Hej and welcome, this is my first blog post at the Newbie Guide to Sweden. I hope you will enjoy it. Now let’s go into it! I want to start with a topic that is very important to me. It’s related to the outdoor and being outside in nature. Have you ever heard of the […]
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Swedish people through an Argentinian’s eyes
I think it’s time to bury the myth and tell the truth. Europeans are not cold as Argentinians are not warm, at least not all of them. If there is something I learned traveling is not to generalize people or things, but to observe them and to connect with them. In this article Swedish people […]
Becoming an Oldbie
Could this be the beginning of a new era? Five years have passed since I first landed in Sweden with all my belongings. A mix of excitement and nervous energy filled my body and a million questions filled my brain. I loved Sweden already then, but would I fit in? What mistakes was I going […]
How to adapt your CV to the Swedish job market
Written by Christelle Pottinger Welcome to Sweden! If you have applied for international roles before, you will probably find that the recruitment process is very similar in this country. As for your CV, the structure and the content are common to many other nations, but there are a few local subtleties. In this article, I […]
Can anyone do Synchronized Swimming?
Written by Jacky Parkhouse When you hear the words “Synchronized Swimming” do they conjure up images of Ester Williams circa 1950 or the Russian Olympic team in 2016 with their gravity-defying flips and incomprehensible ability to hold their breath? Well, I’m about to meet some real live synchronized swimmers in Lund, in the south of […]
