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[@senchaholic]

Venmo charges a fee. Swish is free. Swish and bankid is a cooperation between the swedish banks. Bankid doesn't cost anything either.

[@gargamelgamingotherstuff6727]

Its only free between people, paying stores with swish costs the store a little bit.

[@rtzeexy374]

@@gargamelgamingotherstuff6727 the store yes but not the person paying the store

[@MrWopsie]

@@gargamelgamingotherstuff6727 the store also pays a fee whenever someone uses a card, hence why some smaller shops only do minimum of 50 sek or cash.

[@FatAndGreese]

@@rtzeexy374 its the same thing. The cost for swish is just transferred to the customer in the form of higher prices, just like with credit card charging fees

[@TheHackintoshGuy]

Well most likely you're paying some type of fee to the bank anyways for using their services so its not really free...

[@anglosaxon5874]

Most of Europe [if not all] have different sized banknotes. The bigger the note, the more it's worth.

[@yumasairinen8978]

yeah lol

[@rtzeexy374]

Also the one he showed was so big compared to a Swedish crowns

[@hugoandersson2872]

We talking BIG money

[@411russ]

The whole planet does that, it's only the US that doesn't.

[@carolinekofahl8867]

And in different colours ❤️🧡💛💚💙🤎💜🖤🤍

[@danielkarlsson258]

There is usually a bus going wherever you wanna go hiking unless you wanna go really off grid. They can run very seldom, but you usually can get where you want to. I love that you're going so open minded into all those vids. It's awesome to have different opinions, but not if you're not even willing to hear what you're "against". Great reaction as always! Keep up the good work! 👍

[@eliashakansson8878]

Usually I take a buss at longer destances that is called "Silverlinjen".

[@10splay]

Sweden is a tiny country by size comparably

[@mats7492]

Buses in Sweden go to villages with 10 people… So even rural areas are connected

[@hex1c]

If you live in the more urban areas of Sweden you have a buss stop more or less every 700-800 meters. You just press the stop button inside the buss if you want it to stop there. You can also pay 13 $ and take a quick train to the next city. Sweden is also one of the most forested areas in EU so if you wanna hike or really experience the deep nature, 15-30 minutes outside the city will solve that.

[@akersjon278]

I'm Swedish and I always have "emergency cash" in my wallet. It's there if I need to pay for something during a trip and I find out that they don't accept cards or Swish payments. I haven't touched those "emergency notes" in like 5-6 years now, and the last time I did it was for a haircut I think (tax dodging barber most likely, lol!). As an example of how rare it is nowdays to have to pay with cash here in Sweden I can mention the last snowmobile trip I was on. After riding for a good while I found a small cabin on a mountain top (only accessible by four-wheeler in summer or snowmobile in winter) that some locals had converted into a seasonal coffee shop/waffle place. Well I stopped at this little "cafe" and I ordered a waffle with whipped cream and a coffee, paid for my order with Swish and sat and ate it outside in a snowdrift as i looked out at the stunning mountain view... Another thing that has vanished from most Swedes lives are landline phones. I paid for mine for several years just in case of "emergency" if my cellphone wouldn't work. I finally had it disconnected after I tried to remember the last time I had to use it, and I couldn't think of when that was...

[@django-unchained]

Talking about money is gone like it's a good thing just means you are a Left Extremists who wants 100% control of the people. You don't even represent half the population in this opinion...

[@akersjon278]

@@django-unchained What are you, a prepper/QAnon conspiracy nut from Texas or something? You are definitely not Swedish that's for sure. Well in any case I wasn't stating an opinion, I merely gave a couple of examples of how the digitization and cellphone revolution has changed our country. My opinion is that this is a good thing, and so do the overwhelming majority of my fellow Swedes by the way. I have nothing to hide from "the man" and I'm not prepping for the zombie apocalypse, so who needs cash... LOL!!

[@Josefsson9013]

Now there is a bigger chance they don't take cash lots of places is like that now

[@pontussoderman6736]

Dedär lät som hemavan, sytertoppen?

[@znail4675]

@@Josefsson9013 Yes and the phrase "do you take cash?" is something you can hear in Sweden while everyone assumes cards works.

[@kristoffer-2614]

11:28 I've never been camping or hiking in Norrland (the northern part of Sweden) but i would assume that there's at least busses that you can take to get to the starting spot of a trail or a national park. Now these busses probably take a while but it makes it possible to get from a bigger town or city to some remote part for hiking. One of the most used hiking trails in Sweden is Kungsleden (Kings Trail) between the two northern villages of Abisko and Nikkaluokta. In order to get to the start in Nikkaluokta you can take a bus or taxi from any of the bigger towns in the region. So if you take a plane from Stockholm or Gothenburg you might land in Luleå or Kiruna or Arvidsjaur or something then you can take either bus or taxi to Abisko. So even though the public transportation probably isnt the best in the north, you can still get to where you wanna go one way or another even without a car.

[@zakariasohman2561]

I live here in the north and there are no busses/trains to "camps" or usual hiking places. We drive the trailer or car to the hiking places because there are no other ways to it Im from piteå (2 hours) away from finland border I also spent alot of my time in tornio and haparanda

[@drumedorable]

@@zakariasohman2561 I have been hiking a lot around Sarek, Abisko and Jämtland and there are definitely buses and trains that you can take to go hiking there.

[@zakariasohman2561]

@@drumedorable where do you get on? And how many times to you switch train/busses? From what i know you need to jump alot of busses to get there, planning on driving to abisko this summer

[@drumedorable]

@@zakariasohman2561 Get on the train in Gothenburg, then switch to the sleeper train in Stockholm. Get off the train the next morning in Murjek and get on a bus that takes you to either Kvikkjokk, Ritsem or Suorva if you are going to Sarek. If going to Abisko it's just the train to Stockholm and switch tot he sleeper train there which goes all the way to Abisko and then hike south to Keb. All in all it is much more convenient than getting in a car and driving there yourself for 20+ hours. Public transport takes between 23 and 25 hours from Gbg to Ritsem.

[@zakariasohman2561]

@@drumedorable oh well, no trains in my city Älvsbyn is probably the one that comes from stockholm then? Google maps says luleå but thats still an hour away with car from where i live It would be wrong to say that there are good transportations here compared from the south

[@tonyjohansson7567]

I live on the countryside in Sweden, about 25 miles from my nearest country town, close to the Norwegian border. We have the option of Närtrafik (Lokal Traffic), with busses on a regular scedule, but they only comes if you call for them. It's actually a cab that comes to your house, but you pay with your original Monthly Bus Fee Card. They drive you to the closest bus centre or railway station, and from there you can go by regular busses or trains. I can get to Stockholm in a few hours, it's more cheep and a lot faster than it would be if a took my car.

[@mangethegamer]

Nature is very accessable in Sweden. Unless you live in the big city centre there's basically always nature or a nature reserve with hiking trails close by with public transport to take you there. The American sprawl of large cities doesn't exist in Sweden really. Going up north hiking is something people would do over a vacation, not as spontaneous thing, can yes then transport might be a little harder to plan out if you're not taking your own vehicle.

[@squidcaps4308]

I'm a Finn.. I haven't done my taxes since 1995. At most there are some minor expenses to add, but by far most of the time the system works. It is mostly real time these days, the moment you are being paid the tax bureau knows about it, software takes care of everything automatically.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

I've only ever put it on the box or clicked "confirm". Never added or subtracted anything. It's never failed... In 40 years.

[@TheHackintoshGuy]

@@F1rstWorldNomaD and probably you’ve missed on a lot of things that you could have deducted for, the tax code is like a real life book filled with cheat codes

[@sgtepic4659]

@@TheHackintoshGuy I mean, most of the time you get tax return. This year I got over 700 dollars back from the tax agency

[@TheHackintoshGuy]

@@sgtepic4659 Well if you’re just getting income from salary at your employer and if you have an ISK then it’s pretty straightforward and accurate

[@yamikage8826]

Aluminum cans & small PET bottles 1 sek, Large PET bottles 2 sek Currently 1 sek is 0,11 usd & 2 sek is 0,21 usd (Apr 9 - 2022)

[@connorhowitt9164]

i think these videos exist cause i think a lot of people not from the US assume that americans think they live in the best country and also cause when americans leave the US to europe or whatever, they are surprised and make videos about it lol

[@Krejstrup]

For the Swish app you can also use it paying in some stores (most common in small businesses and shops) and events (dances and music conserts for instance) and often you'd scan a QR code with the pay details (receive number, amount and message could be included). For making the taxes you can edit the taxes in the app if you want or have to do reductions, and that will be a few seconds to some minutes more depending on what you want to do and how used you are with the exact reduction. Thanks for a nice video.

[@Dontdai]

Like and a comment before even getting a minute in simply for the link to original video at the top of the description! Good man!

[@eivindkaisen6838]

Yes there are additional ways of making banknotes for people with little or no eyesight. I Norway the bills have slightly different sizes (you won’t need a new wallet or anythng) but also some smallembossings on the edges: One for the NOK 50, two for the NOK 100, three for the 200 etc. And of course different colours.

[@liwe7418]

Hi, fellow swede here One more thing to add about the education (and the transportation I guess) is that for all students who have to commute to school get free access to public transport during school days.

[@vincentL.7]

There are long distance trains that go to the north so you don't need to have a car. It might of course be easier to use a car but you don't need it.

[@optimusvalerius8824]

In Australia we do it like this for the visually impaired The $5 banknote has one bump on each of the long edges of the banknote next to the top-to-bottom window. The $10 banknote has two bumps on each edge, the $20 banknote has three bumps, the $50 banknote has four bumps and the $100 banknote has five bumps.

[@emilbozaandersson5776]

In Sweden we have something called fjällstationer which are centers in the mountainous regions with restaurants, small shops, hotels/cabins, etc. these centers have buses going to them, making them accessible for everyone.

[@LynxLord1991]

We do most of these here in Denmark too. Youcan get most places with a train to a city and then a bus to the smaller towns

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

If you go to the north there is still public transport, the stops are just WAY more spread out but if you go REALLY off grid there are tons of rental shops for Snowmobiles, skies, skates and sleighs. Or straight up services that transports you by sleigh or scooter. And they're often pretty affordable.

[@dannjp75]

I was in Sweden at the start of the year, amazing place, amazing people, proper Xmas card stuff, well worth a visit..

[@solid4brewing]

There's no problem to go to for example the mountains via public transport in Sweden. Something called TågPlus (train plus), where you combine different travel forms ie train, bus and taxi on the same ticket.

[@RannonSi]

2:15 Another way to do it is with texture. E.G: the coins in Sweden (except for the size difference) have different ribbing on the edges.

[@helvete983]

We used Bank ID for a lot of transactions. You can easily make secure purchases online, or even have the items securely invoiced. Swish is really good for small vendors, literally all you need is a phone number linked to your bank and you are good to go. Whilst I have occasionally used cash for markets or flea markets, pretty much everything else is cashless, with more and more places just no longer accepting physical currency. My local bank doesn't even have cash anymore.

[@andrealundberg]

11:33 we always have the buses tho haha. But yeah if it's far far away, you walk there. If it is like in the middle of the forest (hike) you walk to that specific point, but there will always be a bus that can take you pretty near that point.

[@kenji214245]

The cool thing now is that sweden is looking into creating a national commuting card for the public transport system. So no limitations based on county or region. You just pay for one and can use it anywhere in the country for buses, trams, and some trains. We also have a system in the public transport where you can actually call the buss company if there isn't a buss available at the moment near you and they have to set you up with a ride without any larger extra fee's. So like a cheap taxi option but only within the routes the busses have in the area.

[@camillaknudsen2103]

Vi have that here in Denmark with the Rejsekort. Very practical.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

No, the exchange rate fluctuates between about 7 to 9 Swedish crowns to 1 dollar. But the recycling fee is different depending on the size of the can. The bigger cans would be like 30 cents ish today. There used to be 4 crown cans which would've been about 50 or 60 cents depending on when he experienced this.

[@maskinen7667]

There is also a thing called Klarna where as when you buy something online you don't have to pay for it straight away. You select Klarna as the payment method and you get a bill which you only have to pay for when you have recieved the item you ordered.

[@filipheldestad4165]

here in sweden there are buses that go everywhere, like you can take a bus from the southern part of sweden all the way up north (with some bus changes)

[@firza_hanim]

Tbh i really like different size and colour bank notes. You only need a quick glance of your bank notes and you'll never give the wrong note.

[@davidkasquare]

I’m from Finland, and we have all the same things over here. Ofc, we don’t have our own currency, but the euro notes also come in different sizes, just like the crowns. I guess the public transport system as well as recycling might be a bit more efficient in Sweden than over here, but on the contrary, my perception is that our education system is even a bit more “the same for everybody” than the one in Sweden. Btw, you are never annoying, you’re always just really cool. 👍🏼😎

[@robband145]

There are some very rural areas in Sweden ofc and there it can be a bit more troublesome to find a bus, but there usually are good enough to get around fairly easy.

[@simonanderss]

basicly there is always a bus that will take you to basecamp att any hiking trail. you can probably go anywhere in sweden with public transport. your gonna have to walk a couple of Kilometers but you can go anywhere. for example when i was a kid we used to go to our local skiing park after school and on weekends, its about 45-50 minutes car trip but you pay 50kr(about 5$) and you hop on a buss that will take you there + take you back home when the park closes.

[@ESPirits87]

About recycling colored glass, Sweden built a special machine for this using optics, it's magic, for those who don't recycle properly, you can put colored and cleared glass into the machine and it sorts the glass by itself and out come clear and colored separate.

[@renatozuklijadellsand7986]

about the busses going outside of cities, in Sweden where I live and most other cities here I belive, we have Local busses for the major routes inside the city you live, but there are also busses that are focused on only traveling between cities and between the city busstations for example Stockholm to Uppsala etc.

[@jonteberglund7365]

To answer ur question about going to the middle of nowhere and hike, most of those places are very common places people go and hike, so if you just google u will find like event busses going to these places a few days every week or even more on high season. U can often always find a way here. There are also ways to book those busses if they dont go regularly because then they are just waiting to get confirmed passangers for the longer trips. Every city have busses who goes to all places, since this is a government job there isnt really any reason to not have them go to most places, even out in the woods in the middle of nowhere where there only are a few houses, these busses often only go like 4-6 times a day, to take people to their jobs and home.

[@wille.alfort]

11:35 There are trains and busses that go to ski resorts for instance (not included in the ticket he was talking about)

[@akaKjell]

I live in a place in Norrbotten which is about 200~km from the Finnish border, busses go about every 30 minutes here compared to the every 5 minutes in Stockholm however, that is in the "City". Once you leave the central part of town you start getting busses every 1-3 hours that goes further than the city busses. So if you live in the deep north you can live without a car but man will you struggle compared to someone owning a car. Also, fuel in Sweden is about 10$/per gallon :)

[@Templarofsteel88]

The reson I have heard about the sale taxs not beeing included is that it differce depending in what state you live in. As for the recycle fee, here it is only 1 kr per bottle.

[@unknown-oz6mo]

Almost everywhere up in north has a trainstation in sweden and there’s villages and stuff like that w taxis and groups that can help you to get where you wanna go

[@fishermanskompis]

Alot of sweden is just forest landscape. Most people literally live in nature here. I live in a small town and i have 10 mins of walking to some beautiful nature. I think people get the wrong idea when you see Sweden from outside. Its just alot of pictures of Stockholm and Malmö or Gothenburg. When in reality most people live in smaller towns or villages on the countryside.

[@helvete983]

I'm the same, in a town of around 20,000 people, like you said 10 mins walking I'm in a national park, or one of the local lakes.

[@znail4675]

I think this is true in most cities outside of the big 3. Even starting in the center of a city so will you be able to reach a camping site in less then an hour, much less normally.

[@vilmanord30]

Firstly you can get almost anywhere with busses and trains. Most people going hiking really far north (Kiruna area) will take the night train or fly airplane. Then there are busses to really remote areas where hiking trails start. Like litteraly end of road places. (Check out jukasijärvi where I took the train+ bus once). But if you want to go somewhere truly remote where there are no busses at all you can allways rent a car for a week if you want to go on a roadtrip with your friends for example. Or borrow one of a friend or parent which is also quite common. Not owning a car and renting just for special ocations is usualy cheaper long term than if you have to drive to work every day.

[@a.n.6374]

It's shocking how many of those "x things y country does better than the US" are actually the same all over Europe and in reverse how many of the "x things Europe does better than the US" are actually very country specific. You can split these in 2 categories - if it's some kind of tradition/food/architecture it's likely country specific(or at least region - south, east, west, central, northern) If it's some sort of fairly recent technology/regulation it's likely going to be Europe-wide.

[@ZenseZone]

So are you saying Swish and Mobile BankID for example exists in Greece or in Portugal as examples of European countries? If they do, then I have never heard or seen that.

[@a.n.6374]

@@ZenseZone I didn't say all :) I said many. You picked the only one that's Specific to sweden. All the rest aren't.

[@MillsyLM]

UK banknotes are also different colours from each other by denomination, they are also different sizes going up from smallest £5 (blue), £10 (brown), £20 (purple), £50 (red). The denomination is also in braille to assist blind people.

[@deletusfetus9222]

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[@ankra12]

The recycle of bottles, cans etc. its like a deposit. You get i back when you recycle them in machines. Excisted for 40 years here.

[@elallergisk4695]

In Sweden we have ex. SJ that’s stand for Sweden railway. If you want to travel around in Sweden, like far, then you just go into the SJ app and buy a train seat. For example I have a winter house in north, then my family buys tickets for the train.

[@jesperkarlsson6382]

i live in the northen part of sweden, we still have the bus going every 1-2-3 hours and it sounds like it works the same way as in rhoad island

[@uniquename111]

Part of our taxes goes to maintain bus and traintrafic and roads in the whole Sweden. So no matter where you want to go there will be transportation for you to get there. Obviously not EVERYWHERE i mean if you want to go and hike in the mountains you will likely find a bus to the nearest village or area before you start walking out in the wilderness, but allmost everywhere. A few years back i lived out in the country in a large old house. This was litterally out in the woods and took a while to get to the larger road. I had a car but if i wanted i could take a bus to the nearest larger town. The bus went there about 6 times a day. Not much, but still i can get to that town if i had too. Now i instead live just outside that big town and if i want to take the bus in to the town it goes about 4 times an hour and takes 20 min. So there is a different ofc but still there is always a option, thansk to our taxes.

[@hellogais2177]

11:40 if we want to hike and stuff we rent a car or we use busses they usually go where people wanna go, you can easely rent a car tho, the more common renting is in a country the less expensive it is, people are safe drivers here so insurance isnt that expensive as well

[@petersymonds4975]

Taxes. In the UK our employers tell the HMRC, our equivalent to the IRS what we earn. Their rules show what our income tax will be, the employer then takes the required tax from you pay cheque. What’s left you keep. Here we call it PAYE, Pay As You Earn. The last tax form I completed was in 2002 after working in The Netherlands for a few years. If there are expenses to claim for then I can make a claim but his is very rare. My tax code usually takes this into account.

[@cmjensen8860]

you talked about camping, that's also a thing Sweden does very well, we have a rule that ensures anyone can camp and hike pretty much anywhere that's not someones like backyard. Its called "allemansrätten". Also yes we have the option to travel outside our general area. With our train network, quite cheap, frequent. In my opinion Stockholms subway is the one of the most comfortable, clean, easy and pleasing subway network!

[@viktorbroman7048]

Answering on your question at 11.29 it’s in the cities in Sweden that has this opportunity with transport themselves around the streets, in the north if you would like to come outside the city you need a car to travel or go for a hike.

[@haraldpeter5828]

Bringing all your bottles or cans, glas, plastic, ... back to the Supermarket, is the most normal thing in Germany. I already did this with my parents in the 70th and 80th and is has only improved, that now you just place them in automated machines (since the 80/90th), that give you your money back. It's a great recycling system. Large bottles give you around 25-30 cents back each.

[@Ayns.L14A]

10 Things America is the best in the world at, 1. Locking up their own citizens. 2. Thinking, they are the freest country in the world. 3. School shootings. 4. Gun ownership. 5. Destabilizing other countries . 6. Eating too much. 7. Bankrupting their citizens with ridiculous medical bills. 8. Soaking up as much of the population's income with various Taxes. 9. Not allowing people to have paid vacation time . 10. Not understanding Irony/ Sarcasm ............

[@blomman9519]

11:20 u can often take the train up to a city like kiruna, and then go on with a bus to your desired location

[@davidbogren4768]

in regards to the question about "going off the beaten path" we have trains and busses that go way north, so you'd probably take a train or bus to the closest hub, and then you can hire a car or bike from there otherwise yea you need a car like anywhere else.

[@Chrille9145]

about the transport system in sweden it is really good and there are transport buses, trains and planes that can take you to the northern parts of sweden as well as the center and southern part but what is most important is mostly buses and trains that take the most important transport to different parts in Sweden.

[@Jungfrun1]

I want to add a few things to his point about education. First the loan is given out by the government and not a private bank, your monthly payments will depend on your income so the more money you earn the more you pay each month, the interest on the loan is also extremely low and is set by the government each year. The current interest rate for 2022 is actually 0.00% while it was 0.05% in 2021 and 0.16% in 2020.

[@thebigh4752]

11:23 - if you are looking to travel outside of the range for your transport, you just use your commuter pass to the nearest central station, and then you buy a ticket from there.

[@kenw1248]

In relation to sales tax the issue as I see it is that sales and/or income taxes can be imposed by each of the three levels of government (Local, State and Federal) in the US. A sales tax can therefor differ from county to county, and from city to city. in the US but in other countries the imposition of taxes is not done by local authorities and possibly even not by State authorities. It is the spread of taxing authorities in the US which creates the issue of an "After" tax on the listed price.

[@slashbluezpix5680]

higher up in the northern part of Sweden. we also have trains and bus with us, but do not go as often as in the big cities. but there is and you can get wherever you want with the local traffic. there are very few places where there are no buses. So buses are everywhere and go everywhere. Only hold that is more limited. but is kind of almost all over it with...! So you know, I live in north part of sweden.. ^_^

[@H.J97]

on the topic of recycling, the added cost is just 1kr (about 10 cent USD) ontop of the normal price

[@AbsolutePernilla]

Most transit actually get you to starting points for nature hikes in Sweden. It's a large country, roughly the size of California, but with only 10+ million people, so nature is pretty much just around the corner, and the railway system, along with buses cover most of the country.

[@sirjohnmara]

What I understand New England region is more like the Scandinavian countries in many aspects than the rest of US. Thanks, John from Sweden.

[@melvutten2029]

11:13 there will most likely be a buss going to the location you want to go, maybe not deep in the forest, but you could probobly rent a bike or or hike there.

[@AliceTheReaper]

Let me just say, there is a bus system in Sweden that allows you to take one bus from any bus stop to any other bus stop and it can be almost halfway through Sweden. Sometimes they even pick you up at your home and they can drive you to a place without a bus stop though it costs a little more. The average price for a ticket is around 50 kr if there is a bus that goes that path normally or 85 kr if you want to buy a bus to pick you up. And if you are in school then you get free bus cards which you can use twice a day to get you to and from school. And I have had a lot of trouble when it comes to school but at least the place I go to is really great. I have gotten shorter school days, removed some of the subjects that I don't like (except the primary subjects), and only focused on what I need for the place in which I want to work. And I even get a bus that takes me from the school all the way to my house at around 12:00-14:40 (12 am - 2:40 pm) depending on the day when the bus normally comes at around 14:40 on short days and around 16:00 on average. So not only has my school helped me a lot but the effective methods of traveling here in Sweden are what even made this possible from the start. There is also one more point I have to make and it's about recycling. Small bottles and cans give you 1 kr back at the cost of the payment costing 1 kr more, now they don't add this to the price but they add a little sign next to the price tag saying + pant and you can also see on the bottle how much the pant is. Now on bigger bottles so is it actually 2 kr which means that you need to pay 2 kr more. Now you do get back this money but I prefer saving up until I have around 2 bags full of bottles and then recycling them all for around 40-50 kr which is enough to get you a meal or 2 plus water. Also one of the better things here is that the education is free, but the family has to pay a certain amount per kid to the government for educational purposes but that money is later given to the kid when she/he finishes school. This is great about Sweden but health care is definitely better might I add, free surgery and medical checkups until you are 18 at which the cost isn't even that bad. I am pretty sure that taking an ambulance is also free. But yeah, that's all the good stuff, there is a bunch of horrible stuff in Sweden compared to the other countries and right now so do we have the highest gas prices in the world, plus a bunch of other flaws but when you put it into a format about only the good things then yeah, wouldn't every country be great at that point. What everyone needs to know is the bad stuff and then say what country is better, ignoring the good stuff and focusing on what is worse.

[@ornen9716]

its like go trins it is kind of like a train from stockholm to kiruna so if you want to go to northern sweden you can only go by train there

[@snallabananen1851]

Recycling (Pant) in Sweden 🇸🇪 In the grocery store there have a bottle machine so u take a bottle put it in then u have a screen that it say how much u will get for the recycling BUT Sweden have a bottle rule so here: U get 1kr for a small bottle or 2kr for a big bottle. Sweden also have two button’s one of them is to donate to charity in the association “Röda Korset” in English ( Red Cross) and the other button it’s to get a receipt 🧾 that’s says how much money u have recycle for so that’s all SEE YA ✌️

[@mrdruid3240]

All of Sweden has buses but in different areas and you pay a to another bus company and there are trains in almost every country in Europe

[@Dennan]

you can take train and buss everywhere in sweden, and then you can go by foot out in the wild. train tracks go all the way north, and buss go more or less to every village no matter or small it is. ofc having a car or motorbike you can go into old roads into the woods further, but its not that bad if you dont have it.

[@kristofferbeckman9073]

11:13 Well, it's not really like there's a train stopping right beside a random beutiful mountain. We have other trains that travel long distances though. Like for example north. And then we also have a pretty easy service with taxi's, and it would be pretty expensive to go further into the nature, but it would probably work as long as there are some type of roads a bit from where you want to go. So it would be possible, but a lot easier with owning a car, yes. You could always also rent a car.. So idk if i answered your question or not but havn't wrote any wierd comment in a while so i figured it'd be time

[@marcusstodberg657]

Also for NR4 that he missed. You can recycle plastic bottles the same way as aluminum cans.

[@RaXXha]

A thing to add on education: The student loan interest is as of 2022 0%, and you have until you retire to pay back the loan. The loan is payed out monthly and is about the equivalent of $1150. Pretty much covers food and a small place to live.

[@Treety1791]

I mean, If you wanna go somewhere where public transportation doesn’t go, it doesn’t matter if you’re in Sweden, Us or any other nation. The thing with public transportation in Sweden, is that regardless where you live there’s a solid system in place to get from A to B. You don’t have to live in a certain city or state to get that “luxury”.

[@_Viking]

Taxes in Norway are similar to taxes in sweden. You get a message on your phone and your digital mailbox (its not email) with a draft of your tax report. Then you go through it and change whatever you need to, often not nesessary, and approve it. That's it.

[@johnsandberg9364]

11:12 You can always a rent a car if you need to. But you can also pay for trains or nuses to get pretty close

[@missfluffy4770]

Just making clear about the taxes is that ofcourse you can go in and change stuff before you send it in. Like a couple of years ago I sold my apartment and had to go in and add that. But that is still pretty quick and easy. Took me like 30 minutes to do and that was mostly cause I never done it before so I had to like figure out how to do it.

[@thatswede836]

11:30, there are easy ways to make this happen, more than you'd think. Swedens trainsystem is fully conecting the entire country, allowing you to travel long distances in a matter of hours or less. As for the alternative, Sweden has invested heavily into its public transportation system, where trains can't take you, buses will, and the cost for a bussride isn't to bad either. Should you(somehow) not be so fortunate as to afford these options, fear not, Sweden is structured in a way that everyone, walkers, bikers, car owner etc. Will be able to travel from point A to B without much resistance. You'll often have bikelines stretching far out into the countryside, so biking isn't a problem. As for exploring and camping, most of Sweden is just forest, mostly untouched by society and everyone is allowed to enjoy it as they see fit(as long as you follow our "nature-protective laws").

[@MegaWunna]

Like every city has inter city trains here in Sweden even those very small towns in the very north like Kiruna has inter city train options, there are even intercity train options to some real rual areas.

[@markusekblad6904]

I do not know if anyone has mentioned it, but you get back the same amount you pay for the can / plastic bottle. SEK 1 for the aluminum can / plastic bottle SEK 1 back.

[@sswoogy]

Camping like up in Sweden (I live there) when i go up to my friends thats 6h away, they are trains and bus. Even if you are in the wood they we have bus stops. I live in a small town named Kungsör, but if a dont have a car i can just go to the train staion and take a train to Stockholm if i want to. Or if a want to go away from Sweden like Norway i can take trainrides.

[@oxbanana8735]

1kr = 0,1usd is the conversion at the time I checked. I also live about 30 km away, or around 18 miles away from school and I just take to metro straight there. There is also a possible to rent an electric car and it works like the rentable e-scooters.

[@zuttboll1914]

Right atm the flighttickets in europ rn is insane a flight from Stockholm to malmö is cheaper to fligh than take the train/bus

[@scottmorris5730]

In Canada the bills ( $5, $10,$20,$50 & $100 ) are the same size, but the amount is written in braille on the notes. The reason why in Canada & the USA they ad the taxes after the amount is cuz after the federal taxes the provinces / territories/ states or commonwealths add their own tax.

[@shalala4571]

To clarify taxes: Basically most taxes get automatically declared for you, and if you're happy with it you just accept it and its done. If you have any deducations (fuel costs to get to work for example) you add that and send it in, it will be reviewed and approved or denied. In total since i turned 18 i think i've spent about 5 minutes declaring my taxes. With school loans, you basically get a "salary". You dont get all the money at once, but once a month while you study. I got about 1400 USD a month, for two years. (Not during summer breaks or other holidays). My current interest rate is 0.01% and im expected to pay 800 USD a year, give or take. So about 17 years is my expected repay time. If i lose my job or have a hard time paying i can pause the payments, or reduce the ammount i pay back every quarter year.

[@donkfail1]

When it comes to taxes, if you are claiming some special tax deduction, you have to fill in details about that, but it's usually easy. I can't remember when I did anything else than just blip-bloop my phone as soon as it was time for that. And since I did it before the end of March this year, I should have my tax return in the bank by now. Thanks for reminding me! I haven't checked that. :D I love the public transports here around Stockholm. It's getting more expensive every year though. But I've lived both in the city and around it up to over 30 km (20 freedom-miles) away, and have never owned a motor vehicle in my 50 years long life. Not even a moped as a kid. You mentioned travelling to the countryside/wilderness. Take a train and then some local bus. In some far away rural places, there may only be one or two runs per day on the outer bus lines. But if there are some tourist attraction or even just a popular hiking trail, they'll have buses.

[@antonlindgren8277]

the busses and trains goes al over the country, and it is very common in sweden to have a car ( or a friend with a car ) so its actually not that hard to get around

[@matildenordqvist2158]

Hi I'm from Sweden and i have an answear to your hiking question. You could take a bike on a bus and ride the bus as far north as it goes and then bike the rest of the way, or if you go to a public hiking place there is probably an bus that goes there. When I was hiking me, my family and friends walked up in the moutains after we took a hiking bus to a parkinglot near by.

[@edwinmolander2756]

There is always Busses to the place you want to go not like in the woods but you can burrow a car or a smaller buss to get to that place you want to go

[@guymarcgagne7630]

Canadian banknotes (all of equal dimensions) have brail stamped into a corner for the visually impaired to differentiate them. The coins of course are a no brainer...

[@tempcareless4516]

If we wanna go hiking or camping by taking the buss. In Sweden there are bus stops in absolute nowhere, I don’t know why but if I want I can just get off in the middle of the woods

[@helvete983]

You are never too far away to go off the beaten track in Sweden. I can literally walk for 10 mins in any direction from my home and either be in a national park, in a forest, or at a lake. Now of course this isn't always the case in a big city, but the transport links will get you there. We have something called freedom to roam in Sweden which means you can hike, cycle, camp, ride or ski on any land, except private gardens, near a private dwelling or land under cultivation.

[@salmonero6472]

As someone who grew up in the 90s, and had to follow my mom to the bank to pay bills, and someone who grew up using cash. Swish and Bank ID has been such a blessing 👏 I haven't been in a bank for probably 8 years, I can't even remember the last time I held some cash. It's just crazy how easy everything is nowadays. The other week I did my taxes and ordered food in 2 minutes, just with my phone.

[@evawettergren7492]

The part about not using cash can come back and bite you when going abroad. We were a large group of people from both Sweden and Norway who visited Moscow in 2019. First evening there we went to a very fancy restaurant. Super cool by the way. When we were to pay everyone tried to add their part of the bill... but none of us were used to trying to get the bills to match with the actual cost of each meal and none of us had any change, so we sat there and tried to swap money between us so that each one only had to pay what they owed... the waiters were watching us with what I presume were hidden amusement (very had to tell with russians to be honest). Anyway, in the end we just laughed and shoved a bunch of bills at the waiter and decided not to count who owed what. To be able to swish the exact amount is so much easier.

[@helvete983]

I'm a little older and I remember having to pay bills at the post office where they'd charge you to process them. Now it is easy with Bank ID, I don't think Nordea bank even keeps cash anymore. I do occasionally use cash if we go to an outdoor loppis, but most restaurants these days don't even take cash.

[@agamersinsanity]

The problem is the bank has to much power over you, so if you fuck up you are totally screwed. They can shut down your BankID completely, and you won't be able to get it from another bank.

[@acidcrow4051]

It is true that public transportation is excellent, as long as you live in a city or medium sized town. If you live in a rural area though, especially up north, you are very car dependent. Or you could walk for 30 minutes to the nearest bus stop that has a bus running once an hour if you are lucky.

[@mickedoe4202]

7:14 the money is separated into two categories. One is free given money and you don't pay it back. Second, and added on top of the free money, is the loan you apply for and you can add and get a lot. And it is at a 0,2% interest rate, last year it was at 0%. So it is not a bad thing, and it is mostly used for University education and not college.

[@mats7492]

Pretty much all of this is standard in EU countries

[@aleyro13]

Answering your question about what if you want to go up north hiking etc.. that doesn't have the busses and the trains... thing is, it does have the transportation.

[@knudplesner]

Yes exactly, trains and buses provide transportation to your starting point, from there you can hike by walking and cycling. You do not hike by your car !!!

[@eriksandberg2430]

well i live in the north like u can go too other citys and stuff but you cant really go into the small villages comfortbly like you might have too wait 1 day for the next buss if ur unlucky but yeah 90% its works here

[@Kathadrion]

BankID isn't just for sending money/paying for things online. It's essentially an electronic way of confirming your identity, using both your personal identification number and a code that only you know. Which is why it's used when you want to send money, but it can also be used in basically any situation that would otherwise require a signature. So like, you can use it to "sign" contracts and documents, or like he said in the video, to do your taxes. In that case, you use the BankID to confirm that to the best of your knowledge, the information you're submitting is correct. Unfortunately, some criminals have figured out ways to use BankID to commit fraud and steal money from people. One of the most common ways is to call someone (usually an elderly person who may have BankID but probably isn't super familiar with how it works), pretend to be from their bank or phone company or whatever, and trick them into signing stuff with their BankID. So the victim may think they're signing into their online bank to check something that this "banker" asked them to, but what they're actually doing is confirming a transfer of all their money to the fraudster's account.