“The Dorf”
City life . Culture . Student lifeOlympic Village? As a student accommodation? Living in an 850.000 square meter park? My curiosity ignited Multiple trains of thought as soon as I saw the email informing me I would live in a two-floor bungalow in the Olydorf for six months. The city of Munich has been facing a housing crisis for a few years now. According
My Growth in 11 months in Munich
Authors . Student lifeTime has passed amazingly fast and finally my last day in Munich is coming. Staying here for 11 months is the best experience ever. Here in this introduction post, I declared two goals for this semester. Let’s see how I accomplished these goals #traveling I am so happy that I finally could travel to other
Bidding farewell to Munich
Authors . Student life . UncategorizedA farewell rarely feels like it’s coming at the right time. Also my upcoming departure from Munich feels like it’s arriving way too soon – right at the moment when I’ve finally settled into the city. Three months ago I arranged myself a subtenant, held my birthday party only a couple days before my departure
Exchange Trip for a Chinese Girl
UncategorizedMy name is Qian Liu, from Zhejiang Province, China. I am a doctoral student at home University, and I am very honored to come to the University of Munich for exchange. I fell in love with this place almost on the first day I arrived. There are two main reasons for coming to exchange. On
From the East to the West, From Bangkok to Munich
City life . Culture . Student lifeMy name is Sooksodsai Sooksomchitra, which I find quite hard for foreigners to pronounce naturally. Therefore, I go by JamJam, which is the nickname given to me by my parents. When translated into Thai, JamJam and Sooksodsai have the same meaning, Happy; unlike Westerners, we were given our nickname at birth in Thailand. Being in
Hello again dear readers!
Authors . Student lifeIt is nice to say hello again here! I am Ayano, a Japanese exchange student who has been here for almost seven months. Now I have only three months left in Munich — it is short but I believe it is long enough to accomplish my goals. Here, I would like to introduce what I
From Copenhagen to Munich
Authors . Student life . TravelMy name is Johanne, and I’m 26 years old. I come from a small town on an island in Denmark, close to beautiful nature and the sea, which I’ve cherished all my life. Normally, I live in Copenhagen, where I study communication at the Danish School of Media and Journalism. But even though I love
From Helsinki to Munich
Authors . Student lifeHi everyone, My name is Aino, and I come from Helsinki, Finland. I’m a Bachelor of Arts with Finnish and Nordic linguistics as my major at my home university, University of Helsinki. I finished my bachelor’s degree in the spring of 2024 right before leaving for Munich and am currently continuing my Master’s studies here
Towards forests, night and fairy tales
Authors . Student lifeEndless fields of flowers, wilderness, dense forests, mirror-like lakes, wooden huts, castles ….I was sitting in the window seat of a slow train and these sights were constantly flowing through my eyes. And at the same time in my mind, countless fairy tales were being generated: In the flower fields, elves with transparent wings were
Straight Into the Deep End
Authors . Student lifeMy name is Ella Power-Bridger and I am an exchange student this semester at LMU. I am from Melbourne, Australia, and my home university is the University of Melbourne, where I study a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History and Media and Communications, as well as a Diploma of Languages in German. I studied German