While lockdowns and restrictions inhibit social interactions, some exchange students in Bergen manage to build a social life.


SOCIAL LIFE. Both German Taraneh Redwood and Finnish Lasse Lund has found ways to establish a social life in Bergen. PHOTO: Andreas Fjellanger


Publisert: 15. april 16:08 2021 - Sist oppdatert 15. april 20:05 2021
Anne-Mette Hougaard Rasmussen
Journalist 
rasmussen@studvest.no
Andreas Fjellanger
Fotograf 
fjellanger@studvest.no

Annonse

– It’s challenging because you need to have some fantasy to have social interaction, you can’t just have a huge party.  This says Lasse Lund, an exchange student from Finland, about the social life in Bergen during the pandemic. Even though he has been having a great time in Bergen, he does admit that the current situation has forced him … Read More

Exchange students criticize the waiting time and the unclear communication.

UNCERTAINTY. Giulia Testa and Michael Hissen both struggled with getting accommodation through Sammen.


Publisert: 12. mars 13:32 2021 - Sist oppdatert 16. mars 16:17 2021
Anne-Mette Hougaard Rasmussen
Journalist 
rasmussen@studvest.no
Josef Kosler
Foto 
kosler@studvest.no

Annonse

– They said check your emails every day, if we have something for you it will come up, but I never received any email or an offer, Michael Hissen explains.  Even though Hissen is a German exchange student covered by Sammen’s housing guarantee, he never received a housing offer. Sammen told him that they had no vacancies available.    Italian exchange … Read More