Sweden is a sparsely populated country with a long coastline, vast forests, and plenty of lakes.

It is one of the northernmost countries in the world.

In terms of land area, Sweden is comparable to Spain, Thailand, or California in the United States.

Sweden's borders have not changed since 1905, the country has remained neutral in both world wars, and there has not been any war since 1814.

Sweden has long summer days and equally long winter nights, and there is a huge difference between the two.

In summer, in Sweden, which is north of the Arctic Circle, the sun stays in the sky all day; Even in areas as far south as Stockholm (59 degrees north), there are only a few hours of half-darkness at night in June.

Geographically, Sweden has a pleasant climate, mainly due to a warm ocean current from the west coast of Norway, known as the "Gulf Stream".

At some point in history, Scandinavia was covered in snow and ice all year round. The most recent glacial period ended just over 10,000 years ago, and the weight and movement of the ice had a profound impact on the topography.

The exposed hard part of the underlying rock was scoured into a circular shape and became a feature of the Swedish maritime archipelago, while the depression continued to deepen, forming valleys and lakes.

There are many people who go to this country and say that Swedes are very cold.

In fact, most Swedes are very kind at heart. However, when many foreigners arrive in Sweden, they still feel the coldness of the Swedes, which is not unenthusiastic, but a sense of distance and alienation that cannot be walked.

They are quiet, polite, polite, and will lend a helping hand when you are in trouble, but they can't have the pleasure of drinking together and eating meat in large chunks.

Never imagine being nice enough to wear a pair of pants with a Swedish friend, who grew up with ego, independence, and a good sense of upbringing, which made them behave elegantly most of the time, at least in public, and no one behaved in a barbaric or scoundrel manner.

Decades of old neighbors get along very well, drinking coffee together every day, but they may never know the various hidden things, personal privacy, and long-term stories of each family. No matter what, personal choices will be universally respected, such as homosexuality, such as never marrying, never marrying.

No one will make any irresponsible comments about other people's lives except for behaviors involving character, and of course if it is immoral behavior, it will still be despised by most people.

Most Swedish men are also very shy, and they won't talk to girls until they've been drinking, so no matter how beautiful and charming you are, there's no man's gaze or whistle or hippie smile on the streets of Sweden.

The people on the streets are in a hurry, except for greeting strangers in the bright summer sunshine or smiling kindly, and most of the time Swedes have a sense of distance on their faces.

Discussed their indifference with a Swede, the Swede's self-explanation was that Americans are like peaches, sweet and soft on the outside, but the inside, while Swedes are like nuts, with a hard shell on the outside and soft and fragrant on the inside.

I heard that it takes a few years or half a lifetime to make friends with Swedes, but once you become their friends, that friendship is lifelong.

In Sweden, there are no human accidents, no inflammation, all come and go lightly. There is no corruption, there is no green light, everything is carried out according to principles and rules, there is a lot less humanity and a lot less hypocrisy and grievances.

Ye Chao believes that many countries in the world cannot do this.

Winter is monotonous and lonely for most people living in Sweden, with little sunshine and a lot of snow. From 9 o'clock in the morning to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it was completely dark. The dawn is not as bright as summer, but a hint of gray.

The long night, more than four or five hours of dawn, and the sunshine rarely came out, made the editor who had just arrived in Sweden very sleepy and had an indescribable depression.

In Malmö, near the sea in the south, it is not uncommon for rain and snowflakes to be accompanied by occasional fog and no sun throughout the winter.

Occasionally, when there is sunshine, it is exciting, the street will be crowded, everyone enjoys the sunshine, a Swedish boy in the same building once exaggerated told the editor, he is used to a winter without sunshine weather, bright spring days, looking at the dazzling sun outside the window, he does not know what happened.

Finally, he smiled at himself, remembering that it was the sunshine that he had not seen for a long time.

In the eyes of many foreigners, Sweden is a highly developed modern country that has long since moved away from an agrarian society. For those who come to Sweden, the impression left on them by the Swedes is mostly civilized, elegant, and even a little noble and arrogant.

However, if there were more opportunities to interact with ordinary Swedes, one would feel more or less that deep down in the hearts of the descendants of the Vikings, who were blond and blue-eyed and had ruddy cheeks, there was a deep attachment to the countryside and a reverence for nature.

The rustic village tradition is engraved in the hearts of Swedes, who don't seem to be used to being modern urbanites. On holidays, they always rush out of the city and go to the "villa" deep in the jungle or on a deserted island.

After visiting the "villas" of several Swedes, you will know that most of the so-called "villas" are nothing more than small wooden houses painted red.

On the outskirts of many cities, such as Stockholm, you'll also see a peculiar sight: large flattened plots of land divided into neat patches with a variety of plants.

Every holiday, you can see a lot of people busy there.

These small plots of land are reserved for people living in apartment buildings, who can rent a small plot of land, plant some flowers and trees of their choice, and live a "farmer's addiction" in their spare time.

On the one hand, it is remarkable, even extremely modern, but on the other hand, it is a love and fascination with the countryside and nature, which is often surprising in the eyes of people in other countries. But it is precisely this peculiar contradiction that makes the Swedish character unique, which makes them create modernity while also having a comfortable and peaceful expectation for life and for the future.

A Swede described this life as "a recuperation for the soul", which can make people who live in modern cities more peaceful and less impetuous.