into eye contact you should try staying in Germany, or to a lesser extend in Austria for while. Random strangers will give you the charming and warm "germanic stare", and if you do stare back at them, they don't look away as it is common pretty everywhere else, but continue as if you are curious object they are judging.
Off course being respectful to strangers is important in every country, but the local definition of what being respectful means, can vary quite a bit.
German speaking countries respect privacy and personal space (they all also have laws against loud noise/music after 10 pm e.g.), so being in public the logic there is to move around in your "privacy-bubble" that won't be disturbed by others, like addressing you or sending non-verbal signals/clues including looks.
Therefore eye contact with strangers including staring, is n o t seen as a form of communication or making contact. Rather like watching someone on tv/yt or a street cam channel. And especially Germans, who haven't lived abroad are not aware how staring is considered to be very rude in most countries. check out: "Why Germans stare": czcams.com/video/5o6ga9IX-_s/video.html
Coming back to your comment about the lack of eye contact in Sweden:
I found the resulting combination of social norms very interesting: also respecting personal space aka the "Swedish refrigerator" but then combined with the social norm of n o t making eye contact with or staring at strangers in contrast to Germany (in subtiler versions Austria and Switzerland).
Could someone please elaborate the logic of the social norm behind that combo? Thanks.
if you small talk with people in sweden they will probably think you have bad intentions or have a disorder. why? culture
I am a swede, the last few years my work has given me the chance to spend 1-3 months in every country in Europe, and in Japan and the US. I like that Swedes think Stockholm or Göteborg are big cities even though they are pretty tiny compared to most other cities. Especially when people say "it is so hard to drive in Stockholm 😞" and they havent driven in Paris, Portugal, Greece, Rome or Naples, or the US for that matter, I find that a bit funny.
Having said that, out of all the places I have been to, I would still pick Sweden as a place to live full time because it feels cleaner and like it just "works better" than most other places, but ofc I would say this, I was born and raised there 😅
And maybe Japan, if I didnt have to work like the japanese do haha, the most similar yet different place I've been so far
I've lived in many countries, including 6 years in Japan. I spent three years in Copenhagen (the Danes have their own shitty driving habits). But I always thought that the best thing about Copenhagen was that Sweden is only a 20 minute drive away.
He speaks from my heart. I have lived in many megapolises in Europe, Canada, and USA, and ended up living in the USA (regretfully). My dream, as a single mom, is to save my son from the failing/devalued U.S. and Sweden was my country of choice. Yet, little did I know that on top of other credentials that I give to Sweden, the Swedish people reject the braggers. It's a fresh air to my lungs. Here, in the USA, it is common to show "confidence," to overwhelm the room with a pompous self-intro (even when the facts are suggesting the opposite). I hate it.
Having lived 8 years in Japan and 9 years in the USA, I am ready to return to my home country, Finland. In the above video you could pretty much replace Swedish with Finnish, Sweden with Finland, Stockholm with Helsinki, and Systembolaget with Alko and everything would be true.
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Yes, it pretty much sounds like Finland, except that queuing system for appertmens in Stockholm. Not sure if got it right though, that have to queue for BUYING one? And systembolaget so much funnier than Alko, and we can get stronger alcohol (5,6%) in supermarkets
Rest of Europe is like sowjet union. in ireland i heard you are only allowed to buy beer after 16 oclock. the have it in the supermarket but the wont sell you before that time :D
I have similar background as you, I am from east Finland, my family emigrated to Sweden, one year as an exchange student in the US and some years later I emigrated to Japan where I have lived for 18 years. Now I am back in Sweden to study more and everything sucks.
Really?? I always wanted to visit Finland..
Something I really hate about Sweden is that during holidays you can't find any open businesses (cafes, restaurants etc.). I understand people's right to rest and spend time with their loved ones, but if you are on your own (for example, because you've just moved there) it really sucks to not even be able to treat yourself to a cup of coffee. In my experience, this is particularly true during Christmas time: everyone is expected to stay home with their family, but if you can't do that you're in for some shitty days! The fact that this happens in the middle of the depressing Swedish winter, when you may already be emotionally tired, doesn't help.
If someone invaded us on christmas during donald duck we probably wouldn't notice until we'd sobered up next morning.
same story in israel😭
every friday afternoon until Sunday morning. plus we have way too many fu¢king holidays...
Fuck I miss chilling in late night coffee shops. I asked my co-workers, where can I sit and have a coffee at, like, 22:00, if I want to get out of the house? "The gas station?" wtfffffff....
My advice: if you're in Scandinavia alone at Christmas time, just take a trip somewhere.
@@alexanderfretheim5720 that'd be great, if only I had the money 😅 last year I also had a course paper deadline right after the holidays, so I was mostly spending my days studying. This year I know what to expect, so I arranged to visit my home country in advance
I've been to Stockholm, Uppsala and a few other places in Sweden and it's probably one of my favourite places ever. Stockholm is actually a big city with a population of almost 1 million people (big for European standards) but you're right, it doesn't feel that way. Probably because it's so spread out and there aren't that many people just hanging out on the streets. Swedes are busy bees and they keep to themselves but they're always kind and helpful. I felt safe at all times and everything runs smoothly, not to mention how clean the city is. The public transport is probably the best in the world, only Japan can compete with it. As a result most people in Stockholm don't even own cars, so there's way less car pollution.What I probably loved most is that it's essentially spread out over these little islands all connected with tiny bridges. There's water everywhere you turn. A beautiful place, truly. Swedes, be proud of your country.
they dont own cars because leftist government tax it so much. its about $2,5 per litre... Why? because they want everyone to move to the city and not live rural because cars "ruin" the environment. Also to get more tax money because they have to travel so far. This country man i swear its run like a business...
Stockholm with its suburbs has 1.6 million inhabitants and Stockholm as a whole(suburbs and surrounding communes) has 2.4 million inhabitants. But yeah, the inner city has just shy of a million.
I’ve lived in Sweden for 7 months now and I totally agree with everything 😀 I would also add “lack of options” of everything. I miss cakes which aren’t “princess cake” 💔
Ohhh yes, very boring. I'm very depressed here
@@marwajassim4446 me too😢
come back in 10 years and we'll see. the alienation of foreigners in this country is very sad to see. PRO TIP: learn swedish ASAP to be accepted and welcomed.
@First prove a god exists 🤨
YEEES
If you replace 'Sweden' with 'Finland' it's still 100% accurate as well
Even more..
If You know Swedish and English - You Are More open than Most of Europeans ! You May talk svenska to Swedes & and The rest of The World with English ! Många svenskar vet att i Finland - talar man svenska också !
Crazy!
@@jonathanlindgren4962 Helt Galen ! Svenskarna har Helt annat historia - efter andra välrdskriget ! Svenskarna spelade tennis - när de andra krigade och stupade !
@@holoholopainen1627 Väldigt få finnar vet att Finland är både svensk och finsk språkigt!! Finnlandsvenskar blir fortfarande förtryckta av finska folke.. Man kan alltid kolla åt andra hållet men det existerar än idag... Vart hatet kommer ifrån förstår jag inte men att förneka att de existerar är o välja att vara blind!!
Thank you for this video. As a Swede (albeit one who doesn't live in Sweden) I find it refreshing to see videos where people talk about the very real downsides of Sweden. Everyone praises the usual stuff, and rightly so, but a lot of people seem afraid to talk about the bad stuff. And there is bad stuff. Which I guess is natural, some people will get offended if you say anything bad at all about their country or about what they like, so content creators sometimes avoid this kind of video just to not have to deal with the backlash from an angry minority.
People are allowed to feel angry
Another dream crushed!
😁
None of the stuff in this video actually seemed bad, at least not to me. Many of these same things exist in America.
Lots of people here say that this “bad stufff” sounds very good to them
@@canesugar911 Not in Sweden. If you complain about the country you will be labeled as ungrateful.
i lived in denmark 2 years , it was boring to death , cold , dark and depressing, and people avoided me like the plague. then i came to london , its crazy but i love it ♥
denmark solos middon
❤
Try Russia. Way more better
i kind of tried it , grew up in Bulgaria in the 70's 😀 @@jackhammer5683
i live in America and i often felt it isolating. Then again, my roots are from non-western countries where its easy to make long lasting relationships within minutes, so my tolerance level on this matter are the lowest. If you actually want to know what its like to live life, go to Asian or Latin American countries. You'll never feel bored.
I've always wanted to go to Sweden as I live in America and appreciate the beauty of that country... However, your video has given me some gratitude for what I have here... Thank you for having the courage to tell the truth...
@Europe is better than Wow, how very sad... I'm a non-conformist as I have my own mind... I guess, I'll just appreciate it from afar.... America is turning into Babylon however thankfully, not in my neighborhood yet....
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@Europe is better than the US as someone living in Sweden, I agree 110%.
@@odim7960 Me too brother
This is the problem with americans that I often notice on the internet. You seem to take the advantages of living in your country for granted. I don't really understand why.
I'm Swedish. This video is 100% accurate. Thank you!
Ok, one thing is not correct. We're not that cold... During summer! Winter time though, nobody wants to stand in that cold and be nice to the neighbour, or actually even acknowledge that they exist! Come back May and I might start engaging. Might.
So an introverts dream? Where can i sign?
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I'm finally here ❤️❤️
Yes you are. It amazed me how you have babies. Perhaps drunkeness is the way.
Jesus I'd wilt in there
@@gavins9846 a friend said he had to leave Sweden before they asphyxiated him.
The not talking to strangers thing is mostly because people in sweden dont want to bother other people and they themselves want to just mind what they are doing. But if something does happen or a stranger does come, there is many swedes that do help out and maybe talk.
The not talking with strangers only apply to bigger cities and some regions.
Where I live I talk with strangers allnthe time.
It's not that different in Russia as well. Big northern cities are like this. However, we travel long distances here so sometimes you make travel friends for the ride. There's even a special word for that: попучики (papuuchiki).
Here in Mayfair, London, we also do not talk to strangers. It is because we are better.
Only apply to city snobs. Stockholmians are a breed of their own. No one likes them.
@@hotrodjones74 попутчики*
Funny honest strait-talk video, so cheers for that. I had a similar love/hate time as an American living in Germany (I had a German girlfriend who I met on holiday in Australia). Germans tend to be more loose and free and extrovert and open-minded when they are out of their country, but fall in love with one of them and follow them back to their homeland and they suddenly become boring and less interesting, go figure. Also it's almost forbidden to make casual talk with strangers, even in a pub, as in you need to be introduced by a mutual friend first. On public transport they all stare at the floor and refuse to make eye contact or smile at each other. During my time in Germany I went to India for three months and returned fully tanned and wearing bright colors and feeling very joyful and extroverted, but no, upon returning to Germany my attitude was shunned and I had to go back to wearing black and grey clothes and shut the f*ck up, stop being so happy dammit. Also the language, for example on a nice evening I would hear the sound of crickets (grasshoppers) and say how lovely it was, but in German, "das ist eine Heuschrecke!" like you just violated some severe rule of law by mentioning it. Ok to be fair there were things I loved in Germany, like Christmas which is done with some great traditions and minimal materialism, and they have great bicycle paths so you can go everywhere under your own two-wheeled power, and ironically despite the uptight social attitudes in Summer you can take off all your clothes to sunbathe and swim in a lake with hundreds of other naked people with no sense of shame whatsoever. And you can drive on the Autobahn at ridiculous high speed as long as your car is up to the task. I could go on and on about the loves and the hates of living in Germany, but now I live in a rice field in northern Thailand which has a very different list of loves and non-loves, but at least I don't hate it, except for maybe the death wish they have on the roads driving like idiots. ;-)
wow must be interesting living in far flung places l wish a had the travel bug when l was young.
As a well travelled Canadian who's lived in several countries and now lives in Germany, I so relate to everything you said!
Great post - made me laugh!
See this is why Berlin is the only place in Germany I'd want to live in. But then Berlin, to me, is one of the best places ever in general. Hopefully I can live there for at least a year in the future. Fingers crossed.
@@miketybring4700 It's never too late dear Mike, truly. Hope you get to travel somewhere soon.
Hej hej, another Swedish person here. Short background: I've lived in France for two years and one year in England. I have several good friends from other countries and also spent a lot of time with international students and researchers here in Sweden, so I know quite a lot about many foreign cultures. Regarding "#2 Swedes are like refrigerators", I couldn't agree more! There are TONS of rules for how Swedish people should interract with other Swedish people in Sweden, in our everyday life. One thing I have come to observe is that most Swedes don't seem to realise how incredibly complicated our culture really is when it comes to socializing. They don't know how to help foreigners make Swedish friends because they barely know themselves how they do it. I'm a bit autistic, so I spent my whole life observing human interaction and how to behave "properly", and according to the Swedish social rules, so I can tell you; it's VERY complicated. I should probably write a book about it.
He is speaking from my heart. I have lived in many megapolises in Europe, Canada, and USA, and ended up living in the USA (regretfully). My dream, as a single mom, is to save my son from the failing/devalued U.S. and Sweden was my country of choice. Yet, little did I know that on top of other credentials that I give to Sweden, the Swedish people reject the braggers. It's a fresh air to my lungs. Here, in the USA, it is common to show "confidence," to overwhelm the room with a pompous self-intro (even when the facts are suggesting the opposite). I hate it.
As a Swede, my take on "JanteLagen" is "Remember, there always someone better than you...." Be proud, be humble, becuse your record will be broken....
we have the same in Norway called "Janteloven" it was mostly used to tell immigrants that they were not better than the ethnic norwegian
Jante law is literally the stupidest, soul-sucking, dehumanizing idea I’ve ever heard.
Maybe modify it to:
"Never think that you are better than anyone - we are all equal, different, but equal." - arrogance isn't good for anybody.
@@space_dus7 I read a theory about it stemming from when hunter-gatherers lived there, and resources were very scarce: you need a group that doesn't waste energy on competing or arguing then. Just everybody pitching in, nobody better than the rest. Makes some sense.
Yep . . It´s something like that . But you have similar "unwritten laws" in all countries all over the world , that goes for UK and Japan as well . There´s no place around the world they do like people who do brag and do "wave their banner too high" all the time & all over the place . So Jantelagen is , more or less , "universal" .
And when comparing Sweden v.s Japan , as an example . then Japan , in general , is far more conservative the Sweden . Of course you do have some loop holes in Japan where you can let off some steam but when it comes down to it you have to fit in to the Japanese society and at work . Japanese people who do stray "too far" away from those rules are , many times seen as oddballs .
And act too Swedish or demand things the Swedish way while working in the US or Japan , for example , will not fly there either . And I don´t think it will work in the UK , or elsewhere , either by the way . You have to adapt no matter where you choose to settle down , and "take the good with the bad things" . And yes . . I´m a native Swede and I love my country even if it´s not perfect , but then again . . there are no perfect places . And Sweden is the only place I can call my home and where I´m not the foreigner who has to adapt to other cultures rules & customs .
And as a Swede I will never adapt to rules & customs imported by people who has moved in / immigrated here by free choice , because in Sweden we´re doing it the Swedish way and if you don´t like it you´r free to move . That´s the way it works all over the world . . Peace & Out Folks . . . :O)
I am from Russia, and to me Swedes are the best people on Earth. I lived in Denmark before and Swedes are just better. I like that Swedes while respect your personal space a lot, would always engange in some small chatter throwing a joke or two. I think they are very smart, kind and lovely people. I am legit in love with the entire nation lol. I just hope they would stop swooping in people that does not like to learn the language, work and rather go around chain-yanking....
ikr, and if we say anything about it, we are "RaCisT"
Think a lot of us in the northern hemisphere understand this social distance and just small chatter, and that it takes time to know someone.
Disagree. Denmark is much better
@@amdimilker5773 ok your opinion
They dont even feed their kid's friends
Great thinking. Thank you for your time and effort to make this video and share it with us. Greetings from Croatia.
I'm used to isolation, but pretentiousness, two-faced people, superiority complexes and fame politeness are deal breakers. Especially when xenophobia is thrown into the mix.
Scandinavian folks just are the kings and queens of sarcasm and dark humor. I had to laugh quite some times watching this. Love it.
That was obviously English sarcasm and humour, not Swedish!
@@ZEE-es3jk my impression is that scandinavian humor is rather dark as well. And he is swedish... :) So I reckon it's hard to tell whether it's british or scandinavian... you're right though... british goes that direction too. I'm not sure yet how the both distinguish. However, I have heard Scandinavians saying that scandinavian humor is actually not funny at all. I wouldn't know since I'm not Scandinavian but I have seen plenty of scandinavian movies and shows and always found them hilarious. The dark kind of hilarious. But maybe they don't actually reflect the scandinavian people. 🤷♂
@@Adrian_Marmy his English accent and the way he talks is much closer to how English people talk (and think) than Swedish people. Probably his mother or father is English, or he has had a significant English influence in his life.
@@ZEE-es3jk I don't think that makes any sense. Yes it's true that he hasn't got a Swedish accent when he speaks English. That doesn't make him any less of a Swede though, does it? He surely is able to talk swedish without an accent as well . :-) but besides that humor and language are not the same. Can't a person have the humor of one culture yet speak another language perfectly well?
@@Adrian_Marmy as a Swede I find this fellow very Swedish somehow even if not typically Swedish. Felix Herngren is maybe more (stereo)typically Swedish, but not more Swedish.
There are however gas stations open 24/7 where you can buy mostly the same stuff as in corner shops?
I have been in sweden for 5 months... Helsingborg 😍
Have to say whatever was said in first half i felt for first month..but country grows on you..its a brilliant sorted country .. lovely people once you get to know them ..small but beautiful cities..there is no Second thought on moving there..i would love it. ❤️
It will never happend. Study and go to another country bc Crappy weather and racist society, highest taxes in the world and you get nothing back
this money goes to the rich
I do not find Swedes too bad. More reserved but, I find once you make a Swedish friend you have them for life. One, I started talking to again after years of not a lot of contact with each other but it is like, we picked up where we left off.
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nonsense all my friends betrayed me, you don't get them for life at all, is not much different than other countries just go out to bars and whatever i want to meet new friends I unfortunately cant do it in the same way any more as sick with spinal cord injure and FK refuse help me so don't have afford with the costs to not need to live isolated
I'm a Swede, and despite me trying to re-connect with my childhood friend I get the cold shoulder back.
Swedes don't want social contact.
@@SatanenPerkele In my experience this is just with 95% of people in general as time goes on Swede or not. And vice-versa. Some of my friends growing up and in college it just felt weird of we did not have the same interests anymore or at way different stages of our lives. To me, it was like trying to talk to strangers and I felt the effort was not worth it. I guess, I got lucky though with the two Swedes, I meet although, I am trying to tone it down a bit. They probably think, "That's great you are learning Swedish, we get it." Lol.
It's about your personal taste. I'd die if I lived in a country like that but there are people who enjoy darkness,loneliness and cold weather. Nothing wrong. I spent 3 months in Sweden and 12 in England for an erasmus but...no,it's a lifestyle that I'll never understand I prefer Spain and Buenos Aires without any doubt. There are some people who think living in Sweden is like living in heaven but when these people discover (very soon) they have no contacts there and that the weather is not warm enough for outdoor activities (from october to middle April),they go back on their steps. If you're not from there it's very difficult to apreciate that country.
"Hard to get to know, but friends for life" is nonsense that swedes themselves like to repeat. But since we are generalizing here maybe you are from USA, where everyone says "love yooouu" when they don't?
I spend lots of time there. You are totally cool to see these things. One time I bought vegetables from a stand. The next day I was walking with my sister in law and I said hi to the vegetable guy. My sister in law was shocked. Do you know him. Well, I do now because I met him yesterday. But you don’t know him. Well, fuck yea I do, I met him when I was buying vegetables. Jesus Christ. You are the next generation Swede. It makes me so happy
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Absolutely hilarious. I'm swedish born and bread and honestly this is so true hence why I moved to the UK and have been here for 16 and married a brit
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I am an American with Swedish heritage and watching this makes all my conditioning make sense. 😂 Also, I’m low key smitten with you and your sense of humor. 😇
You are speaking from my heart. I have lived in many megapolises in Europe, Canada, and USA, and ended up living in the USA (regretfully). My dream, as a single mom, is to save my son from the failing/devalued U.S. and Sweden was my country of choice. Yet, little did I know that on top of other credentials that I give to Sweden, the Swedish people reject the braggers. It's a fresh air to my lungs. Here, in the USA, it is common to show "confidence," to overwhelm the room with a pompous self-intro (even when the facts are suggesting the opposite). I hate it.
I like how you said Swedish cities are small and then mentioned Tokyo, literally the largest city in the world 😂 Interesting video though, I've never been to Sweden and this offers a bit different perspective than I usually hear
I am first generation American on my mother's side. She cam to the states with her family as a child. I grew up eating lots of Swedish food. I can say my mom was very reserved and didn't strike up conversations with people. She was tough as nails as was her entire family. She was not a hugger . She loved her country . I suffer from depression and couldn't deal with all the dark days.
Mama sounds like the definition of “battle ax.“
Do you mean a person with a PhD doesn't know how to spell axe? Lol.. All I can say to you is " yo mamma".
Which "her country" did your mother love, Sweden or the U.S.? Also, having a mother who wasn't a hugger encourages depression in the kids.
@@kerrynight3271 Now we have a psychologist on board? Wow! Lots of brilliant minds here!
@@susanbeckham7236 No, I was a child who wasn't hugged by her mother.
Home is where the heart is. I have travelled all over and have lived all over the world. There are some things done better in other countries than my own. (US) But I still wouldn’t want to live anywhere else permanently. I never begrudge anyone that feels the same about their own native country. I still want to visit Sweden however. It does sound fantastic as I do like the night.
Ball-crushingly witty, hilarious, and bang on…bravo 😂
I heard of Systembolaget. I am not sure, how things are in other parts of Canada, but in Ontario if you wanted alcohol you would have to go to a special store LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) in the 90's and early to mid 2000's. However, this has changed in the past 7 years because now, grocery stores are allowed to carry alcohol.
Same thing in Québec
Lucky you but i still have to haul my ass to systembolaget just so i can have a sippy and get on with the forgetty
@@opticalfred4 Hum no, it's not the same. In Québec convenience and groecy stores sell beer and cheap wine, and you get stronger alcool at the SAQ. He said you can't buy anything stronger than 3,5% alcool in Sweden's convenience or grocery stores. You can buy a beer with 10% alcool or a bottle of cheap wine with 14% alcool outside the SAQ in Québec, it is not restricted in that way. It's about the type of products sold, not the alcool content. It's easier to buy alcool in Québec than it is in Sweden.
Systembolagat even asks Id for liquor purchase 😅
@@kumarvie LCBO does her too. However, my sister says, "That's good though, it is when they don't need to you know you are looking your age."
The trick to Systembolaget is what I do. We have the same silliness here in Norway with Vinmonopolet closing early, and closed on some days, so I have made sure that I'm prepared for whatever occasion might possibly occur. I have several liters of a lot of all sorts of liquor, wine, beer, cider, whiskey, vodka etc just in case I might wan't something sometime. The backside is I end up drinking a lot more than I would if I could just buy it when I actually need it. 😋
I am canadian and liquor must be bought in the state store which is very expensive as well. Now I live in budapest where its extremely convenient here and very cheap to live love it here. I bought 4 flats in budapest for the price of one in the most expensive part of Canada. Love it here! I have wanted to visit Stockholm but am fearful re the migrant situation there. I like safe places.
I have been living in Sweden for about 8 months now. Although there are a lot of pros (e.g. free education, clean) there are also some cons for sure. I am living in Gothenburg and in the last months the weather was pretty bad. It can get very gloomy and greyish. At the same time, although people are very considerate of personal space, i sometimes feel like there are a lot of rules in Sweden and people can be overly protective. If you go out in a club there are usually security guards watching every one. Although it is fairly safe in general. Over all its comfortable but also a bit overhyped sometimes haha
Norway its exactly like that, but smaller and more expensive
I had to subscribe. You made me laugh in this video 😂 Your sense of humor it’s something else
Thanks for this video. It was interesting to see and hear some honest perspective on your country and culture. I'm going to find the positive one now, for balance.
I'm visiting 🇸🇪 with a friend in a couple of weeks, pretty excited to discover the culture , monuments , the food and the metal scene . We come from Belgium!
London is definitely on the list though! Thank you for sharing the negative parts of the country, it's always interesting to see what a local person thinks.
Thanks for preparing me what's awaiting me in this amazing country for the upcoming two years 😍
Oh, little Darling, would you like to exchange your place in Sweden for a Brazilian life?
In my city in Finland there is usually this store called "Prisma" being opem 24/7 except on holidays of course. Prisma isnt next to me but its not too far away, cheap and has anything I need. But I don't really need to go to the store at 2 am
Number 3 (rollerskating banana) resonates. One of my funniest incidents is a newly arrived Swedish student "inneboende" in 2010-ish (from Gothenburg) came back from the local Supermarket stunned there was a girl walking around with green hair and nobody said a word!! Also I worked in Sweden for a while on secondment from the UK for a well-known Telecomms Company along with a bunch of fellow 20-something year old Brit. We loved everything about the experience except "System Bollocks". I naively asked a member of staff for a wine recommendation and got back an icy stare, as if I'd just implied she was an alcoholic.
1. If you live in southernmost Sweden, perhaps winters are not so bad there. Also, the seas around keep the area relatively warm.
2. Sweden is a large country by European standards. Of course, not as large as Australia or Canada, but large enough. Also, as a Schengen and EU Citizen you can travel, live, and work everywhere within the EU.
3. Great cities are fun to visit and even live there for a while, but they are terribly expensive, commuting is a nightmare, and competition for limited resources is fierce. This, of course, translates into the cost of living and stress. In my experience, well run mid-size cities are the best. Try, e.g., Brisbane, QLD, Australia (my favourite), or Vancouver, BC, Canada.
I'm from Greece and I want to live in Sweden. I don't know how I could adapt from 250 days a year of pure sun to a darker-colder place but I love cold as well. I adore Sweden, I like the culture, I haven't met Swedes so it would also be a challenge because in Greece we are very open with strangers and everyone. I like Greece for its beauty, places, food (alcohol access everywhere🤭) but everything else, I don't even want to think about it. Living in Greece is more a survival task then anything. I 'm learning swedish, I listen to swedish music, definitely I will move to Sweden.
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He is generalising because Stockholm is quite far north. I lived in most Southerly and central/Western Sweden, and there was no 24 hour darkness. It gets dark an hour or so earlier in the winter than other places in Europe perhaps.
After 15 years, I got tired of poor job oppportunities and people being terrified of eachother. I now live in the UK. In hindsight, I wish I had moved somewhere else or simply stayed. Sweden is boring, but people are interesting and life was peaceful.
OMG, I want to live in Greece!
lol you are insane if you move from Greece to Sweden. The only difference is that the economy and your salary will be better, and there's more order when you want to have things fixed.
I would never trade Greek weather, nature, archeology and history for Swedish money and order.
@@gulanhem9495 I understand what you say. As it is usual, most of the people want to live in a different place from that they live or are born, that's why we change cities and countries.
But, if we neglect the fact that I personally like Sweden from every aspect, economy, order, people, nature, cities, every beauty that Sweden has, living in Greece is more a survival task than actually living. Foreigners look at Greece as a heaven on earth, natural beauty, heritage, food, history, everything, but living here is a total different thing. Disorder and unemployment.
I thought the best thing about sweden is that you have a right to walk almost everywhere, even if you own a piece of land you cannot forbid it to general public. This may seem strange or unfair at surface but it prevents filthy rich to buy a piece of land in the middle of a beautiful hiking track and block it for everyone else. I also love that nature is really accessible here even in Stockholm. You don''t to go on a vacation if you want to be in a forest, you just take a 10 to minute walk to the woods.
I'm sure that won't be abused.
@@sebastienholmes548 as an European, I assure it’s not abused, open private property is respected, just that it’s use may be considered a common good
Unless its your property then it sucks
It bears mentioning that the right to roam in Sweden doesn't apply to private gardens or lawns or any other built up or cultivated area. You can't even go _near_ a dwelling when roaming. In general my family always said that if you're out for a roam in the woods and between the trees far away you see a dwelling, then you're too close and need to change your course.
Instead what it applies to is untouched or uncultivated land, like untouched forests, fields, marshlands and lakes. And there is a lot of that stuff in Sweden, two thirds of Sweden is covered by untouched forests and only 3% is populated, and no matter who happens to own these forests and lands you are legally allowed to roam freely in and on them there as long as you don't disturb the nature, destroy anything, take anything except wild berries and mushrooms for personal use, or go near any dwellings or get on cultivated land.
@@Alex-ro5of it would definitely be abuse in the us.
In my country, we all talk with strangers and smile to each other and no one thinks you're crazy. I can't imagine how many good people swedish people miss :)
But, It's a warm country, so...
In Denver, Colorado, strangers tend to at least make eye contact, smile, and say hello. When someone doesn't, I just assume they're unhappy for some reason. Contact with strangers and turning some of them into friendly acquaintances is important for your mental health.
@@kerrynight3271 it’s nice but not needed
Tack för ett gott skratt :D Det är ungefär av samma anledningar jag flyttade från Sverige för ca 24 år sedan, bortsett från punkt 8 även om även det fick mig att spotta kaffet på skärmen :D
Finland and Sweden are incredibly similar in many ways. The ice cold exterior, seasonal depression, restrictions on selling alcohol, not to mention all the social security system and high quality (and cost) of living etc. etc. That's why I find it so strange that Sweden has no 24/7 grocery stores/corner shops. In Helsinki they're now basically everywhere, although they're much rarer in smaller cities.
They are not very rare tbh. There are atleast one in every city with 10k+ ppl. And oh yeah Finland is better than Sweden rn thanks to all of the immigration we've had. Please Finland don't do the same mistake...
They have many 24h shops in malmö
Yeah, Sweden in "tiny" in terms of population but it is far larger in area than both Japan and the UK.
Sweden is 447 425 km² while Japan is 377 975 km². Far larger? Im not sure you could say that. China or Russia would be far larger than Japan
@I Love Memes thats not correct, Sweden is 450 000 km²
@@leob4403 the Vatican is 0,5 km².
@@leob4403 its still around 20% larger
We still have liquor stores in Canada. I found one Save On grocery store on Vancouver Island that sells wine in Sidney. We have been dealing with this in Canada forever, not really a big deal.
The best thing about Sweden is that no matter where you go, no matter how remote, everyone speaks English really well. I think that's very pleasant, especially for native English speakers. In Germany, for example, it's much harder, and the supermarkets are also open on Sundays, which is not a matter of course.
There are plenty of people here who barely speak any English, actually.
Aldi is open Sundays here in the US. You would think they would close being a German company.
Swedish here. Missing my homeland so much. I miss those gloomy days because I now live in a tropical country 😅
Why do you miss them? Have you gotten used to the tropical climate now that it doesn¨t feel special anymore seeing blue skies, nice warm sunny weather with palm trees? Swedes usually complain about the cold and dark in winter and rather live in a tropical climate but I Guess you get used to it and it isn¨t that special and great anymore?
@@testtestsson4927 i think its depends also on which tropical country she lives in, ofc it can be nice at least for a short time but like forever no beacuse we swedes or nordic peoples arnt really build for that weather/climate that most tropical countries has to offer. It is possible to change that but i think its depends on the next generation. For example my family know some 1 who moved to Australia and she isnt a huge fan for the autum/winter over there so when its that time of the year then she prefers to go back to sweden while her kids are more used to that sort of climate beacuse they grew up there.
Hahah very funny
I'm from Brazil*, maybe the most tropical country out there and I hateeeeeee sun and hot weather. I lovvvvveeee cold weather. I went to sweden in a summer time and in the night and sometimes during the day it felt so cozy and cool outside.
But you might say "You would change your mind during the winter", I'd reply "When I went to Finland by cruise, the best part of the cruise for me was on the deck in the middle of the early hours. Sooo coldddd, freezing but I just loved.
In the northeast of Brazil where I live we have just two seasons, summer and hell.
* Brazil is huge, there are places where it's really cold in the winter but I live in the northeast where it's just hot the whole year
@@dennercassio i didnt know south america had places that gets really cold in the winter
Don't worry, I am Canadian and had to learn English and some French growing up. However, I do not like speaking French because, I think, I sound horrible! I am doing a Swedish lesson after this video is done!
Having a very cold climate, I was wondering what utility costs are like in Sweden ?
Same in Michigan. It is snowing from October-May. And the sun doesn’t shine for weeks/months at a time.
Thanks for making and sharing the video. Living in the Netherlands, I would say that only the winter would be a bit of a disadvantage. But the other points you mentioned, well I would rather qualify them as credits to Sweden. I absolutely love the country and its people! Best regards from the Netherlands
maybe the Dutch people living in Bonaire, Saba or Sint Eustatius might see it differently from you.😬😬
@@slavianalbanovich9025 It is just a matter of personal taste, I guess many Dutch people living in the NL wouldn’t think about living abroad. The sunshine and atmosphere on the Antilles is great (mostly been on Curacao and Bonaire many years ago) for sure. But personally would prefer Sweden if I would ever emigrate. Best wishes.
Another complete shit thing is "The principle of openness" which mean anyone can get anyones social sercurity number, see their earnings, houses, cars etc.
I would like this alot, but out of curiosity, are these things that make you desire leaving Sweden? Or are they very minor things for you?
In Ontario, (aside from restaurants, breweries, wineries) we can only buy alcohol from the LCBO which is also the government owned stores. Only recently, you can buy wine and beer from supermarkets.
I saw a Nigerian exchange student here in Sweden. He looked quite sad and out of place. He probably had a hard time relating to people here. Because if there is one flaw we have its how closed of and exclusive we are. How coldly we treat people out of respect. Yeah we might take care of the poor and give them communal housing. But having all your economic and safety needs met but left to a living death with nothing to look forward to. No social life. No future. No prospects, No confidence. Because we imagine people as happy when left alone and independent. In a more southernly culture like Nigeria. Im guessing communities and friends and family look out for one another and don't keep you boxed in and alienated with tax money as if its doing you a favour.
damn that sucks,
Have you ever been to Nigeria? Imagine you are Sweden blond guy walking somewhere in Nigeria alone. How would you be treated? Probably robbed and killed?
@@holdenparker179 Yeah maybe true to some degree. But that's not really relevant.
@@holdenparker179 There's good and bad in every culture. And the lack of safety in Nigeria is not really relevant. I heard a story about a taxi driver being kidnapped by organ harvesters and his taxi driver friends formed a posse to get him back because police did nothing. Because of the lack of safety they had to chip in and have eachothers backs. And even though its unsafe and violent they dont seem to suffer as much from depression and alienation down in sub saharan africa. Because they have more of a sense of community to them. Maybe its a trade off. But I think you should have both.
@@adrianaslund8605 Your propaganda is irrelevant. Go find a job finally and stop wasting our planet’s resources on irrelevant shit. Did you help us become multiplanetrary civilization? No. Did you help us invent AI? No. Then what are you doing? Eating, shitting and saying that someone from Nigeria feels lonely. Just because of such pathetic propaganda we are still literally zero 0 civilization with good chances to be destroyed before we manage to become multiplanetrary. You’d better grow up finally and find a hobby that helps at least somehow to humanity in its mission. But so far you are writing useless pulp fiction that holds us back for decades already. Humanity has 99 problems, pathetic activist has none.
2:42 Living in Switzerland, I gotta say Swedish grocery stores have some pretty decent opening hours compared to Switzerland. Most of the Swedish chains are even opened on Sundays and only close at like 10:00 in the evening throughout the week while Swiss supermarkets usually close at 19:00 and ain't opened on Sundays.
So it's Norway without a coastline?
@@Kay-jg6tf Are stores closed on Sundays in Norway? In Switzerland it is because of religious reasons I believe but Norway does not strike me as a religious country so it shoulnd¨t be for religious reasons.
Switzerland is an infuriatingly frustrating place to live for reasons like this
I’m so glad I live in Toronto
We have something similar to #5 here in North Carolina. You can only buy liquor in ABC stores and they’re all closed on sundays.
Haha. Very funny commentary! I was there in the summer, with Swedes who DO have a sense of humor like you do. I loved my visit.
Unfortunately, in my part of Canada, it gets dark and cold quick. I do like winter but, I have been surrounded by snow for 6 months!
For us from Ontario, Sweden can get very dark.
@Marcus come to Calgary Alberta. It snowed in may.
Good thing in Canada, people tend to acknowledge strangers that they exist. Country people especially.
As a Swede:
1. Couldn't agree more.
2. Absolutely true although once a Swede becomes your fried it shifts totally. Also Stockholm is the coldest and unfriendliest city in Sweden. Gothenburg is by far the most European like. 2nd I would say Malmö where I live.
3. Yes, however if you live in Malmö you have very easy access to Copenhagen for culture etc. Also Copenhagen has the best airport in Scandinavia if you want to go somewhere else. Stockholm is isolated and remote.
4. Whatever :p
5.Absolutely hate it. I buy most of my alcohol online nowadays.
6. Yeah getting a rental apartment especially in Stockholm is a nightmare.
7. Whatever.
8. Same as 7.
9. I can absolutely agree when it comes to bureaucracy. For every day life and general order I enjoy it. I explode sometimes when I go to "developed" countries and everything is an organizational disaster.
10. Yes, my god. Hate it.
F*ck Stockholm
-from a guy that lives in the northern hellhole
Great video. Right touch of humor I want to visit now too! 😅
You can't purchase alcohol drinks in Australia apart from bottle stores but not supermarkets not general stores. In New Zealand you can purchase win and beer (only) in supermarkets but not general stores.
I just want to say your channel is so awesome. But also, the rabbit hole that found me here was literally as random as typing Sweden into the search bar and you showed up 🥺 amazing. I love language, and I found out Sweden made it second on the English proficiency index for countries with English as a second language. I ran across a Swedish pilot watched like all of his videos and couldn't figure out his accent. So of course I found out he was from the cold cold Sweden when I was frustrated cuz his accent sounded "germanic" to my dumb American ears then learned the truth. After all of that I found your adorable video about what you hate about Sweden, and man, you may actually have a worse housing market than America. By may I mean 1000% you do. 😆 loved your video though the random rabbit hole that lead me here was the happiest thing imaginable. 💖
I know exactly wich pilot you're talking about - Mentour Pilot. I love his stuff!
This video was too funny. Ha ha.
Sweden is #8 actually on the English proficiency index
Loved your video! I have Swedish relatives and my aunt is a bit of a fridge. My cousins, fortunately, are pretty normal. I think the Vikings must have thought that they had found paradise when they found Britain, all those years ago. I can see why many did not want to return to Scandinavia.
You can grow crops in Britain--there's a relatively long growing season! No more salted fish, venison and wild berries all the damn time. Or a growing season of 2 months where you can grow only the crappiest kind of wheat so that you at least had some beer for the winter. You can eat good wheat and oats and barley in Britain! You can even import wine from France! Huzzah! (I think these are the real reasons the Vikings stayed in Britain and never went back. LOL.)
A * tropical * paradise 🤣
I live in Montréal, Canada, and here too we have a government owned alcool distributor which is called SAQ. Though it only has the monolpoly on alcool more than 15% I think...so we usually buy beer at the supermarket, and wine and strong alcool at SAQ.
I'm so glad everyone is posting videos about the authenticity of everything and being so real and honest I really appreciate it, I think everyone is done with the sugar coating let's just be real thanks for being real.
Fun fact: Glasgow in Scotland gets less sunlight than Stockholm despite being further south due to an aggressive amount of cloud and rain, that sunlight can't actually get through during the 6 hours a day that there actually is daylight
but the Scots are hilarious and you feel like you can talk and interact with them, Swedes you just cannot.
As a Swede who has lived abroad for a short while I second this video wholeheartedly. I'm conflicted about the Jante thing. I really like it except when I, admittedly rarely, need to say "I am better at this, move over". Every time you need to weigh the social impact.
I visited my Swedish cousins in 1988, after some of them had visited us in the United States. Two men my mother's age were surprisingly frisky - always joking. Their children near my age seemed mostly open and friendly. I was there during the summer, and had a terrible time getting to sleep at night with the light coming in the window all night, but that's unavoidable. Trollhattan and Skovde.
Hi, from Melbourne, Australia. My best friend here is Swedish her name is Gunilla. Her father Arne moved back to Stockholm a decade ago. When Gunilla first arrived in Australia she fainted in 30 degree heat. Still doesn't like hot weather!
Do u recommend traveling to Sweden at summer?
I am danish and I love Sweden and that say’s a lot 😉 I love Stockholm and the people! I always have fun in Stockholm and Swedes are funny when they want to be. Sweden has the most beautifull Nature with so much diversity. Sweden is my second home and I will always come back.
We are now enemies cause gothenburg is better.
For legal reasons thats a joke.
Copenhagen is beautiful and other places on denmark❤
A Dane having fun in Sweden….😂. Talk about a double negative…😂
Is that mean Danish and Swedish are very simmular?What in generally and in brief most diference between Finish Dane Sweedish and Norwegian ppl.For rest of world all these nationalities are very simular or even the same.!!..
@Europe is better than Because we're all the same in Scandinavia? Obviously we can all relate to eachother. We are cold and boring together.
Some states in American you can only purchase alcohol from state ran stores that are closed on sundays
I think all the things you mentioned are the things i like the most about Sweden...
It makes me think how we're all different and everything we feel is valid
As a person of Swedish descent living in Canada, (Vancouver BC), dark gloomy winters are common here as well....The reluctance of Swedes to interact with people they don't know appeals to me...I rarely speak to people I don't know unless I can't avoid it....I don't see a lot of difference in Canadian/Swedish cultures....I'm one to abide by the book and am not happy with those who don't....Perhaps my dominate Swedish DNA is responsible for this. As for affordable housing, waiting lists etc, I'm sure Vancouver and Stockholm are on an even playing field....As to the rest, I'd probably fit in better in Sweden....Your opinion that Sweden is a horrible place to live is completely opposite to my opinion of the country but to each his own.
I have always thought I'd like to live in Canada one day, it seems like a great country filled with lovely people ^^ If you want a bit more of a positive take on Sweden, you can have a look at my reasons why I like living in Sweden video. Thanks for the comment!
@@FishSlappee as a Canadian I can assure you that Sweden is a better country lol
Before complaining about dark winters in Vancouver, you should know that Sthlm/Swe is one degree north of Churchill/MB. Just saying...
@@beorlingo I wasn't complaining, I was making a comparison... I have family who live in the Svappavara/Kiruna area, up inside the Arctic Circle....I know the differences believe me, but Stockholm and Vancouver are very similar in winter weather, Stockholm being a bit colder overall. I have relatives there as well...
@@lindaberg1695 the "before complaining" part was tongue in cheek -ish. I'm sure winters in Vanc can be as grim, my point being definitely not as dark!
I hear you appreciate the geographical circumstances of Sweden well though. No further objections on my part!
Får tillönska dig en trevlig kväll (när den infinner sig)!
I am an American visiting Stockholm. I have been here for a month and a half. The other day i was in coop grocery store waiting to use a recycling machine, and a older Swedish lady that was a stranger said to me " to have a nice day". IT MADE ME SO HAPPY. I was so surprised.
That’s surprising! Maybe she wanted to try out her English. Most times people wants to address you is when telling you off for doing something wrong./ From a Swede living in America
@@TobbeStorm When she said have a nice day, she said in Swedish. Then I told her I only speak English. Then she translated what she said. I thought swedes aren't confrontational???
@@mrpat6349 Well uncommon doesn’t mean never. Not confrontational as in argumentative, but pointing out what the rules are, like your shoes can’t go on the seat etc, doesn’t invite to much of a discussion since one is just wrong. You might get a normal chat if you instigate it- which sometimes people actually enjoy, but very few would take that first step. Btw if you’re in Sweden you’d be well advised to look up Tjörn for a weekend trip or so!
My sister did her phd in Sweden and she couldn't adapt there, not just the darkness, but the daytime starting at 3 am.
Jantelagen is similar to the Dutch expression "Doe maar gewoon, dan doe je al gek genoeg". Roughly translates to Just act normal, that's already crazy enough. So what behaviour is not desired by the Dutch:
- bragging
- showing off or acting pretentious
- discussing money (or how much you have or make)
- showing a little too much personality
- showing overt public displays of emotion
- not following the ever-important unwritten rules and regulations of the Lowlands
- acting or being perceived as too “weird”, “different”, “disobedient” or “foreign”
1:24 This is in Denmark too. I can confirm last 30 years, this is a thing. Interactions with strangers that is. It's like 75% of every day is no interactions from anybody, and if it is, its narcissists trying to get your attention through vocal harassment, which is very ironic, because if you ignore them, they go ape shit, either overtly or internally from being 'rejected'. You have to go out of your way to get interactions really. Making friends is near impossible, because danes already have childhood friends, so they dont want more friends, or they just see it as a momentarily 'friendship' transaction. Being ghosted or never hearing from others is a common ground thing. Because of this too, danes are easily rude, because why not? You're not going to meet that person again, so offloading your internal toxicity onto others is a coping strategy among the danish masses. Have a problem with it? "Freedom of speech!" And Jante law is here too, but its more discreet.
It's like this is in most Western countries, especially in big cities people don't care about strangers at all. This is true for Athens, Barcelona, London, Paris, Prague, Berlin etc. Excactly the same as Stockholmolo.
@@gulanhem9495 where are you from??
I was in Odense last week and the lady that ran the hostel we stayed in was very friendly…..but she wasn’t at all kind or nice. Just friendly.
It's getting like that everywhere(narcissism). I live in Romania, and it's not much different, social-interactions-wise.
@@NightinGal89 i agree narcissism has had a serious increase worldwide
You should really, start off in a village or town and later move to cities. There is a spectrum of social differences.
None of those points sound too bad. Many of them exist in some form here in Melbourne. I prefer quiet reserve types over the American brashness and I prefer the cooler darkness of winter. To live in out CBD, you'll either have a tiny apartment or pay a lot.
Pennsylvania, USA also has "state stores" for the purchase of liquor.
I just subscribed you sick freak.Great narration style 😎
That was hilarious and informative at the same time. 😄 Greetings from Germany.
What you said about liquor stores is true in many parts of the USA too. Prohibition had a lot of effects on the USA that linger to this day. The laws very wildly by state and even by county with in a state. But in all states there are restrictions on who can sell alcohol and it takes a special license to do so. In many areas, alcohol is only sold in special stores dedicated to selling alcohol. Sometimes these stores are run by the government like in your country. Believe it or not, there are actually counties in the USA where alcohol can't be sold AT ALL. Though of course it's perfectly legal to possess it after you've bought it in the next county over.
i live in Pennsylvania in usa and we have to buy our hard liquor from the state store and we buy our beer from the beer distributer we are justt now starting to allow our stores to carry itbut its only beer and wine not hard liquors and the town im from is very small then there are maybe 6000 people here maybe i dont even think theres that many i wouldnt like the dark though it gets real cold here in winter and we get a lot of lake effect snow from lake erie so winter is still gloomy and depressing but its not completely dark
*_1_* The happiest, *_least_* corrupt countries with the *_highest_* standard of living in the world are the Scandinavian countries-Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. They are socialist countries and most of their citizens are atheist, agnostic, or skeptic and many of them speak English.
*_2_* Copenhagen, Helsinki, Reykjavik, Oslo, and Stockholm are expensive cities to live in but they are gorgeous-no garbage on the streets; no tagging of public or private properties; no homeless people like in NYC, LA, Seattle, San Diego, San Jose; very few drug users unlike in Omaha, Phoenix, Mesa, Indianapolis, Minneapolis. (BTW, the most expensive city in the world is Tel Aviv.)
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well yeah, I guess *more* socialist than the US? The official term is something between social democracy and social liberalism. Though there's a bigger social sector, healthcare, free education etc., which definitely is more social, but that doesn't mean we don't care for private businesses, it's quite the opposite. You could argue that the American dream is more like an actual possibility, when you aren't tied down by your environment. But uhh.. atheist, agnostic or skeptic? Maybe? I dunno, there are plenty of Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities, I'm pretty sure. But I mean, thanks for the compliment? I assume you're not from Scandinavia, Iceland or Finland, but yeah I guess it's pretty cool here in the Nordic Countries. Kinda some weird adjectives you put on there though. Are they all meant to be positive?
- A grateful (though slightly confused) Dane
Google average anti
-depressant usage by country. Scandinavian countries are up there.
@@unclebuck134 Google _which are the happiest countries in the world?_
@BeepBoopBaap Google _which are the happiest countries in the world?_
Scandinavian countries are not socialist countries. Quite the opposite they are capitalists market economy. People use the myth that Scandinavian countries are socialists to try and trick people that socialism works. The WERE actually socialist back in the 70's specially Sweden but that didn't work out well for them and they started doing good after leaving socialism and they are one of the best countries in the world. You are probably American.
This dude don’t know how lucky it is but you know what they say you never miss something till you lose it
Sorry … is sad to live here
Loved this!
No 24 hour shops is the worst, it was sort of the same in Amsterdam when I was living there. All the other shops close at 10 and there’s a handful of extremely expensive night shops dotted around 🙄
Not great for hospitality workers who work unsociable hours
What country would you recommend to move to from Sweden? I guess, any country that's more south?
Southern europe. Pros: Family oriented, friendly, more social, lots of culture, not such strict conformity, better climate (except when it gets too hot). Cons: the economy and lack of jobs.