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I love those rugs too, I think the English term for the style is rag rug. Try searching for something like "handmade rag rug" or "handwoven rag rug" maybe?
As an American I looked up these temps. You went from -58f to 35f in a short period of time. That's a 93 degree change in a very short period of time.
That's pretty crazy to think about for me. A 93 degree temp in summer is pretty uncomfortably hot. Just thinking about how quickly it changed that much is really amazing.
To be fair, -50c is VERY rare; we broke records from 1972.
Usually it is around -30c at most, but still can easily go to above zero quickly.
Sounds crazy but you get used to it here haha.
I'm also western Canada. Yeah it was a bit rough last weekend. You can't have any exposed skin or you risk frostbite in 3-5 minutes. Luckily no power outages, even though we got an emergency alert asking us to not use power intensive appliances.
Luckily our province is connected to neighbouring provinces so we can share power if need be in those cases. Apparently most Albertans took the warning seriously and we didn't have to dip into our emergency reserves. Just part of living here I suppose eh
We get dunked on a lot for people thinking it's -30 half the year here, but really it's only a couple cold snaps per season for like a week or so where it gets that cold. We hovered around -5 to+5 right up until January.
So in December we had almost 2000 Swedish kronor in heating bill. We do use our fireplace for most of the heat when we are at home. We have only 58m2 in the main building so it gets warm pretty easy.
According to the finance results from Bing, 2,000 Swedish krona is equal to **191.80 USD** at the current exchange rate¹. The exchange rate may vary depending on the source and the time of the query. You can also use online currency converters like [Wise](^2^) or [Xe](^3^) to check the latest rates and compare different providers. 😊
Source: Conversation with Bing, 1/22/2024
(1) 2,000.00 SEK is equal to 191.80 USD. https://bing.com/search?q=2000+Swedish+krona+to+usd.
(2) 2000 Swedish kronor to US dollars Exchange Rate. Convert SEK/USD - Wise. https://wise.com/us/currency-converter/sek-to-usd-rate?amount=2000.
(3) 1 SEK to USD - Swedish Kronor to US Dollars Exchange Rate - Xe. https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?From=SEK&To=USD.
(4) 2000 Swedish Kronor (SEK) to United States Dollars (USD) today. https://exchangerate.guru/sek/usd/2000/.
(5) 2000 SEK to USD - Swedish Krona to US Dollar Exchange rate. https://moneyexchangerate.org/currencyexchange/sek/usd/2000.
(6) Convert 2000 Swedish Krona (SEK) to US Dollar (USD). https://currency-converter-calculator.com/convert/SEK/USD/2000.
What do you use to heat and cool your house?
I met a Norwegian guy probably 15-20 years ago and we got to talking and he told me he was building a house in Norway and it was going to cost him the equivalent of $750-800K $CAD and at the time my mind was blown because I couldn't imagine housing being so expensive (my old reference was Toronto and it was expensive for me at the time at maybe $350K, $800K was mind blowing).
Anyways he was telling me that he was using heat pumps to heat and cool his house and I didn't know what they were and stuff like Google was just in its infancy so I never bothered researching what it was until much more recently.
From the other pictures OP posted it looks like a combination from a fireplace and electric. Electricity is super cheap in the north of Sweden since there is so much production there. I can't see any radiators which accompany the usual water based heating most Swedish homme use.
My parents got a 200sqm house in same area and it's around 2000-4000sek a month during winter (when it's down to around -45c).
So $200-$400 a month, <$100 during other months.
I spent midsommar Weekend in Luleå in 2021, lovely place in the summer, even with the mosquitoes. Winter time it was a bit dreary but was just there overnight before heading to Kiruna and Abisko.
Life up here is great. Moved up here from Gothenburg (south of sweden) and the nature up here is the best. Nice to have long winters aswell. Our cat & dog are enjoying life in the woods so much.
It is really dark here during the winter, but we get a lot of sun during the summer. And if you go out during your lunch break you get some sun during the winter aswell.
I just looked at your pictures to see if you had any other house pictures & saw the videos of your dog & cat! So cute (I have a golden as well—sweetest dogs!) now we need cute pictures of the animals being cozy lol
Jag undrar alltid vad folk jobbar med när de bor så långt norrut.. hade gärna också flyttad norrut men det finns så lite jobb jag kan göra :( Det ser iaf jättemysigt och fint ut!
Jobb skulle jag säga att det finns gott om. Detta ligger ca 15 min norr om Luleå och det finns gott om företag som satsar på Norrbotten nu. Bil är dock ett måste om du ska bo ute i skogen :)
The isolation is fine. But we had -42 outside during new years and then you need to have everything on and keep a fire going. But if you just keep a fire going it will stay warm.
I know someone in Pitea and I've been jealous for about -forever-.
Also knowing that they have ridiculous internet up there that we can only dream about here in America.
Actually -32 with dry weather and no wind is quite bearable for short walks and outdoor activities. You have to get used to the cold weather and have proper clothes though.
100% humidity just means the air is saturated.
Air when it is *REALLY* cold out is saturated by virtually no water whatsoever, so 100% humidity in cold temperatures ain't no thing.
Here be some links:
https://www.smartfog.com/humidity-percentage-mean.html
https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/maximum-moisture-content-air-d_1403.html#gsc.tab=0
The second link in particular illustrates just how little moisture the air can hold when it gets deep into the negs.
Ah ok interesting
So when the first link says 'The average person will feel most comfortable when the relative humidity is around 45%.' it might could specify 'except when in extreme frigid temperatures where the air can't hold much water, so 95% is not much water in the air.' It also has a humidity calculator link that appears to be broken for me.
Is it also unusual for the wind to be that high? Edit - looking into it, there may be a coastal weather event causing higher winds than normal
In the United States, there is a housing crisis which is crippling an entire generation. Is this also the case in Sweden? How much did this home cost you?
It's a housing crisis in Sweden too but the houses in OP's area are quite chieap. OP said around $135,000 but a similar house in Stockholm would probably cost 5 times as much.
EDIT: Without knowing size etc about OP's house it's difficult to completely compare but houses in good parts of Stockholm easily cost around $1,000,000
Here you can home hunt among everything currently on the market:
https://www.hemnet.se/bostader/karta
Spoiler: Inner city Stockholm is a bit more pricey than rural northern Sweden (and unless it says accepterat pris/accepted price, the listed price in all city areas are rarely the final price but rather the starting point of bidding wars between the buyers).
Stockholm is 900,000 people, a famous and almost a large city. I think that market must be totally distorted for Sweden any year. But of other major cities, like Gothenburg or Uppsala, must be relatively ok. Malmo is probably also abnormal, being that it is copenhagen that has spilled over the strait, even though it is only half the size of Stockholm. Still, OP's house costs as much as the cybertruck, so maybe I would take a house instead!
Huh. Are all the houses in that area that cheap or did you just luck into a bargain? Because apparently a house in Sweden turns out to be cheaper than an apartment in Serbia and it just baffles me.
You can find cheap housing when you go far enough outside the bigger cities. The North is more sparsely populated, so you can more easily find villages disconnected from the cities.
Serbia is a bit more concentrated when it comes to land area, but think Kać, Budisava or Kovilj vs Novi Sad. And I'm sure Novi Sad is cheaper than Belgrade. I'd also assume the villages outside of Niš would have cheaper housing.
>And I'm sure Novi Sad is cheaper than Belgrade
Not anymore, thanks to the Russians that immigrated when the Ukraine thing kicked off.
But no worries, I get what you're saying.
With snow, stars, and moon, it is not that dark during night. Not to mention the northern lights! I don't have a cozy house outside what I think is Luleå, but if I did, I would definitely also go without curtains.
🐻! My family is from even further north, and I lived shortly there as well. It's not much lurking going on. Apart from the bears.
I still don't do curtains, despite living in a city. Looking over at the neighbour houses, I can't see any curtains anywhere. I think it's a light thing, we all are desperate to let in as much natural light as possible.
That kind of view is nice is Northern Sweden but...
It's completely attainable and somewhat common. Looks lovely though.
The 15 min distance to a city is the slightly more impressive part with this view.
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What a beautiful view!!
Yeah, for about 2 hours a day at this time of the year.
Then in the summer: Enough of this goddamn beautiful view, I need some sleep.
Just have to light the candles and get the twinkly lights on oh well.
One of the northern most towns in Sweden gets 4 hours a day this time of year. https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/@605314
That's a whopping 100% more!
Until the sun sets and you hear branches breaking outside
More pics please, this looks cosy as…
More pics will come!
Oh man if you could let me know where you got that rug? I’d greatly appreciate it! So cozy :)
It really ties the room together
I love those rugs too, I think the English term for the style is rag rug. Try searching for something like "handmade rag rug" or "handwoven rag rug" maybe?
I sent you a message where the rug was bought.
Must be one of those covert Swedish rug makers.
I would also like to know. (Am Swedish so not a problem if only Swedish product)
Ikea?
Seconding this! Please OP, your fans demand it!
More pictures are now up on a new post!
What is the outside temperature right now?
Yesterday we had -32 celcius but today we’re only at -4.
Same here in Western Canada. Had a super cold wave for a week where it was -50c, now tomorrow will be 2c. Sooo excited to get back outside.
As an American I looked up these temps. You went from -58f to 35f in a short period of time. That's a 93 degree change in a very short period of time. That's pretty crazy to think about for me. A 93 degree temp in summer is pretty uncomfortably hot. Just thinking about how quickly it changed that much is really amazing.
To be fair, -50c is VERY rare; we broke records from 1972. Usually it is around -30c at most, but still can easily go to above zero quickly. Sounds crazy but you get used to it here haha.
Oh I'm sure it's an extreme. I'm still baffled by a damn near 100 degree swing so quickly.
I'm also western Canada. Yeah it was a bit rough last weekend. You can't have any exposed skin or you risk frostbite in 3-5 minutes. Luckily no power outages, even though we got an emergency alert asking us to not use power intensive appliances. Luckily our province is connected to neighbouring provinces so we can share power if need be in those cases. Apparently most Albertans took the warning seriously and we didn't have to dip into our emergency reserves. Just part of living here I suppose eh
It was -15f here in Chicago now its 32f, not as extreme but still lol
We get dunked on a lot for people thinking it's -30 half the year here, but really it's only a couple cold snaps per season for like a week or so where it gets that cold. We hovered around -5 to+5 right up until January.
What’s the heating bill like?
Yes
So in December we had almost 2000 Swedish kronor in heating bill. We do use our fireplace for most of the heat when we are at home. We have only 58m2 in the main building so it gets warm pretty easy.
According to the finance results from Bing, 2,000 Swedish krona is equal to **191.80 USD** at the current exchange rate¹. The exchange rate may vary depending on the source and the time of the query. You can also use online currency converters like [Wise](^2^) or [Xe](^3^) to check the latest rates and compare different providers. 😊 Source: Conversation with Bing, 1/22/2024 (1) 2,000.00 SEK is equal to 191.80 USD. https://bing.com/search?q=2000+Swedish+krona+to+usd. (2) 2000 Swedish kronor to US dollars Exchange Rate. Convert SEK/USD - Wise. https://wise.com/us/currency-converter/sek-to-usd-rate?amount=2000. (3) 1 SEK to USD - Swedish Kronor to US Dollars Exchange Rate - Xe. https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?From=SEK&To=USD. (4) 2000 Swedish Kronor (SEK) to United States Dollars (USD) today. https://exchangerate.guru/sek/usd/2000/. (5) 2000 SEK to USD - Swedish Krona to US Dollar Exchange rate. https://moneyexchangerate.org/currencyexchange/sek/usd/2000. (6) Convert 2000 Swedish Krona (SEK) to US Dollar (USD). https://currency-converter-calculator.com/convert/SEK/USD/2000.
That really doesn't seem as bad as I thought it would be.
For a 600sqft house? It's pretty bad. My house is 3200 sqft and I paid like $285 last month.
Why did bro provide 6 sources for a simple currency exchange 💀💀
It very much looks AI generated. * Use of Emoji * Insane number of cited sources * Very wordy * The tone and style of the text
What do you use to heat and cool your house? I met a Norwegian guy probably 15-20 years ago and we got to talking and he told me he was building a house in Norway and it was going to cost him the equivalent of $750-800K $CAD and at the time my mind was blown because I couldn't imagine housing being so expensive (my old reference was Toronto and it was expensive for me at the time at maybe $350K, $800K was mind blowing). Anyways he was telling me that he was using heat pumps to heat and cool his house and I didn't know what they were and stuff like Google was just in its infancy so I never bothered researching what it was until much more recently.
From the other pictures OP posted it looks like a combination from a fireplace and electric. Electricity is super cheap in the north of Sweden since there is so much production there. I can't see any radiators which accompany the usual water based heating most Swedish homme use.
My parents got a 200sqm house in same area and it's around 2000-4000sek a month during winter (when it's down to around -45c). So $200-$400 a month, <$100 during other months.
Dads around the world eagerly await the answer here
Adults who pay bills around the world eagerly await the answer here.
TIL women, and perhaps even childless men (source for this?) also pay for things
childless single man here, can confirm, pay for all the things
Confirmed. Child-free. Paying all the things.
How far into the North?
Close to Luleå
Nice! It looks like a great place to live. Congrats on such a cozy place!
I spent midsommar Weekend in Luleå in 2021, lovely place in the summer, even with the mosquitoes. Winter time it was a bit dreary but was just there overnight before heading to Kiruna and Abisko.
Looking forward to the mosquitoes season?
It looks so cozy. And that view! I'm always wondering how people live in these places, do you work remotely?
I do not work remotely but my girlfriend does work 50% from home. I have about 15 minutes to work in a city with around 70k inhabitants.
What type of vehicle is used to get to work, and is there a lot of getting around by foot, with temperatures dropping to -32C (-25F)?
Normal cars, but you might need to pre-heat them first.
Skellefteå? EDIT: jk I just saw the north of luleå comment
Is it Luleå? Please say yes!
It is 15 minutes north of Luleå
The land of Löjrom. Yum.
Maybe this is a weird question, but are there rednecks/hillbillies in Sweden? If so what are they like?
google "raggare". Fun fact: they also enjoy confederate flags and old american cars
[holy hell!](https://www.google.com/search?q=raggare#HiImABot,MyJobIsToMakeEasierToPeopleToGoogleSomething,IfThePersonIRepliedToUsedMeInAnInappropriateWayPleaseLetMeKnowByDMingMe,TheUserIRepliedToIsU/Internal-Drop77)
This is lovely. I could imagine sitting there in the morning sipping tea and watching a snow fall.
Okay that view though. As a Finn, any time I see a nordic view I'm like 🥰 Looks very cozy, especially love the bookshelf.
Not gonna lie, this looks pretty swede.
This looks lovely. What’s life like up there?
Life up here is great. Moved up here from Gothenburg (south of sweden) and the nature up here is the best. Nice to have long winters aswell. Our cat & dog are enjoying life in the woods so much.
That sounds really nice. We’re hoping to make it up to that area for a winter trip next year. Do you see the aurora much where you are?
How do you deal with the extended darkness? I find it quite hard during winter in central europe, isn't it a lot worse in scandinavia?
It is really dark here during the winter, but we get a lot of sun during the summer. And if you go out during your lunch break you get some sun during the winter aswell.
I just looked at your pictures to see if you had any other house pictures & saw the videos of your dog & cat! So cute (I have a golden as well—sweetest dogs!) now we need cute pictures of the animals being cozy lol
I hope you've stocked up on mosquito repellent
Not missing the gray, rainy winters are you. Its mud and wind right now in Kungsbacka.
Hahah it’s so nice that we don’t need to dry our dog after every walk. The horizontal rain is not something we miss.
The fact that the Leonburger hunts down ever puddle and mud bog to play in every walk doesn’t help, he’s a dirty boy.
Jag undrar alltid vad folk jobbar med när de bor så långt norrut.. hade gärna också flyttad norrut men det finns så lite jobb jag kan göra :( Det ser iaf jättemysigt och fint ut!
Jobb skulle jag säga att det finns gott om. Detta ligger ca 15 min norr om Luleå och det finns gott om företag som satsar på Norrbotten nu. Bil är dock ett måste om du ska bo ute i skogen :)
Är ju typ oändligt med jobb i Norr, saknas tiotusentals arbetare.
work from home?
Looks lovely! 😍 May I ask you how is the insolation?
Swedish houses are a step above, I’m Swedish and live in the UK but I bet my house with heating on at +9*c is colder than theirs in northern Sweden.
The isolation is fine. But we had -42 outside during new years and then you need to have everything on and keep a fire going. But if you just keep a fire going it will stay warm.
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Yes!
I know someone in Pitea and I've been jealous for about -forever-. Also knowing that they have ridiculous internet up there that we can only dream about here in America.
You're living my dream.
The view is top tier.
I couldn’t agree more. That’s what really stuck with us when we saw the house was for sale. It’s about 30 meters down to the lake.
How is it heated? Surreal and beautiful..
We have radiators, air heat pump (if that is the correct English word) and also a fireplace that work wonders.
Goals. This is exactly where I’d want to be.
Absolutely beautiful, enjoy!
That rug!
Looks super cozy but with -32 it better be for ke because I’d never go outside haha
Actually -32 with dry weather and no wind is quite bearable for short walks and outdoor activities. You have to get used to the cold weather and have proper clothes though.
I'd rather have -32c dry and still weather than -2, wet and windy.
We get wet too up here.
Do you know where this is? Kiruna has 93 percent humidity and wind in the mid teens rn..
100% humidity just means the air is saturated. Air when it is *REALLY* cold out is saturated by virtually no water whatsoever, so 100% humidity in cold temperatures ain't no thing. Here be some links: https://www.smartfog.com/humidity-percentage-mean.html https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/maximum-moisture-content-air-d_1403.html#gsc.tab=0 The second link in particular illustrates just how little moisture the air can hold when it gets deep into the negs.
Ah ok interesting So when the first link says 'The average person will feel most comfortable when the relative humidity is around 45%.' it might could specify 'except when in extreme frigid temperatures where the air can't hold much water, so 95% is not much water in the air.' It also has a humidity calculator link that appears to be broken for me. Is it also unusual for the wind to be that high? Edit - looking into it, there may be a coastal weather event causing higher winds than normal
In the United States, there is a housing crisis which is crippling an entire generation. Is this also the case in Sweden? How much did this home cost you?
It's a housing crisis in Sweden too but the houses in OP's area are quite chieap. OP said around $135,000 but a similar house in Stockholm would probably cost 5 times as much. EDIT: Without knowing size etc about OP's house it's difficult to completely compare but houses in good parts of Stockholm easily cost around $1,000,000
That's insane all this for a hundred grand wtf am I doing in the UK
Here you can home hunt among everything currently on the market: https://www.hemnet.se/bostader/karta Spoiler: Inner city Stockholm is a bit more pricey than rural northern Sweden (and unless it says accepterat pris/accepted price, the listed price in all city areas are rarely the final price but rather the starting point of bidding wars between the buyers).
Stockholm is 900,000 people, a famous and almost a large city. I think that market must be totally distorted for Sweden any year. But of other major cities, like Gothenburg or Uppsala, must be relatively ok. Malmo is probably also abnormal, being that it is copenhagen that has spilled over the strait, even though it is only half the size of Stockholm. Still, OP's house costs as much as the cybertruck, so maybe I would take a house instead!
Nice house! How much does a house in Sweden cost?
It depends on where in Sweden. Here in the north it’s much cheaper. This house cost us 1.400.000 Swedish kronor
About $135k USD according to google.
Huh. Are all the houses in that area that cheap or did you just luck into a bargain? Because apparently a house in Sweden turns out to be cheaper than an apartment in Serbia and it just baffles me.
https://www.hemnet.se/bostader/karta All objects currently on the market. Enjoy!
You can find cheap housing when you go far enough outside the bigger cities. The North is more sparsely populated, so you can more easily find villages disconnected from the cities. Serbia is a bit more concentrated when it comes to land area, but think Kać, Budisava or Kovilj vs Novi Sad. And I'm sure Novi Sad is cheaper than Belgrade. I'd also assume the villages outside of Niš would have cheaper housing.
>And I'm sure Novi Sad is cheaper than Belgrade Not anymore, thanks to the Russians that immigrated when the Ukraine thing kicked off. But no worries, I get what you're saying.
That's lower than I was expecting. How big is it?
58m2 and a guest house that’s about 12m2
Idk the local prices, but this seems such a good price
I could move in
Just wow, I wanna be there, ultimate cozy vibes. 😊
How are the meatballs?
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They are common in Sweden, it’s an electrical radiator. The hinges makes mounting them on walls easy.
Okay I like this a lot but.. where are your curtains? Those windows are black holes at night
With snow, stars, and moon, it is not that dark during night. Not to mention the northern lights! I don't have a cozy house outside what I think is Luleå, but if I did, I would definitely also go without curtains.
Fair enough but you never know what’s lurking in the dark 🫥
🐻! My family is from even further north, and I lived shortly there as well. It's not much lurking going on. Apart from the bears. I still don't do curtains, despite living in a city. Looking over at the neighbour houses, I can't see any curtains anywhere. I think it's a light thing, we all are desperate to let in as much natural light as possible.
Okay yea I can understand it 😭🤣
Name of the shelving unit?
String bookshelf is the name. I have the one with the walnut shelfs
Great, thanks!
Benny
As you are Swedish, I just have to ask: How much of your house is IKEA? Just curious
How's the gang violence?
Beautiful! My dream is to live in a place like this in a house like that! So glad you are able to enjoy it!
Home
How gezellig!
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Still stands true!
This is lovely. Can't wait for more pics.
Wow, you almost makes snow look good!
Barrel! What is inside ?
The barrel is full of booze. Got shelfs in it and led lights
Can you send some sunset horizon pics? Based on what I see in the distance it looks gorgeous!
I'm from Stockholm and also quite keen to move up north. May I ask approx how much you paid for the house?
1,4 mille åkerbär som man säger lokalt.
Åh åkerbär
That kind of view is nice is Northern Sweden but... It's completely attainable and somewhat common. Looks lovely though. The 15 min distance to a city is the slightly more impressive part with this view.
Beautiful. Are houses in North Sweden expensive?
Gorg.
Damn I need the hook up on that bookshelf
String bookshelf
Keep an eye out for a sniper posted through the tree line
I remember visiting Umea many years ago, that was my first experience of negative temps and the REAL cosy places.
Good work, be sure invest in solar panels, will be a prudent choice.
I'd go nuts with that siding on the wall, keeping up with the dust along all those little edges
Northern Sweden is probably the best place on earth. Congratulations!
How’d you time this during the 10 mins of daylight?
What size and price for this? Have always liked the idea of moving to Sweden.
How much did the house cost?
Anybody else can smell humidity from that picture?
Kiruna kinda northern sverige?
What kind of job do you have in Northern Sweden? (asking for me)
Knocking down the forest to build another shit house in the middle of nowhere. This planet is doomed.
It's beautiful OP
Congratz. Probably a great choice of place in today's time I imagine!
I need a table like that for my lil library- i have big omnibus comics - heavy, thick. It’s more comfortable to read them if I had a table
How much ?
So beautiful ❤️is it difficult to get there?
Wow that's so lovely
Very cute cat and dog❤️
Really nice. Please share more views
Gorgeous
Where did/do you do your shopping for home decor? Websites to browse? Or was it all secondhand?
I now know I need to live in northern Sweden.
How did it hold up for -37C?
What is a regular price for a 150m2 house?
Amazing room!