Category: How-tos and tips

Ah, Black Friday. The umpteenth “biggest sales event of the year” with super attractive discounts for a tight student budget. For real though? Black Friday can promote really unsustainable production and consumption. So if you’re a sustainability geek, read on to learn how to flip the script on the “Buy! Buy! Buy!” system. Sweden loves […]

Studying for your English exam can be stressful, especially if your score is an admission requirement. BUT, with some determination and the right tools in hand, you are likely to succeed and get your desired score. Here is my self-study guide and the tools that I used to get to my target score. Before we […]

Where I come from, cycling is something you do for fun and it is often too dangerous to use in the city. Never have I thought that I would cycle as a mean of transportation. The moment I arrived in Stockholm, I was shocked by the number of cyclists and the excellent cycling paths throughout […]

Socializing in the time of Corona The pandemic is indeed raging on, and cases in Sweden are rising. In fact, students are thought to be the driver of this new spike, as the majority of positive-cases have been student-aged. In fact, in Uppsala, the city where I live and attend university, has seen the highest […]

Hello dear friends, if you are on this blog you probably made the decision to study in Sweden. Let me tell you that you will not regret about it!! You will surely have a great experience here. If you are still in doubt, let me recommend this little quiz.  That will help you order your […]

When I moved to Sweden at the beginning of August, I felt as though I was at the top of the world. Here I was moving abroad for the first time in my life to the country that I had dreamt of living in for so long. I was excited and nervous and once I […]

Dear future or current uni student, We all know the feeling of starting a new essay or thesis…. aka the ultimate PROCRASTINATING. “Yeah, the dog ate my textbook, my cat wants to take a bath, a fly flew to my eyeball and I can’t see….etc”. But before you jump into desperately looking for the late […]

So you’ve read Part 1 in my series about second hand shopping in Sweden but you’d like some more visual aids and some insider tips? Look no further, Part 2 will be giving you exactly that! I may not live in one of Sweden’s more well known cities like Stockholm, Gothenburg or Malmö but Borås […]

You have just arrived in Sweden. You are excited but also tired after 24-hour flights across 2 continents! So much information and you don’t know what and where to begin with?! I hope this list can help you get through your first 7 days in Sweden. 1. Sleep Believe me nothing is better than a […]