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billsmith

Hello, if you could choose to expat in one of these 4 countries...Where would you go?

Notes:
- I already lived in Switzerland, in the German-speaking part, so I know how bureocracy works, the society, etc...Although I was there only for 6 months...
- Never been to Norway or Sweden
- Been to Helsinki only for 2 days (but I know a former colleague who lived in Turku for 5 months, and I recently discovered a colleague I though was from Spain, was actually born in Finland)...I liked it, very much (but it was in August)

These are, from my point of view, the advantages of each of these 4 countries:
- Switzerland: Quality of life, mountains, high wages
- Norway: Quality of life, one of the best (if not the best) welfare system in the world, mountains, high wages, Norvegian girls :D
- Sweden: Quality of life, mountains, Swedish girls :D
- Finland: Quality of life, exotic culture and languages (yes, it can be seen as an advantage), way of thinking (shy, like me...the paradise for socialist and shy-minded people), Finnish girls :D

Disadvantages
- Switzerland: Sometimes it gives me the impression of being a 'snob country', and in any case not exactly welcoming toward foreigners (12 years to get citizenship, ban on minarets, SVP/UDC having almost 1/3 of votes, isolationist tradition, etc...).
Not exactly an "easy-going" society...sometimes too strict and pedant.
Examples: In certain places it's forbidden to take showers or flush the toilet after 10 p.m., because it makes too much noise, and the super-efficient Swiss neighbors have to wake up early in the morning, to start working at 7 a.m....You can imagine the consequences on personal hygiene...
How could I then forget that some of their wealth comes from bank accounts of criminals and tax evaders?
Last but not least...It's too close to Italy, so not far enough from my relatives...
- Norway: Drinking culture
- Sweden: Drinking culture
- Finland: Drinking culture

See also

Living in Finland: the expat guideWhy Should You Select Finland?New members of the Finland forum, introduce yourselves here - 2025Hopeful Future Expat from the UK 😊Vacation after 7 years, does it exists?
lappeenranta

I am ready to be expat any of these four countries.... If you could manage plase reply me on averycreativeguy@yahoo.com . I am ready to pay the require expense.
     I can also manage my friends if you like...

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