Category: Sweden
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Uppsala is the 4th biggest city in Sweden and the biggest student town, located only an hour out of the capital city Stockholm. I arrived in mid January and boy was it cold! Coming straight from the Australian summer into the middle of winter where temperatures could hit -20 was definitely an experience! I soon…
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When I first left Sydney it was a sunny 44 degree day; 24 hours later – I was standing in deep snow in -18 degrees, waiting for the bus to Uppsala. It’s safe to say my body was in shock, but within days I had adapted and was finding any excuse to go and play…
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My exchange experience in Sweden began, not in Stockholm, but in the town of Lulea, in the far north of the country, in the middle of winter. The sun only crept above the horizon for an hour or so a day, and the temperature never rose above -10 degrees. I spent my time ice-skating on…
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Coming to Uppsala, Sweden at the start of August was a shock. I’d just been backpacking around Eastern Europe for three weeks and seeing two countries every week. All of a sudden, I came to a stop in a deserted Uppsala with nothing but a Kathmandu backpack full of dirty clothes and a tent. https://instagram.com/p/54FBdUSATP/…
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After arriving in Stockholm just a little over a month ago, it was surprising to see how little I knew about the country i’d be spending my semester abroad in. With a warm welcome, the university guides had met me at the arrivals terminal, and escorted the rest of the incoming international students to the university i’d be…
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It has been more than a month since I’ve arrived at Uppsala, Sweden as part of the exchange program at Uppsala universitet, yet there hasn’t been a single day where I’ve regretted my decision to come study at such a vibrant and peaceful part of the world. After landing at Sweden after a 22 hour…
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Every day that passes sees the sun set at a distinctly earlier time than its predecessor. I have witnessed the beauty of a European summer and as September marches to a close I am beginning to prepare myself for the obsidian abyss that will be the coming winter in Uppsala, Sweden. Thank Thor (and all…
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My exchange adventure at KTH Royal Institute of Technology began the moment I walked into the arrivals hall at Stockholm Arlanda Airport after two weeks of travelling around central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic & Germany). There were a couple of KTH students there to greet the new international students and then there was a free…
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The environment is very friendly and welcoming to foreign students, and the majority of people speak English. If learning some Swedish is your goal, everyone assumes at the beginning of a conversation that you speak Swedish, so until they hear you struggling or you ask for English, you get to muddle through a conversation at…
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My first impressions of going on exchange was wonder. I had heard about going on exchange in High School and throughout the years until I finally went, it was always in the back of my mind. But it had always been an idea. I think the reality only really set in when I finally went…
