Comments on: Things That May Surprise You When Moving to Sweden

By: Tanja

Tanja — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:05:58 +0000

Yes we do sell stamps in food stores/ supermarkets. Ask the cashier.
We do have post office they are just rare
I infact prefure having a post office other than waiting 10 days for deilverys in England.

-English cheese cake is better than swedish
and my bf thinks that english bacon is better than swedish bacon. I think there poo. actual shite… brown hgjguki8ouo

By: Ramsey Smith

Ramsey Smith — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:23:51 +0000

No public post offices..i guess they sort the mail as they walk down the street? Does UPS or FedEx have offices there yet? You buy stamps at the food store then?

By: Alastair

Alastair — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:35:56 +0000

Having lived in Asia for several years, my annual trip back to Sweden with the family always gets interesting. Some of the fun items from this year:

- having to pay for bags and then pack them yourself at the supermarket
- at Systembolaget (state alcohol store) you need to place the bottles in the correct place in the middle of the conveyor belt with the labels facing the bar code scanner (to avoid giving the cashier a dodgy back
- having to take the clothes you tried on back to the correct rail in H&M
- after a week out in the countryside, finding a tick still attached to me after it has happily flown half way across the world back to Asia

By: Luke (Sydney)

Luke (Sydney) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:44:30 +0000

I have just accepted to have xmas on the beach, if I move to Sweden I would have to cope having kräftskiva in summer!