You can now find information about different activities that you can do in Karlstad, under the Activities in Karlstad in the menu above.

Among mother things you can find:

a musical, one of Swedens biggest bands and a finalist of Swedish Idol that will visit Karlstad during the comming week. Make sure you visit our Activities in Karlstad page, to see how you can book YOUR ticket.

More information from Scanbalt Experiences. This is for all of you who are studying in Karlstad. The other information we posted yesterday was for all international students, studying in Sweden.

Student Trips for Karlstad Students!!!
Scanbalt Experience is the expert on budget tours for backpackers and students who want to explore Scandinavia and the Baltic Region. Many exchange students say that their Scanbalt trip was the highlight of their stay in Sweden. On our tours you meet international students from universities all over Scandinavia.

Lapland Express 6 Days
This is the perfect tour for those who want to Explore Lapland in less than a week. The group spends two nights in Kiruna and one in Abisko National Park in Swedish Lapland. There is enough time for awesome adventure activities, The Ice Hotel, experience sami culture, go skiing and see the highlights.

Ordinary price from Göteborg would be 3400 SEK we can pick up in Örebro that you can reach easily. Your price would be 3200 SEK if you mention Karlstad university when booking and you book before February 12th

For more info;

http://www.scanbaltexperience.com/index.asp?intOpenID=72&action=category&catid=72

To book;

http://www.scanbaltexperience.com/index.asp?intOpenID=58&action=category&catid=58

cheers

the scanbalt team
info@scanbaltexperience.com
www.scanbaltexperience.com
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This is information from Scanbalt, about the trips that they have planned during this semester.

Subject: spring travels with scanbalt

Hi all
We hope you all had a great start of the new semester.

Here follow some info regarding trips during spring

Lapland Express tours
Linköping Feb 23, now waiting list.
Stockholm Feb 27th, 5 places
Umeå March 6th, 10 places
Stockholm March 14th, + 15 places
Göteborg/Örebro/Västerås March 18th , + 15 places
Stockholm March 23rd + 15 places

As you can see the next trips starts to fill up already so if it’s a specific date you like to go don’t wait too long with booking.  News regarding the Lapland tours this spring is that you now have the possibility to go 1-2 days downhill skiing in the Abisko area. Scanbalt passengers also get discount on all adventure activities organized by the tourist organization in Abisko!!!

Read more

http://www.facebook.com/l/1e2d2;www.scanbaltexperience.com/index.asp?action=dest&destid=51&intOpenID=&catid=51&intOpenID2=51

Scanbalt continue to expand and welcome ESN Linköping as new partner organization.

Next Newsletter will come in 14 days, there we will inform about Fjord trips from Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo. Stockholm tours from Copenhagen, Göteborg and Oslo in combination with the great Student cruise to Riga in April.  Its also decided that the North cape Expedition will depart from Umeå May 30th,more info will come…

Happy Travels

The scanbalt team
http://www.facebook.com/l/1e2d2;www.scanbaltexperience.com
info@scanbaltexperience.com
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You can now find information about activities in and around Karlstad, that you can do when you have some free time.

All the info can be found under the link in the menu above or by clicking HERE.

All the info about the welcome dinner, which will take place this Thursday (28th of January, 8pm) can be found in the document below.

_välkomstmiddag

If you can’t open it, this is roughly what it says:

The Welcome dinner for international students and host students will be held on the restaurant Glada Ankan. The restaurant is located in central Karlstad, just next to the public square where the buses stop.

Menu
Grilled chicken with woked vegetable, peppersauce and potato wedges.
1 beer/cider/soda
Coffee and cake

Tickets for 100 kronor.
The Student Union have tickets for all the ice-hockey games, played in Karlstad! It is seat tickets for 100 kronor each. You can buy you tickets, no later than 12:00 am (noon) on the day of the game at the student union’s office in Studenternas hus which is on the second floor

Relaunch party at Tempel on the 4th of February
The party is on Thursday the 4th of February and everyone who is a student at Karlstad University are welcome to join. The doors will be open from 9 pm. And the thought is that this will also be the premiere for the student Thursdays at Tempel.
Free  entrance – get your tickets at the student union office
The first 1000 visitors will get a welcome drink, there is of course a non-alcoholic option. The entrance is free and you can get you ticket at the student union’s office which is can be found in Studenternas hus. You have to show your Mecenat card, to prove that you are a student. If you are under 23 years old, they will put you on a special guest list. There is a limited amount of tickets – it’s first come, first served

Go big shopping with the student union

Karlstads Student union is offering, together with the shopping center at Bergvik and IKEA, a charted buss for those of you who would like to go and buy a lot of stuff (big spenders) on Sunday 31st of January.
The buss will leave at 12am (noon) from Campus, it will make a stop at the university and will then continue to Duvkulla (to the parking lot outside of kronoparksjouren). The buss will then go directly to the shopping center at Bergvik and IKEA. The buss back to Kronoparken will leave at 15.00 (3pm).

Movienight with the student union

Make sure you book the entire night on Wednesday the 10th of  February. It will start at 18:00 (6pm) in the egg (in house 21). Come by yourself, or invite your friends or you sweetheart.