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The Car Park Lift

Levels, tickets and never remembering where you parked.

The parking-garage lift, minus two: the lost-car crisis (vilket plan parkerade vi på? — ta en bild på skylten), the payment archaeology (automat, app, and the extinct kontanter), the sensory review of every garage (avgaser, iskallt), the exit logistics with the trolley that won't fit — and the chivalrous split: jag hämtar bilen, vänta vid ingången.

Image of a parking garage with a bilingual lift sign and city backdrop.
Photo: CK Seng on Pexels
  1. 1

    Vilket plan parkerade vi på?

    Which level did we park on?

    Tip: plan = level in a car park

  2. 2

    Plan minus två.

    Level minus two.

    Tip: Underground levels are counted down

  3. 3

    Jag har glömt var bilen står.

    I've forgotten where the car is.

    Tip: stå is used for parked vehicles

  4. 4

    Ta en bild på skylten.

    Take a photo of the sign.

    Tip: The advice everyone ignores

  5. 5

    Den står nära hissen.

    It's near the lift.

    Tip: Reassuring yourself

  6. 6

    Var betalar man?

    Where do you pay?

    Tip: man for the general you

  7. 7

    Det står en automat vid hissen.

    There's a machine by the lift.

    Tip: betalautomat = payment machine

  8. 8

    Man betalar i appen.

    You pay in the app.

    Tip: EasyPark and similar are standard

  9. 9

    Har du växel?

    Do you have change?

    Tip: växel = change, coins

  10. 10

    Ingen använder kontanter längre.

    Nobody uses cash any more.

    Tip: Very true in Sweden

  11. 11

    Hur länge har vi stått här?

    How long have we been here?

    Tip: Working out the fee

  12. 12

    Första timmen är gratis.

    The first hour is free.

    Tip: Common at shopping centres

  13. 13

    Det luktar avgaser i hissen.

    The lift smells of exhaust.

    Tip: avgaser = exhaust fumes

  14. 14

    Det är iskallt här nere.

    It's freezing down here.

    Tip: här nere = down here

  15. 15

    Vilken utgång tar vi?

    Which exit are we taking?

    Tip: utgång = exit

  16. 16

    Åk upp till gallerian.

    Go up to the shopping centre.

    Tip: galleria = shopping centre

  17. 17

    Kundvagnen får inte plats.

    The trolley won't fit.

    Tip: kundvagn = shopping trolley

  18. 18

    Lämna vagnen här.

    Leave the trolley here.

    Tip: There's usually a rack by the lift

  19. 19

    Jag hämtar bilen.

    I'll bring the car round.

    Tip: hämta = to fetch

  20. 20

    Vänta vid ingången.

    Wait by the entrance.

    Tip: Out of the rain