My Erasmus in Finland

The city Rovaniemi is a city and municipality of Finland with 60 653 inhabitants.  It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province. this city is in Lapland. This city is famous and very touristic because there is the santa claus village which located inthe Artic circle.     My friends and I wanted to visit Lapland. It is one of the main tourist destination in Finland. So we organized a weekend in Rovaniemi. I went there with 3 others french people by train and we rented a pretty appartment in the center of Rovianiemi by Airbnb.  Santa claus village and the Artic circle The village The Artic circle During our stay, we had the opportunity to discover the activites offered around the city. During the week-end, we visited the city of Rovaniemi and we went one day by bus to the santa claus village. This vilage is only about santa and chrismats vibes and it's located next to the Artic circle...

I have visited the city of Oulu during one week-end at the end of January with 10 others exchanges students. Oulu is located about two hours from Kajaani by train, on the seaside. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the fourth most populous city in the country. There are 203 762 inhabitants.     We rented an apartment in the city centre next to the train station (through Airbnb) so it was very easy to visit. We were able to admire the sea which was completely frozen and we saw a hockey match in Oulu arena. Oulu Hockey team is the best team in the country ( it's like the Ligue 1 for the football in France). On sunday evening, we ate in a typical restaurant and so I could test the reindeer and it was very nice.   It was a really good week-end, it felt like holidays and it was cool to see something else than Kajaani.  

KAMK, the university of applied science in Kajaani  Kajaani is a small town of 38,000 inhabitants that is located in east-central Finland. It is the centre and capital of the Kainuu region. The school is called "Kajaani university of applied sciences" and there are about 2000 students. There are nearly 100 international students coming from over 30 countries. The university has four fields of education : sport, business, tourism and gaming.  I study international business. The courses are interesting and the professor are nice and close to student. Contrary to what I am used to in my French College, the habits here in Finland are different: the students can arrive in class whenever they like, the delays are not sanctioned. Moreover, they can take breaks and leave the room to go for coffee, for example or leave in advance because they have an appointment or something else . The teachers are more relaxed, so are the students. The campus is very...

  My departure was planned for the 9th January 2020. I took the plane in Lyon with my friend Maëlle Coumert who is also a second year student at ESDES with me. We landed in Kajaani at 5pm with the 2 others students from ESDES that we found in Helsinki. We took 3 flight to arrive in Kajaani but the trip was excited so it wasn't very long but we were wery happy when we landed in Kajaani. Fun fact : The plane that we took between Helsinki and Kajaani was minuscule and very noisy so we were a little scared during the flight and the Kajaani's airport is tiny and old so it's a funny remind to begin our erasmus.