Tag: Aalborg
Danish company abolishes children’s sick day limit
Your three-year-old woke up with an eye infection, but you managed to clear most of the dirt. Your five-year-old has a slight temperature, so there’s a chance he’ll come down with something, but he’ll definitely make it through the day—especially if you give him a pill. Working parents wake up to these kinds of dilemmas […]
It’s a snowstorm, Hjørring!
Tomorrow may be a good day to work at home – especially if you live in northern Jutland, as high winds and heavy snowfall will most likely cause a blizzard in the region. In Aalborg, the snowfall is expected e.g. to start around 17.00 on Monday evening, but the wind strength will be modest until […]
Museums Round-Up: Countdown begins, engines fired up, for opening of new Cold War museum
Ten, nine, eight, seven … it’s the lift-off sequence we all once associated with launching lunar modules, but today, unfortunately, it’s more likely some kind of missile – to cause needless human destruction or kill James Bond. It is fittingly reproduced here because we now have only ten days until the opening of Cold War […]
First school in Denmark to try a four-day week
Long weekends in sightThe school is closed on six selected Mondays, giving students and teachers a long weekend. The downside will be a summer holiday that is six days shorter. “We have been inspired by the places that have four-day work weeks,” This is what the head of school at Aalborg Katedralskole Christian Nielsen Warming […]
CPH Airport has high hopes for 2023, when passengers will return
On a tear in TorontoSpeaking of destinations, Icelandic low-cost airline Play has announced that it opens new routes to Canada from Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Billund. The routes will include a stopover in Reykjavik en route to John C Munro Hamilton International Airport in Toronto. The routes are scheduled to open on 22 June and […]
CPH Airport has high hopes for 2023, when passengers will return
On a tear in TorontoSpeaking of destinations, Icelandic low-cost airline Play has announced that it opens new routes to Canada from Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Billund. The routes will include a stopover in Reykjavik en route to John C Munro Hamilton International Airport in Toronto. The routes are scheduled to open on 22 June and […]
Science collection: Danish brain researchers play a key role in redrawing the map in the fight against diseases such as Alzheimer’s and MS
American and Danish scientists did not expect to make a surprising new discovery when they chose to remove the brain from a cadaver by cutting off the entire head. Normally, researchers just remove the brain, but by cutting off the entire head, it revealed a layer of cells not previously discovered: a fourth meninge that […]
Danish News Round: New chairman of the Danish Parliament’s Immigration Committee is strongly biased towards applicants from Islamic countries
New Citizen Member of Parliament Mikkel Bjørn has given a clear indication of the likely direction for his chairmanship of the Immigration Committee, the Norwegian Parliament’s Immigration Committee, over the next four years: an increased bias towards applicants from Islamic countries. As of February 2022, Islamic countries made up four of the seven countries with […]
Can wage increases across industry close the real wage gap?
Negotiations are underway between employers and trade unions, which could have serious consequences for the purchasing power of the 230,000 people in Denmark who are employed in heavy industry, such as production jobs. A further 370,000 private sector workers – in retail, construction, transport, financial services etc – will be affected by the results, which […]
Danish News Round-Up: The rising costs of parents who are forced to stay at home to care for their children
Absenteeism costs society dearly and becomes a “desperate situation”, warns professor Mikael Thastum from Aarhus University, an expert on the subject, to DR. However, it is not a truancy problem, rather a failure to cater for children with special needs and disabilities together with a growing tendency to exclude problem children. Over 15,000 parents are […]
Danish news: Stop! There were no bank robberies in 2022
In mid-December, CPH told POST how there were only two banks left in Denmark with tellers. They are both branches of Danske Bank and are located in Copenhagen and Aarhus, and TV2 was able to demonstrate that both tend to have very long queues. But the frustration of pensioners who never got a NemID account […]
Danish News Round-Up: Four films in the running for the Oscars
Two Danish documentaries among the shortlist‘A House Made of Splinters’, a documentary film shot in a Ukrainian orphanage and directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont is nominated in the Documentary Feature Film category, while ‘The Territory’, a Danish-Brazilian-American film shot in the Amazon about indigenous people and the environment , is also among the nominees in […]
Denmark down to the last two banks!
When Queen Elizabeth II died, many Britons visited royal buildings, saying they wanted to pay their respects and be “part of history”. Well, now the Danish public has a chance to say the same by taking part in the most archaic of transactions: withdrawing money from a bank teller for the very last time. According […]
Business Round-Up: Rough year for car sales … but not the electric kind
Going up and upThe number of electric cars in Denmark has now reached 106,000 – an increase of 75.6 percent from a year ago. So far this year, 38.5 percent of newly registered cars have been electric or plug-in hybrid cars. See all the car sales figures from 2022 here. Organic exports increased significantlyDenmark’s export […]
Church, vocal minorities and academics oppose plans to abolish public holidays, but businesses are mostly in favour
The new government has decided to cut one of the three public holidays that Danes enjoy every spring – the timing of all three always depends on how early or late Easter can be. READ MORE: Big changes on the way: New government unveils a surprising platform From 2024, Denmark can expect to say goodbye […]
Danish homeowners face high electricity prices as temperatures plummet along with wind speeds
Aalborg Portland wants emission reductionsIn addition, Aalborg Portland has unveiled a pilot project involving plans to capture CO2 via a new facility. The country’s largest CO2 emitter is working hard to reduce its CO2 emissions, and it has formulated a goal to reduce emissions by 70 percent by 2030. According to the managing director of […]
Culture Round-Up: Bjarke Ingel’s designer car collector’s house inspired by ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’
Star architect Bjarke Ingels has designed a home to showcase Danish entrepreneur Mads Peter Veiby’s vintage car collection – and the inspiration is a classic American film about high school students who truant! Located among some rare Danish hills on the outskirts of Aalborg, it may well be the most expensive house ever built in […]
Holy crap: The museum thinks Bishop might have left a final offering and that it’s the real shit!
The year is 2422. And you, Dear Reader, have provided the star attraction. No, it’s not a serious TikTok video you made about the pandemic, although the description would be the same. At the Aalborg Historical Museum, they queue around the block to see one of your creations. ‘A piece of shit’, to be exact. […]
International Round-Up: Greenland permanently moves its clocks forward in 2023
Greenland will move closer to Europe next year. No, this is not a question of plate tectonics, but time zones! Its national parliament has decided that 2023 will be the year it moves its clocks one hour closer to the motherland. Or rather, it does not return them. As usual, it switches to summer time […]
Science Round-Up: Study finds bias against female politicians in Denmark
The latest election represented a historic moment for women’s representation in Danish politics, where the proportion of 44 percent of elected women in the Folketing exceeded 40 percent for the first time. However, this is most likely the result of women’s sheer willpower in a society that continues to stack the deck against them, a […]
Climate summary: Could Denmark soon have a new Swedish nuclear power plant as a neighbour?
Plans to build a new nuclear power plant near the decommissioned Barsebäck nuclear power plant are taking shape in Skåne in southern Sweden – an area just over 20 km across the Øresund from Copenhagen. For decades, the Danish government tirelessly campaigned for its closure due to its proximity to Denmark. But now it appears […]
Border trade is a path for the unemployed on benefits
Difficult to navigate Lorensen agreed that it was his responsibility to be aware of the rules, but he did not think that a two-hour shopping trip to a border shop would be considered a trip abroad. He said he only goes over the border to shop because times are hard and he can get more […]
Talk about sustainable innovation with the DLG chair
Management thinkers often use the metaphor of ‘snow melting at the edge of an organization’ to highlight the phenomena whereby top management in large organizations cannot see threats or change happening quickly enough. It is often said that people who work close to customers in the field – such as engineers, sales and project managers […]
Danish venues close for the winter in response to the energy crisis
Denmark is preparing for a winter of energy savings due to rising electricity prices. The festive lights will be less visible (Tønder, which calls itself Denmark’s most welcoming Christmas town, will only have the lights on for six hours a day), many ice rinks will not be in use (e.g. Horsens will not open theirs […]
Young climate activists organize three days of protests all over Denmark
The young climate activist group The Green Youth Movement will hold demonstrations in six cities over the next three days. On Thursday there will be protests in Vejle and Aarhus, on Friday in Randers and Aalborg and on Saturday in Silkeborg and Odense. It will reportedly be the Green Youth Movement’s largest movement to date. […]
“People are stealing like never before,” claims the retail sector
The number of shoplifting incidents has increased by 23 percent over the past six months, figures from the National Police show. This is the highest incidence of shoplifting in five years, the National Police confirms. And with prices continuing to rise amid high inflation due to the war in Ukraine, there’s no sign of it […]
The government: Denmark must cycle more
Health and pollutionFor every kilometer cycled, Danish society becomes over 7 kroner richer, writes the ministry. More bicycles means less congestion and pollution, while the population becomes healthier and has fewer sick days. The downhill cycle lane is particularly widespread in urban areas. In Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, the number of trips by bicycle has fallen […]
Scientists agree: World can reach 100% renewable energy system by 2050 or earlier
Hundreds of scientific studies have shown that 100% renewable energy systems can be achieved at global, regional and national levels by 2050 or earlier. The number of published studies has grown by 27% annually since 2010 and continues to grow every year. “A rapidly growing number of researchers conclude that the demand for the entire […]
Aalborg University professor added to the list of untrustworthy academics drawn up by Ukraine
Ukraine has drawn up a list of 70 foreign academics whose statements about the war are considered unreliable. One of them is professor of international relations at Aalborg University, Li Xing. Although Professor Li Xing has a Chinese background, he has been a researcher at Aalborg University for ten years. His area of expertise is […]
Family concerned about whereabouts of missing Irishman, last seen in Aalborg on 13 July
The family of a British-Irish citizen are concerned for his safety after he disappeared in Denmark on July 13. Frank McCaughey was last seen at Aalborg Railway Station, where he said he intended to take a train to Copenhagen. He has not been seen or heard from since, as his last contact with close family […]
Green Concert back for the first time since 2019
Grøn Koncert – the traveling concert series that has taken place in Denmark since 1983 – is back after a two-year hiatus. “It will be fantastic. We have been looking forward to it for so long,” Nikolai Milman, project manager at Grøn Koncert, told DR. Ten days of music all over DenmarkThe ten-day event kicks […]
A missing 27-year-old has been confirmed dead
A 27-year-old who disappeared after a party on Sunday night in Aalborg, was found dead on Monday afternoon. The cause of death has not yet been determined, North Jutland Police inform. The man was only reported missing on Monday after he did not show up for work. A few hours later, his body was discovered […]
Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Successful deployment of defibrillator drone to Aalborg bodes well for the possibility of nationwide rollout
A drone with a defibrillator operated by the North Jutland Region was sent on Tuesday for the very first time after a man had had a heart attack in Aalborg. Just seven minutes after the emergency services were notified, the drone arrived at the site of the cardiac arrest. A successWhile an ambulance was even […]
Science Round-Up: DTU Space celebrates contribution to James Webb Telescope as the first images return to Earth
The James Webb Space Telescope, which was launched into space last December, has delivered its first images back to Earth, revealing “emerging star nurseries” and “cosmic rocks” in the Carina Nebula, according to NASA. DTU Space, the national space institute at the Technical University of Denmark, has been one participant in the James Webb Mission […]
Russian cessation of gas supply to Germany could mean economic disaster for certain Danish companies
The largest single pipeline transporting Russian gas to Germany – the Nord Stream 1 pipeline – was shut down this morning for routine maintenance. But while it is scheduled to reopen on July 21, Germany is preparing for a prolonged shutdown of its energy supply. The work on the 1,220-kilometer-long pipeline is an annual event […]
India takes the lead: take the lotus position, Denmark!
The 8th International Yoga Day (# IDY2022) was celebrated in several cities on June 21st. They included Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus, Vejle, Vedbæk, Birkerød and Sønderborg. Local yoga groups and the Indian diaspora joined forces for many events supervised by the Indian Embassy in iconic places such as Copenhagen’s Nyhavn and Rådhuspladen as well as Frederiksberg […]
BT must be 100 percent digital from 2023
BT, the Danish tabloid newspaper founded in 1916, will soon stop publishing in print. From 2023, it will be a 100 percent digital free media, funded by ads. “In the last four years, BT has grown explosively digitally to now be the largest news media in Denmark. As expected, newspaper circulation has fallen in the […]
Danish news Round-Up: Confidence in the press remains high – report
The year’s Digital news report from Reuters has revealed continued high confidence in the Danish news media. About 58 percent of Danes said that they “trust news the most most of the time”, which makes Denmark one of the countries with the highest news confidence out of the 46 respondents. Social media is still a […]
Business Round-Up: Inflation at its highest in decades
Inflation has reached its highest level since 1983. In May, prices were 7.4 per cent higher than they were at the same time last year, new figures from Denmark’s statistics. In particular, commodity prices have risen dramatically. Since last year, the price of raw materials in this category – which includes gas, electricity and food […]
Denmark’s startup ecosystem is making progress
CPH, Aarhus and Herning gleeSimilarly, Copenhagen improved by eight places to be in 53rd place among cities in the world. Aarhus also made inroads and took a healthy 15-spot jump into a 213th place, while Herning took a giant 317-spot jump into a 564th place. However, not everything was rosy reading, as both Odense and […]
Crime Round-Up: Alleged undercover agents’ case against intelligence services will be heard in the High Court
A somewhat unprecedented case is to be heard in the High Court, after the Copenhagen City Court yesterday decided to pass on the terrorist convict Ahmed Samsam’s lawsuit against the Danish intelligence services PET and FE. “The court further finds that the case has a significant societal scope, as the defendants have stated that the […]
Danish news overview: The Capital Region has increased by 11 percent over the last 10 years
The population of the Capital Region grew from 1,214 to 1,346 million between 2012 and 2022 – a marked jump of 11 percent in line with corresponding increases in the urban areas Aarhus (up 33,000 to 285,000), Odense (up 12,000 to 181,000) and Aalborg up 15,000 to 120,000) . However, Denmark’s population increased by only […]
Aarhus is a much better choice than Copenhagen to raise a family, says injury report
Both Aarhus and Aalborg have placed themselves above Copenhagen in one preply.com ranking of the best cities to raise a family in Europe. Aarhus did particularly well with an overall seventh place ahead of Aalborg (23) and Copenhagen (50). They were the only three Danish cities on a ranking list that rated 130. At the […]
A tantalizing look at the summer’s best festivals
For music fans, the pandemic has been particularly difficult to deal with. Even average shrubs have gained large crowds, such has been deprivation. It was no surprise to see tickets for Roskilde and Copenhell sold out in record time, and more festivals are likely to follow suit. From June to SeptemberFortunately, there are still plenty […]
Cheap airline tickets for your summer vacation
Have you booked flights for your summer holiday? Do you want to fly the cheapest way? – You can get good advice on finding cheap airline tickets here. Unfortunately, there is no set formula that tells you exactly when to travel, when to book, where to travel to and from and so on. But luckily, […]
Nature collection: Man charged with starting wildfires in Central Jutland is head of local fire station
About 40 wildfires have broken out in nature areas near the central Jutland town of Egtved in the past two months, which has prompted an investigation by the local police. Finally, this week the East Jutland Police have arrested a 50-year-old man who has been charged with deliberately starting 11 of the wildfires. He has […]
Services for the elderly and young people who suffer as municipalities feel trapped in the wake of war
Denmark’s municipalities are feeling it, as prices are rising as a result of the war in Ukraine. Deferred construction work and cuts in nursing homes, schools and day care centers – these are just a few of the hardships the country has to endure in the midst of rising inflation as the public sector reins […]
Copenhagen’s golf courses eye green greens
Good for birdies The project has also helped the clubs to look at phasing out paper scorecards in favor of digital opportunities – Hørsholm Golf alone spends around DKK 18,000 on printing around 40,000 scorecards annually for its members. Other changes being looked at include the introduction of LED lighting, the replacement of oil burners […]
Sports Round-Up: Awarding World Cup games bad news for the many who do not subscribe to TV2
Similarly for women’s EuroTV2 has the rights to Denmark’s next match (France) on 25 November at 17.00, before DR takes over the third match on 30 November at 16.00 against either Peru, Australia or the UAE. Should Denmark get out of the group, the two TV stations will change each round, with TV2 starting with […]
Danske Nyheder Round-Up: The police clear one of the murder suspects in Aalborg
One of the 36-year-old men charged with the murder of 22-year-old Mia Skadhauge Stevn, who was subsequently released from prison, had nothing to do with her disappearance or death, the police in Aalborg have determined. – A decision has been made to drop the charge against the 36-year-old man, whom we arrested on 9 February, […]
What if Denmark came under attack: No one is in control of the condition of the nation’s bunkers
The Danish Emergency Management Agency recently called for a new overview of the number of bunkers in each of Denmark’s 98 municipalities in light of the war in Ukraine. In the meantime, DR has made its own survey, which has received responses from about three quarters of the municipalities. Some, it turned out, have enough […]
Science Round-Up: Danish universities form huge green-food collab
Denmark’s eight universities – DTU, University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, Aalborg University, University of Southern Denmark and Roskilde University – have joined forces on a unique new project on the green transition in food. . An interdisciplinary facility based at Aarhus University called the START Center for Sustainable […]
National Round-Up: Non-EU refugees fleeing Ukraine pile up in German border towns
As many as 250 refugees fleeing Ukraine have been rejected at the Danish-German border since 11 March because they did not meet Denmark’s entry requirements. Most are non-EU residents of UkraineIt is believed that the majority are foreign nationals from countries outside the EU who have a Ukrainian residence permit, who are seeking transit through […]
Local Round-Up: Copenhagen sets up task force to help incoming Ukrainians
Many variablesNæsager said that the city’s action depends on how many people end up coming and how long they stay. The municipality is currently working on getting educators to take care of the youngest children so that they do not have to spend all day in hotel rooms or the like. Some of the children […]
Making Danish citizenship easier to achieve accelerates integration – study
For more than two decades, right-wing parties have been campaigning to make it more difficult to obtain Danish citizenship. But now a new study suggests that tightening the criteria may have a negative effect on integration. Extensive research conducted by the BUILD Institute at Aalborg University shows that immigrants from non-western countries who received Danish […]
Denmark has two of the world’s top 30 hospitals – ranking
Denmark has two of the 30 best hospitals in the world, according to an annual ranking based on expert opinions prepared by Newsweek.com and Statista. In the lead, Aarhus University Hospital was in 19th place with Copenhagen’s very own Rigshospitalet in 26th place. The ranking was quite extensive, assessing 2,200 hospitals in 27 countries, 21 […]
Danish television companies are organizing a ‘Live Aid’ to support Ukraine
Pencil March 12 into your diaries as your day to be worthy as ‘Together for Ukraine’ is this year’s Live Aid. DR and TV2 join forces to arrange a fundraising concert in support of Ukraine, culminating in a concert broadcast live from the Town Hall Square in Copenhagen at 19:30. Big screens in Aarhus, Odense, […]
Business Round-Up: Strongest Economic Growth in 15 Years
Denmark had an economic growth of 3.9 percent last year, the first projections from Statistics Denmark show. The level is on a par with 2006. According to Danish Industry, one had to go back to 1994 to find higher growth. The strong economic growth in 2021 followed a decline of 2.1 percent in 2020 due […]
National Round-Up: Russian Ambassador warns that US cooperation could jeopardize security in the Baltic Sea
Vladimir Barbin, the Russian ambassador to Denmark, has today informed Politiken that Denmark’s closer defense cooperation with the United States could have serious consequences for security in the Baltic Sea. Negotiations are underway, but it is expected that American personnel and equipment will be welcomed on Danish soil. World military dominance “It is a clear […]
Danish high school students: Why does sex education end just before we lose virginity?
School children aged 6-16 are learning this week about consent as part of a sex education focus in week 6 approved by Sex & Society. But their high school counterparts, students generally aged 16-20, feel the need to confirm consent before two people become confidential, which was made part of Danish law in January 2021, […]
Aalborg investigation: Car number plate leads the police to address; two men are charged with murder
A breakthrough in the investigation of a 22-year-old woman’s disappearance in Aalborg on Sunday led to an address north of the city this morning, and they have subsequently charged two 36-year-old men with the murder of her. While officers around 6 a.m. Sunday were reviewing video footage of Mia Skadhauge Stevn’s last known movements, officers […]
The concern grows after a young woman’s disappearance in Aalborg
Concerns are growing about the safety of a 22-year-old woman who disappeared in Aalborg early Sunday morning. Mia Skadhauge Stevn disappeared after a night out – primarily at nightclubs in the Jomfru Ane Gade area. North Jutland Police have urged everyone who may have video surveillance images from the time in question, more specifically at […]
Danish News Round-Up: Denmark again the least corrupt country in the world
Denmark shares first place in annual corruption index published by Transparency International. Right first were New Zealand and Finland, and all three scored 88/100. Denmark’s score peaked at 92 in 2014, but its score dipped to 87 in 2019, so it is on its way up again. All Nordic nations in the top 16 The […]
Science Round-Up: Beef in ginger sauce is best avoided!
If beef in ginger sauce is on the menu at home tonight, you might want to check out these ingredients! A whole batch of ginger powder has been recalled due to abnormally high toxin levels, while PFOS – another harmful toxin that can affect the liver, immune system and be carcinogenic – has been detected […]
‘Involuntary celibacy’ motivation discussed at the opening of school shooting forceps in Aalborg
The trial against a 27-year-old man accused of attempted manslaughter, who is accused of planning school shootings, started yesterday in Aalborg. Yesterday, the first of what is expected to be six days in court – with a verdict expected on February 3 – he was asked about a 150-page manifesto, in which he explained his […]
The Art Museum is suing to recover funds from the ‘Take the Money and Run’ artist
You took the money and ran, and now we are chasing you, warns Kunsten, the Aalborg art gallery, from which the artist Jens Haaning borrowed DKK 532,549 to recreate two of his works, but so defiantly refused to pay back. The art had given Haaning a deadline of January 16 to repay the funds, and […]
Danish news overview: Dangerous baby pillow recalled due to exploits, it could suffocate infants
Boppy Model Hug & Nest, a pillow / mini mattress designed for babies, has been recalled from the shelves. If the safety instructions are not followed, there is a risk of suffocation, warns the Danish Safety Technology Authority. Three serial numbers If your product has one of these three serial numbers (07079939470000; 00009182000000 or 42091820000), […]
Known font? Yes! Probably factual? Yes! False findings? Yes! False flyer? Yes!
The font is well known, the logos and graphics are the same: a flyer in your mailbox like several you have previously received from the Danish Health and Medicines Authority with advice on corona. But this one has a different tone. “How many jabs will you end up having?” it raises questions next to a […]
Christmas in Denmark: Behind the festive traditions
The Vikings first encountered Christianity in the 8th and 9th centuries with the arrival of foreign monks and the rise of foreign trade. The first Danish king to convert to Christianity, Harold Blåtand (Harald Blåtand), was baptized around 965. Despite pressure from the church to call Christmas ‘Christmas Mass’, the Danes kept the term ‘Christmas’ […]