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Copenhagen is full of research-driven designs to promote health and well-being.  There is a willingness to experiment, analyze and develop new models for integrating opportunities for better health and social inclusion in our urban environment. Scaledenmark recently led a bicycle tour in the vibrant Østerbro and Nørrebro neighborhoods, highlighting design strategies related to climate change, health, and social justice. This tour explores how “greening the city” has benefits beyond...

In November 2019, Ørsted presented its vision to use the Danish island of Bornholm, situated in the Baltic Sea, as an energy hub by making it the centre point of a proposed new interconnection between Denmark and Poland, in reality making Bornholm the world’s first energy island...

The 2020 Environmental Performance Index has named Copenhagen as the best environmental performing country of 180 studied countries. The report states: “Denmark leads the world on climate change action, having reduced its CO2 emissions by more than half since peaking in 1996 (World Bank, 2019). Denmark’s capital city of Copenhagen has slashed emissions through investment in wind energy and biomass, adoption of district heating and cooling systems, and expansion of bike lanes to the point...

Copenhagen is the second city to recieve the label "Unesco world capital of architecture". In 2023, Copenhagen will also host the World Congress of Architects. It is a good opportunity to reflect together with the world and continue our road to carbon-neutrality.

We can't loose track of other challenges we were facing. Therefore we want to highlight again the vision for the Nordic Region, something we should continue to keep in mind. The Nordic Council of Ministers envisioned last year in Iceland that the Nordic region will become the most sustainable and integrated region in the world by 2030. Co-operation is key in achieving this goal.

The shared priorities:

1. A green Nordic region – towards carbon neutrality and a sustainable...

Good news from the mobility front! The construction of the Femern belt, a tunnel from Denmark to Germany will start next year. This was decided by the Danish Parliament, after five years of struggling getting the project approved. With its 18 kilometer it will be the longest tunnel of its kind. Soon it will be possible to travel between Rødby (DK) and Puttgarden (GE) in 7 minutes by train and 10 by car, instead of the usual 45 minutes on the ferry.  

It has been three weeks today that Denmark started to close down. As much as possible we have been trying to stand together, but stay apart. As many others, we have said goodbye to our office space at Bloxhub and are writing this from our home office. Everyone had to make tough decisions which were necessary to flatten the curve. And it seems to be working for now. On Monday Mette Frederiksen, prime minister of Denmark, announced that with continuous efforts and stabilizing numbers, we can...

Scaledenmark proudly introduces its second instagram page: @exploringcopenhagen_ !

The account is closely linked to the book and is built up in the same way: 12 months, 12 neighbourhoods. Every month we will provide you with Copenhagen's best practice solutions of that particular neighbourhood, the design tools employed and select quotes from the book. In this way we provide a new platform for a continuous debate and we invite you to join! Whether you are a tourist, student, designer...