Category: Travel

Beautiful, historic streets and colorful houses of Gamla Stan, stunning views, amazing museums, arty metro stations, great food, cozy cafes, shops, restaurants, and fun activities! Stockholm has been an absolute life-saver whenever I need a weekend getaway from my small city. Stockholm, the capital and largest city of Sweden is made up of 14 islands and located […]

Winter where we are now, where we will be for a while. In November grey clots the sky, swaddling you as you try to go about your daily business. You transition into wearing chunky knitwear but there’s a permanent, non-committal drizzle and fog in the air and it makes everything damp. When the snow comes, […]

If you know me, you know I tend to find myself in some unexpected and incredible adventures from time to time! I thought I already signed up for the craziest journey since I found out 5 months ago that I was awarded a scholarship from the Swedish Institute and I would be studying my master’s […]

I can remember that day very well. The stunning sun, a lot of people walking on the streets, some children playing near the fountain but for me everything was over. Goodbye Sweden I was on central station in Gothenburg waiting my train to Denmark. I had decided to visit Copenhagen, Paris and Madrid. Anyway, those […]

Indeed time flies. It feels like yesterday when I joined Lund university. Before our official graduation, the Swedish Institute invited us (the scholars) to Stockholm for the Swedish Institute diploma ceremony. Stockholm is always exciting and the ceremony made it even more exciting. This was a time to meet all our fellow scholars one last […]

Sometimes, things are different. Different than you are used to from home. Different than expected. Different cause you have not even thought about it. I will share some of my “I wish I knew that earlier” in this blog post. Second hand shops It took me a while to pay my first visit to a […]

If you’ve been following our Instagram this week, you’ll have seen our posts about sustainable transport. Here are the main ways I travel around my city and how I rate each transport method on my (pretty unscientific and mostly subjective) sustainability scale! Bike  Before I moved to Gothenburg, the thought of cycling in cities was […]

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 […]

As much as I love Gothenburg, I’m a country girl at heart and I’ve been desperate to get out of the city for a little break. But there were essays to write, art to make, exhibitions to do and exams to take! So, with my last exam of the year DONE last week, I finally […]