We Celebrated Sweden's CRAZY Midsummer Festival🇸🇪 (not like the horror movie)

Today is a very special episode! We're back in the country where we grew up to celebrate the season of light and the longest day of the year in Northern Sweden. Is Midsommar at all like it's portrayed in Ari Aster's horror movie? And if not, what is celebrating Midsommar actually like, and what is the little-known history behind this often misunderstood holiday? We'll get into all of that in today's video!

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We’re Oskar🧔🏻 and Dan👱🏻‍♂️, and we believe that anyone regardless of who they are deserves to live their dreams. For the past nine years, we’ve continued pushing boundaries by traveling and living all across the world, including places like Uganda, Brunei, and Saudi Arabia. In 2022, we reached a huge milestone by visiting 100 countries and we’re now on a mission to keep sharing our journey and hopefully make the world a little more open, compassionate, and peaceful along the way❤️

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The video begins at Gothenburg Landvetter Airport before we fly up to the North of Sweden and the town of Luleå where we attend a traditional Midsummer celebration in Gammelstad, a UNESCO World Heritage City and ancient church town (kyrkstad). We make wreaths (flower crowns) and dance around the maypole by Hägnan.

Thank you for watching!🙏😍

0:00 Intro
0:32 Flying up north
2:24 First impressions on arrival
3:44 Hotel and 24 hour daylight?
4:56 Happy Midsummer!
5:53 Luleå Gammelstad (UNESCO site)
7:40 Enjoying Swedish fika
8:50 The ACTUAL history of Midsommar
9:50 Making flower crowns (and fun fact)
11:35 Midsummer lore
12:10 Dancing around the pole (frog dance!)
12:42 What everyone is wondering...
13:27 Thoughts on the celebration
14:14 COMING UP...