British Reaction To 5 Weird Things About Life In Sweden 

ps. we don't use week-numbers in everyday life. It's basically only used at work to make planning easier.

It's week 37 right now

If you think it's too dark with only one candle, have more candles. I'm sure your Swedish partner wouldn't mind. It's still cosy.

yeah alcohol commercials are a thing on tv and yeah they say non alcoholic which every basically just ignores XD it is a thing when it comes to gambling sites commercials that they have to display like a site for help against gambling addiction when on tv and actually read it out when on radio. I think thats really interesting.

I have never heard or seen where they turn off the lights and I live in sweden.

Nope, in my family we use the "week system" frequently.

You can get fired on the spot in Sweden too, but if you are, you probably commit a crime of some sort. I've seen it happen.

Today is 13 september and the week number is 37.

Yea.. Sweden is a weird country to live in.. but there is reasons for that.. moste swedes probably think about things that other populations think is weird as.. we are verry well organised! Lets take the week numbers.. week 28-32 is the industrial vacation period, when many big industries close, and there personel get on vacation.. easy to understand, (exept for those populations that dont get payd vacation!?)! Another thing is for parents, there children get, winter vacation and easter vacation frome school, parents mayby need to be at home.. or take there whole family to a ski resort or fly to Spain or Thailand! Soo.. to make it smoth.. swedish authoritys/regions do have different weeks of shool vacation.. half of the country get it the week up to, the other half get it from and after the hollyday! Easy to understand.. becuse one cant fit all the people at the same time in the same ski resort or on the same airplane to Spain or Thailand.. its comon sens! Wait its more; Our shools stops and starts on different weeks.. soo parents need to know wich week to take time off.. and tell there HR or boss when they is off duty/not at work! Wait its even more; Its about children again, payd parental leave, for mothers and fathers, (no its not ones company that pays) but they need to know when one is absent at the job.. soo.. ones spouse takes those months/weeks and then I want to take this months/weeks! And a special for "Americans".. your HR-department and/or boss like to know about your vaccation plans in adavance so they can make plans how to run there bussines.. preferely in week numbers! Soo att "fika time" in your workplace listen to coworkers about there plans.. its this if one work in a company that never shuts down.. parents with small children could get the best weeks! However if one is an "american" not used to payd vacation you can allways work the whole summer and take your vaccation in the darkest winter and fly back to sunny California/Texas/Florida, and visit family and friends! And I do have a tip.. december up to christmas and new year is in many companyes a bussy period! January and February is kinda slow and a hibernating period.. till one reach "February vacation" at shools! Soo, "summa summarum", (is this latin?) in anyway, sweden is one of the weirdest place on earth.. but altso one of the whealtyes place on earth/and a lot other things rank Sweden high in a human index! Becuse of.. I dont realy know.. mayby we get lucky by no reason.. I still think its more to it (I hope) ! Its actualy not that weird if one have lived in sweden ones whole life or at least a couple of years!! The weather is still bad.. kinda like Northen England/Scottland!

Week 37