@@abentura3861 precis. det har inte varit olagligt en enda sekund. Det är bara att tuta och köra... ojdå.. vänta.. han hade ju ingen bil x'D nåja så gick det med den resan
I really enjoy these videos where you basically talk about experiences from anything, and you manage to bring some interesting point in to it. It's like a semi-storytime!
People act differently in the big cities because you put a lot more people in one place. In order to stand out in bigger crowds, you would need to look at yourself differently than the rest and this leads to people becoming more "puffed up" or "ignorant" to others. However, if you go to towns in the countryside or the city outskirts, you will quickly notice how more friendly and open-minded and confident the residents are. This is because they do not feel the need to prove themselves or have others to disprove them. They're just happy to see a new face.
@@reallivebluescat What I said is just the way things are, ofcourse all of that wouldn't just happen for no reason. If I was to explain the complete path to how I've reached to that conclusion I would need a lot more time and pages. xD I have already concidered many things and excluded a lot of things. Mostly, it comes down to expressiveness, and living in a quickly developing society is bound to get niched as quickly as it develops. You want to feel good, and you want to have the support from people with the same or similar views and ideas. But this is also a dangerous trap to fall into as it inflates your ego and decreases self-respect and you will only respect the people of your own little community, or rely on the support you get from these segmented groups because the minds are similar.
I would say it also depends on the social circle you are involved with. In contrast I have found that people can be very intolerant in smaller places. Speaking from a long haired, metal perspective. Thankfully it isn't true for all places. Classic missconception often happens when people visit stockholm and go straight to stureplan. It is ground zero for the snobs and uptight people. Chances are that all your prejudices about people in stockholm will come true. :)
Stefan, you are so refreshingly honest. In a way, this is like therapy for you to share your feelings...living in another culture has it's challenges. Living in our own is not always easy.)
It's not just Sweden that's like that. I live in Minnesota, and grew up in the Twin Cities Metro area. But several years ago, I moved to a much smaller town about an hour away, and the life style here is so much different. You don't have everyone rushing around to get places, and the cost of housing is much less expensive.
I live in the huge city of Lund ;) and I think it's just right or "lagom". We have everything you would need on an average day and you can just *walk* everywhere, no matter if you're going to buy groceries, shop for clothes, or see a movie. At the same time you don't get the stressful atmosphere of, say, Stockholm.
My mother who lived in Stockholm her entire life moved to Lund last year, she seems to really really love it there. I've yet to go visit because of covid, but I'm really excited about visiting, it seems like such a lovely and beautiful town!
Stockholm was a pretty calm place when I lived there in the 1970s and 80s. So it certainly *can* be "big" and pleasant at the same time. Stockholm is also very walkable (not least compared to typical american cities and suburbs). Plus it's a beauty! From Art nouveau inspired buldings of the 1910s all the way back to the 1600s buildings in Gamla Stan (many with fundaments from the 1300s).
Being from Västerås(Home of Power Big Meet/Summer Meet), I laughed when you mentioned "raggare". Though what you described is what I grew up knowing as "EPA-traktor". EPA was a low price department store chain. (Not exactly the same but try thinking Target or Walmart.) And EPA-traktors are cars that have been modified so they are only allowed to go 30km/h, same as a moped. Originally it seems like they came about because teens realised that with new laws in place, they would legally be able to drive such vehicles before they turned 18 and could get a drivers license for a car. And with limited public transport in rural areas, they are very popular for sure. There is more history here but that's the gist of it. They are the OG moped cars of today. I did some looking up on raggare and seems like the American word would be "greaser" and British would be "rocker". And it's full on rockabilly, 1950s-60s music and dress style. (Watch the movie Grease) But as much as it is a style, it's also about restoring old cars and apparently there are more restored 1950s cars in Sweden than in the entire USA according to wikipedia. If you ever get the chance to check out a "fine cruising" with nicely restored cars, you should take it, especially if they do costume's too! Wikipedia link for anyone interested: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggare
Great video Stefan. I hope to visit Sweden someday. Even though I live in Boston, I can speak basic Swedish too. But I heard that everyone there speaks English too, so I think I will be fine when I travel there😊
i would say try speak swedish just for a nod for the cultsure and the like but switch to english if you really have to get something though that will get you a small respect points from sweds as we have a saying that we take in the cultsure we are heading in to so we are more fitting in and if we know the languish the better
Don't hesitate! Come! Swedes love tourists so much, we don't get too many of them, so we get really enthusiastic and helpful when people show an interest in our country.
Yeah, the culture in to have/drive a car or even have the cars as hobby is alot more common in smaller towns and in the country side, because it's alot more of a need there to have a car and alot more space to park.
I lived in Varberg 4 years, I loved it and I’m glad that you liked it and you enjoyed it Stefan. Now I live in Örebro that is a big city for me when I compare to Varberg hahahaha. You are welcome here in Örebro
Love the new haircut man! Really suits you. I am moving to Helsingborg from Fort Worth, Texas in august. I"ll be attending Lund University to study Swedish. So excited to start my new life in Sweden. I have always enjoyed your videos and appreciate what you are doing here. Who knows, maybe we will bump into each other!
finally, haha. 😂 I feel like your view of Sweden has come across a little narrow since the swedish lifestyle is not mainly centred around the Stockholm area😁 I live near gothenburg, too, but in a bigger town than varberg and most of my friends pay around 6000-8500 for apartments between appr. 55-70 square metres. The ones I'm talking about are one or a few km from the city centre, and the very central ones are probably more expensive. i guess there are cheaper ones but you'd have to lower your standards a little
I remember an interviewer asked some people of Stockholm about the moving of Kiruna, and they had no idea it was even happening. Melodifestivalen never goes up north - we feel left out. Some of the reasons why I think Stockholm people only live in their own bubble
Varberg!!! So fun you came to visit our beautiful town! To me Varberg is just the right size, haha. If i ever need some big city vibes Gothenburg is just an hour away.
Definitely feels like a different world in Stockholm to the smaller places in Sweden! I’m a British guy living in Östergötland, and you have way different experiences than me. Such an amazing country to live in.
Varberg is a small town, and it is also a tourist city ... lot of summer tourists :) EPA, is the "car" you mentioned, you need to be 15 to drive them, same as for "mopeder" :D
If you go 30 minutes north of Varberg you can find Tjolöholm slott(Tjolöholm castle) outside of the really small town of Åsa. The surrounding area of Tjolöholm slott has some really nice walking paths and you can get a tour of the inside of the castle for a decent price.
I would say that this is a correct assesment. Prices are way less for living in smaller place like Varberg. You can go to Småland and you will find a even cheaper places to live than Varberg. But shops could be somewhat the same in price maybe a little bit less expensive. Fika is way less costly though in many smaller places and good quality as well. Restaurants vary a lot in cost. But generally the cost is about the same as in Stockholm (at least in the suburbs of Stockholm).
Interesting video Stefan - and much of what you say is very true. Am myself from Orsa (small village in Dalarna 300km northwest of Stockholm) And when I moved down I was occasionally called a farmer or more specific "dalmas", and when I came home to Orsa often Stockholmers "laugh". And of course it is the case that in many smaller places the atmosphere is lighter and happier - but also a little tougher in another way. Thanks again for a great clip.
”Raggarbilar” exist all over and these meet-ups does as well. It’s not just Varberg. We have Västerås Summer Meet in Västerås (usually first weekend in July), we have cruising and car meet-up in Trollhättan (usually the last saturday in May) and similar things in other towns like Uddevalla, Sala, Tibro, Lidköping and more. These cruising things and meet-ups happen almost everywhere in Sweden except posibly the bigger cities like Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö. Allso; raggarbilar are old American cars usually from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
I like that you check out places outside Stockholm. Like you said, Sweden is so much more. 😉 You really should check out the beautiful nothern parts of the country, with the mountains and forests. It's very popular going on skiing trip there in the winter. (After the pandemic is over, they'll open up for more party in those areas as well). Also check out the southern parts, like beautiful Österlen in Skåne. I have about 40 minute drive there from my, small hometown. 😉 People from Stockholm sometimes have their "opinions"about us from Skåne, but hey, it goes both ways... 😁
It is expensive to live in Sweden, but even more expensive in Stockholm. Now you know it's alot cheaper to rent an apartment in smaller towns. Now you should try shoping at Swedish supermarkets, as Ica maxi, Willy's, ÖoB and maybe also Gekå's in Ullared.
That was fun here you vist Varberg, When i was young we took "raggarundan" in Varberg sometimes And old US cars are expensive depending on model and age and can cost more than new cars
Loved the video as always, love everything about sweden 🇸🇪 please make a video why u moved from Portland to sweden or what are the similarities between your city and the city where u are in sweden i've heard Portland is a beautiful place pretty rainy greetings from texas USA 🇬🇹🇺🇸😊😊😊😊
I grew up on an 80 acre farm, 2.5 mikes away from the nearest town-which was 250 people normally, except when school was in session and then the population was double. I’ve raised my kids in a 300,000 population area south of Seattle. (Still not quite sure how I landed here, but . . . ) Several years ago, my youngest son broke his arm (racing his brother; he was on roller blades and his brother was on his bicycle-he won on roller blades but fell at the end). While waiting to get his arm set, I pulled up an aerial shot of the town near where I grew up. He blurted out “that’s not a town, it’s a neighborhood!” I think there’s more to do in smaller towns, actually, but I’m partial to outdoor activities. Although, we’ve all caught the hockey bug, living here in the Pacific Northwest, and there wasn’t even an ice rink anywhere near where I grew up, so I don’t think I’d ever live in a place so small that the ice rink was more than 30 minutes away, now.
I really enjoy your videos, you really give me, a native, such a different perspective. Not only that, I also discover new facts that. About the slow moving cars by the way, what you are looking for is A-Traktor or EPA-Traktor, these considered the 4 wheel alternative to mopeds for teenagers because you can drive both from the day you turn 15. Right now though they take their license on a moped and this have raised a discussion as this is the cause of many accidents, they also tamper with their electronics to be able to drive faster. Raggarbilar is in its true sense old veterans, classical american cars a la 50's. Think Fonzie or Grease. Rock n Roll and shiny, flashy cars. That said, the cars ranges up to the early 90's. This became a safe ground for misfits and side by side by the true enthusiasts, a new group developed splitting 'Raggare' into two distinct lifestyles. The newer one being an anarchistic, slobby, fuck it all, play loud music, be loud, be seen, be heard, fuck the system and drink alcohol in absurd quantities. The originals adopt it almost like a living lifestyle, dressing like back then, decorating their homes like back then, going to dance and music events in really good looking outfits and hair dressings. Many of the kids adapted to the latter one early on by doing all kinds of weird stuff with the cars and having them sound as loud as possible. I REALLY recommend you to watch this documentary, a deep look into the life of the second group. www.svtplay.se/video/22438846/raggarjavlar Cheers and thank you. Tack för dina videos! Jonas
Hey Stefan! Have you ever been to Gotland? If not i would recommend touring Visby and especially the northern parts of the Island. I am a bit biased towards the northern parts as we own a beautiful lake house by "Bäste träsk" The water here is as blue as the bahamas. Great video as always, nice too see you exploring this beautiful country that´s hidden outside of stockholm. Cheers:)
Kul för Stefan att vistas lite mer på landets framsida. ;) Här går ju till och med att bada i havet vilket dyngpölen östkustborna dras med inte duger till när man är Hallänning. ;)
Hamlet: less than 100 people. Village: a few hundred people. Town: 10,000-300,000 people. City: 300,000-1,000,000 people. Metropolis: 1,000,000-3,000,000 people. Conurbation/Global city: 3,000,000-10,000,000 people. Megalopolis/mega city: 10,000,000+ people. Gigalopolis/giga city: 100,000,000+ people. Eperopolis: incorporated gigacities, more than one billion people. Ecumenopolis: a theoritical planet wide city. So Gothenburg is a city, but it really doesn't feel like one. Our terminology here in Sweden is a bit weird. Worlds like "stad" has lost all meaning. Like there isn't much city in the city of Gothenburg.
another part to the discussions about whatever sweden is expensive or not is the fact that in sweden we have a public health care system and public school system and stuff that acctually is relativly good. recent years it has been starting to get torn down and privatised however my point is that living expenses tends to get lower when you don´t have to worry about things like whatever you´re kids will be able to get an education (even adult education) or whatever you´ll lose everything if you break you´re leg or something. That said we are acctually having something of a looming housing crisis here in sweden so its likly that costs of housing will go up in the near future. All this said being a tourist in swden tends to get expensive though...
This is so weird. I was just having breakfast and this video popped up in my recommendation, and I live in Varberg. Not just in Varberg, but just 100m from Havanna where you had rum, in a one-roomer that I rent for the equivalent of around 300 US dollars, so pretty much exactly what you said in the video. That's rather surreal. I had no idea who you were or what the video was about! Nearly spat out my black swedish coffee! Hope you enjoyed your stay.
(Update: Didn't read the comments before I wrote mine. Others already told you the same thing. But that kinda proves my point) Stefan - Make this a series! Visit different towns and places, vlog some and give your thoughts about them. I might be a nerd in travel and tourism, but I'm almost certain that others would appreciate this as well. Would be really interesting to see and it would def fit your channels theme. Think about it! ✌️
Pleased to see that you look at other parts of Sweden too. There are big differences, especially if you have the possibility to visit northern Sweden. I myself have lived in Stockholm most of my life ( 79 years now ) , moved to Enköping ( 70 km west of Stockholm, pop.40.000) two years ago. I can tell you it is a big difference, much like you descibe in your report from Varberg. Bought a 2 room "bostadsrätt" central location for 1,2 million kronor, pay 4500:- per month. That is extremely much cheaper than in Stocholm although it is not very far.
I live and work in Stockholm but spend much of my spare time in Kopparberg, a very small village. Many of the younger population spend a lot of time with their cars; some are "raggarbilar", others are more like vintage cars and of course there is an A-tractor here and there too. The way of life is different there compared to the city life. What one likes and/or dislikes is a personal choice and it also depends on where in life one happens to be. Personally, I like the change between the different lifestyles.
Hi Stefan, I'm an American living here in ARN and I used to live in PDX for about 10 years. As a matter of fact, I'm flying back there in a couple of weeks! I'm not sure why you came here, but probably for some love, which is no small undertaking, because Swedish women (and men) are quite beautiful as a general rule, tend to be intelligent and are on the whole, quite pleasant to be around. I hope you find your happiness here, because this is truly a great place to live, where your stressors are greatly reduced and even if you still have some, there is always a doctor who 'll listen. Good luck, young dude (I'm an old dude, 59 today!) If you want anything special from PDX, message me and I'll hook you up!
Great video Stefan! If you're ever interested in doing another episode on Gothenburg I am an American who has lived here most of my life and I've been following your show for a year now and I think it's great! Anyway, you're welcome to stay here a night or two for free. Warning!!! I live in the extremely dangerous "no go zone" förort, Swedish suburbs, "Orten!". So beware.
When I grew up we lived in a village of about 100 inhabitants. In 8th grade we moved "into town", with about 10000 inhabitants. We only lived there for about 2 years before moving out into the "bush" again. Too much people. Now I live in Enköping, and feel it is big enough for me, close to Stockholm if I want those kinds of activities, but it is not that often.
I grew up in a small village outside of Falun, everyone knows everyone!! and we also have those Raggar bilar. I have now lived in America for 2 years and to me everything is big, haha and I'm still finding differences in culture etc., it's exciting!
Here is a fun idea for you, look at car insurances in different areas of Sweden, my 2011 Citroen C5 diesel cost me close to 3 times what my old boss would pay that lives in a smaller town, i live in a suburb of Stockholm where well things burn a lot. The price differences can be staggering. Worth noting is that both of us are fairly close in age which can of course also be a big difference, young people tend to pay a lot more but at 51 i don't consider myself that young.
Du kan inte jämföra bokostnaden i resten av landet med Stockholm, Jag bor i en liten stad i en tvåa på 54 kvm hyran på den är 4650. En så stor lägenhet till den hyran kan du inte hitta i närheten av Stockholm
@@beorlingo Oj det är önskedröm för många jag trodde allt i Stockholm var svindyrt att bo med tanke på hur stor efterfrågan på lägenheter är i Stockholm
My friend and I spent a holiday in Arvika canoeing. We took the ferry from Denmark to Gothenburg, and had to drive north. The signs on the E4 road did not show any distances, just the names of the towns. Now, usually it shows the nearest town first. So we looked on the map to confirm we are on the correct road, but I could not find the name. Until we finally realised it was WAY up North! Can you maybe do a video about how to find a rental flat in Stockholm? I believe it is a strange system.
When it comes to "raggarbilar" so is there a huge culture that surrounds it. And you have some cheaper cars but you should check out Västerås and the Power Meet there. Then you can see that it is a big culture that is massive in some parts of Sweden.(Usually, the countryside more than in the cities, even though it exists in the cities so don't you notice them as much) Also a-traktorer or epa, they are mainly being driven by kids in the countryside as a way of getting to their school and such, since there is usually not that great communications as you might be used to living in a city like Stockholm, Gothenburg or really any city. I also have a feeling you have mainly seen a lot of the "finer" sides of Swedish living rather than the more average joe. First with living in Vasastan in Stockholm and then I saw a video about going out into the archipelago that surrounds it, not that many people have a summer house out there or have even been there. So I am not surprised you find it expensive to live in Sweden considering what part of it you seem to have been seeing the most of.
@@StefanThyron I have been to Gränna like 2 years ago, we have a old neighbour that lives there now, I live in an tiny town called Hallstavik (about 8 Swedish miles from Stockholm) with a population of about 5000 people, but I really like the country, the nature and atmosphere around here is great! Although there are stuff missing here, for those I usually go by bus to the nearest, a bit bigger town called Norrtälje.
Dropping this in here so you see it. You MUST go to Chelas in Hornstull. It is a real Mexican place and not just a street taco (love those and La Neeta but...).
Those population figures of cities in Sweden are not very accurate since our municipalities (Kommuner) are a not equivalent to the cities. Stockholm city does for example not include Solna and other parts of the city, since Stockholm consists of several municipalities, even though people consider them part of Stockholm and you can’t tell where the actual border is. Norrköping and every other city on that list is actually a lot bigger as urban areas.
Varberg is big compared to my hometown (where there is about 2300 inhabitants) and calling Varberg "a little bit more on the countryside" and referring to it as a "smaller town" is quite funny from my perspective since our closest "big town" has only about 15000 inhaitants which is about half the size of Varberg. ;-) If you really wanna see the countryside (the real countryside) with forests with amazing trails you can hike along to reach a large number of chalets and "summer farms", big green fields, forngårdar and fantastic views over mountains and lakes. Travel up north. :-)
Stockholmare is a mix of people from whole Sweden from Finland and other parts of the world, so if folk think "Stockholmare är dryga" do they actually say that swede's are "dryga'?
Stockholm is really much more expensive than other places in Sweden, I live at Möllevången in the centre of Malmö, Sweden's third biggest city, and things here are really dirt cheap (for being in western Europe). I'm willing to bet Möllevången is the cheapest place in all of Sweden. Price examples (1 USD = 8,3 SEK): My rent + electricity and internet (I live in a commune with two other guys, this is just my share of it): ~3400 SEK /month A late night pizza: 75 SEK A falafel: 35 SEK An indian dish (lunch deal): 79 SEK An indian dish (not lunch): 120 SEK A guy haircut: 100 SEK (recent increase from 50 SEK) A sammoun bread from the tandoori bakery: 4 SEK A can of coca cola: 12 SEK Two cucumbers (from market/vegetable stores, can often be found even cheaper): 15 SEK Two boxes of coctail tomatoes (on sale at market): 10 SEK 1 kg of minced halal beef (from butcher's shop): ~50 SEK 1 kg of minced lamb (from butcher's shop): ~75 SEK
why we are different from Varberg vs Stockholm, i think because Stockholm is a bigger town and the capital and Varberg is more of a summer vacation place
I'm sorry you're mixing several types of cars. The one for teenagers are A-tractor, can only go max 50 km/h, I think. Raggarbil is from the greaser life style in USA. The buy old us cars like cadillacs and renovate them. And yes Varberg is a sweet time. Stockholmians are compared to New Yorkers compared to Londoners. Also the svear are the tribe that conquered the rest of swedens part of the peninsula, so the resent is still there among the conquered. In Skåne the will to be reunited with with Denmark still exists. So I warn foreigners living in Stockholm, to have a humble attitude when they go out in the country outside Stockholm.
Raggarbilar and A traktor/ Epa ( the slow ones for 15- 17 years old) are not the same. Raggarbilar is often old American cars or Volvo and Volvo is the lower tier of raggare.
While I can't speak for the small town folk due to being a born and raised Göteborgare, I feel like I need to point this out. No Stefan, we don't think the Stockholmers look down upon us or anything, we just think they're snobbish as heck, and we (At least us Gothenburgers) relish any and every opportunity to remind Stockholmers of their own snobbish attitude.
To my mind "look down on" and snobbish are fairly close synonyms. You can add "stuck up" to your vocabulary list too. :-D Stockholmers think they can get away with it because here at home they see themselves as big fish in a small pond (Sweden). When they go out into the big world beyond their coping strategy changes- sometimes successfully, sometimes not...( but that's another story- think fall down drunk in Copenhagen vs. all mellowed out over a glass of good wine around the Mediterranean).
The question I have may not the right topic, but do New Yorkers and LAers compete and look down on each other? What do they say, and what do they call each other? Never been to either of the cities, but they seems very different. Architecture, mindset, lifestyle etc. Stockholm and Gothenburg for an example aren't that super different when compared.
I’ve lived in LA and stayed with friends in NY. I feel like both cities are their own little worlds and don’t really care one way or the other about each other. They each think they’re the only place in to be in the US. Of course, they’re close to 3,000 miles apart. It almost feels like the East and West coasts are two different countries. In my opinion, NY feels like a big city and LA feels like a collection of small towns. Of course, my idea of small towns is very different than Stefan’s, growing up in an actual small town in Montana, with a population of 200, give or take 🤷🏽♀️
I live in one of the smaller villages with around 1,300 people, and i act like the people in Stockholm. I even have the dialect, despite living down in Kristianstad, Skåne, or if you translate that last part, you get Scania, and no, not the truck brand, but the county of Scania, which Scandinavia is named after
@@darkwolf4434 ok, the biggest village in the county i call home, as Scania county is devided into smaller counties, has around 5000 inhabitants, and that's the biggest village i know of. The village i grew up in and called home has around 200 peope who call that village home, but most villages in Sweden have around 1000 or more who call these villages home
I grew up in a small village where there used to live around 400 people I don't like cities at all, the city I live closest to has around 60k living in it and I think that is too big.
Great video! As a native Skåning from Malmö, the stereotype about stockholmare is definitely true. The "nose in the air" pretty much sums it up. But I think some of it has to do with the dialect. To other swedes (atleast skåningar), stockholm dialect sounds bratty AF and almost a little ridiculing.
you should really try and get in contact with someone with a raggar bil and go on a cruise event, there are smaller cruises that are a day thing and then there are the big ass full weekend meet ups with thousands of cars.
when corona is over you should do a series where you visit small places/towns in Sweden and like the west coast
That is a great idea 😍🙌🏼
@@StefanThyron when it comes to sweden rural areas are usualy the more intresting, at least from a cultural sense.
Why not now? Its not illegal.
@@abentura3861 precis. det har inte varit olagligt en enda sekund. Det är bara att tuta och köra... ojdå.. vänta.. han hade ju ingen bil x'D nåja så gick det med den resan
@@StefanThyron Come to Malmö and visit Copenhagen! 😁
I really enjoy these videos where you basically talk about experiences from anything, and you manage to bring some interesting point in to it. It's like a semi-storytime!
I’m so glad you like it! I’m surprised I’m still able to keep finding interesting things to talk about with Sweden 😆
Haha I saw the preview of the video and said "DET ÄR KALLBADHUSET!" and immediately clicked. Hope you enjoyed Varberg ✌️
Denna kommentaren gjorde mig glad! :-)
Hahah you know it 👏🏼👏🏼
People act differently in the big cities because you put a lot more people in one place. In order to stand out in bigger crowds, you would need to look at yourself differently than the rest and this leads to people becoming more "puffed up" or "ignorant" to others. However, if you go to towns in the countryside or the city outskirts, you will quickly notice how more friendly and open-minded and confident the residents are. This is because they do not feel the need to prove themselves or have others to disprove them. They're just happy to see a new face.
Very interesting point!
I think it's much more complicated than that , self image on the whole always are . But the pace of the city definitely has something to do with it
@@reallivebluescat What I said is just the way things are, ofcourse all of that wouldn't just happen for no reason. If I was to explain the complete path to how I've reached to that conclusion I would need a lot more time and pages. xD I have already concidered many things and excluded a lot of things. Mostly, it comes down to expressiveness, and living in a quickly developing society is bound to get niched as quickly as it develops. You want to feel good, and you want to have the support from people with the same or similar views and ideas. But this is also a dangerous trap to fall into as it inflates your ego and decreases self-respect and you will only respect the people of your own little community, or rely on the support you get from these segmented groups because the minds are similar.
Hurr-durr Stockholm bad.
I would say it also depends on the social circle you are involved with. In contrast I have found that people can be very intolerant in smaller places. Speaking from a long haired, metal perspective. Thankfully it isn't true for all places.
Classic missconception often happens when people visit stockholm and go straight to stureplan. It is ground zero for the snobs and uptight people. Chances are that all your prejudices about people in stockholm will come true. :)
Stefan, you are so refreshingly honest. In a way, this is like therapy for you to share your feelings...living in another culture has it's challenges. Living in our own is not always easy.)
I’m so glad to hear that 🙏🏼
It's not just Sweden that's like that. I live in Minnesota, and grew up in the Twin Cities Metro area. But several years ago, I moved to a much smaller town about an hour away, and the life style here is so much different. You don't have everyone rushing around to get places, and the cost of housing is much less expensive.
Thats Nice to know:)
A "Raggarbil" is actually quite expensive, especially if it's not just a pile of rust, some go for as much as brand new car.
Many cost more than a brand new car. Especially Cadillacs and other large cars.
For sure they are, maybe Stefan meant old 740s converted to A tractors 😉
@@krokodilen31 He talked about "Raggarbilar" and showed pictures of them, and THEN spoke about a-traktorer
I had no idea 🙈
@@StefanThyron Well the old american cars from the 50s is really expensive specially if they are in good shape.
I live in the huge city of Lund ;) and I think it's just right or "lagom". We have everything you would need on an average day and you can just *walk* everywhere, no matter if you're going to buy groceries, shop for clothes, or see a movie. At the same time you don't get the stressful atmosphere of, say, Stockholm.
My mother who lived in Stockholm her entire life moved to Lund last year, she seems to really really love it there. I've yet to go visit because of covid, but I'm really excited about visiting, it seems like such a lovely and beautiful town!
Stockholm was a pretty calm place when I lived there in the 1970s and 80s. So it certainly *can* be "big" and pleasant at the same time. Stockholm is also very walkable (not least compared to typical american cities and suburbs). Plus it's a beauty! From Art nouveau inspired buldings of the 1910s all the way back to the 1600s buildings in Gamla Stan (many with fundaments from the 1300s).
But you also have a wild student life there 😉
@@herrbonk3635 Yes, it's "walkable", but unless you're rich you probably have to take a subway first to get downtown.
@@StefanThyron I suppose it can get pretty wild on the weekends, but mainly during the semester, and in certain parts of the city.
Så klart folk är vänliga. Det är VÅR!
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Folk blir alltid vänligare när dom kommer ut ur vinter dvalan. :P
Stefan the more I watch your videos the more I say to myself I’m packing my bags. Thank you 🙏🏼
Now you're starting to get to know Sweden. There's more than you think :-)
Being from Västerås(Home of Power Big Meet/Summer Meet), I laughed when you mentioned "raggare". Though what you described is what I grew up knowing as "EPA-traktor". EPA was a low price department store chain. (Not exactly the same but try thinking Target or Walmart.) And EPA-traktors are cars that have been modified so they are only allowed to go 30km/h, same as a moped. Originally it seems like they came about because teens realised that with new laws in place, they would legally be able to drive such vehicles before they turned 18 and could get a drivers license for a car. And with limited public transport in rural areas, they are very popular for sure. There is more history here but that's the gist of it. They are the OG moped cars of today.
I did some looking up on raggare and seems like the American word would be "greaser" and British would be "rocker".
And it's full on rockabilly, 1950s-60s music and dress style. (Watch the movie Grease) But as much as it is a style, it's also about restoring old cars and apparently there are more restored 1950s cars in Sweden than in the entire USA according to wikipedia. If you ever get the chance to check out a "fine cruising" with nicely restored cars, you should take it, especially if they do costume's too!
Wikipedia link for anyone interested:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggare
uuh :) thanks!
Great video Stefan. I hope to visit Sweden someday. Even though I live in Boston, I can speak basic Swedish too. But I heard that everyone there speaks English too, so I think I will be fine when I travel there😊
You 100% will be fine ☺️
i would say try speak swedish just for a nod for the cultsure and the like but switch to english if you really have to get something though that will get you a small respect points from sweds as we have a saying that we take in the cultsure we are heading in to so we are more fitting in and if we know the languish the better
Don't hesitate! Come! Swedes love tourists so much, we don't get too many of them, so we get really enthusiastic and helpful when people show an interest in our country.
There are lots of old American cars in Gävle too. Especially when the sun’s out, they’re cruising around everywhere.
Yeah, the culture in to have/drive a car or even have the cars as hobby is alot more common in smaller towns and in the country side, because it's alot more of a need there to have a car and alot more space to park.
makes sense! i thought about it for a while but gave up, but that's a valid explanation
I lived in Varberg 4 years, I loved it and I’m glad that you liked it and you enjoyed it Stefan. Now I live in Örebro that is a big city for me when I compare to Varberg hahahaha. You are welcome here in Örebro
Love the new haircut man! Really suits you. I am moving to Helsingborg from Fort Worth, Texas in august. I"ll be attending Lund University to study Swedish. So excited to start my new life in Sweden. I have always enjoyed your videos and appreciate what you are doing here. Who knows, maybe we will bump into each other!
finally, haha. 😂 I feel like your view of Sweden has come across a little narrow since the swedish lifestyle is not mainly centred around the Stockholm area😁
I live near gothenburg, too, but in a bigger town than varberg and most of my friends pay around 6000-8500 for apartments between appr. 55-70 square metres. The ones I'm talking about are one or a few km from the city centre, and the very central ones are probably more expensive.
i guess there are cheaper ones but you'd have to lower your standards a little
Which city? Kungsbacka?
Come to inland north sweden, houses are pretty cheap
'Sometimes it's good to mix it up and get a completely new perspective' - very true, Stefan. Great post - tack så mycket, dude 👍
I remember an interviewer asked some people of Stockholm about the moving of Kiruna, and they had no idea it was even happening. Melodifestivalen never goes up north - we feel left out. Some of the reasons why I think Stockholm people only live in their own bubble
Varberg!!! So fun you came to visit our beautiful town! To me Varberg is just the right size, haha. If i ever need some big city vibes Gothenburg is just an hour away.
Definitely feels like a different world in Stockholm to the smaller places in Sweden! I’m a British guy living in Östergötland, and you have way different experiences than me.
Such an amazing country to live in.
That list of cities is pretty strange. How is Södermalm not just a part of Stockholm?
It is.
Varberg is a small town, and it is also a tourist city ... lot of summer tourists :)
EPA, is the "car" you mentioned, you need to be 15 to drive them, same as for "mopeder" :D
If you go 30 minutes north of Varberg you can find Tjolöholm slott(Tjolöholm castle) outside of the really small town of Åsa. The surrounding area of Tjolöholm slott has some really nice walking paths and you can get a tour of the inside of the castle for a decent price.
One thing I just can’t understand is how big city people are able to cope with the constant noice. I can’t even stand IKEA for more than half an hour🤕
Hey, that was an old list of the population per town/city. Gävle where i live has about 102.000 and not 74.880 :p
I would say that this is a correct assesment. Prices are way less for living in smaller place like Varberg. You can go to Småland and you will find a even cheaper places to live than Varberg. But shops could be somewhat the same in price maybe a little bit less expensive. Fika is way less costly though in many smaller places and good quality as well. Restaurants vary a lot in cost. But generally the cost is about the same as in Stockholm (at least in the suburbs of Stockholm).
Interesting video Stefan - and much of what you say is very true. Am myself from Orsa (small village in Dalarna 300km northwest of Stockholm) And when I moved down I was occasionally called a farmer or more specific "dalmas", and when I came home to Orsa often Stockholmers "laugh". And of course it is the case that in many smaller places the atmosphere is lighter and happier - but also a little tougher in another way.
Thanks again for a great clip.
”Raggarbilar” exist all over and these meet-ups does as well. It’s not just Varberg. We have Västerås Summer Meet in Västerås (usually first weekend in July), we have cruising and car meet-up in Trollhättan (usually the last saturday in May) and similar things in other towns like Uddevalla, Sala, Tibro, Lidköping and more. These cruising things and meet-ups happen almost everywhere in Sweden except posibly the bigger cities like Gothenburg, Stockholm and Malmö. Allso; raggarbilar are old American cars usually from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
My old hometown! It was a great place to grow up in. 2 sisters still live there.
I like that you check out places outside Stockholm. Like you said, Sweden is so much more. 😉 You really should check out the beautiful nothern parts of the country, with the mountains and forests. It's very popular going on skiing trip there in the winter. (After the pandemic is over, they'll open up for more party in those areas as well). Also check out the southern parts, like beautiful Österlen in Skåne. I have about 40 minute drive there from my, small hometown. 😉 People from Stockholm sometimes have their "opinions"about us from Skåne, but hey, it goes both ways... 😁
It is expensive to live in Sweden, but even more expensive in Stockholm.
Now you know it's alot cheaper to rent an apartment in smaller towns.
Now you should try shoping at Swedish supermarkets, as Ica maxi, Willy's, ÖoB and maybe also Gekå's in Ullared.
That was fun here you vist Varberg, When i was young we took "raggarundan" in Varberg sometimes
And old US cars are expensive depending on model and age and can cost more than new cars
I stayed at the Havana once when I was buying a car there in 2017. Very cool place!! 👍
Loved the video as always, love everything about sweden 🇸🇪 please make a video why u moved from Portland to sweden or what are the similarities between your city and the city where u are in sweden i've heard Portland is a beautiful place pretty rainy greetings from texas USA 🇬🇹🇺🇸😊😊😊😊
The best place in Sweden in the summer is Mellbystrand on the west coast. Go there
Min profilbild är från Mellbystrand! Väldigt fint ställe men lite för långgrunt
Heard of Visby, Gotland? 😎
I grew up on an 80 acre farm, 2.5 mikes away from the nearest town-which was 250 people normally, except when school was in session and then the population was double.
I’ve raised my kids in a 300,000 population area south of Seattle. (Still not quite sure how I landed here, but . . . )
Several years ago, my youngest son broke his arm (racing his brother; he was on roller blades and his brother was on his bicycle-he won on roller blades but fell at the end).
While waiting to get his arm set, I pulled up an aerial shot of the town near where I grew up. He blurted out “that’s not a town, it’s a neighborhood!”
I think there’s more to do in smaller towns, actually, but I’m partial to outdoor activities. Although, we’ve all caught the hockey bug, living here in the Pacific Northwest, and there wasn’t even an ice rink anywhere near where I grew up, so I don’t think I’d ever live in a place so small that the ice rink was more than 30 minutes away, now.
Have you ever been on Gotland?
Been to the north? Like, Sundsvall, Luleå or Övertorneå?
I really enjoy your videos, you really give me, a native, such a different perspective. Not only that, I also discover new facts that. About the slow moving cars by the way, what you are looking for is A-Traktor or EPA-Traktor, these considered the 4 wheel alternative to mopeds for teenagers because you can drive both from the day you turn 15. Right now though they take their license on a moped and this have raised a discussion as this is the cause of many accidents, they also tamper with their electronics to be able to drive faster. Raggarbilar is in its true sense old veterans, classical american cars a la 50's. Think Fonzie or Grease. Rock n Roll and shiny, flashy cars. That said, the cars ranges up to the early 90's.
This became a safe ground for misfits and side by side by the true enthusiasts, a new group developed splitting 'Raggare' into two distinct lifestyles. The newer one being an anarchistic, slobby, fuck it all, play loud music, be loud, be seen, be heard, fuck the system and drink alcohol in absurd quantities. The originals adopt it almost like a living lifestyle, dressing like back then, decorating their homes like back then, going to dance and music events in really good looking outfits and hair dressings.
Many of the kids adapted to the latter one early on by doing all kinds of weird stuff with the cars and having them sound as loud as possible.
I REALLY recommend you to watch this documentary, a deep look into the life of the second group.
www.svtplay.se/video/22438846/raggarjavlar
Cheers and thank you. Tack för dina videos!
Jonas
Varbergs fästning is nice. Have you been to Gekås Ullared?
Ewww last time at ullared was around year 2000 will never return.....
Hey Stefan! Have you ever been to Gotland? If not i would recommend touring Visby and especially the northern parts of the Island. I am a bit biased towards the northern parts as we own a beautiful lake house by "Bäste träsk" The water here is as blue as the bahamas. Great video as always, nice too see you exploring this beautiful country that´s hidden outside of stockholm. Cheers:)
Kul för Stefan att vistas lite mer på landets framsida. ;)
Här går ju till och med att bada i havet vilket dyngpölen östkustborna dras med inte duger till när man är Hallänning. ;)
Funny how he refers to gothenburg as a ”town”
haha yeah, depends on what you compare it with :)
Hamlet: less than 100 people.
Village: a few hundred people.
Town: 10,000-300,000 people.
City: 300,000-1,000,000 people.
Metropolis: 1,000,000-3,000,000 people.
Conurbation/Global city: 3,000,000-10,000,000 people.
Megalopolis/mega city: 10,000,000+ people.
Gigalopolis/giga city: 100,000,000+ people.
Eperopolis: incorporated gigacities, more than one billion people.
Ecumenopolis: a theoritical planet wide city.
So Gothenburg is a city, but it really doesn't feel like one. Our terminology here in Sweden is a bit weird. Worlds like "stad" has lost all meaning. Like there isn't much city in the city of Gothenburg.
another part to the discussions about whatever sweden is expensive or not is the fact that in sweden we have a public health care system and public school system and stuff that acctually is relativly good. recent years it has been starting to get torn down and privatised however my point is that living expenses tends to get lower when you don´t have to worry about things like whatever you´re kids will be able to get an education (even adult education) or whatever you´ll lose everything if you break you´re leg or something. That said we are acctually having something of a looming housing crisis here in sweden so its likly that costs of housing will go up in the near future. All this said being a tourist in swden tends to get expensive though...
This is so weird. I was just having breakfast and this video popped up in my recommendation, and I live in Varberg. Not just in Varberg, but just 100m from Havanna where you had rum, in a one-roomer that I rent for the equivalent of around 300 US dollars, so pretty much exactly what you said in the video. That's rather surreal. I had no idea who you were or what the video was about! Nearly spat out my black swedish coffee!
Hope you enjoyed your stay.
(Update: Didn't read the comments before I wrote mine. Others already told you the same thing. But that kinda proves my point)
Stefan - Make this a series! Visit different towns and places, vlog some and give your thoughts about them. I might be a nerd in travel and tourism, but I'm almost certain that others would appreciate this as well. Would be really interesting to see and it would def fit your channels theme. Think about it! ✌️
Pleased to see that you look at other parts of Sweden too. There are big differences, especially if you have the possibility to visit northern Sweden. I myself have lived in Stockholm most of my life ( 79 years now ) , moved to Enköping ( 70 km west of Stockholm, pop.40.000) two years ago. I can tell you it is a big difference, much like you descibe in your report from Varberg.
Bought a 2 room "bostadsrätt" central location for 1,2 million kronor, pay 4500:- per month. That is extremely much cheaper than in Stocholm although it is not very far.
I live and work in Stockholm but spend much of my spare time in Kopparberg, a very small village. Many of the younger population spend a lot of time with their cars; some are "raggarbilar", others are more like vintage cars and of course there is an A-tractor here and there too. The way of life is different there compared to the city life. What one likes and/or dislikes is a personal choice and it also depends on where in life one happens to be. Personally, I like the change between the different lifestyles.
Hi Stefan, I'm an American living here in ARN and I used to live in PDX for about 10 years. As a matter of fact, I'm flying back there in a couple of weeks! I'm not sure why you came here, but probably for some love, which is no small undertaking, because Swedish women (and men) are quite beautiful as a general rule, tend to be intelligent and are on the whole, quite pleasant to be around. I hope you find your happiness here, because this is truly a great place to live, where your stressors are greatly reduced and even if you still have some, there is always a doctor who 'll listen. Good luck, young dude (I'm an old dude, 59 today!) If you want anything special from PDX, message me and I'll hook you up!
Great video Stefan!
If you're ever interested in doing another episode on Gothenburg I am an American who has lived here most of my life and I've been following your show for a year now and I think it's great!
Anyway, you're welcome to stay here a night or two for free.
Warning!!! I live in the extremely dangerous "no go zone" förort, Swedish suburbs, "Orten!". So beware.
yay, new video!
When I grew up we lived in a village of about 100 inhabitants. In 8th grade we moved "into town", with about 10000 inhabitants. We only lived there for about 2 years before moving out into the "bush" again. Too much people. Now I live in Enköping, and feel it is big enough for me, close to Stockholm if I want those kinds of activities, but it is not that often.
Nice! Would have been lovely to see some shots from your journey!
I grew up in a small village outside of Falun, everyone knows everyone!! and we also have those Raggar bilar. I have now lived in America for 2 years and to me everything is big, haha and I'm still finding differences in culture etc., it's exciting!
Varberg has smaller amount of people living there than it does in most suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden .
Here is a fun idea for you, look at car insurances in different areas of Sweden, my 2011 Citroen C5 diesel cost me close to 3 times what my old boss would pay that lives in a smaller town, i live in a suburb of Stockholm where well things burn a lot. The price differences can be staggering.
Worth noting is that both of us are fairly close in age which can of course also be a big difference, young people tend to pay a lot more but at 51 i don't consider myself that young.
The red triangle on the max 30km cars is mandatory by law for slow moving wheicles.
They are either EPA tractors, or 4 wheeled mopeds 🤪
What U deffi should see is Bohuslän on the west coast in the summer, it actually beats the stockholm arcapelago.
Du kan inte jämföra bokostnaden i resten av landet med Stockholm, Jag bor i en liten stad i en tvåa på 54 kvm hyran på den är 4650. En så stor lägenhet till den hyran kan du inte hitta i närheten av Stockholm
Jag bor i en 1,5:a, 38m², 15min gångväg från Södermalm. Hyra: 3400:-.
Jag bor i en trea på 80 kvm i vasastan (granne med Stefan) jag betalar 4k för avgift och ränta
@@beorlingo Oj det är önskedröm för många jag trodde allt i Stockholm var svindyrt att bo med tanke på hur stor efterfrågan på lägenheter är i Stockholm
@@aeh2435 nyproducerat är som regel helt galet dyrt. Men det finns definitivt en del billiga gamla hyreslgh på marknaden!
5:43 ”the people in Varberg seem to be very friendly”
I think that’s a West coast thing. It’s the same in Gothenburg
My friend and I spent a holiday in Arvika canoeing. We took the ferry from Denmark to Gothenburg, and had to drive north. The signs on the E4 road did not show any distances, just the names of the towns. Now, usually it shows the nearest town first. So we looked on the map to confirm we are on the correct road, but I could not find the name. Until we finally realised it was WAY up North!
Can you maybe do a video about how to find a rental flat in Stockholm? I believe it is a strange system.
An American pronouncing Porsche the right way 😄 I’m impressed
I am part German after all 🤷🏼♂️
My home town! ❤️ It’s wonderful in the summer.
When it comes to "raggarbilar" so is there a huge culture that surrounds it. And you have some cheaper cars but you should check out Västerås and the Power Meet there. Then you can see that it is a big culture that is massive in some parts of Sweden.(Usually, the countryside more than in the cities, even though it exists in the cities so don't you notice them as much) Also a-traktorer or epa, they are mainly being driven by kids in the countryside as a way of getting to their school and such, since there is usually not that great communications as you might be used to living in a city like Stockholm, Gothenburg or really any city.
I also have a feeling you have mainly seen a lot of the "finer" sides of Swedish living rather than the more average joe. First with living in Vasastan in Stockholm and then I saw a video about going out into the archipelago that surrounds it, not that many people have a summer house out there or have even been there. So I am not surprised you find it expensive to live in Sweden considering what part of it you seem to have been seeing the most of.
Do you have more vids of smaller places, small cities or towns like Gränna or Kalmar?
We actually did stop by Gränna but weren’t there for long
@@StefanThyron I have been to Gränna like 2 years ago, we have a old neighbour that lives there now, I live in an tiny town called Hallstavik (about 8 Swedish miles from Stockholm) with a population of about 5000 people, but I really like the country, the nature and atmosphere around here is great! Although there are stuff missing here, for those I usually go by bus to the nearest, a bit bigger town called Norrtälje.
Are you planning on moving back to the States? Bigger cities as you prefer, but you’ll have way way less time off as you know!!
Du borde verkligen ta en road trip genom Norrland. Här kan du hitta riktigt vacker natur och små städer 😁
You should visit Bohuslän.
It's very nice along the west coast.
It's much better then the east coast and Stockholm.
Dropping this in here so you see it. You MUST go to Chelas in Hornstull. It is a real Mexican place and not just a street taco (love those and La Neeta but...).
Well, there is a bit more people then 30000 in Varberg, more like 63000, but prehaps 30000 in the city alone but the hole city has around 63000.
Those population figures of cities in Sweden are not very accurate since our municipalities (Kommuner) are a not equivalent to the cities. Stockholm city does for example not include Solna and other parts of the city, since Stockholm consists of several municipalities, even though people consider them part of Stockholm and you can’t tell where the actual border is. Norrköping and every other city on that list is actually a lot bigger as urban areas.
Varberg is big compared to my hometown (where there is about 2300 inhabitants) and calling Varberg "a little bit more on the countryside" and referring to it as a "smaller town" is quite funny from my perspective since our closest "big town" has only about 15000 inhaitants which is about half the size of Varberg. ;-)
If you really wanna see the countryside (the real countryside) with forests with amazing trails you can hike along to reach a large number of chalets and "summer farms", big green fields, forngårdar and fantastic views over mountains and lakes. Travel up north. :-)
I love your content!!
The housing prices in Stocholm are completely insane, it is much cheaper up north
It's much cheaper literally *anywhere* else.
Stockholmare is a mix of people from whole Sweden from Finland and other parts of the world, so if folk think "Stockholmare är dryga" do they actually say that swede's are "dryga'?
1:18 why does Södermalm count as a city?? Have I missed something??
Stockholm is really much more expensive than other places in Sweden, I live at Möllevången in the centre of Malmö, Sweden's third biggest city, and things here are really dirt cheap (for being in western Europe). I'm willing to bet Möllevången is the cheapest place in all of Sweden. Price examples (1 USD = 8,3 SEK):
My rent + electricity and internet (I live in a commune with two other guys, this is just my share of it): ~3400 SEK /month
A late night pizza: 75 SEK
A falafel: 35 SEK
An indian dish (lunch deal): 79 SEK
An indian dish (not lunch): 120 SEK
A guy haircut: 100 SEK (recent increase from 50 SEK)
A sammoun bread from the tandoori bakery: 4 SEK
A can of coca cola: 12 SEK
Two cucumbers (from market/vegetable stores, can often be found even cheaper): 15 SEK
Two boxes of coctail tomatoes (on sale at market): 10 SEK
1 kg of minced halal beef (from butcher's shop): ~50 SEK
1 kg of minced lamb (from butcher's shop): ~75 SEK
you need to visit the northern sweden during january/febuary and experience Aurora (norrsken as we call it)
You should check out what the prices is on an old american car!
why we are different from Varberg vs Stockholm, i think because Stockholm is a bigger town and the capital and Varberg is more of a summer vacation place
I'm sorry you're mixing several types of cars. The one for teenagers are A-tractor, can only go max 50 km/h, I think. Raggarbil is from the greaser life style in USA. The buy old us cars like cadillacs and renovate them. And yes Varberg is a sweet time. Stockholmians are compared to New Yorkers compared to Londoners. Also the svear are the tribe that conquered the rest of swedens part of the peninsula, so the resent is still there among the conquered. In Skåne the will to be reunited with with Denmark still exists. So I warn foreigners living in Stockholm, to have a humble attitude when they go out in the country outside Stockholm.
@North America yes
Stockholm in not like the rest of sweden. I live two hours north of Sthlm, and the houses food and everything is cheaper👍 and everyone is friendly.
I'm ready for Sweden to open up to non-essential travelers so I can visit again and this time with my family....
You can gladly visit us:) Here you dont need to wear a covid mask, just so you know;)
Those statistics are a bit weird. Like there are Stockholm suburbs much more people than Norrköping.
Raggarbilar and A traktor/ Epa ( the slow ones for 15- 17 years old) are not the same. Raggarbilar is often old American cars or Volvo and Volvo is the lower tier of raggare.
Can you pls do a video on the cheapest house in Sweden. I love all ur video Stefan. Cheers.
While I can't speak for the small town folk due to being a born and raised Göteborgare, I feel like I need to point this out.
No Stefan, we don't think the Stockholmers look down upon us or anything, we just think they're snobbish as heck, and we (At least us Gothenburgers) relish any and every opportunity to remind Stockholmers of their own snobbish attitude.
Not only Gothenburg people think that...
//en Skåning/Halländare
To my mind "look down on" and snobbish are fairly close synonyms. You can add "stuck up" to your vocabulary list too. :-D Stockholmers think they can get away with it because here at home they see themselves as big fish in a small pond (Sweden). When they go out into the big world beyond their coping strategy changes- sometimes successfully, sometimes not...( but that's another story- think fall down drunk in Copenhagen vs. all mellowed out over a glass of good wine around the Mediterranean).
@@calvinray5615 I agree... The difference is one thing you do the other you are.
If you *are* snobbish, you *look down* on others.
If you come back to the west coast, Bohuslän, hook me up and I will take you for mackerel fishing in July! :)
The question I have may not the right topic, but do New Yorkers and LAers compete and look down on each other? What do they say, and what do they call each other? Never been to either of the cities, but they seems very different. Architecture, mindset, lifestyle etc. Stockholm and Gothenburg for an example aren't that super different when compared.
I’ve lived in LA and stayed with friends in NY. I feel like both cities are their own little worlds and don’t really care one way or the other about each other. They each think they’re the only place in to be in the US. Of course, they’re close to 3,000 miles apart. It almost feels like the East and West coasts are two different countries. In my opinion, NY feels like a big city and LA feels like a collection of small towns. Of course, my idea of small towns is very different than Stefan’s, growing up in an actual small town in Montana, with a population of 200, give or take 🤷🏽♀️
@@hannahpricekarlsson interesting!🤔
Varberg is very nice!
I live in one of the smaller villages with around 1,300 people, and i act like the people in Stockholm. I even have the dialect, despite living down in Kristianstad, Skåne, or if you translate that last part, you get Scania, and no, not the truck brand, but the county of Scania, which Scandinavia is named after
If you look at the villages around where I live 1300 is an incredibly big number that's like the inhapitans of 10 villages.
@@darkwolf4434 ok, the biggest village in the county i call home, as Scania county is devided into smaller counties, has around 5000 inhabitants, and that's the biggest village i know of. The village i grew up in and called home has around 200 peope who call that village home, but most villages in Sweden have around 1000 or more who call these villages home
I grew up in a small village where there used to live around 400 people I don't like cities at all, the city I live closest to has around 60k living in it and I think that is too big.
Where are you from that you associate winter with rain?
He's from Portland area in Oregon
He said it in the video.
Great video! As a native Skåning from Malmö, the stereotype about stockholmare is definitely true. The "nose in the air" pretty much sums it up. But I think some of it has to do with the dialect. To other swedes (atleast skåningar), stockholm dialect sounds bratty AF and almost a little ridiculing.
Å andra sidan gör sig ju en stockholmare förstådd 😉
@@ge_mig_nat_som_kanns För resten av Sverige är skåne basically danmark i guess
You really should visit Öland or Gotland in the summer time!
Great video
you should really try and get in contact with someone with a raggar bil and go on a cruise event, there are smaller cruises that are a day thing and then there are the big ass full weekend meet ups with thousands of cars.
You should deffenetly check out Lund.