When the semester in Sweden finally started, it was opened with a big event called “Kalasmottagning”. The university had rented the local ice hockey arena to arrange a fair with local firms for the whole day. And in the evening,...

In the middle of August, two friends and I decided to go to Malmö and Copenhagen for the weekend. Our guidebooks told us that “Malmö Festivalen” (a festival of different cultures with live music and food all over the city) would...

On August 1st the journey finally began - I was really looking forward to my semester abroad after all the preparations. I arrived at Arlanda Airport at 9.15 am and even caught the train at 10 am. The two hours in the train,...

Hi, my name is Anke Schmitt. I come from Nuremberg, am 24 years old and currently studying in Linköping, Sweden. I will spend one semester here in Sweden. At my home university I study business studies in the 5th semester.