Category: Everyday life

Are you ready? Are you out of your mind excited to move here and go to IKEA to try and sincerely pronounce the words of the furniture now you live in Sweden? To try and get through as many conversational steps with a Swedish cashier as possible before you have to say, “Talar du engelska?” […]

Study Items: Pack Light ! Hey again, I’m so happy to help you pack ! It’s awesome to have you reading post 2 of 3 in the Packing for Sweden Guide. Now this list should be the easiest of them all. As with the first post, I want you to think light while packing! I’m […]

Credits: Melker Dahlstrand/imagebank.sweden.se Its time to start packing those bags! For some of you its only a matter of weeks before you pack for Sweden, print your boarding passes, jump on a plane and begin the wonderful experience that is to study in Sweden. For others, it might be in a few months or even […]

Two years of living in Sweden should have given me a clear picture of my monthly costs. Honestly, I do not. However, the Swedish Migration Agency mentioned that you need to have a ‘maintenance requirement’ with the amount of SEK 8,190 per month if you want to apply for the residence permit for studying.

From the best beach in Sweden, with love Love was in the form of the beautiful resort areas of Falsterbo and Skanör, two small towns located to the southwesternmost tip of Sweden (19.3 miles from Malmö). After a 50 minute trip on the bus (or a 33-minute car ride), you will be amazed by the […]

Following my series of blog posts on Graduation in Sweden, this post gives you a summary of Masters Graduation in Sweden. This post follows the first post on Graduation in Sweden  and the second on Life After Sweden.

As a student while studying in Sweden you will at some point have to contact a Swedish Agency for anything from getting an ID card, registering your address to getting a phone contract. Here is a list of five Swedish Government Agencies you need to know while studying in Sweden.

Sweden is known as being one of the most sustainable societies out there. So along with Sania and Supritha, we decided to do a sustainability challenge to share what sustainability in daily life in Sweden is all about!

From the June 11th to 17th, Supritha, Usisipho and I initiated a one-week challenge about living the sustainable life because living in Sweden changes our view. This new perspective is a result of living in an environment that has incorporated sustainability aspect into the daily life.