{"id":7022,"date":"2022-08-29T13:49:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T11:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/studentblog\/?p=7022"},"modified":"2024-02-05T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T16:26:23","slug":"arrival-days-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/studentblog\/2022\/08\/arrival-days-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrival Days 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How would you imagine the best way to arrive in a new city?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about a welcome party greeting you at the airport? A stream of buses to take you directly to your new university and a crowd of singing, dancing student waiting for you there. Imagine they had coffee and cakes and a place to store your luggage while you organise and orientate yourself around your new beautiful campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the treat that awaited new students arriving at KTH this week. Arriving first at Arlanda Airport, they were greeted by a group of KTH ambassadors and many other newly-arrived KTH students. Buses brought them to the KTH Campus, and there, with fika (coffee and cinnamon buns), music and dancing, they took in their first impression of Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Arrival Days<\/a> take place every August, organised by KTH and the Student Union, THS. It\u2019s a chance to meet new people, register to your courses, set up your IT account and pick up your bedding if you\u2019re going to stay at KTH Campus Accommodation. I visited KTH to see the 2022 Arrival Days this week, and the excitement was infectious. It made me want to start at KTH all over again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arrival Team at Arlanda <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is the beginning of the Stockholm adventure for most students. The next few days will be full of International Reception<\/a> events – City tours, pub nights and games in the city, hikes, kayaking and cabin parties outside of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My International Reception in 2020 involved tours of the best caf\u00e9s around Stockholm and a kayaking trip with the KTH Outdoor Club. These set me up for the great years ahead. I always know a great caf\u00e9 to try when people come to visit, and after joining the Outdoor Club that day, I became the club’s Chairperson in 2021 and participated in so many of their great events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I arrived first to KTH, these events made it feel like the city was welcoming me, like I was meant to be there. It can be a scary thing to move to a new country, but with this kind of welcome, you can feel right at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So to all the new students, welcome! I hope your time in Stockholm is as great as mine has been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~ Declan<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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