Presumably (and hopefully) many people who come to Sweden for a semester abroad already are intending to experience the Swedish winter. So did I. The winter allowed me to see transformed surroundings, being able to experience it from a new angle. Cities and forests look a lot different when covered in snow. Because of that,… Read More Activities during the Swedish winter
Cover image is taken from http://www.unsplash.com Embarking on a career in Data Science can be both exciting and challenging. As a first-year Data Science student, I understand the importance of early planning and preparation to ensure a smooth transition from academia to the professional world. In this blog post, I will share my experiences and strategies… Read More Ahead of the Game: How I’m Preparing Early for a Career in Data Science
As a new student, you already know the importance of experiencing the Swedish summer, let me give you my best tip for the summer, “Buy yourself a bike!!”. (Just in case you do not know how to ride a bicycle, then make it your goal to learn it this summer)… Read More Get a Bicycle & You can thank me later…
How many things could go wrong in 4 days? Apparently too many! This is the story of how I ignored the red flags and continued my disastrous trip! 🔥… Read More The cursed trip
Earlier I was writing about my Kiruna trip and my experience, what I did not tell you is what happened with one of two rental cars! As everyone knows, there is no trip without some action! While we were in Kiruna, we found ourselves stuck in one place for 2 hours. The car locked itself… Read More What happens in Kiruna, stays in Kiruna: car key story
Leaving behind your local norms, customs and language, and moving to a new society can be intimidating. When you do not understand the habits of people around you, you might long to go back to familiar settings. This series will help you brace yourself and acculturate to some Swedish customs… Read More Culture Shock! Part 3.
The Sami are an indigenous tribe with their own language, culture and customs. They have been a part of northern Scandinavia for more than 10 000 years. Their serene land of snowy mountains, rivers, lakes, streams and forest is called Sámpi. Sámpi stretches across northern parts of Scandinavia and Russia. Originally it was even larger,… Read More Sami
I have lived most of my life in northern Sweden and moved to the south for university. Here is a list of differences between the south and the north based on my own experience. Weather Winters are much longer in the north and obviously much colder. The darkness lasts up to 23 hours sometimes! But… Read More Differences between northern and southern Sweden
Even living for three years in Sweden I thought I knew at least something about trains. Turns out, I knew nothing… In August of 2019, on a very sunny day, my mom and I decided to go to Borlänge from Stockholm to check the university and the city because I was planning to move there… Read More How to not get fined if you messed up! A story from the train.
If you have been following our amazing blogs and happened to have read the last one (you can check it out here: https://studentblogsdu.wordpress.com/2019/12/03/studying-tourism-is-it-about-travelling/), you are probably thinking that Tourism students travel all the time with their courses. Well, that’s not totally wrong. Even though we don’t travel all the time, we do have the occasional… Read More E-cul-tours: a field trip to Italy and Germany
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