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Sweden is a wonderful country and it has many particularities you have to know before came here. Do you want to discover Sweden and its capital, Stockholm? It is worth it! Let´s go!!! (en)
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Söders Bio
Södertorns University is a very modern center with many activities. One of I like the most is the club of cinema, the cinema club, after all. It is a kind of club every Wednesdays in a room down the library. It is organized by the Student Union of my university and you...
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Uppsala University
If in Spain is Salamanca or Granada, here, in Sweden is Uppsala. I mean the most popular village or university city. It is in the north of Stockholm, aproximatly one hour by train but it is one of the best in Sweden. It was created in 1447 and it is the oldest in...
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Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH)
People related to engineering could be in this university, KTH. It is a politecnical university where you can find degrees in architecture, engineering or this kind of knowledge. It is a bit smaller than Stockholm University, with around 13. 000 students but also has a...
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Karolinska Institutet
It is a university very focused on health. If you are nurse or maybe study to become a doctor would be your university. It is located very near Södertöns Högskola, my university. It is exactly in the south of Stockholm, Huddinge is called the village. If you want to...
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Stockholm University
It is the main in Sweden with around 30. 000 students but also everywhere. If it is your destination I am sure you are very lucky because it is the most prestigious in Sweden. In Stockholm University studied many people as Nobel Prices, Swedish ministers and important...
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The whole tour millenium
We have already seen some of the main locations of the Millennium stories. If you want to keep discovering every corner, you should do the whole Millennium route. There are several options to enjoy the ride. You can arrange a guided tour available in several languages....
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Looking for Hapiness
Södertorns Högskola University received this morning a Tibet leader, Dalai Lama. The expectation because of his visit could be bigger. More than one hundred people could stay inside the room with the personality but more than one thousand were listening their words...
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University books
I told you swedish system is quite different from others Systems as spanish one. We work in small groups or seminars and you have to read a lot during the whole week. It is for this reason is necessary to get many different books and lectures. If they are in the...
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Södertorns Library
Bibliotek is the name in swedish of my library. I have already told you it is very modern but the library is one of the main and strong points. As the system is very different to Spain, people work on seminars, the library is always full with dozens of students reading,...
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Swedish politics
As you know, Sweden is a parliamentary Monarchy. Nowadays, Carl Gustaf XVI is the king but he has just representative funtions. Sweden, as other countries as Spain, divides its power in three different parts: legislative, executive and judicial. Legislative power is in...
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Roxette
They are a swedish group formed by 2 people and very famous around the world. For example you know songs as Sleeping in my car, it must have been love (from the movie Pretty Woman) or The look. They have bought around 75 millions of albums during their carrer. Also...
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The Cardigans
Yes, they are also Swedish. They are exactly from the city of Jönköping and their most famous song is Lovefool. I am sure you know this song because it appears in Romeo and Julliet soundtrack. They are very famous in the entire world also with other songs as My...
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ABBA
“Mama mia”, when we talk about swedish music, the first what appear in our minds, I am sure, is ABBA. It was a group formed in 70´s which change completely the way people conceived the music. They became famous after Eurovision in 1974 and do not stop until...
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Music in Sweden
Sweden also is very important for its music, the forth country most famous in the world. It is a country which exports a lot of music for the whole World. I am sure that you know some groups like The Cardigans, Roxette, Moneybrother or ABBA. All of the, of course, from...
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Swedish english
Swedish people can speak English really fluently. They are not bilinguals but so close. English is a second language for them. They start to study English at school, with 9 years old but in a very effective way. I think that they have very good teachers who speak in...
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Dalai Lama in Sweden
Religion in Sweden is not a very controversial topic. Most of them are protestant but anyway it is a very tolerant country. I want to share with you the Dalai Lama visit to my university, Södertorns Högskola next Friday, 15th April. Yes, if you have not the entrance...
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Design your Strategy
To get a job is a difficult job itself but I can advice you some different points: - If you are interesting as teacher or ou pair the best option is to spread some information in schools, universities… to have more possibilities to be called. - Start to look for a job...
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Any others alternatives
Physical Jobs: I have told you about people who remove the snow during the winter but this is just an example about a physical job. You can find many of them, where it will be not necessary the contact with the public and, the language. If you work in a factory, it...
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One of the most popular Jobs
Remove the snow is one of the most popular jobs in Sweden, as you can imagine, obviously. I have a friend who works in this field and earn around 200 SEK per hour, around 22 euros. On the contrary it is necessary to know that remove the snow is a very hard job. On the...
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Cervantes institute
Cervantes Institute is a very good place in Sweden, specially in Stockholm where you can get a job. Obviously you can not work there as a teacher, for example, but it would not be a bad idea to spread some notes or papers when people go out from class. This institute is...
