Archives by: Paula Dubbink
About the author
Paula Dubbink is a reporter, translator and columnist at Lundagård. She started volunteering for the newspaper in the fall of 2012.
Paula Dubbink Posts
Several visits to the bank, unclear answers and arbitrary treatment. That is reality for many international students in Lund that want to open a Swedish bank account. ...
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With those falling leaves and pouring rain, nostalgia lurks around the corner and memories to ‘times gone by’ easily come to the fore. But how much stronger would it even feel if you have lived more than 80 years, columnist Paula Dubbink ponders. ...
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Lund is somewhat of a miserable place to be in during Sweden’s endless summer time. But columnist Paula Dubbink thinks that the Swedes need their long summer. How ...
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You might have been given flyers on the street, your bike has possibly been attacked by a strange-looking saddle cover or even some party representative might have passed ...
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How is it to live as a student in Palestine? Lundagård writer Paula Dubbink visited the Holy Land to experience Islam, Christianity and Judaism in practice. And met two Palestinian students in the fulltime Christmas-city: Bethlehem. ...
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How to translate the Swedish word ‘tåg’ into English? Whether one uses the most literal word (‘train’) or the best description (‘parade’), it’s quite impossible to catch the Karnevalståg into words. You’ll just have to experience. ...
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Paula Dubbink wonders what it is, that the Spring Term always seems to fly by in the blink of an eye. Or actually, international student life in general. Is her time in Sweden really coming to an end? ...
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Swedes and alcohol: if the two were friends on Facebook, they would surely define their relationship with ‘it’s complicated’, writes columnist Paula Dubbink. ...
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Lund University does not put enough effort in getting PhD students and other employees that are not affiliated with the University yet. This states a former PhD student at Lund University. ...
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Columnist Paula Dubbink wouldn’t call herself apathetic, but still she wonders why she isn’t more concerned about what happens in the world. What did happen to the cute idealism of her teenage years, the time when she would save the world? ...
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