The UC House

Hello everyone !

Today I’ll talking about my student life at the UC House. First of all, UC House is a student residence for people who study in UCN Hobrovej or UCN Sofiendalsvej (For my part I study in the second campus). It’s a small flat situated in the Aalborg’s suburb, but it’s not very far from the center.

When I have class, I usually take about 20 minutes to go by foot. During my spare time, I like going to the living room because I think it’s the best spot to meet other foreign students and to know each other. It’s a wonderful experience to discover new cultures ! However my favourite activity is to play table tennis, because I often play amazing games with Marijn, one of my Dutch friends.

Otherwise there is the UC House bar. At the beginning nobody knew this area, but when Dutch guys and I have discovered this, we said it’s the perfect area to welcome some people in order to organize parties ! Thus we decided to clean up, and now we can spend good time there.

When I moved in UC House, I was so disappointed because there is not a fitness room, and I cant’t do my workout exercises inside because I live with a roommate. Fortunately I found a small vacant room: I decided to clean up and to take out dirty stuff, so now I work out every day in this room.

Also I like cooking, all the more so as my room is situated close to the kitchen ! When I was in France, I didn’t use to cook but now I do. For instance I cooked plates of lentils and carrots (usually serve with sausages), rice and pastas. My favourite plate is the first one because it takes a lot of time and you’re so happy to savour it after !

Actually I spend little time in my room. I prefer working on my computer in the living room or at the university. For the everyday life It’s easy to use the washing-machines, even if it costs 20 Danish Kroners. However the price is not a problem: I always do the laundry with one of my French friends (yes of course I met French guys  too!).

To conclude, I think UC House is a good student residence to find a balance between student life and class at the university. The main issue here is we have to pay the bus to reach the city center because it’s about one hour to go by foot there…

Thank you for reading!

Olivier.