Fika - A meaning of life

While surfing the net and reading articles, I have reached a really strange word with no translation, Fika. What is Fika? Where is it from? Why is it important to the local people?

By definition, Fika is "having a break, most often a coffee break with people" . It is not just coffee break, it holds a larger significance to the tradition itself and to the local people. It is a social experience, setting aside the stress of work, school, and life to enjoy a quality time with friends, family, or even colleagues. It can be anywhere as well: home, cafe, work, etc. I have spoken to a lot of my Swedish friends and I have learned that they prefer getting Fika from Ikea - weird, huh! 

Imagine yourself walking down the street, you see a beautiful girl standing outside of a cafe, your first pickup line will be "Hey, you mind having a fika?" Swedes love Fika, they absolutely love it. Oh, forgot to say Fika is originated from Sweden, a relatively large country in Northern Europe. Swedes prefer not to have a translation for Fika, they wanna keep the significance and the traditional meaning of the word Fika, even more than the term "coffee break" alone.  

Swedes love sweet, haven't I told you that... Cakes, Cookies, name it yourselves. As statistic has shown, Swedes are amongst the top consumers of coffee in the world. Sweet can have a lot of different meaning but for Swedish, it can mean appreciation of good things in life. They even have their own recipe to make these type of sweet foods, showing their appreciation and the importance of fika to Swedes. 

Okay, look delicious, hmm!! Try it out for yourselves!!!