Norway

Housing
You can arrange housing through with the university through SIT:

https://hybel.sit.no/

Or independently through:

https://hybel.no/

https://www.finn.no/realestate/lettings/search.html?sort=PUBLISHED_DESC

EU Residents

 * You have 3 months to register once arriving

Visa / Resident Permit

 * Some non-EU citizens may need a visa to come to Norway, others do not
 * All non-EU citizens will need to get a study residence permit for Norway
 * This should be done before coming to Norway (during corona times you need to be accepted before entering the country)
 * You will need to register with the police shortly after arriving (in the city center of Trondheim)

Money

 * The Norwegian Krone is used in NOK (1 Euro ~ 10 NOK)

Banks

 * You will need a to be registered and visit the tax office to open a bank account
 * Once you have a bank account you can get a BankID which is Norway's official way to do anything online (including online banking)
 * Vipps is a phone money transfer system very popular in Norway, to get it you need a BankID and a Norwegian phone number

Erasmus+ Grant

 * All students (EU or Non-EU) can apply for an Erasmus+ grant during their semester at NTNU. This grant is worth around 350 euros a month while you are in Norway
 * There are limitations to the total number of months you can receive this grant (added on top of your days from DTU)
 * The application for this is submitted through TU Delft and requires approval from NTNU
 * You will need to write a summary essay at the end of your semester and submit it to the Erasmus program

Cabins

 * There is a huge cabin culture in Norway and you should take advantage of it
 * There are cabins through NTNUI (student sport association) which you can rent for 40 nok a night
 * all over Trondelag (maybe 30 of them)
 * no electricity or plumbing just wood stove and candles
 * suuuper hygge
 * some are really easy to get to, some take a bit of a tougher hike and some route finding to get to
 * There are cabins through DNT (Norwegian hiking association) a little more expensive but there are more of them

Hiking

 * A great app which maps out all the hikes in Trondheim "UT".
 * https://ut.no/
 * even some good parks around Trondheim (Bymarka to the West and Estenstadmarka to the east)
 * Storfossen is a cool big waterfall just to the East of Trondheim (take the bus to hommelvik and hike from there)


 * There is great hiking all around Norway
 * Trollheimen are the closest large mountains a couple hours south
 * There are berries all along trails in the summer months, eat lots of them



Skiing

 * Cross country skiing is very popular in the Trondheim area, you can find very cheap skis on fb marketplace, Finn (Norwegian Ebay), or at Fretex (a secondhand shop)
 * https://www.finn.no/
 * There are lots of trails around the city in Bymarka and in Estenstadmarka including many trails that are lit at night and some that are groomed
 * A good place to find skiing tracks with live updated on grooming check the link below. (Can also be downloaded as an app)
 * https://skisporet.no/setView/63.8575883/12/6.23/norges_grunnkart

Restaurants

 * Restaurants are too expensive here, learn to cook
 * the top of Tyholt Tarnett (the tall tower) has an all you can eat pizza buffet for lunch and a couple nights a week

Bars

 * Studenter samfundet - big student bar near the main gloshaugen campus
 * Den Gode Naboen nice bar near the old bridge cool wooden vibe lots of beer
 * Antikvariatet nice bar near the old bridge - lots of books feels like a book store
 * Super hero burger

Museums/Sites

 * Nidaros cathederal
 * Art museum