Why Swedes stay home in summer (and it's not for the rain)
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In this week's episode we talk about 'cloudburst-like rain' and what to do if your house is flooded. We talk about why Swedes tend to stay home in the summer. And we talk about what it's like to have a baby in Sweden.
For Membership+ subscribers, we reveal the jobs the Swedish Public Employment Service has suggested could be exempted from a future new salary threshold for work permits. And we talk about why there's been a spike in drowning and whether better swimming lessons could be the solution.
Host Richard Orange is joined this week by regular panelists Becky Waterton and Emma Löfgren.
Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:
Floods
Swedish summer
Having babies
Work permit salary exemptions
Drowning
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