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3.90 / 5 based on 484 reviews

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Martina M
FH Campus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Social Work, Graduate, Erasmus
Housing
Type of housing: A room exchange
Arranged by: Independently - My choice
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
more people live there, direct contact, many things are easier ...
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Personal comments
I lived in a building from PSOAS.
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Dorota G
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife, Travel: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Favourite disco for night parties- Onnela, Coffe- Coffee Heaven, events- Vappu
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Martina M
FH Campus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Social Work, Graduate, Erasmus
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Activities, Nightlife, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Onnela, Kaarlenholvi, Tervesoithu, Cabaret, Cafe Bisketti, Cafe Hemingways, ...
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ionut p
Expenses
Main source of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Other sources of funding:
Family
Personal savings
Work opportunities:
I didn't want/need to work
Personal spending habits
the housing is very expensive here, but only because it is realy cheap in Romania
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Housing, Nightlife, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Food:
was the same price as at home.
Telephone:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items
Personal comments
LIDL is the best
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petrumotrescu
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: At ease in most situations
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
95% of Finns I met spoke English. So it was not any problem of communication.
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luis f
Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: At ease in most situations
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
I tried to learn some Finnish while in Finland,but if you are not interested you can go almost everywhere speaking only English. Only a few older people don't understand it. Finnish people are very helpful and there are no communications problems at all.
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