Uppsala Universitet (UU)

I shared a studentflat at Flogsta with 11 other people, 10 Swedish and 1 Roemanian guy. We shared the kitchen and tv-room, while I had my own room and bathroom. My room gave me the privacy I needed and the bathroom was a real comfortable experience. The room was well isolated which made studying easy. On the other hand you have company by just walking out your room. In short, I was pleased with my accommodation. Note: I did have really nice flatmates but that does not always have to be the case. I was lucky there.

Studentlife in Uppsala happens mainly within the studentnations. There is a nation for each region in Sweden. The nation is run by students who take care of there fellow students. The nations becomes your second home. The parties at the nations are amazing. The week is horizontally programmed, so each nation has its dance, disco or pub evening. That also goes for Fika (tea, coffee and snacks in the afternoon), movie-evenings , etc. Without the nations sweden is to expensive for going out. the thing not to miss, is a real gasque. A fancy dinner-evening with nice food, drinks, singing and afterwards dancing.

Go see St. Peterburg if you have the chance. The boat to Helsinki is so cheap that you can not go around that and Norway is too pretty to be left out, although I did because I know I will go there eventually.

In some nations it is possible to work in the afternoon during Fika. You don't get paid but after 10 times helping out, you can get a pass with which you can get free food during fika. For travel find someone with a car that is always cheaper. Stand-by flights are another blessing.

Swedish people know there languages and speak English very well. That is why I did not have many problems with communicating. I did follow a course in Swedish and was enthousiastic in the beginning, but the course went too slow and I llost interest. Better said my interest shifted to other more interesting things to do.