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How Does Fika Work?

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At work, fika is a casual break where you have coffee and sometimes cake, meet and chat with your colleagues in a casual setting It’s important for getting to know your colleagues on a more personal level – as well as providing a well-deserved break to reinvigorate your mind before the next task. How long … Read more

What Is Fika Time?

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Nowadays, the Swedes generally take two fika breaks a day: once in the mid-morning, and again around 3 p.m. The word fika actually derives from the 19th-century slang word for coffee, kaffi. It’s pretty simple: Invert the word kaffi, and you get fika. What does fika time mean? Fika is a concept, a state of … Read more