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I assume it is some safety thing. Both my flat in Stockholm and house in Hudiksvall have doors that open outwards.

They like being safety conscious the Swedes like. Protective goggles, ear protectors, safety gloves and that's just for deein the washing up.
 
Watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo again last night and noticed something unusual.
In loads of residential places, the doors opened the other way. Is this a Swedish thing?

No, it's a scandinavian thing mate, they doo that in finland and denmark also, it's canny weird and took some getting used to when i was with the ex staying over there :lol:
 
I assume it is some safety thing. Both my flat in Stockholm and house in Hudiksvall have doors that open outwards.

They like being safety conscious the Swedes like. Protective goggles, ear protectors, safety gloves and that's just for deein the washing up.

This x 10, but they haven't thought the hotel or deep snow thing through.
 
I watched this Saturday night.....I didn't notice the doors as such.....but I've never seen so much coffee drank, fags smoked and strangely what looked like cheese on toast eaten in one film.......in fact any...

decent film though.....bet that bloke didn't walk right again ever!! :eek:
 
bristow youve had a mare here son

how so? I think we are all more educated and thus better human beings for now knowing that Scandinavian door hangers are cack-handed.

Could come in useful when purchasing stuff in Ikea to do a double take and check just in case.

Is it right they also have their kitchen cupboards opening inwards? Nee wonder they're all skinny buggers.
 
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do they not have 2 doors, like in some American movies where there's one opens out and another opens in so they can have eg a fly screen?

I'm not putting this forward as a proposition, just asking the question.

I have two doors just like that. The outer door, which swings out, is a screen door so you can leave your main door open to circulate air without the mossies and blackfly getting in. All the windows that open are fitted with screens as well.
 
No, it's a scandinavian thing mate, they doo that in finland and denmark also, it's canny weird and took some getting used to when i was with the ex staying over there :lol:

Technically speaking, Finland isn't part of Scandinavia.

Was this the original Swedish version of 'Dragon Tattoo' or the new one?

Oh - and your ex was Danish? - you know the rules..........
 
I wish my front door opened out rather than in, it would mean more usable space where there is just dead door opening space now. Perhaps a shoe tree, elephants foot with brollies or an occasional table would fill it.

When I got a new front door fitted to my house in England I asked for one that opened outwards for the reasons you list, the bloke said OK but it was a bit unusual. Seems a good idea to me.
 
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Yes, they are outward opening mainly for traditional reasons (which is why UK door go inwards I guess). A Loooong time ago people used to have two doors with ~100mm gap between them. The one on the inside would open inwards, and the other one would open outwards. The a 1+1 'coupled' door solution was used to impove the insulation. When doors got better the internal door was eventually just left out and you ended up with a single outward opening door.
 
Something you will never see in Sweden is separate hot and cold taps. They always have mixer taps.
They think that the UK way of two taps is f***ing mental.
 
Bristows started a thread about front doors and gets abuse.

Bet he didn't know what he was letting himself in for.
 
Bristows started a thread about front doors and gets abuse.

Bet he didn't know what he was letting himself in for.


I was putting myself in the frame like and to be honest, it is just a knob or two
 
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