I’ve been asking myself this question every day and night since i came back to Sweden.
I already knew, even before making the decision on moving to Sweden, that it would be extremely hard to find an apartment. The queue system in Sweden must be the worst one on planet earth! You have to literally wait for about 8-10 years to get an apartment. It’s absolutely ridiculous.
There are a lot of projects going on though for building new apartments here in Stockholm but it takes so long. The process is devastating. I’ve signed up for private companies as well as non private ones just to increase our chances of getting an apartment. But the struggle is real. I’m so happy about the fact that we sold like 80% of our belongings because where on earth would we put everything?
BUT Alhamdolillah, with Allahs mercy and the duas from my precious mother, we finally got an apartment. We are renting the apartment from another tenant though which means that it’s only a 1 year contract. And the apartment is pre furnished which is also great, because we don’t want to worry about buying furnitures, and stand 1 year later on the streets wondering what on earth we should do with everything. So we thought that it would be better this way, as a start for us. We want to see if Sweden is a good choice for us by living here for a year Inshallah according to our plans. If we like it, we’ll stay Inshallah and if we don’t, well then we’ll have to pack our bags and find a new destination.
I’ve lived in Stockholm for so long and I absolutely enjoy living in a big city. And it’s even more great that I have my family here Alhamdolillah. So I find it VERY hard to move to a smaller city or to live in the country side. I’m not sure that I’d enjoy it at all. And since there are more job opportunities in Stockholm I’d rather live here too.
But I’m not 100% calm about our situation since it’s just a 1 year contract. I felt calm about living in The Netherlands for 1 year because we still had our apartment in Germany to go back to. But this time we’ve actually left everything behind us, even the apartment. Alhamdolillah for everything. I know that everything will be fine Inshallah because I trust Allahs plans. But I can’t help to feel stressed and worried about our near future. All I want right now is a stable life, an apartment and a job.
May Allah make it easier for us all!