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Check out the winners from Denmark’s largest natural science talent competition, “Unge Forskere” (Young Researchers)

One of the winners is the 17-year old international student, Ridhima Pal (Copenhagen International School). She wants to change the way we measure obesity....

Denmark is the world’s sixth highest consumer of natural resources

Denmark boasts some of the world’s most ambitious climate goals, largely based on its advanced system for mostly-renewable electricity generation and well-established waste management...

Insights into the Danish way of life – Week 17

Although it is not a public holiday in Denmark, May 1 marks Arbejdernes Kampdag (Labour Day). In some municipalities, like Copenhagen, it is a...

The Vindelev gold rush

Ole Ginnerup Schultz and Jørgen Antonsen found a 5th century gold treasure (795 grams) with a metal detector in Vindelev (December 2020). Since then,...

The average birth rate in Denmark is 1.5 children per family, the lowest level in the past decade

For a country to maintain its population size, each family needs to have 2.1 children on average (that is if you ignore immigration, of...