Post: #1

Hey Guys! I am new to here!

So my background is this: I am an Chinese guy who have lived in the U.S. for 3 years and now i am planning to move to Europe. A Erasmus program offer me this option:

1 year in Lund, Sweden or Twente, Holland.

1 year in 2 of these: Iceland, Southampton, Warsaw.

About my appearance, I am 5'11, looks like that athlete Liu Xiang, 160ibs, and with American accent.

I was told that all these cities are relatively easier than the U.S., but is my race a barrier? Would Polish people be racists to me?

I really appreciate for your answers.

BTW, the U.S. is too unfriendly for Asian guys.

Post: #2

I can't speak for picking between these choices and for how various Europeans would treat a Chinese guy, but I think you're on the good path as long as you stay out of Southampton. Maybe you should pick based on what appeals to you, rather than whether you appeal to them.

Post: #3

Never been to Lund or Twente. I've been to Reykavic, Warsaw and Southampton and Reykavic was easily the best. I was there in the spring though so it is probably a bit grim in the winter when the sun doesn't even rise and maybe really nice but maybe horrible in the summer when it doesn't set at all.

I'm not sure how being Chinese will affect you but it would probably work against you in Southampton (there are a lot of Polish there which has bought out a big anti foreign attitude, although that's only the lower class people and you probably want nothing to do with those girls anyway anyway. I'd imagine it might work in your favour in in Iceland and be quite polarising in Poland but I'm not Chinese and only have extensive knowledge of Southampton out of the three.

Iceland will also be significantly more expensive to live in and Poland will be significantly cheaper - the others will all be slightly more expensive than the US.

If you're a fan of football (soccer), that would be the only advantage of living in Southampton (going to see the Premier League games) and is the only thing I miss about it (aside from its reasonably close proximity to London but if you want London, it would make more sense just to move there).

Post: #4

Twente isn't a happening region of the Netherlands. It doesn't have any significant cities or college towns, the only university there is pretty small.

Doing a year each in Warsaw and Iceland, rather than just 1 year in Lund, seems like a no brainer.