Erasmusu in Sweden (Pablo en)
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An entire year living in Sweden gives to you hundreds of experiences. And not all of them can be gathered in only one blog. This blog collect little experieces in Sweden, pieces of advise, unnoticed details, etc (en)
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The winter in the European Capital of Culture year of Umea 2014
The winter is divided in the European Capital of Culture year of Umea 2014, following the Sami calendar in 2 periods: from December to March and from then to April. The first period, December – March, is named as the Winter [Dálvvie]. This period of the year is going...
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The spring in the European Capital of Culture year of Umea 2014
The activities during the European Capital of Culture year of Umea 2014 follow a scheduled program. It is based on the Sami calendar which divides the year in 8 seasons according to the nature cycles. Spring is a very important period. In this time your mood changes...
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The summer in the European Capital of Culture year of Umea 2014
The activities during the European Capital of Culture year of Umea 2014 follow a scheduled program. It is based on the Sami calendar which divides the year in 8 seasons according to the nature cycles. Summer is the period most waited in Sweden. The light, the sun and...
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The fall in the European Capital of Culture year of Umea 2014
The activities during the European Capital of Culture year of Umea 2014 follow a scheduled program. It is based on the Sami calendar which divides the year in 8 seasons according to the nature cycles. Fall is an important period of the year for Swedish and Samis. It is...
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The short fall
The year in Umea passes through a long cold and dark winter and a long warm and light summer. But it seems like the other seasons don’t exist compared with Spain. Actually, in this part of the world there are also autumn and spring. But their conditions are so strange...
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Mr. Snowplough
One of the most important jobs in this region of the world is the snowplough. Without them the life will be paralyzed under meters and meters of snow. Only with one night snowing, the snow can reach your knee the next morning. So imagine almost 5 months snowing! So in...
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Sushi in my corridor!
One of the better things of living in Umea as an international student, and most if you live in Alidhem, is that it seems like you are living in a really big residence. Although you have to cook your dinner (like in all the residence outside Spain) and have your own...
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The outpatient department of Alidhem
If you live in Alidhem and you feel sick, this is the place where you have to go. It is closer than the university hospital since it is only 50 m north from Alidhem centrum. If you go to the hospital probably you won’t be accepted and you will have to come...
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WTF?????
What is this? A handle for the milk tetrabrick? Ok, when you think that Sweden can not surprise you anymore, suddenly you find this in the supermarket. XDDDDDDD
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Bread with gold price
In Spain bread is sacred in every meal of the day. And there is nothing better than eating a good bocata between the breaks of the classes or dipping the piece of bread to get the most of the fantastic food you are cooked. But here in Sweden eating good bread is almost...
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Swedish magazines
In Sweden, the long and dark winters force people to stay long times at home without going out. This make that many people focus on the yellow press of the TV or magazines, giving more importance to the famous lives than to their own ones. Therefore it is vey common to...
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Natural water, please!
If you don’t like drinking fizzy drink, be careful in Sweden. As well as in many other European countries, in Sweden is most common the fizzy carbonated drink (with bubbles) than the still drink (without bubbles). In many supermarkets, they even don’t have still...
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The vending machine
In Sweden, if you want to buy certain articles – such as cigarettes, tobacco, shave blades, batteries, or condoms – most of the times you won’t find them in the supermarket. All this articles are usually selling in different parts in order to keep them away from...
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Charcoal for the grill
If you live here in Sweden, you will know that at the minimum opportunity of fine weather everyone like to go out in the nature and make their own barbeque. With difference to Spain, in Sweden there is not period when make barbeques in the nature are not allowed. The...
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Recycle!!!
Recycling is an important concern in Swedish society. In every kitchen of the country you will find several bags to separate the rubbish according to their materials. One of the facts that help this behaviour if that if you recycle certain container, your money will be...
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Snus everywhere!
Sweden has a unique product that you can’t find almost elsewhere. It is called snus and it consist of a moist oral tobacco product. It is similar to chewing tobacco but not identical, since snus is not used chewing or spitting. It is consumed shaped into a small pinch...
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The snus experience
Snus is a typical Swedish product and it is something that many students that come here prove at less once. Many of them not only prove because it is a new experience but because it is a good way to cover the nicotine necessities of the smokers without harm the...
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The problems of snus
Snus seems to be healthier than cigarettes, since as they are not smoked, it doesn’t affect the lungs as cigarettes do. It also contains less carcinogens than cigarettes sine it is not fire-cured as cigarettes but steam-cured. This is the reason why the lung cancer...
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Sweden, a country to give up smoking.
In Sweden the amount of smokers is not as high as in Spain. Snus is most commonly used than tobacco cigarettes. it is easy to understand since the price of cigarettes is really expensive. And as the general life is expensive, it is not a good idea to have an expensive...
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Snus history (I)
The snus is a unique tobacco product from Sweden. It is impossible to find elsewhere. The origin of the snus comes from the beginnings of the 1800s. Chewing tobacco was very used by workers and farmers in this period since it allowed them to work with free hand for...
