This arctic city is not only packed with culture and history, it’s also one of the best places to see the northern lights.
Working hours is regulated in Norway by the law. During a week, it's normal to work 37 hours, that is 7, 5 hours per day. However, some professions have a lot of overtime work, and doctor is one of those professions.
While participating in the professional exchange, it is expected that you work 7,5 hours per day. You will start at 08.00, that’s when they have the morning meeting, and finish at about 16:00.
In Norway the scrubs you wear in the hospital is provided by the hospital. You come into work wearing your everday clothes, change into scrubs, and change back to your own clothes at the end of the day and dispose of the scrubs (in specific bins). Prior to your first day or on your first day, depending on when you'll be arriving, you'll be shown where you can find these scrubs.We aspire to find researchers that can encourage students and ensure recognition on their subject of research.
The most recent research project was about placentas and the exchange student participating in this research project got to be a cowriter of the research paper!
- The Cathedral
- Polaria
- Polar park
- Rock Carvings at Tennes
- Northen Lights
Climate:
The climate in Norway is much colder than in the countries in the south. Tromsø is a city in the north of Norway and the average temperature in January is -5 degrees, but because of the openess of the landscape, and thus lots of cold wind, the average effective temperature is about -10 to -15 degrees. But do keep in mind that it can get colder than that still. We therfore encourage ont the strongest that you bring warm clothes (see below).
Winter Darkness:
Since Tromsø is almost at the «top» of the northern hemisphere, the winters are dark. It's dark also at daytime but the sky is lit up with stars and aurora borrealis (northeren lights). The lightest it gets is dawn, which is from around 10.00 to 13.00. Before and after that time it will be almost completely dark.
Clothing:
When staying in Tromsø there is no need to bring summer clothes, like shorts and T-shirts. You have to have warm clothes. You need gloves, scarf, a hat, insulated shoes, a woollen jumper, woollen socks and a warm jacket. This might be hard to get in your own countries, so after you arrive I can join you to a sports shop here in Tromsø, and help you buy the things you need (can also get it cheaper due to christmas sale in beginning of january). We might have some things here that you can borrow as well so you don’t have to buy it all.
Food and other expences:
Norway is an expensive country! Food, clothes, trips etc. costs a good deal of money, but most of the products have in return good quality. You won`t get fooled by buying clothes, trips, etc in Norway, there is no bargaining on the prices.
Eating on a restaurant cost from 10-25 € for a dish. Dinner at the student cafeteria is 8 €, a beer at a bar about 7 €.
One night at a hotel is about 100 € for a normal room. Bread at the supermarket is about 2 €, milk 1,5 €, 1 L of gasoline 1,6€, taxi from the airport 30€ , and a bus ticket is about 3€(the prices are in euros, so you can relate to them more easily. Norway is not a part of the European Union, and our current is Norwegian krone (NOK) (1€ is about 10 NOK).
The Leo and Lore in Tromsø will be responsible for the sosial porgram and can also work out in collaboration with the incomings dependig on their wishes and our budget etc.
We usually have some activities such as: