If you have been living under a rock, surprise: no more lunch cards as of January 2024. As the new term has started, our beloved lunch cards have disappeared, or rather, stopped working. This has caused quite a few unhappy faces within the student community, as they say goodbye to their freedom to eat whatever they please during the hour of lunch. 

While most people think of the negatives, I also think there are some positives to this, for example the fact that we no longer have to go outside in the cold to retrieve our food. Even though most restaurants are close to the school, so much time of our lunch break is lost deciding where we want to spend it, and I’d much rather have a canteen to go to instead of scouring Drottninggatan for a place to eat. 

Before the break, rumours were running around saying that the food was going to be atrocious and the bread stale. After 2 weeks of the canteen officially opening, it hasn’t claimed any deaths, and people were overall satisfied with the food. 

The only real complaint the students seem to be having with the canteen is that the lines are very long, reaching the third stairs to the 3rd floor. We hope to see shorter lines as the weeks go by, as people get used to their grade’s lunch slots.

 Lastly, the DP students have the possibility to leave the building during the lunch and break times, so if you miss Al Forno you still have the possibility to dine there with your own budget!