Hej! I just moved to Stockholm (from Brazil) a couple weeks ago to study Game Development here, and your channel was one of the information sources that most helped me get a vision of swedish life and what to expect. It helped me a lot on my plannning and I already checked some of the Stockholm's attractions you recommended here. So thank you for that :D
Hey, welcome to Stockholm! Prepare yourself - winter is slowly coming :D But thank you so much, happy to hear that I was of some help! And good luck with your studies. I actually used to make indie games as a hobby years and years ago - but I hope you'll do better games than I did!
So happy to hear that! :D And thank you so much for asking awesome questions - without them this video would have been...well...just me sitting looking out over the sea with a depressed frown or something. For 15 minutes without saying a word.
Love the video format but would have to correct you on the numbers. The SCB (The statistical bureau of the swedish government) estimates that 20% of the swedish population is born abroad, aka. first generation immigrants. Considering this excluding illegal immigrants and children of immigrats the percentage can be estimated considerably higher. Anyways, we have started moving towards a healthier immigration policy, where swedish values and traditions are going to be preserved, with the new cultural values that we have gained from immigration. The kebab-pizza is a beautiful example of modern swedish culture. It adds value without destroying our more traditional swedish cuisine. It's a core swedish value to be welcoming, but, we have been to weak in politics and people to defend our values against the people that want to change us. A healthy future consists immigration, but preservation of what already is great in this country
Oof yes! I meant to say 20% (since I was counting people born outside of Sweden), but I totally messed up that number. But yeah, well put - I agree that we have to maintain Swedish values, but I also think that we can integrate better than we've done lately. The kebab pizza is a brilliant example of what happens when it's done well. Maybe that should be the new target. "Kebab pizza integration - the new Swedish model!"
@@marinaalinescu1660 Exactly! It's a weird mashup of pizza and Middle-Eastern / Turkish inspiration. But it was invented in Sweden in the 1980s - so it's still (somehow) a very Swedish dish!
I love Sverige from adventures in the 80's, 90's. Looking forward to a return visit, reuniting with the Galma Stan. Tack så mycket my friend. You are appreciated so much more than you can ever imagine. Continued safe travels. Live The Life. Moving Forward. 2024-USA.
Have you traveled to the North on the Stockholm - Luleå overnight train? I got tickets for late December and wanted some tips but have not seen a whole lot of recent videos about that journey.
Unfortunately not for a long time. I went from Stockholm to Kiruna a few years ago, but that was in summer, not in December. The train ride was reasonably comfortable (even if the trains tend to be old), but make sure you dress warmly!
A lot of my relatives escaped my country communist regime in the 80s and seeked asylum in Sweden. They are fully integrated, have families with swedes and so on. I've been over there many times and are quite familiar with the culture, language (i can speak at b1 level, i use very little english to get by when i'm visiting) and i kinda feel like it's a second home at this point. I'm honestly thinking of moving there sooner or later myself. Swedish people are so nice and considerate towards each other .
I'm biased of course, but I do think that Sweden is a great place to live! And I like the Swedish mentality. So I'm happy to hear that we could provide a place for your relatives - and I'm sure that Sweden would be very happy to greet you if you decide to move here later on. Cheers! :)
I'm in the exact same situation. The only difference is that I'm not sure I've reached B1 with my Swedish, even though I lived there for a year, but that was a long time ago. But I recently decided to go back next spring and continue my life there, starting with a gap halfyear dedicated for learning Swedish while living with my family. My homecountry is such a miserable place. My mindset is closer to the Swedes', which makes me an unhappy alien in my own country. I have my own flat and a fairly good job, but I'm ready to "throw" these away just to move to Sweden.
@@Ed87 Just make sure you look up all the administrative hassles about moving to Sweden before you make a decision! I've heard many people complain that it's quite complex and unnecessarily difficult :/
@@ThreeStarVagabond Thank you for the advice! I'm from another country with deadly bureaucracy and even "level 1" bureaucracy drives me nuts, honestly. But I hope I'll be able to get some help from my family too if I decide to stay. :)
i think you have good screen presence, so i can see why people might think you are an actual journalist. i could see you doing cultural segments for news channels on tv
Love from Taipei. I found this channel via your Medieval Fest. tour. That is brilliant. As a historybuff, I'll love to hear more about the redness in Swedish arts! By the way since you mentioned Japan twice, I'll love to add that the "North European" styling of interior design in Japan was probably a Swedish fabrication, selling simplicity and natural, woody styles. Or maybe whoever Japanese introduced this to her country wanted to leave busy urban life by imagining Sweden in the woods LoL
Thank you, and thanks for that piece of information! I actually heard that when IKEA tried to launch in Japan people were really receptive to the design - but the furniture was too large for the small Japanese apartments. So there definitely seems to be similarities in tastes
Your one line comments have me in stitches every single time: "for the Americans who can't use Google!" 😂😂 I wish I'd known you were going to make this video, I would've asked a question or two. Never mind, I'll write them on the Facebook group for the next time you make a Q&A video.
Thanks! This was actually tons of fun to do, so I'll happily make another one later on. Just leave any questions you have and I'll get around to it...sooner or later at least ^_^
On immigration: In the 50's and 60's and into the 70's, Sweden that had came out unharmed from WW2 experienced an industrial boom and we invited people from all over Europe to came and work in our factories. We saw Greeks, Yugoslaves, Spanish, Italian, Austrian, and Finns (most came from Finland). Back then we (Swedes) looked upon those people as being odd and strange and somewhat dangerous always sticking to their own nationalities, but they were hard-working and honest people. Eventually their children adopted to Swedish culture and by now the grandchildren and great-grandchildren are as "Swedish" as anyone can be. Mr Vagabond is a perfect evidence! The immigrants of today haven't had the same luck as there ain't many jobs available and many immigrants are illiterate or lack the required job training. Some groups distrust the Swedish society and rather take orders from clan leaders. We can just hope that their children and grandchildren also become "Swedes", adopting our point of view (While sticking to their traditions). But being "locked out" (no job) from the Swedish society it will be a tough job for those generations.
Very well said. I still hope that things will sort itself out for the next generation - but it's really difficult for many right now. Segregating and alienating people won't really help anyone in my view.
As an immigrant (who kinda looks like a swede) I am doing my best to behave and try to integrate myself in Sweden, but I understand how me or my daughter who was not born in Sweden can look from another's swede perspective. For me the important thing is not to be a burden for the country, but instead to try to contribute. Which I am doing in my own small way (but that's a secret for another time). 🤷♀ Also all of us who are coming from the EU, kinda fall in a different category. With free movement of people, goods, and the fact that you can live and work anywhere in the EU... yes I am in Sweden today, but next year I might be in the Netherlands or Ireland or something. So yes, technically I am an immigrant, but am I really... I just live in the north of Sweden,🌲🔥🦌 in the kommun with the least population and am trying to raise a child who will be respectful of others, love nature and have no problem with the coldness and the coziness of the darkness up here in the north... but in the grand scheme of things, I feel like Sweden will always be Sweden and the population will always be more Swedish than anything else. 👌😊
I get a feeling like you're the "perfect kind of immigrant" really - someone who appreciates Sweden, who lives in a more sparsely populated area (which is something more people ought to do in general), and you enjoy the good things Sweden has to offer. But I think it's wildly different for someone who's not moving here because Sweden has drawn them here - they're moving to Sweden to get away from troubles elsewhere. Then I imagine that it's more difficult to feel motivated to become integrated. And as you say, moving within EU is much simpler and allows more flexibility. Still, I feel happy reading your comment, and I hope you'll enjoy your time here for a long time! ^_^
@@ThreeStarVagabond Tack! For now, my feelings resonate really strongly with one line in one very famous swedish song - "Ja jag vill leva, jag vill dö i norden!"
@@ResonatingSweden "Det var förbanne mig det finaste jag har hört sedan jag konfirmerades", as the Swedish meme goes. That's lovely to hear, essentially :D
@@ThreeStarVagabond Hahaha. Nice meme. You are so sweet. I am trying to be on point with my Swedish. I feel like I am fluent now even tho I've lived here only a year. But of course I make stupid language mistakes, we all do when learning a new language. 🤷♀
@@ResonatingSweden It's amazing how many nuances there are in a language - and how difficult it is to catch everything! But I think the best way to learn is to interact with people, so you're most likely doing great on that part
You had me giggling so many times - maybe even for (sometimes) not intended reasons ^^ thanks a lot for this video! (Not sure if I‘d had a question, but kind of gutted, that I missed the opportunity ^^) Anyways, trying to keep it short and not letting my thoughts run wild ^^ just spitting out some random thoughts 😉 - Not at all surprised that you’re in IT - kind of makes sense with remote working etc. - kind of (in a non mean way) envy your take on travelling- while I love being & exploring new places, the process of „getting there“ stresses me out enormously! (1.5h flight to my happy place is kind of the max ^^) - we seem to have the same layering techniques in clothes and not being afraid of „others“ (yeah, very random, but still trying to keep it short 😅) and - something completely different as well - we both, while living in different & pretty safe places - we see when stuff changes… Oh - and cheers! 🍻😉 Yeah, Swiss don’t talk about money either- I start to get, that there are more things to „confuse“ after the 2 first letters of our country names 😂 (Btw did I ever mention that our dialect word for liquorice is „Bäredreck“ - which translates to „dirt/poo of a bear“… it doesn’t need to make sense, but fur my tastebuds it funnily enough does 😂 no offence ❤) Oh, and of course: have a great night/day 😉
If you have any questions, feel free to go ahead and just ask! I'll save it for the second Q&A in that case :D I'm in IT but I'm actually not benefitting at all from remote working. Our company has a policy of no working from home / remote, so I'm always at the office! But yeah I do enjoy the whole aspect of traveling.. Researching a trip, being on the road - everything is just nice! Haha, there certainly are quite a few similarities between our countries. And even though I've just been to Switzerland once it was great there! I didn't try any Bäredreck though.. So I have a good reason to go back now - whenever that happens! A great night right back at you! ^_^
@@ThreeStarVagabond no worries 😉 I was too caught up listening, learning and giving „short“ snippets of thoughts 😂 (oh, I actually watched some moonin on RUclips ^^ yeah, random stuff 🤣 loved it btw and don’t care that I’m over 40 ^^) If I can think of a particular question, I’ll try to drop it 😁 Hope you‘re having great time - wherever you are right now - and am looking forward to your next video ☺️
Du gör riktigt trevliga och underhållande filmer. Jag gillar din speciella humor med lite tjyvnyp till andra länder.... ;) (Jag är också i IT-träsket, men går snart i pension. Då ska det resas en hel del. Framförallt till mitt älskade Frankrike). Mvh Johnny
Haha, tackar! Hoppas du får det grymt bra i Frankrike i så fall - själv kommer jag harva på ett gäng år till, men jag får försöka resa så gott det går trots det. Och det finns ju värre träsk att hamna i än IT åtminstone, så jag ska väl inte klaga allt för mycket :D
I just got home from Sweden, my grandparents' homeland. It is a beautiful country. I spent most of my time in Dalarna and Stockholm, looking for you but didn’t see you!😅 How do you spell your name? I can't always decipher the letters in Swedish words. Your videos were a great help in preparing for my trip!
Oh, too bad that you didn't catch me - I have been running around town a bit after all. But I'm sure Dalarna was amazing! And well, Stockholm too of course. Really glad that you had a good time on your trip :D My name is spelled Miro - but it's definitely not a common Swedish name!
Miro, great video! My wife, Son and I are visiting Sweden in December. I look forward to it as an American who grew up in Buffalo to have a little experience of that weather again. Also, I'm determined to try Swedish meatballs since I have never had them. I've had my full share of the candy. Maybe on my hunt for delicious Swedish cuisine, I may see a Three Star Vagabond video in production? Bravo again on this one!
Thank you! :D Meatballs is a funny thing - for Swedes it's just everyday food, so one cares about them. But when they're made well, they can be awesome! And it's definitely not impossible to run into me...except during December, because I'll be traveling Dec 12-30! Please take care of all the snow and the Christmas markets and whatnot while I'm gone ^_^
Very well put about Swedes becoming a minority in the future, I sometimes have that discussion with an (extreme right) friend who refuses to believe that there has always been immigration, which is kind of funny because he's very inteligent
Thank you! There can definitely be arguments both for and against my stance on it. But claiming that immigration hasn't existed is probably not the best way to approach it :D
Hej hej! 😀 Jag skulle vilja tacka dig för alla dina tips och förslag. Yesterday I came back from my 5 day trip to Stockholm. It's been my dream to see it and to practice my 3 years old Swedish throughout the journey. Your videos proved to be one of the best sources regarding the expectations for the Venice of the North. In quick summary: we stayed in a hotel on Hornsgatan and visited main parts of Stockholm, museums (Vasa, ABBA, Stadsmuseet, an exhibiton in Skogskyrkogården), parks and also Sigtuna. We managed to tick all the checkpoints on the list which was quite long and specific. 🙂 Still, we really enjoyed our visit and hopefully I'll have a chance to see Stockholm again or stay there for longer. To keep memories alive I bought the book in 2nd hand bookshop about the Gamla Stan by Rune Lindgren. I hope Swedes do appreciate their capital city, as it is very remarkable. Keep up the great work! Till next time! 😀
Wow, that's amazing to hear! I'm so happy that I was of help - and it sounds like you had a brilliant itinerary for your visit. Now that you mention it, I realize that I haven't covered Skogskyrkogården at all in my videos, so that's something I should add to my todo list. I actually have an interesting anecdote about it that I could add.. I think that Stockholm people appreciate Stockholm, while the rest of the country gives the city a fair bit of hate! But it's always like that with cities vs countryside I think :D Cheers, and hope you have a great week!
@@ThreeStarVagabond You should be! Can't count how many times I came back to your videos about Södermalm, Sigtuna, etc. and made notes about different places and marked them on Google maps. It helped me to develop a general view of Stockholm, a basis where I could add things and adjust them my wishes and needs. :-) Lot of your stories inspired me to read about the history of Sweden and Stockholm, so I was quite prepared to guide my friends :D PS Järnpojke apparently developed a sweet tooth, as he was surrounded by different sweets. PPS Royal guard change was also a nice touch to the Stockholm experience along with plankstek+bärs for 135SEK. ;)
@@YenarW96 Damn, I'm in awe at your preparations! That's the level I usually put in myself when I'm going somewhere - and people say that I'm a bit insane with my travel research :D Thanks for letting me know about Järnpojke's upcoming diabetes! I'll have to go see what that's all about :D And haha, you found the most Swedish of all culinary experiences I hear. Marvelous!
Terima kasih sudah menjawab. I believe you can use Google 😂. Glad to hear Sweden is still relatively safe. I’m going to Stockholm and Uppsala in early Oct. That’s how I saw this channel when ‘learning’ all about Sweden 😀. Your smart sense of humour makes me stick to this channel 👍😄
I get so happy every time I hear that my videos have been useful :D But I really wouldn't worry about safety in Sweden! I'm sure you'll have a great time in both towns (as long as it's not too cold and rainy of course - that's always a risk unfortunately!)
My wife and I are planning on moving to sweden and it's cool to see an honest opinion about the country. A lot of the videos we find are either extremely negative or extremely positive.
There's always a lot of good and bad to each country, but I do think that Sweden is a pretty great place overall. If you can stand the cold and dark winters, then I'm sure you'll find the upsides quite nice :D
@@TheClumsyScout I usually try to tell myself that winter is only around 3-4 months of hell, but it's hard to appreciate when you're in the middle of it, shoveling a meter of snow off the garage roof, or something like that. If you live in an apartment it's not that bad.
It can get lonely. Only reason I stayed for long was my wife's family. Plus I hate the fact you have to pay for parking and public bathroom most places you go.
Thanks for your informative content! We consider moving to Sweden as EU citizens, and all the information helps :) I find your channel very well done and you are super funny :) thanks for that :) I have a question for you, related to weather- in all videos and photos I've seen so for (it was hundreds of them) I always saw a rather good weather - sunny, partly sunny or overcast without the rain. That makes sense, because people wouldn't risk drowning their cameras, but just wanted to have a reality check - would you say that Stockholm is rather sunny or is it raining more often? I like snow precipitations and I don't care for daylight so much, but constant rain like every day for weeks can really depress me. So how's the weather in this regard?
Thank you! :D Hmm, now I usually complain about the Swedish weather but it depends a lot on the season. This summer was actually really good - many weeks with sunshine and no rain at all. But we had a couple of weeks with rain just about every day as well. And during autumn there's often rain or grey clouds. But September is still good this year - it won't rain this entire week, for example. Between October and April everything becomes much worse though, and it's often days of rain with snow and cold in between. But rarely a full week of rain at a time.
Another Great Video. Everyone has their own way of living, there’s nothing wrong with not fitting in to the so called norm. Our Swedish friends are living the dream, 2 boats, 2 cars and a Summer house but with all the outgoing money it’s hard to travel and they love to do that too, I guess it’s hard to have all you want. I’d highly recommend going to Jamaica, we had a ton of fun there, the people are very friendly but on the other hand it makes you appreciate what you have. Hope all your dreams come true and stay safe till next time.
It's always a question of choosing what matters most to you, eh! Jamaica does sound amazing. I've heard both awesome things and some horror stories too - but everyone seems to agree that it's a fascinating place either way. So I'll definitely have to check it out one of these...years... Cheers man!
It really depends on the company. For us it's Golang / PSQL for the backend, or JavaScript (plus some React) on the frontend. Many companies go all in on Java, or C# though. I'd say that if you have a solid foundation in a couple of languages (preferably with different paradigms) then you can easily learn new languages as needed. I hear that fullstack is appreciated, with people who can do a bit of everything from DevOps work to coding. And if you happen to be more into networking, I hear that infrastructure engineers are in pretty high demand. But overall...it's a tough market now unfortunately!
I realized how safe Sweden is because the day I left Stockholm someone was shot and killed, it was a dad and his son saw the whole thing. When I got to Gävle it was all over the news, they would barely talk about anything else. Here in Las Vegas, or any place in the US, that's such a common thing that you barely hear anyone talk about it. It was refreshing to see people care
It used to be a REALLY big thing when someone was killed, and it still is newsworthy...but it has happened way too often these last years. Sweden is still safe, but we really need to stop this trend if things are to remain that way :/
@@ThreeStarVagabond I hope things don't keep progressing in that direction. Growing up in Latin America I've seen a lot of gun violence and crime, much worse than in the US. I knew classmates in high school who were in gangs and brought guns to school. It's pretty terrible. I can't imagine things ever going that far in Sweden or other Nordic countries, I feel like the culture as a whole would have to change in Sweden for things to get to that level
That's definitely the case nowadays in Sweden. Majority of shootings go unreported by news and everyone has grown accustom to this stuff happening and do not talk about each event specifically
@@lulu.chains.88 Well its gonna keep progressing in that direction as statistics shows no sign of it ever slowing down. And gangs present in high schools or even middle schools is very much a thing nowadays and its gotten to the point of no return. As for the culture well its not the culture of the swedes themselves that are the main problem, I can tell you that much
Look at that dog! 10:42 So good natured and loving, reminds me of mine who passed away in July, I miss him every day. Great video again, I really think it's only a matter of time before you explode. Not literally, your channel's popularity i mean, because you are the most likeable travel host since Michael Palin. I did detect one lie among your answers though, you DO want a boat, yes you do. 😅
Those puppers were completely amazing! So friendly and such hard workers. And haha, well, I don't have much hope of that - I'll have to be satisfied with being known by *dozens* of people. But that's fine too! :D No no no, I know people who have boats and it's so much work! How would I ever have time to work on videos if I had to rewire electricity and paint and tar and whatnot all the time!
@ThreeStarVagabond ah ok fair enough, the reason I said it was because in one of your other videos you said 'if you are one of those lucky people with a boat', so i mistook that for a bit of boat-lust 😅
Hey that's a good one! I'll save this question for a Q&A #2, but to give a short reply: I absolutely think about it. Mostly about moving to South-East Asia and becoming a dive master for a while, and/or try to do remote consulting. But I always have something keeping me at home as well.
1:30 The Beggers have Disapeard about 1 year ago they do not exist on the streets anymore i realy dont know what happended they just was not there anymore. at least it is like this in my hometown.
That's interesting! I do see them in Stockholm still, but maybe things are changing now. Now that you mention it, I think there are slightly fewer of them here too...
@@ThreeStarVagabond If I recall correctly, many towns and local governments instituted anti-begging ordenances, and the police cracked down on the "oganized" begging.
@@joelthorstensson2772 Aaah, so it could be a municipality-decided thing? That might explain why I missed it - and why it hasn't taken effect everywhere yet. Alright, I'll have to look into it
Those beggers typicly was/is roma people frome Romania and Bulgaria.. in anyway it was/is kinda "human trafficing" for economical explotation! In anyway.. I belive those have learned there lesson.. becuse its those that instigate that traffic that get rich, not the beggers!
Oh, come on, you have Bastard Burgers. That's fine dining at its best. Thank you for answering my questions 😊👍 thinking of a return trip in December to Stockholm, I think I have an addiction 😂😂
Fine dining at its best - Swedes like me don't deserve anything more high class than that :D Haha, that's probably a pretty benign addiction to have in that case! Make sure you look after Stockholm while I bugger off to warmer places in December in that case :D
Oooh, that's a good idea. I visited Costa Rica a couple of years ago and I did hear a lot about Panama as well - so maybe I should get back to that area to explore more
Jag bilade runt där uppe för ett par år sen och jag besökte Järvzoo, men jag tror det finns mängder kvar att upptäcka! Haha, jag får säga till när det är dags för en tur till det området :D
@@ThreeStarVagabond Du borde pröva Dellenbanan nån gång i juni/juli. Jag jobbade där förra sommaren (och den som precis varit). Kommer så sjukt mycket tyskar då lol.
@@joelthorstensson2772 Låter kul! Har funderat på dressin på smalspåret i Småland också, men det här ser fasen lite roligare ut. Det tycker visst tyskarna också...
Yea my swedish bro in law came to visit us in USA. He didn't talk much and just seem to use us for rides and a place to stay for 2 weeks. Very introverted and anti social person I have met.
Surpriced to see large Aura logo in the bar. It is not my favorite Finnish beer brand, but quite ok. Olvi Sandels is propably the best bulk beers that Finland has to offer. Taste is little darker, but silky smooth. I think i just saw news that Sweden starts to deport that came to Sweden as asylum seekers and can trevel to them home countries for a vacation. That is deffenetly great idea. I´ve been wondering that same thing here in Finland. If they are safe there, why they still are here... Ganska samma för mig. Jag förstå ganska mycket om svenska men det är hård kommunicera. Just would need longer period to travel in Sweden to get better speaker. Easier to say "Jag förstå inte" and move on with English.
Haha, that was at the booze cruise to Åbo. They usually have either Karhu or Aura on those boats. I was perfectly happy with it, and I think I prefer it to darker beers myself. Yeah exactly, there's a lot of controversies over it all right now. But I think that it's a natural ebb and flow of things. We realized that we opened up our borders too much, so now we're taking actions (and we might be overreacting a bit in the other direction in the coming years). Things even themselves out over time I think. Det var bra svenska! But yeah I absolutely do the same. I wouldn't even try to speak a single word Finnish.
@@ThreeStarVagabond Aah, it was on the boat. Last time when i visited Sweden i drank only Kossu with mineralwater 😄- Didn´t even notice what beer thay were selling. The bar where i usually pop up sells Karhu. Can´t say bad word about it. Tastes great after the work. It is in city central at Tampere called Kulma Ale and 0,5 liter beer costs about 4,90€ so it is quite cheap if i compair to other bars. Many places it costs to 7-9€ that is absolutely crazy. 2015 was crazy year and in Finland came over 50000 asylum seekers. Most of them came trough Sweden and crossed border at Tornio. Most of them didn´t had any papers so they couldn´t come over sea. Just crazy that they had to have papers as coming into EU-zone but those mysticly disappeard as they came to Finland. After that there hasn´t been as much asylum seekers and if i remember correctly last year were less than 3000. And most have been from Ukraine in few last years. Mostly the problem to understand Sweden is that people talk too quickly. It always takes little time to think what someone says. Finnish people doesn´t usually talk so quickly so it might be easier to pick up words from here and there. Also we speak quite monotonic.
@@ArchieArpeggio Now, that's a decently priced beer! We do have some cheap bars in Stockholm too - you can even get a beer for €4 or so. But that's after work prices usually. The touristy bars cost upwards €10 for a beer! Yeah there was a fair bit of that with people who stayed in Sweden as well. Curious that so many went over the land border. I guess they might have heard bad things about Sweden and decided to move on, maybe. Oh well, let's hope it all becomes better soon. Yeah, the Swedish language melody is quite strange to many people. And we do speak pretty quickly. A friend who came to Sweden from Thailand said that it sounded like we all spoke Chinese...
@@ThreeStarVagabond Btw, I shared your cruise video in my comment to italian youtuber Mauro Nicolo who watches alot of finnish videos. He posted video reaction for The party ferry Helsiki to Stockholm. If he reacts to that you might get more subscribes as well. I wish luck for that.
Well... Sort of... Swedes are much more open when drunk, but most people still stay in their social groups even at pubs. They sit in groups by their tables, and it can be difficult for a new person to butt in. I think the best bet is clubs or parties for socializing to be honest!
@@ThreeStarVagabond what happens when your mobile phone battery dies and you have no cards on you? Sounds a bit naive to fully trust in digital payments alone....just my two cents 🪙
@@hsiled I love it. It's extremely convenient, and I haven't missed cash a single time in the last decade. I hate having to use cash when I travel abroad to some countries. The downside is that I've had my card skimmed - but the banks sorted it out and I got the money back.
Lol was just visiting Stockholm as my bf who is Icelandic got family there. We live in Norway as I am Norwegian. And tho the city is much bigger than Oslo, and a ton of tourists, I hardly saw much “immigrants” aka brown and black people compared to Oslo Norway. All these racist nazis claiming white genocide, and that we are all overrun by people who look like me, or is black, as well as Sharia laws has clearly never been to these places because it couldn’t be further from the truth. I was shocked by how many ethnic Swedes that was there due to all the lies and fake news in the media. Actually the majority of the people I saw over the 4 days I was visiting was ethnic white Swedes both blondes and brunettes, as well as exchange students and working immigrants from other European countries as well as the USA. In comparison if you go by looks, yes we have more visible immigration in Oslo as it is the capital city and therefore the majority of immigrants move there. Oslo is also a lot smaller. And in Norway the biggest 3 immigrant groups are: Poles, Ukrainians, and Swedes besides Lithuanians!
There's definitely mostly Swedes out on town - so that's what a typical tourist will see. But we do have a lot of immigrants as well. It's just that they're often hanging out in other areas, suburbs, or other parts of town. That's really one of the problems in Sweden, that it's becoming segregated in that way. But then again, I don't know if e.g Norway has a similar problem with segregation as well! Still, all the news are of course exaggerated either way. Alarmist people will alarm
@@ThreeStarVagabond Maybe you should do a video from the "suburbs". I never been there but i dont live in the stockholm area but i have friends living there and they say that its really cool hoods. And yes you shouldn´t be out at night alone but i guess that not difference to central of stockholm.
@@zilfversurfer2157 I just finished next week's video, which is about how dangerous Stockholm really is - and I visit the suburb / "no--go zone" of Rinkeby in that one :D
Hej! I just moved to Stockholm (from Brazil) a couple weeks ago to study Game Development here, and your channel was one of the information sources that most helped me get a vision of swedish life and what to expect. It helped me a lot on my plannning and I already checked some of the Stockholm's attractions you recommended here. So thank you for that :D
Hey, welcome to Stockholm! Prepare yourself - winter is slowly coming :D But thank you so much, happy to hear that I was of some help! And good luck with your studies. I actually used to make indie games as a hobby years and years ago - but I hope you'll do better games than I did!
Thanks for making Sweden worse
Thanks for answering my questions! Your videos are always very informative with generous sprinkles of humor and sarcasm - giggles guaranteed. 🤣
So happy to hear that! :D And thank you so much for asking awesome questions - without them this video would have been...well...just me sitting looking out over the sea with a depressed frown or something. For 15 minutes without saying a word.
Love the video format but would have to correct you on the numbers.
The SCB (The statistical bureau of the swedish government) estimates that 20% of the swedish population is born abroad, aka. first generation immigrants. Considering this excluding illegal immigrants and children of immigrats the percentage can be estimated considerably higher.
Anyways, we have started moving towards a healthier immigration policy, where swedish values and traditions are going to be preserved, with the new cultural values that we have gained from immigration. The kebab-pizza is a beautiful example of modern swedish culture. It adds value without destroying our more traditional swedish cuisine.
It's a core swedish value to be welcoming, but, we have been to weak in politics and people to defend our values against the people that want to change us.
A healthy future consists immigration, but preservation of what already is great in this country
Oof yes! I meant to say 20% (since I was counting people born outside of Sweden), but I totally messed up that number. But yeah, well put - I agree that we have to maintain Swedish values, but I also think that we can integrate better than we've done lately. The kebab pizza is a brilliant example of what happens when it's done well. Maybe that should be the new target. "Kebab pizza integration - the new Swedish model!"
The beauty of that is that pizza is not exactly originally Swedish either, is it? :)
@@marinaalinescu1660 Exactly! It's a weird mashup of pizza and Middle-Eastern / Turkish inspiration. But it was invented in Sweden in the 1980s - so it's still (somehow) a very Swedish dish!
Mors!
Uppskattar din kanal, tack!
Tack så mycket :D
That was an interesting video. Thank you!
Thank you! Happy to hear that :D
Gillar dina videos. Dom är bra. Underhållande
Tack så mycket! Jättekul att höra :D
I love Sverige from adventures in the 80's, 90's. Looking forward to a return visit, reuniting with the Galma Stan. Tack så mycket my friend. You are appreciated so much more than you can ever imagine. Continued safe travels. Live The Life. Moving Forward. 2024-USA.
Thank you for those kind words! And Sweden will be happily waiting for your return, whenever it might happen :D Cheers, and have a great one!
tack för intressant content! 😊
Tack! :D Jättekul att höra!
@ThreeStarVagabonqd Swedish language is just a drunk german
@@m420-nd1if And Danish is just drunk Swedish. How far does the rabbit hole go?!
@@ThreeStarVagabond It's intoxicated germanics all the way down
Have you traveled to the North on the Stockholm - Luleå overnight train? I got tickets for late December and wanted some tips but have not seen a whole lot of recent videos about that journey.
Unfortunately not for a long time. I went from Stockholm to Kiruna a few years ago, but that was in summer, not in December. The train ride was reasonably comfortable (even if the trains tend to be old), but make sure you dress warmly!
A lot of my relatives escaped my country communist regime in the 80s and seeked asylum in Sweden. They are fully integrated, have families with swedes and so on. I've been over there many times and are quite familiar with the culture, language (i can speak at b1 level, i use very little english to get by when i'm visiting) and i kinda feel like it's a second home at this point. I'm honestly thinking of moving there sooner or later myself. Swedish people are so nice and considerate towards each other .
I'm biased of course, but I do think that Sweden is a great place to live! And I like the Swedish mentality. So I'm happy to hear that we could provide a place for your relatives - and I'm sure that Sweden would be very happy to greet you if you decide to move here later on. Cheers! :)
I'm in the exact same situation. The only difference is that I'm not sure I've reached B1 with my Swedish, even though I lived there for a year, but that was a long time ago. But I recently decided to go back next spring and continue my life there, starting with a gap halfyear dedicated for learning Swedish while living with my family. My homecountry is such a miserable place. My mindset is closer to the Swedes', which makes me an unhappy alien in my own country. I have my own flat and a fairly good job, but I'm ready to "throw" these away just to move to Sweden.
@@Ed87 Just make sure you look up all the administrative hassles about moving to Sweden before you make a decision! I've heard many people complain that it's quite complex and unnecessarily difficult :/
@@ThreeStarVagabond Thank you for the advice! I'm from another country with deadly bureaucracy and even "level 1" bureaucracy drives me nuts, honestly. But I hope I'll be able to get some help from my family too if I decide to stay. :)
Wow! Great insights from a great man, tack så mycket! :)
Haha thank you so much! ^^
i think you have good screen presence, so i can see why people might think you are an actual journalist. i could see you doing cultural segments for news channels on tv
Aw, thanks! That's really nice to hear :D
Great video as always! Tack så mycket Miro!
Kram😊
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it :D
Love from Taipei. I found this channel via your Medieval Fest. tour. That is brilliant. As a historybuff, I'll love to hear more about the redness in Swedish arts! By the way since you mentioned Japan twice, I'll love to add that the "North European" styling of interior design in Japan was probably a Swedish fabrication, selling simplicity and natural, woody styles. Or maybe whoever Japanese introduced this to her country wanted to leave busy urban life by imagining Sweden in the woods LoL
Thank you, and thanks for that piece of information! I actually heard that when IKEA tried to launch in Japan people were really receptive to the design - but the furniture was too large for the small Japanese apartments. So there definitely seems to be similarities in tastes
Definitely, this has been one of my 3 star vagabond's favorite videos!!
I'm so happy to hear that! And thanks for awesome questions as well :D
Your one line comments have me in stitches every single time: "for the Americans who can't use Google!" 😂😂
I wish I'd known you were going to make this video, I would've asked a question or two. Never mind, I'll write them on the Facebook group for the next time you make a Q&A video.
Thanks! This was actually tons of fun to do, so I'll happily make another one later on. Just leave any questions you have and I'll get around to it...sooner or later at least ^_^
@@ThreeStarVagabond just done it. Thanks 👍🏻
On immigration: In the 50's and 60's and into the 70's, Sweden that had came out unharmed from WW2 experienced an industrial boom and we invited people from all over Europe to came and work in our factories. We saw Greeks, Yugoslaves, Spanish, Italian, Austrian, and Finns (most came from Finland). Back then we (Swedes) looked upon those people as being odd and strange and somewhat dangerous always sticking to their own nationalities, but they were hard-working and honest people.
Eventually their children adopted to Swedish culture and by now the grandchildren and great-grandchildren are as "Swedish" as anyone can be. Mr Vagabond is a perfect evidence!
The immigrants of today haven't had the same luck as there ain't many jobs available and many immigrants are illiterate or lack the required job training. Some groups distrust the Swedish society and rather take orders from clan leaders. We can just hope that their children and grandchildren also become "Swedes", adopting our point of view (While sticking to their traditions). But being "locked out" (no job) from the Swedish society it will be a tough job for those generations.
Very well said. I still hope that things will sort itself out for the next generation - but it's really difficult for many right now. Segregating and alienating people won't really help anyone in my view.
As an immigrant (who kinda looks like a swede) I am doing my best to behave and try to integrate myself in Sweden, but I understand how me or my daughter who was not born in Sweden can look from another's swede perspective. For me the important thing is not to be a burden for the country, but instead to try to contribute. Which I am doing in my own small way (but that's a secret for another time). 🤷♀
Also all of us who are coming from the EU, kinda fall in a different category. With free movement of people, goods, and the fact that you can live and work anywhere in the EU... yes I am in Sweden today, but next year I might be in the Netherlands or Ireland or something. So yes, technically I am an immigrant, but am I really... I just live in the north of Sweden,🌲🔥🦌 in the kommun with the least population and am trying to raise a child who will be respectful of others, love nature and have no problem with the coldness and the coziness of the darkness up here in the north... but in the grand scheme of things, I feel like Sweden will always be Sweden and the population will always be more Swedish than anything else. 👌😊
I get a feeling like you're the "perfect kind of immigrant" really - someone who appreciates Sweden, who lives in a more sparsely populated area (which is something more people ought to do in general), and you enjoy the good things Sweden has to offer. But I think it's wildly different for someone who's not moving here because Sweden has drawn them here - they're moving to Sweden to get away from troubles elsewhere. Then I imagine that it's more difficult to feel motivated to become integrated. And as you say, moving within EU is much simpler and allows more flexibility. Still, I feel happy reading your comment, and I hope you'll enjoy your time here for a long time! ^_^
@@ThreeStarVagabond Tack! For now, my feelings resonate really strongly with one line in one very famous swedish song - "Ja jag vill leva, jag vill dö i norden!"
@@ResonatingSweden "Det var förbanne mig det finaste jag har hört sedan jag konfirmerades", as the Swedish meme goes. That's lovely to hear, essentially :D
@@ThreeStarVagabond Hahaha. Nice meme. You are so sweet.
I am trying to be on point with my Swedish. I feel like I am fluent now even tho I've lived here only a year. But of course I make stupid language mistakes, we all do when learning a new language. 🤷♀
@@ResonatingSweden It's amazing how many nuances there are in a language - and how difficult it is to catch everything! But I think the best way to learn is to interact with people, so you're most likely doing great on that part
Love your videos. Tack!
Thank you so much! :D
You had me giggling so many times - maybe even for (sometimes) not intended reasons ^^ thanks a lot for this video!
(Not sure if I‘d had a question, but kind of gutted, that I missed the opportunity ^^)
Anyways, trying to keep it short and not letting my thoughts run wild ^^ just spitting out some random thoughts 😉
- Not at all surprised that you’re in IT - kind of makes sense with remote working etc.
- kind of (in a non mean way) envy your take on travelling- while I love being & exploring new places, the process of „getting there“ stresses me out enormously! (1.5h flight to my happy place is kind of the max ^^)
- we seem to have the same layering techniques in clothes and not being afraid of „others“ (yeah, very random, but still trying to keep it short 😅) and - something completely different as well - we both, while living in different & pretty safe places - we see when stuff changes…
Oh - and cheers! 🍻😉
Yeah, Swiss don’t talk about money either- I start to get, that there are more things to „confuse“ after the 2 first letters of our country names 😂
(Btw did I ever mention that our dialect word for liquorice is „Bäredreck“ - which translates to „dirt/poo of a bear“… it doesn’t need to make sense, but fur my tastebuds it funnily enough does 😂 no offence ❤)
Oh, and of course: have a great night/day 😉
If you have any questions, feel free to go ahead and just ask! I'll save it for the second Q&A in that case :D
I'm in IT but I'm actually not benefitting at all from remote working. Our company has a policy of no working from home / remote, so I'm always at the office!
But yeah I do enjoy the whole aspect of traveling.. Researching a trip, being on the road - everything is just nice!
Haha, there certainly are quite a few similarities between our countries. And even though I've just been to Switzerland once it was great there! I didn't try any Bäredreck though.. So I have a good reason to go back now - whenever that happens!
A great night right back at you! ^_^
@@ThreeStarVagabond no worries 😉 I was too caught up listening, learning and giving „short“ snippets of thoughts 😂 (oh, I actually watched some moonin on RUclips ^^ yeah, random stuff 🤣 loved it btw and don’t care that I’m over 40 ^^)
If I can think of a particular question, I’ll try to drop it 😁
Hope you‘re having great time - wherever you are right now - and am looking forward to your next video ☺️
Du gör riktigt trevliga och underhållande filmer. Jag gillar din speciella humor med lite tjyvnyp till andra länder.... ;) (Jag är också i IT-träsket, men går snart i pension. Då ska det resas en hel del. Framförallt till mitt älskade Frankrike). Mvh Johnny
Haha, tackar! Hoppas du får det grymt bra i Frankrike i så fall - själv kommer jag harva på ett gäng år till, men jag får försöka resa så gott det går trots det. Och det finns ju värre träsk att hamna i än IT åtminstone, så jag ska väl inte klaga allt för mycket :D
I just got home from Sweden, my grandparents' homeland. It is a beautiful country. I spent most of my time in Dalarna and Stockholm, looking for you but didn’t see you!😅 How do you spell your name? I can't always decipher the letters in Swedish words. Your videos were a great help in preparing for my trip!
Oh, too bad that you didn't catch me - I have been running around town a bit after all. But I'm sure Dalarna was amazing! And well, Stockholm too of course. Really glad that you had a good time on your trip :D My name is spelled Miro - but it's definitely not a common Swedish name!
Miro, great video! My wife, Son and I are visiting Sweden in December. I look forward to it as an American who grew up in Buffalo to have a little experience of that weather again. Also, I'm determined to try Swedish meatballs since I have never had them. I've had my full share of the candy. Maybe on my hunt for delicious Swedish cuisine, I may see a Three Star Vagabond video in production? Bravo again on this one!
Thank you! :D Meatballs is a funny thing - for Swedes it's just everyday food, so one cares about them. But when they're made well, they can be awesome! And it's definitely not impossible to run into me...except during December, because I'll be traveling Dec 12-30! Please take care of all the snow and the Christmas markets and whatnot while I'm gone ^_^
Thanks, that's a great one
Thanks for checking it out :D
Very well put about Swedes becoming a minority in the future, I sometimes have that discussion with an (extreme right) friend who refuses to believe that there has always been immigration, which is kind of funny because he's very inteligent
Thank you! There can definitely be arguments both for and against my stance on it. But claiming that immigration hasn't existed is probably not the best way to approach it :D
Hej hej! 😀
Jag skulle vilja tacka dig för alla dina tips och förslag.
Yesterday I came back from my 5 day trip to Stockholm. It's been my dream to see it and to practice my 3 years old Swedish throughout the journey.
Your videos proved to be one of the best sources regarding the expectations for the Venice of the North.
In quick summary: we stayed in a hotel on Hornsgatan and visited main parts of Stockholm, museums (Vasa, ABBA, Stadsmuseet, an exhibiton in Skogskyrkogården), parks and also Sigtuna.
We managed to tick all the checkpoints on the list which was quite long and specific. 🙂 Still, we really enjoyed our visit and hopefully I'll have a chance to see Stockholm again or stay there for longer.
To keep memories alive I bought the book in 2nd hand bookshop about the Gamla Stan by Rune Lindgren.
I hope Swedes do appreciate their capital city, as it is very remarkable.
Keep up the great work! Till next time! 😀
Wow, that's amazing to hear! I'm so happy that I was of help - and it sounds like you had a brilliant itinerary for your visit. Now that you mention it, I realize that I haven't covered Skogskyrkogården at all in my videos, so that's something I should add to my todo list. I actually have an interesting anecdote about it that I could add..
I think that Stockholm people appreciate Stockholm, while the rest of the country gives the city a fair bit of hate! But it's always like that with cities vs countryside I think :D Cheers, and hope you have a great week!
@@ThreeStarVagabond You should be! Can't count how many times I came back to your videos about Södermalm, Sigtuna, etc. and made notes about different places and marked them on Google maps. It helped me to develop a general view of Stockholm, a basis where I could add things and adjust them my wishes and needs. :-)
Lot of your stories inspired me to read about the history of Sweden and Stockholm, so I was quite prepared to guide my friends :D
PS Järnpojke apparently developed a sweet tooth, as he was surrounded by different sweets.
PPS Royal guard change was also a nice touch to the Stockholm experience along with plankstek+bärs for 135SEK. ;)
@@YenarW96 Damn, I'm in awe at your preparations! That's the level I usually put in myself when I'm going somewhere - and people say that I'm a bit insane with my travel research :D
Thanks for letting me know about Järnpojke's upcoming diabetes! I'll have to go see what that's all about :D And haha, you found the most Swedish of all culinary experiences I hear. Marvelous!
Terima kasih sudah menjawab. I believe you can use Google 😂. Glad to hear Sweden is still relatively safe. I’m going to Stockholm and Uppsala in early Oct. That’s how I saw this channel when ‘learning’ all about Sweden 😀. Your smart sense of humour makes me stick to this channel 👍😄
I get so happy every time I hear that my videos have been useful :D But I really wouldn't worry about safety in Sweden! I'm sure you'll have a great time in both towns (as long as it's not too cold and rainy of course - that's always a risk unfortunately!)
They have in many city's taken over. Like 2 Swedish kids in the entire schools and the rest foreigner.
I enjoy your sense of humor and would be happy to be your RUclips, I mean drinking, buddy. 😉
Haha, hit me up if you're in the area, and we can enjoy some RUclips...I mean, a beer!
My wife and I are planning on moving to sweden and it's cool to see an honest opinion about the country. A lot of the videos we find are either extremely negative or extremely positive.
There's always a lot of good and bad to each country, but I do think that Sweden is a pretty great place overall. If you can stand the cold and dark winters, then I'm sure you'll find the upsides quite nice :D
Västernorrland winters can't be that bad. I'm sure this comment will age well.
@@TheClumsyScout I'm sure you'll grow to love the snow ;D That clip in the video when my car was snowed over was from a road trip up north ^_^
@@TheClumsyScout I usually try to tell myself that winter is only around 3-4 months of hell, but it's hard to appreciate when you're in the middle of it, shoveling a meter of snow off the garage roof, or something like that. If you live in an apartment it's not that bad.
It can get lonely. Only reason I stayed for long was my wife's family. Plus I hate the fact you have to pay for parking and public bathroom most places you go.
Thanks for your informative content! We consider moving to Sweden as EU citizens, and all the information helps :) I find your channel very well done and you are super funny :) thanks for that :) I have a question for you, related to weather- in all videos and photos I've seen so for (it was hundreds of them) I always saw a rather good weather - sunny, partly sunny or overcast without the rain. That makes sense, because people wouldn't risk drowning their cameras, but just wanted to have a reality check - would you say that Stockholm is rather sunny or is it raining more often? I like snow precipitations and I don't care for daylight so much, but constant rain like every day for weeks can really depress me. So how's the weather in this regard?
Thank you! :D Hmm, now I usually complain about the Swedish weather but it depends a lot on the season. This summer was actually really good - many weeks with sunshine and no rain at all. But we had a couple of weeks with rain just about every day as well. And during autumn there's often rain or grey clouds. But September is still good this year - it won't rain this entire week, for example. Between October and April everything becomes much worse though, and it's often days of rain with snow and cold in between. But rarely a full week of rain at a time.
Another Great Video. Everyone has their own way of living, there’s nothing wrong with not fitting in to the so called norm. Our Swedish friends are living the dream, 2 boats, 2 cars and a Summer house but with all the outgoing money it’s hard to travel and they love to do that too, I guess it’s hard to have all you want. I’d highly recommend going to Jamaica, we had a ton of fun there, the people are very friendly but on the other hand it makes you appreciate what you have. Hope all your dreams come true and stay safe till next time.
It's always a question of choosing what matters most to you, eh! Jamaica does sound amazing. I've heard both awesome things and some horror stories too - but everyone seems to agree that it's a fascinating place either way. So I'll definitely have to check it out one of these...years... Cheers man!
Agh, you're software dev manager? Do you have any tips on getting hired here in Sweden? :P Any preferred tech stack?
It really depends on the company. For us it's Golang / PSQL for the backend, or JavaScript (plus some React) on the frontend. Many companies go all in on Java, or C# though. I'd say that if you have a solid foundation in a couple of languages (preferably with different paradigms) then you can easily learn new languages as needed. I hear that fullstack is appreciated, with people who can do a bit of everything from DevOps work to coding. And if you happen to be more into networking, I hear that infrastructure engineers are in pretty high demand. But overall...it's a tough market now unfortunately!
Short answer, yes. The long answer, yes they will.
I realized how safe Sweden is because the day I left Stockholm someone was shot and killed, it was a dad and his son saw the whole thing. When I got to Gävle it was all over the news, they would barely talk about anything else. Here in Las Vegas, or any place in the US, that's such a common thing that you barely hear anyone talk about it. It was refreshing to see people care
It used to be a REALLY big thing when someone was killed, and it still is newsworthy...but it has happened way too often these last years. Sweden is still safe, but we really need to stop this trend if things are to remain that way :/
@@ThreeStarVagabond I hope things don't keep progressing in that direction. Growing up in Latin America I've seen a lot of gun violence and crime, much worse than in the US. I knew classmates in high school who were in gangs and brought guns to school. It's pretty terrible. I can't imagine things ever going that far in Sweden or other Nordic countries, I feel like the culture as a whole would have to change in Sweden for things to get to that level
That's definitely the case nowadays in Sweden. Majority of shootings go unreported by news and everyone has grown accustom to this stuff happening and do not talk about each event specifically
@@lulu.chains.88 Well its gonna keep progressing in that direction as statistics shows no sign of it ever slowing down. And gangs present in high schools or even middle schools is very much a thing nowadays and its gotten to the point of no return. As for the culture well its not the culture of the swedes themselves that are the main problem, I can tell you that much
@@ThreeStarVagabondthat none gang bangers are killed are very uncommon and off course make headlines
Look at that dog! 10:42 So good natured and loving, reminds me of mine who passed away in July, I miss him every day.
Great video again, I really think it's only a matter of time before you explode. Not literally, your channel's popularity i mean, because you are the most likeable travel host since Michael Palin.
I did detect one lie among your answers though, you DO want a boat, yes you do. 😅
Those puppers were completely amazing! So friendly and such hard workers. And haha, well, I don't have much hope of that - I'll have to be satisfied with being known by *dozens* of people. But that's fine too! :D
No no no, I know people who have boats and it's so much work! How would I ever have time to work on videos if I had to rewire electricity and paint and tar and whatnot all the time!
@ThreeStarVagabond ah ok fair enough, the reason I said it was because in one of your other videos you said 'if you are one of those lucky people with a boat', so i mistook that for a bit of boat-lust 😅
Have you ever thought of moving to another country? If so, which one would you choose?
Hey that's a good one! I'll save this question for a Q&A #2, but to give a short reply: I absolutely think about it. Mostly about moving to South-East Asia and becoming a dive master for a while, and/or try to do remote consulting. But I always have something keeping me at home as well.
1:30 The Beggers have Disapeard about 1 year ago they do not exist on the streets anymore i realy dont know what happended they just was not there anymore. at least it is like this in my hometown.
That's interesting! I do see them in Stockholm still, but maybe things are changing now. Now that you mention it, I think there are slightly fewer of them here too...
@@ThreeStarVagabond If I recall correctly, many towns and local governments instituted anti-begging ordenances, and the police cracked down on the "oganized" begging.
@@joelthorstensson2772 Aaah, so it could be a municipality-decided thing? That might explain why I missed it - and why it hasn't taken effect everywhere yet. Alright, I'll have to look into it
Those beggers typicly was/is roma people frome Romania and Bulgaria.. in anyway it was/is kinda "human trafficing" for economical explotation!
In anyway.. I belive those have learned there lesson.. becuse its those that instigate that traffic that get rich, not the beggers!
Hey D: (mentioning of the imperial system)
It's all in good fun! ^_^
Oh, come on, you have Bastard Burgers. That's fine dining at its best. Thank you for answering my questions 😊👍 thinking of a return trip in December to Stockholm, I think I have an addiction 😂😂
Fine dining at its best - Swedes like me don't deserve anything more high class than that :D Haha, that's probably a pretty benign addiction to have in that case! Make sure you look after Stockholm while I bugger off to warmer places in December in that case :D
Might not be enough for a beer in a bar, but maybe 1-2 from ICA ;)
Hey, thanks a lot! I can probably get two really cheap ones from Systembolaget for that :D
Miro, you should add panama to that list. You won't be too far from Galapagos....
Oooh, that's a good idea. I visited Costa Rica a couple of years ago and I did hear a lot about Panama as well - so maybe I should get back to that area to explore more
Its diversity and we were learned its "good and positive" it supposed to enrich our societies. And here we have it 😢😢
I think diversity is inevitable, and good in the right proportions. Let's just hope we can find a good mix!
It is already happening unfortunately…..
Har du någonsin varit uppe i norra Hälsingland? Jag visar gärna runt dig :)
Jag bilade runt där uppe för ett par år sen och jag besökte Järvzoo, men jag tror det finns mängder kvar att upptäcka! Haha, jag får säga till när det är dags för en tur till det området :D
@@ThreeStarVagabond Du borde pröva Dellenbanan nån gång i juni/juli. Jag jobbade där förra sommaren (och den som precis varit). Kommer så sjukt mycket tyskar då lol.
@@joelthorstensson2772 Låter kul! Har funderat på dressin på smalspåret i Småland också, men det här ser fasen lite roligare ut. Det tycker visst tyskarna också...
@@ThreeStarVagabond Tro mig, det gör dem! Jag har fått använding av min tyskautbildning.
@@joelthorstensson2772 Haha! "Alles klar! Ja ja, sehr spass, bitte! Jawohl jawohl!"
nice
Thank you ^_^
:DDD i kinda like this video
Haha, thanks! :D
Yea my swedish bro in law came to visit us in USA. He didn't talk much and just seem to use us for rides and a place to stay for 2 weeks. Very introverted and anti social person I have met.
Sorry to hear that! Quite rude to behave like that, no matter how introverted you are - I hope that most of us aren't like that :/
@ThreeStarVagabond yea, it was pretty disappointing.
@@Joe-eg7ml Understandable. Well, there are good and bad people everywhere!
Intressant fråga, vad tyckte din pappa första gången han åt finsk mat typ finska piroger, mumma och annat blä?
Det hände långt innan jag föddes. Och när jag tänker efter så såg jag nog aldrig honom äta mycket finsk mat... Kanske fanns ett skäl till det...
@@ThreeStarVagabond ha ha, jag kan bara tänka mi, Šta je ovo? 🤬🤬
🤣🤣😂
@@user-pn3io5oy3i Haha, var tvungen att google translata det där - minns inte mycket mer än "mleko" och "sladoled"
Så synd att du inte lärde dig språket
All of you are just slamming the keyboard and pretending it's a language
roughly 10% more like 25%
Yeah I totally borked that number. 20% born outside of Sweden in 2023
Hmm, that 10% is probably 20%
Yes! It was supposed to be 20% (born outside of Sweden) but I messed up the number! ^^
Will be...? My dude it has already happened.
Systembolaget fixed my alkoholism. 🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Haha, Systembolaget actually exists because Swedes used to have such a big problem with drunken people and alcoholism!
Surpriced to see large Aura logo in the bar. It is not my favorite Finnish beer brand, but quite ok. Olvi Sandels is propably the best bulk beers that Finland has to offer. Taste is little darker, but silky smooth.
I think i just saw news that Sweden starts to deport that came to Sweden as asylum seekers and can trevel to them home countries for a vacation. That is deffenetly great idea. I´ve been wondering that same thing here in Finland. If they are safe there, why they still are here...
Ganska samma för mig. Jag förstå ganska mycket om svenska men det är hård kommunicera.
Just would need longer period to travel in Sweden to get better speaker. Easier to say "Jag förstå inte" and move on with English.
Haha, that was at the booze cruise to Åbo. They usually have either Karhu or Aura on those boats. I was perfectly happy with it, and I think I prefer it to darker beers myself.
Yeah exactly, there's a lot of controversies over it all right now. But I think that it's a natural ebb and flow of things. We realized that we opened up our borders too much, so now we're taking actions (and we might be overreacting a bit in the other direction in the coming years). Things even themselves out over time I think.
Det var bra svenska! But yeah I absolutely do the same. I wouldn't even try to speak a single word Finnish.
@@ThreeStarVagabond Aah, it was on the boat. Last time when i visited Sweden i drank only Kossu with mineralwater 😄- Didn´t even notice what beer thay were selling.
The bar where i usually pop up sells Karhu. Can´t say bad word about it. Tastes great after the work. It is in city central at Tampere called Kulma Ale and 0,5 liter beer costs about 4,90€ so it is quite cheap if i compair to other bars. Many places it costs to 7-9€ that is absolutely crazy.
2015 was crazy year and in Finland came over 50000 asylum seekers. Most of them came trough Sweden and crossed border at Tornio. Most of them didn´t had any papers so they couldn´t come over sea. Just crazy that they had to have papers as coming into EU-zone but those mysticly disappeard as they came to Finland.
After that there hasn´t been as much asylum seekers and if i remember correctly last year were less than 3000. And most have been from Ukraine in few last years.
Mostly the problem to understand Sweden is that people talk too quickly. It always takes little time to think what someone says. Finnish people doesn´t usually talk so quickly so it might be easier to pick up words from here and there. Also we speak quite monotonic.
@@ArchieArpeggio Now, that's a decently priced beer! We do have some cheap bars in Stockholm too - you can even get a beer for €4 or so. But that's after work prices usually. The touristy bars cost upwards €10 for a beer!
Yeah there was a fair bit of that with people who stayed in Sweden as well. Curious that so many went over the land border. I guess they might have heard bad things about Sweden and decided to move on, maybe. Oh well, let's hope it all becomes better soon.
Yeah, the Swedish language melody is quite strange to many people. And we do speak pretty quickly. A friend who came to Sweden from Thailand said that it sounded like we all spoke Chinese...
@@ThreeStarVagabond Btw, I shared your cruise video in my comment to
italian youtuber Mauro Nicolo who watches alot of finnish videos. He posted video reaction for The party ferry Helsiki to Stockholm. If he reacts to that you might get more subscribes as well. I wish luck for that.
@@ArchieArpeggio Thank you! That would be awesome - much appreciated. Let's hope he does a reaction about it :D
3:20 "How do Swedes socialise?" Erm, with alcohol? ;) A pub or bar is always a good place to get to know Swedes? No?
Well... Sort of... Swedes are much more open when drunk, but most people still stay in their social groups even at pubs. They sit in groups by their tables, and it can be difficult for a new person to butt in. I think the best bet is clubs or parties for socializing to be honest!
@@ThreeStarVagabond Parties 🎉? How does one get invited to those?
@@TheGramophoneGirl With difficulty! It's like... Friends of friends invite friends that might fit in, etc...
@@ThreeStarVagabond Ah, I understand. I'll call you next time I'm in Sweden then ☺️ Then I can go to a party and meet loads of new people 😄
If you're into geek parties then I'm sure I can find something good! If you're into cool clubs... Then, womp womp womp - I don't have clue ;D
ifall man är turist åk inte till ställen utanför större städer, jag och två vänner blev nästan rånade på väg till hemköp
Låter rätt omöjligt faktiskt. Jag anar ugglor i mossen
Verkar omöjligt men det hände i ett lika omöjligt ställe, landsvägen i mkp
@@tha_tram_man Fy fasen! Ja, det bevisar ju att vad som helst kan hända när man minst anar det
Alltså jag bryr mig inte, är det SD toner jag förnimmer
Du är inte den skarpaste kniven i lådan va?
Govorite li hrvatski?
Sorry, I just know stray words these days. Enough to say beer and ice-cream, and insult people
Will Sverige ever go back to using CASH!!?? 😂😂😂😅🤣🤣🤣
Haha, I really hope not! ^^
@@ThreeStarVagabond Whats so great about going cashless? Sounds pretty dystopian to me...
@@ThreeStarVagabond what happens when your mobile phone battery dies and you have no cards on you? Sounds a bit naive to fully trust in digital payments alone....just my two cents 🪙
@@ThreeStarVagabond Fraud happens with digital/online payment as well so you can't convince me it's "safer"
@@hsiled I love it. It's extremely convenient, and I haven't missed cash a single time in the last decade. I hate having to use cash when I travel abroad to some countries. The downside is that I've had my card skimmed - but the banks sorted it out and I got the money back.
Lol was just visiting Stockholm as my bf who is Icelandic got family there. We live in Norway as I am Norwegian. And tho the city is much bigger than Oslo, and a ton of tourists, I hardly saw much “immigrants” aka brown and black people compared to Oslo Norway. All these racist nazis claiming white genocide, and that we are all overrun by people who look like me, or is black, as well as Sharia laws has clearly never been to these places because it couldn’t be further from the truth. I was shocked by how many ethnic Swedes that was there due to all the lies and fake news in the media. Actually the majority of the people I saw over the 4 days I was visiting was ethnic white Swedes both blondes and brunettes, as well as exchange students and working immigrants from other European countries as well as the USA. In comparison if you go by looks, yes we have more visible immigration in Oslo as it is the capital city and therefore the majority of immigrants move there. Oslo is also a lot smaller. And in Norway the biggest 3 immigrant groups are: Poles, Ukrainians, and Swedes besides Lithuanians!
There's definitely mostly Swedes out on town - so that's what a typical tourist will see. But we do have a lot of immigrants as well. It's just that they're often hanging out in other areas, suburbs, or other parts of town. That's really one of the problems in Sweden, that it's becoming segregated in that way. But then again, I don't know if e.g Norway has a similar problem with segregation as well! Still, all the news are of course exaggerated either way. Alarmist people will alarm
@@ThreeStarVagabond Maybe you should do a video from the "suburbs". I never been there but i dont live in the stockholm area but i have friends living there and they say that its really cool hoods. And yes you shouldn´t be out at night alone but i guess that not difference to central of stockholm.
@@zilfversurfer2157 I just finished next week's video, which is about how dangerous Stockholm really is - and I visit the suburb / "no--go zone" of Rinkeby in that one :D