Hey, peeps! So you are planning to begin a new journey at KTH in Stockholm? Well, maybe you would like to read this post about the “MUST have” apps before your arriving to this beautiful country! As a student (or even as a visitor), there are some key apps that will make your life easier once you are here; so much easier, that you will never have to take out money from an ATM or even get food with a 50 % discount… so, shall we start?
- SL – Stockholm is almost a cash-free city that will give you a Chloe face once you try to pay your buss or train ticket with cash. Cash is so 2000-and-late. Download this app to buy public transportation tickets!
- Mecenat – So you are a new student in Sweden! Congrats! If you hate as much as me having 1,828,302,831 id-cards in your wallet, download this app to show that you are a student. It is really helpful to get discounts and to show that you truly deserved that discount rate buss ticket that you just bought! No police officer will dare to fine you haha.
- BankID, Swish, and your bank’s private app – The dark triad. So these apps only apply if you are living here and have a personalnummer. BankID is the electronic token that will give you access to every other app, Swish will be connected to your bank account and will let you do in-time transactions via someone else’s telephone number, and well, your bank’s app that you’ll get access to through BankID.
- Messenger , Snapchat, Instagram – I don’t know where you are from, but in Mexico (as far as I remember) we use WhatsApp as our main app to instant messaging… *Fernando you are in Sweden* … yeah, well, Swedish people looove messenger, snapchat, and even instagram above WhatsApp. Need to do a project work with the Swedes? Not via WhatsApp for sure. Why? Well, I conducted an interview among my Swedish friends to understand how critic they were to make this important decision and I got the following answers:
- “Snapchat is free. No one wants to pay for WhatsApp, Nando!”
- “I already have FB and it has already a platform to communicate through instant messaging. Why would I download another app? This is not Mejjjico, Fernando! “
- And my favourite one… *see image below*… btw it was a “why” not a “what” 🙂
- Karma – (Here comes the sustainability comment from the blog!) This app is AMAZING! In one hand, people complain about how expensive food is in Sweden. In the other hand, 1/3 of the food that we produce is not being consumed as it ends in the trash. Why not sell that 1/3 at half of the price during the day so people can actually buy good and affordable food while decreasing the waste produced? Download this app to find half-priced restaurant/supermarket/bakery/etc food in Sweden!
- Canvas Student – KTH student? Download this app to check your schedule, courses, exams, etc. It is a MUST for your future studies at KTH! 😀
Have you heard of any other app? Don’t forget to comment!
