My Experience Traveling to Sweden For The First Time | Q&A | American in Sweden
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- Опубликовано: 17 июн 2024
- in this video i talk about my experience traveling to Sweden\ out of the country for the first time.
very intersting experience
also if you have any other questions you would like for me to answer, comment below!
You can eat meatballs anywhere in Sweden. A majority of ordinary Swedish lunch restaurants serve it. So sorry you had such a stressfull time! Swedes won't initiate conversation with strangers as that might be intrusive but if you ask someone they'll be happy to help, and if you talk to drunk swedes they will be very social.
so happy to see you here in our little corner of the world.
I actually started watching u reacting to something Swedish..
You are a man with plan, u said it, you did it.
I remember with much joy my first visits abroad, u'll never forget it :)
i hope the rest of your travels are at least as good as the first days.
There are numerous restaurants in Stockholm that serve traditional Swedish food. It's not like it's ONLY a tourist city :D You just need to find them. Next time you visit, try and find someone who can guide you to those places before you come, especially if you have limited time to visit.
Yes, and the Old Town is the most touristy place. Last time I went to a cafe there the Swedish staff replied in English even though I addressed him in Swedish. I guess they get used to all guests being tourists in the summer so it comes automatically.
Amazing that you finally made to Denmark and Sweden.
Hope you enjoyed visiting Scandinavia :)
You should definitely visit Visby next time you're in Sweden. Really preserved old city from medieval era and very beautiful. Alot more chill than stockholm too :)!
Yes, Visby is extremely beautiful
Depending on the time of year. I doubt Dar would find it relaxing during the Almedal week or the medieval week. It's also quite pricey. Student towns like Lund or Uppsala are nice. Or Östersund if he wants to go urther north. Perhaps stay a day in Östersund, see the Överhogdal tapestries, and then take the train to Trondheim and a short stop in the little Norwegian town called Hell (meaning "luck" in Norwegian).
Agreed! Visby is defenitely worth a visit! As long as he doesn't visit during Almedalsveckan or Stockholmsveckan :P Medievalweek might me fun thou, if he likes that kind of stuff.
Are you kidding?? 😂😂Gotland is an extreme tourist trap!
@@anjajosefsson8262 During some of the summer weeks perhaps. But I live and study in Visby, and there are a lot to see, experience and do, especially if you are interested in history. Just some of the islands 92 (still in use) medieval churches is worth a visit, or the picturestones, or all of the beautiful nature and landscape. You don't have to visit during the most busy tourist weeks. Just an example 💁♀️
You can avoid a lot of walking in Stockholm by using the subway and busses. It is very affordable and efficient. To get mobile data working you need to enable roaming, not disable it, but it can get expensive depending on your plan.
You dont really have to use subway to travel central stockholm. Walking or using an electric scooter is more than enough. Or a bike if you rather. But I guess if you ahve to be somewhere at X time then subway or a bus is I guess worth it.
Yeah and its not like subway in New york and going by buss in america isnt that common so i guesse thats why he didnt use thoese two at all
The ”excuse me” and stuff is definetly a small town vs. Big city thing. I am from a smaller town in sweden and we are often more social with hello and excuse me and stuff than Stockholm. Stockholm is definetly the most anti-social city here 😂
I think if you come back you should visit gothenburg. It’s more of a city life with a small town vibe ☺️ glad you enjoyed yourself though. Happy you got to have a vacation and leave the us for the first time ☺️
Agree, i got relatives in stockholm, but myself live in Eskilstuna thats like an hour travel from stockholm, ppl in our capital are not as friendly as the small town/city ppl
I agree Gothenburgh has a totally different vibe than Stockholm and not to be rude but people in Gothenburgh generally are more easy going.
Really happy that you had a good trip ! Welcome back! =)
If u go in the summer. Gothenburg area, Visby, Lund, Karlskrona, Ystad, Varberg, Kalmar, Marstrand and Lysekil are some really nice places more south. And if u go in the winter, Anything more up north, ski resorts etc like, Åre, Sälen, Östersund, Kiruna, abisko, Idre, Branäs, Mora, Umeå and Luleå
If you come back, ask one of your viewers here to help you. They’ll help you get around.
As a Norwegian, it is fun to hear about your experience with other Scandinavian countries :)
If you ever travel to Sweden again i can recomend checking in Örebro, summertime is a must. Perfect sized city for walking around snd checking out the culture, at the same time your almost in the middle of Sweden with good roads and trainrouts taking you where ever you want :) also close to nature, people living there usually takes the bike just 30 min out from town and you gave good spots for swimming, camping and so on, making use of the "Allemansrätter" :)
In the very early 1990's I was flying from the US to Sweden on business. My flight to JFK was delayed and I was concerned I would miss my final flight. I notified the cabin crew, who said "I'll tell the captain". Once we had landed at JFK, they announced that "we have a passenger who have to get to his connecting flight as soon as possible, which is waiting for him. We'll arrive at gate XXX and his connecting flight is at gate YYY (which was the next gate). We ask all passengers to sit down and allow this passenger to disembark the flight first."
That passenger was me. As soon as the fasten seatbelt lights came off, I got my carry-on and ran through the plane and the corridor and to the next gate. They closed the doors behind me as soon as I was onboard.
By magic, my checked baggage also got it onto the next flight. I realised the pilots must have had a serious talk with JFK before arrival. The gate we arrived at was for international flights. The remaining passengers were apparently bus'ed to the domestic part as we arrived at the international part of the airport. The airline was AA.
I don't think they would ever do this today.
Haha Dar! I'm so impressed that you made it to Denmark and Sweden okay. 🤣
Must have been very stressful in Philadelphia and also in Copenhagen to understand the directions. It has been both amusing and interesting to follow your journey. You are brave 👍😘 Hope you have had a great time! 🙋♀️🇸🇪 and welcome back.
I am used to walk 20000 steps a day. It is very common when you are around in Stockholm. Well done ☺️
Recommend you to go to Sigtuna and Uppsala next time. Very cozy, beautiful and interesting towns. 🙋♀️
You can find traditional Swedish food in Stockholm.. More so than in the smaller cities.. In the smaller cities.. They'll have a pizza restaurant.. Or a burger grill.. A sushi spot.. And many small Thai shacks..(a lot of older married Swedish men have a late life crisis, divorce and then travel to Thailand and they'll marry a new younger Thai wife that they bring back home. These women open small thai food places when they come to Sweden.) And then nothing more.. In Stockholm you have at least the old restaurants that have been around since the 1800's. Still serving original cuisine. In smaller towns they might have small lunch restaurants that serve "husmanskost" during weekdays. (Traditional Swedish food) But they are rarely open for dinner and weekends.
Great that you appreciated our beautiful country. My signature Svensk Vägguide that you tried to pronounce 😅 is Swedish road guide in English. Recommend a visit to Skåne when you take the family with you to Sweden next time. Have a safe trip home and welcome back.
I think you should have visited Skansen (if you didn't do it off cam), that's an open air museum where you can see old Sweden, nordic animals, and talk to the people working there.
I have visited several large cities in the US, and my experience has been that they often feel quite empty, with few people on the streets. European city centers tend to be more bustling with activity and people. This is likely why you feel that Stockholm is similar to New York, as New York is one of the few US cities with that kind of atmosphere.
The first time you travel to a big city you will always be a bit ”dazed”. There are many, many, small and lovely places in Stockholm. An d I would guess it’s, generally, easier to find restaurants with traditional Swedish food in Stockholm, compared to small places (where the only restaurant might be a pizza place). Btw Stockholm is tiny and quiet compared to e.g. London.☺️ But it’s nice to hear that you enjoyed it. And that you made it all the way to Sweden, on your first trip abroad. Excellent!👏Safe journey back!🛫
It is forbidden to walk on the cycle track. So that's why nobody stays. Walking has its own to walk in.
If u ever come to Scandinavia again brother, i recomend u going to a smaller city than copenhagen or stockholm. those 2 citys wont give scandinavia a proper picture. im swedish atleast, there is alot of places worth visiting outside of stockholm. the north of sweden is a good place to visit, ppl are very friendly there. shit like the "ice hotel" during the winter and early spring is dope to visit. u also get a big chance of seing the northern lights up there. I been following u for a while now, i love that u have some passion for us in scandinavia.
You were in Sweden at the brightest time of the year and in winter it is the other way around with darkness for the same part of the day (there is a 13 hour difference between when the sun is up in Stockholm)
I would highly recommend taking the subway! It's really beautiful, cheap and useful! It is considered the world's largest art gallery!
Would you consider visiting the north of sweden to experience the nature?
Your flight experience matches one I had back in April 2001, on a flight from Sydney to Stockholm. My flight from Sydney to Paris got delayed so I had to run like hell through all of the HUGE Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris to catch my flight to Stockholm. I was 28 years old and I don't think anyone older than 30 made that connection. Lesson learned: always make sure you have many hours between your connecting flights, it's better to wait 3-4 hours in some random airport than missing a connection!
You should go to west coast next time and land in Gothenburg! And move north the west coast and visit Lysekil, Smögen, Kungshamn, Grebbestad and Strömstad all small to mid size towns. West coast is amazingly beautiful during spring/summer time ❤️. And people are more relaxed and chil 🤪.
A 3 day pass on the public transport is well worth it in Stockholm. There's nice places to go with the public transport, like Sigtuna about an hour north of Stockholm by public transport. It's the old capital of Sweden, Stockholm only became capital after Sigtuna was pillaged by baltic raiders in 1187 and the land rise made it impractical for trade. It's a small town, but there's a lot to see there, there are 35 runestones (most of them in the city) and a lot of churches from the 12th and 13th century.
Vaxholm is another nice place to go with PT in Stockholm, a small town in the archipelago northeast of Stockholm. Nice to just walk around, have an ice cream at the harbour cafés and tour the fortress they've got there.
As someone else said, Visby can't be praised enough. More of a two or three-day trip though, it's a 4 hour boatride from Nynäshamn (a port town south of stockholm, you can take public transport to Nynäshamn though) so maybe not something you do just over one day.
Glad to have had you! Welcome back and bring yours
If ya come back, ask a fan to show ya around, the touristy areas are shyte, we'll sort ya, head up north, gorgeous areas
Thanks, those were the personal experiences I missed in what you posted earlier. You do a lot of walking in Stockholm and definitely as a tourist even if you take the subway, but we didn't think you would only walk. You would probably have gotten more out of the trip if you had taken some means of transport and had a company. Either someone who followed you, or if you met one of your subscribers. Dream team Neal and Dar goes to Visby next time? 😉
Nice that you had a good time in any case and that we didn't scare you away! Looking forward to more stories.
Come to gothenburg! My relatives from italy was here last week and said that people are more friendly here. No offense my fellow swedes in Stockholm (I love you) but its a more stressful life in Stockholm
I know there's gonna be more walking in Sweden and Europe anyway, but my guy why didn't you take the subway?? 😆 You didn't have to walk for 2 hours lol
Too much time spent walking, Yes that was my exact thought, as tourist you can be so efficient with the time. I know a million things to see and visit in Stockholm.
Tram for example would take a few min directly to Vasamuseum from central.
transit is cheap.
Subway also covers city well and stops in gamla stan. But maybe he'll try it on his next visit.😊
Walking is a great way to get a sort of more "immersive experience" of the city you visit.
When I was younger and traveled more I and my friends used to just pack a backpack with some sandwiches and water and basic necessities, some pocket change for a few cold beer stops and just wander around for an entire day.
Barcelona for example is a great city for just walking around in with no real aim and just seeing where you end up...
I wish someone would have told/taught you how to buy and use the public transports. I have only been to Stockholm twice in the past 15 or so years so I am not an expert but I used some kind of 3 day ticket that worked all over the city and the boats as well. It's beautiful to walk around of course and you see a lot more but it takes a lot of time.
I live close to Malmö so I've been to Copenhagen a lot more. I saw you were in Nyhavn. Love it there in the summers!
Its not true that you cant get "real" Swedish food in Stockholm, if you know where to go you will find the very best Swedish food in Stockholm.
Great to have here! 🙂Welcome back!
It's always a good idea to do some research before going somewhere.
This is fun to watch 😅 we’re so used to it.
If you go back, you should try the west coast. yes I'm biased cus I live here. But Gothenburg and the smaller towns and islands around Gothenburg is really nice, at least during summer. Not as much tourists as Stockholm, mostly swedish tourists who go on a daytrip or to camping sites. Winter is shitty here tho, winter is probably best experienced in the north where they actually have a lot of beautiful snow and northern lights and shit. The further south you go during winter the less it becomes a winterwonderland and more a gray slushy depressing shit.
I was thinking about travelling to CPH airport, to meet you and show you the ropes. I should have done that, then you would have a more stress-free journey on the train.
Dammed Dar, I did warn you about the cyclists, they are no joke. In the morning, when somebody is late for school/work, they are ruthless. Nothing happened, so it's fine I guess, and you have a story to tell at home 🙂
Yeah, I've had middle age men scream at me for standing in the bike lane at the zebra crossing.
We are so sorry for the weather i Denmark. I hope you have a great visit here.
I hope you had a fun time here is Sweden and that you can visit us again ❤
By the way, this might be kind of a personal question…but I couldn’t help but notice your love to Europe, especially the Nordic countries☺️
So…do you have plans in the near future to move to the Nordic? If yes, what country would you choose? 😊
Interesting to hear about your adventures in Sweden. Hope you go north next time, and visit the moose farm up here.
Walk walk walk and you got buses all over and subway. People in stockholm use them all the time
You would have bought an SL card to be able to use public transport. :)
sunset 23.00 sunrise 03.30 and will be short'r over the summer
Next time, buy tickets for the whole ride. Like Copenhagen station, to Stockholm.
The same goes for busses.
It'll save you money.
You know there's a swedish community in Texas, look it up, we got you and bring some o that for them. Plenty of 'em never been so I'm sure they'd love to hear. (If they're not friendly, they're not swedish).
Personaly... as a swedish person.... and living in Stockholm honestly.... it´s one of the most beutifull cities you can se in Sweden, but it does suck alot since we have alot of A holes around here now, so walking around now is bad
I was in Orlando last year. Had to wait three hours on the plane after landing due to some rain…
I know that is so tiresome.
I would recommend you to visit Uppsala, it is very beautiful, and in the middle of the summer it is a much slower pace among people.
hi Dar welcome to Denmark hope you enjoy your stay
Next time brother, get yourself a local guide through your community.. 😅
Hey, if you visit Gotland hit me up. I'm from Stockholm area, definatley nicer in the calmer areas of Sweden, even thogh our population is rather small. Great videos!
Transatlantic flights sucks. Done it twice (or 4 times I guess if you count return trips), once to Buenos Aires, Argentina via Madrid and once to Los Angeles via Paris. I pop a sleeping pill the second I get in my seat on the long leg of the flight, can't be bothered with 7 or 8 hours of nothing.
I agree with you about the light nights and yet people want to vote for summer time instead of standard time. for me i go to bed around 1-3am and get up at 7:40am. here in Dalarna it gets light at 3am during the summer (2am if you had standard time).
You could have gone to Norrtälje - a lovely, small, summer town. It takes only 1 hour by bus from Stockholm city centre. 84kr return!
We should have warned you from walking in the bike lanes! And you should have rented a scooter 🛴
I like that you did this and that you can talk about it, I don't know if your wife and children were there because I didn't see them, but if you ever come to the Netherlands, I want your wife and children fully experience the freedom to do things even without your parents.
If you like smaller cities more you should definitely go to Uppsala
Stockholm isnt really Sweden ... Its very cosmopolitan city. Could be a capitol city just about anywhere in the world. And you could perhaps stay more than a weekend ;-)
Dar if you have taken the right train from Malmo to Stockholm you cluld hade explored Malmo its a nice town i lived there in the 90,s
Like very much.
If you want the more traditional food its easier to find if you look for lunch places that serve "husmanskost" which basically means traditional everyday ordinary food lol such as meatballs. I personally find it funny when non Nordic people rave about meatballs talking about them as something special, & sure they are tasty but when you grow up with it as a basic food stable in your home, eating it like once a week, not to mention the meatballs for almost every holiday feast, it gets kinda boring lol
You need a better phone subscription... relying on public wifi is tedious.
I'm not exactly surprised that you struggled with public transport and ticketing. And bicycle lanes for that matter.
Ørestad, where you're recording is very modern and good looking, but it's far from midtown and you don't really get the same kind of city life out there.
And yeah... the bright nights in the nordics are known to drive people mad when they're not used to it 😋 made me think of the movie Insomnia.
You know he is Denmark when a cloud goes in front and off the the sun every 30 second
Goes for Skåne too
Why did you go to central station in Copenhagen? Why not just take the train from the airport to Malmö?
1:10 ya the same about cph.
Why did you not meet up with some of your subcribers to show you around? I think that could have been a fun and helpful experience too. I hope you enjpy your stay! :)
I just realized that we don't offer if not asked and he wouldn't ask if noone offered. I think this is a typical culture clash.
@@tovep9573 Yes- you are probably right.
Not hating! But why not use the subway?
? No finland? 😅 But great. Hope you liked it. Allso
You cant go everywhere
Why did you walk???
and family and friden
Why didnt you stay in Malmö? Smaller city.
i hope you tried kebab pizza :)
Helsingborg
ha en bra resa
If you do get to stockholm again you have an open invitation to have some home cooked dinner at my place.
Jag har varit i olika delar av världen.Thailand 2ggr. Aldrig varit så "lost" som du beskriver din ankomst till Danmark. Ledsen att du fick den erfarenheten. Men samtidigt är jag lite undrande. Du visste att du skulle resa till något okänt land och du ser dig som ett offer. Eller? Tragiskt.
Good thing you didnt try meatballs for the people, because that is NOT the best place for meatballs in Stockholm. :)
Did you ever feel unsafe?
People of Stockholm are elitists, we in the south would certainly apologize if we bumped into someone or were even close to.