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I and my spouse are US citizens living in Sweden. We enjoy it very much. I could think of moving to Norway; similar enough culture, and I miss mountains. My spo
by dalke 6y ago
I and my spouse are US citizens living in Sweden. We enjoy it very much. I could think of moving to Norway; similar enough culture, and I miss mountains. My spouse could think of moving to Denmark, because of the better tasting food. Neither of us want to move back to the US.
As a difference, I didn't come here "with idealistic notions of what Sweden was supposedly like" because I visited the country for about 12 months in total, scattered over 7 years, before I decided to move. And I did long-term visits (up to 3 months at a time) in a few other places too, before deciding on moving here. Nor was my move because I fell in love with a Swede. (Though my spouse moved here after we got married.
The worst time for me was the lack of housing in Gothenburg, which made it impossible for us to find a place after we got married. (I had been renting a small room in someone else's apartment.) We moved to a small city without the nightlife or activities of the big city. I found it quite isolating. But for us, having kids connected us to a different part of the city.
Your situation sounds tough. I have no words of wisdom or insight. Kämpa på?
https://satwcomic.com/wiki/norway https://satwcomic.com/wiki/norway agrees with your views of Norway and nature.
- null_object 6y ago> Your situation sounds tough. I have no words of wisdom or insight... I wish I hadn't said I 'hated' living here - that was an unconsidered comment that really doesn't properly reflect how I feel. Let's say 'dislike'. There are other places I've lived that I'd prefer to move to, but I'm happy in my job and content with my home, and have a lot of good (mostly Swedish) friends, and to stay relevant to the thread, I love outdoor life (though to balance that, as others have mentioned, allemansrätt isn't as easy or all-encompassing as one is led to believe). I think the disillusion is a large part of my problem. And the fact I haven't seen sunshine for over 2,5 weeks...
- jacobush 6y agoI'm 100% in the "dislike" camp, right there with you. And the sun. And the never-ending rain and mud this time of year. (7-8 months.) Almost never snow. sigh