Archive for 'Culture'
Pea Soup and Pancakes Posted by Marcus Cederström on Feb 24, 2011
It is Thursday today, and if you were lucky enough to be in Sweden today, you might have noticed that pancakes and pea soup were on nearly every lunch menu throughout the country. It happens every Thursday, and for a foreigner, the combination of pea soup and pancakes is a strange one. It may seem…
Veronica Maggio – Dumpa mig Posted by Tibor on Feb 23, 2011
This song is based on a true story, I have heard it through the grapevine. The only difference is that in real life a guy from Stockholm travelled down to Gothenburg to meet his loved-one who was working at the Opera House in Gothenburg. The girl didn´t want to break up through the telephone so she did it on-site…
Time for sportlov! Posted by jennie on Feb 22, 2011
Starting from week 7, children in Sweden gets a week of from school. This week is called sportlov (sport’s break) and it happens at different weeks in different parts of Sweden. The southen children enjoy the time off first (week 7) and the children up north get their holiday four weeks later – mostly because the weather is so unbarebly cold…
Swedish Humor (The Angry Law Show on P3) Win two tickets! Posted by Tibor on Feb 16, 2011
What do you do if you need to do a poo in Sweden? Well, this is nothing really what we research here on the Swedish Blog. I am so sorry guys! For finding toilet facilities in Sweden; the easiest way is to brush up your Swedish or English before coming here. But talking about poo….My and Linnea…
Pocket Top Ten – That´s what most Swedes read 2011 january Posted by Tibor on Jan 26, 2011
Topplista 2011 januari Do you know what the hottest books are in Sweden right now? Do you know what the most Swedes read at the moment? There was a few months ago when someone mailed me if I could recommend some Swedish books that are popular at the moment. Well, these are not all Swedish…
In the land of roofs covered in meters of snow Posted by Katja on Jan 25, 2011
Right now in the north of Sweden houses, sports centers, schools and every other thinkable building are covered in meters and meters of snow. This makes everything look like a winter wonderland, though what you might not think about too closely is when the temperature rises all that wonderful snow turns wet… That causes innumerable…
Hur mycket kostar det? Posted by jennie on Jan 21, 2011
Hands up anyone who isn’t broke at the moment? January normally means an empty wallet, and since that is the status of my wallet as we speak, I figured we’d take a look at some average prices in Sweden. Scandinavia has a reputation of being one of the most expensive destinations in Europe – which in most…