TRONDHEIM IN YOUR POCKET

1 2 Welcome to !

Trondheim is ’s third and handball in summer, skiing largest city, but in a European and ski-jumping in winter scale Trondheim is small, safe time), restaurants and cafés, and charming. We are very proud not to mention our famous of our university and our 800 Stundentersamfundet. Which year long tradition for higher brings me to our famous Love- education. Trondheim has a guarantee; when studying in population of approximately Trondheim you are bound to fall 200.000 of which 35.000 are in love. Whether it is in someone studying at the university or one special, or in the city itself, of the university colleges - so both remains to be seen! academic life and students are a highly visible and very important part of our city.

Trondheim celebrated its millennium in 1997, and you can still see traces of our 1000 year long history in the city. For example at the Nidaros Cathedral which was built over the grave of King Olav Haraldsson (Norway’s patron saint), and the old city - - with the charming small timber houses. There are several museums where you can get a good impression of what the medieval city looked like. Trondheim has a rich cultural life, you will find many concert Rita Ottervik, Mayor of Trondheim halls, art exhibits, theatres, Photo: Carl-Erik Eriksson / Trondheim kommune parks, sports arenas (soccer © Trondheim kommune

3 Norge og nordmenn Norway and Norwegians www.visitnorway.com/en/

Facts

System of government: Constitutional monarchy Head of State: King Harald V Area: 385 186 km² Population (2013): 5 051 275 Population per km²: 16 Capital city: Oslo Monetary unit: Norwegian kroner, NOK Language: Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk and Sami) Length of coastline: 25 148 km, including fjords Highest mountain: Galdhøpiggen, 2 469 m Largest lake: Mjøsa, 365 km²

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Academic year, bank holidays and holidays The Norwegian academic year is Please note that all offices, banks divided into two semesters. The and most shops are closed on first semester starts in August, bank holidays. However, some with exams in December and grocery stores have “mini-shops” January. The spring semester selling basic necessities on starts in January with exams from Sundays and bank holidays. May until early June.

4 Academic year 2017/2018

Classes begin: 21. August Exam period: 29. November - 21. December Christmas holiday: 21. December to 8. January Classes begin: 8. January Easter holiday: 26. March to 2. April Labour Day: 1. May Ascension Day: 10. May Constitution Day: 17. May Whit Monday: 21. May Exam period: 14. May to 9. June

Norwegian way of life

Norway has 4 seasons, with It can be long and strenuous, for distinct variations in daylight and example climbing a mountain temperature. top, or it can be hiking in marka Winter: November - March (countryside) or just a long stroll Spring: April – June in the city. In the cities, walking Summer: June – August and biking is the preferred Autumn: August – October mode of transport, and you will find cycling facilities, as Most Norwegians enjoy ­out­door well as pedestrian sidewalks, activities, during all seasons. everywhere. A Norwegian favourite saying describes this: There are plenty of opportunities “There is no bad weather, for everyone to enjoy the outdoors just bad ­cloth­ing” in Norway. It is perfectly safe, there are no dangerous animals As a newcomer to Norway you will or insects to worry about. Forests, soon discover that an umbrella, mountains, lakes and rivers and as well as your sunglasses, are a varied coastline offer a wide necessities in your everyday bag. range of opportunities for outdoor A favourite recreational activity is activities, and allemannsretten søndagstur (Sunday trip/hike). (the general right of public

5 access) ensures that large areas Another Norwegian oddity of Norwegian nature are open is Vinmonopolet (The Wine to everyone. You can tent for two monopoly), usually referred to as days on unfenced land without Polet. Polet is a state regulated asking the owner’s permission. bottle-shop, and the only place to legally buy any alcohol stronger The Norwegian standard diet than 5% (wine, strong beer, usually contains of 4 meals a day: spirits). The age limit for buying alcohol is 18, and strong alcohol • Frokost (breakfast) is usually (over 22%) is 20. You will find that eaten at home, and typically alcohol and tobacco are quite consists of slices of bread or expensive in Norway, both in knekkebrød (crisp bread) with shops and in pubs/restaurants. cheese, cold cuts or spreads.

• Lunsj (lunch) is usually eaten at school/work at midday (30 min break), and the famous matpakke (packed lunch) is a Norwegian Note:If you plan to bring tradition, although we have to alcohol and tobacco from admit that it is not a major another country, please culinary experience. note that Norway is not • Middag (dinner) is the main – a member of the EU, and and often the only hot - meal of therefore there are limited the day and Norwegian families quotas you can bring: traditionally gather around the www.bit.ly/1Iwnujh kitchen table for dinner around 5pm.

• Kveldsmat (supper) – usually a couple of slices of bread – is, if eaten at all, usually around 8pm. It is worth noting that the tap-water in Norway is perfectly safe to drink.

6 Trondheim og trøndere Trondheim and the locals, www.trondheim.com

Brief history Trondheim is Norway’s third Today, more than 35.000 are largest city with 180.000 pursuing an education in inhabitants; approximately Trondheim. This is the basis of 200.000 when you include the Trondheim’s reputation as the students. We have a long and best student city in Norway, and proud history, and are by far possibly amongst the Nordic the oldest of the bigger cities in countries. The students have Norway. Trondheim was founded created an impressive amount of as the nation’s capital by Viking activities: cultural; recreational; King Olav Tryggvason in 997, educational and innovative; and became the centre of both almost all kinds of sports, administrative and religious everything based on volunteer power. In medieval times, the work. The key to a fulfilling Nidaros Cathedral, with St. Olav’s and active life as a student in shrine, was counted among the Trondheim is to get involved! four major pilgrimage centres in Europe. You can still walk the pilegrimsleden (the St. Olav Ways) to Trondheim

Trondheim has a long tradition for education, and our oldest school dates back 800 years. The university was founded in 1910, and since then young students from all over Norway have flocked to Trondheim in search of (especially technical) education.

7 Culture and recreation Trondheim is surrounded by www.trdevents.com Bymarka and Estenstadmarka, Trondheim has a lot of concert which offers great terrain for venues, museums, theatres, walking/hiking during summer cinemas and festivals besides the and skiing during winter. There lively student culture. Most offer are many trails, and quite a few good student discount on tickets/ of them leads to a hytte (cabin) entrance fees, and the NTNU where you can buy coffee, snacks, University Museum grants free the famous vaffel and even dinner. access for all students. Most of them are open 10 – 16 www.ntnu.edu/museum on weekends, and Wednesday afternoons. Trondheim has four For a full overview of what to see golf courses, where one is located and do: in Bymarka. www.trondheim.com Marka is excellent for cross- Some useful tips: country skiing in winter. For ski • Trondheim Symphony rental: http://on.fb.me/1TKNgJz Orchestra (TSO) have torsdagskonserter every Thursday For alpine skiing or slalom, for just NOK 120. Vassfjellet, offers the closest www.tso.no/en/program/ slopes. Check out • Teaterhuset Avant Garden: www.vassfjellet.com for more blackbox theatre. information. Our ski-jumping www.avantgarden.no/en arena, Granåsen, frequently hosts World Cup and Continental Cup • Buy a kinokort (cinema card) to competitions arranged by FIS. get discounts on movies. www.trondheimkino.no You can experience nordlys • Several cafes offers concerts (Northern Lights) in Trondheim, and cultural events for free. and the best way to see it is to get away from the city lights. For an • Sports and outdoors activities. updated forecast: https://www.trondheim.com/ www.storm.no/nordlys recreational-areas

8 Transport

The best way to get around the city is by foot or bike. In summer, there are bysykler (city bikes) that you can subscribe to (NOK 120 per card), see: www.bysykler.no/en-trondheim

For longer distances, the bus is a good option, and it is wise to get a t:card or mobillett for good discounts: www.atb.no. This ticket can also be used on trikken (the tram), which takes you from St. Olavs gt, through Byåsen and up to Lian. At Lian there is a nice restaurant and it is also a great place to enter Bymarka.

If you want to explore other parts of Norway whilst you are here, you can every so often get good deals on tickets, both by bus (www.nettbuss.no), train (https://www.nsb.no/en) and plane (SAS, Widerøe and Norwegian).

Hurtigruta (The Costal Express) www.hurtigruten.com offers fantastic cruises to and from Trondheim, but please note; it’s not suitable for an ordinary student budget.

9 Nice to know

NRK – The Norwegian Helpful hints: Broadcasting System www.nrk.no • It is perfectly safe to drink water from the tap and in most rivers and NRK has three channels, NRK1, creeks in nature NRK2 and NKR3. If you are in • Free Norwegian language Norway you can watch TV for free course on the web: online: www.tv.nrk.no/direkte www.ntnu.edu/now Most of NRK’s TV series and movies can also be streamed at • How to get to Bymarka: a later time: www.tv.nrk.no. While »» Walk from Ila on one some of the programmes are in of the many trails Norwegian, there is also plenty »» Take the Tram to Lian of English language content. All the minutt-for-minutt (slow-TV) »» Take bus number 10 to programs are also available Skistua www.bit.ly/1wjsdC9 • How to get to Estenstadmarka:

»» Walk from Dragvoll Afternoon news is at 7pm at NRK1. Children’s TV is at 6pm on »» Take bus number 5 or 9 NRK3. • Fishing in the fjords is free, but Adresseavisen – Adressa if you want to fish in the rivers and lakes you must buy a fishing- Adressa is the Trondhem region’s license www.inatur.no newspaper. It is distributed on a daily basis, except Sundays. Some For Bymarka, a fishing day-pass students are delivering Adressa is NOK 50 and can be bought by as their part time job. Adressa SMS: “FISKEKORT TOF11” to 2470 can also be read online w (license for the whole season, and ww.adressa.no cheaper day-passes can be bought online).

10 • Delicious and nutritious big student villages. If you want to berries can be picked in marka. buy alcohol stronger than 3.5 %, you Stick to blueberries, raspberries, have to order it in advance. Check lingonberries, blackberries and out the websites for information. cloudberries, to be on the safe side. https://tbuss.no/ If in doubt, check Wikipedia for gratis-handletur-til-sverige/ edible berries before you leave. • What’s happening in town? • Do not eat mushrooms - unless Check out www.trdevents.com and you really know what you are doing! http://thelist.no/ Mushrooms can be poisonous. • IKEA is probably the cheapest • If you need anything; a alternative to Fretex. IKEA have candlelight-holder, sofa, car, cheap everything and very smart solutions plane ticket, housing, or even a job, for small rooms www.ikea.no chances are you will find it on www.finn.no • Websites for hiking trips in the area www.ut.no • Fretex is the cheap second-hand shop in town. There is a big shop in • There are some really cozy cafés Nardoveien 10 and smaller ones in in town, here are some suggestions Rosenborg gate 9 and Fjordgata 40. for where you will find Norwegian students: • Prior exchange-students have gathered some experienced-based »» Edgar and Lyche at fun-facts on this site: Samfundet www.samfundet.no www.hi-ha-hu.tumblr.com »» RAMP, Strandveien 25 a, www.facebook.com/lamoramp • Every spring and autumn, you can get a cheap second-hand bike »» Mormors, Nedre at the sykkelakusjon (bike auction). Enkeltskillingsveita 2, Dates will be announced here: www.mormor.no www.facebook.com/FalckTrondheim »» Antikavariatet, Nedre Bakklandet 4, • Every day “Fleskbussen” (The www.facebook.com/antikvarene free “bacon bus”) goes to Storlien in Sweden. There you can buy »» Ila Brainnstasjon, cheap food, alcohol and tobacco. On Ilevollen 32 b, Thursdays the bus goes from the www.facebook.com/ilabrainnstasjon

11 NTNU og studentliv (NTNU and student life)

NTNU – Norwegian NTNU Internasjonal University of Science and Seksjon Technology (NTNU Office of International relations) - is one of eight universities in Norway. The university has eight The Office is located in a white faculties, and it is spread over wooden building on the northern 15 campuses, and divided into fringe of the Gløshaugen campus. 56 departments. NTNU offers a Check out our website to see if range of bachelor’s, master’s there is anything we can help you and doctoral programmes with, or come visit us at in the humanities, social International House. sciences, economics, public and business administration, For more information visit: aesthetic disciplines, as well as www.ntnu.edu/studies/contact professional degree programmes in medicine, psychology, www.facebook.com/NTNUinternational architecture, the fine arts, music, teacher education and technology.

NTNU in Trondheim has 33500 students.

NTNU is Norway’s largest university, with 39700 students.

12 SiT If you want a good workout we recommend that you to use the gyms at NTNUI and SiT. There are SiT is the Student Welfare several commercial gyms in town, Organisation in Trondheim, but they are very expensive. www.sit.no It is a nonprofit organisation, founded by the students in 1948. Hopefully they All Norwegian students, and can make your everyday life as some international students, a student as problem-free as must pay a fee to their student possible. Students are involved welfare organisation. The fee to in deciding what the welfare the Student Welfare Organization organisation should do, and have is approx. NOK 500 per semester. the majority on the board. SiT It is the students themselves is offering you services in these who decide what the money will areas: be spent on. Students who are • Housing selected to sit in the Welfare • Gym Council help determine how • Food and Cafés on campus the semester fee is going to be • Health distributed. You can read more • Kindergarten at SiT to see how the money is spent.

13 Studentfrivilligheten also have elected students at the (the student volunteer faculty and institute level culture) www.studenttinget.no

There is something special about The Student Parliament has Trondheim and its volunteering meetings once a month to culture. All the festivals in town discuss and make decisions on have volunteers that work for behalf of all the students at the free, and people that need extra university. In essence, the Student care and help are fortunate to Parliament is the students’ voice have volunteer-organisations www.student.no/english/ that work for them. This is very visible in the student culture: an Velferdstinget impressive amount of students (The student’s Welfare spend several hours per week Council) doing voluntary work. The largest organisations most students Every year, students are elected volunteer for is Samfundet (The to work for students’ rights student society), NTNUI (the and national policy-making in university sports association), regards to issues concerning Linjeforeninger (the fraternities) students and financing of studies/ and studentdemokratiet (the student loans. On the local level, student democracy). Velferdstinget decides what services SiT should offer and how Studenttinget (The the semester fee should be spent. Student Parliament) They can, amongst other things, give you advice and assist you The Student Parliament of NTNU if you have concerns regarding is the highest governing body of housing, health (psychologist, the student democracy at the dentists). Drop by their office at university. 25 students are elected “Stripa” på Gløshaugen, or send for one year and represent the an e-mail to: [email protected] seven faculties at the university. The student democracy at NTNU

14 Linjeforeninger members, the late parties and (Fraternities) the variations of extracurricular A large number of students activities. This is the place if you participate in a fraternity. want to get to know people from These organisations are mainly other campuses. Samfundet is concerned with activities related owned by almost 10,000 student to the academic field, but the members and the house is overall goal is social contact run by volunteers that count between students from similar more than 1,200 students. The academic fields. volunteers are organised in groups – gjenger - such as KSG Most fraternities have initiation (the Café group), the student trials for those becoming Medias in Trondheim, the members. This is mostly Cultural Committee, the Society harmless fun for old members Theatre, just to mention a few. on behalf of the members- Students who want to volunteer to-be. The fraternities arrange apply directly to each gjeng meetings, parties, presentation of (group). With all its volunteers job opportunities and many other the Student Society is the most events. Most fraternities have important extracurricular access to one of the basements organisation for students in at student village, where Trondheim. Each weekend in the parties and meetings are held. academic year there are parties Ask your fellow classmates about and concerts, and on weekdays which fraternity are closest to there are various cultural events. your academic field. The famed Society Meetings, which usually take place every Samfundet – Saturday, is an arena for political The student society debates and other more or less intellectual endeavours. Some The red, round student meetings are in English. To community house is well known get the best prices on concert far outside Trondheim for tickets, beer and good food, the strong engagement of its we recommend that you buy a

15 membership. This will also give focus on exercise. You can buy you the right to contribute and your membership at the reception vote. Samfundet also contains at either of the gyms: Idrettsbygg numerous bars, a cafe, a pub Gløshaugen or Dragvoll and a restaurant and three of Idrettsenter. Trondheim’s best concert venues. In addition to this, Norway’s You have to be a member of largest cultural festival, UKA, NTNUI to use the facilities and as well as the world’s largest access the group activities. thematic student festival, ISFiT, Membership costs NOK 1700 per grow out of the red walls every year and NOK 1050 per semester. second year. The membership also gives www.samfundet.no/en you access to the most popular www.dusken.no activity NTNUI has to offer: koiene www.isfit.org (the cabins). NTNUI has 24 small www.uka.no cabins situated all over Trøndelag, from the coast to high up in the NTNUI mountains. These are run on (NTNU sports association) voluntary basis by a group of students, named NTNUI Koiene NTNUI is the student sports http://org.ntnu.no/koiene/ We also association at NTNU. With more recommend you to check out the than 12000 members and over Student cabin, that is located in 50 different activities, NTNUI is Bymarka www.studenterhytta.org the largest sports association in Norway www..no The ideology of NTNUI is to stimulate the students at NTNU to participate in both sports and social activities. Most members are mostly interested in keeping fit and having fun, but a few are professional athletes. Thus NTNUI has very diversified members, but there is a common

16 International student is why we dare to guarantee that organisations you will meet that special someone and fall in love while studying in Trondheim. It might not happen the Other groups to be involved in are: very first day of the semester, but be ESN – International Exchange patient! Of course, if you’re already Erasmus Student Network in a relationship, you do not have www.trondheim.esn.no to break up to come to Trondheim. ISU – The International Student Just bring your loved one! Union http://on.fb.me/1TKNgJz ICOT – Interntational Club of Trondheim is quite unique, as every Trondheim fifth citizen is a student, and this of www.facebook.com/icot1973 course affects the city. Trondheim is young, vibrant and pulsating, with Kjærestegarantien a rich cultural life and a range of arenas for you to meet friend; it’s up (The Love Guarantee) to you what you get out of your new friendships… Trondheim is the only city in the world with a kjærestegaranti As with every guarantee, there is (love guarantee) for students. It something written in fine print... You might seem bogus, but the Love have to make an effort yourself to Guarantee turns in to reality if you secure that special someone. give it a try. Most students get a boyfriend or girlfriend during the course of their studies here. This

17 Quotes

Age: 26 Nationality: Turkish“ I remember those days I spent in Moholt studentby, where I spent even the Christmas holiday. Moholt seems like the city of ghost through your window and you are watching movie in your room alone, at the same time enjoying the silence of snow outside. You know, when the city is under-snow, all the sound waves created by the automobiles and electrical devices are absorbed by the snow itself and you experience a perfect silence outside. That, I would claim, the most precious moment I have ever had... Ahmet Oguz Tezel Age: 23 Nationality: American

Trondheim is a small enough city where you can stand out and if you have a good idea, then you can make it happen. However it is also a large enough city that there is always something happening which you can be a part of. Looking back to when I first came to Trondheim I wish I had known how important the university is for the region. The research and development environment led by NTNU is a major factor for the development of Trondheim as a knowledge city. Alexander Dodge

Age: 23 Nationality: Spanish

Start dropping CVs on the private market. Buy a second hand bike. Use the free “bacon bus” and go to Storlien for meat, alcohol and “snus”, and only shop in REMA 1000 and Kiwi for the rest of the groceries. Victor Vasilescu Herescu

18 Nationality: Colombian Age: 26

Get to know all the services that SiT offers to students in Trondheim. Just because Norwegians won’t start a conversation with you while sitting in the bus, does not mean they are not friendly people. Studentersamfundet, the Buddy program and diverse student associations provide a wonderful context to get know them and start wonderful friendships. One of my best memories has to be last autumn sitting with some friends and grilling by the river. The sun was shining and there were young people everywhere. There was a just wonderful atmosphere in town with the semester yet to start and many new people to get to know. Moments like that make you realize how wonderful it is to be a student in Trondheim. Cesar Mondragon

Age: 22 Nationality: Dutch

Learn Norwegian, join a (or several) NTNUI-group, learn to go cross-country skiing and get in contact with people. My best memory is when I went cross-country skiing with friends in Bymarka and afterwards sat in the sauna and had dinner at Studenterhytta. Rosalie Zwiggelar

Age: 24 Nationality: German

Try to go to as many parties as possible: meeting new people from all around the world will never be that easy again. Do cabin trips! Do not miss the chance to learn something about the culture of the country you’re gonna live in! If you do the first step, you can make some good friends! Roland Falk

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