8 culture shocks after moving from Sweden to the USA
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- I miss cheap coffee 🥺
Hellooo! I'm officially back in the USA (for now), since the migrations office kicked me out of Sweden. I explain everything in this video: • Migrationsverket kicke...
I've experienced some culture shock since moving back to the States, so today's video talks about 8 things that have stood out to me.
The list:
1. Speaking Swedish in public
2. Driving everywhere
3. Too many choices at the grocery stores
4. Late store hours
5. Small talk with strangers
6. Cash
7. No shoe horns (feat. my 98-year-old grandma!)
8. Prices of things
I also rant about unnecessary umlauts because for some reason the branding team for Gevalia coffee decided to ADD an umlaut to their American packaging. It drives me nuts!
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Thanks for watching!
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Listen shoehorns are a gift to humankind. One day you will realize this and give the shoehorn the respect it deserves.
They never take theiir shoes off, so maybe thats why its not so nesesary there ;)
True words. We want to take care of our shoes.
Shoehorns are amazing! I am working on an extra long design and will have the local smith make it for me. It will be glorious!
@@soulis1000 I grew up in the US. Never wore shoes in the house.
I'll start using them when I am 80 and too stiff to bend down.
In Sweden we generally don't wear shoes indoors, so we put on /remove our shoes pretty regularly.
The shoehorn is a good way to prevent the heel from getting worn out.
We and the Japanese then. I wounder if the Japanese use shoehorns as well...
Shoes indoors is a crime against humanity in Sweden.
A crime against Jantelagen.
@@michaelpettersson4919 most Europeans don't wear shoes indoors...
I'm Swedish and I never use a shoehorn. I think it's easier to take shoes off the regular way.
There was probably never any misunderstanding with your VISA application.
The purpose you were sent back to the States was because Migrationsverket knew about the new Gevalia packaging, and they needed someone Stateside to kick up some dirt and flip some tables.
😂
Yes... I can see it now. Your future. It's so clear to me. You will open a store in Minnesota. *Meagan's Shoehorns.* Yes. You will sell them in all kinds of shapes and colors. Black Friday specials, buy 3 and pay for 2. Now your customers can put on both shoes at the same time and still have a spare.
😅
Special gift boxes for christmas!
The store hours have a price. It costs the business a lot of money which reflects in the poor pay the cashiers etc get.
This. At least employees in Sweden get a wage it's possible to live on and won't be forced to work two or three jobs. (I know there are people who do work several jobs here as well, but it's not the norm for low paying jobs.)
Im sure the staff gets paid a lot compared to what they get in America. They dont really pay normal service jobs that well. That's why here in Denmark you can be in a nice house/flat with a nice car on a waiters salary. Even working at MacD you could be doing well. This is so not the case for Americans. Hence the tipping system that no one else use... 😉
@@ebbhead20 The same applies in Sweden.
Also if you look at it from a work environment view shorter opening hours also means people don’t have to work all the time.
If you’re used to the opening hours it’s honestly quite easy to plan accordingly. Knowing myself I would probably waste too much time in the grocery store if I knew it was open all the time, I’d not be as careful and forget stuff. Because you know it’s open any way.
Where I live only the grocery stores, one cafe and some pizza places are open on Sundays. Even on Saturday’s the opening hours are limited for those stores who are closed st Sunday’s, most of them close at 14.00. Does it sometimes cause a bit of stress? Sure. But it also ensures that the workers have their days off and that we can have a bigger variety of stores. It also makes it possible for small businesses to operate.
that's not the point. One can have a decent work/life balance getting paid nicely while the business makes good profit, too. The problem in USA is they give in to greed. Both employee and employer.
Kul och se dig igen!
Det kanske skulle va lättare att få uppehållstillstånd i Sverige om du säger att du verkligen gillar SKOHORN!! (kanske det var där skon klämde).....;)
Det där var nästan en Göteborgare 🤣🤣🤣!
Hahahaha! xD
Herregud vilken bra vits! Nu blidde jag glad.
kul ATT se dig. Lär henne inte fel svenska ! !
Fun fact: I talspråk är "Kul å se dig" faktiskt en korrekt uttalsvariation, och det mer ursprungliga sättet att uttala ordet. Detta "att" är nämligen grammatiskt ett helt annat ord än "att" i meningen "jag tycker att det är kul"! Källa: språket i p1
I’m glad you’re back with a new video! Can’t wait to see more comparisons between Sweden and USA. Also can’t wait before you’re back in Sweden ❤️
Mathilda Hogbërg
Sweden is much better...
Mnidse Amgrdo 🇹🇱🇹🇱🇺🇸🇺🇸
Ugh, as a German, the umlaut thing bothered me as well when I was in the States. Anytime some German themed brand or store or restaurant wants to come across as "cool", they apparently just add a random umlaut. Like a soup bar would be called "süp" or a smoothie would suddenly be marketed as "smoöthie". It all sounds weird when you pronounce it the German way and it's not at all authentic.
By the way greetings from Gävle! I'm here for an exchange semester and I kinda feel happy when the city gets mentioned somewhere :)
Yeah, like how Mötley Crüe and Motörhead are ACTUALLY pronounced motley crew and motorhead!
@@T1hitsTheHighestNote haha, oh, I was sooo old before I realized it wasn't supposed to be "mötli kry" 😂
Nice to hear us Scandinavians aren't alone in wondering about the curse of the meaningless umlauts. 😂 Welcome to Gävle, I grew up there. Not a bad place, and it smells like Gevalia.
@@T1hitsTheHighestNote Since "ö" is an actual letter in our alphabet anyone insisting on writing an "ö" are just begging to have it pronounced. Motörhead gets no exception...
My favourite misuse of ö is the heavy metal band "Tröjan". Pronounced in Swedish it sounds very un-metal.
Ditt spontana ”förlåt” i början blew me away! Helt perfekt uttal! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Lugn nu Svensson
@@Sebbe40 Det var väldigt bra för en jänkare..;D
Det lätt bättre än när jag säger det 😀😀😀
Instämmer, lät 100%!
Meagan: *Rants about shoe horns*
Migrationsverket: *Migrationsverket will remember this*
So nice to see you doing videos again though, I always enjoy them!
Migrationsverket did remember, - why do you think she was sent back? Clearly her shoe horn aversion was a major contributer to this decision. #savetheshoehorn
They have removed the Swedish flag from the package too :( ! We need that flag to represent!
Another thing is that - No, you are not the only one that is obsessed with Swedish stuff. I started learning Swedish and immediately went to IKEA and bought Swedish Ikea coffee Påtår , frozen kanelbullar and lingonsylt (cuz I cant fins anything with lingon berries else where) ! So we are ok, dont you worry!
Great vids, I hope you can go back to Sweden quickly!
We don't use flags that much in Sweden. I think that's more an American thing having flags everywhere, including the Christmas tree… 🤣
@G-TYPE No. Maybe a few are, but far from a majority. They are loud, though.
@@johnnyrosenberg9522 i actually have these really old flag strings in my Christmas tree with the Swedish flag, very retro! Don't know when and why they went out of fashion, it's so cute and the Swedish colours looks so good with the green and the red! 😄
Flags in sweden is more of a summer cabin thing. I feel like. Or some people have them in their... I think the english word for koloni is allotment???
@G-TYPE bruh lmao stfu. Ye cuz american flag culture is the only acceptable flag culture in the world...
Glad to see your making another video, hope to see you back in Sweden again!
Haha, jag kollar allt du lägger ut men har aldrig kommenterat innan. Vill bara säga att du är så otroligt ROLIG. Jag sitter alltid med ett leende på läpparna under dina klipp
Every time I go home I say "tack" constantly, and everyone looks at me like I am crazy 😅
or ursäkta .. men växa upp under 1970 talet gör det , ibland slinker det ord ur mej som ingen svensk avänder sedan 30 år
We actually have cars with automatic transmissions here in Sweden too ;)
In Sweden we have the bigger stores like ICA Maxi where you have a big variety of products but generally the smaller stores stock up on the things that people nearby wants. You can ask the workers in the store to order a certain product if they dont sell the thing you want. So for that reason we dont really need massive stores everywhere because "matsvinn" (Throwing away unused food) is a big focus here in Sweden. We dont allow it. If no one is gonna buy that one brand of cheese we dont stock up on it in the store.
I really doubt "matsvinn" is a big factor in the lack of variety in Swedish supermarkets. The three main reasons (which are connected) are infrastructure, size of domestic market and market players. To start with the later, we have a few very big producers with lots of brands within different product segments. To these oligolpolists, introducing new brands will only increase their costs without adding much value. The second reason is that the Swedish market is realtively small so it's much harder to launch a profitable new brand that can compete price wise with existing products. If you can attract 0.1% of the US population with a product with small profit margins, you got yourself a viable business. If you sell to 0.1% of the Swedish population, you will go bust. And lastly, many Swedes like small supermarkets within walking distance while a larger proportion of US shopping is done in vast supermarkets with more shelf space which makes it easier to stock more brands.
In large parts of the United States, there are strict zone laws. Which means that they can not set up small shops in / near residential areas. When the store is located in a special store zone, it only makes sense to have a large store, because the customer base is larger. And as a buyer, you have to take the car there and then you buy many goods at once. Then you want a store with a large selection.
Hey, important to remember the work/life balance, with the store opening hours for example, if a store opens at 9am in Sweden all parents with kids have time to get them off to school or people can have time for a walk or a gym session in the morning. At 6am that would be a constant struggle for two working parents starting 6am.. Just that balance in life that us Swedes have put an inconvenience price tag on…out of respect for workers, families and communities, they tend to come first in Sweden.
No, small town stores aren't open as many hours as big city stores because of economics, not some feel good family concern.
I'm not swedish nor american, but I do appreciate your perspective on things and sense of humor.
I used to live in Ireland for 2 years and when I got back to Sweden I started speaking English at the grocery store and in public.. super embarrassing!
Glad to see you're back with a new video from the states!
Oh you got this soooo wrong.
A good long metal shoehorn is not only for getting slightly small cold shoes on your foot.
It is also a weapon for defense in case of an intruder. Digging in the garden, or maybe as mic pretending to be Adele in front of the bathroom mirror. It has SO many uses !
Scratch your back, I can go on forever.. ;)
Two of your points are related to worker's rights. Late opening hours mean late working hours for employees. Someone has to pull that night shift for your late night shopping, and most likely for minimum wage.
Also no manager in Sweden can force you to be nice to customers or use certain small talk phrases.
Some people PREFER working later hours. It allows people to stay home during the day with young kids but still make money by working later when the other spouse gets home. It allows for part time work. It allows people who are working during the day…to actually shop without rushing. Some people like to stay up very late and sleep in till noon or later, and shop later. And usually 2nd or 3rd shift workers get paid a premium ABOVE the 9-5 shift. We are not socialists in America, nor do we want to be. If you CHOOSE to work or shop later, you can. No one is forcing you. It’s called freedom.
"Force you to be nice"
If a worker is anything worse than neutral, that's a bad thing. Wtf are you talking about. People hate Walmart workers for a reason--they are not typically nice OR helpful. I don't see the issue with a store wanting their employees to do their jobs properly. You don't have to slave away for the customer, but courtesy and respect are mutual things. - former retail worker & tutor
@@yourneighborhoodxenos I know. “Force you to be nice”…what a BS statement from a professional victim. First of all, all people, whether they’re bosses, workers, or customers, should be nice, without “being forced”. I’ve shopped in Europe and compared to the US, it’s downright depressing. The people have no warmth amongst each other. Strangers avert their eyes from each other on the street, there is no such thing as small talk amongst strangers there. I guess generations of socialism and communism does that to people. I mean if that’s their culture, go for it. But do they really think bosses “force people to be nice”? What, do they think people walk around with handguns at peoples heads threatening them to say “how”s it going” when a customer walks in?
Further more: in Sweden you have a much more positive work-spare time relationship which means you don't have to work 2 or 3 minimum wage jobs just to get around. You can thank strong unions for that.
@@TheSwissChalet some people PREFER to have their kids in daycare or school for about 150$ a month, work 9 to 5 and actually have family time together at evenings. That's freedom too!
That’s the funny thing, and this is coming from a native Swede living in Stockholm - On weekdays, or at least Monday through Thursday, grocery stores are open until 10-11pm, Hemköp being one I know is open until 11pm. But I do agree in regards to other stores in general - They usually close around 7-8pm
Great to see a Meagan video again! About small talk with the cashier in a shop. Here in Sweden the cashier will most often be quite happy to make small talk with you. But they will almost never be the one starting it. That is up to you. Which suits me just fine, if all I want from them is the sum to pay, that's what I get. But if you start them up, they can be quite chatty!
When it comes to saying ‘hej’ to strangers, I as a Norwegian was quite puzzled when I hitchhiked through Sweden in 1977 and complete strangers said ‘hej’ to me. But that was probably only in the countryside, I don’t know, but compared to Norwegians Swedes are considered very polite :) My Irish friend who’ve lived in Sweden many years, laughed when I said that. To him, Swedes are the rudest people. Well, they’re easily beaten by Norwegians and Finns :) But like I use to say: I’m not being rude. I’m just Nordic :)
as a swede i have noticed that other swedes are so "nice" they begin conversations with me in english.. until i ask where they are from and it turns out, they too are swedish.. to which i reply "så varför talar vi engelska" (so why are we speaking english).
before the pandemic, this happened to me three times during a 1-2 year span, at a bars and one time after i crashed my bike.. yes, the cyclist behind me asked in english if i was ok..
Its a countryside thing yes, for me living in a bigger city my whole life you don't say hi to strangers unless its your neighbors that you meet just outside your place.
Wow, your förlåt is amazingly spot on! And yes, you pretty much nailed Gävle as well! The Å, Ä and Ös are usually premium tongue twisters for people from the US. Well done!
My local Coop grocery store is open 6-23 every day, so I guess it's different in different parts of Sweden.
At the grocery store: the cashier probably isn’t genuinely interested and I don’t really want to share or small talk like that. So I’d rather spare us both the trouble.
The worst cashier you can meet, in my opinion, is the one commenting on what you buy. ”Oh, hungry today, eh?” when I’m buying 5 Billys Pan Pizza. NO SHAMING, PLEASE! 🙃 It’s not common here in Sweden at all but at my closest supermarket where I lived previously there was an older man doing it. I always forced my husband to pay while I packed the grocieries…. 😅
Wow. People actually commented your groceries? That's not fun to hear for someone who's afraid of cashiers noticing what you buy. Like "Oh, he's buying beer today again. Is he a drunk?" :D I usually just want a smile and get through quickly. But we have a very upbeat cashier in my store that says "Ha en trevlig kväll!" and it shocks me every time because i'm not used to it :). It makes me happy tho.
@@phrike7588 I have only met this one cashier in my whole life who has done this. I have always thought it was an unwritten rule amongst cashiers not to comment on what customers are buying, This guy was always keen on socialising.
Whenever I buy pizza in sweden the guy talks so much lmao. I say no onion pls he says "ayy extra onion boss yes?"
The ”Gëvalia” thing is straight up cultural appropriation, no?
The US is the county of “suing everyone over everything” right, so maybe you can make yourself some money there XD
Jokes aside (even though it is pretty atrocious to put an umlaut on an E), I hope you’re doing well overseas, and wish you an as-quick-as-possible return to Sweden! 🇸🇪
(P.S. Yes, the Ä in ”Gävle” is long, so you Said it right the first time: [Jäävle].)
For all the things complaining about cultural appropriation. It is that it mimics the culture and does so poorly that it offends people.
It wouldn't hold up in court but you can always scare the company with negative backlash of progressivism.
Also she did say it right the first AND last time, while the ä is long she said the whole name slowly. It's all up to dialectics.
I mean it's not really cultural approriation to use swedish grammatic characteristics wrong on a product from a swedish company. It's just stupid and ignorant. Had they used it on an american product without any connection to sweden and claimed that it was a swedish product, or those grammatic characteristics to be their idea, then it would of been CA.
@@the_Pons Fair enough on the good explanation on why it wouldn’t work; but I do want to mention, again, that I absolutely was not serious 😄
Motörhead
I take a sip of my Swedish Svedka every time you say Shoe-horn! Great to see a video back up, even thou its not from Örebro. / Love from Trollhättan
When/if you move back here I'd want you to know that you never have to feel ashamed for speaking english!
I was born and has always lived in Sweden but I almost never watch videos, shows, movies or listen to music in Swedish and sometimes even I have to use english or american words to "fully" describe what I am actually trying to say.
Even earlier today I had to say "I felt alianated by them." when talking to my mother, 'cause I just couldn't translate "alienated" to any Swedish word.
I'm happy that you want to come back and I'm sure that Sweden would be a greater place with you in it. ❤️
Alienerad är ett ord 😅
@@BjoernKarlsson Hade inte hört det på svenska tidigare. 🙂🤷♀️
I get "forgetting words in a pinch" situation, which happens to most multi-lingual, but basically avoiding Swedish as a native is a bad road to follow
Försök med "fjärma", "alienera" eller "göra främmande" till exempel.
You're not alone, random umlauts is a pet peeve for a lot of us! And the first "Gävle" was pretty spot on.
Would love to see you vlogging around Minnesota!
That's what I love about the States, everyone's so friendly and just starts talking to you all the time. But on the other hand it's also nice to be able to plug your airpods in and not talk to anyone once in a while i guess. I also wish opening hours were better!
Hello Meagan, i just want to tell you that your swedish family is still with you even if you're across the ocean.
The stores closes early in Sweden because we have better work-life balance here. If the stores open longer, the workers have to work later hours
So
I share your thoughts about Gevala….the u.s. price is outrageous. We live in Sweden part of the year and often bring back many kilos of Gevala or Classic!
I TOTALLY AGREE ON #5 I GET SO STRESSED
Shoehorns prevent your heels from getting worn out and also just makes it easier to put on your shoes. It's not like I'm not *able* to put on my shoes without one, it just saves me a few seconds
Jag är ledsen att höra vad som hände dig. Jag hoppas att du snart kan komma tillbaka.
The thing is, with the shoehorns, that in Sweden, we take off our shoes OFTEN, compared to in the states where you wear your shoes on from morning to before bed. So the shoehorn makes it easier for people that take their shoes of and on all the time. I was wondering if they use shoehorns in Japan? They take off their shoes often, too. 🤔
That last Gevalia packaging was horrible. 😂🤦♀️What is with that e with two dots, anyway? 😂 Did they think it was an " ä " ? All the Gevalia letters are the same in English, so I don't get it, either. 🤷♀️ Even looked like they they made the package smaller again..
I was wondering if they think those flame things are exotic?
And that the old package was a bit dull?
(I totally agree with Megan on this!)
Så kul och se dig igen! Har klurat på hur det gick för dig. 💕
Hoppas verkligen att du kan komma tillbaka till Sverige. Dina videos är verkligen jätteroliga och underhållande!
When I was a kid in the 70’s , grocery stores hours were approximately mon-fri 09-18 , sat 10-13 and sunday closed. Same for other shops & stores. However , there was the kiosk : Pressbyrån , which used to be near railway/bus stations. They had newspapers & magazines , all kinds of tobacco products , some hygien products , a small selection of basic groceries like fruit , bread , milk and sugar , some candy , snacks and soda and and a few lifesaving household necessities like scissors , can opener and bicycle tire patcher. They closed at 20.00. Outside these hours , you were on your own.
On the dots over some letters. There were a metalband in England that intended to call themselves Trojan. However they put two dots above the o ,presumably to look cool, and turned it into Tröjan. So the band was actually called "The Sweater".
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❤️ cross my fingers that you are back in Sweden soon! Love your channel and how you bring awareness about differences between Sweden and America, always interesting 🧐 😄🤗
Riktigt rolig video Megan!!
About Gevalia coffee, I live in the city it's named after, and sometimes in the morning you can smell coffee if the wind is blowing from the coffee factory.
Hoppas du kommer tillbaka till Sverige snart! :)
Do you really have to look up and smile to the stranger though?? I mean, you most likely won't ever see the person again 🤷🏻♀️ As a Swede it sounds horrible to be pressured to do that 🤣 Same with the small talk. I'd be so frustrated if the person in front of me held up the line because them and the cashier stood there small talking. Just pay and leave! lol
In Nacka, Sweden they have put up Sweden's first "hej-zoon" signs at one place! ;D
So funny, she was just another youtuber talking about differences in US vs somewhere else. So nothing unusual here. But then she hits us with this sensual voice, and i was damn... I'll listen to whatever she has to say about Sweden. That's gotta be the most bedchamber voice out there! Halloooo Nurse. 😍😍😍
Agreed on the umlauts, unless it's for a cheezy metal band or for laughs.
The best use of umlauts (well mostly øs really) ever is the opening credits of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, always cracks me up, genius!
If you haven't seen it before (surely everyone has seen it, right?), or since you learned Swedish, see it (again). If you don't at least giggle at those credits I'll eat my hat. (Epilepsy warning on the last bit though.)
Agree, the opening always give me a big smile.
They are not umlauts, gosh darn it :) They are not even diacritical marks. They are just glyphs :)
You have such a lovely personality ♡ the kinda person u could talk with for hours also great video, super fun to watch
Jag är jätteglad att du är tillbaka med en ny video och med ditt smittande leende och lite småbusiga sätt,fortsätt på det sättet och vi är många som väntar på nästa video.
The overwhelming feeling in American stores - I fully agree, there's just TOO many options!
Opening hours - that's more for smaller cities. Stockholm is better, even if it's not as good as in the US. However, that also might mean better working hours for the employees in Sweden?
Also, whyyyyyyy not adding taxes to prices in the US. It's so confusing :(
Also, again, you should e-mail the Gevalia design people XD That is just so annoying.
It is to make you realize how much the government robs you. Zero to 10 % is definitely better though than the highway robbery of 25% in Sweden.
Yup like ! keep the rants going 😄
I see how you shoe-horned point 7 in there.
I have never tried Gevalia coffee. It might be fabulous, but money is tight for me right now. I am drinking Trader Joe's coffee. Also I have a neighbor who throws away expired stuff. When her coffee expires, and is about to be thrown in the trash, she offers it to me because she knows I would take it. I get free coffee, some of it only a week past the best by date. ☕ ☕
Lovely video and great humour 😊
We miss you in Sweden 🇸🇪...
Hope ure on you're way back to us...
As a Swede living in US for a little while it was sooooo frustrating to always get “Hi how are you” from totally strangers you pass on the street. I really like how it is here. I mind my own business and don’t say hi to strangers if I happens to met their eyes for a tenth of second.
how is that frustrating? 😅 man Swedish antisocial culture is so puzzling and sad sometimes
I support stores not being open late! Enjoy your Sunday, don't spend it in a mall.. Go out and do something or spend time with your family. In Austria all stores are closed on Sundays and everyone is surviving :)
A shoehorn often save the shoe, socks and sometime the fingers, and when you use winter shoes that need a snugger fit, then the shoehorn make more sense, and I think American seldom take off the shoes indoors, so if they had upton and take off shoes as often as Swedes do it may been more popular.
I'm waiting on the day Meagan finally sees the light and converts to the shoehorn family. I'll wait forever if I have to. 😤
MeeToo I am soo glad you are back! Really long for your first clip from Sweden, again!
I miss you! Hope you är well! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Storehours:
I often think of the employees that have to be there until 22.00. What about their family life?
I am old enough to remember when shops closed 18.00. Saturday 12.00 and Sunday closed. When afternoon on Saturday was reached, everything became calm, so nice. We visited family on Saturdays, it was much easier to find a suitable time, everybody was home.
In Germany, Sunday is still the day off, and it is "ruhetag".
Sometimes I miss the calm and stress-free Sunday.
Spot on ! 😅 Varma kramar från Sverige 🥰
Just found your channel super interesting to hear your experience! Hopefully welcome back soon!
I will give you my thought tomorrow morning when I drink my Gevalia morgonkaffe!☕😊
Welcome back when you get here again! 🤗
Fun video… I wish you luck and success in your next application
Happy to see you back and great video! Can't wait for more! :D
Hope to have you back soon
Nice, we want more videos from the US 🙌🏻. Show us around your neighbourhood or downtown 😊
Stumbled in by your good looks and heard a lovely voice compare things between two countries, interesting
Happy to see you agine. Mycke kärlek från swe. I hope to see more of you soon
Kom tillbaka snart! Sverige älskar dig!!
Riktigt bra videos 👍
Those US food store opening hours looked the same as in Sweden to me. At least the larger stores. The examples used in the video are not food stores, but a clothes store and the liquor store that specifically have limited open time to limit access.
We want you back, please try again!!
Sweden needs people like you.💛❤️💙
Friendly strangers is what I miss the most about America
Cash is King! Thank you for the video. They're always fun to look at.
Tack så mycket igen Meagan! Det var roligt.
Jag bor ca 8 mil ifrån Gävle. :D
Mind the Gevalia coffee isn't actually supposed to be the same in terms of pricing. In America they have always branded and worked to keep themselves seen as a gourmet coffee brand(possibly more successfully so before the whole craft everything boom), whereas in Sweden of course they are a mass market grocery store brand. The yellow vs red branding is supposed to reflect this somehow.
In the mid 90s Gevalia was introduced to the American market as gourmet and a direct sales model. You couldn't buy it in a store. They first tried to get Americans to subscribe to the coffee by including a free coffee machine if you signed up for six months. At the end of six months I canceled my subscription. I'll never forget how angry the customer rep was. He beratted me for canceling and then told me to enjoy the coffee machine. It was kind of traumatizing and very not Swedish.
Fingers crossed that you can come back! Coming from "Gëvle" I really enjoy your videos.
Ååh Meagan va roligt att se dig igen!! ❤️
Good luck with everything! ❤️
Yeah...for you....that s the spirit....and i hope it doesn't take that long....and you know your'e welcome back to Sweden.....Love your'e videos.....
I´ve missed you. Hope you come back to Sweden soon.
You cannot be overly passionate about Gevalia Coffee. It is the best coffee ever. 😍😍
I used to live just beside the Gevalia roastery in Gävle (and I think you can say it both ways 😄) and the whole neighborhood had a scent of freshly roasted coffee, absolutely wonderful.
Bra jävla uttal av Gävle! (Och en superb video som vanligt!)
Nice to see your face again🇸🇪👍🇦🇺🤙
Stores are normaly open to 20 or 21 or even later in Sweden. Even in my little village with about 2000 people the store is open to 20:00 every day. And in bigger cities you can always fund a mcdonalds open 24/7.
No shoehorns were harmed during the recording of this video, only behind the scenes.
My local Ica Maxi is open from 6am to 11pm. Willys 7am to 9pm. 7 days a week. Gevalia commentary
Nice to see you again. 😀
hope you manage your way back to sweden soon!
I'm Swedish but I love small talk, it's a bit more socially accepted in scania where I'm from but wish Sweden was more like America in this regard.
Meagan, sweden miss you sooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!
Have you tried Zoegas coffee here in sweden? It is made in Helsingborg in Skåne and it taste amazing 😍👌🏼
Brand it in the US as Zöëgä...