From what I've heard, the difference in size between the bills is so that blind people can tell the difference between them. Same goes for coins that differ not only in size but also in the pattern on the side of the coin.

The money size thing is to make it simpler for the visually impaired to tell the bills apart, which...is pretty neat.

When it comes to the daylight I really love that as a swede. Our summers are the best in the world according to me! .. ;) The reason why is because the days never ends and also it's pretty warm outside. It's not to warm, but it's not to cold either. It's just perfect! That combined with the daylight makes it the best. I think the best time of year is spring/summer. But especially the spring, it's so nice since everything comes to life. May/June are really amazing months. And actually it's much greener here than further south. If you look at Spain, Italy and Greece for example they don't have green grass. The grass is more brown because the sun is to strong. Also they don't have as much trees, bushes and stuff because the climate is to hot, so it's hard for anything to grow. Here it's a jungle in the spring/summer! Also, all the nice flowers that grows and comes to life in the spring/summer are really nice. I think you will be in for a chock this spring because it will be such an evident change in the season very soon when we go from winter to spring and then later to summer. And it will happen fast, trust me. Once you have been here one full year you will understand how much the seasons really change. It's a very nice period that we have ahead in the next coming months! .. ;)

I'd say good waitresses and waiters here in Sweden pick up on the signals of their customers like if you put fork and knife together tilted to I think it's the right side almost everywhere I have eaten they will come and take the plate away and then ask wether we want the dessert menu and then we usually either order dessert or ask for the bill.

In Sweden it rude for the waitress to intrude. If you're in a fancier place they will show you to your table and hand you a menu but you have to call them when you've decided. I can't think of anything more obnoxious than a waitress coming over ever 5 minutes asking if I've decided. If I had, she would KNOW cuz I'd wave her over. Swedes like their personal space, not that we can't be intimate or close but it has to be on mutual conditions. The waitress not being all over you is a sign of respect, not the other way around. They know you're and adult and that you can handle yourself so if you want or need something, you will let them know. Hanging over you like a kindergarten teacher, asking you redundant questions, is patronizing.

I like that the service is not as in your face here in Sweden. I've never neen to America, but from what I've heard I don't think I would like the restaurant experience very much haha I think most of us who has lived here all our lives feel a bit down during the darker months, we have just learned how to live with it. I'm so happy it's lighter now though and that it's finally spring ☀️🥰

It's so funny that what is considered good service in the US is considered pushy and invasive in Sweden (aka bad service), and vice versa. We really do want for different things, even though Sweden is so often referred to as "Americanised" 😆 Hope you're having a lovely time back in Florida. Thanks for the fun content.

A lot of people, me included, choose not to use the self checkout register. The self checkout serves as a way for the store to fire people (since there’s “no need” for them) and cut the salary for those who get to stay employed (the employer “doing you a favour” by letting you stay, with reduced salary). So nah, that doesn’t fly at all.

I really enjoy watching your videos, it's an inspiration to hear about your stories and experiences and I'm very happy to have found your channel. Personally I think the weather we got is something Swedes have really tried to utilize. I feel like its common to plan for your favorite plants in your garden and projects as it gets darker, and to really watch it come to life in spring - summertime, as well as a high boost as a society when everyone is outside again. I also think people value autumn and the other seasons more as a novelty bc it's missed when its gone :) I really love listening to your clever way of listing differences between our countries and I hope you and your boyfriend are having a good time

Please do more of Sweden VS USA. I watched part 1+2 and all of your videos. It helps me tremendously. I lived in South beach, Miami Beach for 17 years.(21 years in the U.S. total) I will move to Sweden in May

Good to see you again Ilyssa, I hope the increasing daylight is helping now :)

Sweden is much longer than you think. Västerås is nowhere close to the middle of Sweden. It is like on the southern border of the middle third. The difference between Västerås and Umeå (that is in the northern part of the middle third) is hugh. I moved down to Enköping 11 years ago and I still get shocked every summer that its so dark in the summer nights down here. If you go to the northenmost part of Sweden, there are actually midnight sun. In Kiruna (northenmost "big" town of Sweden) the sun rises on 00:56 on May 27 and does not set until 01:01 in the middle of the night on July 17th (and then it rises again 17 min later).

You are on the right side of the year. Spring and summer. More Sun.Hope you feel better now :) like your videos. Keep them up.

Great video! I’m going to miss your content about Sweden now that you guys don’t live here anymore. But looking forward to seeing Florida content!:)

From what i've read is it that in Sweden there's much more longer and more difficult to get a drivers license than in the US. Therefore better drivers, i think. It can be a good idea to read swedish roadlaws so you don't end up in an accident. Talk to a driving school and they surerly can sell you swedish driving book. Good luck in your new country!

4:30 - As a grocery store clerk; if you lose your recipe we can... A) Open the gate with our access card or a button behind the desk, if we saw you when you paid. Or... B) Ask you wich register you where at and print a second copy of your recipe (and make a quick check to make sure you carry the same items as the recipe say) [And if you wonder about the 7 month delay in answer, it is because I'm not getting any tip /s]

Actually Starbucks have stopped and rolled back their drive in Sweden, and now only have a few shops in Stockholm.

Hi, a comment about The diffrent sizez of Bills, it is partly for make it easier for vision impared people. Have a good one!

Good Video as always Lovely thumbnail tho 😘Your Beautiful Self😘 🖤I Freaking love your HaiR💛 Keep Them Coming Happy Sunday Too Have a MarvelouS Week ahead 😇Be Bless n Stay safe always😇

One thing that struck me as odd when I moved from Sweden to the US was that in the US the seasons starts at a given date, like someone just decided when summer starts. In Sweden there are criteria about what the weather is doing that switches from one season to the next. This once led Sweden to have three seasons at once ...

oooh, ilyssa! where'd you get that great gray sweater?

We had Starbucks in Västerås but I guess they couldn't compete with their "gas station" quality of coffee :-).

I've lived in Sweden most of my life but I did live in the US for about 8 months as I was working there at the time. I think the service thing in the US, to me, was so transparent. I knew in the back of my head all the time that people were nice because they wanted a better tip. It took away a lot for me and sometimes they were being abrasive about it even though I never *ever* tipped less than 20%, mostly more honestly. They might be like that a bit more towards people they know are from other parts of the world/tourists, I'm not sure. But it was not pleasant. I would prefer having to deal less with that type of thing and knowing I don't have to tip and that they can make their way without my assistance beyond just being a customer. There were other things I loved about the US more though, when it wasn't someone that wanted tip and was nice, talking to strangers is a much more pleasant experience in the US, enjoyed it a lot. Women and men just coming up and casually talk was a really nice change of pace for someone who's used to how Swedish people are.

The turning right thing. Most times in the US if the traffic light is installed BEHIND the crossing road you can turn right. Most setups are like that in the US I find. In Germany and Sweden probably too. The traffic light is put before the crossing (like in line with your hood if you’re no. 1 in line. So the signal applies to you. Also there’s a difference between the illuminated and the metal green arrow. The green one you’re good to go. No bikes are allowed to pass you and no crossing traffic will be there, as they all have red signals. But if it’s a metal arrow, everybody else is allowed to go and you can only go when there‘s nobody coming. It’s designed to let you drive in case traffic is slow to not let you wait for nothing.

Snus is called Dip in the US. You got a few big brands there. One being Copenhagen.

Funny that you think that hotels are cheap! I am going to Stockholm in October and was looking online at different hotel room rates, thinking "Darn, does every hotel have to be so expensive?" - and I'm just staying for a weekend! :D Hope that you have enjoyed your Swedish stay!

The liquor store HAS to take cash. Every state owned store or institution has to. It's in the law, they can't refuse the official currency of the nation. Private places can choose. Most places does tho cuz it's a lost customer otherwise. The places that don't is normally in major cities where there are enough customers and the zeitgeist is strong enough to not make it worth the hassle.

To add my take on the whole service in stores topic. To me this is connected to our individualism and independence. If I walk into a store here in Sweden I want the option of just looking around on my own. I am able to look around on my own without help and if I do want assistance and/or advice then I can ask for it. Regarding driving in the fast lane it's part of basic driving curtesies which are being taught when you take your license. You are supposed to stay ion the rightmost lane unless you are trying to pass.

Sweden is one of the least religous contrys in the world. If im not misstaking about 40% of americans go to church every sunday and here in Sweden that number is like 4%.

During the summer months the sun is always up in northen Sweden.

I think the money is the same hight but not lenght. Starbucks has closed down almost all of their places in Sweden, I know there are only 2 left in Stockholm now. About marriage most swedish people lives as "sambo" for many years and most times have children before getting married.

In Sweden, they do not want staff in the store at all, but they want you to shop automatically, you scan the goods for everything and when you are done, you get a sum that you pay in a vending machine. The problem is that we do not need workers at all. We have companies in Sweden that do not have workers at all.

You are living further south than middle of Sweden. I think its about 400 km further north, between Sundsvall and Trondheim in Norway. I know it because I live in the middle of Sweden, in Torpshammar. 👍😅☀️ In my perspective its much better to live further north, because of the snow. The snow makes the winterdays bright! And you can play and go skiing... ❄❄❄

Driving. We have laws here that if someone put on the flash light and want to get in your lane in front of you you must make room for that. You also have to stay as far behind the car in front of you so you can stop if that one brakes hard. On roads with many lanes you must always drive in the right lane and only use the other lanes to drive past a slow driver and then go back to the right. I know a lot don't do that but the law say that. In the north of Sweden north of the polar circle the sun is gone for about a month in the winter but on the other hand there are sun 24/7 for a month in the summer unless it's raining.

Thanks.. I think you get in to our mindset/habits realy fast. And I dont say that its the best in the world, its juste how it works in Sweden. Then to tiping, one only tip taxidrivers and table serving waiters.. and its not like tiping in US, its more like "keep the change" culture! I think that religion have another purpose in US, kinda be a member of a social club, there one meet the same people like one self? One can do this in Sweden to if one is a nerd on religion! Soo, mayby you then understand our hype on winter sports like hockey/bandy/skating/skiing.. and at sumer its about soccer/field sports? And now you need to learn another thing, in winter we are kind of in a social hibernate mood, in spring it changes real fast and peaks in July, its a busy social meeting time when one shall do all the meetings to relatives/friends/make new friends/have some gatherings by neighbours.. its a busy time.. you dont want to miss out, becuse then one have to wait for next year! Ask your swedish friends about "midsummer festival", its kind of as importante as cristmas, but outdoors and often more public and social!

Actually, Starbucks came too late to Sweden. And we are also very peculiar about our coffe here. We already had several (good) nation-wide chains and on top of that you can get a good cup of coffe practically enywhere in the country. So once Starbucks came here, they didn't really add anything except even higher prices. So I believe they changed strategy completely for Sweden and basically only sell through one of the the gas-station chains. Which I am very grateful for, since it's actually the best coffe you can get at a gas station! So, they ultimately found their niche in Sweden :)

Cash have been more common again. It has been a rise according to Statiska central byrån.

The whole not using cash thing would drive me nuts

I'm guessing the spring sun is doing you good now when you been longing for some daytime and sun exposure for a while =)

The main reason the bills are different sizes is to make it easier for blind people.

The reson why our mony is in different sizes is so people the are blind or have problems to see should could feel the valeue .

Sweden is on the same level as Alaska but we have the gulfstream so it is not as cold because of it!

Go far north and you get midnight sun. The sun doesn't even set, you have 24 hour daylight for several days

Interesting, as always, hearing about not Swedish citizens talking about Sweden. My +50 years take/being born in Sweden about that: If you don't think that your service is above your exceptation: No tip given!!! (why should I?). And Swish is the way to go, how can split of costs be easier? Swedish rule: Be as you are, no one is making you doing something different. Period. Have a nice time in Sweden!!!

Alvaerz sound spanish.. , . are you from south america?/

Restaurant service, I want them to take my order, deliver the food, give me the bill. That’s all I want from the staff.

"Turn right on red" never heard about that.

Can I ask how you got into Sweden long term? I'm trying to move there by next year, but it appears in order to get a work visa you must be fluent - and no one teaches Swedish in TN. I'm learning myself, but how did you get a work visa? I'm a teacher (and my husband a nurse practitioner and we're) looking for ways to circumnavigate fluency until we can get in country and find access to Svensk classes. Any thoughts?

Espresso house in my opinion it’s better than Starbucks most drink taste better I have ally and get free drink on my birthday 🎂

Ok, so when you come from Sweden to in my case Miami in Florida and you sit in the restaurant and you are aware of the tipping culture. It felt a bit awkward, yes it was friendly and a bit in you face but in the back of my mind it also felt fake because I had this feeling that it was done just for the chance to get a bigger tip. Not to mention the guilt trip when your paying and thinking maybe I tip a bit more as it directly influenser the servers livelihood.

I rly dont like when ppl in stores are to friendly , but im from north of Sweden.

You may use a credit card/debit card too, but mind the exchange rate

There is a starbucks right next to ICA Maxi Erikslund

what town do you live in?

My ancestry is part swedish part British parts Scottish and part African-American I do not know all the swedish I know about glogg I know about Saint Lucia

You should watch Jonna Jinton's video on living in the north of Sweden, she talks about the different light conditions. Fascinating and beautiful.

In US you drink dish water, not Coffee!

What's the big deal about waiter/waitress service. You walk into a restaurant, you're shown table, server hands you a menu, shortly after then they come back to take your order. Someone may have a question or two about the food. They hand in the order and then bring it out when it's ready. It's not rocket signs or back breaking labour. They reason the Americans are so friendly because they are basically begging for a tip. It's so cringy its pathic.

In US u are suppose to tip, not so in Sweden and Paying in some stores... You get your recit 3m from the exit - how can u lose it?

Sweden is of the most secular countire on the planet. Religious pressure isn't a thing here.

It's not chewing tobacco.

I love your thoughts as an American. You seem very open-minded and welcoming to new cultures and differences. Not like other Americans who are very egotistic and entitled

Debit cards! A card directly connected to a bank account. Cash immediately flows, no bills or interest. Very Swedish.

> Steam Hotel, Västerås $120 $120 FOR VÄSTERÅS? > Downtown Orlando, for $300, Homeless people included WHAT?!?!?!?! Today I learned, hotels are expensive.

I've also asked Swedes about US most of them don’t realy their polictics and liscence for guns 😅

I think you sort of switched one thing around a little. :) Pressure of religion. If you say you are religious in Sweden, you would most likely get some weird looks. People wondering what's the deal there. :) And if you are more than very mildly religious, people would pity you..

Well I thought the service was really bad in U.S (NY). So rude all the time and still think that they deserve tip. It’s more genuine in Sweden and even tho we are more quiet, we are almost never rude. But 75% of U.S service jobs are rude lol 😂😅 or just hated me

No vs, I want back home to USA, even if it's trashland present days. 😅

Regarding the bills or different sizes, it is because of blind and visually impaired people can’t handle the money themselves.

Snus is not chewing tobacco. You put it under your lip. That's it.

Starbucks coffe is known trash

The different size of our bills is appreciated by blind people.

A country where one, after over a century since the SI-system was implemented worldwide, still not has adopted it, is, in my eyes a bit suspect. Feet, inch, pounds and ounce is distinctly stone age.

Religion. There might be some pressure to be unreligious here.

I can NOT recomend living in Sweden

First time viewer and i love the content, but i'm sorry. The amount of video cuts just to convey one sentence is to intrusive to the point of annoying. You can do better than make 10 takes a jumble one together. Have some pride in your work. Keep it up!?

Once u have coffe in Europe unever go back Starbucks suk