Funny things about Swedish people - Part 1
Let me first of all point out that I am Swedish, so I'm allowed to! With that I'm not saying that everything goes for each and every one of us, but a lot of things are quite typical for us... My partner actually found this list on Facebook, and I decided to take some of the points that are particularly Swedish and put them on here. Just for fun ;)
Eating habits:
Eating habits:
- You insist on sitting outside to have lunch/coffee/beer wrapped in a blanket (or two!) although it's only ten-something degrees outside and barely sunny, since it’s finally time for "uteservering".
- You go on a date in Sweden and the guy only pays for his own coffee.
- After eating at a café/restaurant, you think it's completely normal to tidy your table, collect all your stuff onto a tray and carry it over a trolley so that the staff doesn't have to do it.
- You don't even think twice about bringing hot coffee to the beach.
- You love “Kalles Kaviar” and get offended when Non-Swedes claim it is “only cod roe, not caviar”.
- You insist that Swedish chocolate is the best in the world, despite what the Belgians and the Swiss might say.
- You get cranky if you don't get to eat "havregrynsgröt" every morning. (Oatmeal)
- You try over and over again to explain to a Non-Swede what a "semla" is.
- You consider baking a social activity.
- At cafés, you find it completely normal walking all the way to the counter to order and then carrying it yourself to the table rather than being waited on.
- You give a false (local name) when you order a table at a restaurant abroad, since giving your Swedish surname is way too complicated. (Haven't done this so far, but I'definitely consider it, as my surname is almost impossible to spell and pronounce for people who aren't from Sweden)
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