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.
MagzyMegastar at 2023-07-25 09:51:12+00:00 ID:
jtd4yb6Taking of the shoes when entering a private home is the norm also in Norway. However, there is one particular place were this is taken to the “next level”. In the city Longyearbyen on Svalbard (not the mainland Norway), the local tradition is to take off your shoes also when entering hotels, office buildings, museums etc. The reason for this being that historically there were coal mines near the city, and to avoid dragging coal dust into the buildings, people left their shoes at the door, and this is now the local practice in this particular city.