I’m here right now. I’ve been here for almost exactly six months.

It’s… Ok. That is the best I can say about it.

The national bird (possible even animal) is a blackbird. The weather is, for six months of the year, solidly beige, if not outright grey. I would describe their “national character” as also beige.

It’s just… Meh. Like a giant suburb.

Yes, the average woman here is more attractive than in Anglo countries. And yes, it’s fairly safe (depending where you are), and pay is fairly good. But it’s expensive, accommodation is shit, and culturally it’s just… A bit off.

As I have discussed extensively with other foreigners here (mostly English-speakers, but also French et al), it’s just… Very “cold” culturally, and very… Reserved. Exactly as Sontag described it. And they judge you fairly openly. And they fucking love staring…

You know what I would say to really piss Swedes off..? I preferred Denmark. And it’s true. I did. I also preferred Finland, for that matter…

But I’m glad your friends had a great time. I don’t… Hate it here, but if, for some reason, I decided to come back again, long-term, I don’t think I would live in Stockholm.

Quite literally everywhere else I have been in Sweden, with the exception of the village I lived in for three months, has been better than the capital…

Stockholm just… Doesn’t work, for me. I’m not sure why, but it doesn’t.

Unlike Gothenburg or Malmö, that is.

I’m here right now. I’ve been here for almost exactly six months.

It’s… Ok. That is the best I can say about it.

The national bird (possible even animal) is a blackbird. The weather is, for six months of the year, solidly beige, if not outright grey. I would describe their “national character” as also beige.

It’s just… Meh. Like a giant suburb.

Yes, the average woman here is more attractive than in Anglo countries. And yes, it’s fairly safe (depending where you are), and pay is fairly good. But it’s expensive, accommodation is shit, and culturally it’s just… A bit off.

You know what I would say to really piss Swedes off..? I preferred Denmark. And it’s true. I did. I also preferred Finland, for that matter…

But I’m glad your friends had a great time. I don’t… Hate it here, but if, for some reason, I decided to come back again, long-term, I don’t think I would live in Stockholm.

Quite literally everywhere else I have been in Sweden, with the exception of the village I lived in for three months, has been better than the capital…

Stockholm just… Doesn’t work, for me. I’m not sure why, but it doesn’t.

Unlike Gothenburg or Malmö, that is.