dat Pitepalt!
dat Pitepalt!
Super long short days?Hi Sweden gaf :)
My moms side is Swedish and Norwegian. Always been proud of that.
I went through Scandinavia a couple years ago. The overnight ferry from Helsinki to Stockholm and then took the super nice X2000 train or whatever to Copenhagen. Not the fastest train but it was beautiful. The scenery on that ride was also very nice. I took the night train from malmo to Berlin was pretty nice the train goes into a ship!
I don't know if I could live in Sweden though. The weather is a bit cold, and the super long short days would drive me crazy I think.
Are you complaining about the long summer days or the short winter days?
Roughly, we have 18 hours of sunlight in Sweden during the summer, and around 6 hours of sunlight during the winter.
Median income (25900 SEK) you would be paying around 33% tax.Originally Posted by Nesotenso
Going by the OP healthcare and education is free but seems to be offset by high income tax ? What would be the rate for someone earning the median income ?
Guns (Bofors AB), jet engines (Volvo Aero), cars & trucks (Volvo). Used to have SAAB as well but they ran it into the ground.Originally Posted by subversus
Yeah, you guys are rich.
So, what keeps Sweden in such a good shape? What industries do you have?
I hear ya, Swedish candy is good enough to bring Odysseus himself back from the other side of the world.
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Well, we make it up during the winters when we get four hours of sun. :(Originally Posted by Tunesmith
My 'foreign' fiancé freaked out that the sun "never set" (eg. not before 23:00) and rose again at 03:00 during the summer in Gothenburg. Personally though I miss that, especially after having experienced Asian equatorial summer where shit gets dark at 17:00. That's winter patterns right there.
Midnight sun is great too if you further north.
Yeah, everyone drinks tap water here, no reason not to. Buying bottled water is pretty much unheard of (except when people want carbonated water, which I personally hate).Originally Posted by Tunesmith
Sweden has the worlds greatest tap water as well. Luxury shit compared to mainland Europe and elsewhere in my experience.
Cold weather and short days only actually happen during the winter though. During the summer it can get pretty damn hot, and the days are long as hell. But yeah, winter in Sweden isn't the best thing ever.I don't know if I could live in Sweden though. The weather is a bit cold, and the super long short days would drive me crazy I think.
That would make me crazy. and fasting during Ramadhan would be hard in the summer.Super long short days?
Are you complaining about the long summer days or the short winter days?
Roughly, we have 18 hours of sunlight in Sweden during the summer, and around 6 hours of sunlight during the winter.
SKF is pretty damn big too (largest bearing manufacturer in the world). And Ericsson (forget their now dead phone-making business - they're huge in mobile telecommunications equipment).Guns (Bofors AB), jet engines (Volvo Aero), cars & trucks (Volvo). Used to have SAAB as well but they ran it into the ground.
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Ain't much different on the mainland. At least Sweden has decent snow most years which brightens things up and the country knows how to handle the decimetres of coverage compared to say the UK which shits itself when 0.5 cm has fallen.Originally Posted by Fudgepuppy
Well, we make it up during the winters when we get four hours of sun. :(
hey guys, this is still an english-speaking forum! don't want our american friends to think we're talking shit about them, now do we...
Well we're I live we can handle the snow, but in Stockholm it's chaos every year when those first centimetres of snow drop.Originally Posted by Tunesmith
Ain't much different on the mainland. At least Sweden has decent snow most years which brightens things up and the country knows how to handle the decimetres of coverage compared to say the UK which shits itself when 0.5 cm has fallen.
Okay, here it is. Not sure about the framerate but whatever.
I have just one thing to add:
Smågodis!
Can't post pics from my iPad though.
Smågodis!
Can't post pics from my iPad though.
Yes, we also have milk cartons (Tetra Pak). Oh and I forgot IKEA, and Swedish Match (tobacco company). Swedish Match (among other companies) make the superior form of tobacco delivery: snus.Originally Posted by Tunesmith
I might be imagining but isn't there a paper export industry too.
Behold:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snus
Tobacco pouches (or in loose, or "lös") that you put under your upper lip. No second hand smoke, you can use it anywhere (smoking inside restaurants, public buildings, etc is banned), and doesn't cause cancer (i.e no study has found it to).
Both. I just don't like super long days in the summer, and then it's like a hangover all through winter. I liked everything else though. The Stockholm subway is so nice :)Super long short days?
Are you complaining about the long summer days or the short winter days?
Roughly, we have 18 hours of sunlight in Sweden during the summer, and around 6 hours of sunlight during the winter.
I did like the food mostly. I got a bread topped with herring type snack from a street vendor.,Swedish and Norwegian always remind me of Christmas because that's when my family would eat it mostly.
Funny because we always ate 'limpa' bread. I learned when I was in Stockholm that limpa just means bread. Ha.
Linköping-GAF represent!
Seriously, every smoker having trouble quitting should consider snus. It's awesome. Unfortunally it's just as expensive as smoking nowadays so I had to quit recently. But my God... morgonsnusen!Tobacco pouches (or in loose, or "lös") that you put under your upper lip. No second hand smoke, you can use it anywhere (smoking inside restaurants, public buildings, etc is banned), and doesn't cause cancer (i.e no study has found it to).
I find the lack of Dalarna in this thread depressing. :(
Hej Sverige!
I have been to both Malmø and Stockholm and i have to say Malmø>>>>>Stockholm. I find it too funny and awesome that we take the train from central station in Copenhagen and 30 minutes later we are in Sweden.
I have been to both Malmø and Stockholm and i have to say Malmø>>>>>Stockholm. I find it too funny and awesome that we take the train from central station in Copenhagen and 30 minutes later we are in Sweden.
En sak som ni alltid förbiser: Skåne är inte den enda delen av det Skåneland som Damnark fick ge upp. Det inkluderar även Halland och Blekinge.Originally Posted by Snytbaggen
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There is a very good reason for that. About half of the original Danish kingdom is now owned by Sweden (has been since the mid-1600s). Otherwise it would be a longer trip!Originally Posted by Phoenician_Viking
Hej Sverige!
I have been to both Malmø and Stockholm and i have to say Malmø>>>>>Stockholm. I find it too funny and awesome that we take the train from central station in Copenhagen and 30 minutes later we are in Sweden.
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It doesn't, limpa is a type of bread and not just bread in general.Both. I just don't like super long days in the summer, and then it's like a hangover all through winter. I liked everything else though. The Stockholm subway is so nice :)
I did like the food mostly. I got a bread topped with herring type snack from a street vendor.,Swedish and Norwegian always remind me of Christmas because that's when my family would eat it mostly.
Funny because we always ate 'limpa' bread. I learned when I was in Stockholm that limpa just means bread. Ha.
edit: well technically the guy below is right, it means loaf, but it's used for a certain type of bread
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Hej SE-GAF !
Kram.
Kram.
Good point. I bet the roads in Sweden also don't melt when it's over 25C.Originally Posted by Tunesmith
Ain't much different on the mainland. At least Sweden has decent snow most years which brightens things up and the country knows how to handle the decimetres of coverage compared to say the UK which shits itself when 0.5 cm has fallen.
It was so disappointing though! We bought limpa bread special from the Swedish food store every Christmas. All this time it was just 'loaf' still very good bread though. I miss it.Originally Posted by Tunesmith
Limpa means loaf [of bread].
That said I miss vörtbröd.
I love northern European licorice candy too.
swedish girls are the worst.
they 'hype' should be nonexistent.
they 'hype' should be nonexistent.
Also Sweden is a neutral country, so please don't start a war with us. We do have a military that used to have mandatory military service (for 1 year) for every man when they turned 18. Then it was still officially "mandatory" but it was pretty easy to get out of if you wanted to, and now they have scrapped that altogether.
For a neutral country we sure do make a lot of guns and weapons
AT-4 from SAAB Bofors Dynamic.
Also we have bitchin' fighter jets:
JAS 39 Gripen (Gripen is Swedish for "Griffon"). They make the engine for that in the city I live in (Trollhättan).
Also a lot of roads in Sweden have been designed so they can be used as makeshift runways for military aircraft in case of war and our airbases being hit.
For a neutral country we sure do make a lot of guns and weapons
AT-4 from SAAB Bofors Dynamic.
Also we have bitchin' fighter jets:
JAS 39 Gripen (Gripen is Swedish for "Griffon"). They make the engine for that in the city I live in (Trollhättan).
Also a lot of roads in Sweden have been designed so they can be used as makeshift runways for military aircraft in case of war and our airbases being hit.
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Liquorice overall is a very love it/hate it affair.Originally Posted by RoadHazard
So damn awful. I can't stand any kind of liquorice, it just tastes absolutely terrible to me. It's a very divisive type of candy; some absolutely love it, while others (like me) think it's the worst taste in existence.
Most swedes do seem to like it a lot more than most other countries, except for the fins, they fucking love that shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5fQZhv0poU
Another great (norwegian) invention that is common in Sweden. I can't believe more countries don't use it.
It doesn't have to be. I by my snus in "stockar" ("stocks"?) of 10 for 360 SEK, so 36 SEK per tin. Still kind of expensive, but a far cry from what it typically costs to buy a single tin.Seriously, every smoker having trouble quitting should consider snus. It's awesome. Unfortunally it's just as expensive as smoking nowadays so I had to quit recently. But my God... morgonsnusen!
(Göteborgs Rapé all the way!)
I agree with everything he saidOriginally Posted by Fudgepuppy
Liquorice overall is a very love it/hate it affair.
Most swedes do seem to like it a lot more than most other countries, except for the fins, they fucking love that shit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5fQZhv0poU
I visited the local govt in hertfordshire, north of london. They said their roads melt in the summer when it gets above 30C or something. They were using it as an impact of global warming. I thought it was a bit sad because where I grew up its 40C in the summer and -30C in the winter.Wait, where does the roads melt due to that kind of temperature? 25C isn't that high. I mean, we get that in Sweden a week or two every summer. ;)
Anyway looks like you can buy the limpa inwas talking about online!
http://www.ingebretsens.com/foods/br...n-s-limpa.html
There's a special type of loaf bread for Christmas and Easter which is what I miss, called vörtbröd. It's darker than regular brown loaf bread. I used to eat that loaf after loaf as a kid.It was so disappointing though! We bought limpa bread special from the Swedish food store every Christmas. All this time it was just 'loaf' still very good bread though. I miss it.
I love northern European licorice candy too.
I introduced some friends to a cheese slicer as they call it. It was a magical moment for them.Originally Posted by Snytbaggen
Seriously. How do they even do it? I mean, I really have no idea. Do they just cut chunks out of it with a knife?
I've actually seen them in shops referred to as Swedish cheese graters in Ireland. :P
Same as "Swedish bread" = knäckebröd
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