Tag: Odense

  • Science Round-Up: New technology means reusable wind turbine blades

    It is a watershed moment for the wind industry. Thanks to the work of researchers from Aarhus University, the Danish manufacturer Vestas will be able to build new wind turbine blades with epoxy. The company has developed a chemical process that makes it possible to break it down and recycle it. “We are super happy […]

  • One year on: Numerous events to mark the anniversary of the invasion

    The House of Ukraine opensThe Ukrainian flag will fly at the parliament’s main entrance, and when darkness falls over the city, Christiansborg will be lit up in yellow and blue in honor of Ukraine. Similar services and events will take place in Aarhus, Odense, Roskilde, Helsingør and all over Denmark. Later in the day, the […]

  • Denmark’s biggest hot dog lives in Odense

    Only on special occasionsThe day the new sausage beast made its debut, eight brave men had the determination to devour it in its entirety – sausage, bread, cucumber salad and remoulade – in a ten-minute race. Each participant could be helped by an assistant who held the other end of their hot dog. After the […]

  • Culture Round-Up: TV2’s local Copenhagen news media will take a more cosmopolitan point of view

    Culture Round-Up: TV2’s local Copenhagen news media will take a more cosmopolitan point of view

    TV 2 Lorry, the Frederiksberg-based broadcaster that has served the 34 municipalities in Denmark’s capital region (and beyond) with news since the early 1990s, has changed its name to TV2 Kosmopol as of today. All its logos, facades and signs have been duly changed, along with its website to tv2kosmopol.dk, but the biggest change is […]

  • Culture Round-Up: TV2’s local Copenhagen news media will take a more cosmopolitan point of view

    Culture Round-Up: TV2’s local Copenhagen news media will take a more cosmopolitan point of view

    TV 2 Lorry, the Frederiksberg-based broadcaster that has served the 34 municipalities in Denmark’s capital region (and beyond) with news since the early 1990s, has changed its name to TV2 Kosmopol as of today. All its logos, facades and signs have been duly changed, along with its website to tv2kosmopol.dk, but the biggest change is […]

  • Sports Round-Up: Jonas Vingegaard wins Denmark’s answer to Sports Personality of the Year

    Sports Round-Up: Jonas Vingegaard wins Denmark’s answer to Sports Personality of the Year

    No one could deserve the award more than him. Team Jumbo-Visma rider Jonas Vingegaard won at the age of 26 for the first time in his career in Saturday’s Sports Name of the Year, receiving the award from the Danish Sports Confederation and Team Denmark in Herning. The Dane had a terrific season. He won […]

  • Danish News Round-Up: The rising costs of parents who are forced to stay at home to care for their children

    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 […]

  • More people were injured by fireworks in Denmark than last year

    More people were injured by fireworks in Denmark than last year

    Children are responsible A quarterAmong the 195 people who were seriously injured by fireworks, around 25 percent were children under the age of 15, according to the Accident Analysis Group at Odense University Hospital. – Most children become interested in fireworks at some point, and it is important that you as a parent are ready […]

  • Danish news: Stop!  There were no bank robberies in 2022

    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 […]

  • Round-Up in Danish News: Outrage after the Prime Minister fails on the promise of clean drinking water before the election

    Round-Up in Danish News: Outrage after the Prime Minister fails on the promise of clean drinking water before the election

    Another storm threatens to engulf the newly assembled Danish government following the political and public backlash against plans to abolish one of the spring holidays. READ MORE: Church, vocal minorities and academics oppose plans to abolish public holidays, but businesses are mostly in favor Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been accused of going back on […]

  • Denmark down to the last two banks!

    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 […]

  • Facebook scraps huge plans in Denmark

    Facebook scraps huge plans in Denmark

    Metafocusing elsewhereMany of the workers have moved to Odense from abroad to work on the project and are now faced with unemployment and the risk of being sent home. The agreement with Per Aarsleff was first signed in August in a deal worth DKK 2.4 billion. Meta already has two data centers in the Odense […]

  • Hot night in June!  Iconic band performing in Odense as part of their 40th anniversary tour

    Hot night in June! Iconic band performing in Odense as part of their 40th anniversary tour

    They didn’t intend to go to Denmark next year, but here they are! The Californian funk/rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform at the 2023 Odense music festival Tinderbox. The 23-day world tour includes some other countries in Europe, but Denmark is the only Scandinavian date on the 40th anniversary tour of the legendary […]

  • Beyond innovation: Coziness meets high concept

    Beyond innovation: Coziness meets high concept

    Dawn. Slipstreaming over the Øresund. The ‘bridge’ shakes hands with Sweden. I look down on the windmills, harvest the elements and fuel our future. The wind and the waves. For millennia, the Danes have exploited them. What is it with me and Denmark? Half Scottish and one hundred percent European. There is probably also a […]

  • Fewer exposed areas in Denmark

    Fewer exposed areas in Denmark

    Ta-ta, Tingbjerg The nine areas remaining on the hardcore list are: Mjølner Park, Copenhagen Tåstrupgård, Høje-Taastrup Vollsmose, Odense Nørager/Søstjernevej, Sønderborg Stengårdsvej, Esbjerg Sundparken, Horsens Skovvejen/Skovparken, Kolding Bispehaven, Aarhus Gellerupparken/Toveshøj, Aarhus Tingbjerg/Utterslevhuse, an area that has been on the hardcore list every year bar one since 2010, is no longer on the list. While Askerød (Greve) […]

  • Climate summary: Could Denmark soon have a new Swedish nuclear power plant as a neighbour?

    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 […]

  • Talk about sustainable innovation with the DLG chair

    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 […]

  • Young climate activists organize three days of protests all over Denmark

    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. […]

  • Danish news Round-Up: Heavy traffic is expected when the autumn holidays begin

    Danish news Round-Up: Heavy traffic is expected when the autumn holidays begin

    Saturday 15 October from 10.00-14.00 has been highlighted as probably the busiest period on Danish roads due to the autumn holidays, which start tonight and last until Sunday 23 October. A large number of families are expected to take the week off, and many choose to spend it in their holiday homes. It is also […]

  • “People are stealing like never before,” claims the retail sector

    “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 […]

  • World Cup stars of the future?  Eleven to watch in 2026

    World Cup stars of the future? Eleven to watch in 2026

    A decent track recordNevertheless, CPH POST once in a while gives its best offer in relation to the stars of the future on Denmark’s national team. We did it ten years ago in 2012, listing six players aged 15-18 to look out for going forward. Not to toot our own horn, but four out of […]

  • The government: Denmark must cycle more

    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 […]

  • The municipalities collect record parking sums

    The municipalities collect record parking sums

    Expansion of paid parking zonesAccording to FDM, 26 of the country’s 98 municipalities have paid parking solutions, while 56 have parking control measures in place. Almost three quarters of municipal parking-related income comes from car owners who pay to park. “It’s a significant change because funds from paid parking usually account for two-thirds of the […]

  • Culture Round-Up: Disney+ is creeping up on Netflix’s shoulder, but neither can compete with YouTube

    Culture Round-Up: Disney+ is creeping up on Netflix’s shoulder, but neither can compete with YouTube

    The average TV viewer in Denmark streams over an hour of content every day, and the breakdown confirms the enormous popularity of the video sharing platform YouTube among most young people. They spend so much time on the platform that it’s enough to push YouTube, with an average of 20 minutes per person per day, […]

  • Bittersweet EC 2022 aftermath: England’s success could mean Danish misery

    Bittersweet EC 2022 aftermath: England’s success could mean Danish misery

    Danish fans watched England win a tense extra-time tie against Germany yesterday and given their history with their southern neighbours, it’s a fair bet they’ll be rooting for the Lionesses. However, there is a sting in the story. The postponement of Euro 2021 to July 2022 has given UEFA a smaller window than usual for […]

  • Green Concert back for the first time since 2019

    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 […]

  • Nationwide train service disruptions due to minor malfunctions

    Nationwide train service disruptions due to minor malfunctions

    An incident in Ejby yesterday has affected train operations all over Denmark today. According to DSB, a train traveling through the city caused damage to an overhead line. Regional trains between Odense and Fredericia have been canceled in both directions, but there will be buses to transport travelers between the destinations until 10.00. In addition, […]

  • Danish news Round-Up: The Danish government no longer recommends vaccines for children

    Danish news Round-Up: The Danish government no longer recommends vaccines for children

    Søren Brostrøm, head of the National Board of Health, explained at a press conference on Wednesday that the COVID-19 vaccine will no longer be recommended for children. Instead, only the particularly vulnerable and Danes over the age of 50 will be recommended a vaccine for the autumn. The Prime Minister defends the decisionAccording to Brostrøm, […]

  • BT must be 100 percent digital from 2023

    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 […]

  • Denmark’s startup ecosystem is making progress

    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 […]

  • Green spotlight: Hands that make a difference

    Green spotlight: Hands that make a difference

    There is a long way to go – but it may be necessary if we do not want to wet our feet in the future. Floods become part of our everyday lives, unless we start doing something about our climate, ”shows a plaque on a rather exciting bench facing the famous Copenhagen Lakes. Hard to […]

  • Sport Round-Up: The architect’s solution can revolutionize Copenhagen’s football pitch problem

    Sport Round-Up: The architect’s solution can revolutionize Copenhagen’s football pitch problem

    Stack them high!However, the architectural firm Werk Arkitekter has come up with a cunning plan. The company has proposed to make Copenhagen a pioneer for a solution that involves ‘stacking’ five or more courts on top of each other to form a kind of wooden-based sports tower. “The huge space-consuming sport is a challenge in […]

  • Business Round-Up: Weekend work on the rise – especially among the self-employed and young people

    Business Round-Up: Weekend work on the rise – especially among the self-employed and young people

    The self-employed work more on the weekends, according to figures from the Labor Force Survey, the labor force survey. They reveal that 41 percent worked regularly Saturday and Sunday in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 30 percent in the same period last year. In 2019 and 2020, the figure was 35 percent. Difference […]

  • Danish news overview: The Capital Region has increased by 11 percent over the last 10 years

    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 […]

  • A tantalizing look at the summer’s best festivals

    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 […]

  • Sport Round-Up: Denmark scores big on Russia’s football exclusion

    Sport Round-Up: Denmark scores big on Russia’s football exclusion

    Women qualify for the World Cup 2023Denmark has already secured a European group place via the Superliga winner this year, and the Russian expulsion also affects this. Instead of getting into the Champions League qualifier in the third round, the upcoming Superliga winners will instead go into the playoff round. Finally, the Russian women’s team […]

  • Local Round-Up: Sickness day figures confirm that the day care industry is having a hard time in Copenhagen

    Local Round-Up: Sickness day figures confirm that the day care industry is having a hard time in Copenhagen

    Teachers and day care workers in the capital take significantly more sick days than other municipal employees, figures from the town hall show. In general, the figures for sick days among Copenhagen Municipality’s employees last year, which did not include time off due to corona, were high. Its employees had an average of 11.9 sick […]

  • Science Round-Up: Corona was never a major threat to children, the study concludes

    Science Round-Up: Corona was never a major threat to children, the study concludes

    Danish children and young people have found it relatively easy to cope with the coronavirus and then recover from it, according to one University of Southern Denmark study. Academics felt the study was necessary in light of scare stories from abroad, but did not find much to be concerned about. The study compared the after-effects […]

  • Culture Round-Up: Huge wave of English-language theater on the way to Denmark

    Culture Round-Up: Huge wave of English-language theater on the way to Denmark

    A rash of English-language theater performances is on its way to Copenhagen in front of CPH Stage in early June, and starts this Saturday with the opening night of ‘Shirley Valentine’, Willy Russell’s highly acclaimed one-woman show from the 1980s. The London Toast Theater production with Vivienne McKee in the lead role continues until 14 […]

  • Local Round-Up: Sweden wants Denmark to stop dumping toxic Lynetteholm sludge in Køge Bay

    Local Round-Up: Sweden wants Denmark to stop dumping toxic Lynetteholm sludge in Køge Bay

    Sweden wants Denmark to stop dumping sludge in Køge Bay because it is harmful to maritime life. Derived from the site of the Lynetteholm island in the Port of Copenhagen near Nordhavn, about 228,000 cubic meters of sludge has been transported to Køge Bay and dumped in the sea since 6 January. An additional 2.3 […]

  • Modernizing mogul modeled us at Manchester and made Marmokirken magnificent

    Modernizing mogul modeled us at Manchester and made Marmokirken magnificent

    Carl Frederik Tietgen, often called Denmark’s biggest business mogul, was almost solely responsible for bringing Denmark into the industrial age. Today, his business legacy lives on in companies such as DFDS, Tuborg, GN Store Nord and Danisco, as well as the magnificent Marble Church, which he was responsible for completing. But who was this business […]

  • Denmark has two of the world’s top 30 hospitals – ranking

    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

    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, […]

  • Do not ignore her!  Storm Nora will bring gusts of hurricane force to Denmark on Friday night

    Do not ignore her! Storm Nora will bring gusts of hurricane force to Denmark on Friday night

    Move Malik aside because Storm Nora is on her way to us. Last night – the remnants of a storm called Dudley in Britain – was just the act of warming up, because Nora seems to be causing chaos when it sweeps in over Denmark during Friday night. It has been christened Eunice in the […]

  • ‘Margrethe the Musical’ in the cinema from June 2023

    ‘Margrethe the Musical’ in the cinema from June 2023

    Britain has ‘The Crown’, the United States had ‘The Comey Rule’ and the Vietnam War 1968 the John Wayne vehicle ‘The Green Berets’… all dramatizations of stories not yet completed. And now Denmark gets one of its own after the news that ‘Margrethe’, an upcoming musical biopic of her beloved monarch, will make its debut […]

  • Danish news overview: Dangerous baby pillow recalled due to exploits, it could suffocate infants

    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), […]

  • Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Children account for 40 percent of all fireworks injuries

    Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Children account for 40 percent of all fireworks injuries

    Every New Year’s Eve, the public does not learn this year’s lessons. From failing to ensure that their children wear goggles to taking a ridiculously close look at the fireworks that could not fire, injuries are common every year in a country where a fair portion of the population are self-proclaimed pyrotechnic lunatics. Four out […]

  • The teammate reveals what the stars said during Eriksen’s cardiac arrest fear

    The teammate reveals what the stars said during Eriksen’s cardiac arrest fear

    One of Christian Eriksen’s international teammates has revealed what Denmark’s players whispered in the shocking moments after the affected midfielder’s cardiac arrest on the pitch during a European Championship 2020 match. The former Tottenham star, who has just been released from his Inter Milan contract, collapsed when his country hosted Finland in their opening match […]

  • Sports Round-Up: Premier League enemy for Danish teams in Europe

    Sports Round-Up: Premier League enemy for Danish teams in Europe

    Hunter 15 Brøndby finished last in their Europa League group and have finished playing European football this season. With three teams left in Europe, Denmark has the most teams out of the countries aiming for the top 15 in the European coefficient ranking. Turkey is currently in 15th place and has two teams left, just […]

  • Among these festive markets, there could be the gem that makes this a completely classic Christmas

    Among these festive markets, there could be the gem that makes this a completely classic Christmas

    We can not vouch for all these Christmas markets. Some of them are screaming and cross-border vulgar, selling last year’s almonds and mulled wine stuffed at the pet store. But among this line-up could be the market where you buy one of your best Christmas gifts ever! Could be the next Fabergé You know the […]

  • More corona restrictions on the way, but nothing drastic

    More corona restrictions on the way, but nothing drastic

    So far, these are only recommendations: return of face masks, more requirements to show coronapas, especially if you work in the public sector, shorter lifespan of passports, etc. The Ministry of Health approached the nation at 16:00 yesterday to say that the Epidemic Commission (experts) has recommended further measures to curb escalating corona cases, but […]

  • Local election results are in: Excellent night for Conservatives

    Local election results are in: Excellent night for Conservatives

    Large cannons fade Meanwhile, the story was completely different for large parties, the Liberal Party and the Social Democrats. The Social Democrats received the most votes (28.5 percent), but it was a decrease of 3.9 percent compared to 2017. Four years ago, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s party secured 47 mayors, a number that has fallen […]

  • Local elections 2021: Click elections – how to stand out

    Local elections 2021: Click elections – how to stand out

    According to a 2021 survey in the political science journal Acta Politica entitled ‘Do campaign posters trigger voting based on appearance?’, An abundance of surveys now suggest that candidates who look more attractive, competent or otherwise appealing win more votes . It may be old news, but the authors Michael Herrmann and Susumu Shikano found […]

  • Local elections 2021: Good health for the regions!

    Local elections 2021: Good health for the regions!

    There are less than a week left until the regional elections on 16 November. The criteria for eligibility are identical to the municipal election, so the majority of foreigners can vote. These elections, which are held every four years, are an opportunity for Danish citizens and international citizens to shape their regions for the better. […]

  • Miss this double show at your peril as stupidity, science and sorcery clash!

    It’s funny how Kojak has always been popular for jokes about poets. But did he ever have a scientist to say “Who loves you, speccy?” to? Captain Jean-Luc Picard certainly had one, if not two. One was a member of the undead, the other MC Hammer. Oddly enough, none of them have been seen since […]

  • Danish group charged with supplying fuel for Syrian war

    Danish group charged with supplying fuel for Syrian war

    This is the claim from the Bagmandspolitiet in a criminal case, which begins on Tuesday in the Court in Odense. In a statement, Dan-Bunkering and Bunker Holding have claimed that they have not done anything wrong. And that Keld Rosenbæk Demant – as chairman of the board of one company and director of the other […]

  • Fake grandchildren embezzled the elderly by almost a million kroner

    On Monday, the 33-year-old Romeo Nguyen Lam in the Eastern High Court was sentenced to four years in prison and deportation from Denmark with a ban on entry for 10 years. He was not alone in the scam. In December last year, he and a woman and another man were convicted in the case at […]

  • Vulnerable young girls were involved in offers to them

    Vulnerable young girls were involved in offers to them

    GirlTalk would like to give girls who are having a hard time the opportunity to use their own voice. It tells psychologist and director of GirlTalk Anna Bjerre. – When the girls need help, what will they answer themselves that they need ?, she says. The project, which ended up becoming groups where young girls […]

  • Vulnerable girls received co-determination and help

    Vulnerable girls received co-determination and help

    The project, which ended up becoming groups where young girls met with volunteers while drawing, received positive feedback from those it’s all about. The evaluation shows that 70 percent of the girls became more happy to be part of Sisterhood. 37 percent could also tell that they self-harmed less. Anna Bjerre, a psychologist and director […]

  • Greenland’s first professor Robert Pedersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor Robert Pedersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor, Robert Pedersen, has died after a short illness. He turned 93 years old. The professor’s nephew Jakob Pedersen informs the Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq.AG on Saturday. – Robert Petersen exhaled while the first rays of the sun appeared. He turned 93, and he passed away after a week of illness, says Jakob Petersen […]

  • Greenland’s first professor Robert Petersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor Robert Petersen has died – 93 years old

    Greenland’s first professor, Robert Petersen, has died after a short illness. He turned 93 years old. The professor’s nephew Jakob Petersen informs the Greenlandic media Sermitsiaq.AG on Saturday. – Robert Petersen exhaled while the first rays of the sun appeared. He turned 93, and he passed away after a week of illness, says Jakob Petersen […]

  • New washing machine?  Here are five tips before buying

    New washing machine? Here are five tips before buying

    A washing machine that costs 8000 one week can potentially cost 5000 the next, and then 8000 again the following week. – So it pays to look after yourself, says Gitte Sørensen, who is project manager at the Consumer Council Think, where she has been responsible for a test of washing machines. Gitte Sørensen recommends […]

  • Major delays in traffic – no trains between Jutland and Funen

    Train operations between Funen and Jutland were stopped shortly before noon on Friday. This is because an overhead line has been torn down, DSB informs. It is on the stretch between Odense and Fredericia that the trains stop, the company informs on the social media Twitter. Train buses were deployed, and the first ones departed […]

  • Stop for trains between Jutland and Funen

    Train operations between Funen and Jutland were stopped shortly before noon on Friday. This is because an overhead line has been torn down, DSB informs. It is on the stretch between Odense and Fredericia that the trains stop, the company informs on the social media Twitter. Work is underway to deploy train buses, it appears. […]

  • Train reinstated between Jutland and Funen after long delays

    Train operations between Funen and Jutland were stopped shortly before noon on Friday. This was because an overhead line had been torn down, DSB stated. It was on the stretch between Odense and Fredericia that the trains stopped, but here, early Friday afternoon, train operations were resumed in one lane. Therefore, they have also chosen […]

  • Covert folk disease destroys the lives of many women

    Covert folk disease destroys the lives of many women

    Incontinence is a hidden folk disease imbued with shame that affects many women’s quality of life. 15 percent of 40-60-year-old women experience incontinence at least weekly. The problem most often occurs after childbirth, but often shows up later when the pelvic floor muscles and connective tissue that support the bladder become slack. For the many […]

  • Covert folk disease destroys many women’s lives

    Covert folk disease destroys many women’s lives

    Incontinence is a hidden public disease permeated by shame, which severely affects many women’s quality of life. 15 percent of 40-60-year-old women experience incontinence at least weekly. The problem most often occurs after childbirth, but often shows up later when pelvic floor muscles and connective tissue that support the bladder become slack. For the many […]

  • Danish News Round-Up: Minister of Health worried about the recent increase in the number of corona infections

    Danish News Round-Up: Minister of Health worried about the recent increase in the number of corona infections

    The Minister of Health, Magnus Heunicke, warns that the number of corona cases is rising again. The rate has doubled in two weeks The reproduction rate of 1.0 is not something to worry about, he said, but other factors suggest that the rate of infection may continue to grow. Over the last two weeks, it […]

  • 22-year-old woman hit by motorist died a week after accident

    An investigation and a legal aftermath are now awaiting, the South and Southern Jutland Police inform. – We can not provide further information, but an investigation is underway. Then comes a legal aftermath, says Helle Lundberg, communications adviser at the police, to JydskeVestkysten. The accident happened on the morning of October 11th. The woman came […]

  • Beef cattle in Odense have been drinking PFOS-poisoned water for years

    In Odense Municipality, elevated concentrations of the toxin PFOS have been found in a watercourse and in a field where grazing beef cattle have been grazing for a number of years. It writes TV 2 Fyn and Fyens Stiftstidende. PFOS has come into the spotlight after a case from Korsør, where more than 100 citizens […]

  • National Round-Up: The Social Democrats win the school election in 2021

    National Round-Up: The Social Democrats win the school election in 2021

    The Social Democrats have won the school election in 2021 with 23.5 percent of the vote. The school choice is a three-week teaching course for 7.-9. Class that mimics a real election campaign. Students form parties, study democracy and key political issues, and participate in debates. The course culminates in a 12-vote ‘election’ in which […]

  • The country has come on surname with Vanopslagh

    The country has come on surname with Vanopslagh

    Alex Vanopslagh has meanwhile become political leader of the Liberal Alliance. A position he was almost thrown into after the parliamentary elections in 2019, where he was one of very few success stories for the party. And many are now agreeing on how his last name is pronounced. Two years ago, the newly elected member […]

  • The tax in the municipalities is set to increase in 2022

    Ten municipalities will raise taxes in 2022, while six municipalities will reduce taxes. In total, preliminary figures show a municipal tax increase of DKK 122 million next year. But the government wants to reduce the state base tax so that the total tax for the citizens of the country “as a whole” does not increase. […]

  • The tax will increase next year in ten municipalities

    Ten municipalities will raise taxes in 2022, while six municipalities will reduce taxes. In total, preliminary figures show a municipal tax increase of DKK 122 million next year. But the government wants to reduce the state base tax so that the total tax for the citizens of the country “as a whole” does not increase. […]

  • Three attempted rapes trigger unconditional imprisonment for 17-year-old

    All three times it took place in Kongens Have in Odense. The boy was 16 years old at the time of the crime. It was possible for police to apprehend the perpetrator shortly after the third episode on February 2nd. This was primarily due to the women’s detailed reporting, it appears from the press release. […]

  • The autumn holidays mean increased traffic on the roads

    The autumn holidays mean increased traffic on the roads

    – Friday afternoon we expect quite a lot of cars on the roads. It will be a busy rush hour traffic, he says. According to Martin Rytoft, it will be especially around the big cities that you can expect extra rush hour traffic and queues. It is therefore recommended that as far as possible on […]

  • Lifelike bassist feels like a 17 year old

    Lifelike bassist feels like a 17 year old

    Musician, composer and orchestra leader Bo Stief turns 75 on Sunday. The passionate and versatile musician has not put his favorite instrument, the bass, on the shelf. He is currently playing with Poul Halberg, with whom he has a duo. And he’s really happy about that. Bo Stief has been ill with cancer a few […]

  • The weekends will offer the most traffic during the autumn holidays

    The weekends will offer the most traffic during the autumn holidays

    If you are going to travel during the autumn holidays, and you want to avoid as much traffic as possible, then you can try to travel outside the weekends. This is how it sounds from the Danish Road Directorate and DSB up to the autumn holidays, which extend from Friday 15 October to Sunday 24 […]

  • Men travel to Denmark to offer illegal circumcision

    People from abroad travel to Denmark to offer illegal circumcisions. This can be revealed by TV 2 in the documentary “Circumcision behind closed doors”, which the TV station shows from Thursday. In the documentary, TV 2 gets in touch with two men, both of whom claim to be carrying out the illegal circumcisions. One lives […]

  • Funen man confesses to fraud against loan companies

    A string of loan companies were exposed to fraud when they received requests for a total of 2.4 million kroner. That is the claim in a charge that a 28-year-old man was confronted with on Tuesday during a constitutional hearing in the Court in Odense. The man admitted the affair and was remanded in custody […]

  • New imprisonment in case of knife assault on boy in Vollsmose

    New imprisonment in case of knife assault on boy in Vollsmose

    In the case of a bloody assault on a 17-year-old boy in Vollsmose in Odense, the police have arrested a wanted man. The 28-year-old was on Tuesday produced before a judge who has decided to remand him in custody for four weeks. This is stated by the Funen Police. The crime took place on September […]

  • New arrest in case of knife assault on boy in Vollsmose

    In the case of an assault on a 17-year-old boy in Vollsmose in Odense, the police have arrested a wanted man. The 28-year-old will appear before a judge on Tuesday, Funen Police informs in a press release. The crime took place on September 10 in Lærkeparken. The victim was stabbed with a knife and was […]

  • Young woman has been seriously injured – hit by trailer

    A 22-year-old woman has been seriously injured in connection with a left-turn accident in Sønderborg, where she has been hit by a car trailer. The woman was flown to Odense University Hospital by helicopter. Her relatives have been notified. The South and Southern Jutland Police write this on Twitter. Police received the report of the […]

  • The government is accused of opposing the European Court of Justice

    The EU has repeatedly ruled that the logging of the teledata of an entire country’s population is in breach of EU law. Denmark has, among other things, this type of registration. Therefore, Minister of Justice Nick Hækkerup (S) now wants a so-called targeted geographical logging, and it seems to be able to be quite comprehensive. […]

  • 15 Danish cities must have a youth education closer

    A total of 15 cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants outside Greater Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg do not have a youth education. It shows a note from the Ministry of Children and Education. But the government will look into the possibility that they may get. This is what Minister for Children and Education Pernille […]

  • Professor with an interest in defense will be the new SDU rector

    The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) will have a new rector from 1 November. This is stated by SDU in a press release. This is 48-year-old Jens Ringsmose. He is a trained historian, and in his research career has focused on the field of defense policy. Previous places of employment include the Danish Institute for […]

  • Police action in 2019 resulted in several terrorist cases

    Police action in 2019 resulted in several terrorist cases

    The defendants in the case were arrested in connection with a police operation on 11 December 2019. Here, the police arrested about 20 people, several of whom have been released again. The action resulted in three cases, which in total ended with the indictment of six people – one of whom has been convicted: Case […]

  • From The Royal Theater to Viking blood

    From The Royal Theater to Viking blood

    Here he played his son Christian in the play, which is based on Thomas Vinterberg’s dogma film from 1998. On Thursday he turns 50 years old. But age is not something that concerns the birth attendant, he has previously said in an interview with Vendsyssel Teater: – I just think it is very important not […]

  • Truck turned and killed woman on bicycle in Odense

    Truck turned and killed woman on bicycle in Odense

    The accident was reported at 2.30 pm, duty officer Ehm Christensen at Funen Police informs. It happened at the intersection of Næsbyvej and Thorslundsvej. The driver of the truck is a 46-year-old man. Tests for alcohol and drugs are routinely taken, but the chief of guards emphasizes that there is no suspicion in that direction. […]

  • Knutzon manages to excite all ages

    Knutzon manages to excite all ages

    The series, which aired for the first time in 2010, has been sold to more than 70 countries. In 2022, a new season follows. The first episode will be broadcast in February, and Lars Knutzon, who turns 80 on October 1, is on the cast. On the whole, he is a favorite actor in DR’s […]

  • FACTS: 27 new bike paths along state roads have received money

    See here which projects along the state roads have been awarded money: * Billund: Bicycle path from Sdr. Omme to Filskov (4 million). * Bornholm: Shared Trails on Torneværksvej in Rønne (3.3 million). * Esbjerg: Bicycle path between Bramming and Store Darum (11.1 million). * Fredericia: Bicycle path project on Snaremosevej (750,000 million). * Furesø: […]

  • Denmark does not reach target for vaccine connection against covid-19

    Denmark does not reach target for vaccine connection against covid-19

    On Thursday, 86.6 percent have so far accepted the offer to receive the first vaccine bite. Michael Bang Petersen, professor and responsible for the Hope project at Aarhus University, has investigated the Danes’ behavior and habits during the corona pandemic. He believes that some enduring myths among sections of the population may be contributing to […]

  • The speed limit on the motorway between Odense and Nyborg is raised to 130

    This is stated by the Danish Road Directorate in a press release. Exactly the speed limit will be raised on the motorway section between Odense and Nyborg by Tietgenbyen and west of Nyborg by Hjulby and on Route 9 west of Nyborg by Allerup. Department head Niels Agerholm states that the Danish Road Directorate has […]

  • Party leaders on charm visits kick off the election

    Party leaders on charm visits kick off the election

    Already, several of the party’s top leaders have been around to back up the local candidates and to talk to those who decide it all: the voters. And citizens across the country can well prepare for further influx of party leaders, predicts political commentator Hans Engell. – We see that the party leaders, parties and […]

  • Danish hospital seeks pregnant women for testing of vaccine against RS virus

    To participate, you must be pregnant with a single child who is healthy. In addition, you must be between the 24th and 36th week of pregnancy and have planned to give birth at a hospital in either Odense, Hvidovre, Hillerød or Aarhus. In short, the project will investigate whether infants can be protected against RS […]

  • Life-threatening bacteria abound in nine out of ten nursing homes

    Life-threatening bacteria abound in nine out of ten nursing homes

    This is shown by a study from Aalborg University and the Statens Serum Institut (SSI), which has not yet been published, writes the media Ingeniøren. In nine out of ten nursing homes, legionella has been found in the water. The worst situation is in Copenhagen, where after water tests it can be concluded that there […]

  • New superhospitals born with fewer beds in the living rooms

    New superhospitals born with fewer beds in the living rooms

    The upcoming super hospital, which will be located in Hillerød, will be affected by new savings. Berlingske writes this on the basis of an orientation to the politicians in the Capital Region. According to the newspaper, after several savings, there is a prospect of fewer beds in Hillerød. But it is far from the only […]

  • There are prospects for new savings requirements at the super hospital in Hillerød

    Back in 2011, it was decided where more new super hospitals should be located. The total price here was around 41 billion kroner. Six new ones were to be built – including one in Hillerød – while 12 other places were to be rebuilt on existing hospitals. Each of the hospitals should, as a rule, […]

  • New savings requirements may affect super hospital in Hillerød

    Back in 2011, it was decided where there should be several new super hospitals around the country. Each of the hospitals should have a common emergency department and, as a rule, cover an area with at least 200,000 inhabitants. 16 of these are being built or taken into use – including one in Hillerød. However, […]