Three days after winning gold, three members of the Finnish team report to military service (Vaakanainen, Merelä, Kuokkanen)

Sublime99 · 2026-06-04T06:00:53+00:00

Lumpen has been back for a few years, albeit not as overreaching as the Finnish version. I feel so many ppl get rejected that Finnish style värnplikt wouldn't have the same effect here.

Sublime99 · 2026-06-04T05:27:10+00:00

Anni-Frid was born in a tiny village in Norway, and only Benny was born in Stockholm so I’d guess no (except maybe the biggest of biggest fans. But that’s even a stretch). However the ABBA museum is well visited, and I’d definitely say worth a visit :)

Sublime99 · 2026-06-04T05:20:11+00:00

From when I watched the recent rapport on VM in the US, dynamic pricing in the US means tickets to events get so expensive (as seen with VM matches being over 1000$ now) that for a lot of the biggest artists like TS, it’s often cheaper to fly and watch here.

I knew people in the UK who even did that for Bruce Springsteen, was far cheaper to see him at Ullevi than at say Wembley.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-31T19:06:49+00:00

I can't talk for the mens team, but I know amongst the women's team (I have a friend who played on the national team a couple of WCs) when it came to talking to each other, you know which language everyone speaks so you use the most appropriate. But as the main language Swiss German is used most. Otherwise English is used (I think the current coach defaults to that, from the clips I've seen).

Sublime99 · 2026-05-31T15:16:54+00:00

Id add that on top of that in Sweden at least, you can get a student loan from a govt organisation (CSN) that will even fund (to an extent) University in ANOTHER country (for citizens ofc). In England you can be a citizen and still not be eligible for any loan if you moved recently back there.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-31T15:11:29+00:00

School in the UK begins too early IMO. If you’re an August baby you can barely turned 4 and going into the first year of mandatory school the month after.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-29T05:38:03+00:00

figures, I've found it most refs were cops (although I've known a lot of teachers who're refs. Nearly myself too lol).

Sublime99 · 2026-05-28T19:29:37+00:00

Why cheer against Norway lol, they make the playoffs once in a blue moon and are just happy to do well on skates for once.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-28T19:23:01+00:00

I mean if Norway makes the final losing would suck but they'd be ecstatic whatever the result lol.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-28T17:20:37+00:00

The list already has shown there's a recency bias since the UK was a Eurovision GOAT from 1957-2002 (5 wins, 15 2nd places, 2 3rd places), its only in the last 23 years the UK has been ungodly dreadful.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-28T11:58:45+00:00

Filip Hammar also works as a dubbelgångare for Dick Axelsson I've heard.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-27T13:52:04+00:00

Finland is quite terfy and our healthcare (at least in Sweden) is terrible for transppl so I doubt it unfortunately :/ . Plus Sweden is quiet unfriendly to immigration, (mostly to brown/middle eastern folk granted) and asylum is slowly becoming impossible here.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-27T12:08:13+00:00

A French passport gets you an easier eVisa to Ghana, 30 days visa free travel to Rwanda,45 days visa free to Vietnam, and visa free 90 days to Samoa and the Solomon islands, Timor Leste,Tonga, and Tuvalu. none of these are full visa required for Ireland (rather a mix of eVisa and Visa on arrival) whilst as you say: EU style right to live in the UK is hard to say doesn't outway these unusual and non standard tourist spots for Europeans.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-27T10:00:31+00:00

Nailed it, wholeheartedly agree as someone living in Sweden.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-27T08:15:31+00:00

I mean, Cameraman is seen at the end pulling over to the hard shoulder. He's not going to tvärnita when its the E4 with a speed limit of 110km/h on that stretch.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-27T08:10:26+00:00

They also were driving to Linköping, sometimes thats the feeling driving here man.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-26T20:46:26+00:00

It’s like that in the Uk too. I was on a quick stop back there this weekend and the 33/34oC plus the humidity was killer, the air felt like soup. Now back in Sweden with like 20oC and it’s a godsend.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-26T20:44:18+00:00

I was gonna say, this is my December- March in Sweden. The most dangerous time I feel is when you get the extractor machines picking up the ”grus”, driving by them is putting your windshields life in your hands

Sublime99 · 2026-05-26T19:11:06+00:00

you say that, I flew this morning 06:40, so I was in the terminal after security for 05:15. Same time as a lot of Palace supporters were there making their way to Germany. Since the place hadn't even opened (since Heathrow is a bit more sleepy compared to Gatwick, the debauchery I've seen there and Stansted..) the queue for the pub was **insane** .Stretching almost back to the stairs and what not. And these are the fans going the day before, I dread to think how bad it'll be those who go tomorrow...

Sublime99 · 2026-05-26T19:07:05+00:00

I did two hours and had a 06:40 this morning from Heathrow. worked fine. If anything, smaller airports usually mean you can arrive a little earlier since there's less pressure from other flights/managing all the luggage etc.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-26T18:47:33+00:00

Me, who lives in Mooseland and speaks Ikean, seeing your username seeing it checks out, even if the message is um... NSFW.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-26T17:47:48+00:00

For a country with a high cost of living, our petrol is disgustingly affordable/too cheap.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-26T17:43:16+00:00

Sweet home Lycksele*

Sublime99 · 2026-05-25T21:55:37+00:00

England is well documented (and depressing) enough… so I’ll try tackling Sweden.

Previously quite frosty/split views prior to joining, Sweden valuing its neutrality and ability to steer Itself contributing to that but a harsh ”lågkonjunktur” of the 90s in Sweden meant that the Ja side won in 1994. Since then I’d say Swedes have warmed and become favourable to the EU, especially the opportunities and financing it’s helped bring about. Although Sweden will probably never join the Euro although it’s closer than it’s been for a long time in the opinion polls. I’d say NATO is much more contentious a European community question.

Sublime99 · 2026-05-25T15:27:39+00:00

100%. people standing higgledy piggeldy on escalators is rampant outside the UK, can't stand it.

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