If you are planning to tour the beautiful lands of Europe and explore the marvelous country that is Sweden. You should know that there’s a lot of preparation you need to do before stepping inside this incredible country.

When I say preparations I don’t mean any useful tourist tool or something of the sort, I mostly refer to the mindset and things you should be aware of, in this case, there’s a lot of things you shouldn’t do in Sweden, since it can be seen as an insult or you could even do something illegal and you could be completely clueless about it.

For that, let’s take a time to visit the things you shouldn’t do when you visit Sweden.

Protect the Environment

While this is a piece of advice that it can be applied in any country of the world, you should take extra attention of avoiding making a mess or throw your garbage in the public spaces and streets of Sweden.

This is mostly because Sweden is considered as a green country that fights a lot to eliminate the waste and contamination of his country, and that’s one of the reasons is considered a beautiful and natural country surrounded by vegetation. For that instance, you should take the task of preserving the environment very seriously while you explore the streets of Sweden.

Take Consideration about the Tap Water

If you travel a lot you should be aware of the consequences that could be to drink tap water, since a lot of countries possesses dirty tap water that can give you countless diseases and damaging your health.

But the good news is that With Sweden the Tap water is not only safe to drink, but is as well delicious and clean, so take note of that and avoid at any kind to buy and use unfriendly water bottles, since it can be seen as a bad gesture.

Town Names and the Pronunciation

While you might know that Sweden’s language can be hard for a foreigner to pronounce, is important to remember as well that the town names can be even more difficult to pronounce thanks to the countless numbers of accents and punctuations that they have.

But worry not, because Sweden is known for having friendly citizens that can understand the struggle of a foreigner trying to pronounce their language, if you are polite and ask carefully they’ll assist you as good as they can.

An Important Coffee Advice

Swedish people are known for being in love with caffeine, and they enjoy coffee in all their presentations and combinations, but there’s one thing that they don’t like and that’s decaf coffee.

So if you are traveling downtown and ask yourself for a decaf cup of coffee, you might know that they don’t have it, or worse, they have it but it tastes awful ¿my advice? Stay out of decaf and stick with the traditional beverage and hot drinks that this incredible country has to offer you, and enjoy your stay of course.

Sweden is an overall amazing country with beautiful landscape, a chilly and cozy climate and the sweetest and friendly people you might find, for that the most important advice I could give you is to enjoy your traveling and explore the most you can,  but as well take an important look to these pieces of advice.

Sweden is the pioneer when it comes to ways to prevent climate change, as well on how to maintain our environment clean and comfortable, as well to other solutions to start cleaning our planet and maintain green zones and the fauna alive and well.

While a lot of countries have tried to start campaigns and movements to participate and maintain a culture of people that care for the flora and fauna, they have not quite meet the results that countries such as Sweden have reached with their motives, such as a constant recycling process and ways to keep their beaches and public spaces clean.

But is time to evaluate the way Sweden works with their sustainability and how to copy these ideas and start doing it in our country. For that, we are going to take a closer look at these ideas.

Växjö and fossil-fuel

One of the objectives that were planned to this city of Sweden about 20 years ago was to be the first city to be free of fossil-fuel and most green and ecologic of the world, and they establish their goal to be completed by the year 2030.

With now only years ahead of 2030 we can take a look and see the analysis and progress of this city and how it has changed through the years, and the results are astonishing, not only is the greenest city in Sweden but the greenest in the entire world.

Just by using alternative and green options of fuel such as biogas and renewable, they have managed to stop the use of fossil-fuel almost completely, making it a big step from the other cities of the world.

Energy Efficient ideas

While one of the most dangerous and contaminant products of our times is fossil-fuel, is one of the most reliable options to obtain energy, but Sweden has chosen to stay green and use solar panels in the majority of their buildings, with this they can obtain energy and improve their infrastructure, not to mention that they obtain a clean way to collect power and services.

Urban Farming

A common practice in Sweden that it needs to spread around the world is urban farming. It consists of sharing a piece of land with your other residents in your backyard with the finality of cultivating and maintaining a green and rich garden.

With plantations where you can obtain fruits and vegetables, as well an organic toxic-free food that can be used with your family and friends.

Sweden is not the greenest country of the world by accident. It takes a true leadership and the compromise of all their citizens to maintain a country clean and efficient. That’s why Sweden stands as an example for the entire world about how to keep our country productive and green at the same time.

Gambling in Sweden has their past with the law and a rough present by having a lot of troubles and a high number of citizens that are addicted to spending their time in the casino or betting to their favorite team. This has been a remarkable problem for the Sweden government since they have years trying to stop the gambling thread.

Sweden’s Most Beloved Hobby

By being a legal activity, gambling and betting is a well-known hobby in Sweden, but to stop any risk of receiving an addiction from these activities, the government has started to take actions and regulate the world of gambling as we know, and it has been proved to be successful.

But with the arrival of new ways to gamble and different options that are outside the control of the government, such as online gambling, online poker and mobile applications that serve as a way to gamble. It has been established that there’s a new regulation that is striking directly to gambling.

The Overly-Changing Gambling Culture

Not only gambling as we know, but the gambling culture that has years developing in Sweden, thanks to the advantages of technology and the different platforms where we can now start gambling and betting, this can be considered quite illegal since it doesn’t follow the regulations and rules that the Swedish government dictates to these practices.

Is Gambling A Threat?

But not only this is considered a threat to the gambling culture, but these regulations can affect the gaming world as well, that’s right if you are a gamer that spent your time playing on your phone or on your PC online games. The following regulation can affect you as well.

What this new regulation comes to offer is to form a new gambling act and as well as licensing gaming companies. And it’s worth mentioning that this campaign and regulation is coming alive the first day of the year 2019.

Technology Makes Gambling Easier

Now let’s take aside and see for ourselves the threat that this regulation has to do with gambling culture. First, let’s remember that most Swedish prefer to bet and gamble through their Smartphone or PC rather than going outside since this is the most comfortable way to place a bet or just to enjoy an online casino in the comfort of your house.

Gamblers Are Affected

And since these regulations are behind these applications and game that are dedicated most to gambling. They directly affect most of the gamblers, and while it has a major point in what the legality of these apps are, is important to remember that is one of the primary ways to gamble nowadays.

Not to mention that these regulations can also affect games as well since licensing gaming companies can result in controversy and a backlash to this regulation.

Is important to understand the point of view of the government and what they are trying to achieve with these regulations to gambling apps and online betting, but this affects directly to the thousands of citizens that are using these apps for their own benefit and entertainment, but only the next year will tell us if this regulation had a good result.