Saturday kilted

[TheKiltedWonder]

The bad thing:
For a one way crossing ypu have to pay what equal 45 US$. Three crossings or a Utilikilt - had it not been for duty tax, shipment, handling fee and on top of that 25% VAT, making it about 6 crossings for a Utilikilt.
Greg

If you don't mind going north there's still a ferry from Helsingor to Helsingborg.

Have you much experience wearing the kilt in Sweden? I'm just wondering because I'm hoping to get back there soon-ish to visit again and we all like to hike. I had hoped to go hiking in a kilt, and I don't mind modeling it for all the people with their cameras, but I don't want to be totally distracting either, if that makes sense. What have your other experiences been like?

[cessna152towser]

Very interesting. Did you see any swedes wearing Blaklader kilts? Only time I've been in Malmo was back in 1971, long before I began to wear kilts. No bridge or tunnel in those days. I took the train from Copenhagen's main station to the harbour then went on a ship from there. I remember leaving the harbour we sailed very close to a big US Navy aircraft carrier which was visiting Copenhagen at the time. The ship I sailed on had rails on the lower deck, with freight wagons shunted on board in Denmark and shunted off in Sweden by a switcher. On the way back later in the week, I was short of time for my flight home from Copenhagen's Kastrup airport and caught a direct flight to there from Malmo Bulltofta airport, which took all of seven minutes in the air.

[GG]

If you don't mind going north there's still a ferry from Helsingor to Helsingborg.

Have you much experience wearing the kilt in Sweden? I'm just wondering because I'm hoping to get back there soon-ish to visit again and we all like to hike. I had hoped to go hiking in a kilt, and I don't mind modeling it for all the people with their cameras, but I don't want to be totally distracting either, if that makes sense. What have your other experiences been like?

True, there is a ferry connection from Helsingør (with the castle Kronborg, sometimes called Hamlet’s castle) to Helsingborg in Sweden. I have used it several times. Takes 15 minutes.
I have been in Sweden several times and then mostly north of Helsingborg. There are some nice small towns and an amazing coastline up to Gothenburg (the second largest city of Sweden).
Sweden is a most tolerant country in every respect. You can certainly walk kilted there without any problems at all, and certainly there shall be no “gatherings” to look at the “odd man in a kilt”.

Greg

The picture is from a beach about 50 km north of Helsingborg

Link: www.dress2kilt.eu/images/DSC_5193_1000.jpg

[GG]

Very interesting. Did you see any swedes wearing Blaklader kilts?

Actually I have never seen a Swede in a kilt and I only know Blåklädar from the Internet.

However, the former fiancé, of the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, Daniel Collert, has been in the media wearing a tartan kilt. The occasion was his participation in the 18th birthday party of Princess Madelaine, Victoria’s kid sister.

http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/0008/19/mad.html

According to the newspaper he should together with some friends have started a kilt club. He is seen arriving to the Royal castle together with another guest. (As he and the Crown Princess were not officially engaged he could, due to the etiquette, not sit together with her at the table).

Only time I've been in Malmo was back in 1971, long before I began to wear kilts. No bridge or tunnel in those days. I took the train from Copenhagen's main station to the harbour then went on a ship from there. I remember leaving the harbour we sailed very close to a big US Navy aircraft carrier which was visiting Copenhagen at the time. The ship I sailed on had rails on the lower deck, with freight wagons shunted on board in Denmark and shunted off in Sweden by a switcher. On the way back later in the week, I was short of time for my flight home from Copenhagen's Kastrup airport and caught a direct flight to there from Malmo Bulltofta airport, which took all of seven minutes in the air.

The railway ferries between Copenhagen and Malmø were moved outside of Copenhagen several years before the bridge opened. Today the trains are on a separate lower “stock” on the bridge.
The connection starts with a 4 km (2.5 miles) long tunnel close to Copenhagen Airport, going to an artificial “island” from where the bridge leads to Limhamn some 10 km (6 miles) south of Malmø.
The bridge itself is about 8 km (5 miles long).
The weekend before it opened it was possible to walk on the bridge and there were busses bringing people to the “island”. My wife and I did it – walked to Sweden and back – along with approx. 20.000 other Danes. On top of that came the Swedes walking in the opposite direction.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...und_Bridge.jpg

Greg

[TheKiltedWonder]

I agree. Sweden is a very tolerant country; unless you wear shoes inside their house
I've been meaning to get back there like I said and see the south. I've only really spent time in Stockholm. But I have friends here in Virginia who have ties to Lund and the south and they tell me I should see more of Skåne, so that's my current travel goal. I wouldn't mind swinging down into København again either. Frederiks Kirke is beautiful. And I know people go mainly to see the mermaid statue, but I think Kastellet itself is really pretty. And the museums are great as well, especially the Glypothek and the Resistance Museum next to Kastellet.
In any case, thanks for the info! I didn't expect the Swedes to be intolerant, I just wanted to be sure.

[Galician]

I agree. Sweden is a very tolerant country; unless you wear shoes inside their house

When visiting a Swedish home, must one walk around barefoot?

[TheKiltedWonder]

When visiting a Swedish home, must one walk around barefoot?

Well, please do wear socks. I suppose house-shoes might be used by some as well. But outside shoes are a big no-no. I still remember the look on a Swedish friend's face as a girl who didn't know the rules bounded into her sparklingly clean and white (think IKEA catalog) livingroom with boots on. I thought Julia was gonna cry.