A typical first trip here runs about $1,025 to $1,400 per person for 7 days at a mid-range style, before flights. Get your own number from the Budget Calculator.
- Swedish meatballs with lingonberry sauce (yes, they're real and delicious)
- Smörgåsbord, elaborate cold buffet spread for special occasions
- Fika, coffee break with pastries is a daily social ritual
- Gravlax (cured salmon), surströmming (fermented herring), knäckebröd
- Midsommar (June), maypole dancing, flower crowns, herring; most important holiday
- Lucia Day (December 13), candlelit procession celebrating light
- Crayfish parties (August), outdoor feasts with bibs and songs
- Nobel Prize ceremony (December 10) in Stockholm
Swedish is the official language. English proficiency in Sweden is among the highest in the world, nearly everyone speaks it fluently.
Swedes are reserved but warm once you get to know them.
- Lagom, "just the right amount" is the Swedish philosophy of balance
- Queue culture is sacred, jumping lines is extremely rude
- Environmental consciousness is highly valued; recycle everything
- Tipping is not expected but rounding up is appreciated
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