Welcoming party

Posted by admin on Oct 15, 2011 in All, Current students, Exchange in Uppsala, Student Associations, Study abroad | 0 comments

Soon after my arrival there was a welcoming party organised for the exchange students by the student association of the department of Business. It was great to meet some fellow students!

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Flogsta Scream?

Posted by admin on Oct 7, 2011 in All, Student life, Study abroad | 0 comments

I live in a neighbourhood that is almost entirely populated by students amongst which many exchange students like myself. There are 16 seven-floor buildings like the one I live in, so you can imagine – that is quite many of students. Great thing when it comes to making new friends and corridor parties! Oh yeah, and every building has a sauna on the top floor.

Besides the home of many students, Flogsta is without a doubt the home of one of the weirdest traditions I have known. Since the 70s students have been screaming their guts out every evening at 10 pm. It’s a great stress reliever and a good way to know when it’s 10 o’clock. Great fun I decided to film it myself!

Reading the signs

Posted by admin on Sep 25, 2011 in All, Exchange in Uppsala, Study abroad | 0 comments

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

Posted by admin on Sep 25, 2011 in All, Exchange in Uppsala, Study abroad | 0 comments

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

Posted by admin on Sep 25, 2011 in All, Exchange in Uppsala, Study abroad | 0 comments

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!