Salam Alaikum Sweden. Testing the limits of Swedish generosity
For decades, Sweden has offered a safe haven to people who have fled from military conflict but as the current refugee crisis hits an unprecedented scale, the question arises, how much longer can the country continue to offer hospitality?
Sweden is currently experiencing an ever deepening housing crisis. It is believed that to accommodate everyone in need of a place to live by 2020, the country would need to build the equivalent of “another Stockholm”. For now, refugees from Syria, other Middle Eastern countries and Africa are being housed temporarily in tents, on boats and even in a Wild West amusement park.
RT Doc’s correspondent, Marina Kosareva visits the High Chaparral theme park. Every summer it welcomes thousands of tourists but during the winter off-season, it is being used to provide temporary accommodation for some of the many refugees in need. Here, the government strives to create the best possible condition, including food and Wi-Fi, as well as organising a school for the children. But they’ll all have to go before the tourists return.
Meanwhile, the waiting time to process applications for refugee status keeps getting longer because of ever increasing numbers and can now take over a year. Applications though can be, and often are, refused, there have been many cases of immigrants being deported.
The situation is aggravated by crimes being committed by a minority of war refugees who now live in Sweden. Such crimes are often underreported and that has undermined Swedish trust in government policy and lead to a growing sense of unease about immigrants in general.
Some feel that Sweden changes its own character just to appease people of a different culture causing concerns that the country will lose its identity in pursuit of multiculturalism. In the most extreme cases, Swedish nationalists have been known to attack refugee camps. +
While the current High Chaparral residents simply try to forget the horrors of war while adjusting to a new lifestyle in snowy Sweden, the sheer scale of the problem puts the host country under pressure while testing its famous hospitality to the limit.
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Stunning time lapse features Sweden's majestic beauty
Check out some of the breathtaking scenes across Sweden in this exceptional time lapse film. Beautiful!
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Agricultural Landscape of Southern Oland - UNESCO World Heritage Site
The UNESCO World Heritage site of the Agricultural Landscape of Southern Oland is on the island of Oland, just off the coast of southern Sweden, where the southern half of the island is home to quite an interesting World Heritage site. Traditionally, Swedish farm houses were packed together in line villages, where the houses were together and the farmers would work distant fields. In the 19th century, this was changed as the King redistributed lands and the farm houses moved out on to the fields. But in Southern Oland, a large part of the island is unfarmable limestone, so the redistribution was never carried out, making it a small piece of living history. Enjoy!
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Havsfiske med spö och ett besök på världsarvet i Grimeton – Gone Camping i Varberg, Halland
Vi tar med oss husvagnen till en av Sveriges populäraste campingdestinationer -- Halland. Först ut är ett besök på radiostationen Grimeton som numera är ett världsarv. Sedan väntar spännande havsfiske på Kattegatt där vi fångar dagens middag. Under vårt besök i Varberg bor vi på Getteröns Camping.
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Hotell Hovgård, Halmstad, Sweden HD review
Hotell Hovgård is 10 minutes’ drive from central Halmstad. It offers free bicycle rental and individually decorated rooms with free WiFi access. Halmstad Golf Club is 2.5 miles away.
All rooms at Hotell Hovgård have a flat-screen TV and a tiled bathroom with shower and hairdryer. Studios feature a seating area, dining area and a kitchen with a stove, microwave and fridge.
A buffet breakfast is served each morning at Hotell Hovgård. The meal can be enjoyed on the outdoor patio during summer. Parking is free on site.
The sandy beaches at Laholmsbukten Bay are within 5 minutes’ drive of the hotel. The sandy beaches, restaurants and golf courses of Tylösand are a 10-minute drive away.
Abandoned flour mill / forge / smithy. Dalarna Sweden. Urbex urban exploration
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••• Somewhere in Dalarna, Sweden •••
This flour mill/forge was built in the 1890’s. The smiths made all kind of stuff, but mainly all sorts of nails. Work in the forge was closed in the 1920’s. The mill was used as late as the end of the 1980’s. The mill was mainly driven by water power, but it was partly replaced by electricity after 1930.
I forgot to bring my cameras, so the whole video is shot with a Sony Z5 compact mobile phone.
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Train Window View from Sarpsborg to Halden (Norway)
Window view from the Østfold Railway/Gothenburg railway connecting Oslo and Gothenburg. The video was taken between Sarpsborg and Halden in Norway.
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I love to travel by train! I'm a musician living in Finland and I travel often, for work or pleasure. Since 2013 I started travelling almost exclusively by train. When I'm on a train I am in the perfect environment to compose, get inspired, meet new people or simply relax. From a window seat one can see places that would be otherwise hidden, from astonishing natural landscapes to graffiti-painted walls. Also, taking the train is the most environmentally friendly way of travelling. My wish is to share part of this experience with other people, to give some useful hints and possibly to promote this travelling style.
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Bike trip to Denmark 2003
A bike trip from Gothenburg to Kungsbacka, Frillesås, Veddige, Grimmared, Varberg, Ullared, Hyltebruk, Oskarström, Halmstad, Laholm, Båstad, Ängelholm, Helsingborg, Helsingör, Copenhagen, Kattarp, Båstad, Knäred, Kvibille, Slöinge, Falkenberg, Varberg, Kungsbacka and Gothenburg in July 2003. Music: Medwyn Goodall - Plummage. The pictures can you also see here:
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