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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nLife at Kringsj\u00e4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Arriving on the day of the meet and greet was, in hindsight, the worst idea. There was such a large influx of students that the waiting times to be allocated a house were long and it also meant that the chances of getting the house and rent margin I wanted were slim. Thankfully, I had financially prepared for this so when I was given the highest rent, I still cried inside but I knew I would be okay!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I entered my room, I was taken aback by how empty it felt. So after the welcome party at Chateau Neuf, I went back and spent the late hours of the night setting things up and making it into a home. The next day, I took my first ever trip to IKEA and purchased necessary equipment such as cooking utensils and pillows. It is beginning to look homely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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What I learned from the first day of freshers in Oslo is that welcoming new students is a very big deal. Freshers in Cardiff is mainly entertained by going out to local clubs and getting comforting welcome speeches in each class. Oslo, however, had two hours of empowering speeches from various members of the university as well as live music from a choir and orchestra. A live rendition of O Fortuna certainly is a very unique welcome to Scandinavia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nTour of Akerselva<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What I was most excited about in freshers is that our faculties planned out an array of activities for each day, one of which was a tour alongside the Akerselva. Akerselva is a river that separates the center of Oslo into the West and the East. It is a popular site for sunbathing, swimming and fishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nRusseparty at Sognsvann<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
One of the many reasons I am learning as to why I am happy with my housing choice is that I have the Sognsvann river just moments away. Another popular swimming spot, myself and a few people I had met through the week attended a social sciences party. We attended to experience a Norwegian party known as the Russeparty, featured in Norwegian show Skam, wherein we had a small rave on a moving bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I could not feel my feet afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nEckerbergparken Sculpture Park<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The strangest tour of the week goes to the Ekerbergparken Sculpture Park, where the weirdest and wonderful sculptures purchased by a single investor (who we met by chance) rest. It is not simply sculptures either, there are interactive spectacles such as the mist storm (seen below) and a melancholic talking lamp post that portrays a twisted version of Narnia. At the end of the tour, I also got to see the exact place that Edvard Munch painted The Scream<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nOslofjord: Swimming at Hoved\u00f8ya<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The week ended on a relaxing note with visiting one of the islands off the coast of Oslo, where the ruins of the Cistercian monastery still remained and there were many beaches that transitioned into the water. Despite being ten degrees, the water was surprisingly refreshing to swim in and I\u2019d absolutely do it again before the seasons make it impossible to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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