It's probably better to ask for a tour of a prison than ending up in one lol 🙂

@cynic7049

Ай бұрын

A day in a Swedish prison: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lYCrx7B9n63Jh6g.html (only in Swedish I fear)

Regarding the prison bucket list item: Not quite prison and also not quite Sweden, but I managed to get a ride in a Norwegian police van by accidentally hiking on the Norwegian highway early in the morning. Being used to the German Autobahn and its signs, we thought it was a regular road. Apparently someone called the police on us. They were very friendly and gave us a ride to our destination. A Taxi for free with a great anecdote on top! 10/10 would recommend.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Great tangential story :D I'd take that!

it's so wild as a dutch person to roughly understand your swedish - like I actually got the jist of that, that's wild

A new video, nice! I don't think you need to be to concerned about getting passive aggresive notes about your lawn. I suppose it can happen, but I've never heard of anybody getting a note for that reason. And right now there is a lot of talk about letting a part of your garden grow wild to help the pollinators and flowers that are getting rare.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

I still feel like I have a reputation to uphold as the "newbie" in town 😅

@cynic7049

Ай бұрын

The only cases I can think of it was for allowing 'maskrosor' (dandelions) grow freely and that was up front and not by a note. But pretty much as long as you don't let 'maskrosor' grow completly free to spread to the neigbours or make it into scrap yard (a few former cars are OK but no more than that) I do not think anyone will complain.

A couple of must-sees: Gotska sandön and blå jungfrun (Two really beatiful islands with quite special nature). Karlskrona (a bit of a time capsule of the military, fortifications, rope walk, and such, from the 19th century). The mountains up north (fjällen). There are lots and lots of cottages , so no need to bring a tent or camping stove. And while at it, pop over to Norway, it works basically the same there. (But check out the details, at least when I hiked in Norway, some cottages were unmanned and locked, so you needed to borrow a key from the Tourist board in advance). Tyresta national park, just south of Stockholm, a forest that has been basically untouched by humans for 100 years or so. I could go on forever, just the castles/pallaces would fill a whole page

Your swedish is so good! Keep it up!!

Yay you saved the back of your yard for wildflowers!??! That's awesome! As long as you stay safe, I'd love to see you try to go by boat to Öland! I guess the easiest way to get to see a prison is to become friends with a criminal, so you can visit them! A great nature spot I can personally recommend in a neighboring county from you is *Skurugata,* (double sided ravine) make sure to go soon or in the fall because in summertime there's literally a queue of tourists through the entire thing and you really want to be alone there, also Eksjö old town. You definitely want to pass by *Norra Kvill* national park and meet the ancient oak tree, *kvilleken* on the way! It's on it's last limb so pay it a visit soon. 🌳 *But beware, the area around Norra Kvill is full of trolls!* There's also *Store Mosse* ("Big marsh") a little south near Värnamo. I recommend Gotland and obviously Öland (allvaret). Visiting the island *Visingsö* in the lake Vättern to see the forest of super tall and old oak trees planted to become epic war ships, also Gränna for traditional sweets. Any beech forest you can find (I see Bokenäs close to you). Also travelling around in the Stockholm Archipelago's on a warm summer's day and I hear the Vasa museum is great.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Awesome list of suggestions, thank you!

@98Zai

Ай бұрын

@@skapaallt You might be interested in *the borderland* (.se) "Sweden's largest participatory festival", a burning man type thing where everyone builds the festival together. It should be right up your alley. It's usually in august but it's very limited access and the ticket lottery is closed for this year. It's just outside of Eksjö. Maybe next year??

@98Zai

Ай бұрын

@@skapaallt Perhaps *the borderlands* "Sweden's largest participatory festival" is of some interest to you? It's also near Eksjö.

Hedgehogs has really bad eyesight, so they can get pretty close, some of them are not even scared by getting close.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Hmm, I should make them some tiny eyeglasses

You're such a positive and happy guy. Love your vibe!

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Thank you :)

You can grow moss by mixing moss with beer and brush the mixture where you want the moss, then spray the area with water. And after that water it every day until the moss starts growing. You should try island hopping in the Stockholm archipelago, if you're feeling adventurous you could do it with a kayak but there's plenty of ferries to the larger islands.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Yes, I've gotten that recommendation, as well as mixing with filmjölk... I just don't have a blender so I've started with the most simple test :P Island hopping sounds fun!

Dude, you're like a pair of new eyes! You see things I don't see anymore. Congrats getting into the local paper on the frontpage! The rest of us have to do crazy things to end up there. There are a lot of beautiful places to see. Let me know next winter if you want to go ice skating or ice sailing, great places for that around where me and my family live, some northern lights too. But I know the south better. Would be fun to guide you and I got some spare time atm. Let me know. Cheers!

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Sounds fun! Reach out when the time's right :)

i would recommend Fulufjället, it has the oldest tree in the world and swedens highest freefalling waterfall. i would also recommend sarek and abisko nationalpark. Borgahällan in Jämtland is a beutiful mountain that i would recommend aswell. if your intrested in historic places i would recommend Eketorps borg on öland and also Visby on gotland. one last thing i would recommend is Slåttdalsskrevan in höga kusten. im happy to see that your back and feeling well again.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Thanks, I'll definitely look into these :)

If you come to Stockholm you can stay in an old converted prison at least! "Långholmens vandrarhem", it's a combined hotel/hostel.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

hmmm I might have to settle!

Interesting adventure! And cool seeing sweden from another perspective. A few tips to consider, since you talk about foraging, is to make sure you are careful with mushrooms! Learn a lot, and only go for the safe choices in the beginning! Like chantarelles that aren't easily mixed up with poisonous mushrooms. There are many kinds that are actually deadly or at least dangerous! There are cases of immigrants without local knowledge actually dying from mushrooms they had foraged. Also, there are a lot of tics in your area of sweden. So might be a good idea to get vaccinated against TBE.

The cable organiser is perfect for the plants, much better than string :D they actually sell the same thing designed for plants and green. also, grats on the article :D

4:16 the skullcap of a fish, note the crest for the jaw muscles. Pretty big fish that far inland, do you have White-Tailed Eagles around? Bears have a habit to bite off the skulls of fish but they're not too common.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Cool! Apparently the white-tailed eagle is fairly common here so you may be on to something! I've also seen a ton of swans torn apart... I wonder if that's also their doing

@danvernier198

Ай бұрын

​@@skapaallt It's plausible I guess, usually it's foxes or lynxes that do that, but it's not as if White-Tailed eagles don't eat swans if they can, they're just a bit big for them.

Absolutely loving these videos!

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

You're vibing man, keep it up!

I spent 6 weeks in Sala this year (Januari - Mars) and the lake had an ice layer thick enough for cars to clear the snow and small planes landing on it. It was a weird feeling seeing them coming down and taking off again. So you don't have to go that far north for that!

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Cool! I wouldn't want to be on one of those planes :0

O also missed the northern lights. I went out a few times and saw nothing. The next day I see my neighbor's got a video up on youtube. It was all about the timing. However, I did catch the solar eclipse back on April 8th and that was amazing!

FALL IN LOVE MAN...... FALLLLLL IN LOOOOVE.....😄

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

I feel like putting that in a bucket list is bad luck 🫣😜

Tack för trevlig video.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Tack för att du tittade :)

12:24 same thing happened to me when I moved from Buffalo to Borlänge in 1997! (Local Newspaper.) and again when we in Buffalo got 7ft of snow in November 2014 we got in expressen and aftonbladet!

For hedgehogs, and other wild life, create a water feature in your garden. Allowing cats, birds and hedgehogs to drink fresh water. It might even be an idea for a public artwork. Something to collect rainwater on some type of roof/canopy and slowly make it available for wildlife. Could test it out in your garden first. Could be high-tech with solar panels, filters and pumps. Or passive, just collecting. Or somewhere in between with a clever balancing gravity regulated water supply. Also consider building some hedgehog nests. I have built four, placed under balconies in two apartment houses. Hedgehogs every year.

I am enjoying these videos. I am also sort of envious of the big move you've made. It'd be nice to be away from the election season that is ramping up in the U.S.

I'm a local and didn't know about the cool wind shelters. Thanks!

That's a mix of moss and lichen you picked

Nice list! Happy to take you ice skating in Trondheim Norway coming winter. However, there is only a very short window of opportunity for any particular lake - from the ice is thick enough (5'ish cm) until the snow comes, usually a week or two in December-January. But you are indeed right, it is fantastic!

I have miss You, good to see You are back and healthy! Thank You for nice video

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Thank you, hopefully it's a while before I'm sick again! 🤞😁

The Midnight sun (above polar circle)??

it's so awesome that you got into a paper!

i also missed the northern lights :( only heard of them the day after

can relate about the hedgehogs, they are cute, but fair warning: If there are more than one of them they can make the most terrifying noises when fighting/lovemaking/scaring competition away.

Hi, you talking good little swedish in the video even you going SFI class. Im living in Sweden as well and not far from you in Ostkusten of north . and Im new follower of your channel as well.

I work with public art I Sweden. If you want to know more just let me know.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Very cool, I'm definitely interested!

@jumbomad

Ай бұрын

@@skapaallt sent you a message through your website. I hope it reaches you.

I got a hedgehog in my hedge. It grunts and make other noises. Sometimes i see it in the day but mostly it's night active. If one would find a good home in your garden it would stay. Food and water is probably not nessesary, just a dry and safe home under a bush with a lot of dry leaves and twigs.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Fun! I might have to build a little hedgehoghouse

@synnerlig

Ай бұрын

And I believe you can give dog- or catfood to a hedgehog and water and NOT milk as some people think you’re supposed to 😅

Since you're learning Swedish do you know about the techniques the best polyglots use? Depending on your teacher it may be quite different from what they use. I'd recommend the video by the channel What I've Learned.

there is a few hotels that used to be prisons. when i was a kid we used to have a hedgehog living under our front porch and it seems thats pretty commom.

Another video!

Om du reser runt på olika platser i Sverige så tycker jag att du absolut ska besöka Norn utanför Hedemora I Dalarna. Mycket intressant historia där. Testa dessutom att göra sallader på maskrosblad och koka soppa på brännässlor.

Amazing. Any chance to get to read the newspaper article? Is there an online version? My Swedish could use some practice :)

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

It is online, but behind a paywall, so I'm not sure if it's possible to read outside of Sweden :\ www.barometern.se/feature/32-arige-youtubern-devin-lamnade-kalifornien-och-kopte-villa-i-kolboda-ville-ha-ett-aventyr/

i like moss

Det var en jättebra video. Tack så mycket. Did you ever talked about the way you are learning swedish? What kind of apps or online resources do you use and such things. I am asking because jag lär mig också svenska. :)

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Tusen tack! I mentioned a bit in my Q&A video, but I will have to do a dedicated video about learning the language at some point :)

Hedgehogs make the weirdest noises, scared me alot as a kid

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

I've never heard one so I look forward to being surprised...or scared? 😂

i didnt see the northern lights either (i didnt even know thye were going to happen)

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

:'( we'll both catch them next time!

@pcc404

Ай бұрын

@@skapaallt yeah!

Please keep out of prisons.....they are nightmare with agressive and violent inmates.....Prisons have big difficults to get people working there..since the inmats are so violent.😬

Your swedish is good, I think you are unfortunate with dialect in your area, those southern accents are, well they are different. Living of the land sounds nice, there are several survival books on this subject. "They" say if you manage to survive three days, you will survive. Don't try it at winter, of course. Now swedish prisons may sound comfy compared to prisons in some other countries, but it's still prison. Many people from other countries think that swedes are very inhumane regarding social interactions, because we are basically an introvert people that also loves bureaucracy. That's your first hint of how other things than comfort can make you feel unsettled.

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Sounds like three days is a good survival goal then :)

i didn't know those spiders were called crab spiders

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

Yup! My svarbror studies spiders so I get lots of fun spider facts :D

@pcc404

Ай бұрын

cool!

you ever tried to strengthen your immune system with spagyric essences?

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

I'm not familiar

You might be confusing Norwegian prisons which have more of a reputation of being comfortable. Either way I suggest not trying for it in either countries. The Swedish prison system is completely full and it would be quite irresponsible to use up tax money for what is sure to not be a pleasure tour.

Where is IKEA?

@skapaallt

Ай бұрын

The real IKEA was in you the whole time

@oraltosun

Ай бұрын

​@@skapaalltTrue. But waiting useful ikea hacks from you. ❤