Our Third Apartment in Stockholm

So why have you moved so many times, you ask? Finding housing in Stockholm is very, very difficult.

When we first arrived in Stockholm we stayed in a couple's apartment while they were on summer holiday (7 weeks). That gave us enough time to learn about the city and find a suitable longer term place to live.

When we started looking for our next apartment, we came across an ad placed by Per and Monica for their place in southern Södermalm. They wanted to rent their apartment for a year while they went on a year-long sailing trip in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, they weren't leaving until November, but we could move in in October and they would stay with their son because they wanted to get their tenants settled before they left.

We were extremely lucky to find a young woman who was renting her apartment by the week. We rented our second apartment for nine weeks, then moved into Per and Monica's apartment the middle of October. We think the biggest deciding factor of choosing us over the 100+ other people who inquired is the fact we volunteered to take care of their cat when they told us that none of their family wanted to take her. Having a pet in our lives again was a big plus for us!

We moved into our third furnished apartment and are comfortably settled. We have learned how to easily get from our apartment to anywhere in the city (and beyond) either by walking, taking the T-bana (subway), a bus or commuter train, boat or plane. There is so much public transportation here! So far we have not missed having a car.

Business travel for Jay has ceased until the new year and we are taking advantage of the daylight hours (and there aren't that many at this time of the year - it's dark by 3:30 in the afternoon!) to make a video of our new home.

We hope you enjoy it!