The ugly truth ...

Vågmästare, Gothenburg

Two girls ~ 13 stands and talk about common acquaintances that they apparently don't think anything further on.
Girl 1: The suit of course and so well together. She is ugly and disgusting and he's ... ah, too ugly and disgusting.
Girl 2: do not you together with him before?
Girl 1: Jo ...

Frank Lloyd Wright

"The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty."

E. Catherine Tobler

"Not going home is already like death."

Minna Thomas Antrim

"Three failures denote uncommon strength. A weakling has not enough grit to fail thrice."

Jane Austen

"We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be."

Scandinavian "I Love You"s

Valentine's Day is a great opportunity to tell the love of your life about your feelings, especially when you're on a romantic trip - whether in Sweden, Denmark, or in Norway. If you're spending Valentine's Day in Scandinavia, surprise her/him and say "I love you" in the local language - it's not as hard as you might think...

'I Love You' in Swedish: Jag ?lskar dig ("yah els-kahr day")

'I Love You' in Danish: Jeg elsker dig ("ya els-kah di")

'I Love You' in Norwegian: Jeg elsker deg ("yai els-ker dey")

'I Love You' in Finnish: Mina rakastan sinua ("Meenah rah-cas-tan see noo ah")

'I Love You' in Icelandic: ?g elska ?ig ("eh els-kah thay")

Related articles: Valentine's Day in Scandinavia | Useful Phrases for Travelers | Annual Events

Then it is just to run back through the snow, sea, Earth and water to get fire

Järntorget, Gothenburg

Two girls ~ 18 runs happily to her friend who is waiting for them at the tram.
Girl 1 (friend): I'm the world's best ciggtiggare!
Girl 3: What then?
Girl 1: I got until they are over there and asked for a cigarette with the world's best pickup line.
Girl 2: Yeah, say it!
Girl 1: "excuse me, but now it is so that I run over the fire and water, by land and sea and snow here to get a cigarette. You happen to not have a time? "
Girl 2: do you know what they said?!
Girl 3: no?
Girl 2 (overjoyed): they answered Yes, look!

Valentine's Day in Scandinavia

Celebrating Valentine's Day in Scandinavia might be a little different from what you're used to. Valentine was one of the most popular saints in Europe. What is happening nowadays in Scandinavia on February 14? Let's find out about the regional traditions at your destination, in Valentine's Day in Scandinavia!

Iceland, in particular, has very romantic traditions with Valentine's decorations and especially festive meals. Just think, in Iceland's dark winter (= the Polar Nights), you can have both dinner and breakfast by candlelight and also see the Aurora Borealis...wouldn't that be something?

Related reading: Destination Iceland | Reykjavik Travel Guide | Restaurant Laekjarbrekka in Reykjavik

Paul "Bear" Bryant

"You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load."

Stella Benson

"Call no man foe, but never love a stranger."

Scottish Proverb

"Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one."

Lord Chesterfield

"Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so."

To bring the ledger book while lying in

Night Club, Gothenburg

Girl 1 ~ 25: Therefore, you see the guy in the Blazer over there at the bar? So sick, I am sure that I have slept with him but I really have no idea who he is, or when, how and where sick!
Girl 2 ~ 25: Huh, did you? I have too!
Girl 1: do you have? Who is it?
Girl 2: no idea. What the hell fun, we're Karti! Cheers!

The UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Scandinavia's World Heritage sites make for a great attraction and if you're near one during your travels in Scandinavia, make sure to pay them a visit. We've made a useful list where you can easily find all Scandinavian UNESCO sites sorted by country.

UNESCO sites in Scandinavia often offer free admission, and at others the admission is very cheap - great for traveling on a budget!

Sydney J. Harris

"An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run."

Maya Angelou

"We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders."

Lois McMaster Bujold

"Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance."

Demosthenes

"He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach."

When you seek a really good party is all means permissible

Bus 56 towards the hook mountain, Stockholm

Three women ~ 35 stand and talk.
Woman 1: Thus, he had a bottle of hair remover and disinfectant, so there was no real party in that sense ...

See Scandinavia by Train

Traveling through Scandinavia by rail offers an excellent way to explore the vast regions of Norway, Sweden and Denmark in a limited amount of time and a safe environment. When you travel with a EUrail Pass, you can do so on a limited budget for a better value than a rental car!

Find out more about the advantages and disadvantages of this transportation option and read the review. The popular EUrail train tickets are available online with lots of options.

Related Full Travel Articles: All About EUrail Train Passes | Scandinavia Maps & Transportation

Jeanne Moreau

"I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent."

Real Live Preacher

"The only comfort comes in thinking about how nice it was to know them, and how nice it was to brush against goodness for a season."

Martin Luther King Jr.

"All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem."

Kathleen Norris

"Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier."

Yes, if the so-so 83 years ...

Secondary School, Gothenburg

Some girls ~ 15 discussing whether or not it will be easier for them to enter the desired secondary school then it is not as many births in 1996 as during earlier and later years.
Girl 1: but it kept well new 96: or?