…and we are back! Just as Denmark is slowly re-emerging from its July slumber, we are also rolling out changes in August! New writers, new content types, and more people are joining us to deliver on our mission: empowering people with information! An incredible number of people (71) have volunteered to join “Last Week in Denmark,” which shows that we are not alone in believing that the international community in Denmark needs to be empowered with access to information.
August is also synonymous with new beginnings, especially moving into a new apartment in Denmark. For the past decade, August 1st has been the day most people have changed addresses in Denmark – including some 35,000 out of 854,000 moves last year. At the same time, it is high season for housing fraudsters, as thousands of students have also begun their apartment search. If an apartment seems too good to be true (price, location, conditions), then most likely it’s a fake advertisement. What should you do before paying the deposit and first month’s rent? Check the ownership of the house here and contact the owner to see if they are actually renting it out, see the house before paying, and beware of signing contracts right away.
What’s Denmark talking about? Energy drinks and their bad effects on children. For the past couple of years, energy drink consumption has skyrocketed in Denmark among every age group, with severe consequences for our general health situation. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, and Norway have already banned energy drinks for young people under the age of 16. The United Kingdom and Hungary are preparing similar bans. There are voices from the health sector in Denmark that demand we go the same way. Why? High consumption of energy drinks leads to headaches, stomachaches, heart palpitations, sleep disturbances, increased stress levels, and unexplained bouts of anger, among other symptoms.
Find time to talk about energy drinks at the dinner table with your children. They need to understand the risk they are exposing themselves to by following others in consuming energy drinks at breakfast and lunch. There are multiple YouTube videos you can watch together to understand their effects. Also, be a role model and give up drinking energy drinks in their presence.
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