We come from pretty similar conditions. I used to live in Stockholm but today I live in Uppsala. Which is the fifth biggest town in Sweden and probably about as big as Trondheim. But still too small. Especially small in the way that it is isolated, both the people and geographically speaking.
I think Stockholm pretty much set the border for what town I want to live in. I can not imagine smaller but I wouldn't mind bigger. And just as in your case more south or less isolated.
Holland could be an option for me too. If it's not America then it will be something in central Europe. Suisse and Belgium are most likely right now.
No matter where I end up it will never be as I expect it to be. But in Seattle or New York I don't think I will be bored. I might not get what I want but I could get something else as opposed to little Uppsala where you have two or three things to choose between.
Edit: Uppsala is really nice when you are a student but I'm sure that when I leave that period in my life there won't be much (or enough) left.
You are in the same situation as I was a few years ago. I grew up in Uppsala and when I was 13 I visited my relatives in the States and I too felt that this place is the kind of place I wanna be in. Two years later our family moved here and I went through a huge shock period. I didn't realize there are huge differences between coming here as a tourist and coming here to live. The first 3-4 years of being here, I hated it. Mostly because it was hard making new friends (American kids are assholes
) which made it really annoying since I had tons of friends back in Uppsala, secondly I didn't have a license and if you want to get around in this country you
have to have one. So the first couple of years I literally spent at home, bored out of my mind and extremely annoyed by the constant interaction with my folks
The I got my license and I started to enjoy myself.
Now it's been about 8 years and I still miss Uppsala. Only after moving here did I discover how nice Sweden really was. But I do agree with you that Uppsala is a small town and when you get older you get that feeling that "OK it's time to move, there is nothing to do here". After moving here I decided that once I'm done with my studies I'm going to move back, but after visiting there twice since I came here I've realized that it'll probably be really boring to live in a city where nothing really happens and there is really not much to do. Nevertheless, I do plan on moving to Europe, because it simply matches my lifestyle more. Main reason is the balance of life there. Over here people are mainly money hungry and their lives revolve around that. They wake up, drop their kids to school, take the 2.5hr drive to work in rush hour traffic, leave work and do the same thing again, pick their kids, go home, have dinner, go to sleep. After doing that 365 days of year they get stressed. Then the stress causes them to go shoot their coworkers or their classmates. I can't live like that
In Europe there is a balance between work and relaxation, the way it should be everywhere.
Though there is no denying that there are lots of job opportunities here and the money is good. At the end of the day it's all up to you, what type of life you would prefer i.e.
USA tempts me so much more. Canada is too cold and Australia is too spread out.
Dude, Sweden is just as cold, if not more
You live in Sweden? So how long do you have to get your citizenship? Once you get it, you can move to USA on the same day.
By the way it is funny that I have met people from Uppsala, Västerås, Umeå, Lund, Gävle and Borås and they all claim that these cities are the fifth largest city in Sweden
Uppsala
is the 4th largest city in Sweden though
Okay, go for a tan on a Manhattan sidewalk in February; it's the exact same weather there as it is here in Southern Ontario (Toronto, Hamilton, St. Catherines/Niagara). Vancouver, British Columbia is just a little bit north of Seattle, and they both share the exact same climate (rain, rain, drizzle, rain).
But the weather has a minor impact on my decision although I wouldn't move to a colder climate. 
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