18 Swedish Home Secrets That Simplify Your Entire Life

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• LA

  @larsmidbe4738 · 12 days ago

  You can't imagine the number of angry notes left in swedish laundry rooms.

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• VI

  @vivienleigh4640 · 2 weeks ago (edited)

  The not so pleasant "Tvättstugelapp" is also part of the culture. If a neighbor thinks that you haven't cleaned enough after you've used the "Tvättstuga" (clothes washing facility) or, God forbid, you wash when somebody else have booked that certain time. Then there's war. Note war.

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• KI

  @KirstenJensen-d5r · 2 weeks ago

  Sweden here. Retired housing manager. The drying cabinet went out in the 90's as very expensive to run.  In the north they are  used to hang snow wet clothing to drip dry.  Dry tumblers are cheaper to run.  But in the utility/ laundry rooms in private houses there is often space to hang washing to dry and use a de- humidifier to help drying . Under floor heating is expensive to run so mainly used in bathrooms nowadays.  Floor drains must be installed in all 'wet rooms' inc laundry room.  All empty pet bottles and cans have a price tag .You go to a sorting station and get paid for each one you hand in.  Our bin collection trucks do not leak fluids.  All rubbish is now sorted at home and there are 4-5 bins neatly in a row in front of each house. 1 divided for clear glass and coloured glass with small metal bin inside.  1 for compostable material, 1 for cardboard/ paper packaging, 1 for plastics and 1 for general but burnable waste. Sort correctly or you get fined.  For municipal housing there are separate areas with sorting bins. Everybody has to sort their rubbish before binning into correct container.  You never see rubbish sacks in the streets.  You would get fined.  Triple glazing is standard only in houses built after 1980's.   But many home owners have changed all or part of double  to triple glazed. Another alternative is to swap one ordinary pane for an insulated window pane.

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• CR

  @craigcorson3036 · 2 weeks ago

  Some of those things are not uncommon in the US; others, completely alien to our experience.

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• PE

  @Peo_Sahlin · 2 weeks ago

  Most of it is spot on, but many of the illustrations are not from Sweden.

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• BU

  @Bubbles-kv · 2 weeks ago

  The heating is the same in Hungary as well. That's what we call central heating, because it comes from a "heating central" in the city, not from your own house. Imagine my surprise when we moved to the UK and realised that central heating means something completely different here. The house has it's own, centrally placed, individual heating system...

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• HE

  @henrikthorin · 2 weeks ago

  Nice to se my hometown of Västerås! And yes this video is accurate!

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• BA

  @bad_face_day · 2 weeks ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lokFT1ZNfYY&amp;t=203">3:23</a> The main issue with everything discussed so far in this video applies generally to the Nordic countries, not just to Sweden.<br>District heating is the norm in Denmark. Only houses and farms located outside of larger towns or cities rely on their own heating systems—which, nowadays, are often multi-fuel units.<br>Drying cabinets are used in Denmark as well, though their specific application is naturally adapted to each country.<br>I notice some people claiming that drying cabinets have been phased out in Sweden. In Denmark, however, they have been redesigned to recycle heat and energy while still removing moisture—so why wouldn&apos;t the same approach be taken in Sweden?

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• PA

  @Paul-lc6zb · 12 days ago

  Those like me who live next to a lake, there are many, &nbsp;can heat their home using said lake. I saved 60% directly with the added bonus of your house being worth more.

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• MI

  @michaellin7165 · 13 days ago

  All of these can be found all over the world, including many of them in many homes in USA.

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• HE

  @heinovontettenborn5674 · 13 days ago

  The heat pumps are very good and also usable also for very low temperatures. We have two installed in two houses: one with deep tubes underground and another one wich just using the outside air. The first is running since 2007, the air-heatpump since 2020. No coal, no gas, no oil needed - but still electricity.. Thats the reason why most heatpumps are connected with photovoltaic devices on the roof. Connected with a battery you can make your house completely independent.

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• RI

  @RitaKrikovszky · 2 weeks ago

  How wonderful to see that there are countries, people who think in advance and love innovation! I ask myself why on Earth don´t we cooperate and do the same to spare energy, space, lost warmth, collect waster intelligently. Bravo Sweden, a real role model. One post and we start thinking to move to Sweden....

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