I didn´t really make Swedish friends also people I was talking to were really nice. But, as I was living in Jägargatan with other international students and some of my friends from Heidelberg were in Stockholm at the same time I already had some people around me. It would have been nice to make Swedish friends but I didn´t grow lonely.
The only Swedish person I was in contact the entire time, was a member of my group at the KI. The other members were in Sweden for some time but originally from Germany or Russia. Nonetheless, I could discuss with them anything about swedish culture and language I came across. Especially during lunch we were talking a lot and consequently often about food. So I learned about Kanelbullar, Lucecatter and Semla and that Wiener Schnitzel is in Sweden accompanied by fish. As me group had the tradition to eat cake on friday, I wanted to bring a Schwarzwälder Cherrypie. This wash´t as easy as I had thought. Apparently there is no usage for cherry preserves in Sweden and I had to travel some shops to get my cherries. Also sweden is not this far away and different from Germany there are a lot of differences where you don´t expect it.
My other swedish contact persons were the people from "Global friends". I attended a trip to Solvik, a cabin outside of Stockholm and a Kanelbullar backing lesson, they organized. Both of it was a lot of fun.
For Halloween a friend of me and I went to a students dinner. The food was good and there was a program and a lot of singing. The program seemed to be pretty funny but as it was swedish we did not really understand it. Some of the songs we could understand and sing with the help of the program.
I spent most of my free time with a friend to walk Stockholm visiting churches and museums. Especially the Vasa museet and Skansen and of course the castle I can highly recommend. But also the Fotografiska with changing photo exhibitions was really nice.
Compared to Germany it is rather expensive to go out for the evening, resulting in a lot of funny kitchen parties ;)
If you stay over December you should try to visit a lucia concert and see the firework for New Years Eve from Slussen.
Outside Stockholm I visited Drottningsholm where the royal family is living and went by train to Upssalla for one day.
Also always funny, especially with a lot of people from your accommodation, are the cruises to the other Baltic countries. I visited Helsinki, Tallinn and Riga and especially Tallinn is worth a travel. You can also go to Kopenhagen and St. Petersburg but for the last one you need a passport, which is valid at least half a year. The cruises start in the evening and the next day you reach your destination where you can spend the day and then go back to Stockholm in the evening. Especially if you share your cabin with others and bring your own food it is a really cheap way to travel. Other advantages are that you can see the archipelago skärgarden by Stockholm and of course the duty free shops on board.