The book I'm reading at the moment is set in Sweden and I realized that I've always been kind of obsessed with going there one day. So, this thread is for all things Swedish.
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/usa/Images/swedish-flag.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:05 (fifteen years ago)
Points in the body of a Swedish God
http://snap1.photobox.co.uk/47069115f3d17cfea294295360d3aa00b60fe4b52b595564ba9a45ed.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:06 (fifteen years ago)
http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/environment/gallery/2007/dec/05/1/A-breeding-bull-in-the-moon-149.jpg
http://www.getoutdoors.com/goblog/uploads/swedishchef.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:07 (fifteen years ago)
i dig on sweden
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:07 (fifteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Stockholm-at-night.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago)
Max, where you there or somewhere else in Scandinavia or am I imagining that totally?
http://boxoffice.com/blogs/steve/The_seventh_Seal.jpg
― harbl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:08 (fifteen years ago)
x-post *were*
http://www.bkspicture.com/Gallery/beautiful_places_in_sweden/beautiful_places_in_sweden_13.jpghttp://www.bkspicture.com/Gallery/beautiful_places_in_sweden/beautiful_places_in_sweden_5.jpg
― rent, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.geocities.com/ingridbergman4/ingrid_bergman.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago)
sweden's kewl, you're always close to Norway
― Insane Clown Ventures, LLC (iiiijjjj), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago)
My gf is a Swede. She's great.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:10 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/health-and-fitness/abba001.jpg
― harbl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/2019150774_99697cc4ab.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:11 (fifteen years ago)
ya erica, my gf got a grant to go do some research there last year and i accompanied her. we spent a week in stockholm and a night in gothenburg; both places are incredibly beautiful (gothenburg in particular) and filled with good-looking english-speaking swedes. everyone is very nice. the food is surprisingly good. everything is very expensive though.
ari is currently learning how to speak swedish--she wrote her senior comps on swedish furniture design in WWII. she knows more about sweden than i do.
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:12 (fifteen years ago)
you should read the sjowall and wahloo martin beck novels and also the henning mankell kurt wallander books. all very good swedish mysteries.
http://www.ica.org.uk/thumbnail.php?max=408&id=2875
― harbl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:13 (fifteen years ago)
actually check out the BBC wallander series w/ kenneth branagh too for an extra dose of beautifully-photographed northern sweden i just watched a couple last week and really dug em
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:13 (fifteen years ago)
Wow, that must have been amazing. It's pretty much at the top of places I really really want to go. Oooh - thank you for the recs! Will check all that out.
http://southernmetalreporter.today.com/files/2009/02/amona04.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:13 (fifteen years ago)
http://image07.webshots.com/7/1/44/32/2617144320053057263VtYWvL_fs.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago)
can i just say i love sweden
― rent, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago)
i would really like to go there, doesn't everyone think that? is it the most-coveted nation in the world?
― harbl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago)
The chorus is basically "all who don't dance are rapists"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yexeBCx7oow
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:17 (fifteen years ago)
second most coveted, after Norway
― Insane Clown Ventures, LLC (iiiijjjj), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:17 (fifteen years ago)
http://nullae.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/liv-ullman.jpg
― harbl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:17 (fifteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Swedish.food-Köttbullar_med_lingon-01.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:18 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.chgs.umn.edu/histories/wallenberg/images/W.jpg
― harbl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:18 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.ryu.titech.ac.jp/~ysep/student/ysep2007/present/Sweden/TraditionalCulture%20pg2_files/image002.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:19 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfU-4Y4_akY
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:20 (fifteen years ago)
http://figitalrevolution.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/17.jpg
― rent, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:20 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.archasung.com/wp-content/uploads/the-cardigans.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:21 (fifteen years ago)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CD7BaIaYyAI/Sa6pPWp8H5I/AAAAAAAACEg/D2HzBf7yY6A/s400/semla-2.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:22 (fifteen years ago)
SEMLA!!!
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago)
^^lol know that guy
xpost not nina persson sadly
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago)
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/20932365.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:23 (fifteen years ago)
How good does that semla look? Want.
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:24 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.iho-ohi.org/wp-content/norway.jpg
― Insane Clown Ventures, LLC (iiiijjjj), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:25 (fifteen years ago)
Oh sorry those beautiful fjords belong in the Norway thread, not the thread about mere sweden
http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2007/07/30/ingmar-bergman.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:25 (fifteen years ago)
Totally, it needs to be in a tray full of milk/cream, though.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago)
Listen iiiijjjj I'm into Norway too tbh but this thread is for SWEDISH things only, capiche?
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago)
http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/surfbabes.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:27 (fifteen years ago)
typical swedish hookers
― Insane Clown Ventures, LLC (iiiijjjj), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:28 (fifteen years ago)
The gf's hometown:http://norwegen.piranho.de/Schweden/Jpg/Gavleborg_Hudiksvall_01.jpg
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago)
^^ Awesome.
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:29 (fifteen years ago)
http://greentguides.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/s-rimg0123rimg0730.jpg
an acquired taste, to say the least:http://image40.webshots.com/41/7/91/5/319879105mNlEUK_ph.jpg
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:31 (fifteen years ago)
Dinner time - exploration of all things Swedish tbc . . .
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:32 (fifteen years ago)
Ö
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago)
Du gamla, du fria, du fjällhöga Nord,du tysta, du glädjerika sköna!Jag hälsar dig, vänaste land uppå jord,din sol, din himmel, dina ängder gröna,din sol, din himmel, dina ängder gröna.
Du tronar på minnen från fornstora dar,då ärat ditt namn flög över jorden.Jag vet, att du är och du blir vad du var.Ja, jag vill leva, jag vill dö i Norden!Ja, jag vill leva, jag vill dö i Norden!
― rent, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:35 (fifteen years ago)
å
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:36 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.expressen.se/polopoly_fs/1.160997!defaultImage/3130042233.jpg
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:37 (fifteen years ago)
When I first met my gf i thought she was into cheesy erotic novels b/c she was reading a book called "Sex Grader".Turns out that's Swedish for "Six Degrees" and it was about climate change.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:38 (fifteen years ago)
http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Eurovision+Song+Contest+Dress+Rehearsal+Finals+2jHBNG97WHnl.jpg
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:39 (fifteen years ago)
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff133/splattercore/TARINGA/avskum_crucified.jpg
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:40 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.dezignstuff.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/skype.jpg
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:43 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.punkrockdiscos.com/imagens/capascd/capas-a/anticimex-sweden.jpg
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:45 (fifteen years ago)
Or that even
http://flair24.hp.infoseek.co.jp/yngwie001.jpg
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:46 (fifteen years ago)
also the henning mankell kurt wallander books.
i concur, gory and fun!
― lol@&w/u (jergins), Saturday, 4 July 2009 00:59 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz5DkTF2RW8
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 01:26 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.raremapsandbooks.com/images/jan7stockholm.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 01:27 (fifteen years ago)
http://ngoisao.net/news/the-thao/2008/02/3b9c3550/Freddie-Ljungberg.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 01:28 (fifteen years ago)
probably not actually Swedish but still awsome
http://www.bestbuycandy.com/productcart/pc/catalog/c100829_303_detail.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 01:31 (fifteen years ago)
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/03/0315_nightsky/image/5aurora2.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 01:32 (fifteen years ago)
http://maxmagnusnorman.com/Art/M/visiting-by-remote.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago)
http://applebough.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/god_jul.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:07 (fifteen years ago)
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OgimMXl4BYA/SctVgKIHeTI/AAAAAAAABZ4/eEGqY2hnwvY/s320/banan-banan.jpghttp://suzi.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/080129_pussmun.jpghttp://suzi.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/080129_astronomi.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:13 (fifteen years ago)
^^ I love these stamps!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dXFamCj57A
http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00024/10_24409t.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:14 (fifteen years ago)
Swedish Lynx!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2357539338_6b645fa592.jpg?v=0
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:16 (fifteen years ago)
Swedish Brown Bears!
http://www.naturetrek.co.uk/pics/t400-large.jpg
Also, baby bear says "Hi!".
http://naturetravels.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/bear4.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:21 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.tpweek.com/images/671/norwegian-flag-l.jpg
― Insane Clown Ventures, LLC (iiiijjjj), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:28 (fifteen years ago)
Sweden or GTFO
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:32 (fifteen years ago)
http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Articles/20090223/malin_akerman_watchmen_300.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago)
GD I want to see the Northern Lights
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/2054987957_71316128dc.jpg?v=0
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2293/2190412792_808081b56e.jpg?v=0
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:41 (fifteen years ago)
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1208/1196375810_e53eb3f442.jpg?v=0
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:46 (fifteen years ago)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2066/1827787581_2ac748812d.jpg?v=0
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:47 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.visitsweden.com/ImageVault/Images/conversionFormat_13/id_501/ImageVaultHandler.aspx
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago)
Midnight sun!!!
http://professionals.visitsweden.com/upload/Tomas_Utsi_315_midnightsun_lapland_300DPI.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:51 (fifteen years ago)
http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/images/2008/01/08/reindeer_enjoy_their_work_3.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:52 (fifteen years ago)
http://bedzine.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/puzzle-furniture1.jpg
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago)
Nice.
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 02:55 (fifteen years ago)
I know this is so "internet" of me, but it is, in my opinion, the least interesting of the Scandinavian/Nordic countries by some distance. Expensive, unfriendly and bland.
― admrl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:02 (fifteen years ago)
Though it has made some notable contributions to world culture for which it should be admired.
― admrl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:04 (fifteen years ago)
i have no ill will towards sweden, but i do not yearn to go there tbh (unless someone else is paying)
― velko, Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:05 (fifteen years ago)
Way to bum me out and ruin thread admrl. Thanks a lot.
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:06 (fifteen years ago)
;-)
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:07 (fifteen years ago)
We should have another thread for being lukewarm about Sweden, without exclamation marks in the title (maybe a ?question mark?), so that these celebrations can continue unabated.
xp - I know sorry, aren't message boards terrible? I hate myself right now
― admrl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:08 (fifteen years ago)
LOL Sweden?
I like it.
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:08 (fifteen years ago)
Everyone should decide about Sweden for themselves and not listen to the naysayers. I am just here to offer a contrary view if anybody seeks one.
― admrl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 03:09 (fifteen years ago)
http://z.about.com/d/heavymetal/1/0/r/S/-/-/marduk.jpg
― sandcat dune buggy attack squad!! (leavethecapital), Saturday, 4 July 2009 04:22 (fifteen years ago)
Hello, I am a Swedish Fox
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/3197338544_18e02572f2.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:05 (fifteen years ago)
GIS for Swedish Fox also yields this guy
http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/01471/99/65/1471905699_m.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:07 (fifteen years ago)
Actual Swedish Fox:
http://www.spotlight.com/hallfame/portraits/britt_ekland.jpg
― some american borad (ENBB), Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:11 (fifteen years ago)
swedish vallhund
http://www.allsmalldogbreeds.com/breeds/swedish-vallhund.jpg
― velko, Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:19 (fifteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/1950saab92.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:49 (fifteen years ago)
http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/E/l/volvo_P1800coupe.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:51 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/2008/08/29/drakkensmall.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:53 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.getkempt.com/photos/hives_crop.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:55 (fifteen years ago)
Technically not Swedish, but Swedish for a bit
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/940127191db68f9ba996ab2c6c0051a6/12852.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 July 2009 05:59 (fifteen years ago)
Ooops... Meant:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KCM2YZ5GL._SL500_AA240_.jpg
The world's largest scale model of the solar system!http://atlasobscura.com/places/sweden-solar-system
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 July 2009 07:45 (fifteen years ago)
Blenda!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Blenda_by_August_Malmstr%C3%B6m_%281829-1901%29.jpg
Official story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlendaMore colorful version: http://www.badassoftheweek.com/blenda.html
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 4 July 2009 07:51 (fifteen years ago)
re-post cos HI!http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3110/3197338544_18e02572f2.jpg
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Saturday, 4 July 2009 09:12 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.jahsonic.com/MarieLiljedahl2.jpg
http://www.jahsonic.com/MarieLiljedahl.jpg
― young depardieu looming out of void in hour of profound triumph (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 4 July 2009 09:17 (fifteen years ago)
Expensive, unfriendly and bland.
No more expensive than, say, London (cost of living lower than UK iirc). I've also found it quite friendly, and if you find its lakes, forests, villages, archipelago or women bland then you're beyond my comprehension I'm afraid. imo.
― DavidM, Saturday, 4 July 2009 09:25 (fifteen years ago)
I DJed in Sweden last year, it was really nice. After the gig the there was a party where everyone got drunk all night and when people got hungry someone produced AN ENTIRE SALMON from the fridge.
― Local Garda, Saturday, 4 July 2009 11:28 (fifteen years ago)
It was mega friendly btw in my experience.
adam has the kind of face that encourages unfriendliness from swedes
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Saturday, 4 July 2009 11:31 (fifteen years ago)
he looks like a gypsy???
― Local Garda, Saturday, 4 July 2009 12:51 (fifteen years ago)
Doesn't everywhere north enough get northern lights? Like canada? (Not dissing Sweden btw) (though I'd rather see Iceland myself)
― StanM, Saturday, 4 July 2009 13:26 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardgin/sets/72157601886762649/
^^^ Gothenburg!
― Batsman (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 4 July 2009 13:57 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.impawards.com/2008/posters/let_the_right_one_in_ver5.jpg
― chap, Saturday, 4 July 2009 13:59 (fifteen years ago)
My grandfather's family were from Gothenburg. Du talar Svenska?
http://www.sweden.se/upload/Sweden_se/english/articles/SI/2007/Astrid_Lindgren/pippi_longstocking.jpg
We never ate lutefisk on Christmas. This is why:
http://www.foreverswedish.org/1alutfiskdin.jpg
― going vogue (suzy), Saturday, 4 July 2009 14:08 (fifteen years ago)
I may be beyond comprehension.
― admrl, Saturday, 4 July 2009 14:24 (fifteen years ago)
Jack tycker om Sverige, det finns bättre musik och vänligare människor där.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 4 July 2009 14:28 (fifteen years ago)
"Jack" = "jag", sorry.
Martin Beck series secondedhttp://robertarood.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/the-laughing-policeman.jpg
― If Snotboogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play? (Dr. Superman), Saturday, 4 July 2009 16:51 (fifteen years ago)
er, holy shit. sorry
― If Snotboogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play? (Dr. Superman), Saturday, 4 July 2009 16:52 (fifteen years ago)
what the hell is this
http://tv4play.se/nyheter/lokala_nyheter/ostersund?videoId=1.1100029
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago)
you can skip to the middle. it's Sweden's Water Fairy of the Year contest? men get together in a creek, and play instruments, naked, for the title of Water Fair of the Year
...
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 14:50 (fifteen years ago)
huh at home we just called that "friday night"
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 14:51 (fifteen years ago)
max honestly i don't understand
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 14:53 (fifteen years ago)
the same guy has won for like over a decade
According to the description, it's the 15th annual contest to find the "Näck" of the year. "Näck" is a creature in Scandinavian folklore who's kinda like a satyr or troll or fairy, except that he inhabits a lake. Essentially he's the spirit of the lake, but he's not always benign, so he can make people drown and stuff.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 14:57 (fifteen years ago)
i mean... does that make it any less bizarre?
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Thursday, 30 July 2009 19:43 (fifteen years ago)
http://gighit.com/media/gallery/2009/Feb/11/the_knife_sweden2_300x300_crop_le.jpghttp://cdn.stereogum.com/img/sally_shapiro-jackie.jpghttp://www.eachnotesecure.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/club8.jpghttp://raarfm.com/filemanager/images/artists/jkl/kleerup.jpg
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:26 (fifteen years ago)
...yeah my guess is that last dude isn't from Sweden. Sorry.
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:28 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.modette.se/PageFiles/133821/kleerup.jpg
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:30 (fifteen years ago)
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:31 (fifteen years ago)
I used to work with a bunch of Swedes, and along with being well-dressed, good looking and mostly dead friendly they all staved off nicotine craving in the (non-smoking) workplace by sucking on snus (ie. tobacco pouch things) all day. There was even a ritual sharing round of the snus in the morning as work started.
This in combination with the beauty of the country, much of what's been referred to upthread, and recently Fever Ray has led to me holding Sweden and its inhabitants in very high esteem.
― Bill A, Thursday, 30 July 2009 21:44 (fifteen years ago)
good god, wallander had a bad week.
― djh, Sunday, 17 January 2010 23:12 (fifteen years ago)
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4193/kingsnus7lf.jpg
― .....ooOO(( (Derelict), Sunday, 17 January 2010 23:21 (fifteen years ago)
i think i wanna go to norway more
― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Sunday, 17 January 2010 23:25 (fifteen years ago)
they got all the mountains
i've gotten interested in sweden again. i heart this thread :D
― KARLOR CAN FUCK ANYTHING! AND HE WILL AND HAS!!! (Eisbaer), Sunday, 26 August 2012 04:28 (twelve years ago)
Bork bork bork
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago)
Riots grip Stockholm suburbs after police shooting
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 May 2013 10:08 (twelve years ago)
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/19/sweden-allows-public-masturbation/
― ian, Friday, 20 September 2013 03:43 (eleven years ago)
would they say it is två tusen tjugotvå ?
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 19 October 2022 14:58 (two years ago)
I am going to Sweden next week
My first ride on an airplane since the before times
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 30 May 2023 19:11 (two years ago)
Where you going?
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 10:39 (two years ago)
What book was I reading set in Sweden in 2009 that made me start this thread!?!
Still have not been but it's on my ever growing list.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 10:44 (two years ago)
It was definitely Let the Right One In.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 10:46 (two years ago)
I don't really know 100%, but I'm leaning towards this long distance hiking trail, walking a few sections; I'm bringing a rucksack with sleeping bag, tarp etc.
https://www.roslagen.se/en/roslagsleden
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 16:30 (two years ago)
Okay, the long distance hiking part didn't really work out as I almost froze to death the first night out, alone in a forest with no water.. I retreated to Stockholm for the balance of the trip and I'm 100% glad I did (amazing system of rural bus stops, so you can get almost anywhere without a car)
I'd never been before but I was really impressed with the city as a whole... things were not as expensive as I expected and the weather was just glorious. The parks are amazing, and I would be thoroughly satisfied just wandering the canals and waterfronts, looking at old boats and stopping for a cold beer now and again
I expect I'll return next year, and maybe visit some other places besides Stockholm... my grandparents were part of the big emigration so I imagine I still have some family there as well, though that might take a little research. Overall a great and relaxing trip, and evidence that robust taxation can actually improve life as a whole
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 16 June 2023 22:18 (two years ago)
I saw that route you posted beginning at Danderyd, a place I've passed many times on the bus between Stockholm and the archipelago, and I think you did the right thing focusing on Stockholm this time. It is so beautiful and rewarding.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 16 June 2023 22:54 (two years ago)
I'm going to Sweden in July. Starting in Stockholm and going wherever else I can take a train to. It'll be my first real vacation since the pandemic. Super-stoked!
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 15 December 2023 08:30 (one year ago)
That's awesome.. I think I'm going back in June as well. I mostly lurked around Stockholm last June, but I want to visit Gothenburg and maybe some other rural places
A guy I met in a bar in Stockholm crafted me a cool day trip, taking a ferry out to an outer island in the archipelago where his family owns a restaurant.. I wasn't able to make it last trip, but I intend to try next time. (But it could be a horror movie, and I'm the one on the menu!)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 15 December 2023 18:12 (one year ago)
So ^^^^ I want to go back to Stockholm in June, but an old friend has invited me to Amsterdam, where I've never visited (he lives/works there, but is from California). When I tried add a third city to my itinerary, like San Francisco>Stockholm>Amsterdam, the price goes up exponentially, almost a thousand dollars.
Does anyone have experience with booking a quick RT flight while over there? I'm thinking RyanAir, EasyJet, something like that.. I've heard about really cheap fares for these kind of shuttle flights, but have no personal experience.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 15 February 2024 22:00 (one year ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvrp7zaZq0o
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 29 February 2024 01:40 (one year ago)
If you time it right, you can fly from STH to Amster with Norwegian for less than 100 USD
― Mule, Thursday, 29 February 2024 06:44 (one year ago)
https://www.norwegian.com/uk/
― Mule, Thursday, 29 February 2024 06:45 (one year ago)
Thats probably your best bet.
Another alternative is Stockholm - Charleroi. Flights in June are $32 each way with Ryanair, and Charleroi Airport has a direct bus to Amsterdam (3 hours duration, 8 a day)
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 29 February 2024 07:58 (one year ago)
And that bus is $10
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 29 February 2024 08:09 (one year ago)
Thanks for the tips - I've already booked the RT flight to Stockholm, trying to decide if this Amsterdam side trip is worth the trouble
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 29 February 2024 20:19 (one year ago)
Elvis Telecom, how was your trip?
I was back in Stockholm & Gotherburg in June - Stockholm was sunny & glorious, Gburg was a little chilly and everything felt like it was under construction
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 17:40 (ten months ago)
I will be in Stockholm for 10 days soon, pretty stoked. a little overwhelmed trying to figure out all what we want to see/do. We’ve got an archipelago cruise booked and a few other things.
― brimstead, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 18:52 (ten months ago)
You'll have fun no matter what you do... make some time to wander around Södermalm (away from the touristy stuff) and the island of Djurgården has a lot to do, including the Skansen Park/Museum, which is really cool
I just like wandering around the water and looking at old boats, stopping for a beer or hot dog here and there, pretty unstructured.. I get kinda bored in formal museums
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 19:14 (ten months ago)
(A cruise sounds awesome though)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 19:15 (ten months ago)
That all sounds great, thanks Andy :-)
― brimstead, Tuesday, 6 August 2024 19:22 (ten months ago)
Had to cancel. Total clusterfuck out of my control... :(
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 9 August 2024 19:27 (ten months ago)
Try again, it'll still be there
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 9 August 2024 19:36 (ten months ago)