TRONDHEIM IN YOUR POCKET
1 Welcome to Trondheim!
Trondheim is Norway’s third in winter time) restaurants largest city, but in a European and cafés, not to mention our scale Trondheim is small, safe famous Stundentersamfundet. and charming. We are very proud Which brings me to our famous of our university and our 800 year Love-guarantee; when studying in long tradition for higher educa- Trondheim you are bound to fall tion. Trondheim has a population in love. Whether it is in someone of approx. 200.000 of which 35.000 special or in the city itself are studying at the university or remains to be seen! one of our university colleges - so both academic life and students are a highly visible and very important part of our city.
Trondheim celebrated its millen- nium 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 - Bakklandet - with the charming small timber houses. There are several museums where you can get a good impression of what the medevial city looked like. Trondheim has a rich cultural life, you will find many concert halls, art exhibits, theatres, parks, sports arenas (soccer in summer, handball, skiing and ski-jumping Rita Ottervik, mayor of Trondheim
2 3 Academic year 2013/2014: Norge og nordmenn Christmas holiday: December 22nd to January 2nd, Christmas is celebrated December Norway and Norwegians www.visitnorway.com/en/ 24th Easter holiday: April 14th – 21st Labour Day: May 1st Facts Constitution Day: May 17th Whit Monday: May 19th System of government: Constitutional monarchy Ascension Day: May 29th Head of State: King Harald V Area: 385 186 km² Summer holiday: early June – early August Population (2013): 5 051 275 Population per km²: 16 Capital city: Oslo Monetary unit: Norwegian kroner, NOK Norwegian way of life It can be long and strenuous, for Language: Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk and Norway has 4 seasons, with example climbing some mountain Sami) Length of coastline: 25 148 km, including fjords distinct variations in daylight and top, or it can be hiking in marka Highest mountain: Galdhøpiggen, 2 469 m temperature. (countryside) or just a long stroll Largest lake: Mjøsa, 365 km² Winter: November - March in the city. In the cities, walking In case of emergency: Spring: April – June and biking is the preferred mean Summer: June – August of transport, and you will find Fire: 110 Autumn: August – October segregated cycling facilities as Police: 112 Ambulance: 113 well as pedestrian sidewalks Emergency clinic: 07352 Most Norwegians enjoy outdoor everywhere. activities, in all seasons. A Guidelines to fire prevention: www.tbrt.no/files/ti384%20komplettengelsk.pdf Norwegian favourite saying There are plenty of opportunities describes this: for everyone to enjoy the outdoors Academic year, bank note that all offices, banks and in Norway. It is perfectly safe, holidays and holidays “There are no bad weather, most shops are closed on bank clothing” there are no dangerous animals The Norwegian academic year is holidays. However, some grocery just bad or insects to worry about. Forests, divided into two semesters. The stores open “mini-shops” selling As a newcomer to Norway you will mountains, lakes and rivers and first semester starts in August, basic necessities on Sundays and soon discover that an umbrella, a varied coastline offer a wide with exams in December and bank holidays. as well as your sunglasses, is range of opportunities for outdoor January. The spring semester necessities in your everyday bag. activities, and allemannret- starts in January with exams A favourite recreational activity ten (the general right of public from May until early June. Please is søndagstur (Sunday trip/hike). access) ensures that large areas
4 5 of Norwegian nature are open monopoly), usually referred to as to everyone. You can tent for two polet. Polet is a state regulated Trondheim og trøndere days on unfenced land without bottle-shop, and the only place to Trondheim and the locals, www.trondheim.no/engelsk/ asking the owner’s permission. legally buy any alcohol stronger than 5 % (wine, strong beer, The Norwegian standard diet spirits). The age limit for buying Brief history to the university, and campuses usually contains 4 meals a day alcohol is 18, and strong alcohol Trondheim is Norway’s third spread all over the city, for a good (over 22%) is 20. You will find that largest city with 180.000 inhabi- overview see: • Frokost (breakfast) is usually alcohol and tobacco are quite tants, and approximately 200.000 http://kart.studiebyen.no eaten at home, and consists expensive in Norway, both in counting all the students. We have typically of slices of bread or shops and in pubs/restaurants. a long and proud history, and are Today, more than 35.000 are pur- knekkebrød (crisp bread) with by far the oldest of the bigger suing an education in Trondheim. cheese, cold cuts or spread. cities in Norway. Trondheim was This is the basis of Trondheim’s • Lunch is usually eaten at founded as the nation’s capital reputation as the best student school/work at mid-day (30 min by Viking King Olav Tryggvason city in Norway, and possibly break), and the famous matpakke in 997, and became the center of amongst the Nordic countries. (packed lunch) is a Norwegian Note: both administrative and religious The students have created an power. In medieval times, the impressive amount of activities: institution, although we have to If you plan to bring alcohol and admit that it is not a major culi- tobacco from another country, Nidaros Cathedral, with St. Olav’s cultural; recreational; educational nary experience. please note that Norway is not a shrine, was counted among the and innovative; almost all kinds member of the EU, and therefore four major pilgrimage centers of sports, everything based on • Middag (dinner) is the main – there are limited quotas you can in Europe. You can still walk on volunteer work. The key to a fulfil- and often the only hot - meal of bring. Max: 200 cigarettes/250 g the pilegrimsleden (The St. Olav ling and active life as a student in the day and Norwegian families tobacco, 1 liter of spirit (depending of age), 1,5 liter of wine and 2 liters traditionally gather around the Ways) to Trondheim Trondheim is to get involved! You of beer. (or combined differently, for can check out possibilities and kitchen table for dinner around example: 5 liters of beer or 3 liters of Trondheim has a long tradition volunteer openings at: 5 o’clock. Kveldsmat (supper) wine plus 2 liters of beer). – usually a couple of slices of for education, and our oldest http://portal.studiebyen.no bread – is, if eaten at all, usually school dates back 800 years. The around 8-9 in the evening. It is university was founded in 1910, worth noting that the tap-water in and since then young students Norway is perfectly safe to drink. from all over Norway have flocked to Trondheim in search of (espe- Another Norwegian oddity cially) technical education. There is Vinmonopolet (The Wine are several colleges in addition
6 7 Culture and recreation Trondheim is surrounded by Transport http://trdevents.com Bymarka and Estenstadmarka, The best way to get around in the city is Trondheim has a lot of concert which offers great terrain for by foot or bike. In the summer, there are venues, museums, theatres, walking/hiking in summertime bysykler (city bikes) which you can subscribe cinemas and festivals besides the and skiing during winter. There to (NOK 100 for card, NOK 130 for card on lively student culture. Most offers are many trails, and quite a few mobile phone), see: good student discount on tickets/ of them leads to a hytte (cabin) www.bysykler.no/trondheim/abonnement entrance fees, and the NTNU where you can buy coffe, snacks, (in Norwegian only). University Musem grants free the famous vaffel and even dinner. access for all students. Most of them are open 10 – 16 on You can also ask at the Tourist Information www.ntnu.edu/museum weekends, and Wednesday after- Office at the market square for assistance. noons. Trondheim has four golf On the same website you will find a map over For a full overview of what to see courses, of which one in Bymarka. where to find available bikes (“kart over syk- and what to do: kelstativ”). For longer distances, the bus is www.trondheim.no/engelsk/culture Marka is excellent for cross- a good option, and it is wise to get a t:card or country skiing in winter. For ski mobillett for good discounts: Some useful tips: rental: http://org.ntnu.no/isu/ www.atb.no/?lang=en_GB . This can also be • Trondheim Symphony ski-basement/ used on trikken (the tram:www.graakallbanen.no) Orchestra (TSO) holds torsdags- which takes you from St. Olavs gt, through konserter (symphonic concerts) For alpine or slalom, Vassfjellet, Byåsen and up to Lian, which, in addition to every Thursdayfor just NOK 120. offers the closest slopes. Check being a nice restaurant, also is a great place www.tso.no/program/#vis-alle/ out www.vassfjellet.com for ope- to enter Bymarka. • Teaterhuset AvavtGarden: ning hours, ski rental and how to blackbox theatre get there. Our ski-jumping arena, If you want to explore other parts of Norway www.avantgarden.no/en/programe/ Granåsen, frequently hosts World whilst you are here, you can every so often Cup and Continental Cup compe- get good deals on tickets, both by bus - • Buy a kinokort (cinema card) to titions arranged by FIS. (www.nettbuss.no), train (www.nsb.no/?lang=en_US) get discounts on movies. and plane (SAS and Norwegian). www.trondheimkino.no/ You can experience nordlys (The • Several cafes offers concerts northern light) in Trondheim, and Hurtigruta (The Costal Express) and cultural events for free the best way to see it is to get www.hurtigruten.com offers fantastic cruises away from the city lights. For an to and from Trondheim every day, but be • Sports and outdoors activities: updated forecast: advised; it’s not suitable for an ordinary www.trondheim.no/engelsk/sports/ www.storm.no/nordlys student budget.
8 9 Nice to know • Delicious and nutritious ber- On Thursdays the bus goes from ries to be picked in the outdoors the big student villages http://llille- NRK – The Norwegian Helpful hints: (marka). Stick to blueberries, dal.mamutweb.com/newsdet97.htm Broadcasting System raspberries, lingonberries and If you want to buy alcohol stronger crowberries, and you can be sure than 3.5 %, you have to order it in • It is perfectly safe to drink water www.nrk.no what you are picking is edible. If in advance. Check out the websites for from the tap and in most rivers and doubt, check Wikipedia for edible information. creeks in nature NRK has three channels, NRK1, mushrooms and berries before you NRK2 NKR3. If you are online in • What on in town? Check out • Free Norwegian language leave. http://trdevents.com/ Norway you can watch TV for free course on the web: • If you need anything from a http://tv.nrk.no/direkte/ TV series www.ntnu.edu/now • In Norway IKEA is the cheapest and movies can be watched candlelight holder to a sofa, to a car, cheap air tickets, housing or alternative except Fretex. IKEA have online, some are just available for • How to get to Bymarka: even a job, you will find it on everything and very smart solutions a week after it has been broad- »» Walk from Ila and take one www.finn.no for small rooms. www.ikea.com casted, but some are available for of many trails from there months, everything is for free. We • Fretex is the cheap second hand • Websites for hiking trips in »» Take the Tram to Lian don’t dub in Norway, everything shop in town. It is a big shop in the area www.ut.no and http://tur. adressa.no/ is in its original language and »» Take the no 10 bus to Nardoveien 10, a smaller one in Skistua with subtitles. All the minutt-for- Rosenborg gate 9 and Fjordgata 40, • There are some really cozy cafés minutt (slow-TV) programs are • How to get to Estenstadmarka: and a small one in Thomas Angells in town, here are some suggestions also available http://tv.nrk.no/sok gate 14. on where you will find Norwegian »» Walk from Dragvoll ?q=minutt+for+minutt&filter=rett • Prior exchange-students have students: igheter »» Take the no 4 or no 9 bus gathered some experienced-based »» Edgar and Lyche at • Fishing in fjords is free, but fun-facts on this site: Samfundet www.samfundet.no Afternoon news is at 19:00 at if you want to go fishing in the http://hi-ha-hu.tumblr.com NRK1. Children’s TV is at 18:00 rivers and lakes you have to buy »» RAMP, Strandveien 25 a, www. a fishing-license www.inatur.no/ • Every spring and autumn, you facebook.com/lamoramp Adresseavisen – Adressa tilbud/50f6748de4b0b1d8643889d6 can get a cheap second-hand bike »» Mormors, Nedre For Bymarka, a day-pass is NOK at the sykkelakusjon (bike auction). Enkeltskillingsveita 2, Dates will be announced here: Adressa is the regions newspaper. 50 and can be bought by SMS: www.mormor.no “FISKEKORT TOF 11” to 2470 www.facebook.com/FalckTrondheim It is distributed on a daily basis, »» Antikavariatet, (license for the whole season, and except Sundays. Some students • Every day “Fleskbussen” (The Nedre Bakklandet 4, cheaper day-passes can be bought are delivering Adressa as their free “bacon bus”) goes to Storlien www.facebook.com/antikvarene online). part time job. Adressa is also in Sweden. There you can buy cheap »» Ila Brainnstasjon, online www.adressa.no food, alcohol and tobacco http:// Ilevollen 32 b, llilledal.mamutweb.com/subdet2.htm www.facebook.com/ilabrainnstasjon
10 11 SiT If you want to have a good work- NTNU og studentliv SiT is the Student Welfare out we recommend you to use the (NTNU and student life) Organisation in Trondheim, gyms at NTNUI and SiT. There are www.sit.no It is a non-profit orga- several commercial gyms in town, nisation, founded by the students but they are very expensive. NTNU – Norwegian NTNU Internasjonal in 1948. Hopefully they can make University for Science and Seksjon your everyday life as a student All Norwegian students and some Technology (NTNU Office of International as problem free as possible. of the international students must - is one of seven universities in relations) Students are involved in prioriti- pay tuition to their student wel- Norway. The university has seven The Office is located in a white zing what the welfare organisation fare organisation. The fee to SiT faculties, and it is spread over 11 wooden building on the northern should do, and have majority on is 430 kr per semester. It is the campuses, and divided in to 53 fringe of the Gløshaugen campus. the board. The money they earn is students themselves who decide departments. http://www.ntnu. Check out our web site to see if for your benefit. SiT is offering you what the money will be spent on. no/kart/ NTNU offers a range of there is anything we can help you services in these areas: Students who are selected to sit bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral with, or come visit us at the • Housing in the Welfare Council, helps to programs in the humanities, International House. http://www. determine how the semester fee social sciences, economics and • Gym ntnu.edu/international is going to be distributed. Read on public and business administra- • Food and Café’s on this website what the student fee tion, and aesthetic disciplines, For more information visit: campus is spent on: https://www.sit.no/en/ as well as professional degree www.ntnu.edu/studies about-sit/about-organization programs in medicine, psycho- • Health logy, architecture, the fine arts, www.facebook.com/ music, teacher education and NTNUinternational • Kindergarten technology.
NTNU has 22.000 students, of which 1.800 are international.
12 13 Studentfrivilligheten The student democracy at NTNU They can, amongst other things, Samfundet – (the student volunteer also have elected students at give you advice and assist you if The student society culture) faculty level and institute level you have concerns regarding hou- to represent the voice of the stu- sing, health (espc psychologist, The red, round student community There is something special with dents in the respectively boards. dentists). Drop by their office at house is well known far outside Trondheim and its voluntariness. www.studenttinget.no “Stripa” på Gløshaugen, or send Trondheim for the strong enga- All the festivals in town have The Student Parliament has an e-mail to: [email protected] gement of its members, the late parties and the variations of extra- volunteers that work for free, meetings about once a month curricular activities. This is the and people that need extra care to discuss and make decisions Linjeforeninger place if you want to get to know and help are fortunate to have on behalf of all the students of (Fraternities) people from other campuses, and volunteer-organisations that work the university. In essence The in the end; it`s up to you what you for them. This is very visible in the Student Parliament is the voice A large number of students get out of your new friendships... student culture: an impressive of all the students towards become involved socially through Samfundet is owned and run by amount of students are offering the Administration and Board their fraternities. These organi- its members, who number close several hours per week for free, of NTNU, as well towards the sations are mainly occupied with to 10 000, and the house is run by voluntary work. The largest orga- general public and the National activities related to the academic volunteers that count more than nisations that host most students Union of Students in Norway field, but the overall goal is social 1 200 students. The volunteers is Samfundet (The student soci- (NUS-Norway). contact between students with are organised in groups – gjenger ety), NTNUI (the university sports http://student.no/nso-in-english/ similar backgrounds in their - such as KSG (the Café group), assosiation), Linjeforeninger (The curriculums. The student Medias in Trondheim: fraternities) and studentdemokra- Velferdstinget Most fraternities have initiation Under Dusken; Student-TV; tiet (the student democracy). (The student’s Welfare trials for those becoming mem- Studentradio’n, the Cultural Committee, The Society Theatre, Studentdemokratiet (the student Counsil) bers. This is mostly harmless fun democray) for old members on behalf of the just to mention a few. Students Every year, students are members-to-be. The fraterni- who want to volunteer apply directly to each gjeng (group). With democratically elected to work ties arrange meetings, parties, Studenttinget (The all its volunteers the Student Student Parlament) for students’ rights and national presentations of job opportunities policy-making in regards to and many other events. Most fra- Society is the most important The Student Parliament of NTNU issues concerning students ternities have access to one of the extracurricular organisation for is the highest governing body of and financing of studies/stu- basements at Moholt student vil- students in Trondheim. Each the student democracy at the dent loans. On the local level, lage, where parties and meetings weekend in the academic year university. 25 students are elected Velferdstinget decides what are held. Ask your fellow class- there are parties and concerts on for one year and represent the services SiT should offer and how mates about which fraternity are the many stages in the big round seven faculties at the university. the semester fee should be spent. closest to your academic field. house, and on the weekdays there
14 15 International student during the course of their studies are various cultural events. The The ideology of NTNUI is to organisations here. This is why we dare guarantee famed Society Meetings, which stimulate the students at NTNU that you will meet that special Other groups to be involved in are: usually take place every Saturday, to participate in both sports and someone and fall in love while ESN – International Exchange is an arena for political debates social activities. Most members studying in Trondheim. It might not and other more or less intel- are just interested in keeping Erasmus Student Network. happen the very first day of your lectual endeavours. In some of fit but a few are professional http://www.trondheim.esn.no/ semester, but be patient! Of course, the meetings the debate is held athletes. Thus NTNUI has very ISU – The International Student if you`re already in a relationship, in English. To get the best prices diversified members but there Union. http://org.ntnu.no/isu/ you do not have to break up to come on concert tickets, beer and good is a common focus on exercise. ICOT – Interntational Club to Trondheim. Bring your loved one food we recommend you to buy a You can buy your membership at of Trondheim https:// along! membership. This will also give the reception at either of our gyms: www.facebook.com/pages/ you the right to contribute and Idrettsbygg Gløshaugen or Dragvoll International-Club-of-Trondheim- As a student city Trondheim is quite unique, every fifth citizen is a stu- vote. Samfundet also contains Idrettsenter. ICoT-Norway/204845516313219 dent, and this of course affects the numerous bars, a cafe, a pub city. Trondheim is a young, vibrant, and a restaurant and three of You have to be a member of NTNUI Kjærestegarantien pulsating city with a rich culture Trondheim’s best concert venues. to use the facilities and access the (The Love Guarantee) scene and a range of arenas for you In addition to this, Norway’s lar- group activities. Membership costs to meet friends, and in the end; it`s gest cultural festival, UKA, as well NOK 1050 per year and NOK 600 per Trondheim is the only city in the up to you what you get out of your as the world’s largest thematic semester, and gives you access to world with a kjærestegaranti new friendships… student festival, ISFiT, grow out of the most popular activity NTNUI has (love guarantee) for students. It the red walls every second year. to offer: koiene (the cabins). NTNUI might seem bogus, but the Love As with every guarantee, there is www.samfundet.no www.dusken.no has a unique net of altogether 24 Guarantee turns in to reality if you something written in small letters: www.isfit.org www.uka.no small cabins situated all over the give it a try. Most students get a http://www.studiebyen.no/en/ area of Trøndelag from the coast to boyfriend or girlfriend at least once culture-a-leisure/the-love-guarantee NTNUI high up in the mountains. These are (NTNU sports run on voluntary basis by a group of students, named NTNUI Koiene association ) http://www.ntnui.no/koiene/ . NTNUI is the student sports asso- ciation at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. With more than 12 000 members and over 50 different activities, NTNUI is the largest sports association in Norway. www.ntnui.no
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Age: 26 Get to know all the services that SiT offers to students in Trondheim. Nationality: Turkish Just because Norwegians won’t start a conversation with you while sitting “ in the bus, does not mean they are not friendly people. Studentersamfundet, I remember those days I spent in Moholt studentby, where I spent even the the Buddy program and diverse student associations provide a wonderful Christmas holiday. Moholt seems like the city of ghost through your window context to get know them and start wonderful friendships. and you are watching movie in your room alone, at the same time enjoy- One of my best memories has to be last autumn ing the silence of snow outside. You know, when the city is sitting with some friends and grilling by the river. The sun was under-snow, all the sound waves created by the automobiles shining and there were young people everywhere. There was and electrical devices are absorbed by the snow itself and a just wonderful atmosphere in town with the semester yet you experience a perfect silence outside. That, I would claim, to start and many new people to get to know. Moments like the most precious moment I have ever had... that make you realize how wonderful it is to be a student in Ahmet Oguz Tezel Trondheim. Cesar Mondragon Age: 23 Nationality: American Age: 22 Nationality: Dutch 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 Learn Norwegian, join a (or several) NTNUI-group, learn to go city that there is always something happening which you can be a part of. cross-country skiing and get in contact with people. Looking back to when I first came to Trondheim My best memory is when I went cross-country I wish I had known how important the university is for the skiing with friends in Bymarka and afterwards sat in the sauna region. The research and development environment led by and had dinner at Studenterhytta. NTNU is a major factor for the development of Trondheim as Rosalie Zwiggelar a knowledge city Alexander Dodge Age: 24 Nationality: German Age: 23 Nationality: Spanish 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 Start dropping CV’s on the private market. Buy a second hand trips! Do not miss the chance to learn something about the bike. Use the free “bacon bus” and go to Storlien for meat, culture of the country you’re gonna live in! if you do the first step, alcohol and “snus”, and only shop in REMA 1000 and Kiwi for you can make some good friends! the rest of the groceries. Roland Falk Victor Vasilescu Herescu
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