Everyday life
Sweden has grand plans – the country intends to recycle and reuse useful resources and by 2045 plans to become 'climate-positive' (that is, absorb more carbon dioxide than it emits). For this to…
Gourmet guide
Towards the end of summer (if you're lucky!), evenings in Sweden become warm and clear, almost like on the Mediterranean. August is the time when Swedes eat crayfish. And not just eat, but throw real…
Gourmet guide
Swedish cuisine is much more than Carlson's diet of just buns and meatballs. Here they eat jam with meatballs and hold crayfish parties, bake princess cake, and dedicate special days on the calendar…
Immigration
Sweden will become the first country in the world to apply a new method of determining the age of asylum seekers. Until now, this was done by analyzing X-rays of teeth and hand bones. Soon, the…
Everyday life
Prosperous countries have their own problems, which are incomprehensible to us. In Sweden, for example, the female population fights for its rights so actively that it literally corners the strong…
Immigration
Not only cheap Eastern European labor resources, but also the routine fight against the criminal underworld makes rich countries look with anxious concern at the opening borders, notes Novye Rubezhi…
Everyday life
"Had we lived without a care, I'd have borne children from everyone I loved, of every kind and stripe..." This song by Veronika Dolina, which once scandalized all the prudes of the Land of Soviets…
Scandinavian countries, including Sweden, attract migrants with a high standard of living. By this indicator, they can serve as a benchmark. Many foreigners also believe that their migration…
In a country where public transport is so well developed, the etiquette of behavior in it is also developed – sometimes surprising visitors to Sweden. For example, it is not customary to give up your…
Swedes joke that happiness requires three things starting with V: villa (house), vovve (doggy) and Volvo. While the first two are indisputable, dreams of a personal car are becoming less popular…
Getting a driver's license in Sweden requires more time and effort than in many other countries. First, you need to request a permit from the Transport Agency, attaching a health and vision…