formula

That sounds more like the US than Britain

Don't forget also that Sweden, Britain, Germany (the 3 countries who pay for the EU) Russia and China joined forces against the US with Galileo, the most superior satallite system in the world. The US didn't do itself any favours when it threatened to shoot down Galileo satallites and was promptly told to do one, by Europe, Russia and China.

moneypenny20

Have you had a look in here and here. They'll give you the lowdown on what each country is like from an expat point of view.

Ethelred_the_Unready

I did. I also posted this in the main section of the BE European forum. I couldn't find much positive stuff from Brits living in Sweden specifically, but I didn't see that many posts (except one that stood out frok a person who couldn't wait to leave). Often people will only feel compelled to write about something if it's bad for them; I am guilty of doing this myself. That's not to say that I wouldn't like Sweden though. Funnily enough, a lot of the negative stuff I've read would be positive for me. There's also the language, which having listened to a fair bit of Swedish music & radio, I think I'd be able to learn and wouldn't be afraid to speak it, as I am with French or even German to some extent.

And as much as I've defended the UK on here, coming to this forum and interacting with people who were glad they left rather than were just homesick has made me realise that I don't particularly want to go back there, largely due to the Euroscepticism, lawless youths, binge drinking and the continued erosion of social and moral standards, along with public spending being slashed. I love the UK and miss it, but I'm adaptable enough to live elsewhere in Europe and make that place home quite easily, partly because I was exposed to living in France for a short while growing up and have visited the continent many times, only feeling out of place in the Mediterranean regions, as beautiful as they are. I am pro-EU, pro-monarchy, a socialist and in favour of same sex marriage and I want to live in a non-religious country.

Oh and I need my football. That can be the Championship (Wolves ), the Bundesliga or the Allsvenskan. I love it.

formula

You had better cross Netherlands off your list then. They have just slashed their welfare payments too.

JAJ

Not sure where you get your information from but absolutely, Norway is open to EEA citizens:
http://www.udi.no/Norwegian-Directorate-of-Immigration/

Becoming a Norwegian citizen (in due course) would normally require you to formally renounce your existing citizenship.

jandro

I visited Norway recently and although it was scenic it didn't appeal to me as a place to move to. It seemed a bit parochial to me although I didn't get to Oslo.

I once saw a documentary about a woman who'd lived in Copenhagan for years and returned to Cambridge to live near a sibling for her final years. She said that in Denmark she had plenty of friends and people would often check up on her. Once settled back in England she was ignored by her family who lived nearby and was miserable. Too late she realised she'd made the wrong decision to move back home.

formula

From forums last year where Brits wanted to study in Norway, but had to get a visa to do so. One of those forums was uk-yankee.

It looks like they have just changed this, but with certain conditions.

If you are a citizen of an EU / EEA / EFTA country, you no longer need to apply for a residence permit, but you must make a registration. You can make a registration online.


Then you visit a police station.

If you live in a district with a service centre for foreign workers you need to meet in person here.

http://www.udi.no/Norwegian-Director...EFTA-citizens/

Interesting about making people visit police stations.

Can one EEA country force a citizen of another EEA country, to give up citizenship? I know Germany force non-EUs to do this if they want to become a German, but not EEAs. Norway certainly seem to have extra EEA conditions now that they have had to allow EEAs in.

There you go OP, you can add Norway back on your list. Don't forget that Sweden have put forward new (tighter) EUs laws that they want adopted.

UkWinds5353

Did you notice while in Germany any anti-americanism? Just curious!

formula

I just realised how that reads; I should have added that the links the Brit added, showed that EEAs needed visas for Norway.

I even wrote to my MP about it as we had a new government now. I know Labour always like to import their voters, but I thought this was another step too far from the last government. Although I do applaud the Norwegian government for being wise enough to take that stance in the first place