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Swedish mystery no II Posted by jennie on Aug 30, 2010
Moving on quickly from yummy pizza salads to something less edible but equally confusing. Swedish ATM’s (bankomat), or more specifically, the way you insert your card in a Swedish ATM. Oddly enough, up there this in done upside down (uppochner), with the magnetic strip up as seen on the picture if you look closely. Why…
The mysterious Swedish pizza salad Posted by jennie on Aug 27, 2010
While the rest of the world are occupied with solving the Stieg Larsson mysteries, I have found a mystery of my own. It might be very insignificant and it probably doesn’t takes a hacker like Salander to solve it, but I would gladly have your take on it. Anyone ever had pizza in Sweden? If not, I can…
Meatballs and beetroot sallad: A Swedish classic Posted by jennie on Aug 20, 2010
As Marcus so rightfully pointed out here, Swedes loves condiments in tubes. Anything you can put in a tube goes in a tube, basically. I must admit, I can’t stand most of the tube stuff and if you come near me with a tube of Kalles kaviar, I might have to hit you hard. Even harder…
Sweden – the third best country to live in Posted by jennie on Aug 17, 2010
Alright, if you would have asked me, I might have given us a gold medal, but according to the US magazine Newsweek’s investigation published today, Sweden is the third best country to live in in the whole wide world. Not bad, right? Newsweek have evaluated 100 countries based on five categories: health, economic dynamism, education, political…
107 Swedish dialects – all in one place Posted by jennie on Aug 13, 2010
We had some friends around for dinner last night. One of them is going to Sweden for a work exchange in a few weeks time and she kindly asked me to teach her something typically Swedish. Of course, I took my task seriously and I decided to teach her how to drink aquavit Swedish style, drinking songs included… An…
Allsång – a Swedish summer tradition Posted by jennie on Aug 10, 2010
There are a few essentials you must experience during a traditional Swedish summer. In my opinion, you can’t leave the country before you have been to a proper midsummer party with the “Little Frog”-dance, seen the midnight sun, tried our new potatoes with sourcream and chives, sung one drinking song on a crazy crayfish party and –…
A taste of Swedish summer Posted by jennie on Aug 3, 2010
It is still holiday season in Sweden and I’m doing an excellent job of fully enjoying it, dividing the lazy days between my parents summer house and a boat, hopping around the thousands of islands here on the west coast. Hard times, isn’t it? The sea around here (Skagerack) are practically not tidal at all…