דאָנאַ דאָנאַ
It was a few years ago in my music class that I first heard a Yiddish song. That was the first and the only time that I ever learned something […]
Author: Benedikt Putz
Znam Grzegorza Brzęczyszczykiewicza
I often compare the Polish language with the Hydra. If you get one thing of its unbelievably hard and devastating grammar, the next two exceptions, different declinations or just disillusioning […]
EUROVISION
Cheesy love songs sang by fake couples, Russian grandmas baking bread on stage, burning pianos, an epic sax guy, three Italian pop-opera singers, a Croatian with two personalities within him, […]
A Dialogue on Gender Equality
The following dialogue is an attempt to reconstruct the fundamental differences between human genders and sexes by having an exemplary human trying to engage in a talk with an Artificial […]
What does Europe mean to you?
“Europe is freedom, moving around freely, respecting each other, respecting the cultural similarities and differences, a unity.” – Melanie from Austria “For me Europe is just a continent; the name […]
Climate protection in Poland
“My name is Greta Thunberg. I am 15 years old. I am from Sweden. I speak on behalf of Climate Justice now.” It was here in Katowice in December 2018 […]
Grand Tour
“In the 18th century the so-called Grand Tour became a rite of passage for aristocratic young men. The journey typically involved three or four years of travel around Europe and […]
Tour de Pologne
“Ku*waaa!” The man behind me is slurring at the referee who just blew the whistle after a foul. The free kick afterwards results in nothing spectacular. The man sits down […]
Witamy w Polsce!
It’s the second day of the December and I am now here, in Poland, for exactly two months, two days and some seconds. Finally, I was able to find some […]