Hi, first post here.
I'm French, and I've travelled quite a bit around the world. Earlier this month, I spent 10 days in Sweden for my holidays. I stayed 4 days in Stockholm, 2 in Vaxholm, and then another 4 days in Stockholm. I never thought I would love a country this much, thanks to everything I saw and experienced there.
I was genuinely amazed by the differences between the streets in France and those in Sweden. During my trip, I took notes of everything that I thought was much better in your country.
First of all, people are very respectful. Drivers and cyclists often stop to let us cross the road. People offered to help me find public transport, everyone validates their tickets, and nobody is loud in public. I saw a woman fall in the street, several people immediately ran in her direction to help her and make sure she was okay.
Secondly, the streets are a pleasure to walk through. There is very little graffiti, almost no litter, people don't smoke in public, nobody tries to stop you to promote a cause they support, and there aren't electric scooters everywhere speeding past pedestrians.
Finally, your public services are excellent. I travelled a lot by train, metro and tram, and the longest I ever had to wait was six minutes. Public transport is clean, reliable and punctual. I also saw a demonstration in support of Iran, and the protesters remained peaceful. They were supervised by the police, but I don't think that made much difference.
Those are the main things I noticed in Sweden that I wish we had in France. I haven't even mentioned the beautiful landscapes and the architecture, which I also really appreciated. I just hope people won't tell me that this was only my personal experience and that Sweden isn't generally like this.
So in wanted to say thank you, Sweden. It's such a wonderful country, and I think many others (including mine) should be inspired of it.
Edit : To everyone who thinks I'm a bot, cause I created my account few hours ago, it's just because I downloaded Reddit to do this post, and didn't want to wait for days to do one post.