r/umea

Tjenare, throwaway konto här. Jag försöker hitta någonstans man kan låna en 3D skrivare här i stan men jag hittar bara massa "döda" inlägg där länkarna inte stämmer längre. Tänkte kunde höra med er snälla människor här om någon har en 3D skrivare med transparent filament, jag har ritat i Autodesk och kan skicka filer beroende på vad som behövs. Bjuder förstås på en liten slant också. Mvh!

Hey everyone!

​I’m arriving in Umea next week for my Erasmus semester and currently packing my bags. For anyone living or who has lived in student housing/corridor rooms, I’d love some advice on what’s usually provided:

​Bedroom: Are things like a duvet, pillow, and desk lamp included, or do I need to bring/buy my own bedding and lighting?

​Shared Kitchen: Are basic cooking items (pots, pans, plates, cutlery) already shared in the corridor kitchens, or do people strictly use their own? Or can I find any left ones from previous exchange/Erasmus students?

​Second-hand options: If kitchenware isn't there, is it cheap and easy to find essentials at second-hand shops, or should I just pack a few basic items in my suitcase?

​Thanks a lot for the tips :)

Hej! Skulle behöva frakta en 85 tum tv och har tyvärr ingen kartong! Någon här i stan som kanske har låda jag kan låna över dagen bara?

Hade varit guld🙏

for student accomodation routers are needed for wifi right? Thanks in advance

Hej allihopa! 👋

My name is Tejas Lokhande, and I'm an exchange student joining Umeå Institute of Design this fall for Advanced Product Design. I'm currently studying industrial design at ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles, and originally from India — this will be my first time in Sweden, so I'm reaching out early to find a good place to land!

What I'm looking for:

• Housing from August 25 – January 17
• Open to anything: apartment, house, condo, shared flat — no preference
• Totally fine with roommates
• Ideally close to Umeå Institute of Design / campus, since I'll be new to the city and want an easy commute

A bit about me:

• 21 years old, industrial design student
• Clean, tidy, and respectful roommate — I like a calm, easygoing home
• I love to cook (mostly Indian food, but honestly I'll cook almost anything) and I'm always happy to share a meal
• Easy to get along with, and excited to meet new people and get immersed in Swedish design culture while I'm here

If you have a room, an apartment, or know someone who does, I'd really appreciate it if you reached out. Happy to answer any questions or hop on a call!

Tack så mycket! 🙏

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Hej! After reading through many posts on r/sweden and r/TillSverige I decided to ask directly and on my own. I’m a 23-year old student coming to Sweden from the Czech Republic, currently admitted to a Masters program at Umeå University. In the past few years I travelled all around Sweden and Scandinavia, but never for more than 1 month at a time. Therefore, I’m interested in all sorts of information about living/studying in Umeå, integrating into the Swedish society, surviving a dark and long winter, things to be eventually prepared for (such as dealing with Swedish authorities at places like Migrationsverket) and any other information that you think might be useful for an international student in Sweden. Thank you in advance for all your help, as a big fan of Sweden I’m certainly looking forward to moving there…at least for now :)

Hi! Hope everyone's doing well!
I'm a foreign exchange student coming in from Scotland to do a semester at Umea university, and I'm looking for accommodation during my time there (September 1st to December/January depending on the semester times). I've been looking for accommodation for a good few weeks now but I've found nothing so far, and it's getting scarily close to my flight date. I was just looking for general advice on where I could search for more options for?

So far I've checked these places:

• Looked on Studentbostad i Umeå (Facebook group)
• Heimstaden - can only see two remaining options and both of them start in November, which is two months after my semester starts
• Bostaden - Queue times have grown too long, and everything I apply for gets taken by other people very quickly
• Direct through Umea university - I'm not holding my breath, because I had to join the queue quite late (problems at my home university)
• Qasa - Literally messaged every single person selling any furnished apartment in Umea for a while now, nothing yet

Does anyone have any advice about what I should do at this point? I'm getting really stressed now that I haven't got anything even though I've been looking since June.

If anyone is/knows someone who's looking for a roommate or tenant there, please let me know!

I'd really appreciate any help I can get, thank you so much!

EDIT: Rentola and Rentberry have done nothing but let me down lmaooo, making me pay just to see reposts from Bostaden

Anyone here into music production, DAWs, making beats, etc.? Would be nice to find some people who are into the same stuff

I will start my life science program at umeå soon and I was hoping to work part-time while I study, the problem is that I have complex ptsd and anxiety disorder that prevent me from working in the normal student work like fast food, stores, etc.. so are there any other options for me like working at a library or something similar and less stressful than the typical student jobs??

I would really appreciate the help🙏. I don't speak Swedish, I speak Finnish, and I don't have driving licence.

Är det någon som vet var man kan hitta skyddsglasögon till solförmörkelsen såhär i sista stund?