Course descriptions

Here are the descriptions of those courses that we took in september-december 2008.

Metal Culture

This slideshow was made from an alumn for the subject “Finnish for Foreigners”. The content is about Finnish music and the difference about the interpretation of Metal culture in different countries.

Going to Mikkeli from Bremerhaven, Germany

The easiest way to go to Finland in general and more specifically going to Mikkeli from Bremerhaven is taking a plane. Ryanair offers cheap flights from Bremen to Tampere. Depending on the time between booking and flight the price is about 30-40€. The disadvantage is the limit for baggageweight of 15kg for suitcases, bags or [...]

How Mikkeli seems to me

Once I met with a finnish guy and he told me “Mikkeli is the real Finland”. I do not know Finland so well, but Mikkeli is a small town with many inhabitants and a few foreigners. And that is the reason why I chose Mikkeli instead of a big town (for example Helsinki). The streets [...]

Impressions from a BME student 2.

Two students from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) were studying in Mikkeli in autumn of 2008. As Attila posted before, the requirements were lower than in my home university.The other differences in brief: – More activity on the courses. For example on CISCO course, you have to use the devices, on other [...]

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden, with a population of 794,494 inhabitants (1.95 million in its metropolitan area) is home to around 21% of Sweden’s population. As the state capital, Stockholm is the site of  and the Swedish government and parliament. It is also the residence of head of state, King Carl [...]

Riga

Riga is the capital of the Baltic Republic of Latvia. It is the largest city in the Baltic states and the biggest cultural, educational, political, financial, trade and industry in the region. It is located on the shores of the Baltic Sea, near the mouth of the Daugava River in the Gulf of Riga. The [...]

Kasarmin kampus

In the middle of the Campus there is the canteen. It will be easy to find, becouse most of the people are there during the day. The menu is on the: student.mikkeliamk.fi webpage. Click on Ruokalistat, then, select Kasarmin kampuksen!

Finnish ice hockey

Milestones of Finnish Ice Hockey 1899 Suomen Urheilulehti (‘Finnish Sports Magazine’) publishes the first article of a game resembling ice hockey being played in Finland. The game that was played in Helsinki bore characteristics of both bandy and hockey. 1926 On Boxing Day, Mr. Yrjö Salminen, the Chairman of the Finnish Skating Association, carries a [...]

Sauna in MOAS

During your stay in Finland,  by living in MOAS you can also enjoy the Sauna culture, in this case, the Sauna is located on the basements of the Moas1 building. The Timetable of our Moas Sauna is: Tuesday:   17-22 Wednesday:    17-22 Friday:    17-22 Saturday:    15-22