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Stockholm

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Stockholm is a clean, safe, and well-organized city. English is widely spoken and public transportation works very well, making it easy to get around. The city is calm and close to nature, and co-working spaces are accessible, especially for short stays or freelancers. Locals are often friendly on the surface, and expats tend to connect through organized meetups or social circles. It's a great place for people who enjoy a structured, low-stress lifestyle.

However, the cost of living is high, comparable to London. Food, rent, and social life can be expensive, and the rental market is notably difficult to navigate due to strict laws and limited availability. Winters are long, dark, and cold, which several reviewers found challenging and in some cases depressing. Making close local friends can be hard without strong social connections or shared activities.

As a short-term destination, Stockholm offers a mix of quiet lifestyle and clean environment, but for long-term stays—especially alone—it can feel isolating and uneventful. It's a good place to live if you enjoy peace and nature, but less ideal for those seeking a vibrant or warm culture year-round.

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57 years ago

Nice place to live, but for travel not sure.
Things are very expensive if you want to stay in a hotel and eat out most of the time.
Price for cafe is not that crazy but still not the reasonable.
Not many fun places to go as a traveler.
But if you have a place you can cook by yourself, have some friends to hang out, and enjoy simple and quite lifestyle, then I do recommend to come Stockholm. I'm enjoying a peaceful and calm daily life here!

3 years ago

I absolutely love living in this city. It's very clean, safe and things generally always work! This is something I miss when I travel to other cities in Europe and rest of the world. Also co-working spaces are growing tons.
Though night life might be pretty "boring", it truly is what you make it. Get to know other expats and friends through meetups or friend of a friend, and you'll have an awesome time here!

6 years ago

On the bright side: Clean and generally safe, good infrastructure, close to nature.
Negative side: One of the most difficult places in the world to make friends, not much happening in the city, very expensive and broken housing market. Many internationals with whom I have spoken feel very bad here

7 years ago

I've been living here for almost 4 years. I'm single, latin and worked in IT. A piece of advice: don't ever come here alone for long time unless you are either attractive or have incredible social skills. The darkness is the most depressive aspect of Sweden but the people are not far from it either. Everyone thinks Sweden is very "progressive" but the people act as living in a small village anyway and are old fashion, specially regarding their social circles. My conclusion is that this is a place to come and have a family for the social benefits and nothing else. And even then you still need to go through 7 months of what any warm country considers winter and 3-4 months of above average dark days.

7 years ago

Just got back from spending a month in Stockholm (Feb-Mar), enjoyed the experience but perhaps went at the wrong time of the year as the weather was a bit wet / cold.

Was staying in hostels (~$30/night) and met some really interesting people - hostels were busy during the weekends but only about 30% full during weekdays (probably due to time of year).

Found the city about as expensive as London (where I'm from). City was very clean, easy to walk around and people were friendly with perfect English (and more than happy to speak in English).

I worked in SUP46 co-working space (free to work in the hot-desking area) and cafe's around the city (Espresso House was a good option). I looked at a few different co-working spaces but most were pay-monthly, which maybe I would have picked if I was living there longer.

My biggest issue was that there didn't seem to be much going on, I went to a few museums (recommend the Vasa museum) and explored some parks on the weekends (good for running around), however after the first couple of weeks, I ran out of things to see / do in my spare time. In the summer, I imagine people would go hiking around Stockholm, however the weather didn't allow me to.

Nightlife was okay, there is a great pub crawl called "Stockholm Pub Crawl", which is on every Friday and Saturday, highly recommend going as you'll meet some really interesting people. I ended up going on it a few times. Nightlife on weekdays seemed pretty dead.

Final point about weather, it was a little cold (-3 degrees C) when I got there and snowed / rained quite a few days, but was getting better by the time I left. I'd recommend going between April and September, as outside of these months it does get very dark and cold.

Overall, a city worth checking out (probably the best city out of Norway, Sweden and Finland) but not for longer than 4 weeks.

7 years ago

Quite pricey, but not as bad as London. Great underground. The city is very clean. Food is ok, but far from amazing. Rental market is very difficult, which every property agency would confirm. Renting is not only expensive, but also problematic due to the local law. Be sure to read up before looking for a place as even verbal agreements are legally binding. Communicating in English is easy as almost everyone speaks the language reasonably well, however good luck in finding anything written in English. No directions, no product descriptions, nothing.

I found Swedes to be very friendly and helpful. Overall not a bad place to be, if you can bear the cold (expected, not bad) and the darkness (was quite a surprise, it's worse than it seems, very depressing).

7 years ago

✅ Very clean

✅ Friendly people

✅ Safe

✅ Good co-working spaces

✅ Close to nature

✅ Great public transport

✅ Very safe

✅ Fast internet

✅ Lots of fun stuff to do

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Everyone speaks English

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Very expensive

❌ Difficult rental market

❌ Dark and cold winters

❌ Hard to make friends

❌ Not much to do

❌ Cold now

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Very damp now

❌ Not many Nomads.com members right now

❌ Feels crowded

❌ Very difficult to make friends

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Feels (median)

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541°
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cool

2068°
mild

2373°
mild

1864°
cool

1254°
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948°
cold

337°
cold

-425°
freezing

Real (median)

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freezing

-327°
freezing

541°
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643°
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1254°
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1966°
mild

2373°
mild

1763°
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1355°
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541°
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-130°
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Humidity

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78%

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72%

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58%

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78%

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72%

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75%

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79%

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81%

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75%

Most common

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Rain

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43mm

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16mm

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25mm

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46mm

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36mm

rainy
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53mm

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27mm

Cloud

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50%

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33%

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45%

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37%

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52%

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33%

pockets
50%

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53%

cloudy
54%

pockets
46%

pockets
44%

Air quality

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8 US AQI

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6 US AQI

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Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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2,400 remote workers in Stockholm now, of which 2+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

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🎒 Nomad Score™	3.5/5 (Rank #94) 1002 reviews
❤️ Liked by members	👍7 liked it 👎2 disliked it
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Good
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	🧐 Pricey: $3,943 / mo
📡 Internet	🙂 Good: 32 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Good
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥶 Too cold: 6°C43°F (feels 4°C39°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	💦 Damp: 80%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	🥵 Very low: 2%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Good: 45 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 9 US AQI
👌 Safety	Good
👩 Safe for women	Great
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Great
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Good
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Vulnerability to climate change	Great
💰 Income level*	Very high: $4,224 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Great
😤 People density	🧘‍♀️ Low density: 5k ppl/km² (1 per 14x14m)
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Good
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Great
🍸 Nightlife	Good
📶 Free WiFi in city	Bad
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Okay
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Good
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Great
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	Sweden
🗓️ Average trip length	6 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	32 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	🌦 6°C 43°F + 💦 Damp (80%) = feels 4°C 39°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 45 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 9 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
💸 10 SEK in USD	USD 1.07
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	SEK 1,000 = USD 107
💸 Tipping	Yes, 5%
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	Impact Hub
💻 Best alt. coworking space	The Entrepreneur's Church
☕️ Best coffee place	Coffice
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Café Koppen
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	👍10% of visitors return
📸 Visitors per year	2,471,200 visitors
📸 Tourists now	47,360 tourists
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	790,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$50,687 / year
😤 Population density	🤨 busy: 14x14m (196m²) per person
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 47% 👱‍♀️ 53%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 53% 👱‍♀️ 47%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 81% 👱‍♀️ 19%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Webhallen
🏠 Apartment listings	Blocket
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	SAS
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	SAS
🏥 Best hospital	S:t Görans Sjukhus

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$3,943 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$2,902 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$7,268 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$2,077 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$2,309 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$2,972 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$1,695 / month
🏠 Median home price	$694,481
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$108 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$97 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$290 / month
🍛 Dinner	$11
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$2
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$8
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$9,388 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$19 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$13 / trip