As we all know, living in Sweden is not cheap, it can even be said expensive. According to the statistics of the Numbeo website, the cost of living for a person excluding rent costs 10257.5 crowns (equivalent to 6783 yuan), and looking at the comparison between Beijing and Sijing below, you can see that Sijin is 51% higher than Beijing.
Source: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Stockholm
Are there any tips to save money in such a high-priced city?
The answer must be yes.
1. Shop for "discounted" and owned products
Sweden's major supermarkets have different product promotions every day, and buying those products with discounts seems to be much more acceptable.
A brief introduction to supermarkets in Sweden.
Supermarket brands are mainly ICA, COOP, Hemköp, Lidl, Willy's, of which ICA and COOP are the two largest chains. Coop and Willy's are Swedish brands, and Coop is more expensive than ICA. ICA Maxi is larger and has a wider range of products. ICA nära and Willy:s Hemma are smaller and more expensive. Hemköp is basically the most expensive, but it also divides things. Lidl is the cheapest supermarket in Germany, and it is said that Swedish locals used to disdain it, but now that prices have skyrocketed, they all have to bow their heads.
ICA's bread package around 7.30am every day is not to be missed, 35Kr is not too cost-effective, the quantity is limited, first come, first served.
There are also City Gross, prime, mätvärden, Matdax, Matvärlden, Nya pulsen, Pekås belong to the Middle East supermarket, you can buy very fresh beef and mutton offal, etc., and a variety of Middle Eastern food, such as various coarse grains, beans and the like, as well as uncommon fresh vegetables such as coriander. Some shops have much cheaper meat and vegetables than Swedish supermarkets and can help with the splitting.
There are almost all the Chinese things you want, instant noodles, various condiments, and so on.
In general, the price of vegetables and fruits is relatively expensive, and meat, eggs and milk are OK. Compared with Beijing, especially green vegetables are basically about 5 times that of Beijing. Frozen vegetables are much cheaper, about 20Kr per kg.
Signing up for major supermarket memberships and enjoying member discounts, accumulating points and cashback is a regular operation.
In addition, download the two apps of Tiendeo and Etilbudsavi, you can view the discount information of major supermarkets in real time, and have a target. The latter app is better to use, with search and smarter saving of to-buy lists, which is better to use than Tiendeo.
In addition, Swedish supermarkets are almost always marked in Swedish, so it is necessary to download a translator.
By the way, remember to bring your own bag when you go to the supermarket.
2. Recycling (Pantamera)
The word Pantamera was coined by two Swedish words, panta means recycling, mera means more. Sweden encourages people to reuse more recyclables, so beverage bottles, wine bottles can be directly recycled on the supermarket self-service machine, a bottle is about 1~2 kroner, which is actually more common throughout Europe. Even many people make a living picking up bottles.
3. Buy second-hand
Unlike other countries, Sweden has many second-hand chain stores (in every city), whether it is clothing, furniture or electrical appliances, everyone is used to it, and they will not feel good.
The more famous ones are as follows, most stores can register as members to enjoy benefits:
The ants www.myrorna.se/
Stads Emissions Second Hand www.stadsmissionen.org/second-hand/
4. Make good use of the app to buy discount and advent food
Too good to go is a food that the merchant can't sell out of the day, and it can't be saved for the next day to continue selling, so it is packaged and sold at a very low price. Basic 49kr a pack, all blind boxes. It's a pity that lidl is off the shelf, now the cost performance is not so high, the bread blind box is not as good as ICA's wool, and some colleagues said that the vegetable blind box bought before is hugely cost-effective.
Karma is a place to buy a gourmet discount package, but I haven't tried it yet.
In addition, KFC, McDonald's, Burger King, etc. have occasional promotions.
In the case of restaurants, the price is generally more reasonable at noon on non-weekends, and the same thing is usually doubled in the evening and on weekends. Pong's buffet, for example, is much more expensive.
Additions are welcome.