Around the City

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A short walk through a part of the city centre was enough to feel the cosy atmosphere of Uppsala and get a few quick snaps. The Domkyrka cathedral is the tallest church in Scandinavia, and it dates way back – to the 13th century. Many museums and old university buildings are spread around Uppsala giving it a sense of history and culture. After all Uppsala University is the oldest one in Scandinavia – established in 1477.
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IKEA

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One of the first things you want to do in Uppsala as a student, is to go and visit the Swedish national pride – Ikea. The rooms that the university provides to exchange students are furnished to some extent, but your room will not be complete before you pick up some stuff from Ikea. For me most importantly – some cleaning gear. A weekend of getting my room in order was underway! 

Reading the signs

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A look at the car park and the cars on the roads gave me a clue to what’s coming. Many vehicles were equipped with powerful and unfamiliar to me extra headlights, which were clearly meant for the dark winter days and nights. Occasional rains also made me appreciate the sunny parts of the day more  

 

Visiting the faculty

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Arriving a week later than most students, I had missed the majority of kick-off events organised by the Department of Business Studies, so I had to hurry up and get everything I had missed sorted out the first morning. {besps}U2{/besps}

It was nice to see that the whole department was located in large building with a lot of study places and a huge grass area behind it with benches for relaxation during the occasional sunny days. The international officer had a folder with documents and brochures waiting for me. There was even a Swedish sim-card package included. How nice!

The best news, however, was that I could finally use my internet at home, since I needed the user name and password that I just received in order to use it.  

Arrival in Uppsala

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Conveniently enough, the Arlanda airport on which I arrived is located between Uppsala and Stockholm and it has its own train terminal. For me and my luggage, this meant a short and convenient 20 minute journey from the Airport to Uppsala central station on a nice double-decker train!

Arriving from direction South, I wasn’t fascinated with the current weather, but such weather is the usual welcome during this time of year in Northern Europe. {besps}U1{/besps}

The next step was to get myself to the student house with the bus and pick up my keys from the housing agency. Arriving on the scene convinced me that I was not any special that day! There was an hour-long cue of international students waiting to pick up their keys and sign their housing contracts! Busy start of the academic year! It was interesting to hear their travel stories, but I was glad to get my key and get some rest! 

A semester in Uppsala, Sweden

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Hey, everybody! My name is Deyan and besides being a student at the Faculty of Economics and Business I am also one of the editors of FEB-International. I am currently on a one semester exchange in the beautiful town of Uppsala, Sweden. Any student at FEB can go-abroad as I did, so I decided to share my experiences with you, prospective students, and give you a clue what it is like to be on exchange as a student of the FEB!