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.

[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] thethirdobject@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TurtleTourParty@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, the liquor store was open for 2 hours a day and closed weekends.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

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.