The Suburbs of Stockholm

The suburbs of Stockholm are not very interesting, but perhaps just interesting enough for you to watch a 8 min video about them. I hope you enjoy it ^^
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[@MercStrider]

Legit appreciate these kind of videos. Everyone always shows sweden in the most picturesque locations with bright sunlight. So this is much more honest

[@jameshobbs]

even the "bad" places in Sweden aren't really

[@MercStrider]

@@jameshobbs I think you're right, just that Sweden is overly depicted as some kind of utopia in foreign media. (Or a hell hole if they're describing Malmo)

[@erik....]

@@jameshobbs some are bad in the sense that they are taken over by muslims and have lots of welfare fraud, homophobia and so on.

[@Sara-ny5od]

Well, like the lad mentioned, he is filming a video of the suburbs of Sweden, where most tourists would not go, unless of course they know a swedish person living in those suburbs - Paz S

[@Foghorn8]

I love your Sweden videos. I also like seeing the more boring parts of cities that you don’t often get to see.

[@twotoneschlegel5153]

Jag älskar dina videor om sverige! Jag är en amerikan och jag vill flytta till sverige. dina videor hjälper mig att lära mig mer om Sverige. Jag lärt mig svenska för 3 år. I can’t wait to be fluent!

[@mohamedatef2383]

Det var jättebra, jag hoppas att du uppnå ditt mål jag också lär mig svenska närvarande och jag ska flytta till Sverige snart för arbete!

[@RockNRoll-wb8fn]

KOM INTE TILL SVERIGE, LANDET ÄR PÅVÄG MOT UNDERGÅNG

[@ykjali]

just wanna tell you beforehand dude, you already know way more swedish than the americans that have lived here for 10+ years, keep going!

[@nystemy]

The suburbs of Stockholm are indeed an interesting mix. And yes that feeling of riding the tube all the way across town to step out in a place looking much the same as from where one left is always an interesting feeling. Also fun how the city is a bit oddly arranged, like there are high density housing scattered about a bit everywhere, surrounded by low density housing filling in the gaps. Also sad that we are loosing our forested areas, from the outside they seem fine, until one takes 4 steps in and notice how a new housing area has been built smack in the middle of the forest, turning it into this thin strip... But yes, outside of the city center there often is little to see. Unless one wants to go on a tour of the largest art exhibition in town and visit every subway station to look at their unique art installations. Or perhaps take a look at the Sweden Solar System, however then one has to go the way to Kiruna to have seen it all, but at least it starts in Stockholm.

[@theonlyalecazam2947]

Way better designed than US suburbs. Train station with food and multifamily housing 👍

[@starletssecrets]

Was bamboozled by that atrocious Brutalist house in the middle of the Svensson villas

[@elspethfougere9683]

Actually so ingeresting. Die hard young royals fan obsession lead to actual curiosity about daily life, and thinking more culturally and specifically about actual swedish friends in my life and actual swedish language, so actual houses and suburbs is actually so interesting! Thank you 😊 also, really chuffed for you to be back in japan where your heart seems happiest! Well done ☺️

[@Livingincoastalsandiego]

Im a real estate agent in California and want to start my own KZbin channel. This is the type of content I'd love to make and talk about. You're the man, keep creating content Slappee! 🤙

[@davidowen2396]

"The Ones That All Look The Same"...my ideal type of neighbourhood..green and leafy but reasonably high density...no pretensions around social class..creativity can take place within the 4 walls. Think it's too easy to dismiss the suburbs but we will see a new Bohemia emerging in them I think...inner cities are now for the rich kids who buy an image for themselves.

[@sharojke]

Hey Fish! Thank you for this video. It was very informative. Actually it's very interesting to see the possible residences of living of people who want to move to Sweden. And honestly, I'd even like to hear and watch more about it. Congratulations on getting to Japan by the way!

[@Katie1219.]

Please upload more videos! It’s like a boost of antidepressants for me 😂

[@Гражданемира-э3й]

I laugh 😂 every time I watch your videos. Great sense of humor combined with very clear explanations. 🎉

[@alexandrablendea7841]

I really like this video. Cause i like to see other parts of a capital. So yes to many more Sweden videos. ❤

[@meanmanturbo]

Funny thing for me looking at the Äppelviken houses. I grew up on the in rural Småland (southern Sweden) and I don't really think those houses look that fancy. Like people living in the first type of suburb could probably afford those types of houses where I grew up. Well, minus the private helicopters.

[@KarinMaja123]

0:01 THAT WAS MY OLD HOUSE NEAR MY BROTHERS SCHOOL AND ICA OMGGG

[@Kiwiio]

As always, another fun video!!! Cant wait for the next one :)))))

[@leozebiLeonArmy]

slappee, i mean you can appreciate many aspects of the relaxing soothing beautifully architectured homes in the suburbs. I feel like, generic tourists would not enjoy it, but if you live life in a spontaneous way you will experience something different. as this goes to every part of our earth.

[@madinkos]

congrats on the move to Japan! It is an interesting video for people living outside of Sweden, I believe.

[@edwardbrown3721]

To me it's interesting because some family members lived in exile in Sweden during the 70s/80s/90s, so getting a feel for it is interesting

[@mahpimbo9943]

Have been living in a Swedish Suburb for the past year and wondered why it all looked like a copy pasted Garry's Mod map. Thank you.

[@TonyTheYouTuba]

A wild Slappee appears. Looking forward to both Sweden and Japan videos

[@ewilson8504]

I was in Stockholm a couple of weeks ago, after taking the train in from Copenhagen, and I was surprised at the many apartment buildings lining the countryside, instead of single family housing. But I think you do a good job of not only showing a lot of single family homes in your video, but you also explain why so many apartment houses do exist in the suburbs.

[@visi7891]

love your commentary. so hilarious. so worth it

[@emelie3627]

I'm so happy to see that you brought your Fluffis Fisk to Japan 😍

[@ytqclys]

Stockholm suburbs are different from US suburbs, less sprawling, with more communal spaces. By comparison, central Stockholm feels pretty similar to Manhattan.

[@David-yx5uq]

Thanks muchly for that. Cdn expat now norwegian with a number of years in Finland and over 30 yrs in Norway. Nice to see the subtle differences. Good luck in Japan.

[@anthonyallen5416]

Thanks for making this! You give an amazing perspective.

[@chegeny]

I like your channel. Thanks for the tour of suburban Stockholm. I like that you discussed the housing shortages after the war. Big differences between Östermalm and Fittja.

[@yumonions]

One question, why does the poor suburb type look much better than our better ones? 😢 Loved the video, good job!

[@thomasalbrecht35]

WHAT???????????????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Ok-tl1dv]

To be honest he showed the cleanest parts of tensta in the video

[@elgordobully]

Your commentary is great! Honest with a lil sailor's mouth, right up my alley. "nipple hardening" quality content.

[@paolazuffinetti]

Your videos are very interesting and well made. Thanks👏

[@helenivanova5440]

As a big fun of cosy areas with small houses who lives in metropolis of St.Petersburg, Russia, i would have tons of pleasure strolling in any suburbs depicted in this video. Except maybe this small part of Saudi Arabia within Stockholm.

[@ivyparado3409]

Happy youre back in Japan! 🙂

[@leffes6726]

Good video, you should buy a drone and record the buildings from the sky, would be an interesting perspective.

[@imhellag]

love the humor and irreverent tone :D

[@Comrade_Tux]

These Suburbs look so nice compared to the single family housing hellscape of north america Suburbs.

[@thomasalbrecht35]

‘Murica

[@morriskaller3549]

as someone who lives in a suburb to stockholm, yeah i really appreciate being able to walk to the store and go out for drinks without having to drive back.

[@DylanRoberts7]

As someone who lives in Atlantic Canada I would completely agree. The convenience of being able to easily bike, walk or hop on a quick bus ride to get something to eat or some groceries while for the most part avoiding single family suburbia that expands in all directions where every road leads to more nothingness, this is a big improvement imo. Of course both single family suburbia and dense housing like most of the housing we see in this video are important but dense housing is something we really aren't utilizing very well in my city until very recently.

[@juliechen7733]

YAY, you're back in Japan!!! Happy for you :)

[@virtualstockholm]

Excellent video! Thank you for sharing 👍👍👍

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Fika is actually Coffee spelled backwards. As for the suburbs I mostly agree, but eg Danderyd was concidered a "no go zone" 10 years ago or so

[@fikujez]

I think some suburbs are very mixed. Like around Jakobsberg you've got fancy expensive houses with gardens in the west, and more poor-to-middling areas in the centre and the east.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

@@fikujez Absolutely. When I grew up in Tyresö, there were two problematic areas: Bollmora and Alleplan with lots of alcoholism, crime, and drugs, but in-between them was an area of nice houses, well educated parents, and children playing on the treets late at night with no worries.

[@ProductDesignKF]

the 14 million dollar is why i liked this video, also the eeffoc joke lol

[@javierjimenez6594]

I enjoyed the video a lot. Thank you.

[@me-cfs-strategiesforhealing]

I've read that there are loads of grenades being thrown around in some Stockholm suburbs! You risked your life to make this video for us! A great watch as always and good luck with your new chapter in Japan :)

[@driftertravels928]

Hello Fish Slappee…Cool videos. I will visit Stockholm soon and staying in suburb called Sundbyberg…it is a safe area and are there interesting things to see and do? Cheers!

[@stream2watch]

I'd say these suburbs are very interesting if you are interested in architecture or design or minimalism.

[@damonmelendez856]

suburbs look like Germany- which at least has the war as an excuse, what were the Swedes thinking when they built those heinously ugly contraptions?

[@samhynninen]

You should come to Finland - most lower end suburbs here could be mistaken for Chernobyl and Pripyat.

[@damonmelendez856]

@@samhynninen yikes! My humble advice: spend money to fix up the country before throwing it away to import Africans?

[@fillezzo]

Money, always money. It's cheaper.

[@klas7988]

Functionalism. They were more fans of practicality effectiveness etc.

[@kappatwn6307]

I always found it interesting to visit such neighbourhoods and see how regular people live, especially in the countries that are considered rich like Sweden. Usually when I hear locals describe these places they always sound maybe not ungrateful but they certainly describe it as dull, sad and even depressing. And maybe that's true to some extent and that's how you guys see them, but being born and raised in Russia that's completely not what I see. When I see these places I always think how the buildings are clean and in almost perfect condition, how there is usually good street infrastructure etc. Like if you visit an average Russian suburb (or an average suburb in many other Eastern European countries) you'll see how much dirtier everything is, how buildings, sidewalks and basic infrastructure are waaay shittier.

[@Iam.SpiritMpumi]

I want to visit sweden for a month and loved the Älvsjö district of Stockholm. Would you care to refer any affordable apartments

[@persianeyes16]

The “poor” suburbs look like middle class neighborhoods in the US 😂 Come to the US and see what real poverty looks like in a “first world” country

[@Ok-tl1dv]

To be fair he showed the nicer parts of tensta

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

@@Ok-tl1dv SO how does poverty look and is there poverty in sweden

[@Ok-tl1dv]

@@Bell_plejdo568p there isn’t poverty in sweden like there is poverty in the us. But there are many areas that are neglected and segregated where a lot of the poor people live. They are known for high crime rates with sweden having one of the highest crime rates in europe and the second highest explosion rate in the world. The buildings in the video where relatively newly renovated which is why they look cleaner and nicer. But the renovations where controversial because it increased the rents leading to the residents having even harder times paying them

[@Bell_plejdo568p]

@@Ok-tl1dv how dies poverty in Sweden look like

[@Ok-tl1dv]

@@Bell_plejdo568p most of the poor people come from foreign backgrounds such as somalia, iraq etc. Sweden is a country with relatively rich people which creates a very big gap between the immigrants and the native swedes. This leads to those different groups being segregated because the poor areas is only left for the immigrants. Due to many immigrants not knowing the language, not having any money and no education they find it hard to find jobs and make ends meet. This leads to many of the 2nd generation immigrants to resort to crime such as drug-dealing

[@bepivisintainer2975]

I like your video about Sweden, swedish language and culture. Make more please

[@TheHunter2]

make a part II video and come to Tyresö. Nicest suburban area I think as it has a lot of beautiful nature. I'll give you a bike tour if you ever come to these parts mate :)

[@ishanstud1]

Try to come to Rimbo! Really pretty and gives perfect suburban feel. PS: Still waiting on the road trip! 😅

[@jakobholzwarth1544]

I think the lamellhus look much nicer than milonprogram boxes.

[@slmtpln]

I am fan of this guy ❤

[@roksanabanasiak9964]

Same! 😁

[@ll06040]

Can you tell us about the idea of Lagom?

[@lockpickrogue-yc5wc]

After moving to America, I kind of miss how tight knit everything is Stockholm. More incentive to walk and take in the surroundings instead of driving.

[@anubisswift]

Is turkish doner the top street food?

[@Swedey]

Good old Älvsjö-Hägersten suburbs. I think.

[@Michael-Rosen]

Hoodsen? Det heter väl orten?

[@user-frek2023]

that still looks really nice for being the poorer zones

[@Nehawes]

I'm from Vällingby 🤙 lived in Husby and Tensta

[@MrZloodie]

Gör en video om Skarpnäck, passar inte in i någon av dina förortstyper! Bra video !

[@urbansgarbagechannel3587]

I’m gonna be moving to Europe after college it’s where ever I get a audio job really and luckily unlike Norway I could get a audio assistant job in Sweden due to larger population ): I wish I could get a job in Norway due to the extreme metal scene dang😢

[@artvandellay4088]

Great video! Questions: Why do Swedes likes Thai food so much? Where do Volvo drivers live in Stockholm? Are their areas of Stockholm you are afraid to walk around? What cheese do Swedes eat?

[@hattivat]

I'm not Swedish but I live in Stockholm and based on the video I can give you the answer to question 3: Nope. At 5:27 you see him walking around and recording in Tensta, which is probably the worst, most crime-ridden place in Stockholm, definitely top 3 worst areas. As for cheese, there are four categories of Swedish cheese in my view: - cheap yellow cheese like Hushållsost and Gouda, probably the most common, sold in blocks (it seems only immigrants buy pre-sliced cheese here) and then cut using an osthyvel - fancier yellow cheese like Präst or Greve, and particularly the king of this category, Västerbottensost. The first two taste like Maasdamer with a hint of Cheddar, the last one is closer to Parmesan; these are always sold in triangular blocks and cut using an osthyvel - blue cheese, Ädelost, surprisingly popular to the point where it is even a popular flavour of cream cheese - Kvarg, if you count it as cheese; it technically is cheese but feels and is used more like greek yoghurt

[@KalleJillheden]

Volvo drivers live on farms, together with their gang of topless beer belly buddies, and sulking about their upcoming car inspection because they cant affort that replacement part, and dreaming about a life where they just got a saab instead.

[@_jen_z_]

3:00 don't miss out a pizza place ))

[@kevaevans8207]

How do you like Tokyo?

[@oskar6607]

I think you’re wrong about these suburbs “not being that interesting.” For people interested in architecture and history they are very interesting. First there are the early suburbs built during the turn of the last century. Often as housing for workers (Sundbyberg), middle class (Enskede, Mälarhöjden, Bromma) and the wealthier (Djursholm, Saltsjöbaden). These have lots of interesting and beautiful buildings and areas (even though the author of this video seems to have a massive class chip on his shoulder). Also failed to explain the history of why and how these different areas were build the way they were built. For example how the socialist government of Stockholm used the expansion of the subway system to expand their communal housing programme (miljonprogrammet) and ownership by the socialist-controlled public housing companies.

[@Woodfekker]

I want to add ”Art Project” suburbs to the list (a.k.a Jakobsberg & Barkarbystaden)

[@diegolanzos5456]

7:02 Some of them are not safe anymore, you mean you can be robbed or something like that? I mean, most people like to go spend their money few days a year to know the fancy parts of a place, but in my opinion this is equally important to visit at least once, after all, they are part of your place and culture, as smaller cities and towns.

[@wiggostockhaus8712]

Jävligt kul att huset på videon vid 3:59 är min granne😅

[@dugalcedo]

hey, american living in tullinge (suburb of stockholm or suburb of sö'rtälje? no one knows) :) love your videos

[@arturovillalobos336]

The all look the same, "in whole Sweden".... Best regards from México City.

[@peaelle42]

my gawd. i was wondering why i simply don't bump into cool honest people in stockholm. cause they moved to japan.

[@natvgerkin]

Nice. More Sweden.

[@vx8431]

Just a side note not all of miljonprogrammen are poor certain areas of some are wealthier than others yet mostly migrants or people like me halfies or second generation. I for example live in the outskirts of Hjulsta and it's not bad if you mind your own buisness and behave yourself like be polite to elders and not being scared of brown people. I like this look on why people in general don't visit where most of us live and the dunking on Äppelviken because fuck they are too wealthy for their own good.

[@KazumaSatouReal]

1:55 Lmao

[@mystiqo]

Nice! time to meet pewdiepie in japan!

[@weetikissa]

Hilarious how everything looks like a carbon copy of Helsinki’s suburbs.

[@KazumaSatouReal]

I feel like its hard to be poor in Sweden

[@HarmonyGraceElohim]

Depression, wow.

[@AifosViruset]

Good video, but you exaggerated the wealth of the people living in the wealthy suburbs. Sure some houses are crazy expensive, but a lot of people bought them before they got that expensive or inherited them from parents or grandparents who did. To have a chauffeur or helicopter would be extremely rare, rather the mpst expensive things these people indulge in would be be things like a pool, trip to Thailand or BMW.

[@Sara-ny5od]

Wow! Those houses where you mentioned the immigrants live are VERY NICE apartments. They do NOT look impoverished at ALL!! You should see REAL impoverished homes or apartments in New York or other areas in USA. You would be shocked and appalled! Peace S

[@TJ_Travels1]

Jag älskar Sverige both Dina rumpa och liksom dig och Sverige… Idk I was going to make a cock joke and I’m still learning Swedish

[@kigenza_gabi]

Dude I just moved to Stockholm and you're already gone? Dafuq man

[@Valentin_126]

Hello, fellow Swede here. I find it interesting how no matter what town or city you go to, they mostly look the same. And I really hate that we in Sweden have the same kind of "clone town" architectural culture which exists in the US, that is to say that most places look the same, we all have a COOP, ICA, LIDL, or other big brand supermarket, a few unimportant businesses that don't really rake in the big bucks, and a restaurant or a few probably staffed by foreigners. Not to mention the quite frankly ugly and boring square houses with the tall roofs which the "rich folk" live in, that is to say middle class and genuenly rich people. And I have always found it strange how we have borderline commie-bloc apartment buildings despite never being apart of the USSR, every village, town, and city seem to have gray or dull yellow depressing apartment buildings with cheap rent and equally cheap interiors. Even in Österbybruk where I live, which in my opinion is one of the nicer looking small towns in Uppland (totally not biased, fuck Gimo), we have a fair few depressing apartments which are typically the "poor houses" of our little village. I swear if I ever were to become a billionaire I'd spruce up my hometown so we can have some architectural variety, and build a brewery that can staff maybe about a hundred employees, I know damn well people around here love to drink, especially in Gimo, that town is legitimately the ugliest town in all of Uppland, no seriously they've won that competition for a few years in a row.

[@tareqshammout9658]

أحب فيديوهاتك 😁

[@selectedmonster]

リンキビー 4Lyfe

[@hua_tetsu_cat]

I live in a house

[@helloworld5794]

japannn vloggggggggggggg~~~~~~

[@SpiritMirrors]

eeffoc

[@FrejthKing]

also lots of muslims

[@alexanderv7869]

I'm leaving Sweden tomorrow after 3 months of touring here. Stockholm sucks ass outside gamla stan. Västerås even worse. Västkusten is probably the best of Sweden (if you can afford to buy). But pretty much all of Sweden is the same, all the young people hate it because there's nothing to do, bars suck, and everyone is passive aggressive. The nature on the other side is amazing and i love it which is the only good side of Sweden to be honest. People complain about inmigrants but they are the ones driving buses, cleaning and opening restaurants, things that Swedes don't want to do.

[@stuffilike12]

Copy paste areas 🤣

[@chellebethel]

Is it safe to say that people aren't shagging like crazy anymore? 🤔 You have mentioned annual orgies at Christmas time, which completely sold me on moving to Sweden. But, this video seems more of a deterrent to moving for me. 🫤 Maybe a video on sexual promiscuity in each suburb could help with decision making. 😅😂 All joking aside, I definitely enjoyed this episode. All romanticism stripped away, raw, unedited versions of really real life to expect as an expat in Sweden. ❤😊