Should We Move To New Zealand?🇳🇿

💰Get 12 months of FoundersCard for free with our link https://www.founderscard.com/oskarvip and use code OSKARVIP It is FINALLY time to rate New Zealand as a place to live! If you've been following our home search journey for a while, you'll know this one has been a long time coming... After rating New York, London, Switzerland, Scotland, Singapore, Greece, Bangkok, Bali We're back in New Zealand, and honestly? It might just be the most beautiful country on Earth. In this video, we continue exploring the North Island: swimming in crystal-clear lakes, chasing Lord of the Rings filming locations, driving through volcanic Mordor landscapes, and answering the big question: should we actually move here? We visit the famous Blue Spring (Te Waihou, Putaruru), one of New Zealand's most stunning natural sites, tour Tongariro National Park, test out the grocery stores including Woolworths and Pak 'n Save, and score New Zealand across 10 categories including safety, cost of living, connectivity, and family environment. Whether you're dreaming of moving to New Zealand, planning a North Island road trip itinerary, or just love honest country reviews, this one is for you. 📍 Locations: Blue Spring (Te Waihou Pūkawa) · Lake Taupo · Tongariro National Park · Whakapapa Village · Hamilton · Auckland 🎙️ Also check out our podcast ON AIR with Alex, and Points Master — our course on travelling the world in business class using points & miles. ✈️ Want us to book your next trip? → [Nonstop Dan Travel link] 📩 Points Master newsletter → [link] We’re Oskar🧔🏻 and Dan👱🏻‍♂️, and we believe that anyone regardless of who they are deserves to live their dreams! For the past nine years, we’ve continued pushing boundaries by traveling and living all across the world, including places like Uganda, Brunei, and Saudi Arabia. In 2022, we reached a huge milestone by visiting 100 countries and we’re now on a mission to keep sharing our journey and hopefully make the world a little more open, compassionate, and peaceful along the way❤️ Thank you for being a part of the journey! ---------------------------------- Instagram: www.instagram.com/oskaranddan Music: http://share.epidemicsound.com/nqD7H ---------------------------------- New Zealand was our 100th country (first visited in December, 2022)🌍 New Zealand is a small island nation of around 5 million people located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, roughly a three-hour flight from Australia and more than 24 hours from Europe. Despite its remote location, it consistently ranks among the world's most liveable countries, known for its extraordinary natural landscapes, stable democracy, low corruption, and one of the safest societies on earth. Thank you for watching!🙏😍 00:00 – Introduction & welcome back to New Zealand 00:45 – Morning lake swim - Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia... all in one 01:50 – The case for NZ's remoteness: safety and exclusivity 03:15 – Chatting with a Dutch expat who moved here during the Cold War 04:25 – The Blue Spring (Te Waihou Pūkawa) - we almost skipped it 04:50 – Why the water is so blue (and where 60% of NZ's bottled water comes from) 06:10 – Grocery store hunt begins 07:05 – Woolworths round 2 & finally finding vegan protein bars 08:35 – Pak'nSave: the Costco without a membership 09:40 – Verdict: New Zealand grocery stores 11:35 – Arriving in Taupo & the world's most famous McDonald's 12:00 – Free parking & free toilets everywhere — NZ's smart tourism strategy 13:40 – Good morning Taupo! Driving the Tongariro loop 15:05 – Lord of the Rings filming locations (from someone who hadn't seen the films) 19:25 – Standing in actual Mordor — the most menacing place we've ever been 20:35 – New Zealand real estate 22:00 – NZ sunshine hours vs. Europe & Sweden 24:10 – Final morning in Taupo — reflections on tall poppy syndrome 25:00 – Real fruit soft serve ice cream 26:00 – Claire & Peter: would they move to New Zealand? 27:10 – Hamilton: judging for ourselves lol 28:00 – Saying goodbye & final feelings about New Zealand 28:38 – THE SCORES 36:00 – Final score revealed + will we ever actually move here?