Hej hej,
welcome everyone! At the beginning I have to mention that Ludwig & I are doing this blog together – so don´t be confused to read two different names sometimes. There is so much to talk about and we don not really know where to start so we try to let you participate as much as we can!
At first I will introduce myself briefly. I am Jana from Germany and I studied agricultural sciences in the Bachelor before I went to Sweden two weeks ago to study “Agroecology” in the Master´s program. Because I read so much about the “Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet” in Alnarp in different journals at home, I decided in May 2018 to visit the university and the campus in Alnarp. And this convinced me totally: to study in a park with such a diversity of plants, a lot of nice places to hang out and fancy buildings (a huge “hogwarts” castle & old barns which were rebuilt into lecture halls and seminar rooms) were reasons enough to come to Alnarp.
Because we are overjoyed to live in the countryside and were not sure to get an accommodation on the campus we looked for something else and found a beautiful old farm 2 kilometres far away from the campus. There are we living now but before we arrived we got the information that there is still space to live on the campus, so don´t be afraid of do not getting an accommodation. If some people don´t show up there are often some apartments free.
This first entry is quite long but I still have to mention the student union! There are two student unions in Alnarp and we choosed the ASK, Alnarps Studentkår which is responsible for all student except the Bachelor agriculture students. I joined the gardening club “Odlingsutskottet” from the ASK and it is a great opportunity to learn a lot of practical stuff about growing vegetables and fruits. At the moment we´re preparing the harvest party which is once a year, organized by this club. Don´t miss the nice company and special (hopefully tasty) food when you are here! 🙂
See you soon!
Jana
I just realized I forgot to ask you : how did you find the accomodation at the farm ? By a website like Housingeveryw… or something else ? 🙂 I would love to live on a farm as well if I come to Sweden, it’s a big part of our studies and passion after all 😉
Hi Loriène,
it is not so easy to find a farm to live on from abroad. We did a small trip to the region before our studies and asked people personally if they have some accommodation to rent here. This is the best way to get to know the people and their places and as well they as well like to know their renters beforehand.
Best regards, Ludwig