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

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

6. Almaty

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

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

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

10. Visiting Almaty
sunrise in Almaty

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

12. 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