The Summer House

It is quite common in Sweden for each Swedish family to have their own summer house. Summer houses our out of the city and in the country side or by the sea on an island in an archipelago that lines the coast of Sweden. My family has their summer in Stockholm’s archipelago on an island called Arbodaö.

Their summer house is a very Swedish house in the fact that is paint copper red, which is the traditional colour for houses in Sweden to be painted. The summer house is also very old. It doesn’t have a bathroom inside but lucky it does have electricity! But the best thing about the house is that it is right by the sea! Although the sea is so cold that you can hardly swim in it for more than five minutes, the view is amazing!

The summer house

Over a time called Midsummer we went to the summer house. Midsummer is a national holiday and is also the longest day of the year and is celebrated by eating a big lunch with the family and dancing! We spent the day chilling around the summer house, gardening and such, then had a really nice family lunch with Swedish food like meatballs and sill!

Going to the summer house is really nice a part from the fact that I am so bad when it comes to getting in and out of the boat to get there! But spending time with my host family is worth trying to get in and out of the silly little boat!