Greetings from Wiener Neustadt, Austria!
My 4 month exchange semester in Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt is almost in the end and I’m heading back to Finland next week. Time here has gone really fast and it has been so amazing. I have met a lot of new people from all around the world, made longlasting friendships, travelled in three different countries, and not forgetting, the studies.
Our faculty FHWN
I have been in Austria several times before, so I have known something about Austrian culture, but now of course even more. Wiener Neustadt is a small city, with 43 000 inhabitants near Vienna. It takes around 30-40 minutes by train from Wiener Neustadt to Vienna, so basically you can visit there every day.
Austria-round-trip and beautiful Hallstatt
Wiener Wiesn-Fest in Vienna with my Dirndl-ladies
Here we have around 30 exchange students from different countries, for instance Finland, Ireland, the USA, Portugal, Italy, Peru, Taiwan and South Korea. I have learned a lot of different cultures and improved my English and German skills.
The best experiences in last months have been travelling new places, meeting awesome people, hiking and rafting in beautiful landscapes and -of course- cheap Austrian wine.
HC Slovan Bratislava – SKA St. Petersburg hockey game in Bratislava
Hiking on the top of Steinwandklamm
Exploring sunny Budapest
Rafting in Wildalpen
Christmas market in the city center Wiener Neustadt
This place is starting to feel like home and I wouldn’t even want to leave back to Finland. I could definetely see myself living in Austria or somewhere else abroad in the future.
Liebe Grüße,
Anniina xx
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