Name: How Sweden Learnt to Drive on the Right - City Country Culture
Uploaded: 2021-04-30T23:39:06.000+02:00
Duration: 470 s
Description: In 1967, Sweden flipped a switch: no longer would the country drive on the left like in the UK, it would drive on the right, like the rest of Europe. This simple change was a mammoth undertaking.

Et soudain, la Suède vire à droite

Schweden: Rechtsruck der besonderen Art

How Sweden Learnt to Drive on the Right

Kiedy Szwecja przeszła na ruch prawostronny

Quando la Svezia imparò la guida a destra

In 1967, Sweden flipped a switch: no longer would the country drive on the left like in the UK, it would drive on the right, like the rest of Europe. This simple change was a mammoth undertaking.

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In 1967, Sweden flipped from driving on the left to the right: a simple change was a mammoth undertaking

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