What to pack?

It is Saturday, maybe the time to start thinking about packing your stuff. Below are some tips about the weather and what you might need during your visit to Malmö.

Weather

Swedes love the good old saying, ‘There is no bad weather, just bad clothes’. Hence, we want you to be prepared for the weather.

May is the beginning of the real Swedish summer. Nevertheless, Malmö is situated at the coast so the weather could get windy at times including some minor rains. The temperature is around 15 degree Celsius. According to  the weather forecast next week will be quite warm and sunny. The temperature in Malmö will vary from 11 to 15degrees in the mornings and from 20 to 22 in the daytimes. We would, however, still advice you to bring along some raincoats.

In May, the sun would be likely to set a bit later at night. We therefore advise you to tag along a sleep eye cover, or a sleeping mask in case you have trouble sleeping in the light.

Internet

There will be free of charge Internet access provided through entire conference. The wireless internet in public area in Sweden is almost accessible everywhere for no charge. You can sit in the café or everywhere in our university area to get a Wi-Fi on your smart phone.

Another alternative is to top up to a certain amount of money on Swedish sim card by many providers. Upon arrival you will receive a mobile sim-card with your Swedish number, which you will be able to use during the stay. The top up can be done at any convenient stores, for example ‘7 Eleven’ just near the conference venue Orkanen.

Laptops

It would be nice for you to have your personal laptop with you.  This will help you to draft your team’s proposals for the manifesto, quickly find necessary information and use FB and twitter to communicate with your new friends. Please remember that for the conference on twitter we use the tag #suic_malmo.

Electricity: Adapter

In Europe, including Sweden, the power sockets differ from those from America, Australia or Asia as shown in the image below. To avoid the problem of charging your phones or laptops everywhere during your stay in Malmö, it is advisable to bring a traveling adapter from your home country.