Travel

Because of your residency permit you are allowed to travel freely in the European Union, excluding some countries though, like the UK and Ireland and some others. You can drive your own car if you are over the age of 18 and have a valid driving license from your home country, it is valid for one year but then you would have to get Swedish license to continue driving legally. Anyone under the age of 26 can get standby or last minute tickets on an airplane and train which costs 30 SEK single anywhere in the country. But this is only possible if there are any spare seats that are not taken. Which is a very good idea why have them unoccupied when you can earn a little bit of money which is still better than nothing. Students also get 30% train discounts with their student/union card. It is a lot cheaper if you book well in advance and online. If you have flexible dates then it is even better. There are night trains to Denmark, Germany and Norway leaving from Stockholm and other train station on the way.Sweden also has double decker high speed trains which is mad.







University unions organise a lot of trips for students to neighbouring countries such as Finland, Russia, Estonia and so on. Those are usually cheaper than if you would have went on your own because of bigger groups of people.
There are also tickets that are valid all over the country or the whole EU, depending on which one you buy.


The popular InterRail Global Pass grants entry to 30 different countries. You can choose either five days' unlimited travel in any ten-day period (€249/£187 for a 2nd class adult ticket, €159/£119 youth), ten days' unlimited travel in any 22-day period (€359 adult/€239 youth), continuously for 22 days (€469 adult/€309 youth) or one month (€599 adult/€399 youth). Supplement fees from €2 to €25 are applicable on some trains.



- An InterRail One Country Pass allows you to explore the ins and outs of a single European country for one month. This pass has extra benefits, such as discounted travel in the country you explore (except Britain) and prices vary from country to country. For example, it costs €71 to visit Austria, or €32 for the Czech Republic. Again, prices are lower for youth travellers.