For the next 48 hours, the city belongs to students
From Uppsala’s raft race to Coimbra’s midnight fado, Jim Dickinson surveys Europe’s May student traditions – and finds a continent that still knows how to build belonging
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Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe
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