Saturday, April 9, 2011

Some things I like about Sweden (in no particular order)...


 ♦ The country my amazing husband comes from

♦ Learning about Swedish culture


♦ Fika

♦ The beauty of fresh snow (which is difficult to adequately capture in a single photograph)


♦ Watching snowflakes fall from the sky

♦ Listening to the Swedish language

♦ Krusbär (Gooseberry) softdrink


♦ The selection of yummy everyday cheeses & the everyday use of the cheese cutter 

♦ Swedish meatballs with Lingonberry jam

♦ Wienerbröd (Danish pastry with custard)

♦ Lingonberry bread & the selection of breads


♦ Being away from unreasonable amounts of work related stress

♦ Hanging out with Tobbe’s friends

♦ Spending quality time with Tobbe’s family (& the cats of course)

♦ Cheaper rent (unless you're in Stockholm)

♦ Wireless internet with absolutely no download limit

♦ Charming old buildings

♦ Castles


♦ Train trips to discover other parts of Sweden

♦ Being close to Denmark & Norway


♦ Learning Swedish for free from a nice teachers & with friendly classmates from all over the world

♦ Swedish chocolate


♦ White Christmas & all the gorgeous light decorations in the streets & the ‘electric 7-candle candelabra’ in pretty much everyone’s windows


♦ Sweden don’t sell cats or dogs in pet shops

♦ Houses, apartments & shops are always warm & cosy even when it is literally freezing & snowing outside in Winter

To add a few extra things that I personally appreciate:
-Environmentally sustainable country
-Great parental leave
-Not a very religious country
-Small population
-69% of the country is forest.

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