Anna Vidal shares her experience living and studying in Sweden. She did an internship in Stockholm from February to June 2015 through the Erasmus program. She then chose to do her master's degree in molecular biology at the University of Gothenburg from October 2015 to October 2016. She discusses some challenges of living in Sweden like the language and housing, but overall had a positive experience making friends and gaining independence.

1. My SWEDISH
Experience
My SWEDISH
Experience

2. Hej!
I am Anna Vidal
Biochemist Adventurer Guitarrist

3. Why Sweden?

4. - TFG a Stockholm
(ERASMUS)
- MSc Molecular Biology a
Göteborg

5. 1
STOCKHOLM
February 2015 - June 2015

6. How did I get the Erasmus?
… and Why it is good to put your
hobbies on the CV
How come I ended up here?

7. How did I get the Erasmus?
… and Why it is good to put your
hobbies on the CV
CRISPR, iPSC
human Neural
Stem Cells, ChIP...

8. STOCKHOLM
*It is not that sunny everyday

9. Solna
How I got my housing in Stockholm?
- Solna: through Facebook groups (2 months)
- Västra Skogen: through SSSB (3 months)

10. Solna c.
Djursgården

12. STOCKHOLM

13. Tunnel-Banna
(Metro)

14. Stadshuset

15. And once finished the internship…
Everything over?
And once finished the internship…
Everything over?
-Wanderlust-Full of doubts!!
MSc choice...

16. 2
GÖTEBORG
Octob/Nov. 2015 - October 2016

17. - TFG a Stockholm
(ERASMUS)
- MSc Molecular Biology a
Göteborg

18. First: visit in September for a week
to check the surroundings, feelings..
Not that cool compared to.. ?
How I got my housing in Gothenburg?
- Hjalmar Brantingspl: through Couchsurfing (6/7 months)
- Ostkupan: through SGS (5 months)

20. GU → Lab
Master thesis before
Finishing all lectures

23. Vintern Jul

24. truckstop Alaska

25. Estem per tot el món...

26. One of the “you can’t” things

27. What Nordic Countries can Offer to
you
- Free education for UE students
- Plenty of opportunities
- Discover Scandinavia (and cheap flights to Poland)

28. The Difficult Things
- Language
- Housing
Alternatives: SGS (Gothenburg), SSSB (Stockholm),
Housing Anywhere, Blocket, Studentboet, Hyrabostads,
Andrahand, Facebook Groups or start from Couchsurfing
Be insistent and don’t give up!
- Meet new people (from scratch)

29. Overall things I take with me
- Friends
- Experience, all the discovered land / cultures, gained values,
new view points.
- Gained confidence and independence: I could live anywhere

30. Thanks !
Any questions?
You can find me anna.vidlaz@gmail.com