I remember when I first started out with this blog, I had no idea that it would become something that people would read six years later.
When I first moved to Sweden, I found myself in the middle of one of the longest and coldest winters in history. If I recall, it began snowing three days after I arrived and did not stop until five months later!
I will be honest I had no plans or thoughts for this blog. At the time The Local were, and to this day, still are one of the principal places to come for news in Sweden if you cannot speak the language. It is an excellent resource for those new to the country or who are planning a move here.
As the years have gone on most of the blogs here, have become something of a graveyard. A moment in time that has become a whisper in the Swedish wind. Real life may have taken over; the writers may have stopped writing.
Admittedly I am certainly guilty of not updating as much as I should. I have my blog and full-time position in central Stockholm that consumes the majority of my day. Each week I get social media posts thanking me for keeping the blog going as it helps those who are considering the big move here.
The Local has somehow forgotten about these blogs which in itself is a shame as they all contain eyes, frozen in time almost, of new and exciting experiences of people moving to Sweden for the first time.
(PS If anyone at The Local does read this, I would be seriously keen to become a featured writer on your site, oh and PLEASE update the WordPress platform! Adding images and videos is not so hard these days 😉
The Blog was my outlet, my news about a British man’s experiences in Stockholm. Some four years on I moved from Norrköping and now have had two years in Stockholm. Life has changed SO much since I began writing this blog.
I would say I am 33% Swedish 66% British. The things that excited me about Sweden have now become daily activities. Many memories that warmed me become diluted with time, yet more and more I find this country to be the gift that keeps on giving.
If I can provide advice, help and guidance then I will certainly not stop. After all, this blog gave me the best gift I could ever have wished for and that is something I owe to The Local.
So thanks for all the feedback, it’s wonderful to read such fantastic feedback and get so many, years later still excited about the move to Sweden.
Any advice I can offer, I am always willing to give.
Lycka Till!
