3 ms·

Whoa. I actually got a touch of national pride there! What a feeling! :D Anyway, one reason Swedish coffee culture might be something that can be noticed in NY

by unwind 14y ago

Whoa. I actually got a touch of national pride there! What a feeling! :D Anyway, one reason Swedish coffee culture might be something that can be noticed in NY is that we're pretty good at drinking coffee. See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_consumption_per_capita&#62 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_coffee_con...; to get a hint about how important coffee is in Scandinavia. Sweden is down at #6 these days, but we still clock in at roughly twice the consumption per capita compared to the US. And the word "fika" which the first place is named for has loads of connotations, it's simply deeply entrenched here.

aerique 14y ago
You need to remove the trailing '>' from your link (or don't put it between angle brackets). Going by that page perhaps I should start a dutch coffee house in NY! I wonder if there are many Starbucks in Scandinavia? I know of only one here in the Netherlands.
- Gmo 14y ago
  Hum, there is more than one ... Only in Amsterdam there are at least 2 (went there 2 days ago), one in Central Station and one not far from the Science Museum (that I could see from the train leaving the Central Station :D ). And no doubt there are more in the inner city. Then there is also at least one in Utrecht Central, so we are down to 3 already. Anyway, I know it was not your point. Besides, as a Frenchman (living in the Netherlands), I'm not fond at all of Dutch coffee, but hey, it could probably work in "New Amsterdam" ;)
- lobster_johnson 14y ago
  Norway (#2 in coffee consumption) has a single Starbucks, located in the arrivals hall at Oslo Airport. I overheard some people recently talking about how they sometimes take the airport express train just to have coffee at Starbucks. Which is just insane, not just because the coffee isn't particularly good (and Oslo has plenty of extremely good barista places) but because a round-trip ticket from Oslo to the airport costs $56 (€46).
lobster_johnson 14y ago
I'm Norwegian. We're at #2. Finland leads by a large margin, though.

by unwind 14y ago

aerique 14y ago

You need to remove the trailing '>' from your link (or don't put it between angle brackets). Going by that page perhaps I should start a dutch coffee house in NY! I wonder if there are many Starbucks in Scandinavia? I know of only one here in the Netherlands.

Gmo 14y ago
Hum, there is more than one ... Only in Amsterdam there are at least 2 (went there 2 days ago), one in Central Station and one not far from the Science Museum (that I could see from the train leaving the Central Station :D ). And no doubt there are more in the inner city. Then there is also at least one in Utrecht Central, so we are down to 3 already. Anyway, I know it was not your point. Besides, as a Frenchman (living in the Netherlands), I'm not fond at all of Dutch coffee, but hey, it could probably work in "New Amsterdam" ;)
lobster_johnson 14y ago
Norway (#2 in coffee consumption) has a single Starbucks, located in the arrivals hall at Oslo Airport. I overheard some people recently talking about how they sometimes take the airport express train just to have coffee at Starbucks. Which is just insane, not just because the coffee isn't particularly good (and Oslo has plenty of extremely good barista places) but because a round-trip ticket from Oslo to the airport costs $56 (€46).

lobster_johnson 14y ago

I'm Norwegian. We're at #2. Finland leads by a large margin, though.