Dear all, this is perhaps off topic, therefore I place this thread in this section. I found research project at Stockholm University. Since I am not Erasmus or PhD/PostDoc, the uni does not provide (temporary) housing for me. I have already posted messages on a forum of the campus close to the uni, asked the exchange office of the uni etc. But so far, without success.

Can anyone share their tips and tricks to finding a room/studio in a foreign country? I have never been to Stockholm and do not know anyone there yet, and also I do not speak Swedish yet.

Thanks in advance,

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My son will be starting a masters in Lund in Sweden this September and we are in the process of sorting out his accommodation. I presume you are familar with www.studera.nu? Other websites we were advised to look at were:

www.afb.se - you can get housing there but it is based on a queue system and can take a long time to be at the front of the queue.
www.bopoolen.nu - people rent out rooms, (sorry this seems to be 'lund-specific' though maybe if you have a look at it you might find a link off it)
www.blocket.se - people rent rooms on this too. It is harder to navigate as it is in Swedish but you should be able to select your location from the map and work from there - lagenheter uthyres and rooms and apartments for rent will come up.

It's difficult, I agree. He is an EU student so will get a temporary social security number emailed to him this Thursday (or so he assures me!). This will entitle him to register on the 'afb' website.

Good luck with your hunt

Thanks for the reply.

I was not told anything about a temporary social security number. Is it a necessity to live in Sweden? When I registered as a student at the uni, I just gave my date of birth where Swedish people put their social security number.

Gr,

that sounds about right. He got offered his place about a month ago but can only apply for student accom from this Thursday when he thinks he is getting a Lund email address. My son is at work at the moment but I'll ask him tonight for more details and post back here.

Hi I am moving with a job to an EU country next month and went mad looking for a flat. I searchedon many websites which were in the local language and all asked for so much commission via agents etc. Then a friend's friend told me he is moving out of his apartment and I took it! My advice is spread the word that you are looking - via friends in your current city, friends in the country you are moving to, Facebook - someone will know someone who knows someone?

Hey Platypus

My son tells me that come Thursday he has been told that he will be emailed a temporary social security number which means he can apply for on-campus accommodation plus I suppose a part time job if there is any of those in Sweden! He is from an EU country so I don't know if that makes a difference.