Monthly Archives: December 2011

New Year is coming and I don’t really know whether there is a main place for the fireworks launch in Stockholm. I’ve heard that there is no particular place to see them; people just celebrate New Year with their own … Continue reading →

Apparently, after Christmas Swedes celebrate another thing here, REA. Any idea what REA means? Well, here is a picture of it. I guess you now know what it means. Yes, it’s the thing where mostly women are fond of, SALE! … Continue reading →

“When Christmas comes to town… The best time of the year… When everyone comes home… With all this Christmas cheer… “These are a few phrases from the movie Polar Express that I just finished watching. It is indeed a wonderful … Continue reading →

Christmas Eve is one of these special days, where we can prepare the night before Christmas to reflect  and have a grateful companionship together with family and friends and prepare for the actually Christmas Day tomorrow. Today, a day before Christmas, there … Continue reading →

This is one of my favorite things to do: Ice Skating! It reminds me of my childhood during the winter back in the Netherlands, where I put my skates on, skated on the ice, and fell of course. It was … Continue reading →

Finally people! I was thinking about changing the blog header from four seasons to three seasons, because the snow wasn’t coming at all, and it’s already late December! Where is the Swedish winter!? Sure, the last few weeks it snowed … Continue reading →

There is no way of escaping an exam when you’re studying for your degree and it holds the same here. This week and next week are the exam weeks at KTH. I don’t know why they set it at these … Continue reading →

Exactly as the title, do you know where the largest Lucia is held every year? The answer is nowhere else than Stockholm, more exactly the annual Lucia Concert in Ericsson Globe Arena. During this concert, around 2000 people participated in … Continue reading →

I guess this is the time for scholarship season. So, for you who wants to study in Sweden based on scholarships, here is a good link where you can find them. http://www.studyinsweden.se/Scholarships/ Here, you can find an extensive amount of … Continue reading →