This Small Town is the Reason I Dared to Move to Northern Sweden

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 804

  • @KalleFlodin
    @KalleFlodin  Рік тому +117

    Want to visit our beautiful town, or even live here? Learn more here: www.solleftea.se/Go-Solleftea/en and please let me know if you have any questions! 😊

    • @fiore-livinglife_0630
      @fiore-livinglife_0630 Рік тому +3

      Is there a possibility to immigrate to your country specifically in your town? I'm from Philippines by the way.
      I really appreciate your videos.

    • @FreeRangeHuman1
      @FreeRangeHuman1 Рік тому +1

      @@fiore-livinglife_0630 where specifically does not matter. I recommend you travel first,tourists can get a tourist visa for a total 90-180 days in Sweden per year so you can visit different regions and experience all seasons and what the day to day is like after you get a little used to it so you notice if you truly would be happy to live and work here or if you are just in love with the idea/dream.
      But yes,you can apply for work visa and residence permit. SFI ( Swedish for immigrants ) is a free education you can apply for,you can also apply for money ( Not a loan, around 250 dollars monthly payment for studies) in many cases if you want a professional teacher and meet other foreigners so you can network and talk about tips and such to better integrate and understand the culture,language and Swedish/Nordic people,make local Swedish friends find work etc.
      Sweden has no issues with phillipines or the filipino/pinoy people so it would be as easy or hard as for an American,Australian,korean etc.
      .if you can support yourself and start with a work and residence permit after definetly spending a lot of time as a tourist exploring as much as you can and different seasons you can definetly go from permanent resident permit to citizenship in time if thats your goal.
      Do spend a few weeks in each season and stay in south,middle and north etc as the difference between seasons and the land is more extreme the further north or south you go/ near or far from the 3 major cities göFothenburg,Stockholm and Malmö/Malmo.
      Far north you have 30 days in winter when the sun never rises and night lasts one month. This is called polar night
      In summer you have up to 30 days the further north you live,where the sun never goes down and you have a month of sunlight and not even a minute of darkness. This is called midnight sun. Towards the middle and south of Sweden you dont have this ,you get a few hours of light even on the datkest day,and a few hours of night even on the brightest day.
      If after visiting a lot of days and exploring and experiencing our land,people and culture not only for a week as a tourist but a long time so you find out if you could be happy here long term,it is absolutely possible to move,work and live here if you truly end up wanting to do so. 🙂

    • @FreeRangeHuman1
      @FreeRangeHuman1 Рік тому +4

      @Kalle Flodin
      As someone who grew up in Stockholm and Härnösand,i am also saving up and trying to move away from a workplace and into a digital environment so i can move,not necessarily to Sollefteå but to somewhere around the middle north. Maybe somewhere between just south or north of Sollefteå but not further north than near Luleå because i wouldn-t mind having a smaller to medium city in reasonable driving distance
      Aslong as my home is further away and i don't actually see the town/city from my property
      Packed like a sardines in a can in Stockholm city is not and has never been my oreference,i dont want the live exactly as you do but a version of it and its very inspiring and motivating to see how you made it happen and honesty about pro's and cons,costs,what you gave up and what you gained. The great,the good and the bad/difficult.
      TACK!

    • @fiore-livinglife_0630
      @fiore-livinglife_0630 Рік тому +2

      @@FreeRangeHuman1 thank you so much for sharing this idea. I will do the tourist visit first so I would have the real experience before making my decision. Thanks a lot sir

    • @ann-cathrinandersson8311
      @ann-cathrinandersson8311 Рік тому +3

      My hometown ❤️ I live in Malmö but I long for the northern countryside

  • @rexona1178
    @rexona1178 Рік тому +65

    Sweden is such a beautiful country with beautiful people. As an immigrant from Africa who used to live in Sweden, I feel very sad when I read about all the crimes there being committed by some recent immigrants and also when I hear the fears other immigrants are exposed to as a result of the recent racial tensions in the country. I still miss Sweden and will always wish the country to continue progressing. They are such good people with kind hearts. God bless Sweden.

  • @pufpufpuffin
    @pufpufpuffin Рік тому +202

    This made me so nostalgic. I’m danish but used to live in a small town near Hudiksvall. I miss not having a tv and spending most nights walking around the beautiful lakes, I miss the forests, the community of small town living, swedes making fun of my accent, I miss the snow. Sollefteå looks beautiful, thanks for sharing.

    • @brianwesley28
      @brianwesley28 Рік тому

      @europeisbetterthan5269 It's a beautiful place. When I contemplate living in Sweden, it is certainly a place like the video shows, as opppsed to Stockholm or Malmo. Which places in Sweden did you visit? I'm sure that Sweden was probably a far more desirable place to live 3 or 4 decades ago than it is today?

    • @Wajze
      @Wajze 7 місяців тому

      Gnarp? Bergsjö?

    • @bpdbhp1632
      @bpdbhp1632 6 місяців тому

      Small town (which for me is about 5000 people. Not too small not too big) is the best.

  • @jonnajinton
    @jonnajinton Рік тому +394

    I really loved this video Kalle! Thank you for capturing the beauty of Sollefteå 😍❤

    • @Draveance
      @Draveance Рік тому +10

      Oh my god, Jonna! Didn't expect to see you here! This kind of video Is always calm & heartwarming like yours!.

    • @KalleFlodin
      @KalleFlodin  Рік тому +30

      Aw, thank you so much Jonna 😍 but I still can't believe that we've never run in to each other there 😅 yet!

    • @biuipbuhoibbhilhbilbulilib7911
      @biuipbuhoibbhilhbilbulilib7911 Рік тому +2

      @@KalleFlodin Kalle, behövs bil ifall man ska bo I skellefteå exempelvis, eller andra platser i norra sverige. Kan man använda cykel istället tror du?

    • @MrSkrammel
      @MrSkrammel Рік тому +3

      @@biuipbuhoibbhilhbilbulilib7911 vi bor i närheten av Sollefteå och jag skulle säga att det beror på var och hur du bor. Om du bor inne i Sollefteå behöver du ingen bil, men om du bor som Kalle i stuga i skogen eller som vi gör på en gård så är det svårare utan bil. Jag vill inte säga omöjligt, men nästan.
      Men Kalle får svara vad han tror!

    • @agucci
      @agucci Рік тому +3

      Wow it's Jonna! I love your content!

  • @peterkalin5364
    @peterkalin5364 Рік тому +34

    Last year on my trip up north, my car broke down and I stayed there for two days and all the people I met were so welcoming and friendly. I said to someone that was a good reason to move there. ❤️

  • @anitaswart.
    @anitaswart. Рік тому +14

    Thank you for your very interesting vlogs.
    I'm 71 and am originally from South Africa.
    My husband and I moved to the UK 16 years ago and for a South African it was a huge culture shock.
    I thought that because one of my languages is English, the other Afrikaans, bit like Dutch or Flemish, it would be easy to adapt.
    Although I lived in Johannesburg until I was 54, people are so different and friendly.
    English people are very reserved. We live in Cambridge, a university city.
    We came here for free medical help for my British born husband, so different to SA.
    My husband had a hip replacement and it was a mess, but nothing was done to rectify it.
    He has been disabled in bed for 9 years.
    We live in a community with quite a few older people and even when you invite them they still will not bother to come and visit.
    When you talked about the supermarket where people talk to you, I was quite jealous.
    Here after going to the same supermarket for 16 years, they still don't talk to you.
    I just take a scanner and help myself.
    It is so lonely.
    I have got two friends, the one is German and the other one is Polish and they are always there for us.
    Your town is so civilised and friendly
    and the beautiful nature on your doorstep, that is what you need.
    If I want decent coffee, I need to go to Costa or Nero, immigrants who are proud of what they do.
    My son lives in Taiwan and my daughter in South Africa and when the time comes I will be on the first plane to South Africa.
    I really enjoy your life you share and please keep up the good work.
    I think you have a peace of paradise.
    😊

  • @shannonhime927
    @shannonhime927 Рік тому +54

    Before moving to Alaska, I wanted to move to northern Sweden. This video made me remember some of the reasons why; to be honest, ALL your videos do that (eventhough i love Alaska). I love small towns. Anchorage is too big for me, eventhough it is unlike cities in lower 48. But I would love it if you did a grocery tour video and showed how much it cost for items you both buy. Food prices are going up everywhere, and I am curious to know if inflation has hit your area. Housing prices are certainly so much better there! 😊 🌲 🇸🇪

    • @Toujoursentrain
      @Toujoursentrain Рік тому +5

      In Sweden: About 7-9 % inflation hike in the last months, food prices have risen similarly if not more.

  • @elc193
    @elc193 Рік тому +21

    Great vlog. Yes for grocery haul, and more of Christine being featured in your vlogs. Thank you. Best from Canada.

  • @achsahkaleb4844
    @achsahkaleb4844 Рік тому +11

    Thank you for uploading it makes me calm. I have a bad stage 4 cancer day. This is really helping me with the pain. Love from South Africa. At long last I am moving to a small village in the Eastern Cape on the 28th of November. Then I will start natural protocol. In the mean time your videos is helping me tremendously! Thank you Kalle.

    • @CS-xl9xv
      @CS-xl9xv Рік тому

      How are you doing today? I hope you’re healing, wishing you the best

    • @joseC2013
      @joseC2013 Рік тому

      Take Turkey Tail Mushrooms or the Extract! Take A Lot!

  • @zachflynn6195
    @zachflynn6195 Рік тому +23

    One of the things that my wife and I were struck by when we visited Sweden a few years ago was how the town was interwoven into, and a part of, the nature. I’ve never experienced this anywhere else.
    Also, the alcohol stores had such limited hours that were right in the middle of the day, that we never could get any wine because we were always out exploring and hiking! It was interesting to see how different that was compared to the US.

  • @ga6589
    @ga6589 Рік тому +76

    As a Minnesotan of Swedish heritage, I so enjoy your vlogs! Listening to the conversations in your language remind me of my grandparents. As a child, I never understood a word they were saying, but it was and still is very soothing to hear.

    • @sandralinder6108
      @sandralinder6108 Рік тому +6

      Also a Minnesota raised and of Swedish heritage person, I love 💕 watching you, Kalle, and Christine living in Northern Sweden. My Farfar is from this northern area somewhere and it’s no surprise to me at all that he choose to settle in Northeastern Minnesota as it resembles Northern Sweden in many ways. I grew up on the original homestead as a second generation American.
      I like to feel like I’m finally home. 😊

    • @geoffoakland
      @geoffoakland Рік тому +1

      I'm also an American with Swedish heritage, my grandfather was born in a small town about 100km from here. I can imagine my retirement here, especially with the low cost of houses.

    • @Eaglebrace
      @Eaglebrace Рік тому

      Its fascinating and awesome to hear lot of Swedish heritage are from Minnesota, My father side apparently have cousins living there, Exciting to know having some heritage in america. Certainly recommend to take a trip too the places like this in Sweden, I am certain you will like the northern nature, activities and the best of all the food. we are closing in to winter too!

    • @ga6589
      @ga6589 Рік тому

      @@Eaglebrace Minnesota was home to many Swedish immigrant settlements during the latter half of the 19th century. The landscape and climate reminded them of home, I was told. My great-grandfather came at the age of 18 and was a lumberman near Stillwater, MN. He met my great-grandmother there, who was also an immigrant. They took advantage of the Homestead Act and established their own successful farm, which remained in the family for 75 years. They belonged to a Swedish Lutheran Church in their community, where the sermons were preached in Swedish up until 1945.
      I look forward to visiting Sweden and the places where my forebears called home before they came to America. My father's side were Norwegian, so I plan to go there, too.

    • @kathyastrom1315
      @kathyastrom1315 Рік тому +1

      My grandfather and his brother moved from northern Sweden in the mid-1920s, along with their uncle Gustav. Grandpa Bror settled in the Chicago area, Uncle Philip moved to one of the Carolinas, but Uncle Gus settled near Minneapolis after moving back and forth between Chicago and Alaska for a few decades before and after the war. In my family photos I’ve inherited, I have a great one where Gus wrote on the back “What I did on my 55th birthday,” and it was a terrific photo of him ski-jumping in Alaska!
      I never met Uncle Philip since he died the year I was born, but I was fortunate enough to have met Uncle Gus once when we spent our summer vacation in MI, WI, and MN. He was a really cool elderly man who stayed up until 4 am playing pinochle and then got up on Sunday morning to watch old-school pro wrestling. Both he and Grandpa had lovely Swedish lilts in their voices. I especially remember Grandpa’s and how he would call me his “little sweetheart.”

  • @rachelmelissa3637
    @rachelmelissa3637 Рік тому +98

    What an amazingly beautiful place! I love all the details you included - outdoor recreation, coffee shops, safe schools, community pool. I love that everyone you interviewed said the people there are the best part. What a kind community. I hope to visit someday and stay in that hotel on the top of the hill! Much love to you and Christine from Portland, Oregon, USA

    • @KalleFlodin
      @KalleFlodin  Рік тому +6

      I'm so happy you liked it Rachel 🥰❤Hope you can come by one day soon!

    • @marjorjorietillman856
      @marjorjorietillman856 Рік тому +1

      I hope you do show what type items you guys buy for your typical groceries and give us an idea of your prices. But no needs to go item by item to give a price. An overall average price would be fine.😀

  • @iltapuhde
    @iltapuhde 11 місяців тому +2

    Very sweet looking place! Rather similar to my place here in Finland, we just don't have mountains! Just found your channel and enjoying all those lovely views! I must say countryside people in Sweden sound just the same as here!😄👍

  • @JIReitman
    @JIReitman 5 місяців тому +5

    Hej Calle, I am writing this from Venice, California and am so impressed with your videos…that are not only informative but are filled with your humanity and sense of the goodness around the area in which you, I’m not Swedish but have been married to a Swedish gal for many, many years. I’ve traveled to Northern Sweden in winter only once ( to a Marknad) and am jealous of your experiences. Your photography/ videography are stunning….i hope you will continue producing them.

  • @tovatova9819
    @tovatova9819 Рік тому +20

    Så fantastisk video! Jag bor i Sollefteå och har gjort i hela mitt liv. Kommer aldrig flytta härifrån! Så kul att se att fler börjar förstå vilken magisk plats det är ♡ Tack för videon!

    • @KalleFlodin
      @KalleFlodin  Рік тому +1

      Va fint att höra 🥰 tack ❤️

  • @Hildur1337
    @Hildur1337 Рік тому +10

    My Grandma is born and raised in Sollefteå, I've been very interested in the town going there a few times by myself to look at her old house and stuff.
    A few weeks she and my grandpa went there, and when she came home she said "I'm never going back", she felt like the city was dead since the main street was empty of people, didn't have any outdoor servings left, and so on. It broke my heart, since I know how much she loves this little town. She wrote a small book about her early life and what it was like to grow up in Sollefteå in the 40s-50s, she wrote about everything from when they "built" the ski slope, that they had to stomp the snow themselves to be able to ski, to her and her friend riding their "spark" under the train bar at full speed when a train was coming in.
    It's such fun reading and I'll make sure to visit Sollefteå even more for my grandma, and stay at the camping or Hallstaberget.

  • @yvonnebirch6026
    @yvonnebirch6026 Рік тому +45

    Loved this episode ! You have the best of both worlds. Your beautiful cabin in the woods and a sweet small town not too far away. ! Plus the magic of the 4 seasons ! That is a good life ! I wish you both good health and a happy life 🌷💕🌷

    • @yvonne6629
      @yvonne6629 Рік тому +3

      Hi an other Yvonne fan of Kale and christina live it ☺

  • @immasurvivor
    @immasurvivor 7 місяців тому +1

    gosh, that store clerk sounds EXACTLY like my grandmother! Sollefteå is my moms home town, I really should go there with her while she is still spry enough to show me around.

  • @oldie-se
    @oldie-se Рік тому +16

    I moved with my wife this April from Germany here near Näsåker and I can say just one thing. You are so right about everything.

  • @audreyhalls1541
    @audreyhalls1541 Рік тому +20

    Watching from Melbourne Australia. What an awesome town and your video brought out some outstanding elements of the lifestyle there. Also like usual it was well filmed. Really makes me want to visit. You should do more of these videos of the area. ❤

    • @KalleFlodin
      @KalleFlodin  Рік тому +4

      Thank you ☺️ ❤️ You should come and visit!

  • @nawais993
    @nawais993 Рік тому +55

    Since last winter I've had this plan/dream of moving to a very similar (or nearby, into a similar cabin like yours) town in northern Finland (I'm Finnish). The town has almost the same population, facilities and landscapes also. My only concern has been leaving everybody I know behind into this big city I live now. However, this video made me realize that there is nothing to worry about! Thanks

    • @alexfletcher9961
      @alexfletcher9961 Рік тому +3

      Finland is amazing

    • @j.z.warszawska1758
      @j.z.warszawska1758 Рік тому

      I've moved to the town in Northern Finland 3 years ago and it's been equally wonderful and hard. Still here, so maybe a bit more wonderful 😅

  • @aminkamara6060
    @aminkamara6060 Рік тому +5

    My mom and little sister live in Sweden
    I wish to go there soon
    It’s so peaceful
    As someone who’s suffering from depression and sometimes prefer being alone with fewer people and nature with so much activity I think I’d love me a town like that
    To live in and heal
    😭

  • @MageThief
    @MageThief Рік тому +6

    Yes, Sollefteå is a really nice town, I visited there many times when I was younger and lived in the northern part of Sweden.

  • @fl2298
    @fl2298 9 місяців тому +3

    I've just spend a week near Piteå in a cabin and small cities in Sweden are really a different vibe. Enjoyed it so much...

  • @Rens27
    @Rens27 Рік тому +61

    You, Jonna and Talasbuan have really made me want to move to northern Sweden someday! It is so incredibly beautiful up there!!
    You mentioned doing a grocery haul video, I'd love to see one

  • @AGooseInSweden
    @AGooseInSweden Рік тому +8

    I found this to be a very fun, genuine and sweet video. I grew up in the Dutch countryside - population density in these farmlands is still around 400 people per square kilometer, as opposed to 900-ish for Sollefteå in the actual town. Sollefteå kommun as a whole is around 3-ish people per square kilometer, for reference!
    Anyways, where we lived was middle-of-nowhere by Dutch standards, and I do recognize many of these nice things. Knowing the people that drive by, actually knowing the store employees, having a baker that you talk to twice a week. Saying hi to people in the streets. Living in the city, I frankly feel almost uncomfortable with the thought of that last one now, but it's so much nicer to feel welcome.
    The Netherlands is too busy for our tastes, though , even in "the middle of nowhere". Because of that, my partner and I are planning to move to Northern Sweden next year, though we are more tempted towards the more rugged landscapes of the Norwegian border if we have the choice, but you make a good case for Sollefteå! Hopefully we'll get all these lovely country-side things back in our lives and get to have more meaningful connection with the world, nature and people around us!

  • @ida-marieregenspurger8635
    @ida-marieregenspurger8635 Рік тому +9

    I also was there before😊(I´m from Germany actually). It was so nice to recognize some places in your video! So thank you for that.🧡 It made me really happy to see this lovely town again 😍💛

  • @jesper515
    @jesper515 Рік тому +1

    Great video Kalle! Me and my family is looking for a house up there. Hope to find the right house someday. ✌🏻

  • @ItIsTheVeni
    @ItIsTheVeni Рік тому +6

    I finally found a video describing my dream and why I want to move to Sweden.

  • @lindawing6663
    @lindawing6663 Рік тому +5

    Thank you for this, this is home, my roots, the on place that kept me grounded. Wherever I moved and even if I was brought up in Stockholm, this was always home, the one place that always was there. This is what I think of when I think about home. Where we spent all our free time, every holiday, summers and winter breaks...
    This is what I miss the most.
    The clean fresh air, lakes, pine trees, birches, the food, rainy days. I guess everything, but going in to town Sollefteå was the highlights of the year! Our tiny little village, if you can even call ot that, a little place in Graninge is about 40 min away or so, so it didn't happen to often lol!
    Vilken hemlängtan det fick...
    Thank you for this movie, it really made my day!

  • @ebptube
    @ebptube Рік тому +5

    Tack för en helt underbar film om mitt favoritställe i Världen! Jag kom hit från Köpenhamn som 27-åring 1978 och är fortfarande kvar! Kul att höra att din sambo också är "Københavner".

  • @eyeballdude
    @eyeballdude Рік тому +2

    I was born in Sollefteå and was raised in the High Coast. Then in the early 00’s I moved out. Now we have moved back home and actually moved to Sollefteå. Just lovely!

  • @dezzmotion4475
    @dezzmotion4475 Рік тому +1

    Well that's a coincidence. I live in Austria and thought about visiting Sweden. I didn't know where to go, but you just presented the answer, thank you very much :)

  • @Sahira-123
    @Sahira-123 Рік тому +1

    My maternal grandfather is from Sollefteå. I hope the hospital is doing well these days :)

  • @kathyastrom1315
    @kathyastrom1315 Рік тому +7

    What a lovely area! My grandfather emigrated from Gäddvik, near Luleå, nearly one hundred years ago, and I definitely want to visit there someday.

    • @viktoriaberg8706
      @viktoriaberg8706 Рік тому +2

      I live in Luleå and hope you come here, is a lovely place. 😊👍

    • @kathyastrom1315
      @kathyastrom1315 Рік тому +1

      @@viktoriaberg8706 My father was there about ten years ago and enjoyed seeing it. Both my great-grandfather and his father were the ferryboat operators over the Lule River in Gäddvik before the first bridge was built in the 1940s.

    • @viktoriaberg8706
      @viktoriaberg8706 Рік тому +1

      That's amazing! The Gäddvik bridge is very beautiful, I think, I often cross it, and the Bergnäs bridge, on my way home from grocery shopping, just because I enjoy them and the view of the river so much. There is a salmon fishing museum in Gäddvik, and probably things there your ancestors would have had and used. 😊👍

    • @anordman9659
      @anordman9659 Рік тому

      Welcome back, Kathy!

    • @Korvringen
      @Korvringen Рік тому +1

      @@kathyastrom1315 Amazing reading this after driving over the bridge a couple of hours ago! You should definitely come and visit!

  • @mhelel
    @mhelel Рік тому +3

    So now I want to move there to.
    This was the best video sponsorship ever.

  • @irvingfabianrodriguez
    @irvingfabianrodriguez Рік тому +4

    It is wonderful there is people like you who show us some underrated places in the world! You definitely made me put Sollefteå as one of the places I want to visit in the future!
    I was impressed by the nature, the festivals, the marked four seasons in the year and the people, who is very friendly! 😊
    Congratulations for this video! People like you make this world more interesting!
    Greetings from Zacatecas, a small city located in the central part of Mexico! 😄✋😊

  • @SusanaSkies
    @SusanaSkies Рік тому +3

    Hej Kalle! I really loved this video. You totally sold that town to me. I’m going to have to do a road trip to Sollefteå soon, it’s just 3 hours away from me and I’ve never been there.
    Thanks for sharing and helsa till Christine 🙂

  • @KimLomQld
    @KimLomQld Рік тому +4

    One of my favourite videos Kalle ! Yes, I would so enjoy going grocery shopping with you !

  • @caroledrury1411
    @caroledrury1411 Рік тому +17

    it’s really comforting to hear you describe your area. They are almost identical qualities that we have here in the northeast kingdom of Vermont. We live in the woods as well and have deep winters but our small town has all of the commodities that you listed, Hospital pharmacy art center a café supermarket hotel library. We also have the beautiful park and little stream and best of all, wonderful people who are friendly. Thank you for making this kind of post showing your extended environment

    • @arhodsden
      @arhodsden Рік тому +1

      Hello from a fellow Vermonter! I love Kalle's videos for some of the same things. Something I wonder about is the population. Is it growing, shrinking like in Vermont, or fairly stable? We are seeing our schools lose so much because of the decline in population.

  • @angelatillman4323
    @angelatillman4323 Рік тому +1

    Calm and peace are very important. Living in the states it's always loud and chaotic in the cities.

  • @elhama90
    @elhama90 Рік тому +1

    I did my junior doc trainin in this town, I can vouch for that the hospital staff are very nice people :)

  • @tamahudson6186
    @tamahudson6186 Рік тому +2

    That is such a wonderful & Beautiful village you live in!
    Yes, please I would be interested to see the food 🥑🥝 you buy at the market and the cost. Thank you

  • @OverTheSevenSeas
    @OverTheSevenSeas Рік тому +6

    Not to be confused with Skellefteå, which was one of the reasons we seriously considered looking for a small place of our own in Sweden. We didn't make it yet but it's still on our list of more likely maybes..

  • @Namco_
    @Namco_ 8 місяців тому +2

    Next year I will come to visit this beautiful place, I seriously hope to move here it seems like my country paradise .

  • @International955xl
    @International955xl Рік тому +2

    I went to sollefteå last week, and really liked it. We just have bought a home close by in Bispgården.

  • @nathalieseguin680
    @nathalieseguin680 Рік тому +7

    What a beautiful place. I loved the video 😍

    • @KalleFlodin
      @KalleFlodin  Рік тому +1

      It really is 🥰 I'm happy you liked it!

  • @andreasmuller7746
    @andreasmuller7746 Рік тому +4

    Oh wow! I´m really happy that YT introduced me to your great video! This is a great video, thank you Kalle! Sweden has been the dream country of mine and my friends since 25 years, we spent lots of holidays around sweden, mostly dreaming of moving to sweden some day. And now I´ve been living in the countryside of Northern Germany near the town Wacken which hosts the famous heavy metal festival once a year. We had a wooden Swedish House built, painted in Falun Red, with white windows etc. Our little "Sweden-Paradis". Besides the festival it is really cosy around here, too. Everybody saying hi to each other in our village. Lots of fields, small woods and a swamp that is partially a nature reserve. Hamburg is about an hour away, so there are quite some folks commuting to work from here. All in all our village and neighbouring Wacken is great to live in, but compared to the vast nature and remoteness of Swedens countryside it is of course quite crowded.
    I really love that remoteness in sweden, the vast woods, all these lakes and of course the Allemansretten. The snow in wintertime in northern sweden! That is so precious! In northern Germany we get really little snow, not even every year.
    You made me dream of sweden again, Kalle! I haven´t been north of Stockholm so far, but I definitly will! Spending a winter holiday with our Husky Mix, learning to go crosscountry skiing would be great! Our son applied for Umea university, if he gets a place there, we will definitely come and visit solleleftea. Again, thanks a lot Kalle!

  • @Fat2Fit5k
    @Fat2Fit5k Рік тому +2

    So glad for this video! We love seeing more of Sweden it looks gorgeous there! Thanks so much!

  • @nielskjr5432
    @nielskjr5432 Рік тому

    Excellent video thank you! Beautiful photography.

  • @AdityaPillai009
    @AdityaPillai009 Рік тому

    I was blessed with this video on my feed. Thanks for this beautiful video.

  • @mandy6062
    @mandy6062 Рік тому

    Thank you for sharing your town! Loved it! I would also love to see a grocery haul and prices. Great idea!

  • @yod.9954
    @yod.9954 Рік тому +5

    You're living in a small Paradise! This place has everything anyone would ask for, and the fact that everyone knows each other and you can go straight on a hike from the city, is the most awesome, best thing ever.

  • @dr.pollie5727
    @dr.pollie5727 Рік тому +1

    My husband’s father grew up in your town. We live in California. We are planning to drive there to see if his cousins (MELANDER is their last name) are still living there. Thanks for sharing your video. It gives a glimpse of my husband’s family before his father moved to Stenungsund. His father’s name is Rune MELANDER and he passed away a few years ago.

  • @UnlocktheForest
    @UnlocktheForest Рік тому +8

    Thank you for making a video about this cozy little town :) I enjoyed watching it a lot! I would personally love to see a video about what foods you guys buy and the costs👍

  • @mattjameskendall
    @mattjameskendall 8 місяців тому +1

    That library looks great!

  • @fatimashaikjee6408
    @fatimashaikjee6408 Рік тому +8

    Wow thank you for sharing Sweden's beauty with us !

  • @yvonnescully5037
    @yvonnescully5037 Рік тому +1

    Every corner in Sweden is absolute beautiful.... 🌹👍....

  • @cherylgrisham9241
    @cherylgrisham9241 Рік тому +2

    So very beautiful!! The town and the people! Thanks for helping us get to know the beauty of your area. Really warm and friendly people.
    Oh and I would love more about the food you and Christine choose to include in your life ❤

  • @anne-h2012
    @anne-h2012 Рік тому +2

    Waw I love this video! When we see your videos about life at the cabin (which are absolutely amazing), it can give us a biased impression that your life is only that, as we just see this aspect of your life. But seeing this video about this town makes me realize the amount of balance you can find in your everyday life which is so inspiring. You litterally have the best of both worlds with this configuration and that is exactly what i want to build for my own life. Thank you so much for sharing this 💫

  • @normamccafferty3053
    @normamccafferty3053 Рік тому +1

    What a lovely, welcoming, vibrant town. I’m glad you two live surrounded by such beauty. You both made big moves- I’m glad you’ve found great results. ❤

  • @deliaeva
    @deliaeva Рік тому +3

    This was so wholesome to watch. The music and the videos were a perfect combination! ❤ Now I want to visit this place.

  • @jenniferforest5038
    @jenniferforest5038 Рік тому +1

    A beautifully made film on a beautiful town - love it!

  • @alexander.starbuck
    @alexander.starbuck Рік тому +2

    Beautiful town, wonderful life and great video Kalle! 😍

  • @itstherealmccoyswe5609
    @itstherealmccoyswe5609 Рік тому +2

    😂And I who love Jämtland. I have been in Sollefteå a few times but just for a few hours each time. Never got a feeling for the town but after seen your video I think I have to start looking for a farm in that area. Been looking for three years in Jämtland and Härjedalen but have not found what I am really looking for. Maybe there is a reason for that. I will extend my search to the Sollefteå area as well ✨. Great work Kalle👍.

  • @jamesrpmoore
    @jamesrpmoore Рік тому +2

    Absolutely loved this video and this beautiful town/area…the kind of place I’d love to live! Thank you for sharing

  • @marcellejosephine9119
    @marcellejosephine9119 Рік тому +1

    What an amazing episode! Sounds like fun town and stunning nature around it. Definitely going to visit one day!
    Love to see what you guys buy for food .
    Tack så mycket! 🤎🔥🪵🍂

  • @justaname1174
    @justaname1174 Рік тому +1

    Is‘s so cool someone in talking About my home town of Sollefteå ❤

  • @lindajones16
    @lindajones16 Рік тому +3

    Loved the town and yes I would love to see the prices of what you buy I hope not as high as here in USA

  • @soundingthedeep1
    @soundingthedeep1 Рік тому +11

    Yes, love the food videos! More of that would be great. This was a wonderful video. I would love for my family to live like this.

  • @nativetexson
    @nativetexson Рік тому +1

    Thank you for the tour. I'm moving from the USA to a small town in the south of France. Your town of Sollefteå reminds me of Axat. I recently discovered your channel. 🙂

  • @train-like-a-girl
    @train-like-a-girl Рік тому +2

    What a little paradise on earth! Love your videos. I am watching your videos from Brisbane, Australia, your videos always make me want to go visit remote towns in Sweden! I'd love to see the snow, mountains...what a complete contrast to the climate here in my home town.

  • @Apeshaft
    @Apeshaft Рік тому +2

    The summer up North in Sweden and Sollefteå is really amazing and almost magic! It's truly the best day of the year!

  • @leiamoreno46
    @leiamoreno46 Рік тому +2

    From The Netherlands we will soon visit your beautiful town🌷

    • @gosolleftea
      @gosolleftea Рік тому

      How nice, welcome to Sollefteå (and perhaps you will be visiting Backsjön, a wild guess?) 🥰🌷

  • @wowJhil
    @wowJhil Рік тому +2

    This gives a feeling of how it was to be young in most small towns in Sweden I think, back when things were smaller and you knew people around you more! Now many towns are filled with people all unknown to each other.

  • @ahmedmegahed3898
    @ahmedmegahed3898 Рік тому +1

    This video is both very wholesome and satisfying 🥰
    Wonderfully executed as well, keep up the good work ♥️

  • @starglow.mafalda
    @starglow.mafalda Рік тому +1

    Such a nice video! Loved it so much! Soleftea seems like a perfect holiday spot for me 😍 nature and small towns with nice people 😇😇😇

  • @sandratalbert9578
    @sandratalbert9578 7 місяців тому +1

    Nice job with the promotional film. Thank you.

  • @christiankelley4145
    @christiankelley4145 Рік тому +1

    You do such a beautiful job showing the beauty of your surroundings!

  • @TinyGalore
    @TinyGalore Рік тому +2

    Hej fra Danmark. What a lovely and beautiful spot. Thanks for the tour.

  • @katymcdonald5481
    @katymcdonald5481 Рік тому +1

    What a beautiful town! I love seeing how people in other parts of the world live so I’d like to see you grocery shop. I live in a hot climate without snow so I’m really looking forward to your Winter videos.

  • @fionahelgers
    @fionahelgers Рік тому +1

    Wow, this was a really beautiful video, Kalle. I enjoyed it a lot. You captured all the details in such a beautiful way that right now I feel like just packing my stuff and moving there as well 😃 And a grocery shopping video would be very interesting!

  • @worldofnuance
    @worldofnuance Рік тому

    Looks like a beautiful place that I maybe have to visit some day. Thanks for sharing!

  • @juliascheumer6700
    @juliascheumer6700 Рік тому +2

    Kalle, thank you SO MUCH for this video! This place really seems to check all the boxes for me! I will visit (or stay) soon for sure! So happy right now 😊

  • @freyaellie1
    @freyaellie1 Рік тому

    I love Sollefteå,it always seems to be sunny whenever I go there! Going tomorrow actually. Lovely video x

  • @urbanlumberjack
    @urbanlumberjack Рік тому +1

    So cool! I showed this to my wife we are planning a trip to Sweden and will definitely come here!

  • @kasiaj3049
    @kasiaj3049 Рік тому +4

    Oh my goodness, this is such an ideal place to live! Away from city chaos, in the deep nature, yet with an easy access to anything thats needed in life. Awesome!!!
    My dream to come true one of these days.
    Thank you so much for showing us all the beauty we are surrounded with ❤️.

  • @belindawalker3120
    @belindawalker3120 Рік тому +2

    Ok, sign me up! what a beautiful place, there seems to be so much peace and tranquillity. Glad you and Christine have a lovely town to go to with all the essential amenities and be able to socialise without feeling too overwhelmed by everything. As you said, it is important to have some balance in our lives and Solleftea seems to be the place to offer that balance.

  • @evelynbortolussi9952
    @evelynbortolussi9952 Рік тому +1

    Great to see life in the town and how it had a lot to offer. Would like to see more about the food and cultural events you have.

  • @SloMo2723
    @SloMo2723 Рік тому +4

    Oh my gosh what a beautiful village! I've always wanted to visit Sweden and when I do, This town will be on my list of places to see. Thank you so much for this video! All the best

  • @CatTheDruid
    @CatTheDruid Рік тому +2

    What a wonderful town! I especially love the forest and mountains all around. Yes, please do a video about your food shopping, that would be fun to see.

  • @beths1167
    @beths1167 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your beautiful home and town. I have visiting Sweden high on my bucket list- to see the beautiful country and people, as well as visit the places my great grandparents lived.

  • @zvesemannen
    @zvesemannen Рік тому +1

    I never(NEVER) comment a video, but wow you are really good at this. Great job man, keep up the good work!

  • @JanineAnita
    @JanineAnita Рік тому +1

    Looks so beautiful and peaceful...very clean too!

  • @angryfinnishfarmer
    @angryfinnishfarmer Рік тому

    Looks great! Reminds me of my little hometown in Finland

  • @vickycallender7224
    @vickycallender7224 Рік тому

    Love this! And, I would love to see a video on a grocery/ supermarket shop please and thanks :)

  • @emese_p
    @emese_p Рік тому +7

    I'm planning to move to Sweden with my family and two beagles, so a video about groceries would be so so helpful! :) I think we won't move to Northern Sweden just yet (my bf is not really a fan of the cold), but I would like to get a house somewhat similar to yours, away from the city but within reachable limits :D I love all the videos, pet the huskies for me

    • @scottysscandinavia5793
      @scottysscandinavia5793 Рік тому +1

      Pretty much anywhere in Sweden outside of the bigger cities is like this. Though many towns are hideously ugly after being 'developed' in the sixties and seventies.
      I live in one of the few remaining rather gorgeous small towns left. It sits on the edge of lake Mälaren and is called Mariefred. It still has it's old wooden buildings, a harbour, and a rather nice castle. Even a steam train and a park full of deer. And it's nestled within some spectacularly beautiful countryside. Though we've recently been discovered by the developers, as the town is only 40 minutes by train from central Stockholm, and they're rapidly ruining the place by throwing up nasty little (and a few rather big) boxes all over the place.
      The town has the two main Swedish grocery oligopolies, ICA and Coop. Both are pretty awful compared to groceries in most other developed countries. The standard of food in Swedish stores, especially fresh food, and the selection and range of food is very poor. It seems Sweden picks up what's left over after everyone else has taken their pick. I guess in an attempt to keep prices down. I buy a lot of my stuff - especially meat - from local farmers. If you pick wisely, you can get good, locally produced food pretty cheap. I don't know where you're coming from, but I'd say be prepared to be disappointed by Swedish grocery stores (and restaurants).

  • @elizabethharrell8707
    @elizabethharrell8707 Рік тому +5

    What a beautiful place! I was thinking you lived in the middle of nowhere, hours from people, but that town is just the best! You really have the best of both worlds, love that the people are so friendly.

  • @CC-Pi
    @CC-Pi Рік тому +24

    Hey Kalle, I have missed many of your live streams lately so just wanted to show support for your channel, keep up with the great videos, I always feel really inspired after watching them, great to see your channel growing strong, keep smiling :-D

    • @KalleFlodin
      @KalleFlodin  Рік тому +4

      Aw, that's really sweet of you to say, thank you so much 🥰❤️

  • @Melanie-lb4od
    @Melanie-lb4od Рік тому +1

    Please make the video about the food you shop and the prices! Those mundane things are really interesting for people from different countries like me😊 Thanks for the great video🤗