A delegation of Swedish retirees from the twin town of Stromsund has been in Irkutsk for several days. The guests are learning how elderly Irkutsk residents live and relax, visiting social institutions, museums, Taltsy and Baikal. At a meeting at city hall they shared impressions and especially noted Irkutsk hospitality and friendliness.

A delegation of representatives of the association of elderly people and the national organization of pensioners of Sweden from the sister city of the municipality of Strömsund has been visiting Irkutsk for several days already. The Swedish pensioners came to the capital of Eastern Siberia to see how the elderly people of Irkutsk live and spend their leisure time.
The day before, they met with Deputy Mayor, Chairman of the Committee on Social Policy and Culture of the Irkutsk City Administration Igor Borisov. The meeting was also attended by Head of the Department of Health Care and Social Assistance to the Population of the Irkutsk City Administration Natalya Tarabana, and Head of the Tourism and International Activities Department Olga Seredkina.
Over the course of five days, the Swedish delegation met with representatives of the regional branch of the All-Russian public organization “Union of Pensioners of Russia,” visited the Irkutsk War Veterans Hospital, the Markov Gerontological Center, and took part in the regional event “Children of War.” As part of the cultural program, the pensioners from Strömsund visited museums in Irkutsk, Taltsy, the nerpinarium, and Lake Baikal.
At the meeting, the Swedish pensioners shared their impressions of Irkutsk.
Almost all of them unanimously admitted that the strongest impression on them was made by the hospitality and friendliness of Irkutsk. “And you also have a lot of strong and intelligent women,” noted Inger Gidlof, a member of the national organization of pensioners of the municipality of Strömsund.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk City Administration