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Flower headbands

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Scott Ritcher 27 May 2009 Fashion / How people act / Sweden

Someone made headbands out of dandelions and left them behind.

Hermans

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Scott Ritcher 26 May 2009 Food+Drink / Sweden

Hermans is a fantastic vegetarian buffet restaurant in Stockholm. Their food is augmented with tons of outdoor seating […]

When does the sun go down around here?

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Scott Ritcher 25 May 2009 Pictures! / Space / Sweden / Sweden is different than America / Weather

I would like to say that I’m starting to get used to the surplus hours of daylight in […]

Free at last

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Scott Ritcher 21 May 2009 Apple / Sweden / Technology

This picture might not mean anything to you, but it is really big news for me. This is […]

Allt om mig

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Scott Ritcher 19 May 2009 How people act / Immigration / Language / Louisville / Music / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

Enough about Sweden already. Let’s talk about me. Today’s story has been in the works for more than […]

Vasastaden

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Scott Ritcher 15 May 2009 Architecture / Design / Pictures! / Sweden

Here are a few photos from Vasadstaden, a central Stockholm neighborhood that originated in the late 1800’s. These […]

Fake Starbucks

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Scott Ritcher 14 May 2009 Design / Food+Drink / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

I wrote earlier about the absence of Starbucks in Sweden. Personally, I don’t miss Starbucks, but it seems […]

Dark skies over Gamla Stan

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Scott Ritcher 13 May 2009 Architecture / Pictures! / Sweden / Weather

Dark clouds moving in over Gamla Stan (The Old Town) in May 2009.

Driver’s license

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Scott Ritcher 12 May 2009 Sweden / Sweden is different than America / Transit

I recently walked with Iida to the local post office to pick up a special delivery. It was her driver’s license.

Jordgubbar

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Scott Ritcher 11 May 2009 Food+Drink / Sweden / Sweden is different than America / Weather

Jordgubbar is the word for “strawberries.” I thought they looked pretty nice in this photo from a recent […]

If you missed it…

Scott Ritcher 10 May 2009 How people act / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

Every year, the reporters who cover the White House get together for a big fancy dinner – almost […]

Solna Centrum station

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Scott Ritcher 8 May 2009 Architecture / Design / Sweden / Sweden is different than America / Transit

Stockholm’s subway system is not just extensive – 100 stations in a city roughly the size of Louisville […]

Payin’ the bills

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Scott Ritcher 7 May 2009 Design / Louisville / Sweden

Life in Sweden is not all sunshine, cool breezes, wild strawberries, and two-hour coffee breaks. I’ve been keeping […]

Noooooooooo!

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Scott Ritcher 5 May 2009 Stoopid / Sweden / Sweden is different than America / Technology

Over the weekend, Comedy Central began blocking online viewing of videos on their website for anyone outside the […]

Swine flu? Never heard of it!

Scott Ritcher 3 May 2009 How people act / Stoopid / Sweden

For some reason, I’m just not afraid of the swine flu. It reminds me of the bird flu […]

Still, more new English words!

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Scott Ritcher 1 May 2009 Language / Sweden

In an earlier story, I mentioned that the Swedish-English dictionary I got for my iPhone has a penchant […]

Which famous American do everyday Americans find most inspirational?

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Scott Ritcher 30 April 2009 Charts+Graphs / Stoopid

Inside the secret society of Swedish grocery store owners

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Scott Ritcher 27 April 2009 Food+Drink / How people act / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

Every Monday morning in my Swedish language class, the teacher asks everyone what they did over the weekend. […]

Cherry blossoms at Kungsträdgården

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Scott Ritcher 26 April 2009 Architecture / Pictures! / Sweden / Weather

Here are a few scenes of cherry blossoms in bloom at Kungsträdgården (the King’s Tree Garden), a long […]

More Stairs and Coffee

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Scott Ritcher 25 April 2009 Architecture / Design / Sweden / Sweden is different than America / Technology

Public stairs in Sweden almost always have accompanying ramps or elevators. The ramps are used for wheelchairs, bicycles, […]

För Svankvinna i tiden

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Scott Ritcher 24 April 2009 How people act / Language / Stoopid / Sweden / Swedish Royal Family

As I mentioned before, most of Sweden’s coins carry a picture of King Carl XVI Gustaf, a man […]

It’s beginning!

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Scott Ritcher 23 April 2009 Pictures! / Space / Sweden / Weather

Long days where the sun never goes down are the type of thing that you just don’t believe […]

Daily Show visits Sweden

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Scott Ritcher 23 April 2009 How people act / Language / Stoopid / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

Life in this socialist hellhole is just awful. Finally, the American news media has sent an investigative journalist […]

What the…

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Scott Ritcher 22 April 2009 Language / Sweden / Technology

Language, temperature, currency, distances, weight, geography. I thought my list of things I have to re-learn was complete. […]

Sweden: not so far away after all

Sweden is not so far away from Kentucky
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Scott Ritcher 21 April 2009 Louisville / Space / Sweden / Technology

A great deal of the writing I’ve done here has been observing the subtle differences between the people […]

Windows and stairs

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Scott Ritcher 20 April 2009 Architecture / Design / Sweden

Since my first visit to Stockholm in the 1990s, this tall, octagonal building on Södermalm has always caught […]

Obama

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Scott Ritcher 18 April 2009 Sweden

Swedish language trivia, Part 1

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Scott Ritcher 18 April 2009 Language / Sweden

Because only about 10 million people speak Swedish, the language has considerably fewer words than English, a language […]

Swedish microbrew and other oxymorons

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Scott Ritcher 17 April 2009 Food+Drink / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

More than one of my friends has asked about the availability of unique beers and the world of […]

Grocery carts, food, pants sizes

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Scott Ritcher 16 April 2009 Design / Food+Drink / Sweden / Sweden is different than America

I noticed while on tours with the band over the years that a lot of Europeans go to […]

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