Ihostele-ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kwindiza iyisiqalo kuphela
Xa ucinga ngeSweden, ucinga ngomculo ohlukile we-pop (ABBA, Ace of Base, noRobyn), ifenitshala (IKEA) kunye neengubo (i-H & M), kunye nokutya (ama-meatballs). Nangona ezi zinto zivela kwilizwe laseScandinavia liphela, enye yezinto ezininzi ze-idiosyncratic eSweden yizo zakhiwo zayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuba eSweden uceba ukutyelela, kukho indawo epholileyo-kwaye mhlawumbi isakhiwo esingaqhelekanga silindele ukufunyanwa.
01 ngo 04
747 Ihostele
Ukuba ukhangele ihotele e-Arlanda, ithuba lokuba ungene okanye uphuma eSweden: i-Arlanda apho i-airport yelizwe laseSweden ehamba phambili. Unokwesaba ingcamango yokukhwela enye indiza, ngakumbi xa uye wafika eSweden kwixesha elide lokuhamba, kodwa kufuneka ubeke iingxaki zakho ngaphakathi xa ubeka amehlo kwiJumboStay. Ihostele ekwakhiwe ngaphakathi kwimbutho ye-jumbo jet ehlala umhlala-phantsi, iJumboStay yenye yeendawo zokuhlala ezikhethekileyo kwihlabathi, kungabikho eSweden-u-Queen of the Skies, emhlabeni!
02 we 04
ILund Cathedral
Phezulu, iminyaka yobudala beLundhedral (nje ngaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-1000) ayinakulinganiswa nenye yezinye izakhiwo zasendulo kulo lonke elaseSweden neYurophu ngokubanzi, i-façade yayo ebaluleke kakhulu. Kuyaba yinto emangalisayo, nangona kunjalo, xa ubeka ubukho bayo kumxholo omkhulu wembali yeLund. Icawa yamaKatolika, uyabona, kwaye uninzi lwazo lwachithwa phakathi kwekhulu le-16 leminyaka njengoko ukuguqulwa kweNguquko kwasuka eSweden. Akucaci ukuba kutheni le nkonzo yazisindisa-mhlawumbi ivela kwi-IKEA? Izinto ezivela apho zibala ukuba kunzima ukudibanisa.
03 we 04
Helsingborg I dolophu yaseKapa
NjengoLund Cathedral, iHolo yaseKapa yaseHelsingborg ibonakalisa ngokucacileyo izizathu zobugcisa. Ngokungafani neKedhedral yaseLund, kunjalo, iHolo yaseKapa yaseHelsinborg ayineminyaka emdala, sele igqityiwe nje kwiminyaka eyi-119 edlulileyo. Ukuba uhambo lwakho lwenzeka ukuba lithathe kule dolophu kwizantsi-ntshona yeSweden, kuya kufuneka ulungele iHell City ye-200-foot-foot bell tower, i-façades ezintle, kunye namabala angenakubalwa.
Boring, kunene? Kulungile ke, umculo omhle (inqaku: okanye i-ABBA, no-Ace yaseBase, noRobyn iingoma) iintsimbi zeHolo zidlala ngokuphindwe kabini ngosuku ziyakuncwina ebuthongweni obunzima ngokukhawuleza ndicinga.
04 we 04
IBradmo Bridge
Malmo Malmo! Nangona kunjalo isixeko saseSweden esona sibini esikhulu kunazo zonke, sinabantu abangaphezu kwama-600,000, ngokuqhelekileyo siwela emthunzini weCopenhagen esiseduze, i-ehostorha yamazwe ngamazwe ihleli ngaphesheya kwamanzi.
Oku kunzima kakhulu (kunye nokudabukisayo!) Kwimeko yomlando waseSweden (le nxalenye yeli lizwe liyingxenye yeDenmark ngeenkulungwane), kodwa kuphazamiseka xa ucinga ukuba enye yeempawu eziyinkimbinkimbi zeYurophu zanamuhla, i-Oresund Ibhuloho, yimizuzu embalwa kwiihotele ezininzi zaseMalmo. Nangona usuhlula ubukhulu bebhuloho obunzima kunye nokuqulunqwa okupholileyo, ukuba idibanisa umhlaba phakathi kweSweden nelizwekazi laseYurophu okokuqala kwimbali ithi yonke into ofuna ukuyifumana malunga nebhuloho.
Enye enye into ekhethekileyo ngeSweden, ngaphambi kokuba sitsho i- adjö (esiSweden esithi "inzuzo"): Nangona kubemi bayo abancinci (nje ngaphantsi kwezigidi ezili-10 ukuya ngo-2013), iphakamisa indawo yokuhlala kuyo yonke indawo yayo yeenyawo ezili-173,000-square-miles, nangona ezinye zazo zishiywe kwiidolophu zaseViking. Ukuguqulelwa: Kukho enye itoni apha ukufumana!