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Central Switzerland - spent 4 years there but did miss the sea. Maybe Also Granada.
Finland ... they got sea, jungle and space.
Finns are also very nice people who don't go all crazy about PC. 😀
Most importantly coz I like guns and they got plenty of them there. 😆
Unfortunately, I cannot understand them ... except a few words. 😆
Thought about this from time to time, and I'm perfectly happy living where I do.
I love the country I was born and brought up in, there's a wide variety of different landscapes within a fairly reasonable drive, I understand the language and with my memory, trying to learn another at my age would not be a lot of fun, plus all my friends live fairly close by.
Oh, and the sea is never more than 72 miles away from any point inland, and I love being near the sea.
I could probably cope with living in Eire, the pace of life would definitely suit me...
Lucca, Tuscany.
Good shout Beej. Lovely around thare. Epic mountains, mtb, boarding/skiing, beaches, chianti and steak 🙂
As long as I don't have to find a job, it'd be somewhere close to Snowdonia for me.
Great riding, the most stunning scenery, away from it all and the coast close by. And I speak Welsh.
It's full of win. If only there was work there .....
As a resident of Cardiff, I live in Europe. But if I had to list somewhere else I would like to live, it would probably be northeastern Germany. Say, somewhere in Mecklenburg, within an easily-doable distance of Berlin.
Northern Italy if I didn't have to work/pay for anything.
UK or Germany if I did.
Go west Ito Perugia Superflii instead.
Massively cheaper property, food, etc with the same and better benefits.
Currently sat watching the sun rise behind the mountains above Gualdo.
Haute Vienne is the other place. "Land of a thousand lakes" is its name.and so much activities you could almost never repeat one
Unfortunately, I cannot understand them ... except a few words.
Irony meter just exploded
If I had to live somewhere else in Europe it'd probably be London.
Finland ... they got sea, jungle and space.
Whaaat?
There is no jungle here... Plenty of forests (pine, fir and mostly) with some mosquitoes.
If I could choose I'd live winters up north at Arctic circle and would visit warm places few times a year.
Being in Italy and France for the last few weeks does make you appreciate home too, the ease, the convenience, familiarity etc, the language, the decent cost of living, just sitting round the table eating as a family.
Sure, it's great that where I am is lovely, green, hot, sunny, but it's not home.
I'm going with leafy West Berks
Go west Ito Perugia Superflii instead.
Massively cheaper property, food, etc with the same and better benefits.
Currently sat watching the sun rise behind the mountains above Gualdo
I'm sure its still got the Italian charm and scenery, but its missing the coast+beaches of Tuscany. Obviously you pay a price for these. Just outside Lucca is a lot cheaper. "A Place In The Summer Sun" featured the region not long ago - it was very affordable!
Split, Croatia.
just sitting round the table eating as a family.
Forriners have tables as well you know?
Tricky one, I would say Andalucia - have enjoyed a few road & MTB holidays there. That said I think I'd start to get bored after a couple of weeks, for a holiday it's a nice change of pace but not sure about living there.
Anywhere driving distance of Bassano del Grappa in Italy. Otherwise, somewhere close to Cap Ferret in France.
Sweden. Pretty much without any doubt, Sweden. If I had to choose a second choice, Canadia, but primary choice: Sweden.
Every time I go there I find something else to like about it and the reasons now are getting almost too long to list.
No votes for The Netherlands then?
No votes for The Netherlands then?
ROFL
The Dutch are great, but it's flat and over crowded.
PS. Canada would also be my first choice phenominal country.
Working out which lottery numbers mean I can earn a living while splitting my time between whistler, hobart and one other spot. Be just like trying to move to Europe shortly...
Thanks everyone! Haute Vienne sounds awesome, I admit I had never heard of it.
So, the dream list is now:
South Austria - Radenthein, near the lakes etc.
environs of Granada
environs of Girona
Haute Vienne
Innsbruck. Lovely city, good access to the mountains along with access to the rest of Europe easily enough.
Innsbruck would be awesome but I fear the cost may be too high. I miss Germany, Austria and Switzerland every day.
Cornwall looks nice. Never been though.
Our bit of Germany in SW Black Forest is great, very pleased to be here. Proper continental summers and cold dry winters. Can see the Swiss alps, Tiger, Munch, Jungfrau from the house and round to Mont Blanc on a clear day. No desire to return to the UK though I do miss Edinburgh.
Basel 40mins
France 45 mins
Switzerland mountains 90mins
Austria, Livigno and Italy 3hrs
Finale 6hrs by car
Schwarzwald is definitely up there - beautiful and as you say, close to a LOT!
My wife was so close to getting a job in Switzerland just on the border, that I did have dreams of living just inside Germany until it went pear-shaped!
Superflii - Perugia has as much coasts as you can handle - the new road up to Ancona is awesome and take your pick from there.
Ski resorts above Gualdo, so much riding and climbing it would take years to scratch the surface.
Define "affordable" ...
Where I am now! I moved to Konstanz south Germany at the start of the year it's perfect for me...
Decent cx and xc trails from the door (well 10 mins ride), great (and safe!) road riding from the door, proper downhill 60 mins away in the alps.
France 1hr 20 away, Switzerland 5 minute walk away (literally!)
Don't get me wrong, I love home (Sheffield) and visit regularly, the g.f. is German loves the uk too and we always take in a trip to BPW when we visit - the Welsh uplift drivers love her accent and always try and teach her Welsh!!
However, I always look forward to heading back to Germany .... which I think is a good sign!
The only problems at the moment..... 6 bikes in a one bed apartment, and the Swiss buying the entire content of all the supermarkets every weekend! Other than that ... it's fab!
Never been but I used to think Biarritz was a good spot, now think Girona might be it - or maybe I just want to live near David Millar?!
I wouldn't move to abroad but a holiday home is a possibility, unfortunately wouldn't get much use until I retire so don't do yet.
andyt
I feel your pain.. we have Swiss economic raiders every weekend, shops are slowed down with the extra paperwork and the border crossings are log jammed ...
I have a good friend living in Reichenau... the island, not the hospital !
Ha ha! That's exactly what we would have done - either lived near St. Gallen and done our shopping in Germany or lived in Germany and commuted in!! Now it's up to me to earn more money (I work from home so not a biggie where I live) and we can choose where to go therefore, not based on where my wife gets a job.
Holland ! ah , no wait....
Rhodes Greece but with a UK salary would be ideal 🙂 Germany at a push but other half ain't keen.
I like the uk just don't like the weather, crap state of the roads.
amazed no-one has suggested the Ayrshire Riviera yet ?? 😆
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Rick. Yes it can be a real pain here shopping, we are literally in the old town - next to paradies. A small world re reichenau - that's one of my short road loops with a coffee stop at the marina next to the camping area!
We are very lucky indeed!
Give us a heads up if your ever in the area - always happy to share a beer or two!
Quite happy to stay in the Chilterns - be nice if I could afford to buy a house with a bit of land to grow fruit trees etc and even better if my kids could afford to buy reasonable houses too - perhaps we just need a cull
iainc! ya cheeky bam! my house is in that very pic. Whilst not ahem perfect,its not as bad as a some, pray tell where is it you reside?
^^^ 🙂
I'm in the 'shire, but not the same one as you !
Perchy or nobeer will be along in a mo...... 😀
Madeira for all year decent weather and big mountains or Sierra Nevada for big mountains, cheapness and good summer weather. I'd settle for most places that fit two out of three of those criteria.
mmannerr - Member
Finland ... they got sea, jungle and space.
Whaaat?
There is no jungle here... Plenty of forests (pine, fir and mostly) with some mosquitoes.If I could choose I'd live winters up north at Arctic circle and would visit warm places few times a year.
Okay, forest as I keep imagining the jungle of Borneo ...
Yes, plenty of mosquitoes but theirs are not as lethal as those in Borneo where a single bite might keep kill you or give you deadly diseases. The mosquitoes in Finland are just blood suckers and may drink a person dry even animals loss pints of blood to them.
Of all the Scandinavian countries Finnish people are the best no nonsense strong will type. They fought the Russian and won. 😆
Perchy or nobeer will be along in a mo......
Too late. We were along to rip the pish out of EK two pages ago......
^^^^Yeah, saw that, I missed a trick there, eh ... 😀
We're very happy where we are - we chose it on purpose.
Guaso, just outside Ainsa in Northern Spain. Bang in the middle of the Zona-Zero MTB trails, 45 km from the French border, 3hrs from the Med and 3hrs from San Sebastian.
Proper summers and proper winters. Nice people and beautiful views . . .