Category: How-tos and tips

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 […]

Hi there! maybe you heard that Sweden is an expensive country. Well that is not entirely wrong! However, in my previous blog: “Cost of life and budgeting tips for students in Sweden ” I mention how the planning of you budget is very important if you live in Sweden. Hopefully there are many things you […]

Moving to another country to study is a huge task and has a lot of costs along the way. Let’s not forget you’re advised to pack very lightly, so you have to leave a lot of books, clothes and furniture behind. SO how do you start a new life on a budget? Join me on […]

21 applications and dozens of emails, 5 interviews, and only 2 offers. Can you guess what they are for? Long story short, that’s how I got my current internship for my Master study’s mandatory course. This July, I already started my internship, but looking back to 3 months ago, it was such a rollercoaster. Being […]

One of the reasons why sometimes people postpone their dreams is the thinking of “the money is not enough”. However, many times that can be solved simply by controlling expenses. In this blog, I will give some budgeting tips to keep your expenses as student in Sweden in the minimum. Therefore, you will be able […]