Scandinavia is beautiful.
Scandinavians know how to eat and drink.
Scandinavians know how to live.
There's little wonder left in our minds as to why these countries have the highest qualities of life of anyone around the world.
What We'll Miss
- The rabbit that lives in the cemetery in central Stockholm
- Dime in all of its glorious iterations - ice cream, cookies, chocolate...
- Scandinavian sunshine. You've heard the phrase, 'he/she/they worship the sun'. You don't have a proper grasp of that saying until you've seen Scandinavians sitting in the sun. They get comfortable in their chair, they close their eyes and then they soak it in. They soak it in so much that you almost feel like tapping them on the shoulder and telling them to leave some for you
- Smoked salmon. So many times over and it never gets old
- The simplicity of life. Public transport that is ridiculously efficient and easy to decipher. Paying with everything with EFTPOS is pretty much a dream realised for me. And everything is clean and safe and almost how you picture the perfect world to be
- Those Norwegian landscapes. Wow
- Salted licorice where our favourite was Salty Silds that are salted licorice herring shaped jubes covered in so much salt it's not funny
- Scandinavian coffee, oh how we'll miss you
- Being mistaken as Scandinavian thanks to Nix's blonde locks and my Viking-like beard
- The Viking jokes and comparisons that say and write themselves
- The effortless coolness of the Scandinavians. I think that's also a bad though, those bastards...
- You get what you pay for. Yes, things may be super expensive but you can guarantee whatever you buy will be well made and made using only the best produce
- The logic and intellect of the people that allows them to navigate situations like lining up for a coffee without feeling the need to push in, or pull some other shifty move, makes anal people like us happy
- Mikkeller. BOOM
- Blueberries. Every opportunity that I had to have something blåbær flavoured nothing else got a look in
- The cleanliness of the air, even in cities, is a beautiful thing
What We Won't Miss
- A lack of cats is almost a deal breaker. Hmm, maybe not
- Swedish alcohol laws that match Australia's
- Forcing me to question my right wing ideologies. The Iron Monk is still a great man
- Prices!
- Norwegian prices!!
As you can see, there's a lot to like and not much to dislike...
The Food
Pastries win here. In particular the Swedish Cardamom Kanelbullar from Saturnus and the rhubarb and custard "croissant" from Meyers Baker in Copenhagen. Omnomnom...
The Drink
It has to be this.
Yeastus Christus is a pretty good beer. Chuck it in Chardonnay barrels for a while and it becomes a bloody amazing beer. When we considered which drink was the best of this stint we quickly spouted the same beer at the same time. #doublejinx
The Beer Count - 54
