What I really like about living in Finland that if you live anywhere in the city you will be surrounded by forest, almost everywhere there are trees either of parks or forests. Of course there is little exception and it’s city center but it’s really usual thing for every country. I’ve visited many cities and…
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Я живу в Финляндии три года и в течение всего времени некоторые мои друзья и знакомые задают мне постоянно два одинаковых вопроса: ”Но в Финляндии ведь скучно?” и ”Что ты вообще там делаешь?” Если подумать, существует ли стереотип о том, что финская жизнь скучна? Или, когда, люди приезжают в Финляндию в качестве туристов, они замечают…
Continue reading It’s my third year in Finland and all the time some of my friends or other acquaintances from my native country are asking me two same questions: “Is it boring to live in Finland?” and “What are you even doing there?” Well, let’s think, is it a stereotype that life in Finland is boring or…
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Wide variety of sport activities in Jyväskylä Let’s imagine that all exams have been passed, the nightmare of endless waiting period is over and, finally, you receive this long-expected invitation letter. From now you can really call yourself JAMK student. You have found a nice place to live and already started your Orientation Week at…
Continue readingOne year seems to be sooooooooo long, but in fact: It´s not. Now it´s over and I still don´t know where the time is. It passed by so fast. End of the exams, end of studies, end of Erasmus. Sounds sad? Well, in fact it is a bit sad but there is also the good…
Continue readingThe most important date in the student´s calendar is the 30th of April. Why? Because they celebrate theirselves and have a great day. Students wear their overall and have a good time. Finnish students here in Jyväskylä already start a week before Vappu to party. They go into different bars and clubs and have a…
Continue readingOk let´s continue with things you can do. As I promised I will concentrate on things the JAMK is organising and where you can meet all your friends. In the beginning of the semester JAMK O and ESN are organizing a welcome party as a kick off to start into the new semester. Here you…
Continue readingOk now you finally arrived in Jyväskylä and you study but sometimes you have some leisure time and want to do something else than just studying and spending time in the university. Of course the first option are friends to spend time with. But what can you do here in Jyväskylä?? You can go to…
Continue readingHey 🙂 In last two entries I wrote about IB studies at JAMK. In order to keep balance, today I’m going to tell you about “students’ life” – what to do in Jyväskylä in leisure time 🙂 Of course we have to distinguish activities in summer from those in winter time; besides there also “neutral”…
Continue readingWhat is internationality without language skills and international lecturers? Nothing if you ask me. JAMK offers good possibilities for language studies. The wide speck of languages – Finnish (for foreigners), Russian, French, Spanish and Chinese just to name a few – offer something for everyone. Also all the language courses are held in the afternoons…
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