This is the previous video I made about things I hate about Sweden! Make sure you have a look at that one too if you haven't already: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kK6UfJOr27vHdHU.html

One thing about you ,, you give it straight and honest which I really I like and put people on the right track about the country and what to expect enjoy your evening

The hostility of people when you not try to become completely like them in Sweden seems to be the same in Switzerland. I had to leave Switzerland after five years, I couldn't stand that anymore. Staring at me, neighbors reporting me from having put my trash bag "too early" outside for collection and Swiss telling me they prefer to have only Swiss friends speaking the same dialect...

Apart from the darkness, you've mentioned all the negative things about Italy too (by the way I'm not Italian, I've just lived here for 20 years). Oh, except that most small shops here in Sardinia also close at lunchtime. Where's the logic in that? Thanks for venturing out into the cold winter to make this video for us. All the best, Richard

I’m currently in Sweden, been to Malmö, Göteborg, Stockholm and Kiruna so far this month. Think I have been lucky in terms of weather, Stockholm was very cloudy when I was here at the start of the month but not too cold or windy and just spent a week in Kiruna and the last 2-3 days were full blue skies and sun! Even managed to catch the Aurora on Friday. Got a week in Luleå now and so far so good. A lot of your list is very similar to living in the UK, especially in terms of healthcare and transport. I would move to Sweden at the drop of a hat if I had the chance though! Unfortunately no EU no party 😢

Just came back from the Nordics and my complaint were two things: - The small 'occupied/vacant' indicator on toilet doors. They are small dot of red (occupied) or white (vacant) and most of the time it seems the red has been scraped off so you can't tell if there's anyone in there. 70% of the time people are trying to open the toilet door while I'm in it. I'm from a country where the indicator is a semi-circle with writing 'occupied' pressed in red background and vacant pressed in green background, so even when the paint is scraped off, you can still see the writing. - The small and very flat pillows. - Slushy snow days, second is rocky ice on road days What I loved: - The orange transition traffic light that light up before traffic should stop or start. - Triple glazed windows - So much other things~ I'm not a big fan of 24-hour things, but there is a 24-hour apotek / chemist that's 20-minutes drive from where I live. I am sure they exist because people do actually go. I was tempted to go when I was really sick two years ago, but I wasn't up for travel so I hung on until the next day to go to a closer one. Otherwise many stores open until 7-9 PM on Thursdays for people who needs to get things after work. I think this is a good compromise.

Interesting vlog Miro. We started with 24 hour supermarkets and some later opening stores in our regional area but resulted in empty stores after midnight and huge wage bills. Happy medium was found with later closures around midnight for supermarkets and the other stores might close 5pm Monday to Thursday, Saturday And Sunday and late night to 9pm Fridays. Works well for mostly everyone. What I am slightly concerned about is the long daylight hours in Spring/Summer and getting to sleep when I visit in June. My friends assured me that they have block out curtains so hopefully won’t be too difficult to adjust. Will be interesting and an adventure! Thank you for sharing😊

Surprised by train unpreparedness for snow. I thought this was a very much UK priviledge xD

Careful what you wish for with 24/7 culture. It means someone is expected to work the awful shifts. It means you never stop or that society never stops. And if you live in a town or city it means get used to noise right through the night.

Your #1 issue; you said a “little snow”, but Stockholm is declared an area of major catastrophe is there’s a little bit of frost here and there. Wonder if mr Vagabond mentions that most Swedes,except those who live in our capital hates those Stockholm people. We call the 08’s after the area code and Stockholm is often referred to as Fjollträsk (Dumb_swamp). However a very wellknown singer and showman, said many people from the rest of Sweden moved to Stockholm and started acting like Majorie Taylor Greene, give the true 08’s a bad reputation.

Thanks for the warning. And since Minnesota is similar here in the States, I’m not sure if I want to visit there either for more than a limited amount of time. (The famous “Minnesota Nice”and all that.) I can take only so much of that here in the Pacific Northwest, West of the Cascades. I guess there are actually people out there who are more introverted than me. Much respect.

nice and fine very informative sir. you just have a trip to Pakistan in the summer to feel the heat of summer season

Great video as always, my favorite content of yours is when you talk about stuff in Sweden! I think politicians being disliked and inept is (sadly) the standard in the world at this point 😅 My least favorite thing about Sweden? That people think it's okay to put cream in carbonara!!

I love this video! At 2:05 minutes in you made me laugh. Thank you. I enjoyed this one!

We must have the same types of buses and trains. They also tend to shut down here at the first sign of snow. I assumed Swedish transportation was better due to more winter experience. Most Danish holiday food also includes endless mandatory herring. Some people even try to uphold an annoying etiquette for which type to eat first. And we've also got that weird 70s dance music for (upper?) middle age rural couples. :)

I hate the curling parents and latte mums. That everyone demand that society adapt to their specific needs and wishes, no matter the cost.

Loved the video, as far as things you hate it’s really not much different than most places. Schools in the USA suck and are very expensive, at least yours are free, paying for health care is a double edged sword, you pay for insurance, co-pay to see a doctor than pay for prescriptions but there’s hardly any wait time. I can’t comment on the darkness because I’ve never experienced it. Your right about the people, when I was there I said hi to a stranger walking by and got the death stare you think I was a foreigner or something, Ohhh now it makes sense 😅. Stay safe till next time

Are there laws against having some stores open much later?

I appreciate your candor review about Sweden. It’s in many ways very similar to Canada. We are cold most of the time, the public transportation sucks, the winter nights are brutal, and the public healthcare leaves long wait time and subpar care sometimes.

Weird, but it sound very like (it would be big surprise for many) Ukraine. Pre-war of course. Except 24h culture. You could get almost anything and almost any necessary service 24/7 in Ukraine. Of course, some may recall the high corruption rate - it is there, but it almost immediately became public issue as we have open data about gov spendings.

I did like the little I saw of Sweden then in the 1980's during my seafaring life..... But seing the frozen Sea made me think how harsh and long Winters in Sweden must be..... I could see that the Swedes are very well prepared to confrot their long harsh Winters well though.... A beautiful Country and people....indeed. 😮😊

Here in the USA, the worst Swedish school would be considered our best. We would love to have your bad schools. LOL

Hi, a new subscriber from the US. I lived in Sweden for a year. The darkness, for me, was actually rather cozy (at least in December). I could walk down the street, look up at the apartments, and see a candle in almost every window. I thought that was cool... Many of the things you discussed could be said about any country (including mine!). But regarding the schools, I bet that a lot of the problems with Swedish schools began when the conservative parties got into power and privatized so much of the social system. That change has been a major factor in any national decline that Swedes have been feeling about their country.

Sorry Miro . . . but a 24 hour culture is not a good quality - it promotes the "instant gratification" culture.

Very funny but so true - my mother was from Gesunda - and I mainly summered up there with my grandparents, uncles and cousins for the first 25 years of my life - and the occasional Christmas season - also lived in West Berlin for most of the 80's. On your critique of Swedish Foods - you forgot Boiled Potato's at every meal, -40c = -40f that temp shuts down everything World Wide - not a Swedish issue, I live in the Phoenix AZ Valley - where 46C at Midsummer is common - I have seen 0C frequently at midsummer parties in Sweden, Lake Siljan - in late June to Mid August might reaches maybe 20C in the top .5 meters before shrinkage temperatures ensue - our chilled pools in AZ 42+C - as a child - it was fun, as a late teen early adult - NOT. Berlin was not quite as DARK as at my grandparents home SOLLERÖN - but sill dark before I left school - so I understand your dislike - never seeing the sun outside from October thru April. Fish that can be smelled from over a mile away is also worthy of mention - the Meatballs are a fond memory - my grandmother always made them from scratch - never store bought. A 24-7-365 culture is not the best either - some holidays, the stores should be closed. Your comments about the Swedish Medical system hit close to home - my grandfather died because he could not see a doctor in time - at 88 - he was to old to be considered a priority - although a week prior to getting sick - he could still walk the mile plus to the grocery store. Best wishes from a Half-Swede from San Tan Valley Arizona - keep up the good and funny work. Hejda

It's a shame schooling has slipped there. I suppose that's a trend in so many places. On top of being near the bottom, here in Texas: all public schools in the state now require at least one armed guard -- but the same lawmakers who passed that law didn't allocate funds to pay for it. I'm glad I grew up before active shooter drills in school became common...I don't have children, but I feel so bad for kids brought up to fear being shot in school. What I always find fascinating about videos like this are the reminders that, "Oh, yeah...that was a thing that started a slide, here..." So, I always hope calmer heads in other places can prevent the creep of all-out hatred and seeing many stronger systems not dismantled by opportunists. I suppose the good and bad of 24-Hour culture is some end up working ridiculously long hours, here. But other places that handle shifts better are able to provide more employment and cater to people working off hours. When I've worked evening shifts or overnights, it was nice to not interrupt my sleep to shop for necessities because some places were open and staffed by others working odd hours like me. But, of course, once people saw they could exploit that, people ended up working longer shifts...or being told, "Hey, you all have your shifts, but congratulations: you ALL get to come in and work on weekends, too!" (That's when I'd find another job, but many didn't have that option. It's common in some types of jobs in the the U.S. to work 6-7 days a week...)

I still want to visit tho maybe one day

I like this guy, a real master of irony. He doesn't like Swedes for low-key judging foreigners...goes on to backhand bash Mexico, Costa Rica and Cuba which yes are all foreigners. He doesn't like healthcare in Sweden....goes on to bash to the United States which has the worlds best healthcare. LOL!!!!!

Yes, he is right, but forget Nr 11, we love to complain about living in Sweden! Soo, exept universal healtcare thats almoste free, free schools, (even university, but one got payd to litte to attend!), subsidiesed kindergarten, dental care, public transportation, 5 weeks payd vacation, unlimited sickdays, low coruption.. others! Soo.. if one dont count those things.. its terrible to live in sweden.. but those things is normal for us.. its more about our minimal standard!

I love this guy, nothing to hate about this Swede 😂

Exactly why I would hate to live in Sweden. I as a Canadian hate to live here also because and only because of the COLD

My landlords' wife is Swedish, she doesn't seem to have a personality, could you explain?

😂Darkness not an issue for a guy who worked permenent night shift in other parts of world

detta måste vara ett skämt

Man this is hilarious . Things what I hate about Sweden. Fantastic concept. Again a European invented something what is beyond a classical approach.

Uppsala has the resting the place to Gods, allegedly. The weather is cold like our eyes but, in my opinion. Sweden is magical and one of the most beautiful places on Midgard.

I definitely would not work in a office for winter..better to work as a professional cross country skier..Sweden needs it to beat those Norwegian giants..

You talked about judgemental Swedes and then you judged the middle aged swedes and village teens for liking dance music😢😅

😂Do you think the American education system is any good? Especially in the southern states, the education is nonexistent given the book bans and ignorant governors who are not educators with zero knowledge of child brain development interfering. Poor mathematics and reading are also crappy in the United States. It might be due to social media & cellphones being allowed in the classroom.

I think you are quite nice as a person, but your Swedishness does show a little when you comment about most of Central or Eastern Europe being ruled by a corrupt prime minister (not true) or lamenting that Sweden would be competing against Colombia, Mexico and Costa Rica in education, which suggests there is something inherently inferior about these countries. to someone who is not Swedish, this sounds really weird. I only spent 4 days in Sweden, but I found Sweden shockingly inferior to the superior external image it has disseminated over decades. it would be my least favourite country to live in Europe definitely, including Central or Eastern Europe.

Hating on dansband? Dude, that's illegal.

Trots att Sverige har manga problem, blir du en mycket arlig och trevlig man. For manga manniskor beskriver sitt latt som ett perfekt land, medan din beskrivning ar lite stark men det ar sannt att ingen land i Europe ar Disneyland. Vi alskar fortfarand Sverige anda. Du liknar Bugs Bunny! :-) (Det betyder att du ar vasldigt kul!)