🇸🇪 American Couple Reacts "Normal Things in SWEDEN That Would Confuse THE WORLD"

Added: 2026-05-25

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[00:00:39]>> Let's get it.

[00:00:41]>> Number one, they are so civilized.

[00:00:45]Everything is just like so mature. Like in university, people will move in with their boyfriends and girlfriends and have pets at like 20, 21. You'll go to dinner parties and they'll serve you oysters when you're like 22. Dinner parties, not pre-drinks. Now I really love it, but at the start I was like, why are we all pretending we're like 45?

[00:01:06]There's no obviously um because they're a super like secular country. So there is no [ __ ] shaming. Like it's non-existent. The guys won't judge you.

[00:01:16]The girls won't judge you. If you're single, men will not approach you. Like you can be a 10 out of 10. Like I've gone out with a group of girls that are models, look like models, most beautiful women like I've ever actually seen with my eyes and we could go like a whole night and not one guy will come up to us, flirt, nothing. If you're like in a relationship or if you just can't be bothered with men, it's quite nice. But if you are single and ready to mingle, you should just not be ready to mingle or you should go somewhere else because it's Yeah. They don't flirt. They don't woo. They don't charm you.

[00:01:52]>> Okay. Drugs are very taboo. I'm talking mostly about Sweden. Snooing obviously is like what everybody does instead of smoking. But when it comes to like drugs, drugs, they're so like innocent about it, which I love because coming from university in Ireland, like the [ __ ] that you would see on a night out was just I to me it was just normalized.

[00:02:14]And then when I came to Sweden, like if you heard of someone like doing drugs, everybody would be like, "Oh my god, that's crazy." So, it's quite cute. I really like that. Um, as someone that like doesn't do drugs, I think it's nice. You will never make small talk with a stranger. Your taxi man will be non-verbal.

[00:02:34]>> Okay.

[00:02:34]>> They're all mute. They will not say anything to you. the lad in the shop, >> the neighbor upstairs.

[00:02:41]>> It's a nonverbal kind of situation.

[00:02:44]Groceries are twice the price, but rent is like almost cheaper and it's way nicer. Like what you actually get for your money apartmentwise is like 10 million times better than say in Dublin.

[00:02:56]When you go on a night out and you say that you're Irish, every lad will say Conor McGregor in this like weird British accent.

[00:03:04]Like I don't I can't count the amount of times it's happened to me.

[00:03:07]>> And I'm I'm like a that's not an Irish accent and b like please do not associate him with where I'm from. When it comes to crisps, they don't have small bags of crisps. They only have like cherry bags cuz they don't >> eat crisps. Like crisps aren't really like part of their diet in the same way as they are in ours. Like crisps are more a thing that you would buy before your dinner party for your guests.

[00:03:30]whereas I want like a dirty filthy packet of meanis just cuz I'm like a little bit hungry. Um, so they don't do that. If you think that Irish people are obsessed with the weather, you have not met a Swedish person. They are like weirdly obsessed with the weather. I think it's because they have like really nice summers and crap winters, so they have like some type of contrast. Whereas in Ireland, it's kind of like crap >> all the time. It's not as extreme. It's just like a like a mild level of crap.

[00:04:02]So maybe cuz they have these amazing summers, they freak out about the winters, like correlating mood and how much they should like socialize with the weather, >> which I just find like completely bizarre. I'm like, "Yeah, it's raining, but like who cares? Why would we >> not go to a pub?" Obviously, pub culture isn't a thing, which is just like inconvenient.

[00:04:21]Um because if you don't want to go clubbing, yeah, you can go to like a bar and have like a cocktail, but if you want to do something like really casual, that's not really in the culture. It there is like something missing from their night life. The Danes would be a bit more relaxed about like casual drinking. I would say in Sweden there's a lot of like guilt about drinking which I had never felt in my life. I didn't understand the concept of like feeling bad about going for a drink.

[00:04:47]Like why why would I feel bad about that? It's so fun. Okay, I don't know how many that was, but let me know if you want more.

[00:04:53]>> Okay, let's talk about that.

[00:04:55]>> Okay, so first of all, she said that y'all are civilized.

[00:05:00]So, it to me it sounds like they are really polite without the manners.

[00:05:06]They're the ones without the manners, right?

[00:05:08]>> Without the manners. They're like really chill to themselves. Don't really socialize. So, like where do y'all friends come from? Are y'all friends like um y'all grew up with them in school or work friends or maybe church?

[00:05:22]I don't know >> about it. But like how y'all meet y'all boyfriend and girlfriend?

[00:05:29]>> Yeah. Um it sounds like people know what they want to do >> and they just get to it, >> right?

[00:05:36]>> That's it.

[00:05:37]>> Yeah. Coupon collective.

[00:05:38]>> Yes.

[00:05:39]>> Um do y'all move around much when the weather is bad? Because here, like if it's raining, people still be outside, >> right? Do something.

[00:05:46]>> Yeah. We could still be active in mid weather crisis, right?

[00:05:50]>> They want to stay indoors with the blackout curtsies.

[00:05:55]>> So, y'all cancel the pub and just had a pub to your house?

[00:05:58]>> Are we big drinkers at the house?

[00:06:00]>> Are they big drinkers? Because she did say that they don't really like drugs or that.

[00:06:06]>> So, >> I don't know. We can associate liquor with drugs. I mean it it's it's >> I think that's a that's a debate because you got some heavy drinkers who who drugs and drug culture.

[00:06:18]>> Yeah.

[00:06:19]>> You know the Europeans love they they >> pubs >> and they don't have a pub culture.

[00:06:24]>> Mhm. Okay.

[00:06:25]>> According to her.

[00:06:26]>> According to her.

[00:06:27]>> Okay. I do like about the the 21 year olds having oysters and and all of these, you know, little orders. I like that.

[00:06:37]>> That's that is classic. You know what I'm saying? It gives a little more, you know, um, suit and tie type.

[00:06:42]>> Yes. You know what I'm saying?

[00:06:43]>> Good hospitality.

[00:06:45]>> Let me pull up to your house and y'all have something for me to snack on. Thank you.

[00:06:49]>> Put a seasonal oyster.

[00:06:51]>> Yeah. The seasoning. You know, >> she will have the Tony.

[00:06:54]>> Yes.

[00:06:55]>> Mhm.

[00:06:56]>> Yeah.

[00:06:58]>> Are three Swedish things that I think would send Canadians into a coma. First one is that we get paid to go to university. First thing you're a kid, you get a siphon of like 200 around $200.

[00:07:12]>> Oh, wait.

[00:07:14]>> Oh, really?

[00:07:14]>> She said a kid.

[00:07:16]>> Continue. So, when I was studying in university, I think I got around $500 a month just to study. And of course, university was free as well. Yeah, we get paid to go to school here.

[00:07:26]>> A school.

[00:07:27]>> A school. The second one is that if you are in an office in July in Sweden, there is going to be nobody there. We obtain >> oh there's summers >> four weeks of vacation every summer.

[00:07:41]It's it's not mandatory but it almost is at least the company I worked at kind of to take four weeks during the summer but it can be beneficial but yeah people pay four weeks application um in the summer you usually get a standard of five or six and that's not including holidays which I think would freak Canadians out.

[00:08:00]The third one is insurance money. I was speaking to a friend about something and I was like, "Yeah, you you don't get money for scars." So, if you have a scar, if you get a scar in Sweden within five years, if you claim insurance on it, they will give you money for it. I had a friend who broke her finger without knowing she broke her finger and I think she got around like um like $10,000 FOR IT.

[00:08:25]>> OH, you know what? Pause. I ain't never broke a finger in my life, but I was niggill 10 of them.

[00:08:33]>> Chill.

[00:08:34]>> I got 10.

[00:08:36]>> What the chill? I got a knock, >> right? You sure? You sure? What else?

[00:08:43]Cuz you playing football. Show them my knock.

[00:08:46]>> Oh, you got a scar somewhere. You got a scar right there.

[00:08:50]>> You wore cast. You wore a cast.

[00:08:52]>> I did. You sure did.

[00:08:53]>> I sure did. We don't got to go free form on no finger knocking. But you did wear you did wear cast before >> that that's that's good health care.

[00:09:03]I don't know. I don't know. It to me it sound like it would be health insurance >> and I heard utilizing it.

[00:09:11]>> I heard correctly right. She said as a kid >> y'all start getting checks for going to school.

[00:09:16]>> She did start talking about university too.

[00:09:18]>> But you I think she said monthly once you go to university >> child. Oh, y'all probably had your situated like get y and load it up real quick.

[00:09:30]>> Kids got to have meas.

[00:09:33]>> Oh, I got some scars on my knees.

[00:09:35]>> That's enough. We ain't going >> Oh, I'm think I'm think you you went No, you went crazy with the with the finger breaking.

[00:09:42]>> I got toes. Think about it.

[00:09:45]>> 10 and 10. 10 and 10, >> bro. Hey, they had that here >> and people needed the money >> every child. You think the people went crazy with the people?

[00:09:57]>> No, I don't I don't use that I don't use that pinky finger that much, >> right? I'm buy.

[00:10:07]And if it's in your face, then there's so much money you can get because like your face is very visible to everyday life. So you can claim insurance on scars. That's crazy. Think I had >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I know you. Yeah.

[00:10:25]>> That's crazy.

[00:10:26]>> Things you should know about Sweden before traveling there. Number one, we only drink tap water. If you're trying to buy water in the shops, it's very hard to find. You can buy water like gas stations, but we have one of the cleanest tap waters in the world. You can drink the tap water. I promise you'll be fine. You don't have to buy water. Number two, I've said this before, we have government restrictions on alcohol. So, there are no bottomless branches, no corner shops that sell alcohol. You can only get it at Steel Market. It's a branch, so it's easy to find, but you can only get alcohol from here. Close at 7:00 or 8 on Fridays, closes at 3:00 on Saturdays and are completely shut on Sundays and holidays.

[00:10:59]We touch down, search for this name, and make sure you see the closing and opening time so you can go there whilst they're open. This leads me to number three. Everything closes early. Swedes respect work life balance. Therefore, shops, restaurants, everything closes early. On weekdays, it's usually like 8:00 p.m. Weekends, it's like 6:00 p.m.

[00:11:16]Most restaurants are still open, though.

[00:11:17]But just this is just good to know if you're planning like a late shopping trip. Just make sure you go out a bit earlier so you don't miss any shopping.

[00:11:24]Number four, we only go out on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays.

[00:11:27]Especially if you come in a random week, these are the days you can go out and party. During summer, there might be like an event or stuff that are open on different days, but just make sure you plan your trip and have a look at the days that stuff are open. What's up, Stock? Because most of the times there are no clubs open on Thursdays or Sundays. If you like Afrobeats and stuff like that, you go to Teodon. These clubs do not have any tables. A lot of the clubs are like this in Sweden, at least in Stockholm, they do not have any tables. If you want a table, you're going to have to go to like the Maya of Stockholm, which is Estamal. They play more like house music. So you low key have to choose house music or if you want Afro weeks, there's going to be no tables, but everyone is dancing, so it's a good time. Number six, most clubs are 23 plus. A few of these clubs have 21 plus on Fridays. So just look at their Instagrams and see what the age limit is for that day, but majority of them are 23 plus. And if you're 18 traveling to Stockholm, Sweden, I'm sorry, majority of the clubs that let in 18 year olds are on Wednesday. Lastly, we have a very strict government. So, there are no shisha bars open that I know of. If you know any, please put them in the comments. We have very few arcades.

[00:12:34]There's this branch called Olaris. They have a lot of arcades in different like locations where they have like go-karts, bowling, and stuff like that, which is fun, but they don't have the same music and the same vibe as in London. So, just be prepared for that. Because of the government restriction on alcohol, we do not have a lot of activities that involve drinking. So buy your priest before traveling here or go to Sust and buy your priest there. You have to be 20. Everyone in your friendship group has to be 20. They ID everyone in there.

[00:13:03]So make sure you bring your ID.

[00:13:06]>> All right, y we're going to stop there.

[00:13:07]Make sure you guys go check them out.

[00:13:09]Yeah, she seemed like a person to, you know, ask questions to.

[00:13:12]>> This was this list was for people who like to party. I know times has changed, but we had we we didn't have tables coming up in the clubs for real. We was on the we was on the floor walking around.

[00:13:25]>> We had couches. We had couches >> backing against the wall maybe.

[00:13:29]>> Yeah. But not really really.

[00:13:34]>> Yeah. Like when the bottles came out, people was doing the bottle girls and all that stuff and >> serving stuff like that. Now we have it, but like I don't remember that. It's like, >> you know, right at the stage. I thought about all of our people in Louisiana when I read that list.

[00:13:48]>> I heard >> I don't think they would want to go.

[00:13:51]>> No, we are home of the drive-thru daquiri and liquor shops.

[00:13:56]>> Mhm.

[00:13:57]>> Y people would want to go.

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