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Swedish Sayings I Wish I Knew Before Moving to Sweden

2 October 2023 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

Swedish sayings can be very “interesting”. Like many other countries, Sweden has plenty of expressions, idioms and sayings rooted in history and tradition. Some of them can be found in other languages, or at least share similar meaning like “Beat around the bush” and “Gå som katten kring het gröt” (English: walks like the cat […]

Filed Under: Blog, Swedish Tagged With: Swedish Expressions, Swedish Idioms, Swedish Sayings, Swedish values, swedish way of life

Typical Swedish habits

7 July 2023 By The Newbie Team

Typical Swedish habits are quite useful to know – even if you don’t adapt them. Living in a new country brings its own excitement and challenges. The first years are usually dubbed as the honeymoon phase. This is the moment when everything seems so bright, fresh and exciting. Written by Hayu Hamemayu Then soon, things […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: living in sweden, Swedish Culture, Swedish food, Swedish food culture, swedish habit, Swedish habits, swedish tradition, swedish way of life, this is sweden, typically swedish

How to Save Money in Sweden

12 February 2023 By The Newbie Team 7 Comments

How to save money in Sweden. Is it even possible? It’s a common knowledge, I think, that living in Sweden is not cheap. According to a data from Numbeo (February 7, 2018), “Cost of living in Sweden (rent is excluded), is 15.47% higher than in United States.” However, thanks to the Swedish ways of life, […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: biking in Sweden, recycle in Sweden, save money in Sweden, saving money in sweden, shopping in Sweden, swedish way of life

A one way ticket to Sverige!! Daring to live a life I’d only dreamed of…

5 February 2022 By The Newbie Team 39 Comments

Written by Suzy Greaves   “The world is too big to stay in one place. Life is too short to do just one thing.” I love to hear about people’s journeys, their life choices, the paths they take and the stories they make. Well; I’m Suzy, welcome to my story and my Swedish life. It’s […]

Filed Under: Blog, Sweden Tagged With: expat life in sweden, life in sweden, moving to sweden, Newbie in Sweden, Swedish Culture, Swedish traditions, swedish way of life

The “This is Sweden” moment

30 April 2018 By The Newbie Team 2 Comments

Have you had a this is Sweden moment yet? Daisy Goodwin, an English writer once said: “Marriage is like living in a foreign country as an adult: You can become fluent in the language, you can step yourself in the culture, you can know all three verses of the national anthem; but no matter how […]

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