We are a family of four, Erik (41) and Annie (36) together with our two children Carl (6) and Sam (4) who are looking for exchange for the summer 2024 or perhaps a shorter exchange fall 2023/spring 2024. We have had our first great exchange in summer 2023, but before this we have had a long experience with Intervac from Eriks family, who had their first Intervac home exchange in Switzerland 32 years ago ( summer of 1991).

The house, a modern large family home built in 2016, is situated in a typical suburban area in Stockholm. The area is very family friendly without any traffic, a small playground on our doorstep and several activities for children in the area.
The house has four bedrooms. The master bedrooms with a King size bed, a guest room with a Queen size bed, Carls room with 2 x standard beds and Sams room with a standard bed. Two full bathrooms and one extra WC, one on each floor. The total area of the house is 191 m2.

A couple of small supermarket are available in the close proximity (< 1km) while nearby city center, Vällingby (2.5km), has many shops and small restaurants. There are lots of nice green areas around Vällingby, along sweden largest lake Mälaren with our closest beach being only 4km away. In the area there are several large shopping Malls, such as Barkaby outlet and Mall of Scandinavia with it’s 224 stores. And of course - the city center of Stockholm is only 13km away ( 20-25 min by car, 25-30 min by public transport).

Stockholm - the capital of Stockholm with 1.000.000 inhabitants. Here you have everything from the classic amusement park gröna Lund, the outdoor museum Skansen to the Royal castle, an amazing food scene with numerous amazing modern restaurants in all price ranges, all kinds of shopping and of course Gamla Stan - The Old town of Stockholm known for its narrow cobblestone alleys in between the colorful buildings dating back to the sixteen hundreds.

The area around Stockholm is known for beautiful nature along the baltic sea, and the main attraction is Stockholm archipelago with it’s 24000 islands. The archipelago is easily accessible by a network of boats, and it’s possible to experience it both on shorter day trips or staying overnight on one of the cozy B&Bs on the islands.

For the more adventurous explorers, kayaking is possible from several places in the archipelago, and to camp overnight on your own deserted island is possible thanks to the Swedish law “Allemansrätten” stating that anyone is allowed to camp in the nature for 2 nights, even on privately owned land.

Local transports
It is easy to travel by car in Sweden since the roads are very good and the traffic is low. However the city of Stockholm is designed with pedestrians in mind, so we recommend using public transport getting to and around the city center. The local bus stops is about 200m from the house, and you have buses about every 10 -15 minutes connecting to either the train or the subway into the city center. Using a single card for public transport it’s possible to go on all trains, buses, underground and even some boats taking you around the city.

Seeing more of Scandinavia
If you’re interested in visiting other Nordic countries you can go by overnight-cruise from Stockholm to Helsinki, the capital of Finland, Tallinn - Estonia or Riga - Lithuania. The cruises normally leave Stockholm in the afternoon, arriving in the new country by morning the next day. Spend the day sightseeing before returning to the boat by nightfall. There are an abundance of cruises, and hence they are very affordable.
The express train takes you to Copenhagen - Denmark in about 4:45h, or Gothenburg - Sweden in about 3h. Hotel packages are available to reduced price in the summer period in Sweden and Denmark.

Our closest international airport Arlanda is 30km away.