So happy to hear that your daughter is acclimating well to the move, it could be quite jarring to make such a big change when you're young. You should definitely try to catch a Lucia performance if you can, it's something really unique and beautiful and special for the whole family.
Always interesting to hear your views on swedish life! And please continue to be critical when you think it is appropriate, an outsiders view can often be enlightening.
Welcome to Sweden:) Come to Norrland / Lappland for a proper winter, we have a lot of varying climate over the country but here in the north the amount of snow is quite massive after november.
"Everything under 10 °C is getting really cold and I consider as being winter". In Sweden it´s summer if it´s over 10 °C. The meterological definition of winter in Sweden is when the average temperature (during both day and night) is 0 °C or lower 5 days in a row (but even if it gets warmer after those 5 days it´s still considered winter). And summer has arrived when it´s warmer than 10 °C 5 days in a row. The meterological definition of autumn/fall in Sweden is when the average temperature (during both day and night) is lower than 10 °C five days in a row and it´s getting colder. Spring is the same temperature, but it´s getting warmer.
@@LivingSwedish Then when you have gone through the winter with tempetatures below zero, 10 degrees will feel like a lovely spring temperature.😉
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@@LivingSwedish There is an official definition of winter in Sweden, used by the official meterological institute. The average temperature for the day (24 hour period from midnight to midnight) has to be below 0.0 degrees for at least 5 days in a row. To me that is a too slack definition. If it is above 0 it can not be a real winter.
Fun to hear what you really like about Sweden and what I can tell you is that when you and your family will travel around Sweden further in from Stockholm, you will find more you really like about Sweden. I have heard this from several people from different countries who have moved to Kiruna. When it comes to snow, it is not always the case that there is snow to Stockholm, in my city Kiruna (at the top of the north) the snow came already in October and we have about 30 cm of snow. on March 25, 2020, Kiruna had set a snow record by receiving a total of 325 cm of snow in the winter of 2019 and 2020. Here in Kiruna from 8/12 until 8/1 you do not see the sun at all. During this time it will not be light until 08.30 and it will start to get dark at 12.30. Regarding what you mentioned about kindergarten, it is the same in all kindergartens in Sweden and everyone who works as a kindergarten teacher are trained preschool teachers as it is called when you work in kindergarten, some are trained educators. Because in Sweden, they have decided how it should be in all kindergartens in Sweden and what the children should do there and what rules they have to abide by. When it comes to nature and being out in it, you will notice that up here in Lapland as my landscape is called. Here we like to go out into the woods and grill over an open fire from spring to autumn but also during the winter, you usually go to either Kalixälven or Torneälv and make a fire by the river and you take water from the pure river water and make coffee, and enjoying the moment, maybe you have a throwing rod with you and try fishing. During the winter, you also go to these rivers and shovel up seats where you put reindeer skins on, then you take and dig a pit where you make the fire. Now you bring an ice drill so you can go down on the ice and drill holes in the ice to get coffee water BUT we also usually take snow and put in the coffee pan so it becomes coffee water. Now you can also take the opportunity to pimp on the ice for fish. This is a common pleasure during the winter and up here the ice can be 1 meter thick and even thicker depending on the cold.
@@LivingSwedish If you visit Kiruna during the winter, you have to see and experience something that is only found up here in Lapland and nowhere else in Sweden and it is arkar, these are tiny little houses that you pull out on the ice in the winter. In these small houses you live in and inside these arkar there are two gaps that are dioginally towards each other so that you can pimp inside these arkar. Pimple is fishing in the winter (google pimple rod and you will see). So you live in these little arkar one sleeps, eats, fishes in these arkar. The size so you get an idea; arkar dimensions: Length: 250 cm, width: 160 cm, height eaves: 150 cm, height eaves: 180 cm. The arkar should have at least 2 valves, preferably 3 to obtain good ventilation
To light up our homes are important because our dark season is so long and to focus on our children and everything around them is important because we see our children as our future and we are very happy to have so many benefits to have a family in Sweden.
Glad you and ure family like it in Sweden. Not all is perfect but we are proud of our country that now is yours too. Hope you will continue have good things in ure way. When learning to know us and you're new country more. Remember Swedes are known for be a bit shy and a bit hard to get close to. But once the barrier is broken. We in general are genuine and warm people. Much love to you and ure nearest. /John
Forgot to mention the season and you said that in Stockholm it is 3. My city is called the kingdom of the 8 seasons and it is after the Sami calendar. We have the seasons; Summer, Autumn Summer, Autumn, Autumn Winter, Winter, Spring Winter, Spring, Spring Summer. This is according to how it is with the reindeer and the weather.
@@LivingSwedish Yes, but this is how it is up here and according to the Sami calendar, Kiruna has summer the last 2 weeks in June and the first two weeks in July. so only 4 weeks summer.
You really start to understand the Fika culture at work. Like at a store for example, there they usually start a bit earlier in the morning to setup the store, so they can take a fika break in the morning. There is also one in the afternoon, very important ;) Almost every workplace have these fika breaks, its just part of our work culture. But also, a very popular first date, just ask for a fika :P
I am an old guy ! and the winter season has changed a lot from the time i was a kid. Before we had real winter from around september/october to march/april with snow and realy cold temperatures down to minus 20-25 each winter. But now things have changed and most of the time we get like one or two weeks of proper winter if we are lucky. So global warming has had it's impact here.
@@runner1086 Det är struntprat. Vintern kom inte i september/oktober. Jag var också med då... Jag är född i början av 60-talet och visst var vintrarna lite tuffare då, men september... ha ha har aldrig sett snö då. Kolla med SMHI:s statistik om du vill.
Welcome to Sweden and let's hope you get to experience a white christmas :). We haven't had one (in the south) for some years now, but they're saying that it might snow this year.
Oh, I'm looking for a holiday destination for this summer so this sounds perfect. Just had a quick look and it looks beautiful. Thanks for the tip! 👏🏻👏🏻
@@LivingSwedish Okey cool then have look at "tiveden" if you're into hiking. Also search for djäknasundet. It's close to where I live and it's really beautiful but a fair warning the water is cold in Vättern.
Great video. You might want to bring down the light a little bit. Alternatively you can hold a piece of white paper in front of your camera then hit the auto white balance.
Thanks for the video! My progress of the move is becoming more of a reality every day so your videos are super helpful in preparation for next year. How do you feel about kids and Sweden and their child protection services? Would you say they are overbearing with anything and everything you do with your child? I've read some stories online (probably not true or overblown) but I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject. Thank you!
Be careful in Sweden regarding Social services regarding kids there’s is darkness in the corridors there, not in general but here and there it’s depends on the persons you deal whit there God to be awake when you dealing whit them
You really need to give us more information about what you are thinking about. But yes the child protection is stronger in Sweden then in a lot of other countries. What do you consider overbearing? For example corporal punishment is banned, and the stigma that comes with it is harsh.
Thanks for watching! I have to say I know nothing about the child protection services here in Sweden. I never thought about them either. I've only heard about them in the letter I received which I mentioned in the video. But I don't see this as too serious and just a standard procedure they have to make sure kids are being cared for.
@@havrekli when I say overbearing I have a friend who lives in Stockholm who said social took her in and her kid for questioning because a neighbor noticed her lights on at a very late hour and her kid playing in the backyard alone. To me that sounds like overbearing but apparently to them it could be considered child neglect. What I'm mostly afraid of happening is them separating kids without any investigations first and then asking the questions later when it's too late.
It will get darker until the mid-winter solstice, that is December 21. And also don´t miss the Swedish tradition when we celebrate saint Lucia on the 13 of December. The festival marks the beginning of the Christmas season in Sweden, and it is meant to bring hope and light during the darkest time of the year when she comes with her crown of candles in her hair. Celebrating Lucia is a very old tradition, not to be mixed with the Italian tradition of celebrating Lucia of Syracuse. But Lucia is both in Sweden and Italy the martyr's saint
If you have children in Kindergarten ("Förskola") then you are not likely to miss Lucia! Due to covid the celebrations have been tuned down a little - but usually it´s a big thing with all the parents joining in for - you guessed it - fika!
@@joachimkylhammar5084 Thanks for clarifying! So far, I don't think it's too bad. Nothing out of the norm. But I saw where Swedes get it from. First day at pre-school and my daughter was taught to queue properly 😂 You learn it from very early years. I think I once skipped a queue by accident. A long line was waiting for busses in the city and I thought it was queueing for a special store or sale in a store hahaha I think I got away with it because I'm a pregnant lady. No one said anything to me 😬
Are you talking about the temperature in Celsius? If so, it shocks me how you can live approximately 1000 miles farther north than me (I live in southern Wisconsin in the US) and I've experienced temperatures as cold as -40 Celsius and you've only experienced around -2 Celsius which is pretty warm here in the winter.
Yes, always Celsius :) I'm sure it gets colder here, too, but not sure about -40 degrees. I hope not hahaha I also live quite south of Sweden, it's much warmer than the North.
Better to check online but as far as I know it's open. There might be Covid-19 tests required but have a look on the Internet. I believe polisen.se/en/ is a reliable source.
Thanks so much for watching! ❤️
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So happy to hear that your daughter is acclimating well to the move, it could be quite jarring to make such a big change when you're young.
You should definitely try to catch a Lucia performance if you can, it's something really unique and beautiful and special for the whole family.
Yes, I'm so happy for her! She's a little trooper. I so want to experience Lucia, I need to look up where I can go in Stockholm 😊✨
Always interesting to hear your views on swedish life!
And please continue to be critical when you think it is appropriate, an outsiders view can often be enlightening.
Absolutely! No hiding of any opinions or feelings 😉
Welcome to Sweden:) Come to Norrland / Lappland for a proper winter, we have a lot of varying climate over the country but here in the north the amount of snow is quite massive after november.
Thank you! I definitely want to visit the North of Sweden. Sounds amazing! 😍
Norway is better 😁😁😁👍👍👍🇳🇴
Norway is more exposed to the moderating effect of the ocean breeze and has milder winters but with more moisture generally ...True ?
"Everything under 10 °C is getting really cold and I consider as being winter".
In Sweden it´s summer if it´s over 10 °C. The meterological definition of winter in Sweden is when the average temperature (during both day and night) is 0 °C or lower 5 days in a row (but even if it gets warmer after those 5 days it´s still considered winter). And summer has arrived when it´s warmer than 10 °C 5 days in a row.
The meterological definition of autumn/fall in Sweden is when the average temperature (during both day and night) is lower than 10 °C five days in a row and it´s getting colder. Spring is the same temperature, but it´s getting warmer.
🤪🤪🤪 Still winter for me hahaha
@@LivingSwedish
Then when you have gone through the winter with tempetatures below zero, 10 degrees will feel like a lovely spring temperature.😉
@@LivingSwedish There is an official definition of winter in Sweden, used by the official meterological institute. The average temperature for the day (24 hour period from midnight to midnight) has to be below 0.0 degrees for at least 5 days in a row. To me that is a too slack definition. If it is above 0 it can not be a real winter.
Fun to hear what you really like about Sweden and what I can tell you is that when you and your family will travel around Sweden further in from Stockholm, you will find more you really like about Sweden. I have heard this from several people from different countries who have moved to Kiruna.
When it comes to snow, it is not always the case that there is snow to Stockholm, in my city Kiruna (at the top of the north) the snow came already in October and we have about 30 cm of snow. on March 25, 2020, Kiruna had set a snow record by receiving a total of 325 cm of snow in the winter of 2019 and 2020. Here in Kiruna from 8/12 until 8/1 you do not see the sun at all. During this time it will not be light until 08.30 and it will start to get dark at 12.30.
Regarding what you mentioned about kindergarten, it is the same in all kindergartens in Sweden and everyone who works as a kindergarten teacher are trained preschool teachers as it is called when you work in kindergarten, some are trained educators. Because in Sweden, they have decided how it should be in all kindergartens in Sweden and what the children should do there and what rules they have to abide by.
When it comes to nature and being out in it, you will notice that up here in Lapland as my landscape is called. Here we like to go out into the woods and grill over an open fire from spring to autumn but also during the winter, you usually go to either Kalixälven or Torneälv and make a fire by the river and you take water from the pure river water and make coffee, and enjoying the moment, maybe you have a throwing rod with you and try fishing. During the winter, you also go to these rivers and shovel up seats where you put reindeer skins on, then you take and dig a pit where you make the fire. Now you bring an ice drill so you can go down on the ice and drill holes in the ice to get coffee water BUT we also usually take snow and put in the coffee pan so it becomes coffee water. Now you can also take the opportunity to pimp on the ice for fish. This is a common pleasure during the winter and up here the ice can be 1 meter thick and even thicker depending on the cold.
sounds an adventure I would like to try during my holidays.
Wow, that sounds amazing! So much to try out and I hope I will have many years here in Sweden to explore and try new things. Thanks for sharing!
@@LivingSwedish If you visit Kiruna during the winter, you have to see and experience something that is only found up here in Lapland and nowhere else in Sweden and it is arkar, these are tiny little houses that you pull out on the ice in the winter. In these small houses you live in and inside these arkar there are two gaps that are dioginally towards each other so that you can pimp inside these arkar. Pimple is fishing in the winter (google pimple rod and you will see). So you live in these little arkar one sleeps, eats, fishes in these arkar. The size so you get an idea; arkar dimensions: Length: 250 cm, width: 160 cm, height eaves: 150 cm, height eaves: 180 cm. The arkar should have at least 2 valves, preferably 3 to obtain good ventilation
To light up our homes are important because our dark season is so long and to focus on our children and everything around them is important because we see our children as our future and we are very happy to have so many benefits to have a family in Sweden.
Glad to hear you beginning to fully settle down and enjoying Sweden.
Absolutely! 😊
Looking forward to see what you think of Advent and Lucia in december! Also the real wintertimes in jan-feb ❄️
It's definitely coming hahaha ❤️
Glad you and ure family like it in Sweden. Not all is perfect but we are proud of our country that now is yours too. Hope you will continue have good things in ure way. When learning to know us and you're new country more. Remember Swedes are known for be a bit shy and a bit hard to get close to. But once the barrier is broken. We in general are genuine and warm people. Much love to you and ure nearest. /John
Thank you very much! Very much looking forward to getting to know Swedish people better 😊
Forgot to mention the season and you said that in Stockholm it is 3. My city is called the kingdom of the 8 seasons and it is after the Sami calendar. We have the seasons; Summer, Autumn Summer, Autumn, Autumn Winter, Winter, Spring Winter, Spring, Spring Summer. This is according to how it is with the reindeer and the weather.
That sounds crazy!
@@LivingSwedish Yes, but this is how it is up here and according to the Sami calendar, Kiruna has summer the last 2 weeks in June and the first two weeks in July. so only 4 weeks summer.
You really start to understand the Fika culture at work. Like at a store for example, there they usually start a bit earlier in the morning to setup the store, so they can take a fika break in the morning. There is also one in the afternoon, very important ;) Almost every workplace have these fika breaks, its just part of our work culture. But also, a very popular first date, just ask for a fika :P
For that reason, I wished I'd work in a Swedish company 😉
Does this teachers in schools? Do teacher get to enjoy fika?
@@jta7 Most workplaces have fika breaks. I have not worked in a school, so I'm not 100% sure. But I think so.
I am an old guy ! and the winter season has changed a lot from the time i was a kid. Before we had real winter from around september/october to march/april with snow and realy cold temperatures down to minus 20-25 each winter. But now things have changed and most of the time we get like one or two weeks of proper winter if we are lucky. So global warming has had it's impact here.
I can imagine it has changed a lot!
Winter from september/october must have been in Norrland. No way it was like that around Stockholm, Svea and Götaland.
@@magnuspersson1433 Det var faktiskt i söder, men vi talar om 70:talet och tidigare, jag är ju en äldre man som var ung under den tiden.
@@runner1086 Det är struntprat. Vintern kom inte i september/oktober. Jag var också med då... Jag är född i början av 60-talet och visst var vintrarna lite tuffare då, men september... ha ha har aldrig sett snö då. Kolla med SMHI:s statistik om du vill.
@@LivingSwedish Not as much as Runner says. Normally winter comes to Stockholm area around the beginning of December. September/October is just a lie.
I am happy to hear you generally like it here. Most things are pretty good.
Thank you! 🥰
You're not safe in sweeden anymore
Welcome to Sweden and let's hope you get to experience a white christmas :). We haven't had one (in the south) for some years now, but they're saying that it might snow this year.
Thanks for the warm welcome! 🙏🏻✨ Merry Christmas! 🎄
You should go to the lake Vättern on the west side lots of cliffs and a greenish blueish water.
Oh, I'm looking for a holiday destination for this summer so this sounds perfect. Just had a quick look and it looks beautiful. Thanks for the tip! 👏🏻👏🏻
@@LivingSwedish Okey cool then have look at "tiveden" if you're into hiking. Also search for djäknasundet. It's close to where I live and it's really beautiful but a fair warning the water is cold in Vättern.
Oh, you live in Nacka. That's where I grew up. It's a beautiful place.
Yessss! It's very beautiful 🥰
If you are in to winter sports as skiing or skating I suggest you well do it.
I definitely want to do it. I only did snowboarding 5x in my life so I have some catching up to do 😉
Wait for 1st advent. Then all windows will explode with lights. Cozy candlelights every where
Yay, I can't wait!!! ✨😍
Great video. You might want to bring down the light a little bit. Alternatively you can hold a piece of white paper in front of your camera then hit the auto white balance.
Thanks for the tip! 🙏🏻
C'EST GÉNIAL...
Merci!
What you saw after you woke up was morning frost.
Ah, that's the word I was looking for hahaha
Drinking game…. Every time you hear sweden you take a shot 🥃😱……. Always enjoy your videos :)
Hahaha thank you! My partner would love this drinking game 😆
Thanks for the video! My progress of the move is becoming more of a reality every day so your videos are super helpful in preparation for next year.
How do you feel about kids and Sweden and their child protection services? Would you say they are overbearing with anything and everything you do with your child? I've read some stories online (probably not true or overblown) but I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject. Thank you!
Be careful in Sweden regarding Social services regarding kids there’s is darkness in the corridors there, not in general but here and there it’s depends on the persons you deal whit there
God to be awake when you dealing whit them
@@martinlomsater9660 could you explain a bit more what you mean?
You really need to give us more information about what you are thinking about. But yes the child protection is stronger in Sweden then in a lot of other countries. What do you consider overbearing? For example corporal punishment is banned, and the stigma that comes with it is harsh.
Thanks for watching! I have to say I know nothing about the child protection services here in Sweden. I never thought about them either. I've only heard about them in the letter I received which I mentioned in the video. But I don't see this as too serious and just a standard procedure they have to make sure kids are being cared for.
@@havrekli when I say overbearing I have a friend who lives in Stockholm who said social took her in and her kid for questioning because a neighbor noticed her lights on at a very late hour and her kid playing in the backyard alone. To me that sounds like overbearing but apparently to them it could be considered child neglect. What I'm mostly afraid of happening is them separating kids without any investigations first and then asking the questions later when it's too late.
It will get darker until the mid-winter solstice, that is December 21. And also don´t miss the Swedish tradition when we celebrate saint Lucia on the 13 of December. The festival marks the beginning of the Christmas season in Sweden, and it is meant to bring hope and light during the darkest time of the year when she comes with her crown of candles in her hair.
Celebrating Lucia is a very old tradition, not to be mixed with the Italian tradition of celebrating Lucia of Syracuse. But Lucia is both in Sweden and Italy the martyr's saint
If you have children in Kindergarten ("Förskola") then you are not likely to miss Lucia! Due to covid the celebrations have been tuned down a little - but usually it´s a big thing with all the parents joining in for - you guessed it - fika!
Oh yes, I've heard of Saint Lucia. I'm looking forward to it. First time for me :)
so what do you think about the unspoken cue system we have here in Sweden ( stores and super markets) sorry for bad Eng
Sorry, what do you mean by cue systems? My English is not perfect either 😬
@@LivingSwedish waiting in line for your turn at the cashier sorry for bad eng
@@joachimkylhammar5084 Thanks for clarifying! So far, I don't think it's too bad. Nothing out of the norm. But I saw where Swedes get it from. First day at pre-school and my daughter was taught to queue properly 😂 You learn it from very early years. I think I once skipped a queue by accident. A long line was waiting for busses in the city and I thought it was queueing for a special store or sale in a store hahaha I think I got away with it because I'm a pregnant lady. No one said anything to me 😬
Are you talking about the temperature in Celsius? If so, it shocks me how you can live approximately 1000 miles farther north than me (I live in southern Wisconsin in the US) and I've experienced temperatures as cold as -40 Celsius and you've only experienced around -2 Celsius which is pretty warm here in the winter.
Gulf Stream
@@cynic7049 Yeah, it just shocked me when I found that out. However it does get way hotter here than in most of Sweden.
Yes, always Celsius :) I'm sure it gets colder here, too, but not sure about -40 degrees. I hope not hahaha I also live quite south of Sweden, it's much warmer than the North.
@@LivingSwedish It can go down to -25 in Stockholm, but up north of Sweden it is a different story.
As Cynic said,the Gulf Stream, plus coastal vs inland climate in general.
Hello🙋🏻♂️
I keen to move to Sweden. Just wonder if Swede International border is open now?
Thanks
Better to check online but as far as I know it's open. There might be Covid-19 tests required but have a look on the Internet. I believe polisen.se/en/ is a reliable source.
hlw...how are you...
Du är en svensk ängel :)
That's very kind of you! 😊
An episode in swedish? I dare you.
That's a big dare hahaha I will take it on but I think I will need another year to actually do it 😬
With the ever-threatening climate change, you probably won't experience the distinct characteristics of seasons here for much longer. :-(
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Hey dough do you too
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Ah oui tu ne sais pas Tout!!
Thanks for watching! 😊
Imagine how it is to live in Sweden if you have bad eyesight and can't use a smartphone...
There is this thing we call: "Glasses"
I can imagine that would be difficult in any country 🥺
You looks like a lady, WHO should be pregnant to 47, You looks very fertile, have a Nice time with your, must be, happy man.........
Hahaha