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Anyone try this yet? I've always wondered what Swedes think about IKEA in America...
Ok, I'm not sure why I was downvoted for a simple question, but thanks HN! Way to encourage open discussion.
Carl from Sweden who actually received calls, recollects his experience here - https://medium.com/@carlheath/stories-from-the-swedish-numbe...
Anyone try this yet? I've always wondered what Swedes think about IKEA in America...
Swedes, as citiens of a kinda small and inherently insignificant county kinda fetishise any foreign recognition. I think that's why we like IKEA and H&M. There's an old but good show that discusses the subject of our self-image pretty accurately (dunno if there are any english subtitles available) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4-V8_r0y-o
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> experience of visiting IKEA is pretty much as stressful and disorienting here as in Sweden Weird- I visited an IKEA with four friends and it felt much like a theme park. There was a cafeteria and everything. Granted, our 5th friend--whiskey--was there too.
If you visited there with 4 friends, wouldn't you be the 5th friend?
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I upvoted you on both your comments because of the unfairness of downvotes without explanation. I can find nothing wrong with your comment.
Ditto. I hate when that happens, so upvoted as well
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Official Swedish statistics: http://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__BE_...
Malmö Foreign born persons | Population 102,047 | 322,574 Foreign background | Swedish background 139 240 | 183 334 Seems pretty normal for a cosmopolitan city. Doesn't look like Atilla the Hun is at the gates, either. The equivalent for New York City[1] is: Foreign born persons | Population 3,136,592 | ~8,344,000 [1] http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/population-geography/fore... Toronto [2], on the other hand is ~4…
Carl from Sweden who actually received calls, recollects his experience here - https://medium.com/@carlheath/stories-from-the-swedish-numbe...
Like nearly all other Swedes, you can google 'carl heath' and find a page with his phone number, home address, birthday, and a button 'send him flowers': http://personer.eniro.se/resultat/Carl+Heath
Skype has something similar back in 2005. You could ring random person and have a chat. I dont understand obsession about Sweden. It is expensive country in decline with high crime. There are better places in Europe.
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Knife i guess or buy factory sliced. Most cheeses in america is a bit to soft to slice with a cheese slicer anyway.
American cheese? Does that relate to real cheese as Pizza Hawaii compares to an actual Italian pizza?
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As a Swede currently living in California who also has visited IKEA in several different countries I can report that the general experience of visiting IKEA is pretty much as stressful and disorienting here as in Sweden. There are some local variations in the product portfolio both due to different standards like in bed sizes and kitchen and cultural differences. You cannot find a cheese slicer in my nearest IKEA and…
Ingvar Kamprad now moved home to Sweden, probably to spend his last year. All other still apply. http://www.svd.se/ingvar-kamprad-flyttar-hem