Category: Travel

September is upon us! Which means: autumn is here, trees are yellowing and redding and browning, everyone is enjoying a lil pumpkin spiced latte (or in Sweden, cardamom-spiced? I don’t know) and committing to too many projects ambitiously at the beginning of the academic calendar! I love the back to school feeling. I live for […]

And I am from the UK anyway, but Sweden took me back there for 10 days this summer! In this blog post I’m gonna talk about how getting active in student life – and Student Nation life more specifically because I live in Uppsala – can take you places! Both on paper, and actually out […]

Let’s talk about packing electronics ! If you’ve been following my last two blog posts you already know what essentials to pack :   Packing for Sweden: The Essentials   and what study items to pack :   Packing for Sweden: Study Items   If not, what are you waiting for? Have a read and […]

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 […]

If Anita went to the Gotland island this summer, I would like to take your attention back to a nice town on the west coast (which Anita went earlier in the spring). I ship the west coast as a summer destination. Last year, I went to Mollösund, located in the Västra Götaland County. This summer, I accidentally […]

People like to compare things. It makes them feel comfortable when they’re experiencing something new. “Is Uppsala like Sweden’s Oxford?” “Are sittnings like frat parties?” “Does surströmming really taste like poo? If so I’m gonna pass.” My conclusion is that these kind of binaries, black and white comparisons of places are BALONEY and we should resist […]

When the weather is above 15 degrees Celcius, then it is a good time to go outdoors for us in Sweden and do all the activities that we can only do in the summer as I write in this post. Keep the winter boots and coat away as we put on our shorts and sandals […]

Your arrival day is getting closer and judging from the questions I have been getting, many of you are just like me. You plan ahead!  That is really an awesome thing to do, considering that most of you are in for quite a journey. Even though you think your plan is top notch, you might […]