Toilets!
Toilets cost money to use, even in shops. The cost varied but was usually about $1.50. Paying more for a toilet didn't guarantee cleanliness. I don't as such have a problme with paying for a loo, but if I pay I expect it to be good! A bigger problem that having to pay though, is that they just don't seem to have enough! Finding them was pretty good in Stockholm (in the touristy area) but really hard in Gothenburg. They put the handbasin in the cubicle with the toilet, so the cubicles themselves are large, so not many fit in.
Worst part - men get a free urinal, but no such luxury for the women!Late Opening Hours
Stuff opened really late - the general opening hour was 10am - which tended to be the time they started opening up, not that they were ready for trade at 10am. Some places didn't bother opening until 11am. If you know me, you know that I am not a morning person, so for me to say that things opened up too late indicates just how late it seemed!
Salted Licorice & Lollies that taste worse than you can possibly imagine
The Swedes love all kinds of lollies. Unfortunately this includes salted licorice. Yuck! You get salt chocolate and even salted licorice ice cream. The food in general isn't salty, so maybe lollies is where the Swedes get their Sodium requirements.
Public Service Announcement.
If in Sweden (or nearby) and you see these lollies - STAY AWAY!
The taste of these defies description.
My theory is that the ghost shape is a warning - eating these could be deathly to your tastebuds!
These are the kind of things you spit out and drink three glasses of water to try and get rid of the taste (it doesn't work). You will be cringing in remembrance hours after eating.
Hopefully you get the point and don't try one.
Even in Berlin it was only 0.3 euro to use the toilet and the ones I saw were clean.
SvaraRaderaIO looked at those lollies and my first thought was smelly feet! - perhaps with plntar warts on the bottom!!!!!!
SvaraRadera