We highly recommend having a fully functioning phone while abroad. Relying solely on WiFi is typically not sufficient. Check with you phone service provider about international plans, or use a local SIM card. To use a local SIM card, your phone must be unlocked. If your phone is paid off, you can ask your phone service provider for the unlock code. Make sure you do this before you go abroad.

Here are some comments from previous students:

• You will have to get a sim card when you get there, they sell minutes (pay as you go) at 7 Eleven.
• Meet a Swedish, Norwegian, or Finnish student and have them buy you a SIM card due to their EU wide connection for a low flat rate, unlimited data etc.
• I had T-Mobile which gave me unlimited data and text wherever I went which was really convenient.