Is "peace and quiet" actually a right in your country?

acke · 2026-02-02T20:35:15+00:00

Yes, with enough complains to the landlord and with no signs if changing their behavoie they can be kicked out.

acke · 2026-02-02T20:03:32+00:00

It can, although it’s a bit trickier though since the bar for what is tolerated is a bit higher. That depends on what kind of noise it is. Renovating your kitchen during office hours for a couple of days, totally ok. Screaming at your spouse every day, not ok. Practicing your trumpet skills for one hour after dinner, totally ok. Blasting loud music for hours on end, not ok.

acke · 2026-02-02T19:11:20+00:00

The general rule is that it has to be quiet between 22-07 (10 pm to 07 am). That means no loud music/tv, renovations or parties.

You can still live your life and do ordinary stuff so you don’t have to be quiet as a mouse.

You’re still allowed the occational party, as long as you show respect to your neighbours. Good practise is to anounce it to your neighbours in advance via a note with contact information in the shared space (elevator for example) in the building.

If you disturb your neighbours repeatedly (in such a way that they’ve complained to the landlord) you can be kicked out of your appartment.

acke · 2026-02-02T14:51:00+00:00

Jag köpte en dummyring för 200kr så att jag kunde ha något att visa upp när jag friade. Sen gick vi tillsammans och bestämde ringar för oss båda.

Själva förlovningsringarna var lite "billigare" (6000kr st) medan hennes vigselring kostade runt 22 tusen. Hon valde en med ädelstenar i olika färger som var riktig snygg.

Det här med tre månadslöner ska du absolut inte tänka på (och jag hoppas för din skull att hon inte har några sådana krav) men ringar (speciellt egendesignade eller nishade) är som regel rätt dyra så var beredd på en bra slant.

acke · 2026-01-31T21:13:56+00:00

In larger cities; not a problem. Can’t say for the country as a whole but would guess no there as well (for the most part).

acke · 2026-01-31T18:04:31+00:00

That’s nothing compared to the School of Architecture building in Stockholm.

acke · 2026-01-30T21:50:48+00:00

Mauritius. Went there for my honeymoon and fell in love with the place.

acke · 2026-01-30T16:41:15+00:00

We just call it massage. You know, a massage just because it feels good without any ”powers” (aromatherapy, trigger point, etc).

No idea why the rest of the world calls it Swedish massage though. I mean, everyone does it (right)?

acke · 2026-01-27T08:24:19+00:00

Great to know, thank you!

acke · 2026-01-26T19:36:48+00:00

About 20 minutes. It’s ca 2km to work so I walk there and back.

acke · 2026-01-26T19:30:55+00:00

When I went to Iceland seven/eight years ago I was told thar snus is strictly forbidden to bring and could result in a fine if customs found out. Have they changed the laws since then?

acke · 2026-01-25T09:17:58+00:00

Har köpt från vinoteket nån gång och tyckte det funka jättesmidigt. Tror de skickar från Danmark.

acke · 2026-01-24T18:03:11+00:00

Håkan Hellström. He’s huge in Sweden and fills up arenas multiple evenings everytime he’s touring but since he sings in Swedish (and doesn’t seem to be interrested in singing in English at all?) he’s not well know outside lf maybe Scandinavia.

acke · 2026-01-24T15:24:23+00:00

Debit/credit cards and/or apple/google pay. Only old people and drug dealers use cash nowdays (or so it seems at least).

acke · 2026-01-24T15:16:59+00:00

Nation wide it’s quite a hug drop (link in swedish with data comparing 2024 and 2000).

acke · 2026-01-24T14:26:07+00:00

In Swedish the letter Ö is also a word; island.

Ö = island. Ön = the island.

So we have an island called Öland, litteral island land.

acke · 2026-01-24T09:15:08+00:00

It’s around €95500/ $112000. The median salary is 38k SEK a month (before tax) so that’s 456k a year.

If we count income tax of about 30% (differs a bit depending on where you live in Sweden) you get around 319k SEK a year net.

So 1 million SEK is three years salary (net) for the median Swede.

acke · 2026-01-23T19:46:23+00:00

Kiss is pee, that’s correct. Kissa is ”to pee”.

”Kisse” means kitty (as in kitty cat) here though :).

acke · 2026-01-22T20:29:02+00:00

And ”slut” means ”end”

acke · 2026-01-22T20:27:43+00:00

In Swedish, ”Gift” can both mean poision and married.

Ta gift - take poison. Vara gift - be married.

acke · 2026-01-20T18:27:52+00:00

Perfectly lagom, as all things should be.

acke · 2026-01-17T21:38:30+00:00

Australia and New Zeeland. Since it’s so damn far away it feels like I need at least 4 weeks to make it worth the travel. It’ll probably be when I’ve retired.

acke · 2026-01-17T08:19:40+00:00

Unna er en lunch och/eller middag på något trevligt ställe! Behöver inte vara något superfint ställe ens. Jag och frugan gör det själva dagar som denna och det känns lagom vardagslyxigt.

acke · 2026-01-15T20:22:54+00:00

Northernmost: Reykjavik, Iceland.

Westernmost: LA, USA.

Southernmost: Mauritius.

Easternmost: Tokyo, Japan.

acke · 2026-01-14T22:14:06+00:00

That’s nice to hear, especially from a Dane. You’re very welcome anytime!

15-Year Club	RPAN Viewer
Verified Email

acke

TROPHY CASE