“As a master's student of Building Physics & Services, I took the chance to go abroad for a three-month internship. The internship I got is about the social impact of Building Integrated Photovoltaics and I am doing it at the NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. To be here from February till April, you need to like winter and snow. Fortunately, this winter wasn’t so bad and more comparable to the ones in the Netherlands."

"I found my room via Facebook, the old school way, and I am living with three very nice roommates. The rent is relatively higher compared to Eindhoven, but still doable. Living in Norway however, is very expensive so I tend not to look at the screen when I am paying for my groceries. The only thing here that is cheaper is the salmon, and I love salmon, so that helps.

Trondheim is a beautiful city and a real student city as well, which really makes the centrum lively. Norwegians are very friendly and everyone speaks English so being an international here is quite easy. But in my opinion, Brabant is still the best.

At the NTNU I got my own desk with a very big screen in the office with PhD candidates. They are a very nice group and I get to go along on all fun activities. What surprised me the most, was the working mentality of the Norwegians. They start at 8 AM rather than 9 and leave from 3.30 PM again. Especially when the sun is shining, work gets laid down and people will want to soak up the Vitamin D that they don’t get often. But even when it’s dark so soon, the city still is so pretty with all the lights. The view from my bedroom will never get old.

"Trondheim has very nice areas to visit like the Bakklandet neighborhood with traditional Norwegian houses or the big Nidaros church. As well as many museums and shopping malls and pretty nature all around the center."