Category: Everyday life

Part-time jobs in Sweden for international students are a rare species, one would say that they are a considered to be endangered. However, there are a handful opportunities out there. Most of the questions I was getting when working on the Instagram account were about Part-time jobs. How easy was to get one? If it […]

Summer ends but it does not mean that the fun ends too. Let’s look at the glass half full because from the end of summer until autumn is the right time to go mushroom picking. Ska vi gå till skogen?

How to find home in Sweden?. Sorry, this blog post is not about looking for accommodation! However, it will help you find a piece of your native home whilst in Sweden. If you live in Gothenburg and are tired of searching for a warm cooked meal, hair extensions, chocolate, or a soda unique to home. Your search […]

A cash-less society In recent days, I came across an article about Sweden’s leading race in becoming a cashless economy and it got me thinking… it’s been 6 months since the last time I used cash. A year ago, I was discussing with a Swedish friend about cash and why I believed it was better […]

Sweden, like more other European countries,  has a lot of different restaurants which offer different types of European Cuisine!  But what about food from other continents? I get a quite a lot of emails asking me about how to manage food in Sweden. Are there places where we can get Indian food? African spices? Asian […]

It’s been a little bit over a year for me in Sweden. Tomorrow, a new beginning starts…the first day of my last year as a student in Sweden. After one year in this magnificent country I’ve been lucky enough to travel around, and experience a whole lot of new adventures. I compiled my favorite 20 […]

Dear student, You’re arriving to Sweden today, finally the day you waited for so long has come! I hope you’re looking forward to one of the best times of your life. One year ago I was right were you’re now and let me tell you a secret (not so secret) you’re living the dream. Yes, the first days […]

Moving to a foreign country changes many things in your life. You make new friends, find your way to new places and  experience things you never have before. But most importantly you learn a lot. So this is what Sweden has taught me. Language The most obvious one. Although I had studied Swedish before moving […]

Sweden has long had a very special relationship with summer. As if saluting us for keeping up with winter’s eternal coldness and dark, once the warmer winds kick in,  more relaxed crowds suddenly appear on the streets, beer gardens pop up in the places with least shadows, flip-flops are back in fashion and the working […]