Category: Everyday life

For our Sustainability Campaign in June, we are looking at Sustainable Transport! Check out this great video by student ambassador Judith for some facts about sustainable transport: Now, are you ready to put your sustainable transport knowledge to the test? Try out our quiz! Which of the following modes of transport produces the least carbon […]

It’s kind of insane how many programmes there are in English in Sweden. 933, to be precise. Because of this, many classes are made up of students from all over the world. That can be a lot to manage in a classroom setting, with many varied experiences of classroom participation, level of interaction with teachers […]

If you’ve read some of my previous blogposts, you might know that I’ve moved house a few times since I came to live in Sweden. While this was frustrating at times, on the positive side it has allowed me to explore every part of the city! In this post, I’ll share some photographs of the […]

Here we are. Soon, I will be done with my first year in Sweden. Time flies! I can’t believe that I am taking the last course of the year. Currently, my classmates and I are preparing a magazine related to migration and our lovely city Norrköping. This course called ‘Critical Cases in Ethnic and Migration […]

You have probably heard of Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Malmö or Lund. Since Sweden’s population is rather small the question is: are there other cities to live in? And if yes, how is life there? After reading the extensive blog post my lovely fellow ambassador Hazal wrote about pretty Norrköping, I figured that Jönköping needs a […]

When moving to a new country, it can take a long time to establish routines and rhythms of yourself there. Settling into new timezones, new hours of the day to eat meals, attend class, 3am becoming the strange, bendy hour after you return from the pub from longer-than-planned discussions with course mates. It’s not just […]

The seasons in Sweden are full of contrasts. Summer days are long, warm and bright, with some places in the country living in perpetual light. The winter days are shorter, colder, and the streets blanketed with snow.

So, you’ve been accepted to study in Sweden – congratulations! You’ve sorted the practicalities: applied for housing, figured our whether you need a visa or residence permit, and started learning the basics of the wonderful Swedish language on Duolingo. So, what now? Is there some other way you can prepare for your new Swedish life? […]

The answer is, unfortunately, up to now, I still don’t know the “correct” answer to this question. I have read several of career blogs, attended career workshops and so on, which taught me a bunch of how-to tips, practical advice that I believed to be beneficial. But applying other people with different background’s advice to […]