June is the first of the three months when it's theoretically possible to lay on the beach.
People wait for this. The shorter the summers are, the more outdoor activities people try to squeeze in during the only warm months, in our case june, july and august. Icelanders know this too.
There's a saying, kind of a lame cliche, that "there's nothing like the swedish summer". The Killing gang once did that line, in a new year's eve party scene. "Sweden is horrible this time of the year, but there's nothing like the swedish summer."
And... it's kind of true. When nordic air meets sunny and warm weather, it's a rare win-win situation.
And let me say that the nights are the best. In the Stockholm part of the country, there's no mosquitos either. Only perfect air.
The beginning of the month explodes with several mass hysteria-kind of events:
* The Stockholm Marathon, if it's not held in may.
* The national football team play, at least every second beginning of june. (2009: Sweden vs Denmark. 2011: Sweden vs Finland.)
6 The national day.
In 2010, the oldest royal kid got married in june, the 19th. It's not impossible we will see a "June Wedding 2" and "3" in the near future.
Between june 21-24 it's midsummer, and, we can put it like this: of the locals, it's not the winners who celebrate midsummer in the city. Those with money invade their cottages in the archipelago.
But, all this with "good swedish summers" only apply if the weather is GOOD.
It actually is possible getting more disappointed at a summer than at a february, depending on expectations.
Come to think of it, it's only like every... third summer that qualify as GOOD summers.
