Ikealandia y el país de los Nobel (J. en)
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Un blog sobre mi experiencia erasmus en la ciudad de Estocomo: el frío, el país de Pipi, del Ikea, de los premios Nobel, de los bollos de canela y de mucho más ¿te animas? (en)
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Scandinavian novels
I have been speaking of Stieg Larsson while talking about crime novels because he is the most famous icon of the Swedish novel, and I wanted you to have an idea about what this concept means. However, it is true that he is not the only one and either the best. The...
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Who is the last one, please?
It is a common sentence we can heard in some countries as Spain in our everyday life: in the doctor, shops… but here it is very different. It is a closer society and they use other different methods, queues, queues, queues and finally queues. Swedish people love the...
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Official language exams: DELF
In French language you also can find some oficial exams, as for example DELF. It is le diploma d´etudes en langue française. Everybody can get it if is not from a francophone country. This exam has very different levels within. You can get A1 or A2: both of them are...
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Riga
Riga is in the middle of the Baltic Countries, it is the capital city of Letonia. Riga’s national day is 18 November, when we start our trip there for three days. It started with a kind of military exposition and it was so exiting to see the soldiers, military cars,...
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TALLIN
Tallin is the capital city of Estonia, yes, the in the baltic countries, the one in the up part. Also it is UNESCO World Heritage and it is in the coast. In the past it was part of Russia, the neighboord country and comunist one. It is a city very medieval and no so...
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Official language exams: TOEFL
TOEFL exam refers to Test of English as a Foreing Language. It is similar to the exams of Cambridge: FIRST and ADVANCE in the way they work. They are formed by four different parts: writing, listening, speaking and reading. But the main difference you have to learn...
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Friendly Fun Franks Hostel
In the city center of Riga is this hostel, triple F! for me it was one of the best thing in Riga. When we arrive there, they invited us to drink a free beer about 500 ml. It was so good. Also was good to keep in a luggage room all our stuff the last day. But the best in...
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Oficial registration
If you are an erasmus student, at least in Sweden, you should to register in the city hall of your city, specially if you will be here more than 6 months. It is dangerous if somebody ask you for identification, you should explain you are in Erasmus programme… but I...
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Erasmus Money
The Money in Erasmus program is a utopic World. Erasmus program is a program that help students from Europe to study abroad for a finite time, period. They give you some money in order to survive but even it is not enough. The amount come from very different parts. In...
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Certificate of attendance
Also is a very important paper amogn the dozens of erasmus ones. It certifies that you have arrive to your destination and then they can pay you the first part of your Erasmus money. Form Sweden, for example, my country, you have to send your paper as soon as possible,...
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Learning Agreement
It is a basic paper in your erasmus program. It is the way to transfer your credits between your abroad university and your own university. It is a formal agreement between both and it will be sign by the two. If you come to Sweden should know the outline because it...
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Go with your baggage to the supermarket
It is true. My friend are use to see me with my bagage going to the supermarket. At the beginning they ask me about where am I go but no they know. It is a very good idea when you are in Erasmus program or even in your own country. It is useful because, overall if you...
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Student card
Student card is a basic document in Sweden, and i imagine everywhere. Every single university here, as i have already told you, has its particular student card. But I do not mean your card as student; it is a card that shows you belong to student association. Do not mix...
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Tramway
Tramway is a strange alternative in Stockholm and not a very usual transport. It works just in Djurgarden island because it is very bad communicated. It is useful to go to that island: vasa, Skansen, Biologiska, Pipi, Nordic… you can take it from T-Centralen until the...
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Thomas Sabo
The company history dates back to the eighties of last century: in 1984, Thomas Sabo selfmademan, big fan of jewelry, decided to start his own jewelry company with headquarters in historic Lauf an der Pegnitz Bavaria - and to give his name. A company whose intention was...
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Swedish economy
Favoured by peace and political neutrality throughout the twentieth century, the Swedish population has reached an enviable standard of living based on the twin pillars of high technology and a strong welfare state. The country has excellent transport infrastructure and...
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Buses in Stockholm
Buses in Stockholm are red. Yes, maybe it is obvious but if you take other colour you must pay extra money. Remember, public buses, red buses and always you can see a signal with the number of the bus and the destination. Mot, the word means direction, or destination,...
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The Penteltag
Pendeltag is the train service of short destinations in Stockholm and also it is inside the public transportation and SL card. They are form by many lines that cross Stockholm from the north to the south and vice versa. It goes to that villages and towns near the big...
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Subway
The Subway or metro in Stockholm is called Tunnelbana and it is quite similar to other cities in Europe. It is a very simple metro because just have 4 different lines, which crossing with each other in only 4 different points. They use a kind of central system in order...
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Tickets for everything
But the most remarkable and curious thing is you have to wait to also to take the ticket. The problem of this is when you have not the ticket, you can not complain. I tell this information as a kind of curiosity because I remember I return a book in the library and I...
