How do we make Amsterdam’s bike tunnels less scary?
It involves all the five senses, apparently
Netherlands / Amsterdam / Development / Public Spaces
Denmark
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- Danish town to lend families cargo bikes so they can experience car-less life
- Copenhagen creates parking lots only for e-car sharing services
- Copenhagen Pride will be first in the world to use only e-vehicles
- Aarhus learns how to support climate friendly behaviour from citizens
- Omø is the Danish island of the year
- Denmark sends test alarm messages to its entire population’s mobile phones
Denmark / Mobility / Social City
Danish town to lend families cargo bikes so they can experience car-less life
Fredensborg Municipality is inviting residents to take the bikes for a spin…lasting up to 3 months
Denmark / Copenhagen / Mobility / Public Spaces
Copenhagen creates parking lots only for e-car sharing services
1,000 such spaces, strategically placed near public transit hubs, will help rethink the place of the car in the city
Denmark / Copenhagen / Culture and Tourism / Green City
Copenhagen Pride will be first in the world to use only e-vehicles
This year, green will be the most prominent of the rainbow flag colours
Denmark / Aarhus / Green City / Social City
Aarhus learns how to support climate friendly behaviour from citizens
According to the local Climate Citizens’ Assembly parts of the solutions should come from changing how we eat, consume goods, build, and move around as citizens
Denmark / Development / Social City
Omø is the Danish island of the year
The annual award was established as a way to support small local communities living on fairly isolated isles
Denmark / Digital transformation / Social City
Denmark sends test alarm messages to its entire population’s mobile phones
The first Wednesday of May has become known as Big Wailing Day, since this is when the country’s sirens are checked if they’re in working order
Denmark / Economy and Finance / Politics and Reforms
Denmark sets up a nearly 1-bn euro state fund to aid Ukraine
This Nordic country doesn’t want to wait for the last war bullet to sound off before starting reconstruction
Denmark / Aalborg / Green City
Aalborg is asking residents to donate stones, but why?
The noble mission of reviving a fjord reef for marine life will need a collective effort to materialize
Denmark / Green City / Innovation and Research
Danish sea has the world’s first cross-border CO2 graveyard
Making meaningful progress in climate change efforts is unthinkable without removing massive amounts of that gas from the atmosphere
Denmark / Copenhagen / Politics and Reforms / Social City
Copenhagen tests a citizens’ parliament with lottery-selected MPs
The initiative aims to build up on the already existing citizens’ assemblies in the Danish capital
Denmark / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
World’s largest lime mine is auctioning off its electric train
Mønsted Kalkgruber, in Denmark, has also been operating as a tourist destination for a quarter of a century now
Denmark / Copenhagen / Mobility / Public Spaces
Copenhagen police expand their fleet with e-scooters
While in other cities law enforcement is thinking of ways to curb the two-wheelers, here they’re falling in love with them
Denmark / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
Denmark opens up nuclear bunker for tourist visits
The facility dates to the Cold War period and has never been used, yet with the current climate, the timing of its opening feels optimal
Denmark / Green City / Welfare and Health
Danish hospital gives sustainable laughing gas to women giving birth
A 4-hour birth has the same CO2 footprint as driving 1,500 km by car, but not in this maternity ward
Denmark / Energy efficiency / Green City
Denmark hosts the world’s tallest wind turbine
It’s also the world’s most powerful
Denmark / Development / Green City
Two Danish foundations challenge developers to create buildings with 75% less emissions
The aim is to have a carbon impact of only 2.5 kg of CO2 per square metre per year
Denmark / Aalborg / Education and Sport / Welfare and Health
Aalborg school first to try a 4-day week in Denmark
No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
Denmark / Germany / Development / Mobility
World’s longest underwater rail-road tunnel to connect Germany and Denmark
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
Denmark / Economy and Finance / Green City
Danish deposit-return system for bottles and cans is now 100% circular
The solution which has been progressing to that end for the past several years proves that there can be a circular business model
Denmark / Economy and Finance / Politics and Reforms
Denmark cancels religious holiday to fill up state coffers
Naturally, many aren’t happy - not because of the reduced possibility for prayers, but because they felt it was an attack on welfare
Denmark / Aarhus / Welfare and Health
Aarhus challenges its residents to ditch alcohol for the whole of January
The city has your back if you opt for that kind of New Year’s resolution
Denmark / Copenhagen / Innovation and Research
Copenhagen Airport to add 3D scanners in 2024
That will eliminate the annoying part of having to take out electronic devices from your bags at gate control
Denmark / Energy efficiency
Did you know that a Christmas tree can power two hot showers?
The Danish District Heating company has some advice for residents on how to recycle the holiday firs
Denmark / Aarhus / Digital transformation / Mobility
Aarhus uses a smart system to extend the cycling season into winter
The elements that make it possible are path sensors and friendly text messages
Denmark / Aarhus / Green City / Innovation and Research
Robot arm collects floating waste in Aarhus
Stopping floating garbage before it gets to the ocean – the smart way
Denmark / Copenhagen / Public Spaces / Social City
Copenhagen mulls opening its entire harbour waterfront for swimming
Until now, there have been specially designated bathing areas but from next summer, one would be able to see the city as one giant swimming pool
Denmark / Copenhagen / Public Spaces
Copenhagen will be the World Capital of Architecture for the next three years
The Danish capital was recognized for its citizen-centric approach to urban planning
Denmark / Slovenia / Spain / Green City
Valencia is the 2024 European Green Capital
Helsingør (Denmark) and Velenje (Slovenia) are the EU Green Leaf winners
Denmark / Copenhagen / Energy efficiency / Green City
Biogas from food waste could replace imported gas in Copenhagen
Biogas can be used in all the different sectors where its fossil fuel counterpart is used
Belgium / Denmark / Development / Energy efficiency
Belgium to construct first artificial energy island in the North Seа
Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten explained that it would help turn the sea into а big green open-air power plant
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Denmark / Mobility / Social City
Danish town to lend families cargo bikes so they can experience car-less life
Denmark / Copenhagen / Mobility / Public Spaces
Copenhagen creates parking lots only for e-car sharing services
Denmark / Copenhagen / Culture and Tourism / Green City
Copenhagen Pride will be first in the world to use only e-vehicles
Denmark / Aarhus / Green City / Social City
Aarhus learns how to support climate friendly behaviour from citizens
Denmark / Development / Social City
Omø is the Danish island of the year
Denmark / Digital transformation / Social City
Denmark sends test alarm messages to its entire population’s mobile phones
Denmark / Economy and Finance / Politics and Reforms
Denmark sets up a nearly 1-bn euro state fund to aid Ukraine
Denmark / Aalborg / Green City
Aalborg is asking residents to donate stones, but why?
Denmark / Green City / Innovation and Research
Danish sea has the world’s first cross-border CO2 graveyard
Denmark / Copenhagen / Politics and Reforms / Social City