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15/10/2015

And how are things in Linköping?

Sweden, the land of IKEA, köttbullar (Swedish meatballs) and fika (coffee and something sweet). One of the first things you’ll notice in Sweden is that they all have a sweet tooth and that they won’t complain if they have to pay at least five euros to get a beer in the pub. Unfortunately, I still can’t get used to this as a Dutch student.

by Robin Trietsch | student Business Information Systems

Sweden is a beautiful country, that knows many extremes and offers a lot to discover. At the beginning of December, I’ll go to Lapland for a few days, the utmost northern part of Sweden, to drive a snowmobile and go for a ride on the husky sleigh.

Winter is closing in and the hours of sunlight per day also shows this. Currently the sun sets at 6PM, but in December it will set at 3PM. I think I have to get used to that!

Something I think I will never get used to, is the fact that Swedes like to queue for everything. It is not a strange thing to queue the entire night to get tickets for a so called kravall. At a kravall, everyone is supposed to wear an overall that differs per study program. This way, it is easy to recognize everyone.

Very remarkable for Sweden is that people have more patience in general than the Dutch and they don’t worry about something very quickly. We can definitely learn something from them.

There are only a few more months left for me here in Linköping, but I will definitely have a great time!

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