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Comment on Norway vs Sweden – The Differences {Venn Diagram} by bns100

bns100 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:18:44 +0000

An example on a scandinavian “tomte” – http://www.kolumbus.fi/seanhype/luckan/tomten/1_tomten.html

Illustrated poem by Viktor Rydberg (read from page 1-14)

//bns100

Comment on Shoe shopping in Sweden by jenni

jenni — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:36 +0000

I stumbled upon this blog because I googled shoes in kungsgåtan.

I’ve found extremely high quality Italian and Spanish made shoes here. Plus, Acne, Minimarket, and Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair make lovely shoes.

With transportation being so cheap here, why not just fly somewhere like London, Copenhagen, or Paris?

I’m also American (and I’ve lived in London and Los Angeles). Rodeo is not the place to shop in LA — it’s Melrose, Silverlake and Sunset Plaza. New York? It’s SoHo.

Making a blanket statement about Swedish fashion is just as upsetting as someone making a blanket statement saying that all Americans are fat, ugly, and have no taste.

This country only has 9 million people… less than the cities of New York, London, or Los Angeles. OF COURSE they wouldn’t have the selection that the US would have, they have about 3% of the people that the US has.

Moreover; department store and couture are oxymorons. Ready to wear is what you buy off the rack; couture is custom-sized and made FOR you at the label’s atelier. This is why a lot of people call Americans ignorant. You don’t buy couture off the rack. Anything you buy in your size and take home that day is called ready to wear, pret-a-porter… it is NOT COUTURE.

I’d say raise your price point and buy higher quality and less quantity. Then again, it’s an American trait to want everything fast and cheap. You want selection, but you don’t want to pay too much for shoes, and you want service. You want mass-produced designer knockoff shoes made with unethical labor practices in somewhere like China with cheap materials that will give you orthopedic problems (as in, shoes found in most stores in America).

Sorry, but as an American fashion designer living in Stockholm this post just rubbed me in all of the wrong ways.

I’d like a venti iced soy caramel macchiato from Starbucks and pizza that tastes exactly like the kind you’d get from a mom and pop joint in the Northeast owned by Italian-Americans… but they don’t have it here. I will never say though that all of Sweden’s food and coffee sucks though just because I can’t get what I am used to back in the States because that would be wrong and ignorant.

Comment on Average Salaries in Sweden by Occupation by Pelle Fisk

Pelle Fisk — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:53:04 +0000

@Andrew: I think the main difference is that there is no health insurance, little home insurance and so on. I (single person in an owned apartment) pay about $300/year in insurance and that includes pretty much everything (apartment, health (including dental), travel and so on). If you have a car – add $300-$800.

Comment on A Call to All Awesome Bloggers in Sweden by Sapphire

Sapphire — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:17:44 +0000

Hey awesome bloggers! And readers!

If you have photos of the Swedish winter, share them here. Drop a link to a post or your photo.

Am putting together a facebook album and a post with winter photos here on LiS.

You can also email me at ablacksapphire @ gmail dto com with your photos.

Takk!

Comment on Norway vs Sweden – The Differences {Venn Diagram} by petitorenji

petitorenji — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:19:53 +0000

This website is just way too fun. Never was interested in Scan, but after reading all of posts/whines and defensive comments… sigh, how can anyone resist?

Comment on Lördagsgodis: The Swedish Candy Obsession by Sapphire

Sapphire — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:53:53 +0000

@Jörn – That looks fun! Will there be some candy tasting too?

Comment on Lördagsgodis: The Swedish Candy Obsession by jörn

jörn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:50:17 +0000

Check out the Godismässan.se. swefens candyfair. Next in Gävle in 30 mars – 1 April!

Comment on Meet a Beautiful Blonde Swedish Girl? Dating Swedish Women isn’t Easy by lh

lh — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:59:56 +0000

Z, I completely agree with you!

Comment on Meet a Beautiful Blonde Swedish Girl? Dating Swedish Women isn’t Easy by Roger

Roger — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:32:18 +0000

Talking to a friend of mine recently who lived in Sweden. He said sex is easy to find, but love is not.
Apparently if you meet a women in a bar, if the conversation is going well after a few drinks, it’s perfectly fine to say ‘you’re cute, let’s go back to my place.’ I’m told they prefer that instead of, “let me get your number, or let’s have dinner sometime.” I wouldn’t be that up front with an American women due to the inherent “I’m not a slut” mechanism developed from our Puritan ancestors. But with a Swedish woman, should I be that forward? I’m going out with a Swede tomorrow, who’s visiting the states for a few months, and I’m simply looking for something casual.

Comment on Random Swedish Things I Cannot Live Without by Sapphire

Sapphire — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:15:05 +0000

@Megalagom – That’s so cool! Are you using analytics or statcounter to check? They’re both quite for tracking traffic.

I do know we get a lot of traffic everyday but I don’t really know how much people click out. But anyway, great that you’re getting a boast.

@Andreas -

Hi Andreas!

Thanks for commenting and coming through /r/sweden. :)

Systemet is one of those places that every time I go there, a part of my soul dies. I feel like the Deatheaters guard the doors there.

I don’t know how I could ever go back to America without 25 days of vacation. With my family in India and the US, we spend half the vacation a year just visiting them. Hahaha.

How did you manage to work without vacation? Damn, that does suck.

There are tons of Swedes in CA. Are you in the Bay?

Ditto on the pizza! Though a really good deep dish is to die for (Zachary’s in Berkeley for example).