Brooms and Mops

When we moved to Sweden we, of course, had to figure out what to bring.  Believe me when I say that it never occurred to us that it would be impossible to get the type of broom and mop that we are used to using.

What are we used to using?  Items like the following are typical in the U.S.

Here in Sweden, these items are essentially impossible to find.  

Instead, this is what we find: 

 

[these are around 3 feet (one meter) tall.]

and 

   

Ho hum...

And so what did we do?  

Well for a broom we found a shoulder height (on me) mini push broom.

And for a mop - I brought one (all but the pole) in my suitcase.  

Yup.  

I did.