What are SWEDES Really Like?

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• It sounds like i have lots of common things with the Swedish people in general.
  I don't like talking much, Don't socialise much, keep it for myself, cold personality, i have got the height and look as well.
  I wonder if i had any Swedish ancestors or not, being a Hungarian guy...🤔

• The guy at 8:50 is hilarious. "No development at all." That is comedy gold right there and he seems like a great guy.

• the end man had really good speach of the good life

• 5:57 Herring is "strömming" or "sill" ... "surströmming" is a very specific kind of herring, it has been fermenting by bacteria for months before packaging in cans.

  Most Swedes don't eat "surströmming" I think he may have got the translation of "herring" wrong ...

  Most Swedes like some kind of herring, like North Germans, but apart from Norrland, we usually don't like "surströmming" ... in Lund, people gathering around "surströmming" are thereby showing they come from about as far North of Lund as Rome is South of Lund ... (yes, Sweden is very drawn out in the North-South dimension!).

• They’re so cute I love the Swedes !!!!

• At 0:40, it is spelled queue, not cue.

• That quiz is interesting. I got Irish and I am one. Bring on the banter!

  • Haha nice!

• There's a thing that stuck me in Sweden, as a Portuguese. Being interrupted and to interrupt (insert regret face) a normal informal conversation is quite common in Portugal. However, that's not the case in Sweden. Especially Northern Sweden, they will let you talk and talk and they will only reply when you finish your point, after waiting some seconds, just to make sure you really ended speaking. This is really interesting in my opinion.

  • @@emiladelow8463 I'm not saying on formal ocasions, there usually everyone respects and lets the person talk. But in informal settings, more often than not, in many countries you have a phenomenom more similar to a free for all.. It has to do with a culture valuing more restraint than emotional attachement..

  • That is an interesting comment, I hadn't noticed that. I am an American and by way of my own experiences I have taught myself to listen more carefully to people and let them finish completely , as you mention, before responding. I do believe it is a sign of respect and shows you are genuinely interested in the other persons comments rather than trying to get your bit out. I think it makes for a better exchange and leaves others feeling happier and more satisfied with an exchange. Thank you.

  • Why would you feel the need to interrupt someone when talking ?

  • @@draug7966 yes, it may be so.

  • It's because interrupting is seen as kind of rude or disrespectful basically. We love our personal space and not getting interrupted is part of that i guess.

• This channel is really awesome and Marina is a queen 😉❤️ One video should be made on us,viewers; how we are being benefited by this channel.

  • Aw thank you!

• Happy Thursday, Marina! Great video and keep it up 👍🏻. Sending you my love from Miami, Florida, USA 🇺🇲