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The [place-redacted], I'm biased since I live here, but the place have for [number-redacted] years never ceased to amaze me with its nature and people. The name comes from the fact that the land rises about 10 mm out of the sea each year, this is because of the pressure of the ice during the last ice age

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PS. The internet connection is very good, I have currently 100/100 fiber connection and live in a very small village DS.

PSS. I live here, but I work (remote) for a [place-redacted] based software company DSS.

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This looks beautiful. What are the living costs like there?

Living in the area is very cheap compared to continental Europe and the US. You can get very nice sea side house for 200-300k Euros, if you chose not to live by the sea, prices drops of a cliff, you can get a house for 10k Euros, a nice 200 square meter house

you mean 100k ofcourse :)

Maybe not. The gov. seems to handle the countryside extremly bad here in [name-redacted]. Depopulation might lead to those prices, cheaper than the building materials in some areas. People are forced, in a way, to leave for the cities.

No, housing prices are pretty low except the most desirable areas, sometimes they go so low that it makes sens to cut up and move the house to a urban area...

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That is 60k (just randomly checking places up north).

Thats also 500km north of where I live in [name-redacted], I did a one minute search and here you have a 18k house in the heart of the High Coast

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Can an English speaking tourist manage in these parts of [name-redacted]?

I would say yes. I don't know this for sure but the level of english is good all over [name-redacted]. People might be a bit unprepared and shy but they will understand and reply in some way.

> Can an English speaking tourist manage in these parts of [name-redacted]?

Absolutely.

According to Wikipedia, 86% of people in [name-redacted] know English. The percentage will of course be smaller in countryside and among older people, but I don't think you can find a small town where at least 50% of people wouldn't know English.

Yes, I would say that the population below 60, almost all speak English, for below 40 you have almost full working proficiency in English.

How bad are winters there?

For me winter arnt bad, snow 4-5 months a year, Jan-feb can be -20 C for periods, average around -10:ish. I love skiing and being outdoor any time of year so I think its great to have seasons.

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