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No lockdown, please, we’re Swedish

There’s no lockdown in sight here

4 April 2020

9:00 AM

4 April 2020

9:00 AM

Uppsala

Who would have thought that Sweden would end up being the last place in Europe where you could go for a beer? We have, in our normalcy, suddenly become an exotic place. Other countries are closing their cities, schools and economies, but life in our corner of the world is surprisingly ordinary.

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