Doppelte Staatsangehörigkeit / dual citizenship

Nachdem ich nun zwei Staatsangehörigkeiten habe, ein völlig  unerwarteter Umstand in meinem Leben, beschäftige ich mich natürlich mit den Grundgesetzen der beiden Staaten, in denen ich wohne, um heraus zu finden, ob und wie sich die Unterschiede im Gesetz vielleicht auf das Leben im Land auswirken. Ich stelle einfach verschiedenen Paragraphen, die sich mit den…

Identity

I was invited on a short notice to fill a gap in a panel discussion on “intercultural interaction in teaching environments”. The main focus being on “identity” and how teachers could support young people who are still figuring out their identity. While preparing for the panel, surprisingly I found out that I didn’t really have…

The library

I am waiting for 2017. It’s when the new city library is supposed to be ready for the celebration of 100th anniversary of Finnish independence.   On this webpage  you can watch the offical video of the announcement of the winner and assessment of the six best entries (scroll down to the bottom of the…

Here they come

Just imagine you are going on a ride with your bicycle because the weather is gorgeous, you have a free day and you decide to browse some parts of the city that you haven’t seen for a while. Helsinki is changing so quickly in the last years that it is at times difficult to keep…