Weekly overview
Researchers from Aalborg University developed a device that can save your life. The device is a small box called “seismofit,” which uses vibration sensors to register the movements of the heart. The results are sent to an app, which can tell your VO2 max (oxygen capacity during exercise). Across gender, age, and race, VO2 max is the biggest predictor of mortality and disease.
Almost a quarter of children in Denmark have myopia (nearsightedness). The organization of opticians (Optikerforeningen) noticed a deterioration of children’s sight in the last couple of years. To compare it, today they are selling just as many glasses for myopia as for farsightedness. Why? Increased use of screens.
Free bus transport in Fredericia. The City Council decided as part of the 2025 budget to introduce free bus transport from August 1st, 2025. Why? They want more people to choose public transport over the car.
- There are other similar initiatives in Denmark. On Ærø and Fejø, the bus is free all-year round. Tønder, Vejen, Billund, Vejle, Kolding, Haderslev, Aabenraa, Varde, and Sønderborg offer two months of free bus and train transport for newcomers.
“Moving kit” for recycling in Copenhagen. When you decide to move to another address from your current home in the capital, you can order a “moving kit” (flyttekit) from the municipality. It contains various types of trash bags and information on waste sorting.
Welfare trips to Malaga (Spain) for the elderly in Copenhagen. There are eight planned one-week vacations for the elderly in the capital. The municipality will pay for the trips. Why? To fight against loneliness.
The production of Danish wine has tripled in the last six years. There are 146 wine farms in Denmark with a total cultivated area of 173 hectares. In 2022, 349 tons of grapes were produced. The quality of the wine has increased over the years to a level that the wine is now served in Michelin restaurants in France, Sweden, Norway, and Germany.
- In Denmark, we have the solaris grape, which is most suitable for white and sparkling wine.
- The number of wineries is expected to double in the next couple of years.
- Danish wine costs on average between 200 and 300 DKK per bottle.
Two new rock reefs have been recreated in Kattegat. The Danish Environmental Protection Agency used 19,000 tons of stone to recreate two rock reefs in order to provide shelter to sea animals. Seaweed plants will attach to the stones, so that seaweed forests will form with time.
