wuxi-city
Swedish looking for information about China
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Speaks swedish, danish, english, german
Registration: 29 September 2017
Re: Seek FREE China chat service (*NOT* Dating site!*)
Did you try whats app? I saw a lot of people using this one in China. I beleive skype and zoom also works in China. Read More
How long does it take after biometrics taken?
I should not say it would take too long getting these features. Maybe you should call them and ask what is happening or anything was wrong with your application. Read more about this biometric information on newtodenmark. Before this new feature it ... Read More
Job Opportunities in Sweden by fasi436
Hi all I am an INDIAN ,currently working in MALTA . I am planning to move to Sweden .I wan to know the job opportunities in SWEDEN . I have experience in the filed of ELV systems like CCTV, Access control . can anyone guide me on how to apply for ...
If you get a job the company got rules or laws to follow like the right to be free for taking education in Swedish. I know many bigger companies actually arrange education in Swedish in the weeks on the company. You can read about Law (1986: 163) on ... Read More
Job Opportunities in Sweden by fasi436
Hi all I am an INDIAN ,currently working in MALTA . I am planning to move to Sweden .I wan to know the job opportunities in SWEDEN . I have experience in the filed of ELV systems like CCTV, Access control . can anyone guide me on how to apply for ...
By "they" do you mean the forum team and other members who reply to posts or the politicians of Sweden? Or by "here" do you mean the forum or the country?I mean these who have moved to Sweden last years. I do not know too many ... Read More
The must-try activities in Denmark by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to Denmark is an exciting opportunity to discover a new culture and try things you might not even have heard of before. To make sure other expats and expats-to-be do not miss a thing, would you be able to answer the ...
ok, I'll give it a try. What are the activities everyone must try at least once in Denmark? I suggest visiting the old cities in Denmark like Aarhus, Helsingoer, Roskilde. Visiting the worlds oldest tivoli, dyrehavsbakken, visit Skagen, try one ... Read More
Sense of humour in Denmark
I don't agree. Danes jokes a lot about the social system. The trouble is that you maybe not understand the jokes before you are able to talk danish. But you could follow Simon Talbot when he makes a standup show. It is a lot danish humour. See ... Read More
Just for fun: How well do you know Denmark?
Ok, I'll try to answer the questions. 1. What is the capital city or administrative capital of Denmark? answer: The capital of Denmark is Copenhagen. 2. What currency is used in Denmark? answer. The currency used in Denmark is Krone DK. 3. List the ... Read More
how to integrate my family into Swedish society by Sanze
Hi all, hej allihopa, I’m in a bit of a unique situation as I’m looking to relocate back to Stockholm, but with my dual nationality kids and British husband. The situation with Brexit has really given us the push up the bum that we ...
I think your seven year old don't get any trouble speaking swedish if beginning an ordnary swedish school. The only problem I see here is that you and your husband needs the language. There is a lot of words that are similar to english in Swedish ... Read More
Job Opportunities in Sweden by fasi436
Hi all I am an INDIAN ,currently working in MALTA . I am planning to move to Sweden .I wan to know the job opportunities in SWEDEN . I have experience in the filed of ELV systems like CCTV, Access control . can anyone guide me on how to apply for ...
In 2015 we had a lot of syrians moving to Sweden. This has made it difficult for foreigners getting jobs in Sweden. I see they do a lot of mistakes here. You are writing about staying with people that talk your own language. I suggest foeigners to ... Read More
New member in Suzhou China
I'll give you some links that maybe could be useful. You'll find hundreds of different free courses for chinese on the internet. I've tried some of these and linked them out here>>> Suzhou is an exciting city with a lot of ... Read More
Mandarin lessons in Hangzhou for an English speaker
Could this be useful? https://www.hutong-school.com/internship-hangzhou?gclid=CjwKCAjwkenqBRBgEiwA-bZVtinoLuyAeCiqcga7Qn-XOqohs0eWWmlje481jdygL-S8tphfls6Y2xoC3VEQAvD_BwE You see a lot of free courses on the web. Check these out>>> Read More
Just for fun: How well do you know China? by Diksha
Hello everyone, We would like to invite you to take part in a knowledge test based on China. Find a few questions below: 1. What is the capital city or administrative capital of China? 2. What currency is used in China? 3. List the national ...
Well, I am not able to answer al the questions but some. 1. Beijing. 2. RMB or Yan 3. nope 4. Puthonghua (television chinese) 5. nope 6. Exciting Read More
VPN in China by GirlfromUK
Hi Guys, Which VPN do you subscribe to? Does it work without much interruption? Thanks a lot for your answers!
I suggets you try a couple of different vpn:s because the vpn:s are changing their ability during the weeks and months. I beleive you'll find 12 on wuxi-city.com/internet/ to try. Install trials and then try them on place. Read More
Sense of humour in Sweden
Sense of humour is a bit different depending on city or place in Sweden. In Gothenburg our humour is lot about joking about the words. For example, In Gothenburg you could hear something like "The lady is complaining about she is freesing. The ... Read More
The must-try activities in Sweden by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to Sweden is an exciting opportunity to discover a new culture and try things you might not even have heard of before. To make sure other expats and expats-to-be do not miss a thing, would you be able to answer the ...
You are right Finnbo. There are wonderful places to experience in this part of town. I also remember a very famous cafe near slussens subway station. I remember you sat on second or third floor and had a wonderful view over the water. The name of ... Read More
The must-try activities in Sweden by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to Sweden is an exciting opportunity to discover a new culture and try things you might not even have heard of before. To make sure other expats and expats-to-be do not miss a thing, would you be able to answer the ...
I would say "Fika". I think the suedes are the highest coffee consumers in the whole world. I think just the finns are drinking more. With "Fika" it means that people are taking a break with a coffee and maybe a bun, sandwich or ... Read More
The must-try activities in Sweden by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to Sweden is an exciting opportunity to discover a new culture and try things you might not even have heard of before. To make sure other expats and expats-to-be do not miss a thing, would you be able to answer the ...
Ok Finnbo. I'll try to make some more descrition on Midsummer in Sweden. The tradition is very old and, like in other countries, celebrate the sun. In the north of Sweden the sun never goes down. The arctic circle you'll find in Juoksengi. ... Read More
The must-try activities in China by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to China is an exciting opportunity to discover a new culture and try things you might not even have heard of before. To make sure other expats and expats-to-be do not miss a thing, would you be able to answer the following ...
Wonderful story kristovvv. I think you where brave to take initiative to open their eyes. Many people in China actually does not know how the rest of the world look like and are convinced that what they've seen on tv is the reaIity. I also ... Read More
The must-try activities in Sweden by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Moving to Sweden is an exciting opportunity to discover a new culture and try things you might not even have heard of before. To make sure other expats and expats-to-be do not miss a thing, would you be able to answer the ...
Ok, I agree on Stockholm, Gotland; Lappland and Gota kanal but you'll have to try the archipelago in Gothenburg. I've published some pictures on https://www.citygbg.nu/archipelago/map.php . Other places in the west is these ancient carvings ... Read More
How to save money in Sweden by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Did you plan your budget before your move to Sweden? If so, how did you go about it? How do you save money in your day to day life? Do you find there are any areas where you can't cut costs? Do you have any tips about saving ...
Hello Priscilla. I am sorry to I am not able to answer all your questions here. I try a couple. How do you save money in your day to day life? Do you find there are any areas where you can't cut costs? In Sweden we ofetn save money by making ... Read More
Trying to find someone in Sweden! by visions
Hi there, I'm trying to find someone in Sweden. Unfortunately, I don't know where in Sweden she lives. Can anyone guide me to where I can possibly look?Her name is Elizabeth R***. She is in her late 70's or early 80's. I know she has a ...
I found a Thomas ****with an age of 45. I could send you the information I found. Read More
Learning Swedish and hunt for a job opportunity in Sweden by Oanh Lê
Hi everyone, I'm a new member here. I plan to move in with my husband in Sweden end of this year. I was starting to learn Swedish for a few months to get ready well for my new life there. Hope to receive experience from new friends in this ...
It is correct that you'll need the language first to really get swedish, a job and lot of other things. I give you some useful links here. One from SFI is digitala spåret>>> When you are getting better then listen a lot to ... Read More
Living in Arhus and Working in Brande
Here is a couple of solutions. I translated dba.dk to english. I searched for houses or villas here. You could also search for flats. Read More
RESIDENCE PERMIT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS by Faifai05
I am just curious what will happen. My boyfriend and I applied last March 3 and We got an email from Migration Sverket last April 1st to give additional documents but my boyfriend failed to do so because the email went directly to his trash ...
Please RTFM and you'll be wiser. One easier way could be just to visit immigrationsverket. Best way of staying out of trouble is to investigate the law. Welcome to sweden. Read More
Managing day to day life with language for a non Swedish speaker by GuestPoster84
Dear all, I am thinking of moving to Sweden for my higher studies and would like to know about day to day living with English language. For the time being I do not know Swedish at all and I heard that locals would like if the expats speak in ...
As I've written in many topics before. To get good contacts and jobs in sweden you'll need to learn the language. This is like other countries in europe. In france you'll need to learn french, in Italy Italian and so on. I suggest some ... Read More
Nurse job in Sweden as a non EU citizen.
I am also writing a pge with suggestions on how to speak or understand swedish. Please check out world-info.se . I will add more links later. Read More
I have heard its very difficult, if not impossible, to get a job by Sachicaesar
Hi Everyone :cheers: I am a complete newbie here, so please excuse any repetitive, off-topic or stupid questions I may ask. :P First of all, I am so grateful to find this platform where there is a possibility to connect with so many people who ...
I am writing a pge with suggestions for learning Swedish. Please look on world-info.se I will add on some more later. Read More
looking for a job
Welcome to Sweden. I see you handle English well and that you are quite young. I would suggest you try learning Swedish before you get here. then you've got a terrific environment to learn it for real. As I've seen a lot of people from all ... Read More
Nurse job in Sweden as a non EU citizen.
There is a high demand in sweden for people like nurses and doctors. Hospitals like Sahlgrenska are recruiting nurses, doctors and son on from foreign coutries with a special plan for these. Read more on sahlgrenska(translated to english). Welcome ... Read More
I have heard its very difficult, if not impossible, to get a job by Sachicaesar
Hi Everyone :cheers: I am a complete newbie here, so please excuse any repetitive, off-topic or stupid questions I may ask. :P First of all, I am so grateful to find this platform where there is a possibility to connect with so many people who ...
I get a lot of calls from India and UK with people that are born in India. I suggest you try another country like UK instead. In the nordic countries you'll need to speak the language. I hear you indian people got hard speaking swedish danish or ... Read More
Cheapest cities in Sweden by Bhavna
Hello everyone, Budget is an important consideration when moving to Sweden. Ideally, expats would settle down in a city in Sweden where the cost of living is low but where they could also enjoy a decent quality of life. Would you be able to give ...
The tenant compound has published a map with differences in rent for different places in Sweden. I try to translate it to english here>>> the reason to why these villages are the cheapest is, like in other countries, lack of jobs, ... Read More
looking for a job
Ok? I understand. Where are you situated right now? Read More
Cheapest cities in Denmark by Bhavna
Hello everyone, Budget is an important consideration when moving to Denmark. Ideally, expats would settle down in a city in Denmark where the cost of living is low but where they could also enjoy a decent quality of life. Would you be able to ...
Well, as in many toher countries the cheapest towns to live in is these with high unemplyments. If you check DBA.dk(translated to english) you get an idea where the cheapest flats are in denmark. In sweden we use to visit Frederikshavn for ... Read More
Places to visit in Copenhagen by Julie
Hi, For the ones living in Copenhagen, what would you suggest to discover the region? When you have friends or family visiting you, where do you go with them? What are the must-see places in Copenhagen, the tourist sites? How to visit the ...
Yes, and while you are in Dyrehaven try the world oldest tivioli called bakken. You'll get here by the s-train form Copenhagen. A cosy garden where you are able to get in without any fee for entrance. You are also alowed to bring your own food ... Read More
Being convincing to an employer in Denmark by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Finding a job in Denmark is no easy feat. From applying for a job all the way to job interviews, the etiquette can be different abroad. Specially job interviews, that can already be pretty daunting, can feel even worse when set in ...
I would say, as in many other countries, the language is important. Most people understand english in Denmark but to be able to really understand the danes you'll need danish. Check danish programs like https://www.dr.dk/ , https://tv2.dk/, ... Read More
I really like to learn Mandarin Chinese by whiskychocolates
Dear future Chinese friends, I am currently studying in XMU. I am an overseas Chinese. In my first few weeks, I always got lost in the huge campus of XMU. Being a newcomer in the University and latecomer in the classroom had caused me terrible for ...
You'll find a couple of links for leaning chinese on http://wuxi-city.com/culture/language.php Read More
People in Wuxi by Lauren Game
Hi, I recently moved to Wuxi to teach English and am looking to meet new people. Lauren 😊
I see you are writing "I've read that Wuxi has it's own dialect that is not mutually intelligible with Mandarin". What I've seen and heard is that wu dialect still is mandaring but with some strange vocals and shortenings in ... Read More
Want to know??? by Raghu swed
Hello I would like to know ,recently some of My known relatives blaming me for familly dispute regarding financial case wrote in one community Facebook page with My photo and saying all about bad things,i got who created that community page i asked ...
https://www.facebook.com/help/252986458110193?helpref=uf_permalink however https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=188652044665915 Read More
Seeking friends in Sweden that play video games by PixieGwen
Hello :) I am originally from USA - San Diego, California but will be moving to Södra Vi, Sweden with my husband. Seeking friends with similar interests: Video games, movies (especially horror, comedy and sci-fi, bowling, playing pool, reading, ...
Hello pixie and welcome to sweden. I am checking your little village Östra Vi a couple of kilometers from Vimmerby and just finds a small computershop and a smaller webhotell. But the other way, up north, you have the biggest LAN in sweden ... Read More
Life as a female expat in Sweden by Priscilla
Hello, While moving to a new country and discovering new cultures is definitely an exciting adventure, everybody experiences it differently. It can be particularly different for women, in both positive and negative ways. What are some positive ...
"What are some challenges in Sweden that women face, and what are the ways to overcome them?" In sweden you see a lot of weman playing stupid. Just because some dumb culture had told them to. Most of us men love a woman that speaks for her ... Read More
Looking for advice on Divorce by Elvis78
Hi ,I am looking for advice on behalf of my sister who is divorced from a Swedish National concerning her rights etc .The marriage lasted 13 years and in that time they lived in Sweden.When the marriage broke up she returned to Ireland with children ...
Well it depends on if they had written an agreement on property division before the divorce. If they did not then she got rights for half the properties they shared. I mean a prenuptial agreement. If they did not register such an agreement then half ... Read More
Visa to sweden
It looks like if your girlfriend is from Vietnam she needs visa. You should read this page where you see how to achieve a visa https://www.migrationsverket.se/English/Startpage.html If you'll find it difficult then do not hesitate contacting ... Read More
Cooking like a local in Denmark
I think you should visit some of the cafées, restaurants and so on in Copenhagen. Visit them when they are nearly empty. Most danes love chatting with their guests and I am convinced you'l get plenty of tips here. I am describing some ... Read More
Looking for accommodation in Copenhagen.
When talking about appartments, houses and so on I should suggest https://www.dba.dk/boliger/ but maybe you could need some with the danish language because you'll get difficulties using google translate here. Read More
Trip to Denmark by Masha and Fonari
Hi everyone, I am planning my trip to Denmark this summer of a week. What are the best things to do? I will be glad to hear any advice. :) Could you swim in Denmark in the sea in summer?
Depends on what you would like to see. Usually I visit the worlds oldest tivoli when I visit copenhagen. The park is amasing. You don't pay any entrance and are allowed to bring food with you. That leads to you are also able to get a good meal ... Read More
Denmark v/s Sweden
1) I would say some of the small cities around copenhagen. Like Roskilde, Nallerup, Herlev and so on. In Sweden I would say the northern parts of Sweden like Ostersund, Lulea, Haparanda. 2) I beleive the've got quite a good economy. However ... Read More
Keeping in touch while living in China by Priscilla
Hello everyone, What are the best ways you've found for keeping in touch with friends and family back home while living in China? How frequently do you stay in touch with loved ones? Are there local equivalents to common instant messaging and ...
Well, I am using skype when visiting China. It worked last year. I've been trying some of the other applications you are writing about here but didn't feel comfortable with them. I also heard that many of these are followed by authorities in ... Read More
China's most expensive cities by Priscilla
Hello everyone, What are the most expensive cities to live in China? What are the costs of things such as rent, utilities, weekly groceries, dining out, etc.? What is the lifestyle like in these cities, for expats and locals? What are the ...
I cannot say I am experienced with costs in China. I just lived one month in Wuxi last autumn. Howvere, I saw big differences in appartments. I saw one flat where you paid about 1000 Yuan per month but then the electric bill where also about that ... Read More