#6 Living Room Update & Why I Moved to Sweden (Q&A)

[@ViktorSarge]

I'm glad you're posting so often. Being in software myself remote work being normalized was the one positive thing that came out of the pandemic.

[@productionsfromhell7262]

Hej! I just found your channel, moved to Sweden myself a few years back. Broader Norrtäljie area but similar setup. Last house on the street, next to a lake, only weekend neighbours. I fully understand what you mean with regards to the people. In my experience there is a better service culture here. People working for the government know they are ultimatively working for you, so everyone really is supportive if you need anything (building permits, official documents, etc.). The mindset I was explained is called "lagom" which some people strife for. As far as I understand it, it means to acchive balance in yourself and your social circles. Also I think in Sweden due to the size and not being as crowded as Germany is, you find a more self-reliant setup of life here. Perhaps a last hint: Sweden offers great second hand shopping, whenever you see a sign for "loppis" take the time to stop and visit ;)

[@elinb1665]

Having been to Germany I understand what you mean with the food. In germany, even the smallest towns can have bakeries, restaurants etc. because people tend to go out and eat and drink beer a lot which sustains the businesses and keeps the prices down. Here, people rarely go out which makes it unviable to run places to eat and drink. To stay in business, they need to charge more which keeps people from going out so it’s a negative cycle (also alcohol is expensive due to tax reasons). A cultural difference as well as economical I suppose.

[@rikardhansson3596]

You nailed flytspackel.

[@AntKardano]

hey, fellow software developer here that also does construction on the side, I think a better idea instead of self-leveling stuff, because you already have a wooden floor would be to put a thin layer of OSB with screws to level out the floor and tie it togerther as well and you can put vynil on top of that.

[@smackaliciouz]

During the intro I was like this must be Värmland. Nailed it! Nice video my dude 👍 Stay strong

[@MyThoughtsOnPaperio]

Somehow these videos are so peaceful and they make me want to sleep.

[@PernillaLissmyr]

Where I grew up (north), people ate excellent home made food, but only at home. We went to a restaurant to eat out like once a year and then it was expected to be somthing exciting, like chinese. And fast food is generally a bit sad all over the country. But good food exists - in peoples houses. Try to get invited to your neighbours and I am sure they will cook you some great moose and potatoes.

[@nesip]

My biggest Respect David 🦁🦁

[@bert-akeeliasson5902]

Love your personality and attitude. Looking forward to follow you on your jurny. High quality video content and such lovely music! Thanks for sharing,

[@timmymelin3082]

Lovely. Du är en inspiration

[@peti03100]

Had to comment because I would have answered every question identically 😂 Still living in a big German city after 8 year and have been working remotely as a dev since Covid. Years passing by, but I don't wanna settle down here. Now I fell in love with Västmanland and have been learning Swedish for 2 years. One day soon! Good luck to you! :)

[@flibben]

So happy that you found you footing again and have the mental space to create videos about your journey. Very relaxing to watch, thanks for sharing :)

[@2xflex535]

Love your videos! You have a calm aura around you really know how to edit so i think your channel will get big! Keep up the good work and welcome to sweden

[@carlerngrund]

Really nice intro! Keep the nice work up man!

[@stiglarsson8405]

Thank you for explaining living in sweden/Värmland! Flytspackel.. its for modern buildings in a city.. avoid if you can.. accept that in old houses the floor do deviate.. even at different seasons! Its still this up in the north.. floors can be cold.. its easy to break those down.. and replace those with a half meter insulated floor, with floor heating! Its this it cost a lot.. slippers are cheaper! Or one suposed to build a new house at the same place!

[@AndyWoohoo666]

You said "flytspackel" very well and as a German I think you pick up Swedish very well. Edit: Thanks for coming back and making videos again.

[@stranofficial6654]

Love to see another Video David! Thanks for that! I am very excited for the next week.

[@omrmls]

love your vids!!

[@sophiamcl]

You are correct about the difference in the light. It has to do with how far north we are on the globe, which affects how the light travels through the atmosphere to reach us. From what I understand it is a bit more "blueish" than you would expect at the equator, for instance, and or position on the globe also means that the dawn and the twilight are more drawn out (also the times of day the light is at it's most beautiful, in my view). The twilight is also known as "blå timmen" - the blue hour" which creates special light conditions popular with photographers. (I'm not saying "the blue hour" is an exclusively Nordic designation, but it fits very well at our latitudes.)

[@BettyGo2024]

The lightning is unreal sometimes. One reason I suppose must be the angle of the sun ☀️ especially in autumn 🍁 the beauty is astonishing😊 great video

[@i.ehrenfest349]

Lightning or lighting?

[@MothezzzOff]

Hey, love yours vids man, I also moved to Sweden not too long ago but instead of the north I'm a bit under Stockholm but I totally get what you mean about the sun, slow pace and such, back in my home country (France) you had to do everything fast (well that's how it felt like for me) instead here you take your time and so for grocery shopping I love it, concerning fast food if I need to go to one I prefer going to MAX because if I remember correctly they use local food to make their burger and such but I totally get also the lack of variety sometime, but I love Sweden for it's landscape, literally the air and the tranquility

[@Jattebra-br2sz]

"I totally get also the lack of variety sometime": Nobodoy would assume that a French guy is going to Scandinavia due to the food there.

[@gablan1468]

What about life in smaller villages in France? I'm sure it's just as slow and relaxed.

[@robasik11]

Nice q&a, happy to have you here

[@ladycake1515]

Love your vids. I hope your renovation goes well in the future :)

[@Ummo2850]

Lovely, you’ve made a wise decision. You can put up a small flatlet on the property and your parents can come live their in serenity as well, away from the Now Germany and have a peaceful, safe living retirement.

[@MalekLamari]

Thanks for sharing. I can relate, I have been to both (Sweden and Germany) and stayed for some time. People in Sweden are much friendly and accept speaking English with foreigners, unlike the Germans.

[@fahmi_ghd]

ألمانيا حالتها متعبة ولت.. المشكلة ما تڨدش تعمل كيما السيد هذا و تعيش بروحك بعيد في بلاد ما تحكيش فيها حتى اللغة.. يولي الواحد يرجع لتونس خير و يعمل دار بعيدة عالحس في الشمال الغربي ولا الوطن القبلي

[@Paulg51-73]

Would be Poland or Hungary, Denmark for me. Sweden's in recovery and has a long way to go. All the best to you

[@hannaalexander2046]

Welcome to Sweden 😊

[@tobiasandersson4470]

I know exactly what you mean I live not to far away from you in Dalarna, having the same type of job working mostly remote from home. The nature is fantastic in this part of Sweden still not to far away from Arlanda or Gardemoen and the ”big world”. You never feel isolated. To me, you picked the perfect place to live your life!

[@Debbiescorner4206]

Glad i stumbled on your channel, i have binged watched all your videos. I would love to move to. Sweden some day too, after i have stayed in Japan for a while😊

[@Porformer]

How many Bugs are there in the Summer?😅

[@HeimirTomm]

Welcome to Sweden Daavind. Me and my family moved here ourselves about 8-9 years ago. I agree with a lot of your statements. It might seem funny to you but we actually moved to a warmer climate.... ;-) from Iceland.

[@Starfish2145]

Looks beautiful, but I couldn’t handle the mosquitoes in summer

[@SwedeReact]

Welcome to Sweden, i live in southern värmland.

[@TrueFisp112]

I admire your stamina. Greetings from Hammarö, southern part of Värmland (actually an island in the northern part of lake Vänern).

[@PeterBalko]

nice renovation, the music is kind of sad, perhaps you will do room renting after renovation for the sunrise sunsets weekend style ?

[@danielsalt363]

Honestly i really dont think you need to level the floor with flytspackel. Just a regular floating clickfloor on a thin foam should do the trick

[@SwedenAdventure]

I thought the same thing in the office and didn’t level it. In fact, it was quite level - but now the vinyl floor crackles when i’m walking over it and it’s driving me nuts 😭 I did use a thin layer of vinyl-foam for damping but it didn’t help.

[@serpserpserp]

@@SwedenAdventure maybe the floor needs a reinstall. I thought the crackling comes from it usually being misinstalled.

[@larsson85]

We dont have a strong restaurant culture in sweden, most people eat and make their own food at home, atleast in the rural side of Sweden. In a bigger town you could find some restaurants that are ok. But the usual small town just have take away pizza/burgers etc. You might wanna try Karlstad/Karlskoga/Kristinehamn/Örebro for some better luck but I'm not sure they are big enough.

[@arankin2914]

Is. that due to the price? Here in a Swedish speaking part of Finland, I often go to a local buffet restaurant for about 13 euros, all you can eat, homemade, organic. It's very delicious.

[@dimas.8300]

Dein Englisch ist sehr gut, vor allem die Aussprache. Ich bin auch Softwareentwickler, so ein Haus ist schon ein Traum. Arbeitest noch in einem deutschen Unternehmen?

[@abato_a]

love your journal. planning to move to Sweden few years down the road for the same reasons. how do you find it now almost 2 years later? any regrets?

[@tokslut]

And you drive a full size truck, nice! I bet we have more us cars here in Sweden that in Germany ;)

[@jocen3]

unfortunately its expensive to run a high quality restaurant, specially where you live. That's why you dont see many of them. It's easier in bigger cities but still hard.

[@African.Diaspora.InLondonUK]

i clicked because in UK. We say ' up north' for west midlands etc 😂. But i like your videos. I like suderburg in germany but its way too expensive.

[@Aceiolix]

if you find other old structures thats has almost falled apart - maybe on a akward place - In sweden you might need a permit to rasie buildings but the shack dont nned one since it were there long beforeany regulation

[@BeachHead79]

Good luck! Torsby is a little over an hour away from where I live. I live in Dalarna. A lot of people from Netherlands in my area. Great outdoors and nature. Affordable house prices, unless you go to Sälen, which is crazy.

[@streaming5332]

Why don't Germans smile.... love the renos in the countryside type videos, the mournful music goes with the Swedish gloom but all fits together.

[@TheDarkLandsMusic]

Germany went down hill in 2012 when the leader at that time opened the floodgates..

[@davidnorton5887]

Same everywhere in western europe.

[@milton527]

its the sameshit in sweden atleast in the outerparts of big cities

[@TheDarkLandsMusic]

@milton527 can't say I've noticed

[@hellebarde1450]

So what did You guys do against it? ;P

[@Paretozen]

Ah food. Just throw some potatoes and a vegetable mix in a large pot and let it simmer. Throw in some spices and herbs. Maybe some meat if you happen to catch some. That's really all a man needs. Anyways. I'm a software developer too, Netherlands, medium sized town, basically retired at current cost of living. Which feels a bit early at nearly 40 years old. So videos/channels like this trigger my fascination and inspiration. I've had my period of city life and all the things and culture that comes with it. But recently I've grown interest in geology. A gateway science to all that is Life. And a much more deep appreciation of what one could call mundane, which actually is not mundane at all once you start to understand it on a deeper level. Perhaps one day I'll join you too in the mountain forest, once the superficial cultural life stands in too much of a contrast with the deep appreciation of earth, nature, universe. Oh silly city life. Politics. I've found my way by accident and chance to be the HoA man of the apartment complex. Today the tasks are fixing a lock, intercom system and diagnose a potential busted sewer pipe. At the other side of the complex from where I live. I can imagine fixing your own house and your own problems must feel very rewarding. While I don't look forward to the scale that you have been dealing with, I do look forward to not being responsible for dozens of households.

[@YasminRamzan]

I hope you find someone lovely and get married and share your life with someone compatible. You are an eligible bachelor. Good things are coming your way. A new adventure. A new path. Undiscovered adventure

[@itisbuzztv]

How big is difference in price of housing in Germany vs Sweden? Is it like x1.5, or x2 bigger?

[@serpserpserp]

In the cities it is maybe 10-15% cheaper, I think living in the country side in Sweden vs the country side in Germany is where the real savings are, probably like 30-40%. But it looks like you have to be pretty self sufficient out in the country side in Sweden. Not sure about Germany.

[@fonsterruta163]

if sweden had german food it would be so much better indeed

[@fatarismo]

Warum nicht nach Ostdeutschland, wenn es hauptsächlich an den Immobilienpreisen liegt?

[@anilingus]

Close to Norway in other words.

[@hmoxh]

Only if you want to pay double the price for everything compared to sweden, and even more when it comes to some things (ie alcohol, cars and surely something I dont know of)

[@erlenddammen2174]

@@hmoxh But you normally also earn a bit more.

[@Sven...]

Att least you're in Sweden 🇸🇪 😂❤

[@avelinacorreia7439]

I love your house😊

[@lillfetisverige]

i have heard that 1 acre costs alot more in Germany,Netherlands etc.

[@tumarfa]

Have you seen some northern lights yet?

[@TheDarkLandsMusic]

wow.. what part of Sweden are you in. "hardly anybody in the big supermarkets" , we are down in a shithole in Kalmar County, it's manic, supermarkets are busy from opening to closing time 7 days a week, its that bad, we don't go out, the roads are busy, towns are proper rammed out...

[@erikjohansson4390]

4:02 great pronouns of the word!

[@erikwettergren1986]

Klart godkänd!❤

[@mamamaddiemoose]

My first thought when I got here was... Sooo many treees. And what do you mean food? You don't live of curry banana pizza yet? 🤣

[@Annini00]

"Cheaper in Sweden" 😵‍💫😵‍💫? I cannot afford a house, atleast where i live.

[@muamercukur9883]

Norrland är extremt billigt. Har sett villor i ex Sollefteå för 350k. Finns såklart undantag

[@Niinsa62]

The way you said flytspackel sounded 100 percent Swedish. So no, you didn't butcher it.

[@African.Diaspora.InLondonUK]

i clicked because in UK. We say ' up north' for west midlands etc 😂. But i like your videos. I like suderburg in germany but its way too expensive.