Archive for 'Culture'
More Nudity in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jul 23, 2010
TheLocal.se is a news site in Sweden that focuses on bringing Swedish news to people in English. It is not always a bastion of investigative journalism, but it can be entertaining and gives a quick overview of the important things happening in Sweden. It also gives a quick overview of the ridiculous things. Considering my…
The little red houses you see everywhere Posted by Katja on Jul 21, 2010
My cousins were visiting me and my family in Sweden for a couple of weeks and just went back to Australia yesterday. My cousins are 12 and 14 years old so we could go on some shorter road trips with them while they were here. In Västerbotten, the county that I live in in the…
Experiences with Arbetsförmedlingen Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jul 20, 2010
Plenty of people are looking for work when moving to a new country. As Jennie pointed out, there are several places to search for jobs. Even English speaking ones. When I first moved to Sweden, I didn’t have a job. I was in search of just about anything, English or Swedish. I had managed to…
Roadwork at midnight Posted by Katja on Jul 15, 2010
In most countries even road workers have reasonably similar hours to everyone else. In the north of Sweden road workers work all night long in shifts, since it never really gets dark. They can continue working without being stopped by the lack of light like during the rest of the year. Another bonus about working…
Nudity and Violence in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jul 14, 2010
Rick Steves recently wrote an article about nudity in Europe and the normal American reaction to that nudity. Titled European nudes and American prudes (cute huh?) it was published over at CNN.com for those of you interested. The article claims that Europeans are much more comfortable with nudity than Americans. Something that I agree with…
Swedish summer: Sizzling heat Posted by jennie on Jul 12, 2010
If you think Sweden is a rather cold place, you better think again! This summer is officially the hottest for years, and yesterday, the highest temperature since 1994 (all time high is 38 degrees, from 1947) was measured in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. The people of Målilla had to cope with a sizzling 35…
My Swedish connection collection Posted by jennie on Jul 9, 2010
A while back I came out about my weird habit of counting Swedish things around me. Well, this behaviour (beteende) hasn’t got any better. In fact, it has gone slightly mad. But now my counting has expanded from Swedish things/brands/colours to people with a Swedish connection (samband). Is it just me, or is the world…