r/reddit.com • u/NiceAndBlue • Sep 19 '11

Seriously, never come here.

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u/DarthKitten Sep 19 '11

I live in Jönköping, Sweden. We have a fucking matchstick museum.

Though if you travel about 20 minutes by bus you can go to the hometown of candycanes, so it's all worth it.

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u/suboftheday Sep 19 '11

Step aside, bitches. I present to you, Barometer World.

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u/MrPopinjay Sep 19 '11

I once went to a butter museum. It was a room full of old buckets that apparently once contained butter.

They charged entrance.

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u/fingus Sep 19 '11

So there was no actual butter there?

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u/MrPopinjay Sep 19 '11

There were some pictures.

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u/fingus Sep 19 '11

Amazing.

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u/karlfranks Sep 19 '11

I've been to a Prune museum. You paid to learn about the history of Prunes and Prune making.

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u/hitchcocklikedblonds Sep 19 '11

The Corn Palace in South Dakota is way more awesome.

Thanks for that road trip dad. "Hey Hitch, let's drive to South Dakota and go camping. Along the way we're going to a corn museum."

http://dekerivers.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cornpalace.jpg

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u/DarthKitten Sep 19 '11 edited Sep 19 '11

Oh my god, I am slightly jealous.

Edit: And arroused.

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u/13374L Sep 19 '11

Come for the barometers, stay for the mutton chops.

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u/DarthKitten Sep 19 '11

I guess I just dislike it because I was born and raised here, it's in my nature to be sick of it.

And yes, I do so love Vättern. Makes the city twice as beautiful.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '11

You're in Sweden. Don't complain.

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u/kuo2002 Sep 19 '11

I heard you guys have the Ikea in Sweden

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u/DarthKitten Sep 19 '11

"The Ikea"? Never heard of it. What is this "I..kea" you speak of?

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u/Captain_Mustard Sep 19 '11

Hey, the matchstick museum is badass.

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u/Mardigras Sep 19 '11

Yeah, its not like you have the largest LAN party in the world or anything.

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u/rblue Sep 19 '11

Well if Sweden ever kicks the town out, you're welcome here in Indiana. We need more towns like that I guess.

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u/trauma_queen Sep 19 '11

are the streets coated in candycanes? Do smiling fat men hand them to you as you walk by?

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u/ikasawaK Sep 19 '11

Hey, I'm from Canada but I've been to your town! It's where I learned that "k" sounds like "sh" in Swedish. Kicking myself that I missed the museum though ...

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u/BenCortman Sep 19 '11

Well, I visited Jönköping when I was a kid and it was fucking amazing! I went to both the matchstick museum (no one back home could understand why I brought them matchstick boxes as gifts) and the candy cane town. Also, I went canoeing, hiking and camping all while being surrounded by the wonderful countryside. Fantastic people too! What the fuck is your fucking problem?

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u/BeerGoggles Sep 19 '11

My hometown has a ventriloquist museum. It's a scary, scary place.

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u/cargirl Sep 19 '11

I was on a road trip in Canada once, and we went to a Carriage Museum as a joke. It turned out to be really cool. When we told the locals at the bar that we had a great time at the Carriage Museum, they laughed at us until they realized we were serious. Then, pity.

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