Seminarievägen

Seminarievägen 24 is a Swedish student complex in Växjö in southern Sweden. It has a population of approximately 156 students. Seminarievägen is the main student housing facility in downtown Växjö. In recent years a substantial increase of exchange students being offered housing in Seminarievägen has occurred. Approximately some 20% of the residents are Swedish, making it a very an international and multicultural population. The distance to Växjö University is 4.5 km. After the summer 2007 building D will be inhabited by high school students.Fact|date=April 2007 Furthermore, all Swedish residents will have to move out of the buildings A, B, and C.Fact|date=April 2007

Prominent Resident Nationalities

German, Austrian, French,Turkish, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Polish, Canadian, American, Mexicans and Portugese.

Facilities

4 buildings each consisting of 3 floors with 13 rooms per floor. Private rooms have the size of approx. 20 square meters and come with en suite bathrooms, Internet (10 MBit/s) and TV access. Each floor also has a communal kitchen and living room. Building C provides a common laundry and sauna facility.

History

* Built in the 1960s it is one of the oldest student housing facilities in Växjö.
* The basement of Seminarievägen 24B is also home to the oldest student pub Pudas.

Notable locations

* Växjö University has 14.000 students (2004).
* PUDAS Student pub, oldest student pub in Växjö (Building B).

External links

* Växjö City [http://www.vaxjo.se/ Official Site] In Swedish, English, German and Japanese
* PUDAS Student Pub [http://www.pudas.se/ Official Site] In Swedish and English
* Housing Company [http://www.hyresbostaderivaxjo.se/ Official Site] In Swedish and English
* Växjö University [http://www.vxu.se/ Official Site] In Swedish and English