Meeting new friends and getting to know the city

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13 years ago

Hi! I'm Annette and I was living in Copenhagen, Denmark with my husband, but Danish immigration denied my residency and sent me back to Florida (where I am from), and now my husband and I are planning to move to Malmo, Sweden shortly after I return to Denmark. Does anyone know any ways I could meet friends, learn Swedish, or does anyone like to knit/ crochet and have coffee? It has been rough for my husband and I because we have been made to be separated and I've had to bounce around from place-to-place just so we can be together. I know English, French, Spanish, and some Danish, but I guess it's time for Swedish :-P

So, if anyone would like to show a newcomer around, I'll be back in Europe early September. My husband and I are already looking for apartments, and will certainly check come out in person, once I've returned. Let a lady know if you'd like to be pals :-D

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stalintortoise New member

6POSTS

13 years ago

Hi! Well, I am currently in Florida until early September, and then I return to Copenhagen, DK. My husband and I are searching for an apartment in Malmo or in Lund. If you'd like to get together and have a coffee or beer with my husband and me when I get back, that would be totally nice :-)

-Annette

ginko9 Member

10POSTS

13 years ago

yepee! i'll be in lund by then~ keep in touch then~

krallenponk Member

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13 years ago

Hej! Lust att ses? Kan visa dig/er massvis i Malmö

. I`d like to show you around our beautiful province of scania. Its really something else. If you are intrested in nature and biodiversity i´d be happy to show you what we have got to offer, its my speciality. However if its history you want, castles are a plenty but i dont know much about them

GuestPost4684 Guest

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13 years ago

Hi Annette

I live just outside Malmo and like coffee! Please feel free to send me a private message and maybe we can meet up. I know how lonely it can be when you first move to a country and don't know anybody

GuestPost4684 Guest

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13 years ago

Same applies to Ginko

I actually live nearer to Lund than I do Malmo

ginko9 Member

10POSTS

13 years ago

great!
i'm going to enroll this Swedish course for expats in komvux, think it's called SFI. cos i think it'd help me to know the country better.
any interests?

GuestPost4684 Guest

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13 years ago

SFI is great, I did it a few years ago, and it's well worth it!

ginko9 Member

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13 years ago

#10

that's good to know! did you go for the distance module or attending classes?
what do you recommend? any tip on learning Svenska for beginner like me : )?

GuestPost4684 Guest

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13 years ago

#11

I went to school. I think that the biggest hurdle is to learn how to speak Swedish and you can only really do that face to face with others.

ginko9 Member

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13 years ago

#12

noted and thanks.tell me about it, having a hard time with the "R" in swedish...

Mariawaleed Member

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13 years ago

#13

Hi Annette and all other lovely people... I'm moving with my husband to malmo by end of October probably n we ll be visiting malmo in a few weeks to rent a house. I'm desperate to meet n know people there if you are still interested in making friends... Excited to move to malmo and make lovely friends. Regards, Maria xxx