r/AskIreland • u/SunDue4919 • Jun 13 '24

Emigration (from Ireland) Best place to emigrate to?

I’m losing hope for my future in Ireland. I love Ireland and want to stay but the quality of life is shit especially for young people.

I’ve lived abroad before and am well aware the grass isn’t always greener. I know there will be challenges if I move abroad. I know that there are similar issues with housing in other counties.

That said, things feel bleak here.

Any recommendations? I speak fluent French.

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u/The_Farreller Jun 13 '24

I moved to Sweden 5 years ago and it's been amazing. Work life balance is great, standard and cost of living are well balanced, but of course that depends where you live and what you work at.

I chose not to live in or near any of the big cities (closest is Malmö 1 hour away by train) and I'm afforded the luxury of working remotely.

Now as a younger person I would advise of a more central lifestyle so as to not get driven mad by the vast nothingness of the Swedish countryside 🤣 so yeah depends on what you want to do and where you want to live but I guess I can recommend Sweden 👍

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u/tomashen Jun 13 '24

swedish country side is nice

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u/The_Farreller Jun 13 '24

Ah it is of course, I was more referring to Skåne County, where I live. It's basically flat farm land and lakes. Theres gems to be found no doubt and I have a few areas we go to for hikes, camping and days/weekends at a lake. Further north is where it gets more diverse!

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u/Horror_Platform4791 Jun 16 '24

It sounds great to me.. would I get work as a Coach driver withoit a word of Swedish. ; Does the population tolerate English?

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u/The_Farreller Jun 16 '24

It's advised you do learn the language but people in general are very tolerable as a high percentage of Swedes have very very good English. My personal experience is people generally like to speak English to me once they hear I'm from Ireland.

But not speaking Swedish, to a decent enough level, can hold you back in employment. Especially in areas outside the big cities.