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It all began with “flygskam”. — If one thing was unimaginable in April 2020 for almost everybody in the world, it was taking the plane. The outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe led to international travel restrictions and airlines had to cancel most of their flights. …

Restrooms are shared and cash is rare — Hej allihopa, hey everyone! In mid-August, I moved to the country mostly known for the band ABBA, cheap furniture from IKEA, and a rather unconventional way of dealing with COVID-19. …

I asked some of them — Let’s face it: Sweden is rather cold, has little daylight in winter and, with its low population density, is not made for lovers of huge urban centers, skyscrapers and the like. Yet, it is an attractive study location for internationals. Flat hierarchies, small classes and modern technology on campus are…

A media science perspective — “At least 43 % of [the] languages spoken in the world are endangered.” This statement is taken from the UNESCO report Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (2011). Thus, several thousand of our approximately 6,000 languages are threatened with disappearance. This severely puts linguistic diversity at peril, i.e. …

Sweden, what did you do to me? — Dear Germans, I am one of you. But what are these habits I almost forgot about during my two years of studying in Sweden and then being a university lecturer there?! I just moved back to Germany to stay for a while, and I’ve been experiencing reverse culture shock, often…

A media science perspective — Like many well-known German series produced in recent years, Deutschland 83 plays in a divided Germany that reunited in 1990. Set in 1983 amidst the Cold War, it spins the story of a young soldier from the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) turned undercover agent and infiltrated into the Federal…

Abroad and in Sweden — I won’t lie: When I started learning Swedish, I thought the pronunciation was funny and impossible to learn (the latter turned out to be a myth). As I had started learning the language mostly by coincidence and curiosity, I long lacked the motivation to learn Swedish properly. …

Cinematic silence and weird wordplays — Banana on pizza? Come to Sweden to see it with your own eyes. Supermarkets that are closed every Sunday? Something that seems completely normal to Germans. You see, every country has its habits, specialties and rules that foreigners can only laugh or shake their heads about. France is no exception. …

Beyond reggaeton — Whenever I think about Hispanic music, it’s predominantly Colombian artists that come to mind. That’s no coincidence: According to a friend from Bogotá, Colombia and especially the second-biggest Colombian city of Medellín has become the “music capital” of Latin America! …