Göteborg, my love
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The System bolaget: the despair of alcoholics
I used to meet up with friends over a drink or organize alcoholic parties around, so I had to give up on my nascent alcoholism when I arrived in Sweden. Here, you won't be able to find alcohol in supermarkets like you'll find everywhere else in the world. You will have...
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Telephone plans and emergency number: thank you Europe!
If, like me, you have already travelled in Europe before 2016, you have surely experienced the galley of very high costs from the least SMS once outside our native France. But since June 2016, the European Union has obliged all European operators to apply exactly the...
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The privatised post office
If you are looking to send a letter or parcel, you might be a little surprised not to find a post office in Gothenburg or even Sweden. That is perfectly normal. Here, the mail is received and distributed by different companies, more or less private, and in fact a...
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The magic of public transport
The first quality of the city of Gothenburg and the one you will first experience is its public transport network. If, like me, you arrive in Sweden by plane, you will land at Gothenburg-Landvetter airport, the largest international airport in the city. In doing so, you...
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Arrival - The impossible quest to find an apartment
Coming from Amiens, a city in the north of France where student accommodation is as easy to find as a baguette in a bakery, I quickly realized that I had to forget my illusions in this area when I landed in Sweden in Gothenburg.I had already had the opportunity to...