International Student Festival in Trondheim, ISFiT 2007

The biggest, the greatest, the coldest... the Best!

Around 500 participants gathered here, on a clear and sunny but very cold and windy weather, attended the lectures and workshops for ten days. So many people, so many nations, so many cultures...


By MILOŠ JOVANOVIĆ
from Belgrade, SERBIA


Long time we have waited to visit this lovely town on the north-west coast of Norway. From 16th till 25th of February, town was the host of International Students Festival in Trondheim 2007, the biggest event of its kind in the world.

Around 500 participants gathered here, on a clear and sunny but very cold and windy weather,attendedthe lectures andworkshops. Policy of the organizers was very strict, so students didn't have much chance to skip work and go to the town for sightseeing.

So after morning lecture and workshop discussions we "enjoyed" lunch and had some time to rest and have fun.

ISFiT organizers have planed one day of sport activities on snow where we had a chance to enjoy cross country skiing and butt-racing on garbage bags. So many people, so many nations, so many cultures, so many costumes...

One of the higlight events of ISFiT 07 was World Parliament experiment. Delegations of whole the world discussed the problem of 50 years long crises in Sudan trying to test democratic principals and making discussions on a global level.

Parties!? Yes, there were a lot of them! Pics... well, due to very strict alcohol policy in Norway, your reporter was thrown out of there couple of times, so if you imagine the average good party attended by several hundreds of people plus a hundred more of very beautiful and very drunk (Russians are babies for them) Norwegian girls (the smartest blonds I've met), then you'll be able to create your own picture instead of me.

After many sleepless nights, it was time for farewell photos, exchange of contacts, hugs & kisses, promises that we'll see each other before next similar occasion.

Thank God for the Internet! We have plenty of time to make plans for next ISFiT. Next time we visit Trondheim we will beat that alcohol policy, I promise! However, I doubt we'll be able to beat Norwegian girls in drinking... Long live ISFiT!