Blog 11 May - Koen

Wicher 2023-05-12 19:12

After a long day of travelling yesterday, we had a calm morning where most people of the group came to the breakfast around 9:00.

At 12:10 the part of the group that was still at the hostel met up and went to the institute of today, which was the Medical Physics Department of the University of Bergen.The rest of the group went into the city centre already or hike up the mountain a bit. At 13:00 we all met up and went to the institute.

After we visited the institute a part of the group went back to the bus, but unfortunately that broke down and they had to improvise to get back to the hostel. A few other people went to the bolder hall.

After having cooked som food (or heated it up in the microwave) most of us went to the common room. There people played some games and watched the Eurovision song festival.

Blog 10 May - Shen

Wicher 2023-05-11 09:06, laatste update 2023-05-11 09:08

Today we had to get up very early to leave the hostel at 5.15 in order to catch the train from Gothenburg to our new destination: Bergen.

First we took the train to Oslo, which was a trip of around 3.5 hour. Fortunately we had more than two hours to kill there, which gave us plenty of time to explore the capital city of Norway.

Some of us went to the roof of the Oslo Opera House to get a nice view of the harbour. After that we also went to the Akershus Fortress and the Oslo Domskirke, where a memorial stood to commemorate the terrorist attacks in Norway in 2011.

We then took the train from Oslo to Bergen which took ~7 hours. During the trip we same some beautiful s lakes to waterfalls and snowy fields. During a short break we decided to have a quick snowball fight with luckily no casaulties reported.
Once we arrived in Bergen it was already past 19 thus we went straight to the hostel and checked in. After eating a frozen pizza (after it was put in a warm oven) I played a game of foosball with a few others and then headed off to bed for our day tomorrow.

Blog 9 May - Wicher

Wicher 2023-05-10 06:36

Today we got up early at 7 o'clock, after a night without to much sleep. We stayed up late because we were trying to see the northern lights, unfortunately without success.

In the morning we visited the Wallenberg Center for Quantum Technology (WACQT) where we met Johan Veiga Benesch. He gave an overview of the progress of research of Quantum Technology. He also gave different uses for the technology like communication, sensors and mainly computers. After that Mats Granath gave a talk, also about quantum computers but this time about quantum error correction and repetition code.

Lastly we got a look at the cryostats where the quantum computers are actually located.

This was the only free afternoon in Gothenburg so we had a lot to see. We first went to a park to get some ice cream because of the nice weather. Near that park were the botenical garden which we visited next and after that we went to one of the biggest sailing ships in Scandinavia.

Others used the afternoon to take a boat to different islands (and delivered some packages).

In the evening some of us went to the Swedish fastfood chain max and discovered that it was actually pretty good.

Then we packed our bags and went to bed early to prepare for our trip tomorrow.

Blog 8 May - Fabian

Wicher 2023-05-09 11:13

Today we woke up in Gothenburg for the first time and took off for our visit to the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers. After we had a nice talk from a Dutch intern student about creating an educational escape room, we got introduced to the work of the Equestrian Sports Science institute. The presentation taught us about the similarities between researching horses and astronomy, the heat conductivity of hooves and the ethics of putting horses on Mars.

After a nice lunch in the sun, it was time for the next institute: the Optical Levitation Laboratory. They showed us a setup where they caught a water droplet with a laser and let it levitate until it evaporated. After this, some PhD students told us about their different research projects. Of course there was a fika afterwards.

Once the long day was over, the group split up. People had a quick meal and went bouldering, had drinks at the park, went looking for cute animals or took a rest from the long day.

Blog 8 May - Odilia

Wicher 2023-05-08 17:43, laatste update 2023-05-08 17:53

Today we traveled from Stockholm to Gothenburg. We took our time in the morning for getting up, eating breakfast and packing the last things.
After we walked with all our bags through Stockholm to central station. We had a direct train to Gothenburg from there in which we were divided into three coaches. At one of the stops, coach number 4 had his own small little reality tv scene. A man in there had a little too much to drink of his enormous whisky bottle (reminder that it was 12.30 pm) so he was escorted out of the train.
Besides that we were also greeted by very nice views.

In Gothenburg we took a bus to our hostel. Two people had to take a second because the bus wouldn't allow more people in. After we dropped our stuff, a group went to a park nearby to enjoy the great weather.

Then of course it was time for dinner. We have a great kitchen in the hostel so all of us chose to cook and eat in the hostel. We again split in different groups and I was part of the wraps group.

When all the dishes were done some people still chilled a bit in the kitchen area and played some games.