The shoehorn is mainly to protect the back of the shoes from crumpling therefore helping to make them last longer. They are very common in Iceland also.
I think the reason why Soda Stream is so common is that tap water in Sweden actually tastes really well. In most countries tap water tastes chlor and is therefore unusable for Soda Stream.
For me, it's more economical. I drank about 1 liter per day. Over a year, that's about 3650 SEK. My wife is lactose intolerant, so that bumps it up from 10(?) to 17-18 SEK per litre. I buy a refill for my soda streamer perhaps once every 2nd month, which costs me 120 SEK annually. Throw in buying a new plastic bottle every 5th year - +16 SEK per year.
good pooint Fredrik! a couple of people have made that observation! since we always had it in my house growing up in England I never thought t mention it, but now you guys have pointed it out, I can agree that it certainly is more common here as a staple!
@@SammyLammy1D You can buy cheese slicers in the UK and I ,being Swedish,have given them as a present to a few friends here and of course everyone in my family has got one. Most English people seem to like to eat cheese in chunks though and seldom use a cheese slicer.
I have all of them 😄 Having Sodastream is so much cheaper than buying bottled water, but the biggest reason many people have it nowadays is because it is better for the environment. Don’t know if it can also have to do with the fact that you can always drink the water anywhere in Sweden, so we don’t need to buy bottled water.
I think a big portion of its succes is swedens obsession with carbonated water. If it were to be used with syrup to make sodas it takes years, decades or generations (depending on how much you consume and what alternatives you buy) to get net value.
Yeah, our excellent tap water is probably a big reason soda streamers are popular. I mean, if your tap water tastes of chlorine- as in many countries- what’s the use?
I’d say that one of the many reasons for the popularity of board games here in Sweden is Sverok and the work they’ve done over the decades. Sverok is an organisation that helps groups, clubs and teams within the tabletop, larp, and action sport hobbies to organise. And they’ve been able to boast the moniker “Sweden’s largest youth organisation” for years.
I have to say that I am really impressed with your pronounciation of ”Skåne” and ”Norrland” 😀 And I can’t understand how anyone can live without a shoehorn! Or candels for that matter! One can NEVER have too many candle holders or candle lanterns. 😅 Another thing you will find in every Swede’s home is a ”osthyvel” - cheese slicer. 😁
We are so crazy about coffe in Sweden that practically everyone has a coffe maker in their kitchen. Even those who dont drink coffe them selves have some means to offer coffe to their guests! I miss the coffe maker on the list, it should beat the soda stream at least :)
I have a shoe horn and a few candles (frequently used around my bath). And of course I have an osthyvel (cheese slicer)! No board games here, but I have a few of them left in parents' place. No Sodasteam in my home, but I gave an AGA equivalent to my dad for his birthday last year. No yeast, but I have a sourdough starter in the fridge.
I never thought yeast where common in swedes homes. I got wildyeast. Annother common item is the blanket. Blankets are everywhere and cozy. ^^ Eggslicer is also a common item in swedes homes.
@@JustaBritAbroad well when the cheapest blankets can cost around 2-3 dollars(20kr) and the cold long Winters and short sometimes very cold summers here its easy to see WHY ppl here almost always have blankets, its just common sense.
I'm British but also have these things in my home. Millions of candles, plenty of yeast to make bread (along with several different types of flour), quite a few board games, several shoe horns of varying sizes (yes, I own loads of walking boots and shoes) and of course a Soda Stream (although I've run out of gas - it's not that easy to get hold of in the shops so I have to order online. The tap water in the North West of England is amazing so it really doesn't make sense to buy sparkling water). But I did think that you would have included the cheese slicer utensil in this list. :)
Yup, very common items. Ps. I was so surprised to see the game you chose to show - My brothers made Terraforming Mars, Nice to see it in a video like this 😁😃
As mentioned in some other comments the Soda Stream makes a lot of sense in Sweden (if you like sparkling water) where everyone have access to drinkable tap water. In many parts of our planet tap water isn't suitable for drinking and of course the Soda Stream would be kinda useless there.
When it comes to boardgames i have two suggestions: Yatzy and Fia med Knuff (or just ’Fia’). I don’t actually know if Yatzy could be considered a ”board game” because it doesn’t involve a board but i’m going to suggest it regardles. Yatzy, you probably know, is a game where you throw dices until someone gets the most points and wins the game. It’s a lot more to it then that but i dont remember any of the rules from when i played it last time which was, like, 10 years ago. Fia is a board game where you have four players and the first one to get all his four pawns out wins. It’s pretty simple but you can verry easily lose friends if you knock out the other guys pawns too often so be careful with that! lol Also: Aparently Fia can be compared to Ludo. I don’t know what that game Ludo is but aparently its British and its kinda similar to Fia med Knuff so that might give you an idea of what Fia is all about
Of course I have a shoehorn, candles and dry yeast at home! 😂😂 And I also have a kaffebryggare! Everybody in Sweden has some sort of kaffebryggare at home! 😂
Watching from Oklahoma in the mid-USA. I have shoehorns and use them regularly, but they are the little short ones, and I don’t think many Americans use them. Where I grew up, in the American Deep South, they were called slipper spoons. I suspect that term has British origins, though I don’t know for sure. I don’t have a SodaStream, but now thinking I should since I don’t like water unless it’s sparkly. Although I sometimes have a candle or two, I think most of us Americans are afraid of burning the house down, especially if we have cats and dogs running around.
oh you are? that's so fun to hear that there's people in the US checking out my videos too. Thanks for the interest!! I really appreciate it :) I definitely recommend a sodastream though, well worth a try!
Home made bakery things too! Home made cinnamon buns, cookies, chocolate balls you can always find in a swedish persons home. I miss this in England, I miss fika!
As an older person I really appreciate a long, metal shoe-horn! Especially if I have laced-up shoes that I can't put on without undoing the laces if there's no shoe-horn! Or boots. I'd say board games aren't something I've seen personally here in Sweden all that much. The yeast is common. Candles too. The soda stream in pretty common though not in our house!
@@JustaBritAbroad just like the tv-show ”hela Sverige bakar” pretty much everyone in Sweden get cooking and baking classes in school so most ppl in Sweden can Cook and or bake at least some simple recepies( not just heating things up, that wouldnt probably even count as cooking to a swede) like doing a Mac n Cheese or do a cake from a box isint cooking/baking in my opinion and many would agree. Like I dont think I ever used a box of cake mix, like ever and I dont know Ive ever eaten a cake that was from a bought box. I mean there are no reason WHY you need a cakemix if you dont know how to bake one you can just buy one and if you know how to bake one( most of us do) you just bake it.
10-15 years ago for sodastream? Try 40 years ago. 🙂 We have had a sodastream since I was a child. I was born in 1975, so this is not a new thing in Sweden. Yes, the popularity probably shot through the roof around 10 years ago, but I know a lot of people that have had them since at least the 90s.
Candles and yeast is also about to manage if SHTF. If you get a power cut while it is dark in winter, you have the redundancy of candles. And we also love our cosy evenings in winter, with some candles and dim light at home. We are learning to cook and bake in school. It is also common to bake at home for christmas. Many in Sweden has it as a hobby to make fresh bread with sour dough. Outside the cities the only bread you can get is in plastic bags or bake off. So you have to make yourself what every dane, britt or french take for granted. So when the pandemic stroke, and we heard we could be stuck at home for two weeks or more, the proper response was to get yeast and flour. So we could get bread anyway. Dried yeast was on top of my list for my If-I-get-sick preparations in spring 2020. A shoehorn is for when you have old visitors, or you are old, that cannot reach down to put the shoes on. I have one, but never use it myself. We had campaigns to not buy sparkling water in bottles when we have so fine tap water. As a homebrewer I do not have a sodastream, but I can get sparkling water or soda in a Keg if I want. Up to 30 l at a time...
Fun fact. My partner has been getting candles and tea lights from his work as part of his yearly Christmas gift. We have a stash that will probably last a lifetime.
Wooo! Shoe horns! It's the one thing you never knew you needed until you actually buy one. Also, pretty much everyone has something from IKEA at home even if they've never actually bought anything from there.
Haha that’s fun to hear Fredrick! I’m actually thinking to do a follow up to this video soon because you guys have given me lots more ideas and suggestions in the comments!! So watch this space😉😆 and on that note, thanks so much for watching my videos. I’m so glad to hear you enjoy them!
Sodastream, yep been in my household growing up... since like 40 years back. Used 33cl glass bottles then and wide opening so it was easy to add syrup.
Lol, got them all 😅 First thing a bought for the cabin - candles. First thing I packed from home to bring to the cabin - board games. Whent down to the basement the other day and found a big pile of board games that I’ve forgotten about 😄 And actually owns two sodastreams 😅
You are right ✅ I love boardgames and playing cards. I can honestly say I have all 5 of the items. I can't live without some sort of yeast at home in case I get inspiration to bake.
Here is some things I can and can't relate to. 1• Shoehorn YES! You do want to go out- or inside fast, but you NEVER walk inside with shoes on without asking! 2• Soda stream. I don't actually know anyone that has had it after 2010. We had one when I was young and I loved it but I haven't seen one in many years. Are we north people different? 🙈 3• When u talk about candles, I think that tealights are more common than the candles you show in your videos. I just see those long candles during christmas. 4• Board games, F&@ck yea 😻 5• Yeast, I just have it when I'm gonna do lussebullar during Christmas. People in my age don't have that at home that much. But I think my mom often had it at home but she almost never used it 🤣 Sry if my english is bad 🤭 // 27 y.o girl from Umeå
Vet inte hur det är längre norrut men jag bor i södra Norrland både jag, mamma och brorsan har en sodastream alltså en varsin. Och typ nästan alla jag känner har en.
Thats a clear 5 out of 5 YAY! Well done. Board games I have quite a few. I recommend trying "Kinaschack" or "Fia med Knuff" Two classic board games. And bring a helmet especialy for the last one couse its pure evil he he he. We mostly use dry jeast now couse it stays fresh longer. Candles, of course we have them and lots. Shoe horns, cant live without them. Finally Soda stream. Must be the best invension since the paper clip. Use it a lot to save money and save carrying home water from the store.
oooh that's such a god one! we always had one at home in England since I was like 7-8 years old so it never even crossed my mind! good point though😅 and thanks!! he's been in the background for a while, but I thought it was time for him to have his moment!!😅
All of these was a given even in my grandparents home. We are talking more than a century old by now, all of these except for the sodastream, that one popped into my life in the early 80s. But today: the IKEA-bag. The blue one. We ALL have one or two. Most use it for laundry.
really? I had no idea these things had been about in Sweden for so long!! good point about the IKEA bag though. we have one too and use it for exactly what you said hahaha
Shoe horn yes, cause I have problem with my fingers and usually don't do new knots on my shoe strings. 😆 Sodastream... had one unused! Think I used that more as a kid in the 80s. Candles... those are both cosy and practical. If the power goes you can always light candles. 🕯🕯🕯 Board games... have some too. Does the Ouija board counts too? 🧙♀️😉 Yeast... nothing now. Only if I know I gonna need some. Our freezer is too little for both food and buns and bread. Agree with others... Ost hyvel is a must.
The shoehorn has always been with me and I've never understood it except when I try to get in to very tight shoes such as winter shoes. I have a thumb and hands. It really is a longated thumb for convenience otherwise. Carbonated water has always been a big sell in Sweden. When people can do it at home for a fraction of the price it went boom. I remember my mom getting one and some "flavours" - but in reality we just used it for sparkling water. Yes I have candles as a single swede, its nice when everything is dark. It shines, its pretty and its not cold. Fajjah. Board Games are life. Edit: Yes I own them
1) shoe horn: check. 2) sodastream: nope. Tapwater for me, thx, hate sparkling water. 3) candles... 2 in my kitchen drawer, for years unlit. Stopped using them. 4) board games. Nope, but then I'm an introvert and generally don't like to have peeps visiting my tiny abode (32 m2). Have had them in my youth, though, but prefered jigzaws (am 65 now) 5) yeast: nope. Not the baking kind. Ouff... only 1,5 out of 5. I'm still a Swede, though. Fun video ;-)
I like candles around the bath for that dim relaxing light while having a bubble bath, Per also likes the soothing bubble bath. Many Americans are lost without their shoehorns because they want to keep the backs of their shoes as pristine as possible for as long as possible, I however, am not one of them. Per likes his flavored water as do I, so the Soda Stream is of course a part of our kitchen. There are indeed many board games in our home, but Per never likes keeping the boxes to save space, so they are all in zip lock bags and the boxes have been tossed. Per and I both prefer to buy breads and pastas to have those that are fewer in carbs and calories. One thing you will not find our home without is flowers, Per loves to have them in the window and on the table, though I don't know if that would be a Swedish staple.
I had no idea that shoehorns were so common in America too?! how interesting! you're right about flowers and plants though, I'd agree that's quite the Swedish staple. I actually thought about including it when I filmed this video!
This was fun, as a Swede I have to comment. 😀 Skohorn, of course. Needed for sturdy winter boots etc, and protect the shoes. Soda Stream - we have among the world's cleanest tap water. Why buy water, often in plastic bottles. This is a very environmentally friendly alternative. CANDLES!! YES YES. I started a couple of weeks ago as the evenings are getting darker, and I will light them every night until March -April. I usually have 6 tea candles and a couple of bigger ones. When I lived in England they asked if we were having a seans 😂 I am out of tea lights, so next week I'll buy 400 which will last me trough most of the winter. Board games - big in some families, but I can't imagine a Swedish household that doesn't have at least Monopoly, Scrabble and some others. Yeast - yes that is so true. And most people use fresh yeast which is almost unheard of in the US for example. I always have dry yeast, and normally 1-2 packages of fresh too, but I have to confess that I throw a lot of them away because I didn't have time to bake.
✔️ Shoehorn (in fact I have one right next to me lol ✔️ Soda Stream (we never use it, cause mom prefers the stuff she buys from lidl and I hate sparkling water, but we never threw it out ✔️ Candles (Fun fact, my desk is right next to the cabinet where we keep all the tea candles lol, there are also 3 decorative candles on top of the cabinet ✔️ Board games (We keep the ones we actually use next to the videogames ✔️ Yeast (I think we have some dry yeast in the baking cabinet, but it might be expired... We almost never actually make bread
Meet up in public is the same in the entire UK. When looking at adverts for houses in London they even point out that the house have a room for entertainment. In Sweden it's natural to entertain at home
I've never noticed that on an advert before, how interesting! its so fun how we notice these little things when we move abroad that we'd never have noticed about our own country haha
@@JustaBritAbroad I asked some friends what "space for entertainment" meant? Simply enough space in the house to take home friends. Just one of my friends that invite friends home. Otherwise we meet out.
I own 5 shoehorns and I am negotiating with my brother whether he or I should have the old beautiful shoehorn our late grandmother owned. You just cannot have too many! One of my children has moved to her own place and she hasn´t got a Soda Stream yet. I will give her one for Christmas. Of course I have one, and all the other things you mentioned ...
Yup! Spot on. I got everything you mentioned 😂 have you played Munchkin? It’s a card game. Some expansion have a board but it’s not necessary. I love it!
haha you do Johanna? that's so funny😂 no, I've actually never played Munchkin but I've heard good things. I'll have to give it a go now after your recommendation!
Munchkin is soo funny but I want to tell you about exploding kittens a game for both cat lovers and those who just like to laugh at cats, and the same company have a game with unicorns to unstable unicorns? In that you are trying to build an unicorn army and you try to defeat the Other players armies
you weren't the only one funnily enough! we grew up with them in my house in England which was the reason that I never thought to mention it😅 but such a good point!
I don't have any of those five things in my American apartment! (; I love the board games, that looks like fun. A little after the 6 minute mark is that a map of Stockholm board game? That looked very interesting, whatever the game is.
hahaha started to read your comment and I was like "huh, how surprising... none of them?!" and then I read the name and "American apartment" and thought now that makes a lot more sense haha. and that game was Ticket to Ride! I think they do different maps that you can play on, but we have the Europe addition here! its really fun thouigh!🤩
About the soda stream, my host family when I was an au pair didn’t have one BUT they had their tap that had a function to make carbonated water ! I found that so crazy ! I don’t drink carbonated water but this is so convenient when you do
I don't know if you know, but - as the yeast shortage happened, a LOT of swedes actually upped their bread baking game to sourdough instead. I mean - I don't know a single person, child or grown-up, that simply CAN'T bake.
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Shoehorn - yes, have (a tall) one (no outdoor shoes allowed into my house - it's caused some controversy in my English house). Sodastream - no, haven't got one (although Brits are catching on with this one). Candle(s) - yes, I have around eight in my lounge alone (mainly tea lights but also two tall ones). Boardgames - no, haven't got any (but then I've lived in the UK for 23 years and people aren't too obsessed with them - unless, of course, they're massive gamers - I used to have plenty of them when I lived in Sweden though). Jäst - always have some home (but here in the UK it's incredibly difficult to get hold of the fresh stuff (unless you buy from Scandinavian Kitchen)).
mm, all due honor to the electric light but there's something very cozy and comforting about candle-light, it is almost like it touches us on a genetic level.
Note to everyone who doesn't own a shoe-horn: please get one pronto for all your visitors older than yourself! You'll get there too! (It should be long and metal!)
4/5 I don't have the soda streamer as bubbly water makes me burp 😋 My friends have it though. You can keep fresh yeast (jäst) in the freezer so you always have some just in case 👍
1, is mostly for the fat it prolong the life of the shoes and yeah because of the weather. And the candles are because of the fact that in winter it becomes really dark and growing up there was often no power so everyone is more or less prepared for a blackout. But you forgot about: osthyvel, måttsats, smörkniv i plast/trä, potatisskalare, äggtimer/ timer, matlåda i plast med lock, kaffebryggare, termometer, filt, varma koppen soppa, falukorv.
I think I'm the only person I know in Sweden who don't have a SodaStream, but I've never been keen on carbonated drinks, especially not water, but I do have all the other things. I usually make my own candles, and while that might not be super common, it's common enough that I can walk into my local Colorama store and expect to find all of the supplies on the shelf, especially around Christmas.
funnily enough there are a handful of people that have said the same thing about not enjoying carbonated drinks, so there are a few of you left😅 you make your own candles though? that's so cool!!
I don't think I have seen a soda stream in a home for decades, and I live in Sweden. (I have of course seen such for sale in stores.) Maybe I'm missing something. Could be a generational thing. Maybe you have a tendency to hang out with people who own soda streams. ;-)
Shoehorn= Yes but i personally dont use it verry often Sodastream= Yes but havent been used in years Candles= Yes we use them frequently during the dark months. Not so much in the summer though. Yeast= Yes I keep the dry stuff since it lasts longer and is allways good to have at home if you get a craving for cinamon buns or want to whip up a pizza for dinner. Bordgames = Yes I have several and Terraforming Mars is my absolute fave!
I've never owned a Soda Stream because my mom has one and I've never gotten used to the taste. I just buy soda from the store on special occasions and drink water, tea or hot chocolate on normal days.
The shoehorn is really useful for older ppl who have a hard time bending down to put their shoes on. We have one! No sodastream in our house. But we had one in the 80s-90s when I was growing up. But it is very popular here! Yes! Candles! One of the best ways to fight the dark winters!! I actually think board games ate quite boring and too slow. But yeah we have a few. I wish I enjoyed it more. Yeast. Hmm... that makes me want to bake a little. But I have to buy it first.
Eggslicer/äggskärare. We got a visit from my cousin for a couple of years ago, and she hadnt heard or seen of the eggslicer we used by the breakfast table ☺
The only thing on the list that I don't have is the Soda Stream... 😄 My favourite of those things are CANDLES!! 😁 My husband is always afraid that I set the house on fire... 🔥 This time of year it's getting dark in the afternoon, so the candles light up the soul as well as the house... 😊🕯️
I don't have a shoehorn, but I have a soda streamer. I never used those flavours that came with it (I'm pretty sure they are way to sweet for my taste anyway - most things are). I just mix the carbonated water with apple juice concentrate, maybe 1 unit of apple juice and 7 or 8 units of carbonated water (instead of 1+4), or something like that. It tastes a bit like apple cider, but not as disgustingly sweet.
I don't like sparkly water, so no SodaStream in my home. On the other hand, I light candles most days of the year, maybe (but just maybe) with the exception of the really warm summer days. Yeast was a must in my fridge, but sadly is no more due to gluten intolerance. I still bake bread though, just other kinds with baking powder, and that I always have in my coupboard.
oooh I should have mentioned yeast substitutes! it never even crossed my mind! but good point! fun to hear that you recognise most of the other things though!
I was really thinking a cheese slicer would be on this list but definitely forgot about the shoehorn. The only thing I have not seen in both my girlfriends and her family's house hold is the soda maker or whatever it was called. I did not even know that was a thing until now.
Sodastream is very common, mostly due to that we in Sweden have good tap water. Such water that you have to buy in bottles in many other countries. It will be much easier to use a "Sodastream", when you can use tap water.
About board games. Yeah, everyone has bordgames (almost) of somesort. From classical "Monopoly", "Chess", "Yatzy" and "Kina schack", to people more invested and more complex games like "Colonizing Mars". A great game, that easy, fun, complex and both random and strategic is "King of Tokyo". Excelent as a small party game also. Try it out (if you havnt). The other things, yeah. The Shoehorn, a staple of swedish homes. Yeast also. And Candles. But it seems you forgot Cheese slizer. ;) Cheers.
No Sodastream in our house and we also do not generally buy any carbonated beverages either. Among the people we socialize with there are one or two that I know have one but there may of course be others that have them without revealing it to guests!!
I thought my whole life that I´m a real Swede, but I seems not to be! I own a shoehorn, but not a Soda Streamer. I have candles, but no board games. I only buy yeast when I´m about to bake something with yeast in it ... so about 3 times a year! Can it be that my husband is Finnish althought lived all his life in Sweden or I´m I not so Swedish that I thought?! But I do looove lösgodis as you mentioned in another video! :)
Jäst är en viktig sak för mig då som du säger att bakning blev en viktig del för att behålla psyket i bra skick! Jag skulle vilja skaffa Sodastream eller annan variant men det har inte blivit av än! Jag är inte candle typen men jag erkänner att i vissa sammanhang är dom väldigt trevliga! Ha en trevlig vecka!
@@JustaBritAbroad inte vad jag kommer på! Möjligen att jag har några burkar energi dryck i kylskåpet som en hjälp med energin på vintern eller för att blanda med vodka.
it was? I think it was similar in England and the US and then it dropped out of fashion too🤔I wonder how come it became such a staple here in Sweden still but nowhere else?
@@JustaBritAbroad For some reason it's making a return now. It was the same here, the sodastream was big in the 80's and then we didn't see it for 30 years or something, then all of a sudden a couple of years ago it returned. So I wouldn't really classify it as a staple in Swedish homes, perhaps it's just on a second tour passing by.. But then again, since bottled fizzy water have been really popular for quite some time, and our regular tap water is often better than the bottled water I wouldn't be surprised if the sodastream lived longer this time. Why buy expensive bottled water when you can make it better and cheaper at home?
Agree with Jonas. Also in the 80's I never heard anyone use it for just water. You put syrup in to make soda. Now I hardly ever hear anyone put syrup in - we just want our sparkling water. We actually have 2, one in the house in town and one in "stugan".
Yep pretty accurate. I don't like carbonated water, so no sodastream for me (I even shake some of the carbonation out of soda sometimes). I think the dishbrush is also a fairly scandinavian thing, was shocked to hear the only use pads in other countries (might be wrong, dunno).
About board games I could recommend: "Settlers of Catan" (simply the best game out there), "Pandemic" (actually), "Minecraft: Builders and Biomes", "Ticket to ride" and "The mind" (incredible simple but fun game!). Thanks for this video! Got check on all of them.
ooh I've plated Catan Daniel, such a fun game!! and I also really like pandemic and ticket to ride. not tried the others though, so perhaps I'll have to add them to my list!
i'm swedish and i don't know anyone who has an actual sodastream but i know many who have other generic brand water carbonizers, my father drinks this fizzy water every day... i mostly get hydrated by tea so i don't own one... and i don't like carbonated water that much, I like some sodas and i like making doogh (yoghurt and chopped mint and salt with fizzy water), but then i just fill up a few bottles of fizzy water when i visit my parents and have it for making doogh.
The shoehorn is mainly to protect the back of the shoes from crumpling therefore helping to make them last longer. They are very common in Iceland also.
As one who don't like to tie my shoes, my shoehorn saves me and my shoes 😆
interesting to hear that its a biig deal in Iceland too Bjarki, thanks for sharing!
@@BerishStarr haha i can definitely see why that would help if you don't like to tie shoes haha
And in Finland, we also like to take care of our shoes.
Shoehorns are very common in Hungary and Romania too, and just like in the Scandinavian countries we don’t stay in the house with the shoes on.
Osthyvel (Cheese graters). *EVERYONE* have those. Everyone. From the lowest student to the mightiest king.
good point Per, they sure do! and rightly so haha
@@JustaBritAbroad I think osthyvel is a swedish invention? Atleast Norway was part of sweden when they invented it. I have 3 or 4 osthyvlar at home 🤣
@@Thawelin osthyvel är som du säger svensk.
@@jayamilapersson4030 Nope. Norwegian.
I was just going to say You missed Osthyvel!
I think the reason why Soda Stream is so common is that tap water in Sweden actually tastes really well. In most countries tap water tastes chlor and is therefore unusable for Soda Stream.
could well be Richard!
For me, it's more economical. I drank about 1 liter per day. Over a year, that's about 3650 SEK. My wife is lactose intolerant, so that bumps it up from 10(?) to 17-18 SEK per litre.
I buy a refill for my soda streamer perhaps once every 2nd month, which costs me 120 SEK annually. Throw in buying a new plastic bottle every 5th year - +16 SEK per year.
I think the cheese slizer is the most common object in a swedish home, but all the other things you mentioned we have....
good pooint Fredrik! a couple of people have made that observation! since we always had it in my house growing up in England I never thought t mention it, but now you guys have pointed it out, I can agree that it certainly is more common here as a staple!
I agree. The cheese slicer is a must in every Swedish home.
@@JustaBritAbroad you have cheese slicers in the UK? My life has been a lie
@@SammyLammy1D You can buy cheese slicers in the UK and I ,being Swedish,have given them as a present to a few friends here and of course everyone in my family has got one. Most English people seem to like to eat cheese in chunks though and seldom use a cheese slicer.
@@ingerayner1358 I live in Sweden too, I just thought it was a Swedish thing, or at most Scandinavian 😅
My first thought was "a shoehorn HAS to be on this list"... 😜 😂
hahaha I'm glad not to disappoint Sara😆 question is, did I miss anything that's a must for every Swede at home?!
A wooden butterknife I think everybody have.
yes Marianne! HOW did I not think about this?!😅
I have to and a plastic one butter knives
I have several of those....
I have mine I made in scouts 😅
@@JustaBritAbroad It's the first thing every single Swedish student learns to make in woodshop class, that's why.
I have all of them 😄 Having Sodastream is so much cheaper than buying bottled water, but the biggest reason many people have it nowadays is because it is better for the environment. Don’t know if it can also have to do with the fact that you can always drink the water anywhere in Sweden, so we don’t need to buy bottled water.
good point, can't deny the environmental impact!!
I think a big portion of its succes is swedens obsession with carbonated water. If it were to be used with syrup to make sodas it takes years, decades or generations (depending on how much you consume and what alternatives you buy) to get net value.
Also got one because I got annoyed having to carry the bottles (1.5kg) home on my bike or in a bag.
Yeah, our excellent tap water is probably a big reason soda streamers are popular. I mean, if your tap water tastes of chlorine- as in many countries- what’s the use?
Leverpastej (liver paté) is more common on bread than peanut butter. A kids favorite.
good point!
Va? Inte alls. Känner nog nästan ingen som äter leverpastej så ofta.
@@Linkon777a han har rätt 😂
I’d say that one of the many reasons for the popularity of board games here in Sweden is Sverok and the work they’ve done over the decades.
Sverok is an organisation that helps groups, clubs and teams within the tabletop, larp, and action sport hobbies to organise. And they’ve been able to boast the moniker “Sweden’s largest youth organisation” for years.
good point Tim, I think you're right! and what good work they've done!
For years? Try decades ;)
@@markusjongren4098 var osäker på hur länge dem använt den titeln. 😊 Men de förvånar mig inte ett skit.
I honestly don’t think board games are very common. Sure there are groups playing, but compared to Germany we are far behind.
One reason we love the shoehorn. Putting on your shoes while having problems with knees or backs is a hassle.
good point Henning!
I have to say that I am really impressed with your pronounciation of ”Skåne” and ”Norrland” 😀
And I can’t understand how anyone can live without a shoehorn! Or candels for that matter! One can NEVER have too many candle holders or candle lanterns. 😅
Another thing you will find in every Swede’s home is a ”osthyvel” - cheese slicer. 😁
Yeah! It really stood out. Perfect pronunciation, Good Boy!
Me too! Especially Skåne, that was swede level on that one 😄
@@snaxon thank you!!
@@gellawella hahaha yaaay, I've made it!
@@JustaBritAbroad oh yes you have!! Woot woot 😉
Spot on as usual.. 😎. especially THE Soda stream. You can't live without it .. inte jag i alla fall
We are so crazy about coffe in Sweden that practically everyone has a coffe maker in their kitchen. Even those who dont drink coffe them selves have some means to offer coffe to their guests!
I miss the coffe maker on the list, it should beat the soda stream at least :)
you're right! everyone has bryggkaffe at home right?! I should have thought about that!! perhaps I'll have to do a follow-up😅
Too true that
I would say: cheese slicer, ikea tea candles, butter knife (wooden or plastic), shoehorn, a lot of coffee filters in every drawer
some good points! definitely going to use some of them in my follow up to this video coming soon haha
@@JustaBritAbroad jag är 38, I live alone, I dont drink coffe but I have a coffe maker and filters and a stale packet of coffe grounds just in case.
I have a shoe horn and a few candles (frequently used around my bath).
And of course I have an osthyvel (cheese slicer)!
No board games here, but I have a few of them left in parents' place.
No Sodasteam in my home, but I gave an AGA equivalent to my dad for his birthday last year.
No yeast, but I have a sourdough starter in the fridge.
soounds like you've got most of the things I mentioned then Michan, or at least suitable replacements for them😅
Kortlek då eller yatsy, de flesta har dessa
I never thought yeast where common in swedes homes. I got wildyeast.
Annother common item is the blanket. Blankets are everywhere and cozy. ^^
Eggslicer is also a common item in swedes homes.
good point about blankets!! a Swedish home tends to be very cosy!!
The eggslicer is in deed in every home, but strangely no one uses them 😁
@@ganskalagom Jag använder äggskäraren/ I uses the eggslicer. :)
@@ganskalagom I use my egg slicer alot. Perfect if you want slices of egg on your kaviar sandwich
@@JustaBritAbroad well when the cheapest blankets can cost around 2-3 dollars(20kr) and the cold long Winters and short sometimes very cold summers here its easy to see WHY ppl here almost always have blankets, its just common sense.
I'm British but also have these things in my home. Millions of candles, plenty of yeast to make bread (along with several different types of flour), quite a few board games, several shoe horns of varying sizes (yes, I own loads of walking boots and shoes) and of course a Soda Stream (although I've run out of gas - it's not that easy to get hold of in the shops so I have to order online. The tap water in the North West of England is amazing so it really doesn't make sense to buy sparkling water).
But I did think that you would have included the cheese slicer utensil in this list. :)
Yup, very common items.
Ps. I was so surprised to see the game you chose to show - My brothers made Terraforming Mars, Nice to see it in a video like this 😁😃
he made it?! no way! that's so cool!! does he want to come and play it with me in a video sometime😱😅
Shoehorn = Check
Sodastream = No
Candles = Check
Boardgame = Check (TP)
Jäst = No
I have 3 of 5 :)
not bad at all Christian! thanks for watching and answering!
Same for me!
I think, that you easily could say that Scandinavians and Nordics have the same things in their homes...
hello from Denmark 🌸🌱
good point Zandain! p.s. thanks for stopping by :)
4 av 5...det är jästen som saknas 😃 ...men osthyvel då?...det har väl alla?
jajamen! det har vi med! bra poäng då, kanske det var något som jag skulle ha nämnt! tack for att du tittade🤩
As mentioned in some other comments the Soda Stream makes a lot of sense in Sweden (if you like sparkling water) where everyone have access to drinkable tap water. In many parts of our planet tap water isn't suitable for drinking and of course the Soda Stream would be kinda useless there.
You deserve so many more viewers! This is QUALITY videos!
aww thank you! I'm grateful for those of you that do watch!
✅ Shoehorn
✅ Soda Stream
✅ Candles
✅ Board games
✅ Yeast (dry)
Woop, full score for me! 😂
hahaha 5 out of 5, we have a winner Sara😅 haha love it! anything else you think I should have added on my list though?
@@JustaBritAbroad
Definitely the osthyvel. 😜
When it comes to boardgames i have two suggestions: Yatzy and Fia med Knuff (or just ’Fia’). I don’t actually know if Yatzy could be considered a ”board game” because it doesn’t involve a board but i’m going to suggest it regardles. Yatzy, you probably know, is a game where you throw dices until someone gets the most points and wins the game. It’s a lot more to it then that but i dont remember any of the rules from when i played it last time which was, like, 10 years ago. Fia is a board game where you have four players and the first one to get all his four pawns out wins. It’s pretty simple but you can verry easily lose friends if you knock out the other guys pawns too often so be careful with that! lol Also: Aparently Fia can be compared to Ludo. I don’t know what that game Ludo is but aparently its British and its kinda similar to Fia med Knuff so that might give you an idea of what Fia is all about
Of course I have a shoehorn, candles and dry yeast at home! 😂😂 And I also have a kaffebryggare! Everybody in Sweden has some sort of kaffebryggare at home! 😂
how did I not think to mention a kaffebryggare😆😱 such a good addition!
Watching from Oklahoma in the mid-USA. I have shoehorns and use them regularly, but they are the little short ones, and I don’t think many Americans use them. Where I grew up, in the American Deep South, they were called slipper spoons. I suspect that term has British origins, though I don’t know for sure. I don’t have a SodaStream, but now thinking I should since I don’t like water unless it’s sparkly. Although I sometimes have a candle or two, I think most of us Americans are afraid of burning the house down, especially if we have cats and dogs running around.
oh you are? that's so fun to hear that there's people in the US checking out my videos too. Thanks for the interest!! I really appreciate it :) I definitely recommend a sodastream though, well worth a try!
Be aware the water quality is important. If you happily are drinking your tap water, then get one!! 😀
Home made bakery things too! Home made cinnamon buns, cookies, chocolate balls you can always find in a swedish persons home. I miss this in England, I miss fika!
As an older person I really appreciate a long, metal shoe-horn! Especially if I have laced-up shoes that I can't put on without undoing the laces if there's no shoe-horn! Or boots. I'd say board games aren't something I've seen personally here in Sweden all that much. The yeast is common. Candles too. The soda stream in pretty common though not in our house!
thanks for your reflectins Wenda! really interesting to read!
@@JustaBritAbroad just like the tv-show ”hela Sverige bakar” pretty much everyone in Sweden get cooking and baking classes in school so most ppl in Sweden can Cook and or bake at least some simple recepies( not just heating things up, that wouldnt probably even count as cooking to a swede) like doing a Mac n Cheese or do a cake from a box isint cooking/baking in my opinion and many would agree. Like I dont think I ever used a box of cake mix, like ever and I dont know Ive ever eaten a cake that was from a bought box. I mean there are no reason WHY you need a cakemix if you dont know how to bake one you can just buy one and if you know how to bake one( most of us do) you just bake it.
10-15 years ago for sodastream? Try 40 years ago. 🙂
We have had a sodastream since I was a child. I was born in 1975, so this is not a new thing in Sweden.
Yes, the popularity probably shot through the roof around 10 years ago, but I know a lot of people that have had them since at least the 90s.
Candles and yeast is also about to manage if SHTF. If you get a power cut while it is dark in winter, you have the redundancy of candles. And we also love our cosy evenings in winter, with some candles and dim light at home.
We are learning to cook and bake in school. It is also common to bake at home for christmas. Many in Sweden has it as a hobby to make fresh bread with sour dough. Outside the cities the only bread you can get is in plastic bags or bake off. So you have to make yourself what every dane, britt or french take for granted. So when the pandemic stroke, and we heard we could be stuck at home for two weeks or more, the proper response was to get yeast and flour. So we could get bread anyway. Dried yeast was on top of my list for my If-I-get-sick preparations in spring 2020.
A shoehorn is for when you have old visitors, or you are old, that cannot reach down to put the shoes on. I have one, but never use it myself.
We had campaigns to not buy sparkling water in bottles when we have so fine tap water. As a homebrewer I do not have a sodastream, but I can get sparkling water or soda in a Keg if I want. Up to 30 l at a time...
Fun fact. My partner has been getting candles and tea lights from his work as part of his yearly Christmas gift. We have a stash that will probably last a lifetime.
Wooo! Shoe horns! It's the one thing you never knew you needed until you actually buy one. Also, pretty much everyone has something from IKEA at home even if they've never actually bought anything from there.
you're so right😅 and then once you've got one, you can't go back😱
Yeah it might be a gift from someone or you got it for free or bought it secondhand but you have something from IKEA.
Nailed it! Surprised by most of them, but soo true! Thanks for always making great videos.
Haha that’s fun to hear Fredrick! I’m actually thinking to do a follow up to this video soon because you guys have given me lots more ideas and suggestions in the comments!! So watch this space😉😆 and on that note, thanks so much for watching my videos. I’m so glad to hear you enjoy them!
Sodastream, yep been in my household growing up... since like 40 years back. Used 33cl glass bottles then and wide opening so it was easy to add syrup.
Lol, got them all 😅 First thing a bought for the cabin - candles. First thing I packed from home to bring to the cabin - board games. Whent down to the basement the other day and found a big pile of board games that I’ve forgotten about 😄
And actually owns two sodastreams 😅
Coffee maker/Kaffebryggare & Cheese slicer/Osthyvel is nearly 100 % common in Swedish peoples home. We love coffee & hard cheese!😄
As a Swede I can say that the board game thing is very true, especially since I'm having friends over to play board games tonight
You are right ✅ I love boardgames and playing cards. I can honestly say I have all 5 of the items. I can't live without some sort of yeast at home in case I get inspiration to bake.
yaaay Maria!! I'm glad i was pretty accurate haha
Here is some things I can and can't relate to.
1• Shoehorn YES! You do want to go out- or inside fast, but you NEVER walk inside with shoes on without asking!
2• Soda stream. I don't actually know anyone that has had it after 2010. We had one when I was young and I loved it but I haven't seen one in many years. Are we north people different? 🙈
3• When u talk about candles, I think that tealights are more common than the candles you show in your videos. I just see those long candles during christmas.
4• Board games, F&@ck yea 😻
5• Yeast, I just have it when I'm gonna do lussebullar during Christmas. People in my age don't have that at home that much. But I think my mom often had it at home but she almost never used it 🤣
Sry if my english is bad 🤭
// 27 y.o girl from Umeå
Vet inte hur det är längre norrut men jag bor i södra Norrland både jag, mamma och brorsan har en sodastream alltså en varsin. Och typ nästan alla jag känner har en.
Thats a clear 5 out of 5 YAY! Well done. Board games I have quite a few. I recommend trying "Kinaschack" or "Fia med Knuff" Two classic board games. And bring a helmet especialy for the last one couse its pure evil he he he. We mostly use dry jeast now couse it stays fresh longer. Candles, of course we have them and lots. Shoe horns, cant live without them. Finally Soda stream. Must be the best invension since the paper clip. Use it a lot to save money and save carrying home water from the store.
I thought you were going to say heated towel rack.
Side note love the monkey 🙈
oooh that's such a god one! we always had one at home in England since I was like 7-8 years old so it never even crossed my mind! good point though😅 and thanks!! he's been in the background for a while, but I thought it was time for him to have his moment!!😅
I don’t have a soda stream, but I’m planning on getting one! I also don’t have yeast, but I just moved house 2 weeks ago! 😄
All of these was a given even in my grandparents home. We are talking more than a century old by now, all of these except for the sodastream, that one popped into my life in the early 80s.
But today: the IKEA-bag. The blue one. We ALL have one or two. Most use it for laundry.
really? I had no idea these things had been about in Sweden for so long!! good point about the IKEA bag though. we have one too and use it for exactly what you said hahaha
Shoe horn yes, cause I have problem with my fingers and usually don't do new knots on my shoe strings. 😆
Sodastream... had one unused! Think I used that more as a kid in the 80s.
Candles... those are both cosy and practical. If the power goes you can always light candles. 🕯🕯🕯
Board games... have some too. Does the Ouija board counts too? 🧙♀️😉
Yeast... nothing now. Only if I know I gonna need some. Our freezer is too little for both food and buns and bread.
Agree with others... Ost hyvel is a must.
you have an ouija board?😱 soo cool Sanniz haha
@@JustaBritAbroad indeed I have 🤗
Anothe fun fact the long shoehorns can be used to secure your kitchen drawers from kids. Just stick the horn vertically through all of the handles.
The shoehorn has always been with me and I've never understood it except when I try to get in to very tight shoes such as winter shoes. I have a thumb and hands. It really is a longated thumb for convenience otherwise. Carbonated water has always been a big sell in Sweden. When people can do it at home for a fraction of the price it went boom. I remember my mom getting one and some "flavours" - but in reality we just used it for sparkling water. Yes I have candles as a single swede, its nice when everything is dark. It shines, its pretty and its not cold. Fajjah. Board Games are life.
Edit: Yes I own them
1) shoe horn: check. 2) sodastream: nope. Tapwater for me, thx, hate sparkling water. 3) candles... 2 in my kitchen drawer, for years unlit. Stopped using them. 4) board games. Nope, but then I'm an introvert and generally don't like to have peeps visiting my tiny abode (32 m2). Have had them in my youth, though, but prefered jigzaws (am 65 now) 5) yeast: nope. Not the baking kind. Ouff... only 1,5 out of 5. I'm still a Swede, though. Fun video ;-)
When it comes to board games I recommend Wingspan, 7 wonders and Ticket to ride.
oooh I really enjoy Ticket to Ride! haven't tried the others though so I'll have to add them to my list!
Seven Wonders is awesome, I also recommend Suburbia
I like candles around the bath for that dim relaxing light while having a bubble bath, Per also likes the soothing bubble bath. Many Americans are lost without their shoehorns because they want to keep the backs of their shoes as pristine as possible for as long as possible, I however, am not one of them. Per likes his flavored water as do I, so the Soda Stream is of course a part of our kitchen. There are indeed many board games in our home, but Per never likes keeping the boxes to save space, so they are all in zip lock bags and the boxes have been tossed. Per and I both prefer to buy breads and pastas to have those that are fewer in carbs and calories. One thing you will not find our home without is flowers, Per loves to have them in the window and on the table, though I don't know if that would be a Swedish staple.
I had no idea that shoehorns were so common in America too?! how interesting! you're right about flowers and plants though, I'd agree that's quite the Swedish staple. I actually thought about including it when I filmed this video!
This was fun, as a Swede I have to comment. 😀
Skohorn, of course. Needed for sturdy winter boots etc, and protect the shoes.
Soda Stream - we have among the world's cleanest tap water. Why buy water, often in plastic bottles. This is a very environmentally friendly alternative.
CANDLES!! YES YES. I started a couple of weeks ago as the evenings are getting darker, and I will light them every night until March -April. I usually have 6 tea candles and a couple of bigger ones. When I lived in England they asked if we were having a seans 😂 I am out of tea lights, so next week I'll buy 400 which will last me trough most of the winter.
Board games - big in some families, but I can't imagine a Swedish household that doesn't have at least Monopoly, Scrabble and some others.
Yeast - yes that is so true. And most people use fresh yeast which is almost unheard of in the US for example. I always have dry yeast, and normally 1-2 packages of fresh too, but I have to confess that I throw a lot of them away because I didn't have time to bake.
how funny to hear that you could recognise most of these things Mimmi! thanks for sharing and for your thoughts🤗
✔️ Shoehorn (in fact I have one right next to me lol
✔️ Soda Stream (we never use it, cause mom prefers the stuff she buys from lidl and I hate sparkling water, but we never threw it out
✔️ Candles (Fun fact, my desk is right next to the cabinet where we keep all the tea candles lol, there are also 3 decorative candles on top of the cabinet
✔️ Board games (We keep the ones we actually use next to the videogames
✔️ Yeast (I think we have some dry yeast in the baking cabinet, but it might be expired... We almost never actually make bread
What are you talking about ten years for soda streams launch. I think it’s been around for like forty or fifty years or more! Prob longer even!
Meet up in public is the same in the entire UK. When looking at adverts for houses in London they even point out that the house have a room for entertainment. In Sweden it's natural to entertain at home
I've never noticed that on an advert before, how interesting! its so fun how we notice these little things when we move abroad that we'd never have noticed about our own country haha
@@JustaBritAbroad I asked some friends what "space for entertainment" meant? Simply enough space in the house to take home friends. Just one of my friends that invite friends home. Otherwise we meet out.
I own 5 shoehorns and I am negotiating with my brother whether he or I should have the old beautiful shoehorn our late grandmother owned. You just cannot have too many!
One of my children has moved to her own place and she hasn´t got a Soda Stream yet. I will give her one for Christmas. Of course I have one, and all the other things you mentioned ...
5 shoehorns?!😱
Wow so true. I have every item. Impressing!
you do? fun!! anything else that should have made the list?
Yup! Spot on. I got everything you mentioned 😂 have you played Munchkin? It’s a card game. Some expansion have a board but it’s not necessary. I love it!
haha you do Johanna? that's so funny😂 no, I've actually never played Munchkin but I've heard good things. I'll have to give it a go now after your recommendation!
Munchkin is soo funny but I want to tell you about exploding kittens a game for both cat lovers and those who just like to laugh at cats, and the same company have a game with unicorns to unstable unicorns? In that you are trying to build an unicorn army and you try to defeat the Other players armies
I really thought you would have cheese slicer on the list
you weren't the only one funnily enough! we grew up with them in my house in England which was the reason that I never thought to mention it😅 but such a good point!
I don't have any of those five things in my American apartment! (;
I love the board games, that looks like fun. A little after the 6 minute mark is that a map of Stockholm board game? That looked very interesting, whatever the game is.
hahaha started to read your comment and I was like "huh, how surprising... none of them?!" and then I read the name and "American apartment" and thought now that makes a lot more sense haha. and that game was Ticket to Ride! I think they do different maps that you can play on, but we have the Europe addition here! its really fun thouigh!🤩
Same things in Estonia also, maybe yeast is not so common here but yeah wooden butter knife and osthyvel are here also
About the soda stream, my host family when I was an au pair didn’t have one BUT they had their tap that had a function to make carbonated water ! I found that so crazy ! I don’t drink carbonated water but this is so convenient when you do
oooh which country were you in Morgane? that's really clever!! I've only seen that once before!
Yep. Swede here, and we do in fact have all of these things, haha.
Got all 5, except from yeast sort if as I have entered the realm of sour dough!
oooh why didn't I think to mention sour dough! we were making that at my place too recently!!
I don't know if you know, but - as the yeast shortage happened, a LOT of swedes actually upped their bread baking game to sourdough instead.
I mean - I don't know a single person, child or grown-up, that simply CAN'T bake.
Shoehorn - yes, have (a tall) one (no outdoor shoes allowed into my house - it's caused some controversy in my English house).
Sodastream - no, haven't got one (although Brits are catching on with this one).
Candle(s) - yes, I have around eight in my lounge alone (mainly tea lights but also two tall ones).
Boardgames - no, haven't got any (but then I've lived in the UK for 23 years and people aren't too obsessed with them - unless, of course, they're massive gamers - I used to have plenty of them when I lived in Sweden though).
Jäst - always have some home (but here in the UK it's incredibly difficult to get hold of the fresh stuff (unless you buy from Scandinavian Kitchen)).
mm, all due honor to the electric light but there's something very cozy and comforting about candle-light, it is almost like it touches us on a genetic level.
Note to everyone who doesn't own a shoe-horn: please get one pronto for all your visitors older than yourself! You'll get there too! (It should be long and metal!)
good point!
4/5
I don't have the soda streamer as bubbly water makes me burp 😋
My friends have it though.
You can keep fresh yeast (jäst) in the freezer so you always have some just in case 👍
1, is mostly for the fat it prolong the life of the shoes and yeah because of the weather.
And the candles are because of the fact that in winter it becomes really dark and growing up there was often no power so everyone is more or less prepared for a blackout.
But you forgot about: osthyvel, måttsats, smörkniv i plast/trä, potatisskalare, äggtimer/ timer, matlåda i plast med lock, kaffebryggare, termometer, filt, varma koppen soppa, falukorv.
I think I'm the only person I know in Sweden who don't have a SodaStream, but I've never been keen on carbonated drinks, especially not water, but I do have all the other things. I usually make my own candles, and while that might not be super common, it's common enough that I can walk into my local Colorama store and expect to find all of the supplies on the shelf, especially around Christmas.
funnily enough there are a handful of people that have said the same thing about not enjoying carbonated drinks, so there are a few of you left😅 you make your own candles though? that's so cool!!
I don't think I have seen a soda stream in a home for decades, and I live in Sweden. (I have of course seen such for sale in stores.) Maybe I'm missing something. Could be a generational thing. Maybe you have a tendency to hang out with people who own soda streams. ;-)
I think it's partially generational, every home I have been to that has one has been the home of family with kids. Perhaps they enjoy it a bit more?
Jag är singel och har soda stream.
Haha very cool.. agree with the list. I thought you where gonna go for the osthyvel
funnily enough you weren't the only one who said that, I'll have to do a follow-up where I include that one!😅
Shoehorn= Yes but i personally dont use it verry often
Sodastream= Yes but havent been used in years
Candles= Yes we use them frequently during the dark months. Not so much in the summer though.
Yeast= Yes I keep the dry stuff since it lasts longer and is allways good to have at home if you get a craving for cinamon buns or want to whip up a pizza for dinner.
Bordgames = Yes I have several and Terraforming Mars is my absolute fave!
interesting, thanks for sharing Vilma! and fun to hear that you also have great taste in boardgames😉
I've never owned a Soda Stream because my mom has one and I've never gotten used to the taste. I just buy soda from the store on special occasions and drink water, tea or hot chocolate on normal days.
Yes!! I have all five 😊 and use them all.
you do Helga? Fun!!
The shoehorn is really useful for older ppl who have a hard time bending down to put their shoes on. We have one!
No sodastream in our house. But we had one in the 80s-90s when I was growing up. But it is very popular here!
Yes! Candles! One of the best ways to fight the dark winters!!
I actually think board games ate quite boring and too slow. But yeah we have a few. I wish I enjoyed it more.
Yeast. Hmm... that makes me want to bake a little. But I have to buy it first.
good point about the use of shoehorns for the older generation. its certainly a very accessible tool!
Eggslicer/äggskärare. We got a visit from my cousin for a couple of years ago, and she hadnt heard or seen of the eggslicer we used by the breakfast table ☺
The cousin was from Australia, we live in Sweden and I can guarantee that every swede has an eggslicer at home 😅
The only thing on the list that I don't have is the Soda Stream... 😄 My favourite of those things are CANDLES!! 😁 My husband is always afraid that I set the house on fire... 🔥 This time of year it's getting dark in the afternoon, so the candles light up the soul as well as the house... 😊🕯️
I totally know what you mean about candles though, it really does help to open up the space and make things feel cosier and warm again!
Peculiar observations, i as a swede never noticed!
I don't have a shoehorn, but I have a soda streamer. I never used those flavours that came with it (I'm pretty sure they are way to sweet for my taste anyway - most things are). I just mix the carbonated water with apple juice concentrate, maybe 1 unit of apple juice and 7 or 8 units of carbonated water (instead of 1+4), or something like that. It tastes a bit like apple cider, but not as disgustingly sweet.
Spot on! Board game to try: Azul
oooh thanks for the tip Michael!
I don't like sparkly water, so no SodaStream in my home. On the other hand, I light candles most days of the year, maybe (but just maybe) with the exception of the really warm summer days. Yeast was a must in my fridge, but sadly is no more due to gluten intolerance. I still bake bread though, just other kinds with baking powder, and that I always have in my coupboard.
oooh I should have mentioned yeast substitutes! it never even crossed my mind! but good point! fun to hear that you recognise most of the other things though!
I was really thinking a cheese slicer would be on this list but definitely forgot about the shoehorn. The only thing I have not seen in both my girlfriends and her family's house hold is the soda maker or whatever it was called. I did not even know that was a thing until now.
good point about the cheese slicer Amanda! I'm going to have to do a follow up sometime and include that haha
Sodastream is very common, mostly due to that we in Sweden have good tap water. Such water that you have to buy in bottles in many other countries. It will be much easier to use a "Sodastream", when you can use tap water.
good point Ronnie, that could well play into it!
Yeah, so the first thing I got when I moved to a two room apartment was a small table for putting a chessboard on. And then I made some bread.
About board games.
Yeah, everyone has bordgames (almost) of somesort. From classical "Monopoly", "Chess", "Yatzy" and "Kina schack", to people more invested and more complex games like "Colonizing Mars".
A great game, that easy, fun, complex and both random and strategic is "King of Tokyo". Excelent as a small party game also. Try it out (if you havnt).
The other things, yeah. The Shoehorn, a staple of swedish homes. Yeast also. And Candles. But it seems you forgot Cheese slizer. ;)
Cheers.
Shoehorn, soda stream, lots of candles, lots of board games and... 🤔😶😁... dry yeast 🇸🇪 🙌
haha wow, bingo Jenny!
If there's an electricity outage it goes dark, you need the candles. (Perhaps the board games too when there's no Netflix 😜 )
good point Eva, you can never be too prepared😅
No Sodastream in our house and we also do not generally buy any carbonated beverages either. Among the people we socialize with there are one or two that I know have one but there may of course be others that have them without revealing it to guests!!
interesting Per! thanks for sharing!
I have all five of them, so yes
I thought my whole life that I´m a real Swede, but I seems not to be! I own a shoehorn, but not a Soda Streamer. I have candles, but no board games. I only buy yeast when I´m about to bake something with yeast in it ... so about 3 times a year! Can it be that my husband is Finnish althought lived all his life in Sweden or I´m I not so Swedish that I thought?! But I do looove lösgodis as you mentioned in another video! :)
Hah, check on all of them... Allthough the yeast is almost always expired because i was planning on baking but dis not find the time 🙈🙈
Jäst är en viktig sak för mig då som du säger att bakning blev en viktig del för att behålla psyket i bra skick!
Jag skulle vilja skaffa Sodastream eller annan variant men det har inte blivit av än!
Jag är inte candle typen men jag erkänner att i vissa sammanhang är dom väldigt trevliga!
Ha en trevlig vecka!
hur intressant Sina! kanske får du efterfrågor en sodastream för jul då😉 var det något som jag missade från listan då?
@@JustaBritAbroad inte vad jag kommer på!
Möjligen att jag har några burkar energi dryck i kylskåpet som en hjälp med energin på vintern eller för att blanda med vodka.
@@SinaFarhat jaså? intressant! jag tycker inte om energi drycker faktiskt😅
@@JustaBritAbroad Vi har våra laster, vissa dricker och röker, jag dricker energi drycker!
Soda Stream was the bees knees here in Iceland in the early 80's, then it fell out of fashion.
it was? I think it was similar in England and the US and then it dropped out of fashion too🤔I wonder how come it became such a staple here in Sweden still but nowhere else?
@@JustaBritAbroad For some reason it's making a return now. It was the same here, the sodastream was big in the 80's and then we didn't see it for 30 years or something, then all of a sudden a couple of years ago it returned. So I wouldn't really classify it as a staple in Swedish homes, perhaps it's just on a second tour passing by..
But then again, since bottled fizzy water have been really popular for quite some time, and our regular tap water is often better than the bottled water I wouldn't be surprised if the sodastream lived longer this time. Why buy expensive bottled water when you can make it better and cheaper at home?
Agree with Jonas. Also in the 80's I never heard anyone use it for just water. You put syrup in to make soda. Now I hardly ever hear anyone put syrup in - we just want our sparkling water.
We actually have 2, one in the house in town and one in "stugan".
No soda stream here! Some board games, but long forgotten some where
really? interesting!
I have all 🤣 just, from time to time. Not always.. but yeah.. 😄
I think there are actually some more things that should go on this list.
oh you do Annika? I want to hear!! what would you suggest!
Yep pretty accurate.
I don't like carbonated water, so no sodastream for me (I even shake some of the carbonation out of soda sometimes).
I think the dishbrush is also a fairly scandinavian thing, was shocked to hear the only use pads in other countries (might be wrong, dunno).
oooh good point about a dish bursh Andreas! we had one in my house growing up, so it wasn't such a shock for me, but its deinitely very common here!
About board games I could recommend: "Settlers of Catan" (simply the best game out there), "Pandemic" (actually), "Minecraft: Builders and Biomes", "Ticket to ride" and "The mind" (incredible simple but fun game!).
Thanks for this video! Got check on all of them.
ooh I've plated Catan Daniel, such a fun game!! and I also really like pandemic and ticket to ride. not tried the others though, so perhaps I'll have to add them to my list!
It’s actually a German board game 😎, Settlers of Catan (Siedler von Catan)
Shoehorn - yes
Sodastream - no
candles - yes
board games - personally i don't like board games.
Jeast - no cause i don't bake lol
i'm swedish and i don't know anyone who has an actual sodastream but i know many who have other generic brand water carbonizers, my father drinks this fizzy water every day... i mostly get hydrated by tea so i don't own one... and i don't like carbonated water that much, I like some sodas and i like making doogh (yoghurt and chopped mint and salt with fizzy water), but then i just fill up a few bottles of fizzy water when i visit my parents and have it for making doogh.