• Knasen@lemmy.world
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    Meanwhile in Sweden, the National Board of Health and Welfare changed their guidelines in regards to drinking:

    "Risky drinking now means drinking any of the following:

    • 10 standard glasses or more per week.

    • 4 standard glasses or more per drinking occasion (so-called intensive consumption) once a month or more often."

    True story!

    https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/kunskapsstod-och-regler/regler-och-riktlinjer/nationella-riktlinjer/riktlinjer-och-utvarderingar/levnadsvanor/

    Google translate:

    https://www-socialstyrelsen-se.translate.goog/kunskapsstod-och-regler/regler-och-riktlinjer/nationella-riktlinjer/riktlinjer-och-utvarderingar/levnadsvanor/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=sv&_x_tr_pto=wapp

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      Same in Denmark. It was 15 until recently. We also held the record for teenage drinking for a long time, and still hold “most average alcohol per session” or something.

      Yet we are statistically one of the “happiest” countries in the world. And take the most antidepressants!

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      Also in Sweden: if your 5 year old and her friends wants to do vodka shots for their tea party, you can just go ahead and pour some for them.

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      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.

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        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.

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

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          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.

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

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        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.

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        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.

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            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.