all the heavy tattooing:russian criminal tattoo
Whilst in Sweden (Gothenburg in particular), I noticed an extraordinarily high number of young people sporting extensive tattoos covering entire arms and legs... and also numerous exhibiting neck tattoos. I wonder, are young Swedes more heavily tattoo'ed than their American, British, French, Chinese, Japanese, or Australian counterparts? Or is it mainly a Gothenburg thing - all the heavy tattooing?
Aesthetically, I saw a great many tattoos with Asian or Metal inspired symbols and themes - particularly on the armbands and sleeves. One wonders if a lot of the Asian ink is inspired by Japanese tattoo? Incidentally, there is an exhibition of Japanese Tattoo in Gothenburg at the moment.