Internship in Shanghai

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In Shanghai you can live in one of the following types of accommodation with indicative price information: apartments (€300-€450) or hostels (€350-€450).

To go around, Shanghai has a couple of most commonly used means of transportation: Subway (inner city trips €0,3 – €4), Taxi (inner city trips €2 – €6), or Bus (inner city trips €0,5 – €2).

For your basic shopping needs, you can choose between small stores and large supermarkets. Here some of the available stores and supermarkets: Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Tesco, Metro, Chengshi Supermarket.

You can use both GMS and CDMA mobile phones in Shanghai. As long as your current mobile is unlocked you can choose from any of the following network providers: China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom.

Shanghai has many different malls and area’s where you can shop, eat, lounge and relax, all located in and around the center: East Nanjing Road, West Nanjing Road, Cloud Nine Shopping Mall, Printemps, Shanghai Times Square, Super Brand Mall.

In-case you want to go out at night or in the day-time during the weekend you can catch a movie at one of the many cinema’s available in Shanghai: Wanda International Cinemas, Jinyi International Cinemas, Grand Cinema, Hengshan Cinema, Kodak Cinema World.

Shanghai is a city in which you will find food from all over the world and many different parts of Mainland China: Laris, Organic Kitchen Shanghai, Bali Laguna, Bukhara Grill, City Dinner, Simply Thai, Mealbay, ElementFresh. You can also eat in many of the city’s major shopping mall food courts.

If you like nightlife you will be able to go out at many different clubs or café’s in Shanghai: The Shelter, Muse, M1NT, Dada, M2, Club G Plus, Obama Club, The Angelina Pub and many more. Clubs generally start to become busy around midnight and close early morning.

For people that like to go to the Salon, Barbershop, Spa, or get a good massage Shanghai has plenty of choice from different service providers: Benson Salon, Eric Paris Salon, SkinCity 5.5 Spa, Quan Spa, Green Massage and many more.

In-case you like sport and recreation you can fitness in many different places like Will’s Fitness Club, Eternity Fitness. Furthermore you also have many different expat hash clubs. For recreation you can go to Shanghai Ocean Aquarium, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum, Rico Rico Beach Club.

For a good internet connection through public wifi Shanghai has many places to choose from when you like to connect with your own laptop/tablet to Skype with friends abroad or to browse the net: Blue Frog, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Alexander Gym, O’Mailey’s Irish Pub, Sasha’s, Super Brand Mall, Planet Hollywood, Starbucks.

Eventough there is enough to do in Shanghai, exploring attractions close and far from this city are also benefitial to making your personal experience more complete. You can visit popular tourist destinations like Wuxi, Shuzhou, Luzhi, Beijing, Hong Kong. Bookings can be made online or by visiting local tour and travel agents.