The country that is known for the band ABBA, its furniture, and many other things, has a lot of interesting details about its culture. For example, people in Sweden have a cultural thing called fika. The point of fika is to drink coffee, communicate with people, and eat sweet cinnamon buns. There are quite a few facts about Sweden that make us think it may be a parallel universe, where people have a unique way of thinking and treating the world around them.

We at Bright Side have read some opinions of people that either live in Sweden or have been there before, and we were really impressed.

“In Sweden, we have trash cans with WiFi.”

Great, now I can sit next to this trashcan for a few hours!

In Sweden, they have their own measurement of volume.

“We have an apartment recycle room and these cool tubes for waste, compost, and newspaper/papers.”

In Sweden, buying sweets is a lottery.

Almost every pet is insured and registered, and dogs don’t wear muzzles.

I’m moving there just for that alone. 

Also, Sweden is incredibly beautiful.

Have you been to Sweden? Do you know some other facts about it that might surprise people?

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