Well not me but my wife is going on a Scandanavian tour + Finland from Korea next week. Is there anything she should know about before going. I’ve been to Europe myself a few times but not the northern part and I’m just worried bout her even though it is relatively safe up there.
That said, anything she should know good or bad? local customs? warnings? tourist traps?
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The original was posted on /r/sweden by /u/BobbyBacala9980 at 2023-07-25 06:55:33+00:00.
BeardedUnicornBeard at 2023-07-25 07:02:52+00:00 ID:
jtcsfymYou can drink the tap water.
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 07:26:50+00:00 ID:
jtcu9kbWho in the western world can’t? Except maybe people in parts of Detroit.
BobbyBacala9980 (OP) at 2023-07-25 07:39:34+00:00 ID:
jtcv80cI from Toronto and I never did… I always prefered overpriced bottled tap water haha
Own_Acanthocephala0 at 2023-07-25 07:42:15+00:00 ID:
jtcvf6nYou won’t find much water on bottle here and it definitely will be overpriced. Everyone drinks straight from the tap since it really can’t get better than that.
ALH at 2023-07-25 07:47:07+00:00 ID:
jtcvsimWhat? Overpriced I can agree on but I don’t think I’ve seen a single store that does not have bottled water…
Own_Acanthocephala0 at 2023-07-25 07:54:41+00:00 ID:
jtcwcthOh for sure, it was bit of an exaggeration from me. I my mind I was comparing stores in Sweden to stores in many other european nations where they have big full sections of just bottled water. We don’t have the same in Sweden since there isn’t much of a demand on it.
Rapithree at 2023-07-25 07:53:46+00:00 ID:
jtcwa93If all your water comes from bottles. You get bigger bottles than 0,5l. Those are uncommon here.
ALH at 2023-07-25 07:56:30+00:00 ID:
jtcwhkhNot really? Might not be pallets of them in every corner shop like in contintental Europe, but theres usually lots of 1.5 (or 1.4 with shrinkflation) bottles in any grocery store.
CapTension at 2023-07-25 07:43:18+00:00 ID:
jtcvi4jIn my experience if there is cheap still water in the supermarkets in big containers this means a lot of people don’t drink the tap water. If the still water is as expensive as flavored sparkling then most people probably drink the tap water so you should give it a taste.
bATo76 at 2023-07-25 08:03:28+00:00 ID:
jtcx02cAll tap water safe in Europe and US? This guy diarrheas.
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 08:05:56+00:00 ID:
jtcx6n4Yes, all tap water in Europe and the US is safe to drink, except for temporary contaminations. Even the water in Detroit is safe to drink.
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BobbyBacala9980 (OP) at 2023-07-25 08:05:24+00:00 ID:
jtcx53xI grew up in Toronto and travelled everywhere across the states… I would only drink tap water if there was no other option and it was the last resort, that’s what I was always told to do. However ironically it would later come out that some of these water companies would just bottle local tap water…
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 08:12:08+00:00 ID:
jtcxmw7Yep, both Pepsi and Coca Cola taps from municipal water supplies and sells it as bottled water..
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BobbyBacala9980 (OP) at 2023-07-25 08:28:29+00:00 ID:
jtcyunfThat’s Corporate America for you…
UncouthMedia at 2023-07-25 07:36:00+00:00 ID:
jtcuy6uHave you traveled at all? American water is definitely not drinkable and the rest of Europe’s water does at the very least taste really bad.
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 07:41:33+00:00 ID:
jtcvddiI’ve travelled a lot, yes, and European tap water is perfectly safe to drink. As for the taste, that’s subjective. I find the water tasted better in Malmö where I grew up than in Stockholm where I live, but I know native stockholmers don’t agree.
US tap water is also perfectly safe to drink, with the exception of temporary contaminations. The bottled water you buy there often comes from municipal water supplies.
UncouthMedia at 2023-07-25 07:43:44+00:00 ID:
jtcvjbuThe differences between cities in southern Sweden isn’t comparable to e.g. swedish vs french water though.
Plenty of European countries highly advice against drinking the tap water.
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 07:44:43+00:00 ID:
jtcvm0rReally? What European countries highly advise against drinking tap water?
Snusandfags at 2023-07-25 07:53:21+00:00 ID:
jtcw970Greece
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 08:04:03+00:00 ID:
jtcx1keMost ground water in Greece is safe as is (source: EASAC). But they do have water treatment plants for the ground water that isn’t up to par.
Snusandfags at 2023-07-25 08:28:22+00:00 ID:
jtcyuayMost but no cigar
petit_anxiety at 2023-07-25 08:13:05+00:00 ID:
jtcxpgwSpain for one.
UncouthMedia at 2023-07-25 07:54:14+00:00 ID:
jtcwbkkCurrently in Greece. That’s one.
I remember Cyprus, Andorra and Bosnia are places where they highly advice against it, but in pretty much all the rest of them the locals still buy water bottles.
ImToxic00 at 2023-07-25 07:59:57+00:00 ID:
jtcwqp5Bosnia? Everyone i know drinks tap water There. I buy water from the store but only because i want to support the country A bit more
UncouthMedia at 2023-07-25 08:02:31+00:00 ID:
jtcwxjrReally? Tourists sure aren’t adviced to.
Yeah… right. 😜
Lance-theBoilingSon at 2023-07-25 08:04:38+00:00 ID:
jtcx33wParts of Spain, mainly the south and especially the islands, like Mallorca, has a heavy mineral content (limestone, “hard water”) and like many places in the world,it is heavily chlorinated so the locals lug plastic containers home from stores, not so great for the environment. In addition many expats and locals have a filtering system in place, like my mother does.
Maybe Spain is worse than other southern European countries, i’m not sure.Spain certainly has the worst drought problem in Europe.Large parts of the country(center and southeast) is more or less a steppe.
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 08:08:47+00:00 ID:
jtcxe99Spanish tap water is safe to drink unless there’s a local exception (about 0,5%). It’s usually the small islands you’re referring to indeed.
Lance-theBoilingSon at 2023-07-25 08:11:12+00:00 ID:
jtcxki5Ok, thanks, yes, it may be mainly an island problem.
Lokkuri at 2023-07-25 08:08:10+00:00 ID:
jtcxcm3Taste isnt subjective when the water is full of contaminations,safe to drink sure, but still full of unwanted flavor
Also half of US tap water is contaminated with PFAS.
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 08:10:00+00:00 ID:
jtcxhduSo that’s the end of discussion about the safety standards of tap water. Next time we’ll talk about the culinary experience of tap water.
Lokkuri at 2023-07-25 08:14:43+00:00 ID:
jtcxtrjYes, but he did say drinkable…not about safety
And did you just skip the PFAS ?
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 08:21:06+00:00 ID:
jtcyaxaHe said safe, which it is. American tap water is safe with strict safety regulations in place. You’ll find PFAS in ground water all over the world, including Sweden. Tap water in Sweden is perfectly safe to drink. So is tap water in the US.
Lokkuri at 2023-07-25 08:23:35+00:00 ID:
jtcyhrpNo he said drinkable, its you who dragged in safety.
Yes you can find PFAS all over the world, but in small quantities,not 45%, and calling it safe?
Baljeep- at 2023-07-25 08:34:41+00:00 ID:
jtczaxuBy swedish tap water standards, most of the US and large parts of europe would have what we consider otjänligt/unfit water
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 08:52:32+00:00 ID:
jtd0m0aI know some of us Swedes tend to believe that’s the case, but it’s not. The EU tap water standards are as high as the Swedish ones used to be before we implemented the EU standards too. (https://www.boverket.se/sv/byggande/halsa-och-inomhusmiljo/regler-om-dricksvatten/samhallskrav-pa-dricksvatten/#:~:text=Relaterad%20information-,EU%3As%20dricksvattendirektiv,senast%20den%2012%20januari%202023.)
Elhiar at 2023-07-25 07:30:25+00:00 ID:
jtcujbqLots of places, discouraged in London and Rome for example
Snusandfags at 2023-07-25 07:53:53+00:00 ID:
jtcwak8London lol, not true at all
throwaway666_999_555 at 2023-07-25 08:26:26+00:00 ID:
jtcypbtI’ve drank the tap water in London for two decades, you’ll be fine
MrOaiki at 2023-07-25 07:39:58+00:00 ID:
jtcv92697% of Rome’s tap water comes from springs and 3% from wells. The tap water there is excellent and perfectly safe to drink.
Same goes for London, perfectly safe to drink unless otherwise stated. But temporary contamination happens in Sweden too.
Christoffre at 2023-07-25 08:04:27+00:00 ID:
jtcx2maMy hometown had a temporary contamination of the drinking water, where the amounts of a dangerous substance were doubled.
But that meant that the water was only safe to consume for 40 years, instead of standard 80 years.
They fixed it within a year.
Aggravating-Ad1703 at 2023-07-25 07:41:35+00:00 ID:
jtcvdgqWhen you are Scandinavian everything outside of here taste like shit
Keffpie at 2023-07-25 08:41:50+00:00 ID:
jtcztry…and it tastes really good, is the biggest thing I think to stress.
You can drink the water in London or Malaga too, but it tastes like pool water.
ComprehensivePea269 at 2023-07-25 09:00:32+00:00 ID:
jtd16u6Tasted Uppsala water didn’t taste as great as Dalecarlian water.
deppkast at 2023-07-25 11:44:28+00:00 ID:
jtdeybhThe only tap water I’ve tasted that is better than Swedish tap water was fresh mountain water from the tap, it tasted sweeter in a way
Cookiest0mper at 2023-07-25 13:20:23+00:00 ID:
jtdq95rYour milage may vary, a lot. Tap water in Stockholm? Generally good as long as the pipes aren’t ancient(which they may be). Tap water in Gävle? Disgusting.
deppkast at 2023-07-25 14:11:54+00:00 ID:
jtdxb53I am indeed from stockholm, born raised and living, still got nothing on mountain water imo. Stockholm tap water just tastes like nothing in the best way, but that mountain water was sweet and so clean