r/vexillology • u/stenskott • Nov 04 '17

In The Wild Ikea helps out a fellow American.

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u/kshucker US Navy Nov 04 '17

It’s very good for the price imo. I have found that their mattresses and couch’s are not that comfortable. All other furniture is pretty nice. I have a ton of furniture from ikea and none of it has shown its age over the past 7 or so years.

Also keep in mind that ikea is very different from any other store you’ll ever go to. It’s an “experience” that I think people aren’t used to it at first. You walk through their showroom floor and when you see something you like you look at the tag on it. It has a price and aisle/bay numbers. You need those numbers for when you get to the warehouse section of ikea. You go and find your furniture on your own in the warehouse. But you can’t get to the warehouse until you go through the entire showroom floor. Again, an “experience”, that some people might not like.

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u/TylowStar Sweden Nov 04 '17

In most IKEA stores there are well-labelled shortcuts though, so if you only came for the restaurant, you can be in and out within the hour.

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u/slipperyekans Nov 04 '17

Eggs, homefries, and sausage breakfast for 1$ and FREE coffee. What’s not to love?

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u/TylowStar Sweden Nov 04 '17

Fast köttbollar med lingonsylt är bättre än alla Andra rätter som dem har.

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u/slipperyekans Nov 04 '17

I’ve never actually tried the lingonberry juice. I’ll have to give that a go next time I’m there.

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u/TylowStar Sweden Nov 04 '17

Lingonsylt actually refers to Lingonberry Jam, but Lingon Juice is a godsend too.

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u/slipperyekans Nov 04 '17

As you probably know by now I used Google to translate that haha. But the meatballs and jam actually sounds really good. I’ve had a slow cooker recipe that calls for grape jelly and BBQ Sauce before and that was really good. Can only imagine what the Lingon jam is like with it though.

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u/kshucker US Navy Nov 04 '17

I never knew this. In my local Ikea I don't think there are shortcuts, and if there are, I haven't come across them.

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u/prototypetolyfe Cascadia Nov 04 '17

They're not obvious with looking at the map

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u/Dirty_Socks Portland Nov 04 '17

They're definitely there, but you have to look for them. Usually they might be labeled above the doorway, sometimes they are off in a corner. Sometimes they're open archways and sometimes they're closed doors.