Alex

Stockholm, with it's population of about 1.5 million people, is the biggest city in Sweden. Even though that can sometime give me some kind of metropolitan-complex, I must say that the true opinion of my heart is that the size of Stockholm is perfect. Just enough. Maybe I'll feel differently about this when I come home again. The population of the city I'm about to move to exceeds 8 million.

I've always lived in Stockolm, I'm born here. Stockholmers are generally considered being rude and arrogant by the rest of the Swedish population. We have been compared to seagulls; loud, rough, uncivil, and leaving a complete mess after us wherever we are. We're a pack of bastards, in other words. I think it's the best city to live in, in the world.

This might sound strange to you, since I'm leaving this city for a long time, and I don't know when I'll come back. But the thing is that I will come back, sooner or later. Stockholm is my safe haven, the one solid point in the world to which I can always return, always feel at home in. As long as I'll return voluntarily, that is.

I wasn't happy when I came home from Beijing last year. I didn't want to come home, I wanted to stay in China more than anything. But still, being away, falling in love with another city, and coming home again, it made me appreciate Stockholm so much more. I didn't want to be here, but I walked around in the streets alone at night last summer, crossing the bridges, resting at the small islands scattered in the waters of Stockholm, watching the neon-signs reflected in the water, and I loved every brick, every leaf, every last drop of water.

I will miss Stockholm. No matter where I am in the world, no matter how long I'll be away, she will always be here, waiting for me to come home. And I will, because no matter how many crushes I'll have on other cities, she will always be the love of my life.



Alex

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