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Download free audiobooks - Leisure, Language
It's a funny way of practicing languages, or just enjoy some time while listening a book. http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks
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Sharing car journies in Germany - Transport, Trips
It is usual to go to this website and search if somebody wants to share the journey expenses of the route you wanna do. Depending on your destination you can even choose the time! http://www.mitfahrerzentrale.de/
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Travelling in Germany - Trips, Transport
By train is the best way of travelling in Germany, there are fast and slow trains, multiple group tickets, etc. http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml
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Travelling in UK - Transport, Trips
By train: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ By bus: http://www.nationalexpress.com/home.aspx http://uk.megabus.com/default.aspx (this one, has amazing prices!)
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Registering when you move to Finland - Paperwork
If you go to the police to register, you have to know how long you are going to stay there, if it is shorter than 3 months you don´t need to register; and they´ll probably ask you for a bank statement or something that proves that you have the money to stay. But if...
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How to arrange a doctor appoinment in UK - Health, Paperwork
First find out which is your nearest General Practicer, you can do so here: http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx Go there and tell them that you want to register so they can assign a doctor for you. You'll have to fill a form, and it'll take a couple of days until you...
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Moving to a house in UK be careful with Council Tax - Housing, Paperwork
Make sure if the tenancy agreement states your liability to pay Council Tax, it is a tax that has to be paid for every occupied house in UK, depending on the area and house conditions it can be higher. It is usually around 1000 pounds a year and students are exent.
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Trains in UK - Transport, Trips
Http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ It's simple - the earlier you book, the less you pay. You can do it up to 12 weeks in advance, but even the day before can save you a pretty penny in comparison to buying on the day. It's also an easy way to guarantee you get a...
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Travelling in Finland - Transport, Trips
Bus website (national routes): http://www.matkahuolto.fi/en/ Trains: http://www.vr.fi/en/index.html Don't forget to use your student card, if you have one, the get great discounts (usually 50%)
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Online dictionaries - Language
Spanish: http://www.rae.es/rae.html English to many other languages: http://www.wordreference.com/ http://dictionary.reverso.net/ German to many other languages: http://www.pons.de/ http://dict.leo.org/ German-Spanish http://dix.osola.com/ English-Finnish http://www.fi...
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Listen to the radio online to practice your english! - Lessons, Language
Here an example. BBC has 6 or 7 channels to choose from. this is the website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ I'm sure there is plenty out there, this is just one...
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Trains in Spain - Transport, Trips
Renfe is the train company in charge of all the routes nationally. Sometimes you can get some good discounts if you buy the tickets in advance. If you check the purchase section instead of searching the timetables, you will see the fares available. with the youth card...
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Travelling by bus in Spain! - Trips, Transport
With this company you can travel almost everywhere in Spain, it takes longer time than by train, but it is much cheaper! http://www.alsa.es/portal/site/Alsa
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Why not doing Tandem? - Leisure, Language
It is always useful to meet people who are willing to swap languages! While you learn you can also get to know the culture better!
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Don´t you understand what they say? - Just arrived
Don´t be shy, at the beginning it´ll be hard for you to get used to speak other language. Try to get to know better some of your native colleagues, they can help you a lot if you need something related to the university system, or contacting teachers... they know...
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If your uni isn´t helping with the housing stuff, don´t panic - Before
If they don't do all the paperwork for you, it doesn´t necessarily means that they cannot inform you. Don´t be bother and ask as much as you want, until you get some information about student apartments or flats to rent...
