Erasmus blog Stockholm
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Åhléns
If you have money, this article is for you! Åhléns is a Swedish chain stores. He found it in virtually every city in the country, with several stores in major cities - there are 18 such shops in Stockholm Åhléns. Åhléns also operates in Norway. Åhléns is one of...
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Hennes et Mauritz
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (better known under the name H & M) is a large chain of clothing stores that offer cheap clothes trendy for men, women and children. It is similar in some aspects of chains such as Zara and Bershka. H & M has become a benchmark of popular...
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Olive Oil
Everybody knows that for Spanish people is very important for our cook, olive oil. It is so basic and we are always looking for it when we travel abroad. I have to confess something because in Stockholm is very possible to find it and also to buy it. I say this because...
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Library card
I am sure that with your card as a student you can borrow some books from the library… for example i can copy, scanner, print… borrow, renew the loans etc. but I will recommend you another source or alternative because maybe it would be better to have other chance....
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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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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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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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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...
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Some curiosities
Apart I have already told you about Stockholm public transportation: easy, punctual, efficient… there are some particularities that show that Sweden is a very modern country. For example, if you lost your SL card they return to you another and cancel the old one. The...
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SL card
SL card is the card you use to get in the different transport in Stockholm. As I told you you can take train, bus, metro, tramway and boat, all inside the same card and much cheaper than a single ticket. I will tell you about the best and the different options you...
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