Actually, we all live quite luxuriously. All of you reading this probably have running water (hot, too), a shower, fridge, freezer, cooker and TV. Perhaps you live a little more simply in the summer cottage or on the campsite for a few weeks during the summer, but otherwise.
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Reporters at Reader's Digest "dropped" 192 wallets in 16 cities around the world to see what happened. The wallets included a name with a mobile phone number, a family photo and $50 worth of cash. The result?
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Peter and I discussed something at dinner yesterday that I have to share. We have travelled a lot, and on many of our trips we have met new people who have generously offered us this or that. It doesn't matter if they were rich or poor. Even people who had no electricity or running water have generously offered us to eat and drink what they have.
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According to the UN World Happiness Report 2013, Danes are the happiest people in the world. Other northerners and northern Europeans are also happy. The situation is worse for the inhabitants of several African countries, who are not at all happy to the same extent.
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When people ask if it's not dangerous to travel there, I usually answer that it's dangerous to live. There are risks everywhere, but if you are not reckless, travelling is usually not overly dangerous. However, some destinations can be more dangerous than others.
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A total of 51 000 Swedes settled permanently abroad in 2011, according to DN. This is the largest emigration from Sweden to date, greater than the one at the end of the 19th century! But this time we are not emigrating for jobs but for warmth ...
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I discovered this great (and probably useful) article on the Bortabra blog. The original article is at The Local. I'm just reproducing an abridged version here. Tips for anyone moving to Sweden (and some good outside perspective for the rest of us).
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People often talk about inspiring places to travel to, but there are also places where you shouldn't go because of war, violence or political instability. We present the places you shouldn't go!
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Morning in Jenin, by Susan Abulhawa, can be seen as a contribution to the infected Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and as an outside media consumer it is difficult to understand all aspects of it. However, it is not difficult to follow the protagonist Amal and how her increasingly decimated family makes its way through decades of conflict, war, displacement and refugeeism.
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Hans Rosling, a professor at the Karolinska Institute, has written an interesting column in DN today. According to him, many Swedes are not aware of the changes that have taken place in the world in recent decades. He refers to a survey in which Swedes give strikingly wrong answers.
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