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Advise. Go to Stockholm Sweden. I've lived there twice; once for 3 months and the other time 1 month. Mid summer is amazing. Learn to love coffee and fika.

nurettin 9y ago
I learned to love fika from one of the commodore 64 remixes. These guys have no inhibitions whatsoever: http://www.remix64.com/track/dr-fikalover/i-would-like-a-fika-swedish-holy-ground/ http://www.remix64.com/track/dr-fikalover/i-would-like-a-fik...
gumby 9y ago
Midsummer is amazing (and you can swim in the harbour). Unfortunately Dec/Jan are pretty grim. It's cool -- once -- to use your subway fare to take a tiny ferry that breaks through the crust of ice. But not seeing the sun, except for a dim, watery glimmer around lunch time, is not nice at all.
- foota 9y ago
  What temperature is the water at? I would have thought very cold.
  - gumby 9y ago
    In the summer it's pretty nice. I don't remember but I'm not a fan of super cold water and I found it enjoyable. In the winter the harbour freezes, though it remains navigable (i.e. not thick ice; more of a skin, but it gives you an idea of the winter temperature).
  - alkonaut 9y ago
    Sea temp is pretty ok, it’s a lot less exposed than the “big” oceans. Often over 20 in summer. Same as many North Atlantic beaches, or othe “cold water” beaches like south Australia etc. Shallow and protected makes more difference to sea temp than latitude. It’s like a big lake effectively (not even salty)
- jacobush 9y ago
  It’s one of those local optima. Too good to leave, yet too cold to really enjoy life.
  - alkonaut 9y ago
    Agree completely (posted from my yearly exile from Stockholm to Canary Islands)
    - jacobush 9y ago
      If only I could ...
      - asax 9y ago
        At least there's some cool people here :)
stcredzero 9y ago
fika?
- eCa 9y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fika_(Sweden) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fika_(Sweden)
  - stcredzero 9y ago
    So it's the Swedish equivalent of Dim Sum.
    - sgrove 9y ago
      Hah! That's a great analogy.

nurettin 9y ago

I learned to love fika from one of the commodore 64 remixes. These guys have no inhibitions whatsoever: http://www.remix64.com/track/dr-fikalover/i-would-like-a-fika-swedish-holy-ground/ http://www.remix64.com/track/dr-fikalover/i-would-like-a-fik...

gumby 9y ago

Midsummer is amazing (and you can swim in the harbour). Unfortunately Dec/Jan are pretty grim. It's cool -- once -- to use your subway fare to take a tiny ferry that breaks through the crust of ice. But not seeing the sun, except for a dim, watery glimmer around lunch time, is not nice at all.

foota 9y ago
What temperature is the water at? I would have thought very cold.
- gumby 9y ago
  In the summer it's pretty nice. I don't remember but I'm not a fan of super cold water and I found it enjoyable. In the winter the harbour freezes, though it remains navigable (i.e. not thick ice; more of a skin, but it gives you an idea of the winter temperature).
- alkonaut 9y ago
  Sea temp is pretty ok, it’s a lot less exposed than the “big” oceans. Often over 20 in summer. Same as many North Atlantic beaches, or othe “cold water” beaches like south Australia etc. Shallow and protected makes more difference to sea temp than latitude. It’s like a big lake effectively (not even salty)
jacobush 9y ago
It’s one of those local optima. Too good to leave, yet too cold to really enjoy life.
- alkonaut 9y ago
  Agree completely (posted from my yearly exile from Stockholm to Canary Islands)
  - jacobush 9y ago
    If only I could ...
    - asax 9y ago
      At least there's some cool people here :)

stcredzero 9y ago

fika?

eCa 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fika_(Sweden) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fika_(Sweden)
- stcredzero 9y ago
  So it's the Swedish equivalent of Dim Sum.
  - sgrove 9y ago
    Hah! That's a great analogy.