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Language Stockholm
20 Reviews One of the things Swedes really don't like is someone coming to Sweden speaking any other language than Swedish or English. The way we see it is that we have made an effort to learn the international...
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Etiquette Malmö
4 Reviews At most places with customer service (e.g. Post Office, Tourist Information, Money Exchange) you have to take a number from a machine. Then you have to wait for your number to be called or to be shown...
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Museums Stockholm
39 Reviews This museum is called "Nordiska Museet" (Nordic Museum).You can develop a good understanding of Nordic culture and folklore history since 16th centuryupon visiting this museum. You can see exhibitions...
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Seaside & canals Malmö
4 Reviews On any sunny day, Malmö's citizens gather in Västra Hamnen to walk along the seafront promenade, have a coffee or Italian ice cream in a cafe and just people watch. See the second picture just to see...
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Alcohol Stockholm
5 Reviews If you want to buy alcohol in Sweden then you must go to Systembolaget. They are the only ones who is alowed to sell alcohol. You must be over 21 years to buy alcohol in Systembolaget. This shopps...
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Winter bathing Malmö
1 Review Some Malmö people have a habit of swimming in the Öresund Strait not only in summer but also in freezing winter. This picture is from Sibbarp's Cold Water Bath and NO, those minus signs are NOT a...
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People Stockholm
13 Reviews If wandering around Stockholm museums and sightseeing points, you will probably come across the name Bellman. He was an 18th century poet and trubadour whose songs and melodies are much loved today,...
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Open Swedes Malmö
2 Reviews I know that many people tell that Swedes are cold and sometimes unfriendly, but I have had chance ! I only stayed at a bar 5 minutes alone, and some guys asked me if I was enjoying my hollidays,...
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Festivals Stockholm
7 Reviews Between June and August 2004 about 100 colorful fibreglass cows were placed on many streets, squares and in buildings of Stockholm. This cow parade has already been to New York, London, Dublin and...
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Music Malmö
1 Review Swedes are a music loving people. It is easy to find music festivals in the streets of every town and city in the country, or simply people performing dances or coreographies, like theses girls in...
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Meals Stockholm
10 Reviews In Sweden it is a custom during Easter to fill colourful paper Easter eggs with chocolate and give to your children and loved ones. Since we were travelling in Stockholm around Easter the shops were...
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Tourist info Malmö
3 Reviews This is the place to obtain advice abd information on Malmý. There are maps, postcards, souvenirs, books and others found in the shop. Opening hours October - April: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sat 10...
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Tipping Stockholm
4 Reviews When I have visited Stockholm I have been told that tourist guides and waitresses/waiters, bellboys are not to be tipped. The last time that I visited Stockholm I had the god luck of being able to...
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Swedish signs Malmö
1 Review Gatan is the Swedish for street :) However you can definitely get by on English in Malmo, helped no doubt by the fact that English is a compulsory language subject in school. But a few phrases from...
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Customs in the Home Stockholm
9 Reviews As most of you may know, the Scandinavian tribes are descendants of the Vikings, whose first recorded attack, in England, was in a.d. 793. The remains of several hundred Viking Age boats have been...
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Festival Malmö
2 Reviews Takes place during the second or third week in August every year and means the city is full of people enjoying concerts, crayfish, world food, street life and childrens event in a mix. OK, it's not...
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Crafts and Souvenirs Stockholm
3 Reviews The Dala Horse is a symbol of Sweden. These colorful horses date back to the 18th century. In the best of Swedish folk tradition, hand-carved and painted wooden horses from Dalarna. They are real...
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Bikes Malmö
1 Review This is the bicycle parking (platform) close to the Railway station in Malmö. I would say people love to use bicycles here! It's quite easy to move around the town since there are numerous bicycle...
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Royal Family Stockholm
7 Reviews Walking around Gamla Stan, it is possible to observe a solemn changing of the guard at the western court yard of the Royal palace (Monday-Friday 12.00, Saturday-sunday 13.00). www.hogvakten.mil.se
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Holidays Stockholm
16 Reviews Do what the locals do and enjoy a cruise. The most popular ones are to Finland, where Helsinki, Turku (Åbo in Swedish) and the Åland Islands are the most popular destinations but Tallinn and now Riga...
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Facts and Figures Stockholm
2 Reviews Although Sweden is a member of the the European Union (EU) since 1995, they don't have the Euro as currency. Sweden's currency is the Swedish Crown. 1 Swedish Crown is worth 100 Öre. You can get your...
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Queues Stockholm
5 Reviews Stockholm people are often in a hurry, trying to be efficient with their time. This is why you find everyone standing to the right in escalators, leaving the left side to those who want to WALK up....
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One of my favourites Swedish bands are the Cardigans.You can click on the link bellow to listen & see a short video by the Cardigans:I need some fine wine and you, you need to be nicer (realplayer)
Translation of the Swedish national anthemThou ancient, thou freeborn, thou mountainous North,In beauty and peace our hearts beguiling,I greet thee, thou loveliest land on the earth,Thy sun, thy skies, thy verdant meadows smiling.Thy sun, thy skies, thy verdant meadows smiling. Thy throne rests on mem'ries from great days of yore,When worldwide renown was valour's guerdon.I know to thy name thou art true as before.Oh, I would live and I would die in Sweden,Oh, I would live and I would die in Sweden.
Since 1901, the Nobel Prizes have been presented to the laureates from the hand of the Swedish King on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896. The Prize Award Ceremony takes place at the Stockholm Concert Hall, and is followed by a gala dinner at the City Hall.
Travelling across Sweden, you may have to ask the way while there is no one around to ask. Even if you enter somebody's unfenced yard - there are hardly any fences in Sweden - don't expect people to react. In most cases, no one will look out of the window or bother to talk to you. Sometimes we could see a car with the door open parked in front of the house, indicating that someone had just come in but no one opened the door. Even if a house is signposted as having a room to let there may be no reaction when you arrive, and still you can hear noises inside. Don't they want to earn some money? And what if we were burglars, but the Swedes don't even seem to know the word. You can leave your car full of things in the street and you will find it as you left it. Sweden is a safe country, if a little cold.
Time to tell something about a mythical figure in Sweden that lives among us: the Tomte!In Sweden they don't know the American-type santa. They have their own santa-figure: the Jultomte (Christmas tomte). The Jultomte is a cheerful gnome who is the one that brings the Christmas presents. Here you can see some little ornaments of funny looking jultomtar.The Jultomte has its origin in the Hustomte (house gnome). In Sweden they believed in the tomte gnomes long before the Jultomte was invented as a tradition.The word tomt means lot or grounds, and the tomte is the gnome that takes care of the houses and the lot. He is a grumpy little figure, hardly ever seen, but always believed to be around. He made sure that the owner looked after his property; you didn't want to annoy him! So you made sure you took care of your house, your livestock and property. And if you did that, the tomte would be...
The annual book sale in February is a crazy time to study the Swedes :) In January, catalogues from major bookshops start dropping into our letter boxes (or we pick them up in book shops ourselves if we don't like advertising by mail) and then we study those catalogues carefully to see what is on sale that year. Lots of literature classics are re-printed in popular versions and you also find that you can suddenly afford that coffee table book on Tibet that you've wanted so long or that the bookshop has a very unusual book on offer. The days before the sale, tables are filled with stock in the shops but you are not allowed to buy from those tables until the sale starts. Then the shops open at midnight and people rush in to get their hands on the real bargains or unusual finds. If there is a particularly good selection, there will be queues outside the shops...
Carl Gustav-cake or Princess-cake is very popular in Sweden. Its a Marzipan-covered whipped cream , banana filling - gorgeuos ! Yummie! Yummie!The name is from the King Carl-Gustav. Sweds are I think, like most European that has a monarchy. They kinda like to have the symbols to .. yes you know... whatever they do with symbols.Swedes also eat Semla. I havent had it yet but I am nagging my travlemom to buy some. Its a creamfilled bun with marzipan inside. Some eat it with hot milk! As soon I will get a Semla I will show you one. For some reason - I think its because of something called Fasta in swedish, (Fasting, Saum, Yom Kippur, Ramadan) . The Fasta started on a wednesday so on the tuesday a real gooddie-goodie-yummie-yummie-bun was baked and filled with naugthy whipped cream etc. In Sweden most Semla is sold on the last tuesday before the Påsk fasta (Easter),
A peculiar thing with university studies in Sweden is that you have to belong to a "studentkår" (litt. student corps) which looks after students' interests in society. This means that you pay a small membership fee to belong to the university's kår every term. Very often, these have different sub-sections depending on the department you study at, but they can also involve so called "nations". A Swedish region is simply turned into a nation on its own, and students join the nation representing the part of Sweden they come from, which then arranges various fun and aid for its students with the help of those who want to be active in this. Thus, you can study in for instance Lund and belong to Stockholm's or Småland's Nation...This is something that began in Uppsala in the 1640s when each nation was tied to a professor.
"Lördagsgodis" means Saturday sweets and is a well established part of Swedish life. It just means that many parents use Saturday as the day to give their children sweets and indulge, instead of letting them eat sweets every day of the week. Naturally, this only applies to younger children who have yet to get their own school break money...it is also not as common today as, say ten years ago. Another Swedish thing which has spread through the world is pick-and-mix candy. When I was little, I had to go to a tobacconist and buy lose sweets for my money if I didn't buy something ready made. In the 1980s, any respectable Swedish shop instead had huge pick-and-mix sections and don't get surprised today when you find dirt cheap sweets in Sweden this way. In most countries, this is a very expensive way to buy candy but here, you can pay as little as four crowns a hectogram. Note that it is...
You can find there super practical lockers on every bigger Central station in Sweden, so it's piece of a cake to just leave your luggage there for a while until you explore the city or meet someone. There are different sizes of lockers & the smallest is just big enough for a backpack. If you have larger suitcases, you'll naturally pay more. I used them quite a lot & since it's not so expensive [the prices are 25 - 70 SEK], I think they're just perfect! I just wish everyone had them...
Sheraton Stockholm
18 Reviews and 1103 Opinions The Stockholm Sheraton, considered one of the best hotels in all of Sweden. I found the place to be...
Hotel Gothia Towers Göteborg
5 Reviews and 438 Opinions This is probably the best hotel for business, either at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Center...
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Q: Looking to put our rental car on a ferry from germany near sassnitz into sweden , trelleborg. Do ferry operators have problems...
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