Hiss

That is, "elevator".  I think "hiss" was the first Swedish word I learned.  When we were looking for an apartment, finding a building with an elevator was important to us.  This was true for several reasons.  On major grocery trips, we have (what we refer to as a granny cart) full of 30-50 lbs. (or seemingly a lot more!!) of groceries.  Dragging that cart up a few flights of stairs is no fun.  For that matter, dragging any major purchases up several flights of stairs is no fun.  Also, ever the nurse, I think of the difficulty one would encounter if one should sprain their ankle etc. So it is nice to have it there as a "just in case".  Also, going up and down, and up and down, and up and down ~40 stairs with baskets of laundry can be a bit tiring.  Granted I often skip the elevator when doing laundry, but it is nice to have it there.  And lastly, some guests are glad to ride the elevator rather than do the climb.  And I am glad to have it available for them.  Anyway, as I said, we wanted an elevator.  The fact that our old building has a very cool elevator is a plus.

 

 

 

Inside the hiss.  Note that the Ground floor isw not the first floor.  The "1" floor is the American "2" floor etc.  A friend of mine from Stockholm came over and said that different regions of Sweden label it differently. 

 

 

Going up?