@_terrka_ spent her semester abroad in Norway 🇳🇴 and shared with us the 3 best and 3 worst parts of her experience ✨
3 Best:
✨ Nature: Norway has undoubtedly the most beautiful nature I’ve ever seen - mountains, fjordy, forests, waterfalls, glaciers... At least in Bergen, the mountains are really close to the city - just 30 minutes by foot or by cable car and you can walk in the mountains all day long. The beautiful countryside is lined with colourful wooden houses and all of this together has an incredibly calming effect.
✨ Student campus: The quality of the dormitories for students and the overall facilities are of a great standard. Specifically, the Fantoft campus, while further away from the school, offers renovated dormitories, a gym, a common room, laundry room, sports fields, and much more for students.
✨ Travelling: Bergen is perfect spot for travelling! By car, bus or plane from Bergen you can easily get to the most famous places in Norway such as Preikestolen, Kjerag, Trolltunga, Tromsø, Lofoten... If you want to experience something totally different that you won’t see anywhere else, head to the north, to Svalbard. It’s worth a visit!
3 Worst:
✖️ Prices: Prices in Norway are high everywhere - food (one cucumber for 50 CZK amazed me for the whole semester), travel, accommodation... But the end of summer and the main tourist season brings ar least a little cheaper accommodation, sharing a dorm also saves some money and food discounts in stores also help.
✖️ Missing family and friends: Going away from family and friends for 4 months is not easy. There were times when I really missed my loved ones. Luckily, Norway is quite accessible, so my family and friends ended up visiting me and I was happy to see them and to show them Bergen and the surrounding area.
✖️ The end: I don’t like endings. Leaving after 4 montsh a place that had grown so close to my heart was hard. It’s been a really great life experience.
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2 dny ago