Weird Cultural Differences: A Californian in Sweden
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Sweden is one of the best places in the world. We laugh a lot about the differences between our two home countries, Sweden and America, and even Sweden vs. California. Here are just a few of Lauren's favorite things she's noticed about being a Californian expat living in Sweden.
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I’m from Norway, and I drive 5-6 hours to get that Swedish candy! No joke. Swedish candy is seriously the best.
How interesting. Make more of these.
Ida Hoffman
LOL why not purchase swedish candies online? 🐟 🙌🏼🙌🏼
The løs godis and the cheap soda, it’s just sooo cheap. Plus shipping is expensive.
Yes our candy is The best!
Ida Hoffman YES
"I'm asking a swede how their day is going and they assume that i actually ask how their day is going". Well ofc, you literally ask how our day is going :O
yes, but for us americans, its just being polite. unless someone is a good friend, why would we want to know how you slept and all that.
@@klaseniusproductions7591 that's absurd. It's a greeting. What kind of narcissist thinks anyone who is not a friend or family member wants a bunch of personal info.
@@GUITARTIME2024 because we are friendly and you might want to know for a strange reason we might find you odd for saying it but if you want to know we will tell you xD
Finn here. Salty liquorice makes everything better.
Even glass, unless you are trying to switch out the vanilla
Salty licorice: Good, by itself.
Chocolate, coffee, caramel, vanilla: mix and match with each other, but not fruity or licorice.
Fruity candies: mix and match with each other, but not with chocolate, caramel, or licorice.
Those are the rules. 😉
indeed
torille
No, salmiakki is not good, but pannukakku is amazing!
From my experience it's not that swedes are particularly literal in their speech compared to others, it's just that Americans are not.
this is true,i work in hotel in europe, only americans act like this and i never understand that question because they dont care for any kind of answer AT ALL
This is very true. I grew up in India and moved to the States. Been living here for almost a decade and I still have a hard time with how much everyone exaggerates everything and you just have to learn to not take things literally.
Everyone? hmmm sounds like an exaggeration....Everything? there's another one....seems you have succumbed.
The English are the same as Americans, when it comes to the "how are you doing".
Found it really weird for the 1 1/2 year I lived in Portsmouth.
true, Americans are very casual in general, with our lingo and our dress especially
Swedes never ever sit next to each other at buses, trams etc. We cant even wait for the bus in one group, we rather stand as far as possible from each other! No eyecontact no talking
Hahahaha! TRUE! It can be pouring rain and people will not pack themselves into the sheltered area at the bus stop
Can’t relate at all.. might be a difference in cities and villages/countryside 😁
same for most danes. and it is sad. =(
It's like the principle for a urinal, you always take the urinal/spot furthest away from others, if there is one guy in each end you place yourself in the exact center and so on.
We keep our distance to not intrude on personal space...also if someone tries to speak to you on the bus, no matter how inocuous it may seem you must always assume that they are drunk and/or crazy (why else would they speak to complete strangers?) and ignore them, that's basicly a requirement to being Swedish.
Nah, when I wait for the bus to come i stand with ppl jjust to not look lonely hahah
Oh my goodness, I almost forgot this interaction I had with a Swedish man! I am South African, Zulu. We greet everybody! It's disrespectful not to greeet. I had been in Sweden for about 2 weeks and I made the mistake of greeting a stranger. He looked up in shock and nodded when I said hello. I then made a grave mistake and asked how he was! At this point his shock had turned into disgust and he said "talkative aren't we??" The funniest interaction I've ever had in LIFE!
Haha funny story Linda!! He sounded unusually aggressive though. I hope you had more successful interactions with other Swedes!
This is so funny! It’s true, only drunk or insane people behave like that in Sweden, hence the look of disgust.
I did thanks! Swedes are lovely once you've been introduced. After this interaction I thought it would be funny to go around smiling, nodding and occasionally saying hi to random people. I rarely got responses but when I did I was over the moon!! lol. I'm a bit weird, I know.
Lovisa, it's so funny to me that Swedes are personable only when they are drunk or out of their minds! Maybe it's your true nature and you've just been taught otherwise?!
Hahah talkative aren´t we! Im a Swede, but i dont know if i had reacted like that...probably whould have thought that you were coming on to me...
I’m a Swede living in Spain, and one typical Swedish thing I do all the time is that I say “tack” (thank you) so much... Like a real Swede 😂
Even though I should say your welcome I say thank you. Also taking off my shoes everywhere, that I got a little better with that now though (maybe cause I have no Spanish friends 😭) but I still feel like if you go inside someone’s house you DO take your shoes off...
It’s not nice to vacuum alllllll the freaking time? Shoes in the sofa etc.. 🤔 Well, I guess there are many other typical Swedish things I do, but can not recall right now. To early 😴
Cissi - I agree. I prefer people take their shoes off before entering my home, and if they are pretty women I prefer they remove their clothing too.
Born and bred American here who has never felt at home in my own country. After watching this video, it is clear to me that I would be better suited for life as a Swede. I hate small talk and intrusive customer service, am very introverted and keep to myself, prefer language that is to the point and not overly effusive, and well....bulk candy aisles sound like paradise to me. Ditto, being surrounded by stylish, good looking, cultured people. The only drawback for me would be the cold weather.
On my master`s degree registration day I expected the usual formal process, but it turned out to be my very first iNtEnSe fika with all the renowned professors, who introduced themselves with their first names. Same for the work environment, where we started off on first-name basis with the superiors right away. In my experience, the moment you need to work together with Swedes in academic or professional terms you are considered a team without a forced gap between different ranks. That took some time getting used to, but I cherish it immensely.
Oh my gosh, calling teachers by their first names. And kids all take their shoes off when they get to class, through high school i believe. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong) That's totally going into the next video.
I don't think I have ever used inneskor (indoor shoes) in school of what I can remember... Everyone either have their shoes on or take them off depending on school or something.
haha watching this as a swede is pretty funny, all these things are so normal to me 😂 and I will never ever understand the "how are you doing?" as a hello. like, that's a question! about ones we'll being! how is that a hello?! and I think it's super embarrassing when I've been abroad and someone says that and I'm like "oh I'm okay I guess" and they're just like "..... ok then"
* tova *, ingen skillnad mot att säga "Tjena, hur är läget?", man förväntar sig inget annat än ett standardsvar typ "Jodå, det är ok". (Som svensk får man inte låta för positiv, lite neutral-negativ är mer lagom 🤣🤣)
"Hi, how are you?" "I'm good, how're you?"
Så vad är problemet? 🤔
agreed! and I’m not from Sweden, I think this how are u doin is just an american thing tbh
Anna Backman ill actually answer that and im swedish because if you ask that in My group of people you are actually expected to answer
Anna Rehbinder, OK, if you say so. But that's nothing I've experienced in my 57 years.
We watched this in school and it made so many of the students happy to see that they took a video from a lgbt couple, because that would never happen before
You two are so cute!!! I'm from Southern California and married a Swede last year. So I've been living in the countryside (middle) of Sweden for almost 10 months, and I can totally relate! Another thing I've noticed is that there is a LOT less eating out here... so not many restaurants but lots of pizza places and fika places that only have sandwiches & sweets to eat. I'm not big on coffee, candy or sweets (and I do NOT like salty licorice!) My favorite parts of Sweden: the abundance of forests, the feeling of safety and how people trust each other 😊
Eating out is more expensive here than in America I think. We rather go out for a good fika than for a dinner haha. We invite people to hour homes for dinner instead.
I've also found saying "I love you" isn't as frequent as it is for Americans. Early on I'd say it at the end of phone calls and my bf wouldn't. When I questioned him on it he said Swedes don't need the constant reassurance and I should know he loves me because he calls me älskling. He's become more Americanized with it as time has gone on. 😂
So true! we'll probably mention this in our next video like this. Lisa had a very different idea about "I love you" than I did.
overuse of a word removes its impact/meaning.
Same thing happened to me and my American fiancé in the beginning. She said I love you all the time and was upset when I felt it was inappropriate (less meaning behind it) and unnecessary (we both knew we loved each other, why the constant reminders?) to say it aaaaall-the-friggin-tiiiiime lol
I only say that phrase when I really mean it. When I dated my first girlfriend, she told me that all the time, but I never said it back...because I just wasn't feeling it. Then we broke up not long after we got together and I realised I never said it because I never actually loved her in the first place.
I love you for a swede at least more old school Swedes is something which is hugely important and not something to use instead of bye darling ... its more a I Will always love you and stay with you NO matter what during the next 70 years
GIRL that 'how's the day going' drives me crazy! my in-laws are latinos and they're constantly asking 'como te va' but you're not supposed to answer that! it's a way of saying hello. now dude, i'm italian and if you ask me how i'm doing i'll tell you, just like a good swede! 😂😂😂
I don't know whether it is the same in Sweden, but here in Iceland when everyone starts clapping in unison it means "again", "more", "encore" or something like that.
P.S. just stumbled on your channel and find it adorable
I from Sweden and find it very interesting to hear about these kind of observations. And I agree on many of them as well. Though I believe swedes don’t eat much candy except on saturdays. Just to clearify. Visiting som other european countries I thought people ate candy constantly. But of course, swedes instead eat candy om saturdays. ”Saturday candy” is mainly for kids I think. Kids always want candy right. So when they ask for it, instead of getting a NO, they get the answer ”You will get candy on saturday”. Grown ups doesn’t eat much candy. And if they do they (we) typically prefer that salty licorice or salmiak, or choclate.
Alltså det går ju INTE att gilla sötlakrits men saltlakrits är livet ❤️👍🏻😂
Jo. Smakar skit.
Love salty licorice!!!
#thelittleswede
I do love salty licorice but that's not a suprise since I'm a finn :)
I guess it's a Northern Europe thing.
(the Netherlands the same; love salty licorice)
Tuva-Li Fahlman -- I wonder if I can equate "salty licorice" to "salt water taffy"? Here in USA, there is a place on the east coast, right along the Atlantic shoreline, that is known for /or well reputed for its salt water taffy. All the locals enjoyed it and many tourists came to indulge their senses in the tasty candy. :-) (It has been many years since I have been there though - 1970s - so I do not know if this tradition still exists.) :-( -- I will now have to look that up! :-D
No, salty licorice is REALLY SALTY and REALLY LICORICE to the max. Saltwater taffy is just a pleasant mild sort of taste. You can still get saltwater taffy.
Celia Graungaard -- Thanks for straightening me out! (I was a little boy, not far from Philadelphia as a young school boy, in the early to mid '70s.) :-)
I lived in California for a few years so I find the cultural difference really intereting. But I have never thought about the clapping thing - hilarious! I used to make it a thing though about the greeting thing, I always answered with tired /great/happy and than asked them back "How are YOU doing?!" Thanks for a great channel!
Love it both of you are a lot of fun to listen to
What a great couple. I came here to get an outside view on us swedes. I stayed because of your warm and genuine chemistry.
Älskar saltlakrits !!
Vad är grejen m söt lakrits lixom???
Salt lakrits är söt också. En blandning av sötad lakrits och salmiak.
Ja - ugh.....Lakris skal være salt!! Nuff' said!
I'm from San Diego and have lived in Stockholm for roughly 3 years. And oh man, I couldn't relate more to the whole "hey how's it going?" or "hey what's up?" situation! I have to awkwardly explain 2 minutes after them telling me their day that I was only saying "hi" lol!
I love licorice! Especially "Djungelvrål" and "S-märken".
I've never thought about saturday-candy only being a Swedish thing. When are american kids aloud to eat candy? 😂
before and after lunch I'm guessing.
Hahahahhaha, WELLLLLLL, it's more a family to family thing. Some kids kinda eat it whenever, but others not. I was rarely allowed candy except for special occasions like holidays (Christmas stockings and easter baskets) and going to the movies for instance. The main takeaway is that there isn't a cultural norm for us in the states. :P
Why do you think 2/3 of americans are obese?
either all the time or never
I think this has more to do with food quality and portion size in the states. In my experience Americans actually don’t eat as much candy as Swedes, which was the main reason why it was so shocking to me.
Regulating alcohol sales like Sweden does has a significant impact on overconsumption of alcohol and alcoholism, so it's definitely a good thing. Systembolaget made a bunch of commercials explaining this a few months ago after some political party raised the issue of deregulating the government's monopoly.
That "some political party" made the first step in parliament to make it possible for producers to sell alcohol at their factories. The benefit it would bring for turism, the environment and the local companies is way bigger than any risks of overconsumtion. The temperance movement is closely related to the biggest party in Sweden which likes regulations and government control so they voted against but lost.
So good to see you both. Sweden is on our list of places to visit for sure. Thanks for giving pointers. Being from California but living in NYC was a big culture shock. Example: trying asking a New York neighbor where to place recycling in the building! 🤨
So so funny !!! We moved to East Texas two years ago from the east coast. As each of my kids came to stay with us, I had to tell them, "do NOT say to anyone you run into "hey, how are ya doing? " , because they are going to stop and TELL YOU how they are doing! And if you have to be anywhere in the next 30 minutes, YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE! Baaaahahaha!!! It's just a general greeting on the east coast just like the left coast!
C.J. Riffle From Texas you aren't wrong, 😂
Sweeties, what a fresh, funny topic! Loved it! Definitely shoot more such videos and I MISS LAUREN SPEAKING IN SWEDISH, SHE IS ADORABLE! Every time I have experienced cultural differences, it made me feel as learning precious new things way more valuable than the textbooks. Have not yet been to Sweden, but if you don't mind it, I'd love to come to Stockholm when you are there to both see it and to meet you. ❤💋
I'm from Sweden and my girlfriend is from Serbia. She too has a hard time understanding "lördagsgodis" whilst I think it's totaly logical. It just seems wierd letting kids eat candy every day... and the same goes for chips!
Could you do a candy comparasing video? Swedish/American?
Sweden sounds great. Personally, I drink very sparingly. Also, (from Aspie perspective), I grew up taking verbal language as more literal than most people. Over time, as both a writer and general communicator, I started getting a better grasp of when people are speaking rhetorically, sarcastically, figuratively, and in ways embellishing on facts for persuasive effect. Learning to identify, interpret, and utilize such techniques for personal expression became... Something that I may compare to someone training themselves to be ambidextrous.
Ken Coleman Sweden as a swedish aspie is not nice because people require you to understand nuances which are ridiculously small and people dont say what they mean at all , its like Japan that you shall not disagree with people or take conflicts this is However easier to cope with if you are a foreigner - as a swedish aspie My easiest country to live in has been France because they say more what they actually mean
Also since im swedish im expected to be weird and excentricitet and weird and excentricitet are considered cute in France ,in Sweden not so much :(
Another Swedish Aspie. Yeah no, polite sarcasm and irony is made into an art-form here in Sweden. A Swede can insult you over and over again during the whole conversation without ever having been openly rude. I've learned to be pretty good at it for an Aspie and I only pick up about a third of to half of it. Especially I miss it if I'm of on a enthusiastic tangent about a topic of interest and they start with all the small little hints of getting tired or annoyed at the subject or well me. They don't even do things like say the need to go get something or pretend to see someone else they need to talk to and walk away. They just stand there being all polite using alien body language I am blind getting more and more annoyed until they hate you with their very soul, all the time I think I found someone that found one of my hobbies just as interesting as I do because they are smiling and seem engaged in the conversation.
Though yes, Swedes in general do not like when you take up their time with silly questions you don't want the answer too. That is nice. Like it you bring up the weather it may be small talk but you only do it when there is actually something about the weather worth talking about, like if there was a huge storm last night.
The main good thing about Systembolaget is that the staff generally have a very high level of knowledge about all of the products they sell, that is not quite the experience i've had while shopping for wine or beer while being abroad. It's more about selling quality than it is quantity, and that was the original point, because back in the day before the government regulation was a thing we drank our selves to death in Sweden. :P
I cannot live without saltlaktits, for real I filled half my suitcase with it when I went to Malaysia for 3 months.
I love Lauren’s laugh when Lisa says that Swedes are shy (“Yeah, right!”).
I adore Salty Licorice. The Salty Licorice with the Rhubarb filling are my favorites.
My Gudfar var från Uddevalla och min Gudmor Far var från Norra Vram Skåne. I was raised with the lack of superlatives in everything, clapping in unison, kottbullar, kanelbullar for fika, Lussekattar, and wickedly strong coffee from the time I could hold a coffee cup. The love of life and the joy of family and friends getting together is what I remember best. The quiet of the days is something I appreciated, but my American sensibilities can snap me out quickly.
Haha the clapping bit killed me, it's so true. I always try to get ppl more amped up but it's hard xD
I'm an exchange student from England studying for a year in Linkoping, and I've noticed that a lot of students march around the campus in their society uniforms. It's terrifying and just accepted. I don't understand what it means and it baffles me every time!!
Marching in uniforms in a non-military context sounds pretty intimidating to me as well, as a Swede! What's going on in Linköping?
Things you missed. I'm a Californian. Your village dances (polskor, etc. )and music are the absolute best. We travel to Sweden just for the dancing and playing in Dalarna. Surstromming is good. Swedish sil is far better than U.S. or Canadian pickled herring. Messmor is great and absent in the U.S. Midsommar potatoes are generally better than anything in the U.S.
I thought I had that typical British reserve until I moved to Sweden. In fact, we're positively gregarious in comparison. I love to smile sweetly at the elderly because we're told they become invisible to the young. Instant suspicion, if indeed they ever look at you. I can't stop holding doors open for people following (to their surprise) even as the one in front of me closed in my face. I passed the pickled herring test but not the salty liquorish. I think the Dutch version is even saltier & yes, I had that pushed on me as "it's delicious, a delicacy, really tasty"! One similarity to London, I'm always the last on the bus as I refuse to push my way on.
My father had a thing similar to the first thing you described, but in the other direction. When he had been out in bad weather or happened to come across something he didn't like, he would always describe it as "The worst I've experienced."
When we got into greeting phrases in english class, we were taught that the rather formal "How do you do", was not an inquiry as to your health, but was to be responded to with the same phrase, but that was the only one. I've always regarded greetings such as "How are you doing?" or "How is it going?" as questions that need answering, although the other party is not really interested in how you are feeling.
Yes we buy huge amounts of candy in bulk. But were not obese or diabetic..... Cause we dont have cornsyrup in our food for example
As a norwegian I LOVE salty licorice and when I lived in the UK for 3 years I had serious cravings and they did not have good licorice, and no salty options. So I had to have my mum send some in the mail and I rationed it out. They did have a store that sold american candy: redwines, warheads, hershey, reeses and cheetos. It all tasted like soap/perfume, sickeingly sweet (except for the cheetos, which were dry and bland).
Great video! I am from the Netherlands and we to like salty liquorice and would answer also the same when asked how our day was going 😁
i lived in NL and Belgium, and i'm an American. It depends. Plenty of people just answer "goed" or "good" if I asked then how they were doing . I dont remember too many people explaining how they slept last night or things like that. Maybe the more old fashioned type people.
I´m from Norway and I have been to sweden 3 times. But my dad travels every summer for the last 15 years to Lund, and there he is at the martial arts camp at home of samurais. for this summer, the whole family are going ther.
I have lived in the USA since the 1980s but I still tell people at least a few words about how I am actually doing when they ask. Like a very short summary.
I had to chuckle about the American overt enthusiasm. I'm American, raised in the South, have also lived in the Midwest (lots of Scandinavians in Minnesota) and now in upstate NY. To me, California is different in a number of ways than the parts of America I'm used to. That golden retriever puppy enthusiasm for every little thing throws me, too. Maybe it's the unrelenting sunshine and gorgeous weather that fuels boundless sparkliness. :D
I live in Minnesota, and my ancestors are from Sweden and the Netherlands. I think my family acts more like Swedes than people from California.
Everyone is just Nationwide cool-looking... And then there's me!
The reason for alcohol being goverment regulated is the extreme problem with alcoholism before the regulation.
I know they have a similar system in Norway.
Oh when I was little we used to drive to Haparanda to buy bulk candy and cartons full of sodas from Finland :D I loved how similar Lauren's observations were to my gf observations are about Finland. Apart from models walking the streets, that we dont have:D Stockholm is the best place to feel unattractive as hell as everyone is just gorgeous!
I lived in the United States since I was five. When I asked "How are you doing" or "How's your day", I truly want to hear how you're doing. I like listening and learning about people. If I want a short answer from you, I will ask "How are you?"
I work with Americans, whenever they say hi with "How are you?" or anything similar i usually spend 5-10 minutes describing in great detail how my day has been.
Why would you do that? I lived in Europe, and most people dont even do that when they greet each other.
Finland has lördags godis also, the kids i take care of at daycare get SO excited :p
we have this kiosk chain called R Kioski and no doubt they have at least 10 tubs per store!
Bleehhhh salty licorice , was not for me :p
Systembolaget sounds a like like Alko here ;)
very interesting video
thanks you two!
*lördagsgodis. Don't särskriv, REEEEEE.
@@Nekotaku_TV gee sorry for writing an evil extra space in my third language 🙄
We are going to Sweden next month!! We are picking up our car and plan to drive around!! We are super excited!! Any ideas on places to see??
DO NOT BUY CANDY FROM THE ACTUAL CANDY STORES IN STOCKHOLM!!!! They are suuuper expensive and you can find the same candy in a grocery store like ICA , coop , hemköp any of them and it tastes exactly the same!!!
The thing about “Saturday candy” is that there is nothing stopping you buying and eating it every day. ;D
to explain "FIKA" which everyone makes such a big deal out of:
Fik - café
Att fika - to café
Cafés started to become such a popular thing back in the day (my grandma has told me about this thourogly) and it became so popular to the point where they made a verb out of the word "fik" which means Café in Swedish.
So, what do you do when you go to a Café? You drink Coffe and you eat something. and that's literally thea meaning... and then you can ofcourse apply this word even when you are not sitting inside the café.
So it's like we are saying: "I'm caféing right now with my family" when we sit and have coffe and eat kanelbullar around the table with our relatives lmao.
I have been in England were people are do polite and friendly. I felt so good because Swedish people in general are so shy and reserv.
Love salty licorice!! And the same policy with alcohol also here in Finland. You guys are super entertaining, thanks for the video 😊 Hälsningar från Finland!
I laughed so hard when you mentioned that your chances of having black licorice stuffed in your face in Sweden, because my friends did just that when I visited them in Stockholm last summer! It’s not nasty nor good, it’s an acquired taste. I do recommend trying at least once. I love Sweden! ✨
I have visited Scandinavia but not Sweden, Norway. Loved it!
Lördagsgodis is for kids...grown ups can eat candy whenever they want....true story!
So true all of it! And yes, salty licorice rules! Tyrkisk Peber anyone? ;)
Tyrkisk Peber is good. It's actually invented in Denmark in the 1970's by "Perelly" (Støvring Bolcher), and sold to "Fazer" in the 1990's.
Love this video.. I enjoy the differences between the two cultures esp the matter of factness of Scandinavians. Just so real w/o emotional embellishments. I grew up partly in Wisconsin where there are a lot of Swedes and they are still like that here.
I DO!
Salty liquorish is the best! more of that stuff please! oh gosh just writing about it makes my mouth water.
And yes, I'm Danish, and we to like salty liquorish. And we even drive to Sweden to to plunder their bulk candy lines and drag heavy bags of it home ones its bought and loaded in to the cars.
Yea this thing with "How are you doing?"
If you are not interested dont ask how I'm doing instead just literally say hi or hello. This is a strong tip to all Americans if visiting Sweden or I guess Scandinavia in general.
I think it's great that the only way to get alcohol in Sweden is through a company that doesn't have a profit motive. Systembolaget and our high alcohol tax helps cover some of the economic strain on our health care and other institutions that alcohol causes. The damage alcohol does actually gets quite expensive, so it only makes sense that the revenue generated when selling it goes toward covering those costs! Plus it also lowers overall consumption a lot.
And salty licorice is amazing!!!
Swedes making appointments with Brazilians must be hilarious
Funny that you state out that alcohol thing. I don’t think Swedes or Scandinavians in general drink less than any other european country, maybe on week days it’s less than some other countries, but on weekends definitely not from what I experienced, it’s more the opposite, Swedes at least like to drink a lot alcohol on weekends and holidays especially and also tend to go over the „limit“ if you know what I mean ;). People might think that it’s far less because it’s more regulated, so it’s harder to actually get high % alcohol, but I wouldn’t say that it regulates the general consume really well. If it’s hard to get alcohol in a country, people have the need to get more of it to store it somewhere for events and party’s, so they always have something when needed. Also they just get their alcohol from somewhere else where it’s a lot cheaper. For example in my country Germany, somehow it’s still cheaper for them to drive down for hours, cross 2 borders and get their alcohol in big ass mass amounts than buying it in their own country xD.
Well I'm Swedish so yes I like salty licorice. And if I get mixed candy I'll get licorice that salts everything else in the bag on purpose. And chocolate just doesn't tastes as good without salt. (I usually go for licorice or sea salt) the best candy though is the salt raspberry ferraris. Just wish they were salter. Yum =)
How much planning do you really need when Systembolaget is open 6 days a week 10- atleast 18:00..
Troopergameon saturdays it closes at 14 and it’s never open on holidays. And personally it’s a 45 minute bus ride to the nearest system. So yeah
@@MysticaFaery ok, saturdays it closes 17 where I live but I realize it's different dependent on where you live... But if it's a problem to plan, then I don't know...
*friends call at 15.00 a saturday*
-I'm bored. Want to go to a party?
-Sorry I don't have any alcohol and bolaget is closed.
A bad example but it have happened so many times. And if you have a full time job it can become even harder. I often have to ask friends to buy me alcohol since I rarely have the time to do it myself. It sucks
Simon P , and that is one other swedish thing, bringing their own alcohol, so cringe. The host should always have supplies if you are invited. The same can be said about barbecues, too many times the host is JUST bringing food so everyone can taste and then the plate is empty. In most other countries the manner is that the last eating guest still could pick what he wants, and the dogs and cats in the neighborhood should be full too.
vivalabraga
It depends. If you are invited to a dinnerparty you would look like a drunk if you came with your own alcohol.
If you're invited to a regular party where the point is to get drunk then yeah you bring your own alcohol.
If me and my friend say "lets throw a barbecue next saturday" then we bring our own food but if a friend asks me "do you want to come to a bbq at my place next saturday?" then I don't bring my own food. It all depends and it works just fine. I've NEVER thought "why do I have to bring my own alcohol and/or food?"
I think that criticism is accurate. We're not outgoing in what I guess we consider non-social situations; supermarket queues, walking down the street, etc, just feels weird. I guess we're shy. And a bit lazy, maybe. But in villages and towns, those *are* social situations, so it's totally common there, just not in cities. And in actual social situations like work, clubs or eating out/cafes it's back to normal for any country I think, maybe even to the point of being considered motor mouths. :)
Fredagsmys! The day to eat chips and easy making food 😁
off course i like salty licorice. Im danish and we also enjoy a lot of stuff that swedes enjoy. =) I dont know if swedes enjoy kidney pie? Paté? Danes enjoy it but foreigners allmost never like it. Talked to a icelandic hunter today. He uses kidney, hart,lungs etc in frikadeller/köttbullar but didnt tell anyone and they all love them =P
You are disgusting, *who would even eat KIDNEY PIE?* You'd be crazy if you ate kidney pie.
We in Sweden is not shy. We just dont talk when thers nothing to talk about. To be silent isnt a bad thing.
A Finn here. salty liquorice is life!!!
the clapping in unison is so fucking true, its hillarious
Looking forward to more videos like this one! This was awesome!
So, to sum it all up, the Swedes all look like models even though the whole nation "wildly" gorges on candies at least every weekend, all the while also indulging in a sugary pastry and coffee break every afternoon? So much for diet rules... Good for you Swedish people! ;-)
I always put salty stuff in the bag last. That way it will make the rest of the candy salty. Incidently my fav candy is Djungelvrål (not the bulk candy version that is terrible but the bags with it)
I love salty liquorice, but maybe that's because I'm from Finland. I just discovered your channel and I'm an instant fan! 😍👌🏻
Next time an American asks me "How are you!", I will respond "Not good at all!" - In a jolly way, smiling, going up at the end. And then immediately in an extatic, easy go happy way ask "And how are YOU!?" Wonder how that sort of Swedish in an American way would work out?
4:17, Lisa fnissar åt lördags godis. Så gullig😂
We brought salty licorice to the cousins in Northern Ireland. They thought we were trying to poison them! We said we would be happy to take it back, because we love it. They refused to hand it back, saying they would give their friends some, just to see them squirm.🤢
As a Finn, I can totally relate.
This was the best compare i seen on youtube. Eye opening for me about our litteral thinking. And applauds. (Did I spell that right?) Thanx for an awesome video!
I'm Swedish and LOVES salted licorice! DJUNGELVRÅL!!
I'm late on the train -- but salty licorice is good. I especially like the salty black licorice sailor pipes, but also the salted black fish are good too. (I'm from Los Angeles, not Sweden, sadly)
Haha, my dad are the king of fika! Every time I go visit him he says it is fikapaus in about five minutes from where i got there and if I am at his place for more than like three hours it is time for a second fikapaus. 😂 he always have fikabröd at home, me and my sister use to say that if he dont have fikabröd he is seriously ill! 😅
i am also in a relationship with a swede . i am from germany and their alcohol law thingy shook me so much. even tho we come from countrys that are close by the cultural differences are still insane sometimes haha
I live in the Midwest and maybe it's me, but I don't think so, when somebody asks me how's it going I answered them honestly and when I ask the question I kind of expect them to tell me honestly because we use it as a conversation opener. Not answering honestly ends the conversation.
How abut the way that everyone is on a first name basis, even doctors and professors, and no one is boastful. We have relatives in Sweden, lovely place.
Totally agree with Lauren on the absurdity of mixing good candies with salty liquorice.
You two are such a nice couple! I love your videos!
Thank you so much!!
I’m another American living in Stockholm with my Swedish husband. I also can’t with the licorice, but my husband loves it and he too will mix them in with the rest of the bulk candy if I’m not watching!
things to add the fact that you can only get Julmust and pepparkakor at christmas and i have not found this at any other time. maybe the ginger cookies but not the drink
i want to visit Sweden.
Salty all the way! Just found your channel and am now in the middle of a marathon
Dutch guy here... We love salty licorice in the Netherlands!
gotta go to Sweden - I'm 1/4 Swed.. these are so fun
Jag vill ha fler av dessa videos. Snälla. 😊
In case no one has mentioned this before, there's a story to Systembolaget. I don't know how true it is but it's the main one I've been told while growing up.
It's simply based on that sometime in the 19th or 20th century, people were going out on the Friday when they got their paycheck and bought alcohol. LOTS of it. It got so bad that many Swedes (even to this day simply because it's tradition) had soup and pancakes on Thursdays. Why? Because there wasn't any other food left at home and no money to buy groceries. Depending on your income, this could, I imagine, also partially be because you just didn't earn enough compared to the amount of mouths you needed to feed. But because a lot of people were putting too much of their paycheck on alcohol, Systembolaget was instated and you had to bring a little booklet with you if you wanted to buy (like an ID!) to show how much you'd bought already. It's also why the opening hours can be wonky. At least they sometimes were before I moved from Sweden. It was simply a nation-wide intervention to the amount of alcohol being bought, a call to "control yourself because you live for more than yourself".
But! As said, I've not dived into deeper research about this but I've been told this story when I asked and I've seen some older drawings when I did a light search once. So I won't swear that it's 100% spot on. Just that I'm 90% sure it's close to the truth. :)