Uppsala: the vibe
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The verdict
Liked · 70Commenters, many Swedes or former residents, speak warmly of Uppsala as calm and pretty, with caveats about dark winters and a slower, quieter pace for remote workers.
- calm atmosphere
- beauty and history
- walkable compact town
- close to Stockholm by train
- student and university feel
- friendly locals
- dark short winters
- quiet or limited nightlife
- winter depression
- Swedish-language barrier
- slow pace for some
- Uppsala feels peaceful and relaxing, a good place for a slower stay
- Winter daylight is very short and can weigh on mood
- Staying several days lets you appreciate the town's small details
- Being near Stockholm adds convenience without the big-city crowds
- Learning Swedish helps, and language schools are an option
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
a week alone in sweden 🧚♂️ stockholm + uppsala !
ryan crouse · 82K views · 2025
What viewers said
“having one of your favorite youtubers talk so highly about your home country and your native language has always been such a headcanon event for me ily 😭🫶”
♥ 378 likes
“Our Ryan is simply not meant to remain in one place. The more he travels, the more he absorbs and his videos just keep getting better. 🥰”
♥ 159 likes
“Feels like a divorce when i finish the video 💔”
♥ 188 likes
“Välkommen! I wasn't expecting that at all. It's weird seeing others geek out about your own country- but also you are in the middle of every Swedes summer holidays from both work and school. June, July and August would be when we travel our”
♥ 43 likes
“No idea if you’ll see this, but there is a language school you can pay for to study Swedish!! It’s call Folkuniversitetet and there’s an incredible campus in Stockholm! I’ve studied there the last two summers and can’t recommend it highly e”
♥ 37 likes
“It is such a good idea to stay in one place for several days. There is no need to rush around to hit a few hot spots and them miss out on absolutely everything else. You get time to chill and get the feel of the place, find the little gems ”
♥ 9 likes
“if u wanna live in sweden u should come back in the winter to see if u can handle the sun setting at 4pm, it legit made me depressed”
♥ 26 likes
“Why did this make me so emotional 🥺 As a swede living in Denmark for the past decade it’s so rare to hear someone speak highly of my home country, made me so happy and made me miss living in Sweden so badly 🥺🥺 Din svenska är jättebra!!”
♥ 59 likes
“it is SO crazy that when you were not posting the past 2 weeks , I started watching your old videos because I was bored and I went to the first video on your channel and you were learning Swedish because you just watched Young Royal and now”
♥ 34 likes
“Vi älskar dig också Ryan! Pls kom tillbaka snart <3 Also a tip for next time is a cat cafe in Stockholm called Java Whiskers, because well.. they have cats !!”
♥ 24 likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-08; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.