Column
When life gives you wheat – make scones
Summer is around the corner. With the warm weather, comes the inevitable question: "What's next?". But don't worry if you don't have an answer, it's totally okay to…
Column
European countries’ curious customs
From commotion about pastry terminology to various ways of greeting, European countries all have their curious quirks. But that's a feature, not…
Face masks smother social pressure
Face masks have become a part of life during the pandemic. They help protect us and others, and for some people, they…
Isn’t it ironic?
Digging deeper in our decision-making, it is clear we make unreasonable decisions. Are you aware of the ironies that surround you? asks…
Love in different time zones
Long distance relationships in the Zoom-age. Do they have any chance of survival? Lundagårds international student life columnist, Catalina Ordoñez, writes about…
A matter of perspective
Do foreign people suddenly become deaf upon arriving in Lund? Does a quiet or noisy city feel safer? Everything is relative. "Safety…
Foreigners with an expiration date
"They took the welcome rug away from under me." Lundagård's new international columnist, Catalina Ordoñez Valenzuela from Colombia, writes about the ambiguity…
Who Will Watch the Watchers?
Sweden’s mandatory personal registry – which makes public the address, salary, and personal identity number of every Swedish citizen and resident –…
Migration Migraines
I first came to Sweden in 2013 to study Geography at Lund University. I was a 19 year old Californian who hardly…
Exchange student: Confused and hiding rubbish
When I first arrived in my corridor room in Lund in September, I couldn’t find the bin. An English friend had warned…