New immigrants in Sundsvall, same old problems
“If I can make it there I will make it anywhere…” (The Theme song of “New York, New York”). This song is sang on New York but can easily used when new immigrants will be asked to describe their integration in Sundsvall. This problem was not overlooked by Sundsvall kommun that issued a brochure called [...]
Jobs in Sundsvall, now via Twitter
Now there is an easy way to get upadated on the latest job offers in Sundsvall. Via @Job_Sundsvall twitter feed you can see job vacancies, posting time and link to the ad. See here the current jobs in Sundsvall.
Dragons signed Miroslav Todic
Sundsvall Dragons had signed the Bosnian player Miroslav Todic from the Greek club Gymnastikos Olympia Larissas. Todic, 25, 2.08 m, played in the power forward position and is supposed to give the team the support under the basket that is the weak spot of the Dragons this season. Todic professional carrier is quite short but he [...]
Café Gullgården, Norra Berget’s fika place
The Sami national day celebrated in Sundsvall was a good oppertunity to visit Café Gullgården on Norra Berget. The cafè that is running for some years is going to be closed in August this year since it is not making enough money to cover the costs. To be more exact it needs to earn at [...]
Sundsvallers leaving their cars home
“To work without car” is a new campaign that will convince you to use public transportation instead of personal car. Back in November we reported on a survey done by the kommun that found that publc transportation is one of the most urgent problems for people in Sundsvall. Moreover, according to the kommun 40% of [...]
Easy guide to Sundsvalls sjukhuset scandals [updated]
This story has everything, politics, protectionism, lying and deceiving. For the last 2 months Sundsvalls sjukhuset is supplying a weekly dose of scandals. It all started in Summer 2009 with Västernorrland’s landstingsstyrelse to fire 500 employees at the hospital. Although the consequences of that decision can affect all people in the region it went relatively without [...]
They are Sweden’s bloggers of the year
The Swedish blogosphere and social media had its night of glory at Stora Bloggpriset in Stockholm. Aftonbladet and Blogportalen awarded Sweden’s best bloggers in 7 categories. Culture and entertainment Blogger: Navid Modiri, 27, from Göteborg. Blog: 365 saker Politics and society Blogger: Gun Svensson, 72, Norrtälje. Blog: Farmor Gun i Norrtälje Design Namn: Emma Fexeus, 30, Stockholm. Blog: Emmas designblogg Gadgets Namn: Mattias Karlsson, 35, Jönköping. Blog: [...]
Swedish Beach Tour is back again
The Swedish Beach Tour taken place last year is back with a vengeance. Last year the rainy July turned Stora torget’s volleyball tournament into a muddy one. However it was successful enough to convince the tournament organizers to return to Sundsvall again. So on Summer 2010 between the 15 and 17 of July The Swedish Beach [...]
There aren’t free meals in Sweden
There aren’t free meals in Sweden and they are just getting more expensive. According to Gastrogate’s price index lunch prices in Sweden’s major cities continue to increase despite the financial crisis. The average lunch price in Sweden is 74.50kr, an increase of 3.3% from 2008. Gastrogate’s research is based on 271,906 menus from 657 restaurants with [...]
Dragons beat Uppsala 98 – 81
The game is covered live via Twitter in the feed below between 18:30 and 21:00.
New studying abroad programs for MIUN students
As from 2010 MIUN is going to funding more studying visits abroad for the university’s students and teachers. MIUN is among the 37 high education institutes that were awarded funding to increase mobilization between the university and universities abroad. Out of 14 million kronas in state funding MIUN recieved 412,000kr. Source: Sverige Radio
Editorial Blog
"This week was the beginning cooperation with Sundsvall Dragons, Sweden’s basketball league chamapion 2009 and as from last Tuesday the champion of social media in Sweden. The dragons’ match against Uppsala was covered with the help of two social media tool, Twitter for the minute by minute updates and Tweetphoto for the images from the [...] "
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