As a Swede I feel proud that You have chosen to live in my country, especially in the nothern part, we need creative people like You. Conserning the firewood, next time, try to get more birchwood, it has a far higher energy content and will therefore last longer than spruce and pinewood. Besides, pinewood also soot your chimeny and can cause something called "soteld" in swedish. Soteld is a house owners nightmare, the chimeny starts to burn inside and can start a fire in the rest of the house. A wise thing to do is get in touch with a "sotare" and let him/her as a professional do the inspection of the "firesystem".
Canadian here - agree with the warning about pine and spruce as firewood. Birch burns hot and fast, so make sure to mix it with slower burning wood like maple and oak.
Another Canadian here, you never burn pine and spruce in a fireplace/furnace the risk of a chimney fire is much higher. Personally, I’d be a bit pissed off at the guy supplying the wood, he should know better.
And it is still incredibly common, and used to be near universal! There's a practical reason for that though, the paint is called "Falu rödfärg", Falun Redpaint. It's oxides from the massive Falu Copper mine that supplied 2/3s of Europe's copper needs for a millenium. It produced absolutely mind boggling amounts of this, which is easy to turn into paint that also works as a preservative. Many of these old buildings are soldier's cottages that are centuries old. They are a *bitch* to remodel, since it's all solid timber. Taking out a wall is not such an easy thing...
Gosh. I can not explain the melancholy I feel when watching your video. I know it’s a romanticized version of the whole experience. I am sure it was hard. But when it’s something you’ve been craving for so many years. I’m so happy for you! Thank you for sharing this with us. I wish you all so much happiness.
I think we have an innate yearning for the simplicity and beauty that it looks like she's enjoying. It's probably very difficult, but I'm sure worth it to those who understand the cost.
@@MariaOliviaTravel Hello, how are you doing. I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace all over the world. I'm Thomas from Virginia nice to meet you.
Welcome to Sweden! Please, take care of that house. If properly cared for it will likely last you a lifetime. Make sure to paint the house properly with a plastic-free paint, otherwise the wood will just rot. If unsure, ask a craftsman. Many people buy these sort of houses and just let them decay, which is such a shame as they are an iconic part of the land :)
@@Lubecyamhead No it's just that it's true. Believe it or not, I don't have anything against brown or black people. That's just how Sweden works today.
If you have single pane window there should extra ‘innerfönster’ that you set up for the winter. Have white moss or cotton at the bottom , and tape the seams. When shoveling snow pile it against the walls for extra ventilation In spring make sure the crawl space under the house is aired out
Mattias; just to make sure, isn’t the tradition to tape only the outer windows? I recollect the windows could start to gather mold if the inner window is taped as well.
I have zero interest in photography, wildlife, Sweden or staying in a freezing cabin but this is brilliant, and BTW it is filmed and edited like a movie, congrats and it probably takes load of time.
Congratulations! Welcome to the middle north of Sweden, you’re going to have a great time here! Note squirrels typically don’t come out below -25c, they’ll just wait out the weather window, which is great because camera battery performance typically plummets at those temps! Northern quirks. Delivery times are a law unto themselves. You can never have ‘too much’ firewood As you move into winter you will want to seal up all gaps in your clothing systems when you’re out. Old houses placed all radiators directly underneath what is now considered bad glazing, so you’ll probably want to tap into some easy hacks to keep your new house affordably warm. Cant wait too see what you discover over your this winter journey!!!
Enjoy the wildlife Dani but be prepared as Swedish people are on the whole very reserved, cold and not very social. As an Englishman from Birmingham thats lived in Sweden 27 years I speak from a lot of experience and personally cant wait to retire so I can move to a country where people are much more open and friendly.
Welcome to Sweden. I moved to Sweden 8 years ago and still love it. Squirrels are hunting animals, I have seen them plenty times attack bird nests with several squirrels working in team.
Welcome to northern Sweden Dani, I hope you will like living here. A little tip, if you like to watch wildlife (birds, squirrels) from your kitchen window, put up a couple of bird feeders. My parents have been feeding birds and squirrels in this way for as long as I can remember. You knew the winter was arriving soon when dad brought home the big bag of sunflower seeds and other goodies for (as he used to say) "The little birdies"...
oh for how many years i have longed for Scandinavia, Sweden and Norway most of all! the landscape is endlessly wonderful to me, i love the colder climates, the water, everything about nature there. seeing this makes me incredibly homesick again for this distant home i have not yet had. one day, hopefully, i can make this dream come true, just like you!
@@Itapirkanmaa2 thanks for the hint, i looked at some pictures and it really looks beautiful! i never knew about it before. definitely worth a long visit at least
When we lived on a remote farm in Scotland, the monthly log delivery was the best hour of the month - chopping and stacking a ton of firewood is wonderfully cheering. It leaves you tired in a good way and you are safe in the knowledge that all your heating, cooking and washing is sorted for the next month. And it's cheaper than buying it pre-chopped ;)
I'm on solid wood and each night it's so beautiful to watch the flames and feel the intense heat. Yes firewood is a bore but the rewards are spellbinding..
I stumbled onto your channel by accident a few weeks ago and so far I have thoroughly enjoyed ALL of them. While I’m not a TH-cam creator, I do realize how much work goes into shooting the footage, choosing the right music for each segment which is always the most perfect choice, editing, editing and editing some more so that you can finally upload your finished video and share it with all of us. So, thank you ! You have a fantastic voice for narrating your videos. Calming, soothing, relaxing tone and it’s a joy to listen to. Please keep doing what you’re doing and good luck with your future projects. Congratulations on the house and stay safe.
Hi, interesting and quite impressive choice you’ve made! Myself I’ve moved to Sweden some years ago and haven’t thought that I would stay that long… The beautiful nature took me right away especially sailing, so many islands places to explore. So here I am living my dream :) Always happy to see that someone else has found own piece of magic. Congratulations for the house is looking great! Best of luck guys!
3:30 This is what my dad and I did my entire life. Throwing wood into the basement through the small window. Cords and cords and cords of wood. It really makes you appreciate being warm all that labor that goes into staying warm. As they say, heating with wood warms you twice.
You'll get a lot more density if you restack the wood once it is in the basement. Please make sure to keep your ashes in a metal container during transport and take them outside when they're not inside the furnace. Our neighbor's house burned down because they poorly maintained their ashes once.
Congratulations on buying a house! As you say, houses in the north of Sweden are quite cheap, and the further away they are from the nearest "largish" town, the cheaper they are. And prices can drop unexpectedly fast with distance... What you have to do now is a video on handling the Swedish bureaucracy: not everybody like having to do with the Swedish government, and some people cope with it better than others. And once you have settled in properly, you also need to keep us up to date with how learning the Swedish language is: for us natives, it's a piece of cake but for foreigners it seems to be anywhere between not particularly hard and virtually impossible. It might not be so much nature photography, but it will likely be an entertaining set of videos.
@@FiiSuper Absolutely, should she ever want to sell the house again she will learn that there are no buyers fighting to get in line to make bids on the house. But that does assume that things in Sweden and Swedish society don't change too much: what would happen if 50%+ of the people start working from home?
You do not need to go far north to buy cheap houses. Just 2 hours by car from the three metropolitan areas (Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö) and you can get housing at very reasonable prices.
@@tyenguyen you can easily find houses like the one in this video for between 40.000 - 80.000 pounds. Even less if you don't mind the general standard being a bit old fashioned.
I have red squirrels in my garden. I daily feed them hazelnuts. I ADORE them since i was 7. I am almost 70 now. They are so beautiful to watch. Regards from the Netherlands.
Congrats...and welcome to "the club" :0) My wife and I bought 5 acres of Sweden with a house much like yours 15 years ago...and haven't regreted it for a second
Everything about this was wonderful: the story, all the B-roll footage, the sound quality, the great editing and commentary and editing, and most of all that beautiful little house and surroundings, and of course the squirrels! Congratulations on your new home, and enjoy your first winter!
Absolutely beautiful. I’m from the mountains in Northern California where we have grey squirrels. I’ve always loved them. I film them, and often catch one eating a fresh pine cone. You have to watch out or it’ll hit you on the way down, when they’ve finished what they wanted from it. My parents now live in the Valley where the squirrels are a mix, and these ones are so fun to be around because they’ll come right up to you. I believe it’s my calming, loving energy I put out when around them so they know to trust me. They take peanuts and halved oranges from our tree right out of my hand. They then proceed to eat right in front of me. What a beautiful house, especially buying it somewhat blind. Cheers. 😊
Where I live, West Yorkshire England, we have lots of grey squirrels everywhere...Some are cheeky, they try get in through bedroom window if its open...they torment my two cats, it's funny, the squirrels run up and down the pebble dash walls, our cats go crazy
@@savewaterdrinkwine3802 So cute! The urban squirrels at my parents play games with their dogs. One the other day had their dog running circles around a tree, all while they were just a step ahead running zig zag around the lower half of the tree trunk. Once their dog went in I stayed outside, and just as I had thought this squirrelly squirrel ate seeds on the lawn near me. I do not see how people could hate these beautiful, clever, smart little animals.
Congratulations on getting the house, you now have the perfect base for wildlife photography in Sweden. Looking forward to more photos of your current Squirrel family and the new one at the house.
In the video, it seems that you have quite a bit of firewood on your property. Not sure how big your lot is, but If you're lucky, you have som birch groving on it that you can chop down and use for firewood. . Now, more importantly, you need to learn how to talk to the squirrels. My grandpa used to do that. He took some bread (usually "tunnbröd") that he could break into small pieces. You can also use spruce cone seeds. Anyway, you sit down and sit still for a while until you can see a squirrel approaching. Make some "tsk, tsk" (sort of, find a sound that works) sounds and (slowly and gently) drop a food offering as far away as you can reach. Repeat with shorter distance until you can feed them from your hand. . I've never managed this myself, but then I have no patience. Still, I've seen my grandfather do this a lot. . Also, if you're going touristing, I would recommend a trip up the E12 (Blå vägen = The Blue Road) from Umeå to Mo i Rana in Norway. If you don't have the paperwork to enter Norway (Swedish citizens can go anywhere in Scandinavia) just turn around when you reach Hemavan. It's considered one of the most beautiful roads in Sweden and rightly so.
Amazing!! You live in such a beautiful country, can't wait to visit and film it 😍 We were just in Finland and we want to visit Sweden so badly. If you have some time you can check out our travel vlogs and let us know what you think, only if you want to 😝
Congratulations! That bedding was perfection! How exciting, to be in your own house and in your special place! I had forgotten how that felt until watched this video! I bought my first house when I was 21. It still had the old ice block delivery door and ice box in the back of the house. I loved it so. I can just imagine how you must feel out there with your squirrels and your very own place! Truly, congratulations!
This was really real but artistic and peaceful. Of note, sweet soul, this is the only vid I've ever seen with zero thumbs down. 💜 Best to you both and the squirrels!
Wow this reminds me when I first bought my house and did exactly what you’re doing, shoving a ton of wood into my basement window. The major difference is I did it alone, that seems to be our theme unfortunately. We did raise 5 kids in this house and still have the last 2 that I’m cherishing every minute of. That new house feeling seems to last almost forever, almost. I wish you the best.
I'm so happy for you. Love those windows too; perfect for watching the beautiful forest and animals all around you. Cheap houses in Sweden with snowy forests you say? Sign me up.
I recently also bought a house here in Sweden, but just as a weekend and holiday home. Mine is built 1937 with an extension around 1970. I have so far not seen any squirrels, but I had a few unwanted guests, which I got rid by now - two mice. I forced them out, but alive. They can be an annoyance. Now the house is almost ready and today a wood oven has been installed. I need to look out for squirrels next spring! Enjoy! ;-)
Congratulations on buying a house, it looks great. I love the details in the house such as the hand railing going up the stairs. You are a lovely person and I really enjoy the relationship you have with the squirrels. I have about 5 squirrels around my house that I keep fed. All the best to you and your boyfriend.
I’m so happy and thrilled that you decided to choose Sweden as your new home! The house and nature around it is so incredibly beautiful and watching this video has reminded myself yet again how fortunate we are to be able to live in this country :) Congratulations on the house!
HI Dani! I'm Dani and I'm from Sweden but living in the UK since about 7 years back. Happy to have found this channel and to follow you on this journey. x
@@mikeoglen6848 Haha no. I’m from the west coast, and the second largest city in Sweden, Gothenburg. This Dani in the video got a house very very much up north. :)
This video just randomly popped up on my TH-cam feed and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very interesting, yet weirdly relaxing. I’ve now subscribed and hope you give a guided tour of the house and surroundings! I hope you’ll be very happy there!
Oh Dani, you bring back memories of buying our first house in the US. We too had a chute to get firewood into our basement for our fireplace. Only problem was the wood we brought into the basement had carpenter ants in the wood. We had to remove the whole load of wood from the house. The wood went into the basement easier than it took to get it out! Good luck with your new home! We have had our first home for 41 years and hope you can too!
Yea we never keep firewood in the house in my area of USA. Always stacked in an outdoor woodshed. Do not want carpenter ants or termites if they get into the wood.
Welcome Dani! How cool that you decided to move to Sweden and found a homebase here! If you want to join the wildlife photography family there is a bunch of us around, and many organisations over the whole country. If you want to be your own, Sweden is the place to be and feel entitled to do so. I hope you will like it here and that you will feel at home. :)
Welcome to Sweden, this part of Sweden is very nice. I have friends in Skelleftehamn so its nice to have you in the aera. Good luck and keep up the good work you are doing.
Oh, it is so exciting to buy a old house. Yours is very beautiful, I love it and totally can feel the excitement of exploring it and being there first times....
Such a calming and interesting video to watch and listen to. The accompanying music is delightful also. Looking forward to other videos from you on your exciting new life in Sweden.
Congratulations on your new homeowner status! It's a very pretty home, and seems nice and cozy. I laughed in sympathy at the moment of struggling to get the mattress up those winding stairs. So glad Ghost remains near to visit. And how pretty the squirrels high in the spruce looked among the green. Am very much looking forward to all of the beautiful films and photos of the local beauty to come.
concrates and welcome to Sweden! also i love that you chosed something that actually is sweden in the term of house, our amazing nature and animals. if u ask me thats the most beatiful in our country and if you havent enjoied sweden like you done you havent seen sweden. i hope you like it here!
What an amazing and inspiring journey! I moved from England to Sweden just over two years ago and live in Uppsala, I cannot wait to explore and see more of Swedens stunning northern countryside and its beautiful sights! :)
Grattis! Time to learn swedish ;) Seems like there isn't too much done on the house, so it will probably be quite easy if you want to renovate something. I also agree that the houses are insanely cheap up north, down in the bottom where I live you can't even get 1/4 of a one room apartment for the same price.
Congratulations Dani on purchasing your home. I'm also very pleased you have squirrels near buy besides those in the squirrel forest. I'm excited for you in all the new adventures to come in your life, and I'm looking forward to seeing some of those adventures. All the best Dani.
Congrats on your new house. Something tells me your little neighbors are going to be so happy. I see bird houses in your future. If houses over there are priced similar to expensive camera lenses, I'll be dreaming of buying one there too.
How very satisfying to settle into a wonderful new beginning...cozily creative in the warmth, a very fortunate destiny bestowed by this innate passionate bond with that gorgeous red squirrel!
Love the house, a little bit jealous tbh😂. Is the forest with Ghost etc.., far from your new abode? If I can make a suggestion...., when getting a log delivery, have one person unloading and one in the cellar, stacking. Start in the alcove and work up and out.
hey very important, get a sotare to come clean all the chimneys regurarly and inspect it, soot fire takes so many swedish houses when new house owners move in! Easy to overlook, and especially when you dont know when it was last cleaned
This is amazing, congratulations! The wood scene reminded me so much of the good old time going the forest, chopping down trees with my dad and my brother. I am sure you will have an awesome time in your new home!
Congratulations! One thing you really need is firewood, a lot of it through the winter! I am also a house owner of a old wooden house in Sweden mine is located in Dalecarlia and firewood is the best heat source and much nicer than relying on electric heat, which you will also need! Snow clearing gear is a must during the winter too, not just showels, a some kind of large snow blower as when you get snow, you do get a lot of it. All the best!
Welcome Dani. The house looks great but you should consider a change of stove, I am not completly sure but it look like "old school" Newer modells save you a lot of work and money, much more efficient.
Such a lovely video. We can't wait to visit your beautiful country and film it, we were just in Finland and we can only imagine how magical Sweden will be 😍 If you have some time you can check out our travel vlogs and let us know what you think, only if you want to 😝
@@MariaOliviaTravel Well I did check it out and I'm now a sub. Please come to Sweden. But you really have to go to Norway. In Norway you should take Bergensbanen (Bergen line). It is said to be the worlds most beautiful train line. Oh ...I don't know how I got from Sweden to Norway ...lol.
@@jellycoding Thank you so much for your support 🙏 and the recommendations. We really want to go to Norway as well. Are you a mind reader? haha we've been wanting to do a vlog on a train. Checking it out right now 😁
Thank you Danni. You make such beautiful films that bring tears to my eyes.. 😅Old as I am. Nice that you found that house. The squirrels also 🐿liked you moving in. ☺
We don't have red squirrels in Seattle, WA (just gray ones), although I've seen photos of them in UK magazine "The Simple Things," and other publications. How wonderful you bought a home in Sweden where you can observe Ghost and his brethren red squirrels in nature. They're so enchanting, whimsical, and lovely with their tufted ears, red and gray fur coat. Jenny
Ah yes, the grey squirrels, enemy of the red squirrel. Sadly the grey squirrel is invasive in Europe and it also carries a particular disease that's lethal for red squirrels.
@@patrickd9551 yes it nearly killed off the British red squirrel population. Luckily we managed to save them we have a few colonies that are in or were in secret places.
Someone has said this already, but grey squirrels have killed off most of the red squirrel population in the UK. Fortunately, they can still be found in some places, most notably the Isle of Wight. My Grandad lives there, and I always look forward to trying to spot them when I visit. They really are beautiful!
I've always recommended my friends to go visit the more remote parts of Sweden. I come from Stockholm and most people here never get to see these parts. If you're going on vacation, you'll probably go to Spain instead of Norrland. Such a shame, this country is so beautiful. Glad to have you :)
Just happened on your video this morning. What a lovely home, and frankly gorgeous video. I'm a photographer myself (though likely twice your age). I live in Iraq, and this time of year miss the forests and snow of my Canadian homeland. Thank you. I hope all goes well for you in your new home. Peace.
Great and congratulation! :-) I have done before in 1992 and sold in 2012. Now living in an apartment cause of my age... I have gott lot of experiences for 4 seasons and was really appriciated to live in a house and a big garden with apple trees, pear trees and one plom tree. Lots of Tulips - A good memory the best time in my life to plant, develope knowledge of exotic plants (for me) cause I was born in Bangkok but we have big fish farming with big land for Coconut trees and mango trees. I really love life in rural sometimes. We are appriciated in Mother Nature as well. Happiness of Human-Being. Best wishes from STOCKHOLM
@@MultiOranuch Happy New Year to you as well beautiful woman. I hope you don't mind that we talk and get to know each other. I am looking for a new friend OK!
I always find it fascinating following people discovering Sweden, it reminds me about the things that actually are great about this country. It's so easy to forget them when you've lived here your entire life and seen so many things go downhill.. Ah well anyways, you'll have no shortage of animals to snap pictures of, that's for sure :)
Yes, I am a swede too and our politicians and media have really done there best to destroy everything good about Sweden. Such a pity but hopefully something good appears from it anyway.
I envy you, guys. It must have been the best decision so far to go to Sweden. Sometimes it "pays" to be a little mad...lol. The landscape is amazing and your connection to nature is obvious. Thank you so much for sharing!
Yess! Being mad can be a very good thing haha. We are a bit envious too, we can't wait to visit Sweden and film it. We were just in FInland and it was gorgeous 😍 If you have some time you can check out our travel vlogs and let us know what you think, only if you want to 😝
You have to take risks these days, being conventional and conservative won’t even get you the basics in certain areas in the UK. It is to the point where you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Dani, just magic that you have a house, wow 1st major step. Underfloor insulation? Double glazed? Just one fireplace? Are you allowed access to your own trees or elsewhere. It is allmennesland, all peoples land, after all. Silver Birch burns green. We used to stook up long logs of it outside in Karasjok in Finnmark. Just gorgeous shots on a 5D Mark 1V. Have Joy. Love your engagement with nature.............
Congratulations!!! A little piece of paradise among the most incredible, magical, touching, endearing little darlings that there is. Congratulations again and a huge 👏👏👏👏 and thanks for your incredible work.
Congratulations, and welcome to the small, but growing club of Brits in Northern Sweden. You've bought a place in paradise. Best wishes from a fellow film maker/photographer.
I have to say, I like your videos. It is obvious that you like nature and are a caring person. What I like the most is the almost robotic delivery of commentary, I could listen to is for hours :-)
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As a Swede I feel proud that You have chosen to live in my country, especially in the nothern part, we need creative people like You. Conserning the firewood, next time, try to get more birchwood, it has a far higher energy content and will therefore last longer than spruce and pinewood. Besides, pinewood also soot your chimeny and can cause something called "soteld" in swedish. Soteld is a house owners nightmare, the chimeny starts to burn inside and can start a fire in the rest of the house. A wise thing to do is get in touch with a "sotare" and let him/her as a professional do the inspection of the "firesystem".
Sotare =chimney sweeper
You don't throw the fire wood in, you stack the logs nicely on top of each other.
Canadian here - agree with the warning about pine and spruce as firewood. Birch burns hot and fast, so make sure to mix it with slower burning wood like maple and oak.
Another Canadian here, you never burn pine and spruce in a fireplace/furnace the risk of a chimney fire is much higher. Personally, I’d be a bit pissed off at the guy supplying the wood, he should know better.
@@wcg66 I was looking at the firewood delivery and thought it looked really low quality. Loads of small branch wood that will burn in five minutes.
I love the way the houses look in Sweden. There is something so calm and inviting about a red house with white trims. So lovely.
And it is still incredibly common, and used to be near universal! There's a practical reason for that though, the paint is called "Falu rödfärg", Falun Redpaint. It's oxides from the massive Falu Copper mine that supplied 2/3s of Europe's copper needs for a millenium. It produced absolutely mind boggling amounts of this, which is easy to turn into paint that also works as a preservative. Many of these old buildings are soldier's cottages that are centuries old. They are a *bitch* to remodel, since it's all solid timber. Taking out a wall is not such an easy thing...
Gosh. I can not explain the melancholy I feel when watching your video. I know it’s a romanticized version of the whole experience. I am sure it was hard. But when it’s something you’ve been craving for so many years. I’m so happy for you! Thank you for sharing this with us. I wish you all so much happiness.
I think we have an innate yearning for the simplicity and beauty that it looks like she's enjoying. It's probably very difficult, but I'm sure worth it to those who understand the cost.
Completely agree! 😍
@@MariaOliviaTravel Hello, how are you doing. I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace all over the world. I'm Thomas from Virginia nice to meet you.
Welcome to Sweden!
Please, take care of that house. If properly cared for it will likely last you a lifetime. Make sure to paint the house properly with a plastic-free paint, otherwise the wood will just rot. If unsure, ask a craftsman. Many people buy these sort of houses and just let them decay, which is such a shame as they are an iconic part of the land :)
Welcome to Sweden - we moved here 6 years ago and live just about as far north as you can get. Love the place and we see so much wildlife everyday.
Hi, is it easy to make the move from the UK? My husband and I are seriously considering it. How much money would we need for example?
@@fionasiegertsz8620 Paint your face black and you'll become a Swedish citizen in no time and you can sit back and enjoy all the benefits! Welcome!
@@fionasiegertsz8620 Have a look at Jack and Naomis channel. They did exactly that. They give examples of their living costs :)
@@Wizzy88 why racialize a conversation? your words are rude and pointless, only to hurt other people with brown or black skin.
@@Lubecyamhead No it's just that it's true. Believe it or not, I don't have anything against brown or black people. That's just how Sweden works today.
If you have single pane window there should extra ‘innerfönster’ that you set up for the winter. Have white moss or cotton at the bottom , and tape the seams.
When shoveling snow pile it against the walls for extra ventilation
In spring make sure the crawl space under the house is aired out
How much is her house ? She is rich already with all those education under her belt, knowledge and equipments....
Mattias; just to make sure, isn’t the tradition to tape only the outer windows? I recollect the windows could start to gather mold if the inner window is taped as well.
@@keepcreationprocess Not that you need to know, but probably not a lot since houses go for pretty cheap up there.
I asked for the price at that time......now is year 2022
That look like argon+air window, at least at the lower floor. That is really rather good window.
stacking the wood is important to let the moisture escape from the wood to prevent mold and rot .
The firewood has to dry a whole year before usage. 🌲🌳
@@filippersson5256
I have zero interest in photography, wildlife, Sweden or staying in a freezing cabin but this is brilliant, and BTW it is filmed and edited like a movie, congrats and it probably takes load of time.
@John Smitb good!
You should see Jonna’s videos. Breathtaking.
@@Thepixiebella who is that?
@@VintageDigitalWatches Her YT name is Jonna Jinton! watch one of her videos and tell me what you think!
@@Thepixiebella Yes absolutely! Her video's are breathtakingly beautiful and heartwarming
Congratulations! Welcome to the middle north of Sweden, you’re going to have a great time here! Note squirrels typically don’t come out below -25c, they’ll just wait out the weather window, which is great because camera battery performance typically plummets at those temps!
Northern quirks.
Delivery times are a law unto themselves.
You can never have ‘too much’ firewood
As you move into winter you will want to seal up all gaps in your clothing systems when you’re out.
Old houses placed all radiators directly underneath what is now considered bad glazing, so you’ll probably want to tap into some easy hacks to keep your new house affordably warm.
Cant wait too see what you discover over your this winter journey!!!
Enjoy the wildlife Dani but be prepared as Swedish people are on the whole very reserved, cold and not very social. As an Englishman from Birmingham thats lived in Sweden 27 years I speak from a lot of experience and personally cant wait to retire so I can move to a country where people are much more open and friendly.
Welcome to Sweden. I moved to Sweden 8 years ago and still love it. Squirrels are hunting animals, I have seen them plenty times attack bird nests with several squirrels working in team.
Welcome to northern Sweden Dani, I hope you will like living here. A little tip, if you like to watch wildlife (birds, squirrels) from your kitchen window, put up a couple of bird feeders. My parents have been feeding birds and squirrels in this way for as long as I can remember. You knew the winter was arriving soon when dad brought home the big bag of sunflower seeds and other goodies for (as he used to say) "The little birdies"...
oh for how many years i have longed for Scandinavia, Sweden and Norway most of all! the landscape is endlessly wonderful to me, i love the colder climates, the water, everything about nature there. seeing this makes me incredibly homesick again for this distant home i have not yet had. one day, hopefully, i can make this dream come true, just like you!
Karelia in Russia is what you need, it's the original version of all, and is cheap.
@@Itapirkanmaa2 thanks for the hint, i looked at some pictures and it really looks beautiful! i never knew about it before. definitely worth a long visit at least
@@kfogo7459 I'm Norwegian. It's expensive living here, but structure (infra) is on a different level than Russia;)
@@Lotus_River Karelia by and large does not have anything unnecessary like big cities or highways. Karelia is like Finland was 50 years ago or longer.
@@Itapirkanmaa2 Yes, right, living under a Russian government, Swedish government...same thing basically.
Damn good job and a great size of house. Not too sprawling, probably easier to heat, still plenty of space.
Very happy for you!
Happy to have you here in Sweden Dani 😀
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Which websites are trustful to look for homes like yours Kalle and Dani's?
@@tonymleitao Hemnet.
Having a house heated primarily from wood can be a chore but a very rewarding experience. I hope you 2 the absolute best.
When we lived on a remote farm in Scotland, the monthly log delivery was the best hour of the month - chopping and stacking a ton of firewood is wonderfully cheering. It leaves you tired in a good way and you are safe in the knowledge that all your heating, cooking and washing is sorted for the next month.
And it's cheaper than buying it pre-chopped ;)
I'm on solid wood and each night it's so beautiful to watch the flames and feel the intense heat. Yes firewood is a bore but the rewards are spellbinding..
two? she's said she bought a house. what..
@@collie8 it's her and her boyfriend, that makes 2
I stumbled onto your channel by accident a few weeks ago and so far I have thoroughly enjoyed ALL of them. While I’m not a TH-cam creator, I do realize how much work goes into shooting the footage, choosing the right music for each segment which is always the most perfect choice, editing, editing and editing some more so that you can finally upload your finished video and share it with all of us. So, thank you ! You have a fantastic voice for narrating your videos. Calming, soothing, relaxing tone and it’s a joy to listen to. Please keep doing what you’re doing and good luck with your future projects. Congratulations on the house and stay safe.
Hi, interesting and quite impressive choice you’ve made! Myself I’ve moved to Sweden some years ago and haven’t thought that I would stay that long… The beautiful nature took me right away especially sailing, so many islands places to explore. So here I am living my dream :)
Always happy to see that someone else has found own piece of magic. Congratulations for the house is looking great! Best of luck guys!
I came 37 years ago 😊.
3:30 This is what my dad and I did my entire life. Throwing wood into the basement through the small window. Cords and cords and cords of wood. It really makes you appreciate being warm all that labor that goes into staying warm. As they say, heating with wood warms you twice.
You'll get a lot more density if you restack the wood once it is in the basement. Please make sure to keep your ashes in a metal container during transport and take them outside when they're not inside the furnace. Our neighbor's house burned down because they poorly maintained their ashes once.
Congratulations on buying a house! As you say, houses in the north of Sweden are quite cheap, and the further away they are from the nearest "largish" town, the cheaper they are. And prices can drop unexpectedly fast with distance...
What you have to do now is a video on handling the Swedish bureaucracy: not everybody like having to do with the Swedish government, and some people cope with it better than others.
And once you have settled in properly, you also need to keep us up to date with how learning the Swedish language is: for us natives, it's a piece of cake but for foreigners it seems to be anywhere between not particularly hard and virtually impossible. It might not be so much nature photography, but it will likely be an entertaining set of videos.
and as cheaper they are as harder they are to sell again.
@@FiiSuper Absolutely, should she ever want to sell the house again she will learn that there are no buyers fighting to get in line to make bids on the house. But that does assume that things in Sweden and Swedish society don't change too much: what would happen if 50%+ of the people start working from home?
You do not need to go far north to buy cheap houses. Just 2 hours by car from the three metropolitan areas (Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö) and you can get housing at very reasonable prices.
@@Jon-hg5lz like roughly how much?
@@tyenguyen you can easily find houses like the one in this video for between 40.000 - 80.000 pounds. Even less if you don't mind the general standard being a bit old fashioned.
I have red squirrels in my garden. I daily feed them hazelnuts. I ADORE them since i was 7. I am almost 70 now. They are so beautiful to watch. Regards from the Netherlands.
Congrats...and welcome to "the club" :0) My wife and I bought 5 acres of Sweden with a house much like yours 15 years ago...and haven't regreted it for a second
Your wildlife photography is stunning!
Everything about this was wonderful: the story, all the B-roll footage, the sound quality, the great editing and commentary and editing, and most of all that beautiful little house and surroundings, and of course the squirrels! Congratulations on your new home, and enjoy your first winter!
Exactly. And: the music and timing. 👌
Absolutely beautiful. I’m from the mountains in Northern California where we have grey squirrels. I’ve always loved them. I film them, and often catch one eating a fresh pine cone. You have to watch out or it’ll hit you on the way down, when they’ve finished what they wanted from it. My parents now live in the Valley where the squirrels are a mix, and these ones are so fun to be around because they’ll come right up to you. I believe it’s my calming, loving energy I put out when around them so they know to trust me. They take peanuts and halved oranges from our tree right out of my hand. They then proceed to eat right in front of me. What a beautiful house, especially buying it somewhat blind. Cheers. 😊
Where I live, West Yorkshire England, we have lots of grey squirrels everywhere...Some are cheeky, they try get in through bedroom window if its open...they torment my two cats, it's funny, the squirrels run up and down the pebble dash walls, our cats go crazy
@@savewaterdrinkwine3802 So cute! The urban squirrels at my parents play games with their dogs. One the other day had their dog running circles around a tree, all while they were just a step ahead running zig zag around the lower half of the tree trunk. Once their dog went in I stayed outside, and just as I had thought this squirrelly squirrel ate seeds on the lawn near me. I do not see how people could hate these beautiful, clever, smart little animals.
Congratulations on getting the house, you now have the perfect base for wildlife photography in Sweden. Looking forward to more photos of your current Squirrel family and the new one at the house.
In the video, it seems that you have quite a bit of firewood on your property. Not sure how big your lot is, but If you're lucky, you have som birch groving on it that you can chop down and use for firewood.
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Now, more importantly, you need to learn how to talk to the squirrels. My grandpa used to do that. He took some bread (usually "tunnbröd") that he could break into small pieces. You can also use spruce cone seeds. Anyway, you sit down and sit still for a while until you can see a squirrel approaching. Make some "tsk, tsk" (sort of, find a sound that works) sounds and (slowly and gently) drop a food offering as far away as you can reach. Repeat with shorter distance until you can feed them from your hand.
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I've never managed this myself, but then I have no patience. Still, I've seen my grandfather do this a lot.
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Also, if you're going touristing, I would recommend a trip up the E12 (Blå vägen = The Blue Road) from Umeå to Mo i Rana in Norway. If you don't have the paperwork to enter Norway (Swedish citizens can go anywhere in Scandinavia) just turn around when you reach Hemavan. It's considered one of the most beautiful roads in Sweden and rightly so.
From one English person to another, welcome to Sweden. I've been here 21 years myself. Good luck to the both of you :)
Amazing!! You live in such a beautiful country, can't wait to visit and film it 😍 We were just in Finland and we want to visit Sweden so badly. If you have some time you can check out our travel vlogs and let us know what you think, only if you want to 😝
Welcome to Sweden. I am also a Photographer from The Bahamas living in Sweden. Happy i found your TH-cam page
Congratulations! That bedding was perfection! How exciting, to be in your own house and in your special place! I had forgotten how that felt until watched this video! I bought my first house when I was 21. It still had the old ice block delivery door and ice box in the back of the house. I loved it so. I can just imagine how you must feel out there with your squirrels and your very own place! Truly, congratulations!
This was really real but artistic and peaceful. Of note, sweet soul, this is the only vid I've ever seen with zero thumbs down. 💜 Best to you both and the squirrels!
Wow this reminds me when I first bought my house and did exactly what you’re doing, shoving a ton of wood into my basement window. The major difference is I did it alone, that seems to be our theme unfortunately. We did raise 5 kids in this house and still have the last 2 that I’m cherishing every minute of. That new house feeling seems to last almost forever, almost. I wish you the best.
I'm so happy for you. Love those windows too; perfect for watching the beautiful forest and animals all around you.
Cheap houses in Sweden with snowy forests you say? Sign me up.
I recently also bought a house here in Sweden, but just as a weekend and holiday home. Mine is built 1937 with an extension around 1970. I have so far not seen any squirrels, but I had a few unwanted guests, which I got rid by now - two mice. I forced them out, but alive. They can be an annoyance. Now the house is almost ready and today a wood oven has been installed. I need to look out for squirrels next spring! Enjoy! ;-)
how do i do this? Where to look for a house ?
What website can do search for a home there please
Wieviel hast Du dafür bezahlt wenn ich fragen darf
Congratulations on buying a house, it looks great. I love the details in the house such as the hand railing going up the stairs. You are a lovely person and I really enjoy the relationship you have with the squirrels. I have about 5 squirrels around my house that I keep fed. All the best to you and your boyfriend.
I’m so happy and thrilled that you decided to choose Sweden as your new home! The house and nature around it is so incredibly beautiful and watching this video has reminded myself yet again how fortunate we are to be able to live in this country :) Congratulations on the house!
So lucky! We can't wait to visit this beautiful country and film it 😍
Welcome congratulations on buying your home!
Squirrels are awesome. They remind us to take time and to play in nature!
HI Dani! I'm Dani and I'm from Sweden but living in the UK since about 7 years back. Happy to have found this channel and to follow you on this journey. x
Lol🙂
It's all most like you've traded place's..
Awesome ❤👍
@@Woopwoopwill haha it really is.
Good luck to all of you, may you thrive!
@@Huesbydani Was that your old house?
@@mikeoglen6848 Haha no. I’m from the west coast, and the second largest city in Sweden, Gothenburg. This Dani in the video got a house very very much up north. :)
You are such a beautiful, lovely, sensitive person. This Planet needs more human beings like that.
This video just randomly popped up on my TH-cam feed and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Very interesting, yet weirdly relaxing. I’ve now subscribed and hope you give a guided tour of the house and surroundings! I hope you’ll be very happy there!
Me too!
Woaaahhh, välkommen hem Dani!! Soooo envious of your adorable house but at the same time so happy for you 😍😊🥰 Again... VÄLKOMMEN HEM! ❤️
Sweet Swede home.. cozy. I got up this morning seeing snow in my backyard as well. Such a coincidence
Oh Dani, you bring back memories of buying our first house in the US. We too had a chute to get firewood into our basement for our fireplace. Only problem was the wood we brought into the basement had carpenter ants in the wood. We had to remove the whole load of wood from the house. The wood went into the basement easier than it took to get it out! Good luck with your new home! We have had our first home for 41 years and hope you can too!
Buying our first hose....hmmm..??? Did you maybe mean house....???
Yea we never keep firewood in the house in my area of USA. Always stacked in an outdoor woodshed. Do not want carpenter ants or termites if they get into the wood.
i love watching these videos of people moving to sweden! thank youuuuu for sharing! lovely video! congrats on your move!
Welcome Dani! How cool that you decided to move to Sweden and found a homebase here! If you want to join the wildlife photography family there is a bunch of us around, and many organisations over the whole country. If you want to be your own, Sweden is the place to be and feel entitled to do so. I hope you will like it here and that you will feel at home. :)
That crate of firewood. You need about 4 of those for a whole winter supply.
Welcome to Sweden, this part of Sweden is very nice. I have friends in Skelleftehamn so its nice to have you in the aera. Good luck and keep up the good work you are doing.
Oh, it is so exciting to buy a old house. Yours is very beautiful, I love it and totally can feel the excitement of exploring it and being there first times....
Red squirrels are so happy Thanks 👍👋🙏
Well,you are so welcome. You two should feel right at home here.
Such a calming and interesting video to watch and listen to. The accompanying music is delightful also. Looking forward to other videos from you on your exciting new life in Sweden.
Congratulations on your new homeowner status! It's a very pretty home, and seems nice and cozy. I laughed in sympathy at the moment of struggling to get the mattress up those winding stairs. So glad Ghost remains near to visit. And how pretty the squirrels high in the spruce looked among the green. Am very much looking forward to all of the beautiful films and photos of the local beauty to come.
concrates and welcome to Sweden! also i love that you chosed something that actually is sweden in the term of house, our amazing nature and animals. if u ask me thats the most beatiful in our country and if you havent enjoied sweden like you done you havent seen sweden. i hope you like it here!
What a beautiful house, bet it will feel like Christmas everyday.
What an amazing and inspiring journey! I moved from England to Sweden just over two years ago and live in Uppsala, I cannot wait to explore and see more of Swedens stunning northern countryside and its beautiful sights! :)
Congratulations Dani. Hope you will be happy living there, I'm sure you will. Absolute best wishes to you.
Congratulations on your beautiful new home! I would be so proud of that house!
Grattis! Time to learn swedish ;)
Seems like there isn't too much done on the house, so it will probably be quite easy if you want to renovate something. I also agree that the houses are insanely cheap up north, down in the bottom where I live you can't even get 1/4 of a one room apartment for the same price.
That's a gorgeous place, its as old as my grandmother, wow. I hope you two will have a long happy life there.
Congratulations Dani on purchasing your home. I'm also very pleased you have squirrels near buy besides those in the squirrel forest. I'm excited for you in all the new adventures to come in your life, and I'm looking forward to seeing some of those adventures. All the best Dani.
Love red squirrels, constantly culling grey ones. Love Sweden and the snowy winters.
Wow, what an absolutely amazing adventure. Visiting Ikea is a right of passage! I hope you both really enjoy your new home.
Fantastic photos. Just brilliant produced! The music and editing make this film very enjoyable to watch.
BTW, nice home you brought.
Congrats on your new house. Something tells me your little neighbors are going to be so happy. I see bird houses in your future. If houses over there are priced similar to expensive camera lenses, I'll be dreaming of buying one there too.
very nice. hope you enjoy northern summers with endless sunlight. it is something special as well
I wish you both all the happiness in your new home a magical part of the world .
That looks so romantic 😍😍 good luck to you both for 2022. 💙 From Liverpool 🇬🇧.
Dani! Warmest congratulations! Hope, you have enough squirrels in your forest)
How very satisfying to settle into a wonderful new beginning...cozily creative in the warmth, a very fortunate destiny bestowed by this innate passionate bond with that gorgeous red squirrel!
Love the house, a little bit jealous tbh😂. Is the forest with Ghost etc.., far from your new abode?
If I can make a suggestion...., when getting a log delivery, have one person unloading and one in the cellar, stacking. Start in the alcove and work up and out.
hey very important, get a sotare to come clean all the chimneys regurarly and inspect it, soot fire takes so many swedish houses when new house owners move in! Easy to overlook, and especially when you dont know when it was last cleaned
This is amazing, congratulations! The wood scene reminded me so much of the good old time going the forest, chopping down trees with my dad and my brother. I am sure you will have an awesome time in your new home!
Congratulations! One thing you really need is firewood, a lot of it through the winter! I am also a house owner of a old wooden house in Sweden mine is located in Dalecarlia and firewood is the best heat source and much nicer than relying on electric heat, which you will also need! Snow clearing gear is a must during the winter too, not just showels, a some kind of large snow blower as when you get snow, you do get a lot of it. All the best!
The house looks great!!
Your videos are awesome. I love the squirrels too, and feed them everyday. Your house looks amazing.
Congratulations on the new house it looks amazing I wish you all the best and look forward to see more of your stunning pictures 📸 📷
Welcome Dani. The house looks great but you should consider a change of stove, I am not completly sure but it look like "old school"
Newer modells save you a lot of work and money, much more efficient.
Congratulations Dani, and best of luck to you both in your new home 🙏
Beautiful how you set up the whole video 🥰. Serene is what I feel watching it.
This video made me really happy. Lovely Swedish house with a lovely couple in it. Hope you will have a great life here in my (our) country.
Such a lovely video. We can't wait to visit your beautiful country and film it, we were just in Finland and we can only imagine how magical Sweden will be 😍 If you have some time you can check out our travel vlogs and let us know what you think, only if you want to 😝
@@MariaOliviaTravel Well I did check it out and I'm now a sub. Please come to Sweden. But you really have to go to Norway. In Norway you should take Bergensbanen (Bergen line). It is said to be the worlds most beautiful train line. Oh ...I don't know how I got from Sweden to Norway ...lol.
@@jellycoding Thank you so much for your support 🙏 and the recommendations. We really want to go to Norway as well. Are you a mind reader? haha we've been wanting to do a vlog on a train. Checking it out right now 😁
Thank you Danni. You make such beautiful films that bring tears to my eyes.. 😅Old as I am. Nice that you found that house. The squirrels also 🐿liked you moving in. ☺
Congratulations on moving to the new house! Must feel lovely being around squirrels all the time
We don't have red squirrels in Seattle, WA (just gray ones), although I've seen photos of them in UK magazine "The Simple Things," and other publications. How wonderful you bought a home in Sweden where you can observe Ghost and his brethren red squirrels in nature. They're so enchanting, whimsical, and lovely with their tufted ears, red and gray fur coat. Jenny
Ah yes, the grey squirrels, enemy of the red squirrel.
Sadly the grey squirrel is invasive in Europe and it also carries a particular disease that's lethal for red squirrels.
@@patrickd9551 yes it nearly killed off the British red squirrel population.
Luckily we managed to save them we have a few colonies that are in or were in secret places.
I moved to Bulgaria 3 years ago, the squirrels here are black. Same size and appearance as a red but a beautiful jet black colour.
Someone has said this already, but grey squirrels have killed off most of the red squirrel population in the UK. Fortunately, they can still be found in some places, most notably the Isle of Wight. My Grandad lives there, and I always look forward to trying to spot them when I visit. They really are beautiful!
I‘m so happy for you, Dani! What a beautiful place 💖. I wish you all the best for your brandnew life in Sweden 🐿😊🇸🇪
Oh my! Congratulations! What a lovely home!
I've always recommended my friends to go visit the more remote parts of Sweden. I come from Stockholm and most people here never get to see these parts. If you're going on vacation, you'll probably go to Spain instead of Norrland. Such a shame, this country is so beautiful. Glad to have you :)
Just happened on your video this morning. What a lovely home, and frankly gorgeous video. I'm a photographer myself (though likely twice your age). I live in Iraq, and this time of year miss the forests and snow of my Canadian homeland. Thank you. I hope all goes well for you in your new home. Peace.
Great and congratulation! :-) I have done before in 1992 and sold in 2012. Now living in an apartment cause of my age... I have gott lot of experiences for 4 seasons and was really appriciated to live in a house and a big garden with apple trees, pear trees and one plom tree. Lots of Tulips - A good memory the best time in my life to plant, develope knowledge of exotic plants (for me) cause I was born in Bangkok but we have big fish farming with big land for Coconut trees and mango trees. I really love life in rural sometimes. We are appriciated in Mother Nature as well. Happiness of Human-Being.
Best wishes from STOCKHOLM
Hello, how are you doing. I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace all over the world. I'm Thomas from Virginia nice to meet you.
@@thomashanks1033 Thank you for greeting! Happy New Year! Best wishes from Stockholm - Sweden
@@MultiOranuch Happy New Year to you as well beautiful woman. I hope you don't mind that we talk and get to know each other. I am looking for a new friend OK!
Congratulations Dani! It must feel so wonderful to be where you love. Give us a house tour pretty please!
I always find it fascinating following people discovering Sweden, it reminds me about the things that actually are great about this country. It's so easy to forget them when you've lived here your entire life and seen so many things go downhill.. Ah well anyways, you'll have no shortage of animals to snap pictures of, that's for sure :)
Yes, I am a swede too and our politicians and media have really done there best to destroy everything good about Sweden. Such a pity but hopefully something good appears from it anyway.
You have a beautiful country. Stand up for it and don't let politicians take away everything you love about your homeland.
Yeah soon Sweden won't look like Sweden. Everything beautiful will crumble as you allow your traitorous governments to betray their own.
@@gamingSlasher I'd be interested to learn how the Politicians have been destroying Sweden?
@@mikeoglen6848Er, uncontrolled immigration
This is wonderful!!! Congratulations and many happy photo days to come!!!!
Congrats Dani! :) I hope you will feel most welcome and somewhat at home. Best of luck to you!
Your video is so relaxing and calm. Almost a meditation
Aw they are so cute!! Congrats on your new home, Sweden is a dream ✨🤍
"my family thought I was completely mad".... most great stories start this way.... I'm really happy for you
I envy you, guys. It must have been the best decision so far to go to Sweden. Sometimes it "pays" to be a little mad...lol. The landscape is amazing and your connection to nature is obvious. Thank you so much for sharing!
Yess! Being mad can be a very good thing haha. We are a bit envious too, we can't wait to visit Sweden and film it. We were just in FInland and it was gorgeous 😍 If you have some time you can check out our travel vlogs and let us know what you think, only if you want to 😝
You have to take risks these days, being conventional and conservative won’t even get you the basics in certain areas in the UK. It is to the point where you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Dani, just magic that you have a house, wow 1st major step. Underfloor insulation? Double glazed? Just one fireplace? Are you allowed access to your own trees or elsewhere. It is allmennesland, all peoples land, after all. Silver Birch burns green. We used to stook up long logs of it outside in Karasjok in Finnmark. Just gorgeous shots on a 5D Mark 1V. Have Joy. Love your engagement with nature.............
Congratulations!!! A little piece of paradise among the most incredible, magical, touching, endearing little darlings that there is. Congratulations again and a huge 👏👏👏👏 and thanks for your incredible work.
Congratulations, and welcome to the small, but growing club of Brits in Northern Sweden. You've bought a place in paradise. Best wishes from a fellow film maker/photographer.
Just found you this morning. What beautiful filming. The home is gorgeous! I'm of Swedish heritage. Never been, but it looks lovely.
Sweden is a great country to live in, I moved to Sweden 37 years ago.
I have to say, I like your videos. It is obvious that you like nature and are a caring person. What I like the most is the almost robotic delivery of commentary, I could listen to is for hours :-)
Your photography is incredible! Sweden is a paradise for nature photographers of all kinds 💚 love the house it is so beautiful :)