• @thethirdobject
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    11 year ago

    It’s actually quite hard to buy alcohol in Sweden. You can’t buy it in a regular supermarket you have to go to a special shop, that is open at different times, etc. And it’s expensive.

    • @teslasaur
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      41 year ago

      Expensive is relative. Systembolaget is so huge that they have incredible deals with certain vendors and makers. I know fo a fact that most single malt whisky from scotland are cheaper to buy from systembolaget as compared to a Tax Free shop abroad. Beer and (usually)cheap wine however is pretty expensive due to the added alcohol tax.

    • RaivoKulli
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      21 year ago

      You can buy alcohol at regular store but it’s capped at 3,5% iirc

      • @thethirdobject
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        11 year ago

        From what I remember it was even 2,5%. Really bad surprise when you take your first sip in the camping and you just wanted to enjoy a beer after 2 weeks in the wilderness.

        • RaivoKulli
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          11 year ago

          I checked, it’s “II beer”, 3,5%. I’ve had one for a serious hangover but it was shit even for that

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      The result of this is that all drinking Swedes just have a huge storage of alcohol at home though.

      They also frequently drive all the way to Germany (through Denmark) to shop duty-free drinks in bulk.

      Scandinavian countries have “pant” on bottles and cans, meaning you pay extra for the container, but get the money back when you return it empty.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Same in Iceland. Was wandering around the supermarket looking for some, and the wife eventually said “no, it’s from a special shop”. Which was closed. Because why would anybody want to buy alcohol after 5pm?

      Went there the next day, the four-pack seemed about the right price so went to buy that, and the wife again went, “no, that’s per can”. The special shop just splits multipacks.

      I can only assume all the alcoholics get their booze via dodgy sources, because there’s no way they’d be able to afford to be perma-twatted at those prices.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        When I was in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, the liquor store was open for 2 hours a day and closed weekends.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          I was in Ísafjörður and theirs was open most days for a normal working day.

          Either Ísafjörður has more drunks than most towns, or Seyðisfjörður is like the Icelandic equivalent of the village in The Wicker Man.