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Gothenburg - Where to live? |
 25.Aug.2006, 02:09 AM
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Joined: 22.Aug.2006 |
OK, so I've pretty much made my choice and picked Gothenburg. Thanks to everyone for the advice
Anyways, now I have some more questions... :? Since I have never been there, and I want to arrive with somewhere to live already, I need to know: Which neighbourhoods should I look around? I don't really care much, but I don't want to be far away from the city. Accessability would be good. How much should I accept to pay? I've read people pay on average of around 2,100 sek. Is that so? It was on a student website. I'm 18 so I'd wouldn't mind living with other people around my age. Any good websites that I could use? Also, is it a good idea to find a place to live before I go? Thanks in advance |
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25.Aug.2006, 04:15 AM
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Joined: 24.Aug.2006 |
Will be interested in the replies. We've been looking for rental flats downtown for over a year, and they don't seem easy to find or cheap. We are moving there next summer. Good luck!
Yohan |
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25.Aug.2006, 08:21 AM
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Joined: 10.Jan.2006 |
I don't want to depress anyone, but i applied for over 140 1st handcontracts in 3years and go 8 replies and no apartment.
I finally got one via a friends, friend who knew someone that owed someone that had a cousin that had a friend that had a apartment. I am sure others will post more upto date links than I have. My advice would be to concentrate on 2nd hand contracts or sharing, as unless you get really lucky u will just waste time. TIP #1 If really stuck and if your a good bullsh1t artist and dont mind paying an extra 1000:- a month you can claim your working for a company and get a apartment that way (they never check, at least the 2 places i did this). TIP #2 From my fellow immergrants from SFI, if you want a reply on a application for a first hand contract, change your name to something swedish sounding (yes it is that bad, sadly) |
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25.Aug.2006, 08:23 AM
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Joined: 7.Dec.2005 |
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Sadly, it depends on what nationality you are, some being more popular than others, as in most countries. Italians have no problems here. . |
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25.Aug.2006, 08:26 AM
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Joined: 4.Jan.2006 |
I've heard talk of somewhere called 'Rapist Park' in G'berg. Is this place to be avoided?
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25.Aug.2006, 08:36 AM
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Joined: 10.Jan.2006 |
I think thats Slottskogen
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25.Aug.2006, 08:40 AM
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Joined: 7.Dec.2005 |
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It's only to be avoided if you're a prude. Whats wrong with surprise sex? . |
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25.Aug.2006, 09:24 AM
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Joined: 4.Jan.2006 |
It's alway fine, so long as it's violently shouted into the ear first, otherwise it's just plain rude and a clear breach on etiquette.*
*Satire |
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25.Aug.2006, 12:08 PM
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Another option... is to arrive here, stay at hostel then look around for a place. The adventage is you know what you'll get.
It's worth to try. Since, my friend's got a place in lovely Haga... but i, who had a room before arrival, now is binding with 10 months contract in somewhere outerskirt of the city! :? |
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25.Aug.2006, 12:43 PM
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Location: Gothenburg Joined: 1.Nov.2005 |
Rapist Park is my old joint, the elevated greenery above Avenyn and on the way up to the part of Johanneberg that overlooks Lisberg. I lived in the vicinity for 4 months and braved RP at all hours and in all states of coherency. My batty survived unscathed, I`m pleased to report.
I concur with Nidoh. In my experience, the only way to have any luck finding a place is through a friend of a friend, in Sweden : The Networking Capital Of The World. Even the cretinous turdburglars that have posted on this site asking for applicants to take their vacant apartments don`t have the decency to type out a 7 word "sorry it`s taken, good luck in future" reply. I have been homeless for 5 weeks, it`s the worst aspect of this place. |
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25.Aug.2006, 12:45 PM
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Joined: 4.Jan.2006 |
It's fun to stay in the Y.M.C.A, you can get yourself clean, you can get a good meal blah blah blah
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25.Aug.2006, 12:49 PM
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Location: Gothenburg Joined: 1.Nov.2005 |
I may move into a hosetel actually. At least I would meet a lot of backpack clad teenage girls.
Though this would shatter any chance of a sambo visa, I reckon...
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25.Aug.2006, 02:24 PM
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Joined: 11.Aug.2005 |
If you are a foreigner you might as well skip Stockholm and Goteborg and move directly to Malmo, that's where all the foreigners are. I think all the Swedes down there wised up and drove across the bridge to Denmark.
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26.Aug.2006, 11:04 PM
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Joined: 17.Aug.2006 |
QUOTE (Faithless) .
It's only to be avoided if you're a prude. Whats wrong with surprise sex? . erm thats called rape :? |
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13.Mar.2018, 02:06 AM
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Location: Gothenburg Joined: 11.Mar.2018 |
Hello;
Can you pls suggest which area/distincts to live as a family in Gothenburg? where we can also find good primary schools and security Thanks |
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