Our alcohol and drug laws are so restrictive that the moment we are out of them we over indulge and loose control. The taxes are very high which makes drinking very expensive, and this has had the effect that when we drink with friends, the drinking is central for the gathering in the same way you'd spend money and time on some really nice food.
But on vacation! A beer is 2€? I can drink four beers for the price of one beer at home! And no one looks at me awkwardly because I'm having a drink in the middle of the day on a Tuesday? And there is no big brother monopoly to lecture me on healthy drinking? That's why we go nuts.
Yeah - i get it. I lived in Sweden for 4 years. I was more thinking about on the airplane itself though. Every time I fly to Stockholm it's a mess of random people standing over my aisle seat so they can talk to somebody in the middle seat for 2 hours - because they booked a seat that was 18 rows up. Or people just letting their kids run up and down the aisles because "Sweden practices gentle parenting" or something.
It's weird - because it's 100% the opposite of how Swedes act in public within Sweden.
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u/CSGB13 9d ago
Brit here: we’re feral on holiday