Umeå City Church was filled during the performance As Christmas is closing in and an increasing number of students are leaving for home, there is still much happening – last Friday I went down to Umeå City Church to see Nationskörens christmas performance. Nationskören is open to both students and non-students alike. They mostly perform… Continue reading Christmas break closing in!
Category: To do around Umeå!
Annual Winter Fair
Lake Nydala with the ice setting in. With the temperatures falling as we move into december (we’ve seen some nights venturing below -15 °C) the ice is starting to settle on lake Nydala, and allowing the snow to finally lighten up our shorter and shorter days. But as we move closer to christmas, the town… Continue reading Annual Winter Fair
Ski season open
View from Bräntberget in Umeå, down over Ängarna (the fields)! With the snow piling up after what felt like a week of constant snowing – I felt it was finally time to get those skiis out of the attic and put them in their place of honor (?) right inside the door, ready to jump out… Continue reading Ski season open
Glögg & Campfire out at lake Nydala
The confident strides of students from the fish and wildlife programme 16/17! What better to do during the start of a new course than to take a day off together and go hang out at the lake to celebrate finishing the exam and handing in deadlines? Here’s a snapshot I got on my mobile phone… Continue reading Glögg & Campfire out at lake Nydala
First snow!
Brrrr! As promised, here comes some more pictures of the first snow that I’ve managed to take during the day we’ve taken off to read ahead on some material This great tit seems to look on with great interest! Although its neighbor was not quite as enthused! I’d also like to take the moment to… Continue reading First snow!
Winter is coming!
Clear night skies above the frosty Umeå last weekend! Somehow, there’s always that moment of fascination that surrounds the first snow – you’re betting your friends when it’ll come, and somehow, no matter what’s going on, the world stops for a moment to look at it when it starts falling. I for one, know that… Continue reading Winter is coming!
Autumn Arriving in Umeå
Lake Nydala. ISO 100, 24.1 mm, f/4, 1/80. Umeå truly lives up to its nickname, – the City of Birches – in autumn when the birches fill the landscape and streets in their bright, golden colors. Spent the day out at Lake Nydala (a stone’s throw away from Campus), taking photographs in the mild autumn weather which is… Continue reading Autumn Arriving in Umeå
Weekend trip to Vaasa!
If you’d like a foreign experience during your foreign exchange year, look no further! Vaasa, home to no less than 6 different universities (!!) and Umeås twin city, lies just across kvarken and a ferry trip away from Umeå. This makes it ideal for that relaxed weekend you’ve been planning to treat yourself to after… Continue reading Weekend trip to Vaasa!