It's looking very likely (not certain, but increasingly likely, at least) that I will be moving there in a couple of months, to do a course, for 10 months.
I know that people will have varying opinions on Sweden, and its politics - certainly, I'm not a fan of a lot of it, but... It's definitely quite different to Aus, so there's that.
I would be living and studying in the sort of "Greater Stockholm" area, I guess. That part of the country, anyway (a couple of hours away), in a fairly small place.
I'm fairly well-versed in Swedish culture (more so than the average Australian, I would argue, anyway), having dated three Swedish women, having a few other Swedish friends, and... Exposed myself to Swedish media, I guess. But yeah, as an extremely sociable person, I think that is going to be... Interesting. I fully expect to not fit in, but that's ok. I am prepared for that.
But yeah, wadda ya think, people who've been there/are from Europe, or maybe have family there?
I'm not really going there "because Sweden". That's part of it, but it's also a course that is only offered there, so I figure why the hell not.
Would appreciate your thoughts, even if they're just "commie shithole", lol!
It was the canada of europe if the memes were to believed 10 years ago.
But then they actually grew a spine and did something sensible, the one country to not really lock down, and do more of a 'focused protection' approach, just isolating and caring for the aged care fascilities. Even when it was the country with the most to lose, they had evaded the last 2 flu seasons, and so had a lot of old sick people ready to die, a lot of 'dry tinder' as the theory goes. Like florida, they were always going to look worse at any surface level midwit analysis of how they fared, but they did it anyway. Good on em.
The sweden yes memes also seem less common now, and the swedish democrats seem to be on the rise?
I don't know what to think of them anymore because of that big decision, and the recent changes. They alone in the western world did the sensible thing on the big issue these past 4 years, so I'm inclined to give em the benefit of the doubt. Better there than here or nz or canada.