My Swedish house

What is it like living in a small village in the Swedish countryside? Check out my video as I show you around the simple house we bought at half the price of the houses in the city. The area around the house is beautiful with a fairytale castle and beautiful lakes. The Swedish countryside has some of the best quality of living in Sweden and I am taking full advantage of it.

[@Kim-J312]

I have radiators in my 115yr old apt . It runs off a boiler it so far has been most efficient for warmth . Since its apt I have no control over setting the temp . Our bolier gets turned on oct 15th to may , I live in cold/ snowy state in the US. Ive had previously had electric heat=$$😮, furnace heat=meh ,so far boiler w radiators has been best .

[@gunlindblad5202]

Ooo, do not take out the radiators! The airheaters are crap. It is noisy and doesn’t work when it gets cold. Make shore to put in a heatingsystem that work with the radiators. Nice village and house I wood get in touch with a company that work with air-water heatpump, you can just google companies, for example nibe… it is not that expensive. What you need to be clear of is that it is made for this climate.

[@cynic7049]

Yes, better to heat the water for the radiators with something else than electricity. But still those kind of radiators is probably the best way to keep the temperature in a house (that or a few "kakelugnar").

[@bernardopros1736]

Nice video!! I would love to see a video talking more about your daily life and work! It would be awesome :)

[@doreenclark279]

Wow Wow Wow what a wonderful life Russ you are Amazing ❤🎉

[@Daniel_Oberg]

Gr8 one Mr! 🤜🏻

[@NickHiltermann]

You have a knack for finding beautiful parts of the world, Russell! Good to see you doing DIY despite being in the land of IKEA! Keep well, my friend!

[@perkunlitewski]

Great video, but I have a question. I do have family in southern Sweden, they escaped Poland during Russian occupation, I know that Poland is thinking about similar kind of law like in Sweden/Finland regarding bunkers(I know that in Sweden block of flats above certain m2 have specialyaddapted basements) not to mention Finland What about Swedish countryside which is full of wooden houses? I've heard Sweden can hide 70-80%of population. Are there any local bunkers/fallout shelter or alternatively does Sweden refund building one. Thank You sorry for the long question, but Eastern Ukraine looks like the Moon.

[@igeekling]

The building of bunkers thong was a cold war era. Where you could get a subsidy for including a public bunker in your building. So a lot were built even in rural areas.. And they are still around. Even if most are used for things like storage for now. But that program stopped decades ago. There are no new ones built today and haven't been since something like the early eighties

[@perkunlitewski]

@@igeekling Ok txs for clarifying that definitely I've seen a lot of so called storage conversions...., I guess Poland is most likely looking at Swedish cold war solutions and current ones in Finland. You live in a nice area! Kind Regards!

[@igeekling]

@@perkunlitewski being able to use the space for your own purpose during peace time was part of the deal. Since a lot of them are in private properties, With the provision to be able to turn into a public bunker in 24 hours. Of course as many, perhaps most even, have changed ownership over the last half century since they were built. It is questionable how many of the current owners are even aware of that whole this room in the basement is a public bunker and require being able to function as such with a 24 hour notice. And you as the property owner are responsible for that to happen.

[@perkunlitewski]

​@@igeekling Absolutely (24-hour notice, etc.), but I believe public awareness is growing alongside the looming threat from the East. In case you weren't aware, Poland is currently experiencing sabotage attacks(arson a.). Migrants are being trained in Russia by the Wagner Group and then pushed across the Belarusian border. Here's hoping Sweden can avoid a similar situation, as wooden buildings would unfortunately be even more vulnerable to such attacks.

[@trjberg]

There are an old series about the Swedish planning and preparation for war during the cold war. You may be interested in that. Here is a reaction series to that with english subtitles: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGLdpGWCm6mWbs0si=5LB9IvKjebWBMNuN