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Mosques & Malmo

Updated: Feb 28, 2019

Core course week just finished here at DIS Copenhagen! That means every student just finished a three-day Study Tour in Denmark or a neighboring country with their core course. My core course is Communication & Conflict and we went to Lund and Malmö, Sweden during our three-day tour.


Here is what my week looked like!



Cool graffiti in the so-called "ghetto" of Copenhagen

Monday, February 4th

  • Group Visit to Outer Nørrebro Resource Center

  • Tour of Nørrebro, one of Copenhagen's so-called ghettos

  • Coffee & tea at Designcafeen

  • Lunch at Café Sirius

  • Visit Waqf Mosque

  • Lecture by Imran Shah about Muslim Cultural Identity in Denmark

  • Dinner at home

  • Soccer Practice

  • Bed time....zzzzz


Tuesday, February 5th

  • Visit Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

  • Talk with Naser Khader, member of the Danish Parliament for the Conservative People's Party

  • Lunch at Grød (highly recommend!!)

  • Tour of The Danish Golden Age & National Identity exhibit at Statens Museum for Kunst

  • Homework

  • Dinner at home


Wednesday, February 6th

~BREAK DAY~

Ahh Maddie's new nose piercing!
  • Piercing shop w/Maddie ;)

  • Wednesday snails (my favorite part of every Wednesday!!)

  • Homework and internship applications at The Original Coffee Shop in Illum

  • Pack for study tour

  • Run before the sun sets!

  • Bachelor night at the apartment (our weekly tradition!)


Thursday, February 7th

  • Central Station to depart for Helsingør

  • Group visit to the Folkhøjskole, International People's College

  • Morning Fellowship

  • Creative Writing Class

  • Lunch with the students

  • Discussion about the history and purpose of the school with Søren Launbjerg

  • Group activity & dinner

  • Bowling at Ängelholms



Friday, February 8th

  • Helsingør --> Lund

  • Lecture by Lund Professor Dalia Abdelhady about Refugees, Nationalism & Identity

  • Coffee run & explore Lund

  • Lunch & learn at Yalla Trappan in RosengÃ¥rd

  • Visit to RosengÃ¥rd Mall

  • Exercise (running is the best way to explore!)

  • Group dinner at Sultan Palace

  • Explore Malmö nightlife



Saturday, February 9th

(sadly, our group visit was cancelled)

  • Shop & explore Malmö

  • Group lunch at Torget

  • Walking tour of Malmö

  • Malmö --> Copenhagen



Overall, it was a wonderful week. I wish I went on this many field trips at school back in the United States! Thank you DIS!


Cheers to truly utilizing Europe as our classroom!

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