Do you have the same breakfast favourites in hotels as most other Swedes? Do you also miss Swedish food when you are travelling... and if so, the same things as other Swedes? Today we also tell you about a new direct flight to Budapest from Gothenburg, and about a donation to the Baltic Sea's environmental work.
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Sleeping berths on Stena line Trelleborg - Rostock
As of 1 April, on board the ships MS Skåne and FS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the route Trelleborg-In Rostock, book a bunkhouse for a moment of beauty sleep. Inspired by the Japanese model, the 200 cm x 90 cm bunk beds offer USB chargers, an alarm clock, air conditioning, light, WLAN and a curtain to close.
Classic hotel in Gothenburg makes a comeback
Gothenburg's 1980s hotel classic, the Radisson Blu Scandinavia, is reopening after three years of renovation. All 27,517 square metres have been given new life by architects and interior designers. "Our vision is to become the world's best Scandinavian hotel experience for both international and domestic guests," says Hotel Director Jessica Rivle. The hotel will officially open on 8 April, but an opening party for 800 guests will be held on 5 April.
The food Swedes miss when travelling abroad
Swedes enjoy travelling and often like to try the food at their destination. However, a survey by online travel company eBeach.se shows that some people miss the food at home. These familiar dishes are the ones Swedes miss most when travelling in other countries:
- Tacos (16 %)
- Potato gratin (16 %)
- Béarnaise sauce (14 %)
- Boiled potatoes (12 %)
- Salad (11 %)
Swedish breakfast favourites in hotels
The same survey by travel company eBeach.se shows that Swedes want fresh fruit and scrambled eggs on the breakfast buffet. More than half of the respondents to the online survey (1062 Swedes) said that this is the most important part of breakfast. Breakfast classics most favoured by Swedes:
- Fresh fruit and berries (65 %)
- Scrambled eggs (57 %)
- Bacon (46 %)
- Yoghurt (36 %)
- Toast (31 %)
Ving launches innovative kids' club concept
Ving's Casa Cook hotel has a clear health profile, with exercise programmes and locally produced food. The first family-friendly Casa Cook hotel is now being launched in Chania, Crete, with a Montessori-inspired kids' club. The kids' club offers everything from overnight stays in teepee tents to educational games.
"As a contrast to the digital and connected, many people today are looking for the authentic, the simple and the small-scale, both adults and children", says Fredrik Henriksson, Head of Communications at Ving.
New direct route from Gothenburg to Budapest
Recently, several new routes have been established at Göteborg Landvetter Airport. Now the offer is further expanded when Ryanair starts a direct route to Göteborg Landvetter Airport. Budapest. The route will start operating on 29 October 2019 and flights will depart twice a week.
Viking Line donates money to the Baltic Sea
Viking Line donates 50 000 euros to environmental work in the Baltic Sea. The donation goes to the environmental organisation Keep the Archipelago Clean and to the University of Helsinki's marine biology research station Tvärminne. The money comes from the sale of biodegradable plastic bags in the ships' duty-free shops. The bags are partly made of recycled plastic and the substance Poly-Bi has been added to make the plastic degrade in nature.
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Emma, Sol som sol? says:
The missing food list was interesting! Do you mean food that you miss when you are away for a week or two? Feels like the film Sällskapsresan is still relevant, then. 😀
When I've been on holiday, I haven't missed anything in that way, it's always been fun to try different things. However, I am usually very tired of white bread. Guess if I am after nearly five years in Spain ...
01 April 2019 - 7:49
Helena says:
It was not so clear how long you have to be away to miss the Swedish food ... I also thought a bit like that. I would never miss anything for two weeks, but after a long time I could miss certain things, depending on where I am. Missed Swedish prawns when we were a year in Europe 😉 Could also miss coarse bread I think!
01 April 2019 - 13:51
Ama de casa says:
How the heck do you get up to and into those sleeping quarters? And then down from there... I think I'm safer in a chair at the crossing... 😉 .
People miss the Swedish food tacos? Well, there you go... 😉 But I remember how surprised I was when we were in Mexico for the first time in 1990. In the home country of tacos they didn't have "real" tacos? Haha! Hard taco shells were absent. Didn't matter, much easier to eat with soft shells 😀.
01 April 2019 - 12:07
Helena says:
Haha, well nowadays "Swedish tacos" can probably be counted as Swedish food. Not at all the same thing as Mexican tacos 😉.
01 April 2019 - 13:52
Ruth i Virginia says:
Available in both varieties, Ama - just choose. 🙂
Grammar question:
shine, loose
shine, shone
01 April 2019 - 14:49
Emma, Sol som sol? says:
I believe that the sun was absent from a dog running loose. But apparently you can now (?) say that both the sun and the dog were the same.
Although I would never say or write that about the poor sun.
01 April 2019 - 16:26
Helena says:
Interesting question Ruth! I say (and write) shone. But maybe both are right?
01 April 2019 - 20:42
Emma, Sol som sol? says:
Tacos as we recognise them are TexMex, which is how they are served in Texas.
01 April 2019 - 16:23
Ruth i Virginia says:
Tacos have become Swedish food????
01 April 2019 - 13:21
Helena says:
Haha, yes, the Swedish version of tacos probably feels almost like home cooking nowadays 😉.
01 April 2019 - 15:07
Emma, Sol som sol? says:
I know some people who eat tacos EVERY Friday and have done so for years. If I get it once a month, it's too often, no matter how good it is!
01 April 2019 - 16:28
Helena says:
I think it's a classic in some homes to eat it every Friday 🙂 ).
01 April 2019 - 20:43
Ann-Louise Paulsson says:
When I travelled around the USA for four months, I missed film milk very much. Nowadays I rarely miss any Swedish food when I am travelling. It would possibly be good Swedish bread in that case.
01 April 2019 - 14:16
Ruth i Virginia says:
File-like products can be bought in health stores in the US;
quite good actually. Don't think you can get in a regular restaurant
or breakfast tables in hotels.
I remember that really thick pile of film I got at Grandma's house....
could almost be cut into pieces. With home-baked hard bread and home-preserved
butter.
Yummy!
01 April 2019 - 20:39
Helena says:
It's interesting that you can get file in the USA! I wouldn't miss fil, actually, I never eat it. After a long time I would certainly miss things like Swedish prawns (if there are no similar ones). Maybe even Swedish bread actually, as Ann-Louise writes!
01 April 2019 - 20:44
Britt-Marie Lundgren says:
Coarse bread and especially crispbread is probably the only thing I really miss abroad.
For breakfast I like to have a good youghurt and fruit. Then I can try most things even if I'm not so fond of all the olives we got for breakfast in Istanbul. I can save them for later in the day.
01 April 2019 - 14:44
Helena says:
I can agree with you about the bread actually! On a two-week holiday I would never miss it, but if you are away for a long time. We have eaten olives for breakfast sometimes and it has been quite ok, but can still understand your point of view! They don't really fit with the juice 😉.
01 April 2019 - 20:46
BP says:
I mean, seriously - how the hell can you miss tacos. I've had tacos maybe once in my life and didn't like it at all. I don't know where travellers have gone, but salad is served in every European country I've visited at least.
When I'm abroad, I actually like to try something that I don't eat at home every day. Now I don't like bacon, but the rest I would definitely opt out to try something new and perhaps unfamiliar to me.
01 April 2019 - 21:20
Anta Snaque says:
When I was in the US, I missed regular Swedish potatoes. Especially the Norrbotten almond potato. It is a delicacy. Herring and potatoes were the first thing I ate when I came home after two months over there.
01 April 2019 - 22:27
Elisabeth says:
When we are travelling, I definitely want to try different local dishes. When we spend a long time in a place like here at GC, I want to have some food that is good for the body. This spring I got file culture and have made our own file. Have never done it before, but has worked well.
01 April 2019 - 23:27