By Ellen Sleeuw, University of Copenhagen, Denmark I could write a dissertation on my year abroad. I still think back to it and can’t quite believe it happened. I learned so much, met so many people, and gained the most amazing memories that I will cherish forever. There were of course also challenging times, but I think learning from these made the experience even more rewarding.

By Ellen Sleeuw, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark is the second happiest country in the world, and having lived there for almost a year, I can agree that I felt very content. I think the Dane’s have a very balanced, social, healthy and relaxed way of life that contributes to this. 

By Ellen Sleeuw, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Aarhus is the second most populated city in Denmark, located on the Jutland peninsula’s east coast. Two friends and I decided to take the Flix Bus from Copenhagen for the weekend and I couldn’t recommend it more! Saturday We got the bus at 8:50am, which did mean an early rise in order to cycle over to the bus station with plenty of time. However, with the bus journey being 3.5 hours, an earlier bus was ideal! When we arrived in Aarhus our stomachs were rumbling and fortunately there is food market, called ‘Aarhus Street Food’ located right next to the bus stop; this…