Life of footballer from Norway in Shymkent Lisa Maria Woods BIIK Shymkent Visiting Almaty Life in KZ

Lisa Maria Woods She is a footballer from Norway Plays for a team from Shymkent named BIIK Lives in the team’s base, which is 20 minutes away from the city center

BIIK Women’s football club based in Shymkent The team has played some seasons in the UEFA Women’s Champions League

Shymkent Most densely populated region in Kazakhstan In the south of the country Summers are hot, winters are cold

Life in Shymkent Lisa has her own blog where she writes about her life in Kazakhstan She says that people here are very helpful Nobody follows rules on the roads 30 degrees of Celcius is not hot

Almaty

Almaty The largest city in KZ Major commercial and cultural center Located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan

Visiting Almaty Lisa has visited Almaty for a football game BIIK played with a club from Almaty Lisa’s team won easily

Visiting Almaty As she says the most amazing thing here is sunrise View of the sun on the backfround of mountains is really gorgeous

Visiting Almaty sunrise in Almaty

Some more information Lisa Maria Woods was born in Oslo, Norway The distance between Oslo and Shymkent is about 5300km

Life in KZ Even if there are many differences between Kazakhstan and Norway, Lisa is happy to be here It’s a new journey for her She loves this city and this country