Now here's a cool variation on the 'dropping kids off at daycare' theme in Copenhagen.
I doubt that he would venture out of the busy bike lanes like this, but it serves the purpose on quiet roads in this neighbourhood.
In Denmark we have 12 months of maternity leave and three months of paternity leave, on average.
Your children get a spot in a daycare [vuggestue] from the age of about 8 months, although most people I know start them at about 12 months. At the age of three they move on to a kindergarten [børnehave] until they start in school.
This model is popular in the Scandinavian countries. Emphasis is placed on developing social skills and placing kids together from a young age serves to help teach them to be a part of a societal structure.
It is extremely rare, in my experience, for parents to keep a child at home. Not only because they have jobs, but because the child will be 'out of the loop' socially if they start later.
03 February 2008
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Very interesting - why grates in these windows are so special. Have never seen something like that in Ukraine.
Can you please explain their purpose?
Thank you in advance! )
They look like they are there to prevent hot summer sunlight from getting in the window but to allow low-angle winter sunlight to get through (a passive solar feature). However I don't think they can be all too necessary in Denmark since the summers can't be all that hot
They are, without a doubt, a design feature more than a practical element.
Denmark has a similar climate to Seattle and Vancouver. While the summers only get up to 30 degrees or so, these grates may be in place because of the light in the summer, which lasts until late evening, due to Copenhagen's northern location.
Many buildings have light deflecting features.
Thank you!
Now I understand.
cool blinds, no doubt, but what about Mr Traffic Safety here? If my wife caught me driving my kids to school like that she'd pick up the pram and beat me with it!
Man it's good to have you onstream again!
Welcome rain here in Melbourne today. Well, for half an hour or so.
So you've done your 'Holiday in the Sun'
(Not a 'new Belsen' I hope)
Though your photostream (Pork) does hint at such associations...
Whichever. Anything to report on two-wheeled matters alongside the Red Sea?
i hope your wife will remove the infant before whacking you on the head... :-)
thanks, deepbluesea. i saw one two-wheeled bike in 14 days. and two cargo bikes. the latter will be posted soon.
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