First Time Camping in Sweden | Rainy Camping with the Family | Living in Sweden
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2023
- 🇸🇪 We went camping in Sweden for the first time and in today's video, I'd like to talk about how it was for us. Unfortunately, it was raining on our first camping trip but what could you do. It was still fun!
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There are a lot of Norwegians in Sweden, because it is cheap for them to be on holiday in Sweden, as everything is cheap for Norwegians in Sweden as the Swedish krona is lower than the Swedish krona. The increase of Norwegians in Sweden came after the Norwegian road between Narvik and Kiruna was completed in 1982, when the Norwegians take that road further down through Sweden and Norwegians usually have their holidays in Sweden. If you look at my city Kiruna and the part of Lapland, we mostly have Germans who come up here to hike in the mountains and because they can fish, canoe in the rivers. Then we have from Spain, Italy and France. as I said the Norwegians pass through Kiruna and stop to eat and then stock up on cheaper food as well as soft drinks and sweets as Norway has a sugar tax but not Sweden so for the Norwegians this is very cheap compared to Norway.
I recommend that if you want to feel freer, the peace and quiet, to go camping out in nature and stop by a lake instead.
I would never in my life stay at a campsite on my holiday, because the campsite is still like a street where you live permanently with people close to each other. But as I thought you should try camping where you are alone. then you enjoy it best.
For me and many with me up here in Lapland, there is nothing that compares to going after a river and fishing, making a fire and eating and drinking coffee by the river and hearing how the water moves downwards and sleeping under the open sky or tents for those who want it.
Sleeping 2-4 hours under the open sky makes you feel more rested than what you do at home where you sleep for 7-8 hours, it all depends on the fresh air and the calm sound of the river.
You are right about the camping feeling in the nature instead of the campside. But don't forget that they are "camping beginners" had little children with them. Maybe they will do so later?
By the way, past weekend they showed a trip report here on German TV where they went by train from Lulea to Kiruna (obviously this town is actually only one big iron mine?!) and Narvik and showed how life is there. The scenery there is truely amazing and remembers you of Canada or Alaska. Just great! 🤗
What kind of nonsense is it that you can't camp with really small children out in nature rather than at campsites? Being and camping or camping out in nature with small children means that they learn about nature at an early age, to stay in nature and adapt accordingly. Up in Lapland, we take children already when they are small into nature and camping and learn from a young age how to cope in nature. How to set up a tent or just a simple wind and rain cover, make a fire, and teach them to fish, and then hunt.
In Kiruna there is a mine but not everyone works there. What Kiruna also has is the space company Esrange and people come there mainly from other parts of Europe as we have the European space program here. Luleå University of Technology in Kiruna
In Kiruna there is the latter part of the civil engineering program in space technology and several different master's programs in the space area. The Department of Space Technology is housed here and there are around thirty employees in two research subjects, atmospheric science and space technology systems. People from all over the world come here to study.
Kiruna also has the northernmost military defense area, where the entire training takes place in a mountain environment. This will now be expanded and also become a training site for the other NATO countries as soon as Sweden becomes a member of NATO. but already today, part of NATO has exercises up here.
So what has been shown on German television is not a fraction of what is happening in Kiruna.
Spending my 43d summer vacation in Gotland. Been here for 2 weeks (2 weeks left). So far only rain 3 times. (1mm-5mm-1mm. Thats all). My lawn is as usual dry and yellow. If you want sun Gotland is the place to go. Pretty cold this summer 18-24 and windy
Enjoy your holiday!!
The reason there are so many norwegians camping in sweden is that everything is so cheap here. Especially things such as alcohole, candy and food. Even such a simple thing like going out and eating eat is cheaper here than in norweigh (even having an pizza!) And the camper vans got very popular during the covid so people could travel around instdad of reenting hotel rooms. And not far from where i live a camper site that got very popular. And still is among germans whon wanted to see the midnight sun is Piteå havsbad
Hi! When i go tent camping. I usualy bring a electric heater. It helps against the cold. and even the damp air.
That's a good idea, thanks for sharing! 🙏🏻
If you want to experience camping life, you did the right thing, living in a tent couldn't be more camping feeling. And you felt Swedish summer, i.e. rain + sunshine 🌨🌥🌤.
If you want to live a little more comfortably, it is an idea to rent a cabin. Available at many campsites.
I think I mentioned "Skärgårdsbyn" before. is located right by the sea in the StAnna archipelago. shallow swimming area perfect for children, boat and kayak rental restaurant etc
Yes, we saw some cabins there as well. We will definitely try that as well sometime :) St Anna is on the list of our destinations 👏🏻👏🏻
The summer was in June this year. Apparently.
Yeh... that's what I feel too. We had some amazing summer days in June. Now, it's rainier and cooler. Fingers crossed there will be some more summer days 🤞🏻
@@LivingSwedish I think they cancelled summer this year, lol. Hoping for an Indian summer later this year. My veg garden is a ruin, nothing grew as it should so next year I'm gardening under cover (shade if it's sunny, plastic if not. Also, July's constant rain is bringing out mosquitoes by the billions! :( )
You're doing great! I would never spend a night in tent with such small kids. I need more conveniance. 😅 I have spent many summers in caravan (husvagn) though. But we took it 350 km from home June 1st, parked it, established our camp with everything you could need and used it as our summer house until August 31st.
Thank you! 😊 I can imagine life in a caravan is sweet 🥰
As others have said. Swedish campsites are ranked by a star system. And I'm guessing Gustavsvik is a five star camping. Even I know about it, even if I have never stayed there :)
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Your experience is very relatable! 😂
I suggest watching the movie "Vi hade i alla fall tur med vädret" (the weather was good at least), a Swedish classic comedy about camping 😁
For som more general Swedish culture and language practices, also while having fun at the same time, I recommend the comedy shows "Sommaren med släkten" and "solsidan", perfect for rainy days like these ☺️
Thanks for the tips! Brilliant! 😊
Sorry for the weather!
And if the children is happy, the parents is happy!
Yep! It made me super happy that my kids had so much fun :)
My mother had the amazing idea to take me and my sister camping in southern Sweden when we I was 12 and my sister was 7. I’m 32 now and it’s still one of the most traumatizing things I’ve gone through. The cold nights, the wet, the shared facilities. After that we only stayed in hotels. Some people aren’t made for camping 😂
Hahaha great story!! Thanks for sharing!
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By the way, did you have problems with mosquitoes?
Are they in Sweden as nasty as they are here in Germany?
If yes, Autan always helped us a lot. Don't know if you can buy it in Sweden, too.
I don't know if it's true for all of sweden but the stockholm region has had very few mosquitoes this summer.
Maybe june was too dry for them.
It usually varies from year to year, and region to region, how bad the mosquitoes get.
@@suntiger745 Ah, ok. That's an explanation. I was just wondering if she just forgot to mention these nasty fellows in the video or if they simply did not encounter many of them. "Camping beginners" often forget to take some insect spray or creme with them and are "eaten up" on their first trip. So I just wanted to give that advice. Maybe the world needs more 🕷 to solve the problem? 😉
Rain in the middle of our Swedish summer, no way :=) Also you might want to rent or buy a camper van it is the way to go.
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Well, you are not quite 100% Swedish yet, because I think as a Swede you must have at least one camping horror story to tell. 😁 Whether it's rain, cold, broken tent, flooded tent, sickness, drunks falling on your tent, forgetting a sleeping bag, general breakdowns or sleeping on a small stone for a whole night cause you set up the tent JUST there - it must be a rubbish experience. But I have faith in you getting there. 😊 Great to hear about your camping and great video as always! 👍
9:22 Love that both kids and adults just "throw" their bikes where they are. No one's gonna steal them.
True. Trauma bonding is a quintessential swedish bonding experience. :D
Your first observation matches my basic idea of how people camp in Sweden. People with caravans and campervans tend to camp at campsites, while people with tents tend to wild camp.
Also, I believe Swedish (maybe in other countries too) campsites are rated between 1 and 5 stars, where 1 star campsite are the most basic ones, and 5 star campings have every facility you may need.
The only thing I don't "like" about those camping sites is that there's not much nature in the site. I honestly would love campers and tent in between trees, instead of on a flat lawn, but for the first one, I understand why you did it like that.
I have a 3yo and we moved to Sweden 6m ago, but I am still a bit scared to go and camp with a tent, BUT I also imagine it just in the forest🌲, not in the campsite...We live 5-6h north 🦌of Stockholm so It might be easier to find this trees camp site that I am imagining in my head... So we shall see. I will keep you updated on that 🔥
At the start of the video she says that she had worries because it could be too dangerous for her 1yo daughter in the nature. I remember when we had been camping next to a lake and have to agree with her: Maybe the kids should be a bit older for camping in the nature because quickly accidents can happen and the next ambulance is far away...
Hej, we're in Jamtland. There are campsites here that are in the nature reserves and outside those in the "wild". Lots of forest and many rivers and lakes too. Mosquitoes have been bad this year though. I use deet when I go outdoors....
@@f.goossens8118 Hey, sounds like a good place to go for Uli and her family somewhen in the future, although its a longer way than to Örebro. I enjoyed wild camping with my dad and his friends when I was a kid and teen. With fishing and campfire... and 🍻 and lots of 🦟🦟🦟!
@@f.goossens8118 Amazing, I am in the High Coast so I should check what I have around! Thanks for the heads up!
@@EDMS_Aviation That's why I haven't gone yet. I feel like even my 3yo would be a bit in danger in full nature mode... 🌲