In Ekonomikumparken in Uppsala, many happy students have gathered to celebrate Walborg on Sunday evening. One of them is Sara Karlberg Bastmark, who thinks the celebration is better than ever before.
– If there is somewhere to celebrate Valborg, it is in Uppsala, she says.
The Walpurgis celebration in Ekonomikumparken has been around for a long time – according to tradition, the students have returned to the park Walpurgis after Walpurgis, and it seems that this year’s celebration lives up to expectations.
– If I’m being completely honest, it’s better than ever, says Sara Karlberg Bastmark.
The pandemic stopped
Many of the students are happy to be able to celebrate as usual again, after the years marked by restrictions due to the pandemic. According to Sara Karlberg Bastmark, it is only this year that it is clearly noticeable that everything is back to normal.
– Last year was the first time it was released, but this year it feels like people have started to release a little more and are starting to start again as normal, she says.
Student Hampus Englund agrees.
– It has been an established holiday for a long time, but we had the pandemic which put a bit of a stop to us. Now it’s damn good to get out. It is a celebration for all students, he says.
– It’s a marathon, not just a race today.
More drunk cells at the police
Ahead of the Walpurgis celebrations in Uppsala, the police have increased the number of places to deal with excessively drunk people, but in the afternoon so far relatively few have been taken to the drunken cells.
Just before 4 p.m., 19 people had been taken into custody, UNT reports.
Walborg is the students’ holiday and in student towns around the country the holiday is celebrated for four days – Skvalborg on April 28, Kvalborg on April 29, Walborg on April 30 and Finalborg on May 1.
Sometimes the so-called catastrophic city is also celebrated on May 2.