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A great city to live in indeed. But as someone who's stayed here for over 20 years the winters are still unbearable. Mind you, all of the perks in the video are something I appreciate each day – but the cold and lack of sunlight 8 months a year takes a toll on you – especially if you enjoy being outdoors more than indoors.

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I grew up in Sweden and I second that. Stockholm imo is literally paradise on earth three months per year, especially the archipelagos. I've never seen a place like it, unbelievably beautiful, people are so full of life, you can wear a t-shirt at 5am, temperature is perfect, and so forth.

The problem is that the rest of the year it's pretty miserable weather wise. You notice a huge difference if you visit Swedish friends in the Winter and Summer, they're just totally different people.

I love snow and I don't mind the cold much. It's the darkness that is an issue. Some people go to hospitals to get "light therapy" and even if you live in Stockholm (which is rather far south) you'll probably have 15 minutes of sunlight per day - on your way to and from lunch. It will be dark when you go to work, and dark when you come home.

Speak for yourself; that sounds quite lovely.

Frankly, the best thing with coming from Sweden is that you get better weather wherever you move (except Iceland, Greenland -- and England). :-)

That said, I'd like to be more in .se in the summers than I can do now. It is so beautiful with the light, the forests and the lakes.

Edit: I don't mind the cold, but: For yellowapple and others -- the lack of sun influences your hormone levels, people are a bit different in the winter. I was amazed when I saw discussion of SAD among Californians; up in Scandinavia, it is just how it is. I didn't even note it, unless I went on a winter vacation.

> Frankly, the best thing with coming from Sweden is that you get better weather wherever you move (except Iceland, Greenland -- and England). :-)

Judging from the numbers, it looks decently typical for a Scandinavian city at its latitude.

>>it looks decently typical for a Scandinavian city at its latitude.

I did write "Sweden", not Stockholm, so yes.

(Sure, north Sweden is a different subject.)

(I had fun on Facebook yesterday when the Finns told about their snow. :-) It is very uncommon in June.)

Edit: To move inside Scandinavia isn't really moving to a foreign country, Dewie. I lived in Helsinki a few years, really nice but it was disappointingly non-exotic.

Edit 2: And for Norwegian weather -- check climate of Bergen for rain. (That said, a wonderful city to live.)

> I did write "Sweden", not Stockholm, so yes.

So Swedish weather is overall worse than Norwegian weather? How?

> EDIT: To move inside Scandinavia isn't really moving to a foreign country, Dewie.

Who said anything about anything like that? I wanted to know how Sweden has such a terrible weather (apparently).

It seems I stepped on some sensitive (Norwegian?) toes here by a sloppy formulation seeming to imply that Sweden == Scandinavia. :-)

If so, I am sorry about your national pride. The countries and weather are really similar, especially from my present viewpoint from far to the south.

(And if you're just a troll wasting people's time, get a life kid.)

Edit: It seemed from other comments you are Norwegian, so I assumed you knew all about the local weather. (I.e. similar, maybe a bit warmer and more rain in Norway, depending on exactly where.)

Yes, I was really offended that you would imply that Sweden has a worse climate than Norway. I guess.

Asking a simple question is like pulling teeth with you - now you've been through living in different Scandinavian cities, how non-exotic they are, and my national pride - when all the original question was about was the weather. Thank me for wasting your time? Likewise.

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