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Not the entire world, our child can get to school 3 km away on a bike without sharing the road with cars. There are bridges and tunnels, the bike road is physic

by Moru 4y ago

Not the entire world, our child can get to school 3 km away on a bike without sharing the road with cars. There are bridges and tunnels, the bike road is physically sepparated from car roads with trees and grass at all times. Except for the last bit in to school that is in a small single family house area with almost no traffic. (North Sweden)

CalRobert 4y ago
Would you be able to comment more? The northern Nordics in general look very interesting, particularly for having cool temperatures in future decades, but I worry it might not be easy to integrate as a non-nordic myself. Apparently Oulu, Finland has a good tech scene (not to suggest Sweden and Finland are the same, of course!! http://satwcomic.com/ http://satwcomic.com/ makes sure people know better :-) )
- Moru 4y ago
  Since most of the northern nordics consists of relocated southerners it should be no problem for you. I was working in a small village a few years, in the middle of nowhere. Talking to some old people long out of working age turns out most of them were from Stockholm or Finland moving up for work and got stuck. The unemployment numbers are lowest in the country at the moment. What is missing is a proper food culture, the new people are wrinkling their noses when the neighbours starts opening the herring boxes. And yes, it really smells as bad as they make it look like on youtube. If not worse. The bigger cities tries to keep the roads bikeable during winter but it can be a day or two in a row that you will have to take the bus to work because they just can't clear 40 cm snow before 7 am during a snowstorm from 200 km of bike roads.
  - CalRobert 4y ago
  - Symbiote 4y ago
    Have you tried it? I had a north-Swedish friend introduce me to surströmming, along with about 15 other people in Denmark, and most people agreed it was worth trying, but probably not something to eat more than once a year. (Prepare it properly, unlike pretty much all of the Youtube videos.)
- CRConrad 4y ago
  From a California / Ireland perspective, I suspect Sweden and Finland are, SATW notwithstanding, pretty much the same, culturally and economically. And from what I've seen (53 years living in Sweden and Finland) they're also internally pretty uniform on the North-South axis (e.g, our kid had an almost car-free bike route to school here in Helsinki), so you don't have to limit your search to just the northern parts.

by Moru 4y ago

CalRobert 4y ago

Would you be able to comment more? The northern Nordics in general look very interesting, particularly for having cool temperatures in future decades, but I worry it might not be easy to integrate as a non-nordic myself. Apparently Oulu, Finland has a good tech scene (not to suggest Sweden and Finland are the same, of course!! http://satwcomic.com/ http://satwcomic.com/ makes sure people know better :-) )

Moru 4y ago
Since most of the northern nordics consists of relocated southerners it should be no problem for you. I was working in a small village a few years, in the middle of nowhere. Talking to some old people long out of working age turns out most of them were from Stockholm or Finland moving up for work and got stuck. The unemployment numbers are lowest in the country at the moment. What is missing is a proper food culture, the new people are wrinkling their noses when the neighbours starts opening the herring boxes. And yes, it really smells as bad as they make it look like on youtube. If not worse. The bigger cities tries to keep the roads bikeable during winter but it can be a day or two in a row that you will have to take the bus to work because they just can't clear 40 cm snow before 7 am during a snowstorm from 200 km of bike roads.
- CalRobert 4y ago
- Symbiote 4y ago
  Have you tried it? I had a north-Swedish friend introduce me to surströmming, along with about 15 other people in Denmark, and most people agreed it was worth trying, but probably not something to eat more than once a year. (Prepare it properly, unlike pretty much all of the Youtube videos.)
CRConrad 4y ago
From a California / Ireland perspective, I suspect Sweden and Finland are, SATW notwithstanding, pretty much the same, culturally and economically. And from what I've seen (53 years living in Sweden and Finland) they're also internally pretty uniform on the North-South axis (e.g, our kid had an almost car-free bike route to school here in Helsinki), so you don't have to limit your search to just the northern parts.