🇸🇪 Sweden: 3 things that surprised me ● Living and working in Stockholm as an Expat 🇵🇱

What surprised me about Sweden as an expat from Poland?
I’m talking about work-life balance, darkness and apartment situation in Stockholm.
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I'm Magda Reyman, an independent designer in Stockholm, SE with past clients like Spotify, Paradox Interactive, Volvo and many more.
I specialize in digital and product design, with a focus on brand, interaction, visual design and design systems. For the past 8 years, I've been collaborating with design agencies, startups and in-house design teams.
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● Time ●
00:00 → Intro
01:55 → Work life balance
08:25 → Darkness
10:45 → Apartment renting
14:55 → Outro
#LivingInSweden #ExpatInSweden #WorkingInSweden #Fika #DarknessInSweden #ApartmentsInSweden #PolishExpatInSweden

[@MagdaReyman]

Part two is out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHS3ZpugaLd_nZY

[@wabdrabo]

Those sun bathing photos are some of my favorites

[@MagdaReyman]

We should print it one day :)

[@ingvartorma9789]

Information for you and others who move to Sweden and are forced to rent an apartment second hand. If it is an empty apartment that you sublet, then those subletting may NOT charge more than what they themselves pay in rent. If the apartment is furnished, the apartment owner who is subletting it may add a maximum of 15% to the rent for what it costs the apartment owner to pay rent himself. If you can pay SEK 20,000 a month, the apartment must be large and fully furnished, the apartment must cost rent for the person who owns the apartment then have a rent of SEK 17,000 otherwise it is classed as usurious rent and is illegal and punishable.

[@MagdaReyman]

Wow had no idea about that. Also, define empty. If it has furnished kitchen and a bed - is it furnished?

[@ingvartorma9789]

@@MagdaReyman The apartment must be fully furnished, with a kitchen table and chairs. then everything so that you can prepare the food, eat, trika. so kitchen equipment must be present. The living room must be fully furnished with seating and a table and TV. the bedroom, there must be a bed and bedding for it. and there must be towels. So it must have been the case that you only move in with your clothes and everything you need in a functioning home.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@ingvartorma9789 that is very helpful to know. I don’t rent anymore but I hope that people who watch will find this information helpful. Can you provide any link / source? I think it’s good for people to have it.

[@ingvartorma9789]

@@MagdaReyman Most of what applies in Sweden, you just have to google about it, and what applies will come up. Like this with subletting, you only write how much you can take in subletting even then in English and don't know how it is with other languages. It is important to find out as much as possible about what applies in Sweden so that you are not deceived. As you mentioned about how much you can have to pay second hand in rent, people from other countries think that it is just to accept and pay what they want. But as I said, there are laws and regulations about how much you can charge in second-hand rent. The same thing if you start working, you have to find out what the salary is in that profession, how many hours you can work, how many hours you have to be off, and in Sweden the salary is also pensionable, that a certain percentage of the salary is set of for pension savings, you should find out if there is an occupational pension for the job you take, because then you have even more money that goes to pension savings. And if there is an occupational pension, you must also negotiate for an increase in it when you negotiate your salary. This can also be googled about. Because if you don't find out all the important things, you can be cheated, miss out on a pension for the time you worked in Sweden, as well as whether you have the right to an occupational pension at work and that you get this as well. If you take this as working time, it is common for you to work 8 hours per day plus between 30 minutes and one hour lunch and two coffee breaks. Also that according to the law you can only work 11 days in a row, then you must have at least one day off and it is up to the employee to ensure that he does not work for more than 11 days. Because if you work for 12 days and then discover that you have worked one day too many, then they deduct it from your salary, so it will be as if you have worked one day for free. So very important to google everything that applies in Sweden, because Sweden has more laws and regulations about most things that are not found in other countries. I can write up as much as I want with, as I said, google. An IMPORTANT thing, in Sweden an employer cannot fire you from your job anyway, there are laws and regulations about this. An employer can't just fire a person just because, it's not like in the US. You must also join the union partly to be protected against this very thing, but also if a job ends and you have worked for at least one year and then been a member of the union for one year, then you are entitled to unemployment benefits from the union.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@ingvartorma9789 i think it’s hard to google when people don’t even know that those things exist. I understand what you are saying tho :)

[@doreendaykin6693]

Gratitude!!! Greatly appreciated this valuable info.

[@MagdaReyman]

Glad to hear! 💙

[@susannepalm9740]

I know it's hard to get somewhere to live in Stockholm but that is the same problem that swedish people have when they are moving there. About why there is control for renting out appartments . If there were no control what so ever the appartments would go to people that can afford to get a lot of apoartments. And they would rent it out to a much higher rent than is today.. And that is already a problem in Stockholm that people that have low income but work in hospitals or are firemen no longer can afford to rent an appartment if they are living alone.

[@MagdaReyman]

Yeah I know. I just feel there should be some better way to solve it.

[@torbjornlekberg7756]

@@MagdaReyman We are many who hope for a solution to this. It have become quite the crisis, in fact.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@torbjornlekberg7756 yeah get that

[@tangfors]

@@MagdaReyman The answer is to build more. Stop voting for parties that sell out the common welfare and that only impose tax breaks that benefit those who already have.

[@johndewey6358]

Thank you for sharing this nice video. I am surprised about the housing situation.

[@MagdaReyman]

Yeah, it’s something very Scandinavian I think

[@DailyMyChildhood]

This is a really useful video.Thanks for Sharing👍

[@MagdaReyman]

You’re welcome))

[@WiktoriaDalach]

yay! another cool video! thanks for sharing. maybe i'll make a similar one about Berlin? 🤔

[@MagdaReyman]

Thanks! Yeah try it out. It’s fun to reflect.

[@gr8zongz]

The work balance is really depends on where you work and what you work with, the only thing i could relate to was the coffee.

[@MagdaReyman]

Where do you work?

[@tangfors]

@@MagdaReyman What has happened in Sweden in recent years is that it has become much tougher for workers (LO members) while office jobs have become increasingly well-paid and with more benefits. It is rather strange that this is the case as Sweden right now rather needs more workers and reduces costs for administration.

[@michaeltempsch5282]

The 14 Days för a doctor's note is a thing that came to be during the pandemic, prior to that it was 7 days. 14 days is also the time period the employer pays your sickpay of 80%, up to a limit. (1st day is unpaid though, and [most of the time] during the pandemic you've been able to get a fixed amount, regardless of salary, for that day from the state too) Also, private/union insurances may come into play and till in gaps. During the pandemic, employers have also been, partially, compensated för paid sickpay (for those first 14 days) Day 15 and forward it's the state (Försäkringskassan) that pays the sickpay.

[@MagdaReyman]

Thank you for sharing!

[@diosyntaxa]

The hours and vacation thing is different depending on your job though :) At my job I have odd hours and I sometimes start early, sometimes late, sometimes I go home at15.00, sometimes at 22.15 (the store closes at 22.00). When it comes to vacation they want us to use 2-4 weeks during the summer (and they usually hire people during the summer to do the work while we're gone, and sometimes they stay after summer as well if we need additional staff, or if someone takes time off to study etc.) and normally it's 3 weeks unless you talk and decide on some other length. But yeah, work/life balance is very important, I agree :)

[@MagdaReyman]

Yeah that’s for sure depends where you work

[@Merecir]

4 weeks of continuous vacation is your right, by law. There are cases where employers allowed their foreign employees to take out less than 4 weeks, which got the employee in trouble with the immigration authorities and they ended up getting deported...

[@sonnythorelli5402]

Nice photography. You have an eye for composition of the scene to make it interesting. God luck with your “sun bathing” project.

[@MagdaReyman]

Thank you!

[@gottelandet]

The work situation is very different at different workplaces. If you are working in a hospital or at a school you often have no time to take a break. It is always very stressful.

[@MagdaReyman]

Oh sorry to hear that. I guess I am a lucky, spoiled designer!

[@vinyltimewithamy1984]

Beautiful cozy Sweden calling my name…I can’t wait to visit Stockholm 🤍

[@JENNY-kh3to]

Very nice video and informativ, thank you! I think seriously to move to Stockholm, but changing flat is a challenge. Also, are Swedes too shy with foreigners? ❤

[@andersholmstrom3571]

Beeing born and raised in Sweden and having lived here almost ball of my life, most of what you said surprised me. By law we have 5 weeks of vacation. If you do not get paid for overtime you normally get a sixth vacation week. So it if unusual that people take more than 4 weeks off in the summer but it can happen. In most office jobs normal work hours is 07.30 -16.15 with 45 minutes lunch break which is not paid time. Normally you can have 15 minutes fill break in the morning and also 15 minutes in the afternoon. In many office jobs you have the possibility of flex time. If you are not paid for overtime you are still expected to go some over, up to 10%. In many cases people do a lot more overtime. Until I retired I did e.g do up to 25% overtime. Also not everyone takes the Fula breaks even if most do. I never did. Not all Swedes have summer houses as that is often expensive, unless it is in really remote areas. In he jobs I have had we did not close entire departments during vacation time. On the contrary we made plans for how the department could still function during vacation time. We tried to make sure that not everyone were off at the same time so that we could cover for each other. For the last decade or so my direct bosses were in the UK or Germany. They mostly did not have vacation at the same as I did. We also tried to take vacation around the same time as our customers if possible. Even if I was on vacation, weekends or when ever I was not at the office I always took job calls. This I admit was perhaps a little unusual but not at all seen as strange or an unheard of thing. Housing situation in Stockholm I cannot say so much about except that it is exceptionally expensive there. If you can find a decent job away from the bigger cities you will for sure have lower costs and a better standard of living. I guess that is the same in all countries.

[@user-ke8mg8xn8t]

Thank you so much. ❤️❤️❤️

[@MagdaReyman]

🙃

[@meb2126]

Fun to hear what surpriced you in Sweden. 🙂

[@MagdaReyman]

Glad to hear :)

[@nikita_frolov]

Superb video!

[@MagdaReyman]

Thank you! Means a lot!

[@MagdaReyman]

I decided to take a short break from design related videos, I hope you don’t mind ;)

[@deardagger]

Wow. I saw an exciting job opportunity at Spotify today and was playing with the idea, and then your video randomly pops up. Good work algorithm! Great video, thanks for the insights! Would be cool to see some more insights from a designers perspective e.g. Salary, Availability of work etc

[@MagdaReyman]

Glad to hear that you like it! What kind of information would be helpful for you? Always happy to create relevant content :)

[@deardagger]

@@MagdaReyman Things like Salary expectations for different levels of seniority, how the job market is like in general. What’s the tech industry like? Those kind of things if that makes sense?

[@MagdaReyman]

@@deardagger what kind of designer are you? I will keep this in mind and prepare a video!

[@deardagger]

@@MagdaReyman i’m a UI/UX Lead specialising in Design Systems :)

[@MagdaReyman]

@@deardagger perfect! You are my person then hehe. Design systems forever! 😂 I will do some more research and create something soon!

[@Kabardin]

yeeey! my favourite topic :) like in advance!

[@MagdaReyman]

Haha can’t wait to hear more ;D

[@Bawamba]

We have something called "Workers year" or "The bosses/companys year" during winter. What year it is depends on how the red days are that year. Red days in Sweden is a "holiday day" that is seen as a sunday, even if it's mid week. Like December 25 and 26 is red days. So if 24 is a monday, 25 tuesday and 26 wednesday, you normaly dont work on december 24, as it's what we call a "klämdag", which translated is like squeeze day. And if the year would look like that during winter, or close to that, we normally only take 4 weeks during summer, and use the last 5 days to use during the christmas, so we sometimes can get 2 weeks off during that time as well.

[@alexpopescu6492]

Nice video and VERY informative, you gave a lot of details that I haven't found in other/similar videos. You were saying about the 20k sek appartment, mentioning it was more than half of your first salary. So based on your experience, do you think that the first salary (office job) would be in the 2500-3000 eur range? Or more like in the 2000-2500 eur range (I mean, after taxes, the net salary you get to keep). I'm planning to move with my wife and kid to Stockholm and we kept watching rental appartments for a few months already, what we want it seems to be in the 1300-1500 eur/month range. Also I was wondering, since you changed 7 appartments so far, what do you say about renting a little bit further away from the city center, is this a viable option in order to get a smaller rent?

[@MagdaReyman]

Hey Alex! Thank you for watching. I am not sure about the office job, since I am a designer. And it depends of your experience. But I would say the base salary can be anything between 25-35k SEK after tax. And yes, renting out something outside of city center is definitely a valid option. But the problem with short time rental still stands, unfortunately. Good luck! Not everyone is as unlucky as i was haha

[@ZenseZone]

Hey, as a Swede i would recommend to look for an apartment or even a house where there is a much cheaper, which is usually a little bit outside major cities or in certain cheap apartment areas, as the more central you try to find an apartment, the more expensive it usually is. Travel is very good and have a good timetable with regular busses or subway stations around Stockholm and around most areas of overall Sweden + its not expensive if you get a monthly travelcard to get around with the county/"state" public transport.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@ZenseZone yes! Since Stockholm is quite small it’s super easy to travel. Although not everyone likes to live outside of the city (like me).

[@birgittae9046]

Alex, why not try to find a house to rent nearby Stockholm. I recommend that instead of a flat when you are s family. Good luck! Look for Västerås, Uppsala, Eskilstuna or Södertälje or the towns in between. Lots of people travel by train to Stockholm for work and live in that area. Or the opposite too. Live in a Stockholm suburb and travel in the whole area for work.

[@birgittae9046]

Magda when I was young and moved to Stockholm I also only wanted to live, and lived in the central city. (Kungsholmen). Then when I got family and kids I moved furher out from city, bought a house. It’s natural that you probably change type of priorities different periods of your life. But one thing is sure, choose to live in central Stockholm will cost a lot just for to live. A lot of people want the same and that also rise the price 😁 A demand and supply thing. On the other hand, living and working in central city you can walk and bike around everywhere, and can save costs for transportation compare to needing a car and cost for daily public transportation, living further out.

[@MakelifebetterMore]

Nice explanation

[@MagdaReyman]

Thank you!

[@torbjorngunnarsson2986]

Working hours are different around Sweden. I myself start at 06.42 and have dinner at 12.30-13.00 and finish at 16.00. On Friday we close at 1pm and have no lunch.

[@user-we1qt2hj9g]

Czesc Magda! How come did you have to change accommodation so many times? Was not possible for you to renew the tenancy agreement with the landlord?

[@WantMore-mc8dx]

Thanks Magda for sharing :)

[@MagdaReyman]

Thanks for watching!

[@FurryCruz]

The 5 week thing is a bit, but yeah, people do usually take 3-4 weeks in the summer.

[@Luredreier]

Hum, considered giving Norway, Denmark, Iceland or Finland a try? (Or places like the Faero islands, Åland, Greenland or Svalbard)? Each place has its ups and downs. You could also try another city in Sweden, or even move somewhere more rural?

[@MagdaReyman]

If I leave, it will be some English speaking country I think:)

[@Luredreier]

@@MagdaReyman Pity. You can get by using English just fine in Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark. And at least with young people in Iceland. I'm not sure about Finland. On the whole I think living in the Germanic world is better than the Anglophone world. Better work-life balance in all of the Germanic nations. English proficiency is generally high. The government takes good care of you for the most part. Germany is a bit bureaucratic, and uses private health care insurances. The Netherlands and Switzerland also uses private health care from what I understand. While the Nordic countries use public health care. Nordic countries generally are less bureaucratic with for instance the government filling out the taxes for you. And you only needing to verify and correct mistakes. Iceland values self reliance more than the other Nordic countries, so there's a bit less welfare system there. Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands are all more sexually liberal then us Nordics in many ways. Although there's of course local differences. Finns use more time on self realization then the rest of us. Norway is the richest. While the US might have a higher mean income then we do in Norway, we have a higher median income. And far higher income pr hour of work. The Netherlands probably have the best city planning in the world. Germany and the Nordic countries have free education even for noncitizens, although the number of free spots might be limited and have high competition in some cases. Switzerland has a really fascinating democracy with a high amount of direct democracy. Norway is considered the most democratic nation in the world. Germany and Sweden are rather cosmopolitan in attitude and have low racism levels. And so one and so forth. Just, you live there, why not explore the rest of the Germanic world a bit more? I'm sure that you're already learning Swedish? That'll help you out in Norway, Sweden and Finland. If you're familiar with Russian then Svalbard might be a nice place. Although if you're from a sexual minority living further south might be preferable. Germany might be nice in that regard.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@Luredreier for now I am staying in Sweden. My plan is to rent out my apartment when I travel to some warm places during Swedish darkness :))

inspirujesz mnie, żeby spróbować kiedyś wróżke sikore in english :D

[@MagdaReyman]

Dajesz! Straszne jest słuchanie swoich błędów jak edytujesz Haha ale dużo się tez uczę ;d

[@latikabenz6289]

Hi Magda! How long did it take for you to find accommodation in Stockholm for the first time? How you managed to find it?

[@johanfinndahl5233]

Forty years ago, factories had often been closed for four weeks, when they took the opportunity to do major maintenance work. I've never heard of anyone closing five weeks. Today, many have two periods, you have early every other summer and late every other. Or that everyone can wish when they want the holiday, in which case the manager puzzles and moves someone's dates if necessary so that the business works all summer. Either discuss with those concerned if anyone can move, or move the person who got the first choice last year. Different in different workplaces. Some close completely for two weeks, about half are also free the two weeks before, the other half after. According to the law, an employee has the right to be off for four weeks in a row during June to August, but cannot demand to be given exactly the weeks they want to be off. Most people save the fifth week and take it in the autumn, winter or spring, or take it out in single days when they need to be free. You work in the holiday pay from the first of April the year before to the last of March the year you take the holiday. You can save a maximum of one week per year for a maximum of five years, but may not require to get all ten weeks in a row, but should have plenty of time to warn the boss. I started at a new workplace at the end of November and have nine days of pay this summer, can take the rest without pay if I want. When you leave a workplace, you get the remaining holiday payed in money on the final salary. Offices work maybe 9-17 sometimes. Where I worked, production worked 7-16 and offices 7-16 or 8-17 if you worked during the day. Or ended at 4.15pm or 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and stopped earlier without lunch on Friday. You also have one day off with pay on your own 50th birthday, your own wedding, in the event of death and then the day of the funeral of someone in the family. Sometimes also a maximum of two travel days.

[@MagdaReyman]

Thanks for clarifying!

[@birgittae9046]

Thanks for the video. Very clever thoughts. But one thing i will try to clarify a bit more regarding ”owning an apartment” : The common system here is rather unique and pretty old. Built up in a society that was not as individualistic as it is today. You actualy don’t own your apartment. you are a co-owner of a whole property together with your neighbours. And you get the right to live in a certain of these apartments. The property can consist of one or more multi-family houses including the land. The property is run as a tenant-owner association that must comply with the laws and regulations that apply to such. As a partner in the property, you become a member of the Tenancy Association. It is the members themselves who run the association and elect neighbors to the board. This is the reason why they want the members to really live there themselves and be willing to contribute to the association's joint work. And that everyone should take responsibility for the whole, not just "its apartment". speculative buyers who live elsewhere are not seen lightly. if there is a large proportion of such, the risk is greater that the association is not managed in a good way. Furthermore. Al law. IF a person rents out to the same tenant for many years, the law states that the renter can get a "right of possession" over the apartment. Then the person who rents out and actually paid large sums of money for a share in the Tenancy Association risks losing the right of possession to their own home. Or in any case, have difficulty evicting their tenant without costly process. This is the reason why subletting is so complicated in tenant-owner associations.

[@MagdaReyman]

Thank you for sharing!

[@harriseppanen5207]

My Danish neighbor's were forced to sell their property in Copenhagen as they were assigned 4 years work at the Danish embassy in Turkey. The rule stipulates that they cannot have it unused for more than three years before they need to put it on the market.

[@MagdaReyman]

For me this is mind blowing!

[@satanihelvetet]

Observe, this is not by law. This is coming with the most common system for owning apartments in Sweden, called 'bostadsrätt'. Private own apartments is mostly organised as an association for example a quarter of apartments. The association is working as a kind of company, taking care of and administrate the property and the common interests. When you buy an apartment in this kind of association you're als becom a part owner to the whole property. It's the association for the apartment owners that put up this rules. They want an active living and that apartment owners sharing their responsibilities for the common area. The people living in the area don't wish for people comming and leaving the apartments and not being an direct or at least indirect active part of the association.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@satanihelvetet totally get that. But you can be an active part of an association even if you don’t own an apartment, just rent. Don’t you? If you let someone stay for a few years, they will treat the place like their own!

[@satanihelvetet]

@@MagdaReyman My experience is that people are less responsible if they just rent and not own. That can be seen in areas of renting apartments compared to 'bostadsrätter (private own apartments). The low cost for living in 'bostadsrätt' comes from lower wear of the property. When people have their apartment for rental, they often compensate for wear by demand of a deposit, often at 1-3 months of rent, wich is payed back if the tenant had taking care of the apartment. But still there is more in the responsibility than just the apartment. Scribble, vandalism and littering is a lot more of in properties of rental apartments compared to areas/properties of 'bostadsrätter'. There's is also a thougth at trying to keep up a system where we avoid that people are keeping aparments they don't need, because there is hundreds or thousends in need and/or que for that apartment, especially if it's a rental apartment.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@satanihelvetet I know so so many ppl who are renting in Stockholm and they are super clean and care about everything. So it’s just a matter or checking the references

[@cavtroop50]

Yes it is dark in Sweden in the winter. Welcome to Stockholm, I moved here 7 years ago from the USA and Stockholm is a unique city.

[@MagdaReyman]

Do you speak Swedish?:)

[@cavtroop50]

@@MagdaReyman A little but not very good. English works really well here in Stockholm, the only time I need to speak Swedish is when I am talking to other foreigners who do not know how to speak English then I will switch to my crappy Swedish. How about you? Are you learning Swedish?

[@MagdaReyman]

@@cavtroop50 nope, not yet. I tried by didn’t have enough patient 😬

[@cavtroop50]

@@MagdaReyman I also went to SFI but it was pretty bad. Then I found out I could switch schools to a better one. But that all stopped when I got a job and started working full time. I am pretty luck to have a decent Polish store near where I live in Stockholm, my great, great, grandparents were from Poland.

[@Eyanmutiso]

I really enjoyed your video. Very funny.

[@MagdaReyman]

I'm glad 😅

[@airgaborpara3824]

Magda did you go to Sweeden because rainbow flow 🎉🎉🎉is better there?

[@MagdaReyman]

Yes and no :) I liked it here for many reasons!

[@jmolofsson]

Your comments on _trust_ echo what most foreigners used to say, when I lived in Sweden. Now I live in Spain, and that's really one of the aspects of life in Sweden that I miss the most.

[@MagdaReyman]

That is very true. I think it's really amazing.

[@b.benjamineriksson6030]

You have to get a note after one week. If you're sick for more than 7 days you need to have something from a doctor. You're legally obliged to take at least three weeks off in the summertime. So if you have five weeks you could take the other weeks sometime else.

[@MagdaReyman]

👌

[@ingvartorma9789]

You live in Stockholm and there during the winter it's actually bright compared to where I live, I live at the top of Sweden in a city called Kiruna and from the 7th of December until the 8th of January, you never see the sun. It gets light at 09.30 in the morning and it already starts to get dark at 12.30. BUT this is taken again during the summer, because from around May 20 until around July 20, the sun never sets. So if the weather is clear and it's 3 a.m. at night, it's as bright as the day. We also have midnight sun. Then in southern Sweden you have 4 seasons, but up in Lapland, where Kiruna is located, we have 8 seasons and that's what they're called. spring, spring summer, summer, autumn summer, autumn. autumn winter, winter and spring winter. Up here, only the last 2 weeks of June and the first 2 weeks of July count as summer. As for the coffee during the coffee break, the strength simply depends on the person who makes the coffee, I myself rarely drink coffee at work as I want perfect and good coffee. So at home I grind the coffee myself from whole beans and the water I use I have run through activated carbon to get cleaner water which in turn gives better taste to the coffee, BUT it doesn't stop there to get the best brewed coffee, then I boil the coffee in the hand-built MoccaMaster coffee maker, because it does not have a drip hole from which the water flows out, but from 9 holes so that the water spreads over all the coffee powder.

[@MagdaReyman]

I barely can survive Stockholm’s darkness during the winter months. I don’t know how you do it 🫣

[@ingvartorma9789]

@@MagdaReyman I feel great in Kiruna and so do people who moved to Kiruna from other countries and also in other towns and smaller villages in Lapland. BUT think about up here in Lapland, we have snow and the snow lights up in the dark. Then there are many who light up their apartments and houses inside and out. As well as up here, many people use candles that you light to get extra cosy. More and more people are installing fireplaces that also provide coziness and extra warmth.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@ingvartorma9789 that is actually very cute. I want to visit one day :)

[@carmentartaglia7133]

It is actually one week for sick leave. Summer is the only time we have sun, light and warmth. People can actually divide the 5 weeks.

[@enkidu77]

Darkness may vary between middle/north of Sweden and Southern of Sweden. If you go to Skåne in the far south of Sweden, all this is for a shorter time from all of Sweden.

[@MagdaReyman]

Yes. I live in Stockholm:)

[@qvintuse.urvind7002]

The Swedish housing market has really gone awry since the 90's, especially in the larger cities, and Stockholm is the most expensive in Sweden. However, it's far from the most expensive city in the world; San Francisco, New York, London, Singapore, Zürich, Dublin, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Sydney, Toronto, Vancouver ... Copenhagen (#17), Paris (#19), München(#20), Milano (#23), Reykjavik (#24), Oslo (#30), are all higher on the list than Stockholm (#35). There are three common housing options in Sweden, owning your own house (usually villa; almost never apartments); or having a share in a housing cooperative (brf, bostadsrättsförening, which owns the housing complex); or renting an apartment from a municipality owned building, or a privately owned building (the latter usually not as affordable and well maintained, but it varies a lot). The bostadsrättsförening is the owner, which is why, according to the rules, you cannot as the one who owns the right to live there (bostadsrätt) act as a (long-term) landlord and rent the apartment to tenants. You could of course have another person/persons living with you in the apartment, who pays a fair share of the accommodation cost or rent (if you have a first hand rental contract), and some larger apartments (with separate bathrooms, maybe even their own entrance) are more suitable for this. As a tenant you actually have a rather strong right to stay living in your apartment as long as you abide by the rules, pay your rent, and so on. You cannot be evicted without a very good reason. It's also a good idea to be a member of The Tenancy Association (hyresrättsföreningen), and to know your rights, the laws, etc. Basically, you can only be a landlord, if you own the place. For anyone wondering about the high cost of housing, I would recommend watching the 2019 documentary movie Push, by Fredrik Gertten, about the global capitalist housing market.

[@mohammadchavoshi5568]

thanks for sharing your experience

[@MagdaReyman]

Thanks for watching!

[@liquidsilver6959]

Greetings from Mauritius! I studied in Polska for 7 years : )

[@miedzyinnymi5709]

Cześć! :) Co mnie zaskoczyło? Wszystko. Wszystko poza szwedzkim umiłowaniem równowagi między życiem zawodowym a prywatnym. Mimo braku słońca i problemów mieszkaniowych podejrzewam - nadal - że Szwecja to bardzo przyjazne miejsce na Ziemi. :) Tak na marginesie: znam Cię wirtualnie, odkąd byłaś w gimnazjum i odkąd ja byłam w gimnazjum. Widuję Cię tu i tam od tamtego czasu, z długimi przerwami pomiędzy. Bardzo dziwne uczucie znać Cię i nie znać od tak dawna. I po raz pierwszy usłyszeć. :)

[@MagdaReyman]

O wow! Od gimnazjum? Oh bosz, to znaczy ze pamietasz moje wszystkie krindżowe fazy ubioru?;)) Szwecja jest spoko, nie jest to miejsce idealne, ale chyba nie ma takiego :)

[@miedzyinnymi5709]

@@MagdaReyman Pamiętam całkiem neutralny ubiór na takim zdjęciu z wieloma ludźmi, którym zarzucasz ręce na szyje (liczba mnoga, bo to były dwie różne szyje - szyja po Twojej lewej i Twojej prawej, stąd brak "ę"). Wydaje mi się, że wystąpiłaś na nim w koszuli w kratę. Włosy miałaś wtedy długie, związane w kucyk, z przedziałkiem pośrodku - albo tylko ja tak to zapamiętałam. Swój naturalny blond. Później rzeczywiście zaczęły się eksperymenty ze strojem i fryzurą. :) Ale zawsze byłaś bardzo ładna (i wysoka). ;)

[@MagdaReyman]

@@miedzyinnymi5709 hah ciekawe! No to postaram się nie zawieźć z kontentem na YouTubie :)

[@miedzyinnymi5709]

@@MagdaReyman :)

[@RosaLopez-zw2ff]

This video was very interesting because I live in California, north of Los Angeles.

[@MagdaReyman]

Glad to hear!

[@pawel.pawciu]

Keep going. Don't stop with this vlog. And your hair is at least nice ;)

[@MagdaReyman]

I’m having a loooong break now :)

[@pawel.pawciu]

@@MagdaReyman So enjoy your break :)

[@sannaolsson9106]

You can have whatever you want in your coffee, it's not like there's a rule lol. Most people I know have at least milk in their coffee. As for curtains, most people have them, they're just not covering the whole window. I don't know anyone who doesn't have curtains.

[@MagdaReyman]

Ofc you can have whatever you want :) I just noticed that in Sweden people drink back coffee mainly in the office. Yes, but people don’t cover their windows was super surprising for me (that you can see what’s inside the house from the street.)

[@qvintuse.urvind7002]

Laestadianer are known for not having curtains, aka the Devil's underpants.

[@jilalsandhu7180]

Amazing very nice video it's your god bless you 🙏

[@MagdaReyman]

Thank you :)

[@sue-ellen4721]

I think it was a bit of a bad management to just leave you with a list of things to do without any more directions. Every working place can be really different. But having breaks is absolutely very much supported. And if you are sick, first day your salary will be deducted though.

[@MagdaReyman]

Yeah, probably it was weird to go on vacation when a new team member is joining. Yes, that's true about the first day deduction. But it's awesome that there is trust!

[@birgittae9046]

At my workplace we dont close for summer holiday. All team members co-operate and agree on who will work which weeks over the summer, between June and August. And in that case those who work also can take care of and introduce a new colleague. It does not have to be the boss doing that. Yes that was not well organized by your boss for such a long period of time. It is not easy to be new at work. 💕

[@MagdaReyman]

@@birgittae9046 I mean I was totally fine. It was just a bit weird hehe

[@norkannen]

Same approval stuff for apartment buldings in Norway. And as a board member several years i yet to say no. Can hope thou😂😈

[@MagdaReyman]

Do you know if it's just Sweden and Norway or is it all Scandinavian countries?

[@e.m.lumesound1070]

I'm an Australian looking at moving to Sweden. It's quite funny how Swedes will be the first to tell you how crap Sweden is and to move somewhere better! I have a friend there and she calls it 'the backdoor of Europe' 😅 But honestly, I haven't seen anyone from the West complain about it. I think the cost of living is pretty comparable to Australia, apart from fuel perhaps. But tbh overall I think they underrate themselves!

[@MagdaReyman]

It’s not easy country to live tbh.

[@DNA350ppm]

It is really very misleading that we say "köpa lägenhet" (buy an apartment) same as they do in other countries - because it is not the same thing: what we are selling and buying is a a "bostadsrätt" - which means you buy "the right to stay in a certain apartment as long as you please to live there, and also follow the strict rules of the whole complex which is owned by an association which is yours together with the others who live there at the same time". If you rent your home, it is temporary, and it is not only your decision for how long, and your rights are few. In a bostadsrätt you, together with the others, organize and administer how you live together for the time you stay there, but you don't own your apartment, you have a right to live in that apartment, and it is much more secure than just renting, but much more is expected of you. You are not supposed to speculate in bostadsrätt-apartments, if you don't live there it is not your right to "own" it. It is absurd though how much bostadsrätter cost in Stockholm. Your friends in Gothenburg did the right thing in warning you about how crowded Stockholm is, for example when it comes to how expensive rents are and how far many have to travel to get to their jobs. And of course personal space is not as respected as elsewhere in Sweden. But the city-center is one of the most beautiful in the world, whereas the suburbs are about as ugly and dull as in many other places, I'm sorry to say.

[@MagdaReyman]

Thank you for explaining! I think it took me a few years to understand all of it. It’s really very confusing for someone who just moved it here!

[@roxpace]

Coffee in Sweden is as how it shall be neither strong or weak, and bitter, no, that depends on the brand or how it is made. As you know now, coffee is important part of my life 😉

[@MagdaReyman]

This video is old. I drink now black coffee and can’t live without it ;p

[@roxpace]

@@MagdaReyman Wonderful, we love strong coffee here in Sweden, that's why I have a hard time for latte, taste to weak. When I order Espresso Macciato, I often a tripple shot 🙂

[@whoknows8190]

Photos

[@MagdaReyman]

🙏

[@bjorreb7487]

The 5th week of vacation you have right to save. You can save it for 5 years. The 6th year you must take at least one of the saved weeks but you can also take you 5 weeks vacation that year plus your saved 5 weeks and have a 10 weeks vacation.

[@MagdaReyman]

I am so used to taking 5 weeks now haha

[@enkidu77]

20 000 SEK for an apartment is very much money. If you live a little outside the inner city you can reduce the costs. An apartment with two-three rooms that is maybe 10-15 years old built may cost between 5000-10 000 SEK depending on area. For tourists and migrants it's more difficult in almost all western european countries but this is a fact that we cannot change so easy.

[@MagdaReyman]

I’m a spoiled person who like to live in sodermalm hehe

[@guy_autordie]

"Bad hair day" Hmmmm. You still look great!

[@reallivebluescat]

I donnu, i have always had latte at fika. And my friends aswell

[@MagdaReyman]

🧁

[@zedrathzerathul9132]

the things you say about apartments is very common in the Stockholm/Gothenburg area, if you look outside of the big citys you will find better rent terms and lower rents. the second hand rules are there to not make people buy alot of apartments and just rent it out second hand and make a living out of it.

[@MagdaReyman]

Yes, I know. But I want to live in central Stockholm 😅 those rules makes it almost impossible for immigrants to rent in the center. It’s pushing people to buy.

[@birgittae9046]

Not just immigrants have problems with the long Stockholm que for renting a flat. It is just the same for Swedish people that live, and are brougt up in orher areas in Sweden, and suddenly gets a job in Stockholm. You are placed in the back in the que. It is as fair for everyone. Been there myself 😊 that was long time ago. And yes, I had to borrow money and bought a little flat in the city. Travelled every day to Stockholm from another town just to work until I realized that the only solution was to buy my flat.

[@joakimulfvebrand7720]

Hello! Regarding the "crowdy Stockholm", I guess the Gothenburgers mean "rusningstrafiken" (both car traffic and metro) between 7 and 9 and 16 and 18. Stockholm is obviously not a MAJOR city, but the population has gone up quite a bit in the 2000's, and we definitely have infrastructure problems. The inner city areas situated on small islands is of course part of the problem. Yeah, the apartment situation is not fun! Especially for young people and people who hasn't got a lot of money. Understand the frustration there. Trevlig helg!

[@MagdaReyman]

Haha yes, but compare to any big city in Europe, Stockholm is super empty, even in rush hour :)) which is amazing, btw!

[@erik....]

In the long run buying an apartment is by far the best investment as the value will probably rise or stay the same.. If you rent you are paying for someone else's loan plus profit for them. Atleast that has been true for the last 25 years.

[@MagdaReyman]

Yes, 100%. But not everyone can afford it. I mean, especially when they just moved.

[@tangfors]

Very few can afford it. It will also be a problem at the societal level. Since the prices are now so high for housing and that there is a shortage of housing, those who own housing will not want more to be built in quick succession in any case. This can cause the housing bubble to burst and housing to drop in value drastically. Those who own their homes do not want them to lose value and therefore do not want more to be built, but those who do not have a home want more to be built, of course. Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, calculated on what the housing shortage costs Stockholm. The result of lost jobs has direct consequences for the aggregate production in the capital region. The calculations show that the gross regional product (GDP) in 2016 could have been SEK 36-115 billion higher, ie 2-7 percent. This is really an issue that I think should be focused on to a much greater extent in Sweden. It is also part of solving parts of other problems such as not being able to move away from a partner who is abusive, overcrowding which in turn contributes to the fact that it can be difficult to cope with schooling, people who end up slipping and are on their way into crime can not leave their area if they want to break with their gang, you can not take a job or education because you can not find a home ... Lots of problems in Sweden would be completely or partially solved if there were only more homes.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@tangfors wow thank you for this comment. It’s a huge issue and I feel no one is talking about it!

[@Qrieg]

It baffles me that everyone only goes to Stockholm or Gothenburg instead of trying other places like Dalarna, Närke, Dalsland, skåne etc etc. We have alot more to offer, and also, rent here where I live with my lady in Dalarna, is only 4700 kronor per month for 2 rooms and a kitchen. That is like 500 dollars maybe. So don’t be afraid of trying to live somewhere else! We have more places than our Capital. ;)

[@MagdaReyman]

But if you are a designer like me, you don’t have much choice. It’s Stockholm only, not even Goteborg.

[@francisdec1615]

I'm a Swedish man living in Bohuslän. I would rather move to another country than to Stockholm. Only a certain kind of people thrive there.

[@SylvainBOSSON-og8fi]

Yes I can well anderstand why sweeds in winter sit up in front of sunlight , not till you explain Vitamine D but like me to warmth and wellness. I will love fika and discuss with coworkers...,

[@MagdaReyman]

Fika forever :)

[@0men916]

As a (older) swede i did not now it was that hard to rent even if you have a fair salary

[@MagdaReyman]

Because most of you don’t have to rent or get it first hand

[@ArchieArpeggio]

In Finland it depends much of where you work that do you need papers to prove you are sick. If you are one day of you don´t need papers, becouse for the first day you won´t get salary anyway. But for longer periods you need papers from heathcare. Here in Finland every worker have to have healthcare that is provited by employer by private section and if you want the document for sickness it is going to cost for the employer so if it is small business they mostly believe that you are sick (and saves the doctor costs) and you don´t need to bother to go to get any papers for that as you are sick. Other thing that if you rent house from private section from some investor. He/she propably want´s to keep you in the partment as long as possible. At least if you are descent and pay your rent at the time and no-one complains about you for noice or distraction of other people that lives as your neighbour. I rented studio apartment from private owner from Tampere becouse i work here and i´ve been living in same apartment over 5,5 years now. I have my own larger apartment in different city over 300km away where i live with my kids one week every month. Also for that reason i have very different work life balance becouse i am away one week every month i don´t have long vacation in a row. I sure would have 5 weeks off like everyone else here (usually four weeks in summertime and one week at winter), but for this reason i have to keep 7 weeks more off to work becouse i have to look out for my children.

[@roeroevida8124]

the connection between your address, either first or second hand is also an issue here. This country really knows how to complicate stuff beyond bounds of imagination

[@PoisonelleMisty4311]

Swedes are known for their understated and reserved nature, but they are also friendly and welcoming. It's important to learn about the culture and customs of your new home to navigate social situations effectively. Sweden has a high-tax economy, which means that taxes on everything from income to consumer goods can be high. Sweden has a comprehensive universal healthcare system. If you are planning to work in Sweden, you will be required to pay into the healthcare system. Finding a place to live in Sweden can be a challenge, particularly in larger cities. It's a good idea to start looking for housing well before your planned move. Swedes value equality, teamwork, and a healthy work-life balance. Be prepared to adapt to a different work culture if you are coming from a different country. Swedish is the official language of Sweden. Although many Swedes speak excellent English, it's still a good idea to learn some basic Swedish. Sweden has a varied climate with cold winters and relatively mild summers. It's important to consider the local climate when choosing clothes and deciding on activities.

[@_Wolfsbane_]

Renting an second hand in the city is extortionately expensive. Don't. Generally though, contracts (1st hand) are not time limited, we've had this appartment for 11 years now.

[@MagdaReyman]

How to do it tho?:)

[@_Wolfsbane_]

@@MagdaReyman You noticed the horrible queueing system. You can also call the landlords directly, several companies have their own queue which may be faster. Rent outside town - in the house we live, an apartment was let for 1½ years (15 min bus out of town). I've seen private ads posted in areas of interest in - how successful they are however ... No idea.

[@MagdaReyman]

@@_Wolfsbane_ not really that easy. I’ve tried 🙈

[@graffzon]

Damn you must have a really nice workplace because that is not the reality for most of us here. Many work late pretty much every day, Start around 06.00 and stop around 16.00 but later every other day it was for me before i started my own company. Also if you are sick to often the boss can demand that you need a note day 1 if he/she doesnt trust you. Also most ppl dont take out all the vacation at ones, Thats just for workplaces that shuts down, Most of us split the vacation up and most only takes 4 weeks.

[@MagdaReyman]

I would say you have a pretty bad work place. I have many friends and what I am describing is quite normal.

[@hettitiern]

Its common for private manual labourers. I worked with a lot of your countrymen in construction and they have a good salary but other rules are quite stern.

[@johankaewberg9512]

I would like if you or someone made a video like this to hear some nice things about Poland. There is so much prejudice against Poland and to a lesser extent the polish :-( Yet every single pole I’ve met is super-friendly and love Poland except for, well, the obvious. Lech Walesa is a hero to me (I know he is controversial, but he stood when it was time to stand, and the world is better for it)

[@MagdaReyman]

I am sure that there are many nice thing to say about Poland. Unfortunetally we also have many things to be a bit less proud of.

[@nancyrafnson4780]

@@MagdaReyman , be proud of Poland! What they are doing there right now to help the Ukrainian refugees is phenomenal!! From Canada 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇵🇱

[@MagdaReyman]

@@nancyrafnson4780 i am proud of that. That doesn’t mean that Poland is perfect tho :)

[@nancyrafnson4780]

@@MagdaReyman , no country is perfect - but Canada comes close 😊. 🇨🇦

[@MagdaReyman]

@@nancyrafnson4780 I am huge New Zealand fan :)

[@birgittae9046]

Another thought. Regardig trust on the people. Yes a lot of our habits and rules in the society here are built on trust that everyone take responsible for doing right, for the company or the societys best. But nowadays when its much more individualistic out there and a lot of people bring in their own rules and habits. Not everybody are as interested to learn, the reasons behind, why its works as it works here as you are. 😊 Therefore it will be more and more diffucult even here in Sweden to rely on peoples loyalty to follow theses rules based by trust. And more strict regulations will be the consequese during time. Unfortunately.

[@MagdaReyman]

I think the problem is that people need immigrants (for work). They get us here, and don’t explain or help with anything. Why HR is not giving us any information about the rules of rentals, insurance etc. I didn’t know that I need / don’t have försäkringskassan for 4 years! Why companies hire immigrants and don’t give a f@ck about them after that? If they take care of explaining rules etc, people would follow and understand them. Sometimes I don’t follow rules because I don’t know that it exists. And I don’t even know where to search for it!

[@birgittae9046]

I totally agree with you. How should you know what information you need when you don’t know what you have to ask for. As I just wrote, Information and mutual communication is essential in introducing people a professional way into a new enviroment, whatever it is. No one is a mind reader 😊 Taking time in the beginning saves time in the long run for all parties, with less problems to solve in the end that went wrong. Regarding your HR and employer. I think just big international companies have proper programmes establishing expat workers international. Also informing general things of government services. In general employers expect you to take contact with the authorities by you own as a private person that have immigrated. The employer is not responsible for doing that. But I think you HR, Boss or a colleague or friend could have recommend where you should Google to inform yourself whats important to do as an immigrant if they dont think they can think of all details themself. My son have just immigrated to Finland and started with all those formal things. New security number, social service system etc. 😊 He got no help in the beginning. Just googled. I understand it is much to learn and go through😊

[@MagdaReyman]

@@birgittae9046 my at work friends really helped. But it’s easy to forget. So the HR should have just a stupid pdf with all the info.

[@birgittae9046]

Yes the HR could have a written info regarding information to immigrants from the authorities. Or sending you a link anyway. Thats a good idea that the autorities should have a campaign informing employers. Maybe that checklist exist? And then I agree that you HR shall have knowledge of it! 👍 Great you’ve got help by your friends.

[@tangfors]

This is not only a problem for immigrants, it is also a problem for native Swedes. Few people can afford to buy as the prices, especially in the larger cities, are absurd. Few can afford to rent second hand as even the prices here are absurd. Having been in a housing queue for more than 10 years helps some, but if you are moving to a new city, you have to start over. In some cities, you can not stand in line until you are 18 years old. Many housing queues are also easy to drop out of, there are some you have to go in and renew your account every three months for example. Many of the second-hand contracts are illegal, sure you have rights and would win legally. But if you quarrel, the contract will not be extended, so even if you win, you lose. The big problem is that too little is being built in Sweden and what is being built is often outrageously expensive. Why then is there no greater motivation from politicians to build more? It's it's because of they lose votes on it, if you build more, the value of the stock that exists will decrease. This means that those who own their homes lose money, some may even become indebted if they sell. In the early 1990s, the right wing government removed the subsidies available to build cheap rental apartments. Later in the mid-2000s, the same goverment introduced Rot deductions, this was a grant that largely went only to those who already owned their home. This money would have been so much better used if they had instead gone to building more tenancies, it would also have led to more people getting jobs. At the same time, large parts of the municipally owned tenancies were also sold (almost always at extremely low prices) . This is largely to fund their tax cuts. I would still say that you are lucky enough to have a good salary and can actually afford to pay such high rents, many can not afford it.

[@MagdaReyman]

I am aware that I am lucky to be able to afford it. But I still think it’s not worth that crazy price.

[@FurryCruz]

That is tea or americano, the less strong coffee. Nobody really works past 5 unless...

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

The apartment thing is almost exclusively a Stockholm issue. I have a 3 room apartment in Helsingborg at 6000kr a month, its first hand, no cue, I just applied and no time limit. I've lived in 9 cities in Sweden (2 in Norway and 3 in the Philippines) and Stockholm is the worst city Ive ever lived in, by a *MASSIVE* margin. Its a beautiful city and a fantastic destination to *visit* but its absolutely miserable to live there.

[@torbjornlekberg7756]

Not only Stockholm, I am afraid. Many cities, those with a university in particular, have this problem. It took me three years to get an apartment here in Växjö, and it only happened due to contacts. I dont have to to move from place to place, tho.

[@MagdaReyman]

I think it all depends how popular the city is.

[@tangfors]

There are many cities that it is very difficult to get rental apartments in now. In 2020, 212 municipalities stated that they had a shortage of housing. There are 43 fewer municipalities compared to 2017. Only eight municipalities consider that they have a surplus of housing. The other 66 believe that the housing market is in balance and four municipalities lack data.

[@aswedeingermany753]

Swedish work culture is the best in the world.

[@MagdaReyman]

That is true.

[@tangfors]

However, it depends on where you work. If you work in healthcare, for example, it is far from certain that you will get any break at all.

[@kentnilsson465]

Actually its normally 5 workdays without sick note

[@MagdaReyman]

Maybe it’s your company policy?

[@INREDNINGSV]

summer is special cause thats the only time its not 100 % shit weather hahah

[@petterrix3144]

Never tried 'burned coffee'......black coffee is king.....🇸🇪

[@MagdaReyman]

That’s when you are trained to drink it :))

[@petterrix3144]

@@MagdaReyman I only drink Zoegas and Walters coffee...."trained"😁I like that....

[@MagdaReyman]

@@petterrix3144 I love Drop Coffee (in sodermalm, Stockholm)

[@andreasholmqvist7021]

Are you sure it's Sweden you've been to?

[@matildawolfram4687]

I like it! Thanks to the author of the channel for this fascinating video! It is interesting to see how people live in other countries! It is very important to know foreign languages on such trips. I would like to recommend to all travelers a practical guide to learning foreign languages by Yuriy Ivantsiv " Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages". This book contains a lot of useful tips on how to learn a foreign language for tourists, students, entrepreneurs and anyone who needs a foreign language in life. There are a lot of good tips on how to solve problems with the language from beginner to advanced level of language learning. It turns out that the traveler only needs to know a few dialogues and you can easily travel around the world! You don't have to spend a lot of time to fully learn a foreign language, you just need to learn what you can use when you travel. I wish everyone exciting travels!

[@MagdaReyman]

In Sweden everyone speaks perfect English tho.

[@user-hx8pp1iz2s]

What is your first language you speaking ?

[@MagdaReyman]

Polish 😅

[@user-tb9zo6pz5d]

Seriously? I've been working in Warsaw for 10 years now and I haven't heard about one company that doesn't provide free coffee and tea at the office🤦‍♀Even people who clean the office have access to free beverages. What is more, company often provides free fruits, snacks, sweets or even free lunch. Oh and I'm Polish. We're a great country and are not behind at all.

[@MagdaReyman]

I moved to Sweden 7 years ago so things have changed in Poland 100%

[@jte5783]

Nah…you don’t have to have black coffee. I put milk in mine, the coffee’s the same though :)

[@RadmirKolesnikov]

the music in the background is so loud that i can barely hear u ...

[@mariecoloristasweden3112]

A simpel ? Whay do you by new furneture every time you move..... Her in Sweden we preserv and use things for a long time taking care of them. Even ouer furniture. They follow wher we go for genarations and just by new if nessesary. Thats maby some thing from your contery. If you move you trow ore just leve everything behind for and by new things again.

[@MagdaReyman]

But moving my furniture every time is expensive. I don't buy new furniture.

[@jespergran7628]

its weird, i thougt we in sweden work hours was 7 to 4, never met anyone i think who begins at 9, xD

[@MagdaReyman]

I think it depends on what you do :)

[@jespergran7628]

@@MagdaReyman ye i guess =)

[@flingan7512]

From a swede. I'm dont drink coffee. I like te 😄

[@MagdaReyman]

wow! haha

[@MariadeJesus-dt4ql]

I dont know .if i would like to live in that.country. The system is crazy.

[@MagdaReyman]

Why?

[@user-ko7yq7ym4z]

Imagine that Swedes dogs living in the Gulf are welcome

[@MagdaReyman]

Huh?

[@mailman63155]

I would just put hot water into the coffee.

[@MagdaReyman]

Italians wouldn’t approve;)

[@mailman63155]

@@MagdaReyman No doubt, but its practical. 😁

[@MagdaReyman]

@@mailman63155 I would rather not ;D

[@petterrix3144]

Now Darkness in Poland...😁weird

[@MagdaReyman]

Darkness in Poland?

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

We in Göteborg hate Stockholm, so we'll say anything to make you not go there… That's at least the stereotype. 😂

[@holmavik6756]

Polish people are kind, sweet and (perhaps unintentionally) very charming.

[@MagdaReyman]

It’s the potato in us.

[@holmavik6756]

@@MagdaReyman lol… maybe that’s why swedish and polish people go so well togeather; we are all potatoe people

[@percapita1239]

Sweetest thread of the day, maybe month. ❤🇸🇪

[@MagdaReyman]

@@holmavik6756 and let’s not forget about the onion 👑

[@airgaborpara3824]

Fika is the green jelly from your nose in hungarian😂

[@MagdaReyman]

I died xD

[@percapita1239]

Yes i’m weird, others though i don’t know so much about, is weird WRONG? Born in Stockholm and lived here all my life and i’m not sure who’s the most antisocial, me or them or both.

[@MagdaReyman]

Weird is good. I like weird :)

[@FurryCruz]

The Swedish laws don't really promote renting.

[@MagdaReyman]

Yeah I’ve figured

[@Marcusianery]

That low workphase explains why our economy is going to shit. On the other hand, some professions are insane.

[@MagdaReyman]

I don’t think is that bad :)

[@Marcusianery]

@@MagdaReyman Well! It used to be better but yes, its not that bad either.