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Pacifier tree

This is the pacifier tree in Århus. It must bee the weirdest thing I ever seen.
Two small trees filled with colourful pacifiers. The kids hang their pacifiers in the three when they are at kindergarten (3 years old). It is a ritual which symbolize the step from babyhood to childhood – and the first step [...]

7 points to understand a foreign country

Understanding a country you never visited in a short time is hard. Focusing on the following 7 points – provided by my professor Hans-Henrik Holm – might help to analyse a nation.

Geography – how is the country located and what are it main threats
Social matrix – how does the society look like: inequality, problems, rich/poor [...]