I've tried hard to remain very neutral when commenting on my native country unless I've been specifically asked, but there's a a couple of things that needs to be cleared up with regard to Stockholm right here.
Stockholm is a great place to visit due to being a beautiful city with a very rich cultural heritage. It's however also the Monaco of Northern Europe. A playground for affluent ex-pats, international movers & shakers, modelling hopefuls and the Scandinavian elite. The inner city (which is basically the only part visitors will come in contact with) carries a high degree of non-nationals not completely unlike Kuala Lumpur or Manhattan. Stockholm is the most expensive city in one of the most heavily taxed and well-off countries in the world. With that said, if you are going to Sweden with your main objective to recruit talent, DON'T GO TO STOCKHOLM - UNLESS you have a serious bankroll, UNLESS you have great looks, UNLESS you have an "in" on an influential social circle. The ROI is simply not good enough.
Personally, I dislike Stockholm. I consider it a cliquish, shallow cesspool made up of a few genuine successful people and their throngs of hang-around wannabes and their inflated opinion of their station. I can't find the link right now (it's in academic Swedish anyhow) but there was a report released about 6 months ago that concluded that visitors to Stureplan (the main nightlife district in Sthlm) generally did not have a good time when going out. They were however willing to endure expensive drink prices, exorbitant cover charges, long lines to the door and snotty attitudes just in order to be able to be seen out 6 about. Status chasing is extremely important in this city and I want to underline that Sthlm is an anomaly with regard to the mentality of the rest of he nation.
I'll get to work on a more in depth on a data sheet on when and where to go in Sweden in order to provide a better experience. might get it down in a week or two.
Lumiere:
Wow, you must have really had some extremely bad experiences considering how low you rate the Swedish girls. I've never seen such a low appraisal of them. FYI though the percentage of blondes among ethnic Swedes are about 60% http://www.eupedia.com/europe/maps_of_eu...air_colour
You'd have to go to northern Sweden to really meet the droves of fair haired women. Stockholm which has something like 30% non-swedish inhabitants will understandably have far fewer blondes.
Stockholm is a great place to visit due to being a beautiful city with a very rich cultural heritage. It's however also the Monaco of Northern Europe. A playground for affluent ex-pats, international movers & shakers, modelling hopefuls and the Scandinavian elite. The inner city (which is basically the only part visitors will come in contact with) carries a high degree of non-nationals not completely unlike Kuala Lumpur or Manhattan. Stockholm is the most expensive city in one of the most heavily taxed and well-off countries in the world. With that said, if you are going to Sweden with your main objective to recruit talent, DON'T GO TO STOCKHOLM - UNLESS you have a serious bankroll, UNLESS you have great looks, UNLESS you have an "in" on an influential social circle. The ROI is simply not good enough.
Personally, I dislike Stockholm. I consider it a cliquish, shallow cesspool made up of a few genuine successful people and their throngs of hang-around wannabes and their inflated opinion of their station. I can't find the link right now (it's in academic Swedish anyhow) but there was a report released about 6 months ago that concluded that visitors to Stureplan (the main nightlife district in Sthlm) generally did not have a good time when going out. They were however willing to endure expensive drink prices, exorbitant cover charges, long lines to the door and snotty attitudes just in order to be able to be seen out 6 about. Status chasing is extremely important in this city and I want to underline that Sthlm is an anomaly with regard to the mentality of the rest of he nation.
I'll get to work on a more in depth on a data sheet on when and where to go in Sweden in order to provide a better experience. might get it down in a week or two.
Lumiere:
Wow, you must have really had some extremely bad experiences considering how low you rate the Swedish girls. I've never seen such a low appraisal of them. FYI though the percentage of blondes among ethnic Swedes are about 60% http://www.eupedia.com/europe/maps_of_eu...air_colour
You'd have to go to northern Sweden to really meet the droves of fair haired women. Stockholm which has something like 30% non-swedish inhabitants will understandably have far fewer blondes.