{"id":3300,"date":"2011-03-21T22:57:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=3300"},"modified":"2011-03-21T23:02:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-21T23:02:49","slug":"signs-of-springvartecken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/signs-of-springvartecken\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of spring\/V\u00e5rtecken"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ladies and gentlemen, the spring equinox (v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mningen<\/strong>) is here which officially means\u00a0SPRING. Or…?<\/p>\n

The past two winters in Sweden has been unbelievably long and hard\u00a0– even with Scandinavians standards. The snow came early and left late –\u00a0even down south – and\u00a0the snowman we made during Christmas last year\u00a0was still standing when we returned almost three month later. This year, the spring is desperately trying to break through, but it seems rather hopeless… I went to Sweden last weekend and arrived to a spring-like G\u00f6teborg with mild temperatures and people drinking coffee in the sun (see Tibor’s lovely photos here<\/a>!) but when I woke up the next morning, the world was completely covered in white again. Even my\u00a0six year old nephew – who normally loves snow as most kids do – went nuts and yelled “I can’t take it anymore!!”.<\/p>\n

So what do Swedes do to cope with this endless winter? Apart from constantly moaning about it, drink loads and watch Melodifestivalen<\/a>, we gather signs of spring (v\u00e5rtecken<\/strong>). Almost all newspapers have a section with pictures of v\u00e5rtecken, the news on tv talks about v\u00e5rtecken and there are websites completely dedicated to v\u00e5rtecken – everything to keep our hopes up.
\nHere are some of the v\u00e5rtecken that the Swedes are looking out for:<\/p>\n

I tr\u00e4dg\u00e5rden (In the garden):<\/strong>
\nTussilago (Coltsfoot)<\/strong>
\nThe first sign of spring is this little fellow, mostly found in ditches and along the roads.
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Vitsippa (Wood anemone)<\/strong>
\nThis lovely little flower is covering slopes and the woods in Sweden come spring.<\/p>\n

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Scilla (Scilla)<\/strong>
\nA beautiful wild flower that tend to take over gardens in the spring.<\/p>\n

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I stan (In town):
\nMotorcyklar (Motorcycles)<\/strong>
\nAll of a sudden, they are everywhere, all the time. The bikers definitely emerge from hibernation when spring is coming.<\/p>\n

Uteserveringar (Beer gardens)<\/strong>
\nMost bars, pubs and coffee shops all of a sudden expand and get an outdoor area on the street or at the back – and it always comes with blankets in case the Swedish spring isn’t warm enough.<\/p>\n

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I nyheterna (In the news):<\/strong>
\nAllsvenskan (The Swedish top footbool leauge)<\/strong>
\nWhen most football leauges draw to an end – the Swedish Allsvenskan is kicking off! It goes on from April-September, the safest months for avoiding snow on the pitch!<\/p>\n

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P\u00e5 folk (On people):<\/strong>
\nGympaskor (Sneakers)<\/strong>
\nSneakers don’t really work with snow, ice and slush. Therefore, it’s a big day when you can take your beloved ones out for the first walk of the year.
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What signs of spring do you look out for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Ladies and gentlemen, the spring equinox (v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mningen) is here which officially means\u00a0SPRING. Or…? The past two winters in Sweden has been unbelievably long and hard\u00a0– even with Scandinavians standards. The snow came early and left late –\u00a0even down south – and\u00a0the snowman we made during Christmas last year\u00a0was still standing when we returned almost three…<\/p>\n

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