It seems like you no longer have to be in Scandinavia to get ‘Scandi vibes’. You just have to be in Munich.
InterviewScandinavian-inspired stores seem to be everywhere in Munich. I asked Homegirl Store founder Medo Diet what drew her customers to Scandinavian fashion. When I first walked through the streets in Munich, I felt far from my home in Denmark. And yet in those same streets, I kept encountering something familiar, like small postcards from home.
Short Stays, Shared Music: Finding Belonging in Munich’s International Orchestra
InterviewThe Munich International Orchestra (MIO) brings together local and international musicians, including exchange students who stay for only one or two semesters. Alongside making music, its rehearsals and social gatherings offer opportunities to build a community. We spoke with Anne, MIO’s second board member, who is originally from Luxembourg and works in public relations. Having
A sweet adventure
Interview . Journalistic WritingMoving abroad to pursue the career of your dreams can be filled with challenges and obstacles. Dídac, a young apprentice pastry chef, moved to Munich to learn about the culture, discover new recipes, and, above all, expand his work experience. This adventure also meant stepping into a new environment with new people and a different
One Exam After Another
InterviewIn China, if you want to pursue a master degree, you have to take the graduate entrance exam. Candidates sometimes call their first attempt at the graduate entrance exam their ‘first battle’. A retake is their ‘second battle’. For Carl, it was one battle after another. The physics graduate from Hunan, a province in southern
Learn with AI, Live with AI
InterviewChatGPT, Claude, Gemini…students nowadays are quite familiar with these names. But how do students learn with AI, and how to apply AI in a reasonable way? To answer these questions, I interviewed Andres Rivera, a senior student from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), majoring in psychological field. But now, he is going on an
Not only one solution
Interview . Journalistic WritingI interviewed Anne, who is a German student at LMU. Her major is education. I met her for the first time when she became my buddy last September. She is interested in Japan and uses a PC with a Japanese keyboard. I was surprised because I had never met German people who used one. So,
Beyond Buildings: Rethinking Architecture in Weimar
InterviewKim Jimin is a friend I first met in high school. Like many Korean students, we spent most of our school years focused on getting good grades. But during her second year of high school, Jimin discovered a passion for architecture and started studying it on her own. Her dedication eventually led her to pursue
The Sunny Side of Life: hey sunny are on a mission to spread positivity and make you smile.
Culture & Music . InterviewWhat started as a casual, fun hobby for Sunny and Marty, the Munich-based couple behind the indie-pop-folk duo hey sunny, shifted their lives in an unexpected direction. Their journey began in 2015 during a trip to Australia, where casual living-room jams turned into busking on the Melbourne city streets. By 2020, they had transitioned into
Self introduction
AuthorsHello everyone, my name is Risa and I’m an exchange student from Japan. I’ll study here for a year. I’ve just arrived Munich last month ago. I live in student’s dommitory now. In Japan, I live in Chiba which is near Tokyo in Japan. I can go to Tokyo Disney land in 30 minutes from
Living Abroad for the First Time
AuthorsOriginally from Japan Hallo! My name is Moka, I’m 20 years old from Fukuoka, Japan. I’m still nervous to live here since I arrived in Munich last week, and this is the first time I’ve gone abroad, except for a trip to Korea. Despite that, I already enjoy the atmosphere of Munich. My major in