People like you should have a gold medal for all the work you do to adapt and make o good living in Sweden. Welcome and wish you the best in Sweden. Life is an adventure.
I am Swedish 🇸🇪 and find these videos so positive. People like you and your partner should be given a medal for all the work you put in and your willingness to adapt to the local community and culture - getting that hunting license is so important. Many people think living in the country is about independence and not having to rely on others when it is in fact the opposite, both for practical and social reasons you will be more dependent on neighbors. If/when you have children that will be an important anchor. You should definitely keep the wood stove no matter what. Also look into getting at least a rudimentary wood splitter, so you don’t need to do it with an axe, which will wear you out rather quickly.
I am impressed that you are making an effort learning the language and joining the community, unlike some youtubers buying houses in Sweden. To each his own, I guess, but I think your life here will be happier as you are clearly already on your way to become Swedish. Welcome! 🙂
@@viktoriaberg8706 thank you and I totally agree! I want to be part of society here, not just live in a commune of foreigners. And everyone's so nice here that we'd be missing out if we didn't make an effort.
You can't become ethnic. Why can't they be Dutch and just happen to live in Sweden and know the language? They are not Swedish and they don't need to be, people need to get over that.
Impressive undertaking, with a steep learning curve! We bought a similar homestead 12 years ago and we know the struggle, although we are Swedish, born and raised in Värmland. 😊 I don't want to be a besserwisser, but there is an old saying here in Sweden about firewood that really has logic to it: One fells the trees in winter (the ground is solid frozen and hard, thus avoiding damaging the land), process them into firewood so they are ready by Easter, and then they dry (outside, in piles) and are ready by midsummer. Then one moves the firewood to dry storage in a woodshed (with good ventilation). There are a lot of reasons to this, humidity in the logs and in the air being important factors. Splitting wet wood is preferable and logs from birch will rot really fast if one doesn't split them open the same season. After midsummer the air gets humid and firewood won't dry up in time for winter. Too dry (old) firewood is also not the best. There's a whole science to this really! In the beginning there is so much to learn and too little time, but we learned the hard way that processing firewood like this is the best. Regards from another homesteader 😊
I love that you get the help inside your community and pay the people living there. This is so great for integration. I‘m really impressed how you two are doing this. Just one small tip: dry your wood inside the barn, not inside the house. It will leak some resin at some point and this will ruin everything in the visinity of the wood - been there, done that 😀 Veel plezier met jullie nieuwe huis ☀
Welcome to Sweden! I could recommend you to consider keeping the woodstowe on the kitchen. It is almost impossible to get something as good as the one you have . The thing is even if the electricity goes out (happens now and then) you still have heating. Ask locals about it and see what they use.
@@gunlindblad6816 thanks for the suggestion. We will replace it with another wamsler with the same functions so I think we won't regret it. And unfortunately our water pump is electric so we cannot heat the entire house with the stove if the power goes out. That might be a project for further down the line though :). We also have a 'normal' woodburner upstairs not connected to the heating luckily. We have talked about this with all our Swedish neighbours and friends and they all seemed to agree with us so I feel quite reassured.
A modern pump has such a low power usage that it's possible to run it for days from a power station (which is a good thing to have). With a generator too you can manage weeks without electricity. Welcome new Swedes. / Preparedness Guy
@@Zoroff74 the thing is if it that low usage of electricity I would not count on it when it gets really cold. I have 2 heatingsystems in my house. One is a heatngpump, viessman big one and the other is a pelletburner also a really big one. During the cold season november to april I run the pelletheating because the heatingpump doesn’t make it. Now I have a big house but still I live in the Stockholmarea. Just a warning, it doesn’t always work as the salesman says.
I live in Norway, I buy raw wood in the early spring, and keep it in an open garage, it is ready to be used in December. Be careful of storing wood in the house, I only take in what I will burn in a couple of days or so. Wood storage indoors can bring unwanted guests, like wood eating ants and health issues like allergies and mold issues. (All firewood have mold spores) Be sure to have ventilation between the logs and the wall. I have an agreement with a local farmer, he removes snow for me. Cheaper than buying expensive equipment. I do have a Honda snowblower for the smaller jobs here.
As a person born in Tilburg I have just started watching your channel. I also watch Rambling Wild Rosie, Dutch woman renovating a house in rural Sweden on her own.
Inderdaad ik verhuisde 40 jaar geleden naar Zweden, de laatste 15 jaar zijn er heel veel Nederlanders naar Zweden verhuisd, de meeste naar Zuid en midden midden Zweden maar een klein gedeelte komt naar het noorden. Zelf woon ik in Jokkmokk.
Very courageous!! When we first moved to France I was shopping more in tool shops and DIY stores than dress and shoe shopping. Unimaginable. 🤣🤣Your wood burner in the kitchen is lovely and if your electricity is as temperamental as ours would be a great back up. Your animals seem to love the move Bon chance et Bon courage👏👏👏🤞🤞👌👌
Hej ik woon sinds 1984 in Zweden, woonde eerst in het zuidoosten maar tegenwoordig in het noorden (Jokkmokk). Integreren is in mijn opinie het belangrijkste om een nieuwe start in een ander land te maken, en dat lijken jullie werkerlijk te doen. Het nadeel is dat op een gegeven moment je jezelf niet echt meer een NL voelt maar ook niet echt Zweeds. Ik heb zelf jarenlang getwijfeld maar zo'n 10 jaar geleden heb ik de Zweedse nationaliteit aangevraagd in verband met pensioen rechten heb ik besloten om m'n NL nationaliteit te behouden, maar ik voel me meer Zweed dan NL. Zweden is mijn thuis.
Wonderful. You mentioned keeping the meadows for wildlife so I'd suggest some native fruit trees to attract more wildlife. A small pond would be very welcomed by your feathered and furry friends as well. Watching your puppy grow was an added bonus!
Welcome to Sweden and Värmland. Nice to see more dutch people coming here. Me and my spouse have our summer house not far from yours but in Västmanland
We need some of you in Norway too. We already have some Dutch people running bakeries etc but Norway have a lot of abundant houses. Greetings from Norway.
The Netherlands keeps getting more and more people in the same small space, and the current government wants to build houses where there are now nature reserves. So if that doesn't change, and i doubt it will, i expect a lot of Dutch people to move up north in the decade. Myself included!
Nice improvments. By the way... it's not black ice... it's just ice. Black ice is the ice that you almost can't see and usally is on paved roads where it seems like it will have good grip but then when you try to brake or turn you notice that it's actually a thin layer of ice on top. :)
Not far away from where you live there is an old abandoned mountain facility and a few factory buldings that was used to produce gunpowder during 1940-1945. after the war the facilities there was looked after and put on standby so that we could use them again if needed but in 1981 the military blew up a few buldings and tore out machines and other stuff so its mostly empty. its still very fascinating to wander around the old factory part and especially the mountain facility. since you live so close i think it would be cool for you to discover about what secrets your area beholds. i'll send you cordinates private somewhere if you are intrested.
Velkommen til Sverige. Finally a normal Video about living in Scandinavia, thanks for sharing it, so cool you got all the needed equipment for gathering wood and taking care about the house and property. Was interesting to see that the Swedish house looks the same like mine in Northern Norway i bet its the same building style maybe? Best regards from the far North of Norway.
Ik heb zojuist je account op TH-cam ontdekt over wonen in Zweden 😃. Ik woon in Nederland nog steeds gewoon in Nederland maar eigenlijk vind ik het hier veel te druk worden. Mijn grootste wens is om Scandinavië te zien en zeker ook Zweden. Want daar is zoveel meer rust en natuur 😍. En nu mijn zoon inmiddels met zijn vriendin samen woont zou ik dolgraag met mijn vriend die kant op gaan. Eerst natuurlijk voor vakantie maar wie weet ontdekken we dan ook dat we daar nooit meer weg willen 😃. Leuk om je account ontdekt te hebben. Dat geeft nog meer inspiratie.
Oh, I'm Swedish but I'm impressed by you! Just an advise! Buy an Air Heat Pump. For your house you can get one for 30.000 with installation. That will lower your heating costs by 2/3. It adjusts automatically, so when you have the fire burning, it will turn off, and then go on again at whatever temp you want. In the summer you can use it as air-conditioning. Also, in the long run, better insulation and better windows/doors lower your heating costs. Just some advice from a "Nordbo"! Much luck in the future! 👍
Hi thanks for the advice! We have a heat pump in the kitchen but since that's exactly where the fire is, we don't use it that often. Also, it doesn't heat up the rest of the house very well. It's not connected to the radiators or anything so it's OK for downstairs but not for the entire house. We mainly use it for AC in the summer now. To be honest, the electrical heating is not that bad. We have it connected to a smart home system with connected smart thermometers in every room. This way it also only turns on when needed and together with the "vattenmantlad kökspanna" the electric bill isn't too scary.
You do as you like with your plot but I was surprised you planted trees in the old meadows. That old "kulturlandskap" is on the down, and trees are at an all time high basically. More and more old pastures are lost to more "economic" forestry. Pollinating insects need meadows. The most herbs grow on fields that are grazed and not fertilized, or harvests of hay were taken once a year. This will let lower flowers grow and bloom and not just tall grass. Let a farmer harvest hay or do it yourself to keep the old farming landscape.
You have a good point and since planting those trees I did change my mind. I wouldn't mind some more shading and shelter near the stream but I don't plan on planting any more trees in the meadows, apart from some fruit trees in one small part on the other side of the road.
I really enjoyed your video and style as well. You certainly have a lot of initiative and the progress you have made in such a short time is inspiring. subscribed and looking forward to more. A fan from Nova Scotia!
I am new to your channel (new subscriber) and was frantically looking for your previous episodes w/o finding any. Is this your first post? If so, welcome to YT and I eagerly look forward to your future vlogs. Being of "advanced years", I find these types of adventures relaxing (well, maybe not for you all) and fulfilling a 60 year old (I am pushing 81 now) unfulfilled dream of striking out on my own and homesteading up in Alaska. Sigh; wasn't to be due to romance, marriage, kids, career, and the ages rapidly drifting by. Go for it----this Yank will be watching from afar.
@@klazyy641 welcome and thank you for the lovely comment! I do have a few more videos but only 3 are in English. I started in Dutch for friends and family but after a while noticed that other were watching as well so I switched to English. You should be able to click my name and see all my videos there. There's a tour of the property and a new vlog of renovating the stairs with more to come as we keep working on the property. Great to hear you're getting something out of it and hopefully living vicariously through us. Thanks again for the warm comment, it's very much appreciated!
Have been reading about dutch people moving to Sweden for some time now. In the process of convincing my friend from Almelo to do that now :) Welcome here and enjoy
Een beetje een samenvatting maar superleuk om het huis van binnen eens goed te zien nadat er al veel is gedaan. Wat een omgeving en wat ben ik trots op jullie en hoe jullie het daar doen!! ❤
Wat een avontuur. Ik denk ook al jaren aan verhuizen naar Scandinavië. Dank aan het TH-cam algoritme dat ik bij jullie terecht kwam. Nieuwe subscriber 😁
Top man. By far the best of all of the 'I moved to the Swedish wilderness' videos I get fed. This guy actually has his head on straight and is doing stuff right and spending right rather than the drifting around in cosplay uniforms to tinkly piano music, sounding vacant and depressed, and moaning about the rot filled, freezing hell hole they'd bought that other videos are filled with. He will do well. Excepting, of course, the fact that he bought a place in Sweden rather than somewhere livable for humans for more than 4 months of the year. Which clearly marks him out as completely out of his mind.
Dit is een hele fijne video, goed om te zien waaruit de werkzaamheden bestaan en waar rekening mee gehouden moet worden in de verschillende seizoenen, super praktisch en ik denk een goede video om als voorbeeld te gebruiken voor anderen die naar Zweden willen verhuizen. Ik wil dat ook ooit doen en dit is een goede callback naar de realiteit, je gaat al snel een beetje romantiseren haha :p Zweden is fantastisch maar de landelijke huizen daar en het wonen vergen wel veel meer onderhoud die we als Nederlanders niet gewend zijn
Wat een leuke video. En een geweldige plek ik Zweden. Misschien een idee om ook een keertje nog iets over jullie zelf te vertellen? Bedankt voor de video!
Interesting look into your Swedish life. I certainly wouldn't mind more videos in English (or Swedish!), so I'm subbing in hopes of that :D Lycka till!
You will do good, your priorities seem sound and you seem to embrace your new culture. Have you looked into mounting a detachable plow to the Amarok? Allt gott och lycka till!
@@kpetterss hej! I have thought about it and looked into it briefly but I couldn't find anything that made sense or was readily available. I do think that if I stay on top of it and not let the snow pile up too much, the quad should be able to handle it. Especially if I mount a higher plow, but we'll see in a few months 😁
I'd suggest buying a sand spreader so you don't have to sand the driveway with a shovel. They can get a bit expensive but it's worth it since you'll end up using a lot less sand and you can use it with your ATV.
We have to prioritise large expenses and a sand spreader didn't make the list. It would be very good for leveling the lawn as well so who knows, maybe next year...
A regular rotary fertilizer spreader for lawns may work too and is much cheaper. And you can fertilize the lawn close to the house so it gets thick and soft as a bonus 🙂
The wood should just dry out for one season, or even just a half year. The wood should NOT be to dry. Having the wood to dry makes it burn out to fast, and the energy doesnt get used as effeciently.
verry nice to watch,i Just to live in australia and kanada.but it looks great on youre propertie all the best.now from cologne. and to old to make new plans
Welkom in Zweden. Nat hout moet je binnen 3 maanden inkorten en splitten. Nat hout best niet binnen in huis laten drogen, tenzij je veel ongedierte wil in huis. Zitten jullie in Värmland of Dalarna? Groeten uit Storfors
@@cedarcanoe hej en bedankt voor de tip! Maar alleen maar omdat iets de beste manier is, betekent niet dat het moet natuurlijk ;). Zolang het hout niet direct op de grond ligt blijft het wel droog genoeg dat het in zijn geheel kan blijven liggen. Dat geeft mij wat meer mogelijkheid om het allemaal in mijn eigen tijd te doen. En we zitten in Värmland, denk zo'n 50km ten noorden van je.
@@Toms_Sweden ik denk dat ik me niet correct uitgedrukt heb. Eens bomen beginnen op te drogen terwijl ze nog niet ingekort zijn, ga je ze nadien nog maar moeilijk kunnen splitten. Nat hout split veel makkelijker. Droog hout vraagt veel energie en kracht om te splitten
@@cedarcanoe oh zo had ik het niet begrepen inderdaad. Hmm daar gaan we dan achter komen, want ik heb onlangs het hout ingekort dat hier al lag van de vorige eigenaar. In de herfst gaat dat gespleten worden dus we zullen zien 😅
If you collect the chainsaw saw dust and get a wood pellet machine...you could make your own pellets and a adapter for your wood stove to burn the wood pellets, that way you wouldn't have to cut down as many trees to heat your home during winter.
Good idea, I might consider that. Although I don't think a few buckets of sawdust will make such a big difference, but I was looking for a way to make use of it so if it's not too expensive, I might go for it.
@@Toms_Sweden It would be something that one would gradually accumulate over time, but you can also is other organic matter like dry leaves to make pellets. You can aquire sawdust from any company that makes wood products.
The culture clash in this video is soooo funny; A City boy filled with energy and excitement buying all sorts of way too small machinery. The size of the equipment is generally great for the Netherlands in the city where you have a, according to the Dutch, 'big' house and garden .... And then you end up in Sweden where things are.... different. For me as a Dutch 'country girl', who has lived abroad, I can see the differences. It might be frustrating for you, but afterwards you can have a good laugh about it with a campfire and a good drink (that Dutch friends have taken with them....).
@@babalawohrg I am aware and agree up to a point but I believe I also mentioned that we have plenty of meadows that we keep unmowed and we plan on planting more trees and plants in the garden areas, it's just a matter of priorities. And the idea of unmowed land is nice and holistic and everything, but practically it also needs to make sense for 2 people, dogs and cats (who don't enjoy mosquitoes, midges and snakes). So I agree with your point but we need to strike a balance. And now it's too much to the lawn-y bit of that balance, but entirely unkempt would be too much to the other side.
Nice videos you make❤ Iam sure mane of us Are very interested in hov big is your property, and in what range was the price? Do you work outside in society too?
This is my first time seeing your vedieos. I have several questions I hope you can reply to sometime. How far are you from the Netherlands? What do you do for a living, job? Is Sweden a lot different from your home country? What do you like best, worst there? How far are you from grocery store, gas station, other necessitates?
That's a lot of questions, feels a bit like a job interview ;). We live in the Värmland region of Sweden and Google maps can tell you the distance. Probably about 1600km. I don't work but Nathalie does. We live a 7 min drive from a village with supermarket and half an hour from a bigger village with more shops. The rest of the questions we'll maybe answer in a video in the near future.
Ja goed idee maar de grond hier is zanderig en stenig met een ondiepe bovenlaag turf. Dus het is heel zwaar werk en dan moet je alsnog compost toevoegen. Daarom vind ik het het geld wel waard om grond te kopen. Wie weet volgende jaren wanneer onze eigen compost gereed is...
You can buy a snow plow or can you hire a snow ❄️ plow driver to plow your driveway once a week ? Im in the upper midwest in the US , I hire snow plow guy he plows it once a week 👍
I took it in Karlstad but I hear there are places nearer as well. They just don't give courses that often. A neighbour is starting in Lesjöfors in November I think. And yes we live close to Lesjöfors 😊
Understandable. There is off course plenty of work in Sweden too but where we live the houses are very affordable because there's just no work to be had. Se we're lucky that Nathalie could take her remote job from the Netherlands and continue from here. However, if you buy a house with no/low mortgage, you may not need your IT job and could do some other work that IS available locally...?
Fields are always in high demand in Sweden. Why not earn a bit of money of that land? You could charge for having animal owners letting their animals out for grazing during the summer. Especially horseowners often let their horses be at rest grazing for a few weeks during the summer (sommarbete) and usually pay well.
@@erikaeriksson9840 makes sense, but I wouldn't know how to go about it and I honestly don't really want fencing there. We know some people that have sheep and have offered our land but so far they've managed fine on their own. We'll keep it in mind but I'm not instantly charmed by the idea. Thanks for the tip though 😉
@@Toms_Sweden Sheep are a great idea if the neighbours change their mind. They will keep the meadow perfectly in shape , and they are also less bulky to bring back if the run off, rather than cows :) Also very nice to be around.
People like you should have a gold medal for all the work you do to adapt and make o good living in Sweden. Welcome and wish you the best in Sweden. Life is an adventure.
Great video, we need more people like you in the swedish countryside.
Does that also include Stockholm fancy men?
Välkommen till Sverige! Roligt att se att någon vill ta över gamla hus som annars kanske hade blivit obebodda 👌
Lycka till med projekt husrenovering, skogsbruk och väghållning och må gott här i Sverige 🇸🇪❤️🇸🇪
Do not dry wood inside your house unless you are insect friendly.
Welcome to Sweden.
Agreed. The barn would be a perfect place to season wood since it's already built for airflow for drying grass.
I am Swedish 🇸🇪 and find these videos so positive. People like you and your partner should be given a medal for all the work you put in and your willingness to adapt to the local community and culture - getting that hunting license is so important. Many people think living in the country is about independence and not having to rely on others when it is in fact the opposite, both for practical and social reasons you will be more dependent on neighbors. If/when you have children that will be an important anchor.
You should definitely keep the wood stove no matter what. Also look into getting at least a rudimentary wood splitter, so you don’t need to do it with an axe, which will wear you out rather quickly.
I am impressed that you are making an effort learning the language and joining the community, unlike some youtubers buying houses in Sweden. To each his own, I guess, but I think your life here will be happier as you are clearly already on your way to become Swedish. Welcome! 🙂
@@viktoriaberg8706 thank you and I totally agree! I want to be part of society here, not just live in a commune of foreigners. And everyone's so nice here that we'd be missing out if we didn't make an effort.
You can't become ethnic. Why can't they be Dutch and just happen to live in Sweden and know the language? They are not Swedish and they don't need to be, people need to get over that.
Impressive undertaking, with a steep learning curve! We bought a similar homestead 12 years ago and we know the struggle, although we are Swedish, born and raised in Värmland. 😊
I don't want to be a besserwisser, but there is an old saying here in Sweden about firewood that really has logic to it:
One fells the trees in winter (the ground is solid frozen and hard, thus avoiding damaging the land), process them into firewood so they are ready by Easter, and then they dry (outside, in piles) and are ready by midsummer. Then one moves the firewood to dry storage in a woodshed (with good ventilation).
There are a lot of reasons to this, humidity in the logs and in the air being important factors. Splitting wet wood is preferable and logs from birch will rot really fast if one doesn't split them open the same season. After midsummer the air gets humid and firewood won't dry up in time for winter. Too dry (old) firewood is also not the best. There's a whole science to this really!
In the beginning there is so much to learn and too little time, but we learned the hard way that processing firewood like this is the best. Regards from another homesteader 😊
This is how you become a part of Sweden for real.
Congrats and welcome!
I love that you get the help inside your community and pay the people living there. This is so great for integration.
I‘m really impressed how you two are doing this.
Just one small tip: dry your wood inside the barn, not inside the house. It will leak some resin at some point and this will ruin everything in the visinity of the wood - been there, done that 😀
Veel plezier met jullie nieuwe huis ☀
Welcome to Sweden! I could recommend you to consider keeping the woodstowe on the kitchen. It is almost impossible to get something as good as the one you have . The thing is even if the electricity goes out (happens now and then) you still have heating.
Ask locals about it and see what they use.
@@gunlindblad6816 thanks for the suggestion. We will replace it with another wamsler with the same functions so I think we won't regret it. And unfortunately our water pump is electric so we cannot heat the entire house with the stove if the power goes out. That might be a project for further down the line though :). We also have a 'normal' woodburner upstairs not connected to the heating luckily.
We have talked about this with all our Swedish neighbours and friends and they all seemed to agree with us so I feel quite reassured.
A modern pump has such a low power usage that it's possible to run it for days from a power station (which is a good thing to have). With a generator too you can manage weeks without electricity.
Welcome new Swedes.
/ Preparedness Guy
@@Zoroff74 the thing is if it that low usage of electricity I would not count on it when it gets really cold.
I have 2 heatingsystems in my house. One is a heatngpump, viessman big one and the other is a pelletburner also a really big one. During the cold season november to april I run the pelletheating because the heatingpump doesn’t make it. Now I have a big house but still I live in the Stockholmarea.
Just a warning, it doesn’t always work as the salesman says.
Welcome to Sweden and well done work at the house!😊😊😊
Nice film, and a warm, warm welcome to Sweden.
I live in Norway, I buy raw wood in the early spring, and keep it in an open garage, it is ready to be used in December. Be careful of storing wood in the house, I only take in what I will burn in a couple of days or so. Wood storage indoors can bring unwanted guests, like wood eating ants and health issues like allergies and mold issues. (All firewood have mold spores) Be sure to have ventilation between the logs and the wall. I have an agreement with a local farmer, he removes snow for me. Cheaper than buying expensive equipment. I do have a Honda snowblower for the smaller jobs here.
Very helpful, thank you. I'll keep it in mind.
As a person born in Tilburg I have just started watching your channel. I also watch Rambling Wild Rosie, Dutch woman renovating a house in rural Sweden on her own.
@@mariejosevandelangerijt5112 roaming wild Rosie makes nice videos, we watch her channel too :)
Looking good. You’re a hard worker!
Veel Nederlanders die naar Zweden vertrekken, ik snap wel waarom. Dank je voor deze video
Inderdaad ik verhuisde 40 jaar geleden naar Zweden, de laatste 15 jaar zijn er heel veel Nederlanders naar Zweden verhuisd, de meeste naar Zuid en midden midden Zweden maar een klein gedeelte komt naar het noorden. Zelf woon ik in Jokkmokk.
Very courageous!! When we first moved to France I was shopping more in tool shops and DIY stores than dress and shoe shopping. Unimaginable. 🤣🤣Your wood burner in the kitchen is lovely and if your electricity is as temperamental as ours would be a great back up. Your animals seem to love the move Bon chance et Bon courage👏👏👏🤞🤞👌👌
You did an outstanding job so far, keep it up and you will be so happy here in Sweden as you maybe not even imagined you could be.
Hej ik woon sinds 1984 in Zweden, woonde eerst in het zuidoosten maar tegenwoordig in het noorden (Jokkmokk). Integreren is in mijn opinie het belangrijkste om een nieuwe start in een ander land te maken, en dat lijken jullie werkerlijk te doen. Het nadeel is dat op een gegeven moment je jezelf niet echt meer een NL voelt maar ook niet echt Zweeds. Ik heb zelf jarenlang getwijfeld maar zo'n 10 jaar geleden heb ik de Zweedse nationaliteit aangevraagd in verband met pensioen rechten heb ik besloten om m'n NL nationaliteit te behouden, maar ik voel me meer Zweed dan NL. Zweden is mijn thuis.
Thanks for sharing this journey!
Välkomna hit! Roligt att ni är här! Vilket jobb ni gör, och hur snabbt ni lärt er svenska! Hoppas vi får se mer!
Wonderful. You mentioned keeping the meadows for wildlife so I'd suggest some native fruit trees to attract more wildlife. A small pond would be very welcomed by your feathered and furry friends as well. Watching your puppy grow was an added bonus!
Thanks for the tips! Check out the new video about our garden where we talk about stuff like this! 😊
AMAZING work! Awesome effort and results! Reminds me of my early days moving here. Keep on keeping on!!!
Welcome to Sweden and Värmland. Nice to see more dutch people coming here. Me and my spouse have our summer house not far from yours but in Västmanland
Looking forward to seeing what next you guys will be doing.. New subscriber here from Growing My Own.
Welcome to Sweden! Hope u enjoy ur new house here in sweden, and hope that u will have a good rest of the time here :d
Wat leuk, welkom in Zweden! Het ziet er gezellig uit bij jullie! Groetjes uit Zuid Zweden.
Welcome and enjoy our as now yours new old country of the north.
We need some of you in Norway too. We already have some Dutch people running bakeries etc but Norway have a lot of abundant houses. Greetings from Norway.
The Netherlands keeps getting more and more people in the same small space, and the current government wants to build houses where there are now nature reserves. So if that doesn't change, and i doubt it will, i expect a lot of Dutch people to move up north in the decade. Myself included!
Nice improvments. By the way... it's not black ice... it's just ice. Black ice is the ice that you almost can't see and usally is on paved roads where it seems like it will have good grip but then when you try to brake or turn you notice that it's actually a thin layer of ice on top. :)
Ok, noted. Thanks for the feedback. 😊
Not far away from where you live there is an old abandoned mountain facility and a few factory buldings that was used to produce gunpowder during 1940-1945. after the war the facilities there was looked after and put on standby so that we could use them again if needed but in 1981 the military blew up a few buldings and tore out machines and other stuff so its mostly empty. its still very fascinating to wander around the old factory part and especially the mountain facility. since you live so close i think it would be cool for you to discover about what secrets your area beholds. i'll send you cordinates private somewhere if you are intrested.
Velkommen til Sverige.
Finally a normal Video about living in Scandinavia, thanks for sharing it, so cool you got all the needed equipment for gathering wood and taking care about the house and property.
Was interesting to see that the Swedish house looks the same like mine in Northern Norway i bet its the same building style maybe?
Best regards from the far North of Norway.
You cant know how helpful this is to me today , thank you so much !!! I'm also coming back to Sweden really soon to farm in some way . ❤ Skyval ❤
Ik heb zojuist je account op TH-cam ontdekt over wonen in Zweden 😃. Ik woon in Nederland nog steeds gewoon in Nederland maar eigenlijk vind ik het hier veel te druk worden. Mijn grootste wens is om Scandinavië te zien en zeker ook Zweden. Want daar is zoveel meer rust en natuur 😍. En nu mijn zoon inmiddels met zijn vriendin samen woont zou ik dolgraag met mijn vriend die kant op gaan. Eerst natuurlijk voor vakantie maar wie weet ontdekken we dan ook dat we daar nooit meer weg willen 😃. Leuk om je account ontdekt te hebben. Dat geeft nog meer inspiratie.
Oh, I'm Swedish but I'm impressed by you!
Just an advise! Buy an Air Heat Pump. For your house you can get one for 30.000 with installation. That will lower your heating costs by 2/3. It adjusts automatically, so when you have the fire burning, it will turn off, and then go on again at whatever temp you want.
In the summer you can use it as air-conditioning.
Also, in the long run, better insulation and better windows/doors lower your heating costs.
Just some advice from a "Nordbo"!
Much luck in the future! 👍
Hi thanks for the advice! We have a heat pump in the kitchen but since that's exactly where the fire is, we don't use it that often. Also, it doesn't heat up the rest of the house very well. It's not connected to the radiators or anything so it's OK for downstairs but not for the entire house. We mainly use it for AC in the summer now.
To be honest, the electrical heating is not that bad. We have it connected to a smart home system with connected smart thermometers in every room. This way it also only turns on when needed and together with the "vattenmantlad kökspanna" the electric bill isn't too scary.
@@Toms_Sweden 👍
Fantastic! So happy to watch your progress and I wish you all the best in Sweden.
Hugs and love from Karlskrona! :)
You do as you like with your plot but I was surprised you planted trees in the old meadows. That old "kulturlandskap" is on the down, and trees are at an all time high basically. More and more old pastures are lost to more "economic" forestry. Pollinating insects need meadows. The most herbs grow on fields that are grazed and not fertilized, or harvests of hay were taken once a year. This will let lower flowers grow and bloom and not just tall grass. Let a farmer harvest hay or do it yourself to keep the old farming landscape.
You have a good point and since planting those trees I did change my mind. I wouldn't mind some more shading and shelter near the stream but I don't plan on planting any more trees in the meadows, apart from some fruit trees in one small part on the other side of the road.
maybe consider buying a robot goat for the meadow? ;)
Beautiful and great progress! Love your dogs and kitties. 😊
Mooie ideeen voor de toekomst. Ik ben benieuwd naar wat er komen gaat. Geniet ervan!!
I really enjoyed your beautiful video!
Congratulations for your purchase.
I really enjoyed your video and style as well. You certainly have a lot of initiative and the progress you have made in such a short time is inspiring. subscribed and looking forward to more. A fan from Nova Scotia!
Good work
Wat is dat mooi geworden nu wordt het zomer dus dan gaat het beter om op te ruimen .
I am new to your channel (new subscriber) and was frantically looking for your previous episodes w/o finding any. Is this your first post? If so, welcome to YT and I eagerly look forward to your future vlogs. Being of "advanced years", I find these types of adventures relaxing (well, maybe not for you all) and fulfilling a 60 year old (I am pushing 81 now) unfulfilled dream of striking out on my own and homesteading up in Alaska. Sigh; wasn't to be due to romance, marriage, kids, career, and the ages rapidly drifting by. Go for it----this Yank will be watching from afar.
@@klazyy641 welcome and thank you for the lovely comment! I do have a few more videos but only 3 are in English. I started in Dutch for friends and family but after a while noticed that other were watching as well so I switched to English. You should be able to click my name and see all my videos there. There's a tour of the property and a new vlog of renovating the stairs with more to come as we keep working on the property.
Great to hear you're getting something out of it and hopefully living vicariously through us. Thanks again for the warm comment, it's very much appreciated!
Have been reading about dutch people moving to Sweden for some time now. In the process of convincing my friend from Almelo to do that now :) Welcome here and enjoy
Oh Gosh, all these must have been expensive. Congrats on your achievements 😊
lou got a new sub.. :D loved this
gratulation new swedish members!
You know how it is, genieten met volle teugen 🎉❤
Wat zijn jullie goed bezig daar! Leuk om te zien!
Imponerande att du lärt dig så pass mycket svenska på så kort tid att du klarade att göra jägarprovet på svenska! :D
Een beetje een samenvatting maar superleuk om het huis van binnen eens goed te zien nadat er al veel is gedaan. Wat een omgeving en wat ben ik trots op jullie en hoe jullie het daar doen!! ❤
Wat een avontuur. Ik denk ook al jaren aan verhuizen naar Scandinavië. Dank aan het TH-cam algoritme dat ik bij jullie terecht kwam. Nieuwe subscriber 😁
Top man. By far the best of all of the 'I moved to the Swedish wilderness' videos I get fed. This guy actually has his head on straight and is doing stuff right and spending right rather than the drifting around in cosplay uniforms to tinkly piano music, sounding vacant and depressed, and moaning about the rot filled, freezing hell hole they'd bought that other videos are filled with.
He will do well.
Excepting, of course, the fact that he bought a place in Sweden rather than somewhere livable for humans for more than 4 months of the year. Which clearly marks him out as completely out of his mind.
He could have located further north in Sweden. Still 1100 kilometers to go..
i had a shitty day , this comment made me smile , thanks !
Could have been Denmark though
Dit is een hele fijne video, goed om te zien waaruit de werkzaamheden bestaan en waar rekening mee gehouden moet worden in de verschillende seizoenen, super praktisch en ik denk een goede video om als voorbeeld te gebruiken voor anderen die naar Zweden willen verhuizen. Ik wil dat ook ooit doen en dit is een goede callback naar de realiteit, je gaat al snel een beetje romantiseren haha :p Zweden is fantastisch maar de landelijke huizen daar en het wonen vergen wel veel meer onderhoud die we als Nederlanders niet gewend zijn
@@violentbob zeker! Vooral als er nog wat gerenoveerd moet worden. Dan is het misschien niet een fulltime job, maar zeker een flinke parttimer.
good luck! great vid!
Wat een leuke video. En een geweldige plek ik Zweden. Misschien een idee om ook een keertje nog iets over jullie zelf te vertellen? Bedankt voor de video!
I think please point that roof chimney it totally needs repointing ,love the house and land and your animals .
Haha yeah there's a lot that needs doing but we can't do everything all at once unfortunately 😅
1. You should try scything.
2. Meadows are great for biodiversity. I would leave them be as much as possible.
Thought the same thing. Especially better keeping open grasslands than planting spruce of all things
its sweden .... how much biodiversity do you want ?
Interesting look into your Swedish life. I certainly wouldn't mind more videos in English (or Swedish!), so I'm subbing in hopes of that :D
Lycka till!
@@Jon.Alexander there will definitely be more videos in English. Not sure about the frequency yet though. Thanks for the sub! 😊
You will do good, your priorities seem sound and you seem to embrace your new culture.
Have you looked into mounting a detachable plow to the Amarok?
Allt gott och lycka till!
@@kpetterss hej! I have thought about it and looked into it briefly but I couldn't find anything that made sense or was readily available. I do think that if I stay on top of it and not let the snow pile up too much, the quad should be able to handle it. Especially if I mount a higher plow, but we'll see in a few months 😁
Love your Dogs
I'd suggest buying a sand spreader so you don't have to sand the driveway with a shovel. They can get a bit expensive but it's worth it since you'll end up using a lot less sand and you can use it with your ATV.
We have to prioritise large expenses and a sand spreader didn't make the list. It would be very good for leveling the lawn as well so who knows, maybe next year...
A regular rotary fertilizer spreader for lawns may work too and is much cheaper. And you can fertilize the lawn close to the house so it gets thick and soft as a bonus 🙂
nice work
The wood should just dry out for one season, or even just a half year. The wood should NOT be to dry.
Having the wood to dry makes it burn out to fast, and the energy doesnt get used as effeciently.
Bravo!
Vid plantering av skog . Tänk på att Älgarna älskar Tall , Så skyddar du den inte så käkar älgen upp plantorna .
Love your home. Please don’t play music when you’re talking.
Oh, I hope you like it here. Is that close to Lersjöfors? I work in Persberg
verry nice to watch,i Just to live in australia and kanada.but it looks great on youre propertie all the best.now from cologne. and to old to make new plans
Inspiring
Welkom in Zweden.
Nat hout moet je binnen 3 maanden inkorten en splitten. Nat hout best niet binnen in huis laten drogen, tenzij je veel ongedierte wil in huis.
Zitten jullie in Värmland of Dalarna?
Groeten uit Storfors
@@cedarcanoe hej en bedankt voor de tip! Maar alleen maar omdat iets de beste manier is, betekent niet dat het moet natuurlijk ;). Zolang het hout niet direct op de grond ligt blijft het wel droog genoeg dat het in zijn geheel kan blijven liggen. Dat geeft mij wat meer mogelijkheid om het allemaal in mijn eigen tijd te doen.
En we zitten in Värmland, denk zo'n 50km ten noorden van je.
@@Toms_Sweden ik denk dat ik me niet correct uitgedrukt heb. Eens bomen beginnen op te drogen terwijl ze nog niet ingekort zijn, ga je ze nadien nog maar moeilijk kunnen splitten. Nat hout split veel makkelijker. Droog hout vraagt veel energie en kracht om te splitten
@@cedarcanoe oh zo had ik het niet begrepen inderdaad. Hmm daar gaan we dan achter komen, want ik heb onlangs het hout ingekort dat hier al lag van de vorige eigenaar. In de herfst gaat dat gespleten worden dus we zullen zien 😅
You are the type of immigrants nations should want.
If you collect the chainsaw saw dust and get a wood pellet machine...you could make your own pellets and a adapter for your wood stove to burn the wood pellets, that way you wouldn't have to cut down as many trees to heat your home during winter.
Good idea, I might consider that. Although I don't think a few buckets of sawdust will make such a big difference, but I was looking for a way to make use of it so if it's not too expensive, I might go for it.
@@Toms_Sweden It would be something that one would gradually accumulate over time, but you can also is other organic matter like dry leaves to make pellets. You can aquire sawdust from any company that makes wood products.
The culture clash in this video is soooo funny; A City boy filled with energy and excitement buying all sorts of way too small machinery. The size of the equipment is generally great for the Netherlands in the city where you have a, according to the Dutch, 'big' house and garden .... And then you end up in Sweden where things are.... different. For me as a Dutch 'country girl', who has lived abroad, I can see the differences. It might be frustrating for you, but afterwards you can have a good laugh about it with a campfire and a good drink (that Dutch friends have taken with them....).
You are doing a lot of work improving your house and plot, but what are you doing for a living (income)?
I am verry interested in this also!
Interesting video and a beautiful property ! Did you find a job in Sweden or do you have another source of income ?
Please reconsider having a huge mowed lawn. Insects need long grass and flowers so your plants can get pollinated. Its all a cycle.
@@babalawohrg I am aware and agree up to a point but I believe I also mentioned that we have plenty of meadows that we keep unmowed and we plan on planting more trees and plants in the garden areas, it's just a matter of priorities. And the idea of unmowed land is nice and holistic and everything, but practically it also needs to make sense for 2 people, dogs and cats (who don't enjoy mosquitoes, midges and snakes).
So I agree with your point but we need to strike a balance. And now it's too much to the lawn-y bit of that balance, but entirely unkempt would be too much to the other side.
Nice videos you make❤ Iam sure mane of us Are very interested in hov big is your property, and in what range was the price? Do you work outside in society too?
Property is 8 hectares. Might do a video about costs at some point so I'll keep that to myself for now. Nathalie has a conventional job but I don't.
This is my first time seeing your vedieos. I have several questions I hope you can reply to sometime. How far are you from the Netherlands? What do you do for a living, job? Is Sweden a lot different from your home country? What do you like best, worst there? How far are you from grocery store, gas station, other necessitates?
That's a lot of questions, feels a bit like a job interview ;).
We live in the Värmland region of Sweden and Google maps can tell you the distance. Probably about 1600km.
I don't work but Nathalie does.
We live a 7 min drive from a village with supermarket and half an hour from a bigger village with more shops. The rest of the questions we'll maybe answer in a video in the near future.
Hello, you should protect the new planted trees, because the animals like to eat the new leaves!!!
I'm very curious on how much this have set you back by this point? Including the price of the house and area.
Tip, gebruik je eigen bosgrond voor het vullen van de moestuinbakken
Ja goed idee maar de grond hier is zanderig en stenig met een ondiepe bovenlaag turf. Dus het is heel zwaar werk en dan moet je alsnog compost toevoegen. Daarom vind ik het het geld wel waard om grond te kopen.
Wie weet volgende jaren wanneer onze eigen compost gereed is...
get a manuel subaru forester with nokian tires, tip from norway
and dont buy the diesel
You can buy a snow plow or can you hire a snow ❄️ plow driver to plow your driveway once a week ? Im in the upper midwest in the US , I hire snow plow guy he plows it once a week 👍
17:18 Bro has a serious gaming rig
Thankyou 😊
Super!
You really invested in a proper road, how much was that work? For how long strip?
Also, where are you getting your hunting license? Ive been looking for a place
I took it in Karlstad but I hear there are places nearer as well. They just don't give courses that often. A neighbour is starting in Lesjöfors in November I think. And yes we live close to Lesjöfors 😊
Welcom
I'd love to do the same thing, but a big worry is how to make money up there. Even in IT, work from home opportunities are diminishing a lot lately 😭
Understandable. There is off course plenty of work in Sweden too but where we live the houses are very affordable because there's just no work to be had. Se we're lucky that Nathalie could take her remote job from the Netherlands and continue from here. However, if you buy a house with no/low mortgage, you may not need your IT job and could do some other work that IS available locally...?
@@Toms_Sweden Good point. That may also be a fun idea for a video; What daily life is like for locals in a rural area.
Fields are always in high demand in Sweden. Why not earn a bit of money of that land? You could charge for having animal owners letting their animals out for grazing during the summer. Especially horseowners often let their horses be at rest grazing for a few weeks during the summer (sommarbete) and usually pay well.
@@erikaeriksson9840 makes sense, but I wouldn't know how to go about it and I honestly don't really want fencing there. We know some people that have sheep and have offered our land but so far they've managed fine on their own. We'll keep it in mind but I'm not instantly charmed by the idea. Thanks for the tip though 😉
@@Toms_Sweden Sheep are a great idea if the neighbours change their mind. They will keep the meadow perfectly in shape , and they are also less bulky to bring back if the run off, rather than cows :) Also very nice to be around.
That what I call a handy man 😂
Never ever remove a woodstove if you're not gonna replace it. You will want to have it when there is no eletricity for a few weeks.
@@Dunken88 but I did say we want to replace it. It will only be removed at the time the new one has arrived.
Hoeveel ben je ongeveer aan elektra kwijt per jaar?
Its close where I live.😅
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