Hey guys!
So today we're going to IKEA
Because that's an adventure in my eyes
I'm here with my friend Mary
She's very nice, she can drive
That's pretty much why she's here
We're listening to High School Musical
Just having a good time
Yeah, let's go
So I've just been informed that there are some parts of Canada where you have to drive for 8 hours to get to an IKEA
Saskatoon
Saskatoon?
Didn't know that was a place
Rule number one of IKEA
Is don't come when everyone else is coming
Because you will not find parking and you will spend ages struggling
We're here on a Thursday at 11am
Soooo everyone's probably at work
Okay so we've made it to IKEA
It's very windy, it's a very unpleasant day
Welcome to the UK
There are some parts of the world where they don't have IKEA
Did you know that there are only 26* countries where they have IKEA
So this is IKEA
It's a Swedish furniture shop which is famous for selling cheap furniture that you take home in flat packs and put together yourself
As you enter IKEA you see loads of different rooms which are designed with the furniture that they have to sell
I think it's fun to go through them and imagine if you'd like to live in a house like that
For example, I'm not too keen on this living room, I don't really like the colours
What do you guys think?
Look they've glued these shut
So you don't steal their damn biscuits
To buy from IKEA you steal a little pencil like this one
And you write down the serial number for the items you want
And at the end of your shop you pick up the flat pack with the same serial number from the storage room
I'll show you guys the storage room soon
So now that we're all pretty much on the same page about what IKEA actually is
Let's get on with some fun facts
Apparently IKEA is building it's own town near London
Which will contain shops, schools, theaters, a hotel and flat pack housing for 6,000 people
What the hell like who thought of this, like who made... Who made this up?
Mary is loving these shower curtains, look at her
Here's another one for ya
In Sweden, IKEA's a pretty big deal
Like I can't really remember going to anyone's house and not seeing anything from IKEA
There are even IKEA busses which are specifically designed to take you into IKEA
To those of you who complain about getting lost, there are literally arrows like this everywhere
Like what are you doing? Just look down
Look at this nerd she doesn't even realise she's being recorded
Idiot
Even though I don't really buy furniture
I actually have a lot of fun going to IKEA
I really love going through everything and just looking at all the different rooms
I don't really know why, maybe I'm a boring person
Okay but look at this your mind is about to be blown
What the hell
It's a Transformer lamp
Whaaat
Ugh, none of this stuff is gonna be as cool as THAT
So this is like a compact apartment
So it's specifically made for really small flats
And it shows like all these little....
Like it's a tiny place but there's actually lots of stuff in it
It's pretty clever
Okay so listen to this
The store was originally founded in 1943
By a 17 year old
What, I'm 19 and I haven't done anything
I'm wearing pyjamas right now
Here's a nice one for you
Through it's partnership with Save The Children and UNICEF
IKEAs provided over 12 million kids in 46 countries with better schools, teachers and learning materials
That's nice
That's rude
Then you get to my favourite section which is the kids section, full of toys! Yeah!
This was our main reason for coming, these meatballs are delicious
Here is that storage room that we talked about
It's where you find all the flat packs with all the numbers you've written down
Here's a fun fact
For a very short time I lived in a town called Lycksele
You're about to see it, about to see it
Whaaat
That right there, Lycksele
I'm pretty much a celebrity now
And then you go and you stand in very long queues for hours
Unless you're a genius like us and come when no one else's come
Then you get to the second food section, which is my favourite section of all of IKEA
In Sweden during Easter, instead of getting chocolate eggs we get these cardboard eggs and fill them with sweets ourselves
This is where I spend most of my money, I love this section, it brings me back home
It's got all the things I really miss except that ew
In Sweden it's normal for kids to have sweets on Saturdays
We call it "lördagsgodis"
Pick and mix is a pretty big deal in Sweden
So that's pretty much it for today's video
It's very windy, it's very unpleasant
I hope you enjoyed it, let me know if you want me to make more videos like this
Thank you, bye!