Americans React To "Visit Sweden: The DON'T's Of Visiting Sweden | Wolter's World"

[@magnum_cx8805]

When the weather is as wet as it is here in Sweden (snow becomes water when you go inside of course too) shoes inside are just not an option. As for the thing with the Swedish Chef, the problem with joking about that is that he’s barely on our radar. Unlike typical country stereotypes and jokes (like German sounding aggressive, Canadian politeness, or IKEA for us), the only time most of us have ever heard of or seen the Swedish chef is when Americans quote it at us. So it’s not one of those things we sigh affectionately over like with typical ribbing. If you just do the chef noises it’ll probably take most of us a while to even understand what you’re doing😂

[@manalive1623]

Had four days in Stockholm for my 50th last summer. The nicest city I have ever spent time in. Loved it and will be going back, as need to visit all the parts I missed. Just walking round for hours made me feel happy!

[@vivii794]

He's right about the harring, 😊 but we don't get affended if you do the "swedish chef". Our humor is quite morbid actually.

[@petertyckare3432]

This film about Sweden is a few years old! Now the price difference is 50% cheaper in Stockholm than N.Y. in real restaurants, Normal food in Sweden has high quality compared to many countries, the man who makes the film has only focused on extra expensive food such as special fish dishes in 5-star restaurants, of course it costs money then.

[@vivii794]

Well, it's also a big difference between Stockholm and Gothenburg. Here in Gbg you can relax in a different way than in Sthlm. It's also much cheaper than Sthlm. Here in Gbg you can go around much cheaper than in Sthlm. People should visit the west coast first.

[@vivii794]

Stockholm is Swedens woke California. Do you really want to there?

[@herrbonk3635]

It's just you that can't relax in Stockholm. People coming here from other countries always say it's such a laid back atmosphere here.

[@LePeaux]

@@vivii794 I love Gbg. But i would avoid the Swedish MAGA-cult members - like you.

[@LostInSweden-cc2zu]

The Swedish chef is Norwegian, according to my Swedish wife.

[@annikamyren3026]

It sounds norwegian !

[@MatsAtheist]

Swedish Chef is a puppet character in The Muppets that is supposed to represent a Swedish chef. It was created by Jim Henson and Frank Oz and first appeared in 1975.

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

Hi guys! Yes always take your shoes off when visiting someone's home here in Sweden. Sweden is a cold, rainy and snowy country most of the time and we take our shoes off so we don't drag mud and/or snow inside. Also very few homes here have wall-to-wall carpets that trap all kinds of nastiness so there really is no need for shoes inside. Nowadays the Swedish cuisine is quite diverse and very flavorful because it has so many influences from other countries, but typical traditional Swedish food is hearty and lacking in spices (most traditional dishes are only seasoned with salt and pepper), and a lot of it is, as Daniel said, pickled because of the climate and long winters. Yes please don't do your impression of the "Swedish" chef. I don't know what language he speaks, but it isn't Swedish. Hurdy gurdy my borkin' a** 😉 If you ever get the chance to try surstömming, make sure to do it in northern Sweden because that's where it is from, and there are restaurants up there that speialize in it.

[@Varksterable]

Isn't this all just good manners/comon decency? Do Americans usually disobey these rules? "Oh, I just shat on the breakfast table and put jam all over the stairs. Because I'm American."

[@annicaesplund6613]

Surströmming (fermented herring) is eaten in August and outdoors with special condiments. Not straight from a jar. Plonkers.

[@josteingravvik2381]

🤣🤣😂😂 I've done the Swedish Chef impression to a real Swedish Chef I was working on the same ship with once. I survived, barely, and I'm Norwegian !!! (Maybe that's why i did survive, because we make fun of the Swedes ALL THE TIME !! 🤣🤣😂😂

[@robertjonsson5750]

It goes both ways actually to make fun on our northern neighbours, coming from a swede. But we love each other after all.

[@josteingravvik2381]

@@robertjonsson5750 Indeed it is so !! 😁 The Chef I mentioned in my first post wasn't shy to give "harrassement" back to me neighter !!! 😁 I think we both quite enjoyed this banter !! People from other countries actually thought we didn'tget along, and they didn't quite believe us when we said that we were good friends deep down 🙂

[@MewDenise]

As a swede I like to watch tourism vlogs and I am always surprised how people always mention how quiet it is even though there are many people around them.

[@alexandermunro8135]

There are many videos of people trying to eat that fermented fish thing. Oh man, I nearly died with laughter and dry heaves 😅

[@Ai-em2pu]

Regarding the vowels: we actually have three more than you do - Å, Ä, Ö. So I don't think we need any more. 😂

[@jonask9641]

Im from Sweden and my gf is from the Philippines, they also take the shoes of before going inside the house. But they have indoor flip-flops for themselves and the guests at the door 😅

[@zpitzer]

actually swedish has 3 more vowels than english, it's å, ä, and ö, and no they are not pronunced like a and o like english speakers like to do.

[@MatsAtheist]

Swedish here, Among the most disgusting things there are people who allow you not to take off your shoes when you enter someone's home. Seriously, who wants someone stomping around their home with shoes they walked on the street in, dog shit, chewing gum, spit, bird shit. And then go to someone's house and spread the crap around in someone's home. Especially in the USA, where many people have full-length carpets. Disgusting. Then one question, don't Americans respect a line? Isn't that incredibly disrespectful?

[@swedishgooner6339]

The fermented herring are a divider amongst the swedish people as well. I’ve tried it and the taste doesn’t make up for the smell. It’s just mushy and salty.. it’s more loved up in the north of Sweden and those people are WEIRD.. 😂

[@not0228]

Love hearing you guy's perspectives 😄 even though I have to sit through all this IKEA slander...

[@gabbikiera]

Agree about the divorserate going up from assembelin IKEA stuff 😘😂

[@vansting]

Down in the south closer to Europe the food is about everything. And we have a hell of a lot of farmland down here. But this guy is little of and that is probably that he haven’t looked for the real good restaurants, they are kind of pricey. It’s just to google Swedish restaurants and you see there is food from all around the world. He forgot to mention that Swedes ar tall and that most Americans have to look upp to the women and men. But he is right in one thing, what u in the state call a model works in a burger joint here.

[@Passioakka]

Now now...guys, it sounds like we hardly can survive during winter and struggle with our food... At first; Swedes travel a lot and our food nowadays are influenced with a lot of foreign veggies, herbs and spices, crossover in its best form. But for daily food for breakfast and after work we rely on traditional homecooked food. As a foodie I have to say that homemade is much better than traditional food at a restaurant. You also do not get the variete of trad food Sweden can give you, in the way it is eaten in different parts of our country. Swedish food is not only meatballs, salmon and herring you know. Our trad food comes from eating in season, primeurs in early summer, roots like potatoes, beets and onion + cabbage in late autumn and also in winter due to easy storage. We have freezers and also dry some if we grow it ourselfes, otherwise we just go to the store...stores that exist almost everywhere. We have good farmland in the middle and south of the country, up north we grow the best tasting potatoes and many of us with our own gardens grow own weggies, that has become a "thing" in the whole country. We have a short summer here up north but the midnight sun/summer light outweigh the short season. Have you heard about Jamie Oliver (The Naked Chef)? Swedes like to eat simple with clean groceries, ecological grown, not transported from far away and grown with care (the same with meat) . Home (Swedish) grown veggies/meat - taste is better and it is a way more healthy option, especially if eaten in season!

[@larubialocatattoo8430]

If I’m saying ikea when I speak English, I will say it the same way as you. Same with my name , but when I speak Swedish I will pronounce it in Swedish pronunciation. Now it’s way cheaper for you to come here, the dollar is 1$ =11,30 sek. (Swedish krona ) I remember the first time I was in America and the 1$ =6,30sek.

[@Hilariumosis]

Swedish and American pricing is pretty similar actually. Some things are cheaper or more expensive here vs there but overall it's fairly similar. And if you come here as an American, 1 USD = 11 SEK. So you'll have more spending power than the average swede and most tourists here. So I wouldn't say it's something an American tourist need to take into consideration much.

[@Passioakka]

Oh...it just goes on and on and on...nam pla - DELICIOUS! Fermented herring (surströmming) - Gods gift to us! You come an visit and I will treat you that, served the right way, also souvas (reindeer) with mese (brown cheese) sauce and lingon berry jam, maeliklubbe (blood dumplings with meat), barley dumplings with salted and fried pork side, moose in different forms maybe with mushroom in some form and smoked fish on flat bread, blueberry pancake with whipped cream or kaffeost and cloudberry jam for dessert...and so on. You´re welcome!

[@aneri72]

I saw an American here on KZbin opening a can of "surströmming" inside of his car. He will probably need a new car so... DON'T DO THAT!!! 😜

[@Herzschreiber]

hahaha Daniel, please let me know if you want me to ship some German vowels over to you! And if it's only to surprise Spencer when using them up! 🤣

[@LePeaux]

The Swedish food culture is limited. But we compensate for that by being extremely open to other cultures' food. Sweden was one of the first sushi-countries outside Asia. And we opened pizzerias long before many other countries. Taco is our national dish. We take stuff and swedenize it. :)

[@Lowshoehighhat]

I dont think sweden is that expensive if you dont go out and eat all the time. I have lowest income and can still survive and save some without problem, and i have been to alot of country.

[@flingan7512]

8:56 That money no longer applies. Got the new money now

[@AnnaAndersson-j6g]

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[@AndyMagnusson70]

Taking your shoes off should have its own law. It´s an outdoor footwear. I mean you don´t go around your home with a jacket on.

[@kronop8884]

In some countries you need to keep your jacket on indoors during winter months, older houses in southern Europe, South America and so on where temperatures can drop but only for a short few weeks heating and insulation is optional it seems

[@Etswe]

If you like spicy the Swedish food are not for you, but otherwise it´s pretty good. Besides you can get food from different parts of the world in most towns. It´s not expensive compared to other European countries except Stockholm. Don´t eat surströmming unless you want to puke :-)

[@ilythiri1]

Surströmming is best to open under water bc it containes the smell and you don't get sprayed with foul smelling shit. I think getting sprayed by a skunk would be better than being sprayed with that shit 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@petertyckare3432]

ATTENTION! shoes are worn outdoors in all kinds of crap "do you think you should walk around with them in housing?", Now you see people on TV putting their feet up with shoes on the sofa when it's sitting "what the hell did they get their education in the jungle?."

[@bulletnutz6382]

Draging dirt and small rocks that destroys the wodden floors inside a house is one of the most stupied thing i know. Taking the shoes off is a nobrainer🙄

[@dsludge8217]

"Swedish fish" was called "geléfiskar" = "gelatin fish" or "jelly fish" when i was a kid (back during the early migration period). They were very yummy and a staple of my Friday candy. Unfortunately they changed the recipe and they became more like "vinegum fish". More tough and less flavourful, and not half as yummy. I wish I could try the american version.

[@lightdampsweetenough2065]

If we get invaded, I will eat Surströmming. I remember when I was a kid, neighbors used to ring the door and warned us before they were going to eat that disgusting fish. It smells like shit.

[@jarlhedberg435]

Your pronunciation would be spelled AIKEJA if Swedish ;D

[@herrbonk3635]

7:06 Not being allowed to pay with cash has little to do with efficiency. At least if you ask the banks in Sweden. They blame it almost entirely on the crime rates in Sweden for the last 25-30 years, i.e. armed robberies.

[@PriyankNagpal-i4n]

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[@mariaberg3780]

Why do a video about Sweden when Norway is sooo mutch better!😉And richer!💰

[@evawettergren7492]

Yes. Traditionally Sweden was very poor... so our traditional food is based on that. Potatoes, herring, porkrinds... even Swedes are kinds of "meh" about our traditional food. Of course, we grew up with most of it so it has a nostalgic feeling for us. But if you have no reference for it, it's hardly exciting cuisine.

[@Steffe]

So funny about surviving, and the cold, get a grip.

[@neohuber45]

"Dont skip the line" is not exactly true for the german-speaking-countries. There its more like a "dont skip the bulk" :-)

[@Bo2diddly]

I think what Wolter want to say..... is........ Swedish food is BORING! 🙄😁

[@carinnordmark6910]

im from sweden and i dont like surströmming its bad just no the food its plane salt peppar basic IKEA sheep stuff is oki

[@carmbrant1]

I can agree on "plain". Anyway, that´s exactly the word I come to think of to describe Ikea food.

[@carinnordmark6910]

@@carmbrant1 we want the food to taste whatever it is on the plate, we don't have as large a range of spices as, for example, the Mediterranean but we use nice flavors and I like sevnek home cooking because there are dishes that are not "plain" and no I'm not talking about sour strömming in my home Hell to the NO