Göteborgs Universitet

I just loved my 6 months period in Göteborg for all the below mentioned reasons. Travelled a lot around Scandinavia, met many people, learned new ways of studying, became very independent, learned to live by myself. If you want to experience a new life, please try to travel abroad and earn some international experience, it's just great!

Local language is too difficult for a latin speaker. I took some swedich classes, among with some german and austrian students, who learned it much faster than I did. This way, in order to get the most profit of my experience (social and academic) I quit the language course, because it took me a lot of time to study meanwhile. Anyway, through TV and the family I lived with, I was able to basically develop local language and was able to sustain some rudimentar conversation with native speakers.

I didn't discover any in 6 months. Anyway, I was able to save a lot of money as my housing fee was entirely supported by the host family (except food, clothing and other primary goods). Food is not that expensive in small supermarkets in the outskirts of the main avenues.

I would choose to live in the same place, as the house I was living with had a perfect location, both in town and closeliness to the university . I was living in a family house, where everybody treated me like a family member and I really enjoyed my stay.

Cafe Olof, at university campus! Definetely the best spot to meet and find new friends! An event not to be missed is clearly the afterwork parties, on Friday's afternoons. There, you can easily connect both with local and student communities all across the town.