Culture shock, sure, but the whole “Nordic model” is just a bit… Shit, honestly.
The whole country (that I have seen so far) feels like “Pleasantville”, but woke, and uber-modern, rather than 1950s Americana…
And the Turks. The fucking Turks here. Eugh…
Their rudeness seems more intentional than I would say it seems to be with more… “Native” Swedes.
Gonna be interesting learning to survive here. As a very “social” person, I… Certainly have some adjusting to do.
The strange mix of ultra-conformity and extreme cultural introvertedness is… A vibe. I’ll say that much.
Customer service? Ha…
I think Sweden is probably more “conformist” than Germany, though, tbh…
Swedes seem much, much more like their stereotype, as a whole, than Germans do…
Perhaps because there is 80 million Germans, and only 10 million Swedes…
But who knows.
I'm not an expert on Swedes, but I think for Swedes it comes from within, while in Germany it's obedience to authority.
I’m currently sitting in a pub hanging out with Swiss and Austrians, because we all realized we are more “normal” than the Swedes surrounding us, ha…
It’s a strange vibe.
But admittedly, these a) are not Germans, and b) none of us are from here, so…
I guess that’s a factor.