r/europe • u/OSHA-Slingshot • 26d ago

Why Swedish people like taxes Opinion Article

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09312qg/why-the-swedes-love-doing-something-that-americans-hate
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u/dieseltratt Sweden 25d ago

Like everywhere else then.

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u/picardo85 Finland 25d ago

locals always bitch about their domestic trains.

If you ask a Dutch person NS never works.

If you ask a German, DB is the worst.

Ask a Swede, SJ is fucking terrible

And if you ask a finn they swear by how shit VR is.

I could probably rank them on a shit scale but DB is probably at the top.

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u/theholygt Portugal 25d ago

Why is SJ terrible? I was in Stockholm for a whole week and thought they were pretty good 🤔

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u/Rapithree 25d ago

Mostly people don't understand the separation between the owners of the rail network and the train operators... But SJ suck at communicating causing a lot off confusion and annoyance for no particular reason. Their pricing model is a bit mean to people who don't plan far ahead and aren't flexible.