{"id":5347,"date":"2012-05-14T20:28:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T20:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2014-06-26T22:31:35","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T22:31:35","slug":"cafe-culture-in-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/cafe-culture-in-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 culture in Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of you dedicated Swedish blog readers will probably have read about or heard of the Swedish \u201cfika\u201d. Swedes love to have their 3 o\u2019clock fika-time or go out to caf\u00e9s and such. But still, the culture of sitting in caf\u00e9s is really very different from a lot of other countries in Europe. It is quite seldom, if ever, that people go from caf\u00e9 to caf\u00e9 and drink coffee and sit and talk for hours.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons for this might be that it is very expensive to go to caf\u00e9s in Sweden. One cup of coffee can, depending on the place, cost you about 20:- if not much much more. That is what you will have to pay at least for just black coffee. Anything more special than that, ie. esspresso, latte, mocca etc. will be closer to 35:- or more. Therefore it isn\u2019t such a great environment to casually, and on a daily basis, stroll from place to place.<\/p>\n<p>Yet another reason contributing to the fact is most likely the climate. Sweden hardly has \u201coutdoor seating\u201d climate all year round, so the sitting outside just chit chatting with friends isn\u2019t really the same.<\/p>\n<p>If we were to consider a more of an emotional\/cultural factor is that Swedes are more introverted than a lot of other types of people. It is not uncommon that people might walk past an acquaintance without saying hello if the person is surrounded by friends unknown to the other person. I just think it takes quite a lot more for most Swedes to loosen up and start talking to strangers. I can guess that most Swedes would hardly ever just join the party sitting at a caf\u00e9 if they happened to be walking past.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure that there are a lot of other reasons as well contributing to a different caf\u00e9 culture, please feel free to share if you think of any more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/05\/kaf\u00e9-sverige-350x235.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/05\/kaf\u00e9-sverige-350x235.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2012\/05\/kaf\u00e9-sverige.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Most of you dedicated Swedish blog readers will probably have read about or heard of the Swedish \u201cfika\u201d. Swedes love to have their 3 o\u2019clock fika-time or go out to caf\u00e9s and such. But still, the culture of sitting in caf\u00e9s is really very different from a lot of other countries in Europe. 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