Five boys held after explosion at Danish school, Copenhagen Airport reports record-breaking summer passenger numbers and more news from Denmark on Wednesday.
Copenhagen Airport reports record-breaking summer passenger numbers
This summer has been Copenhagen Airport’s busiest ever, with almost ten million people passing through the airport in June, July and August combined.
A total 9.9 million people used the airport in the summer months, which is a three percent increase on last year’s summer figures.
“We’ve never had this many summer travellers in the history of the airport,” the airport’s CEO Peter Krogsgaard said.
The most popular destinations were Spain and Italy, with 789,000 people flying to Spanish destinations and 714,000 flying to Italian airports.
After that came France, Greece and Turkey, with 484,000, 456,000 and 427,000 travellers respectively.
Copenhagen Airport is the largest international airport in the Nordic region and is the main airport for much of Denmark and southern Sweden.
Danish vocabulary: mere travl end nogensinde – busier than ever
Five boys held by police after explosion near school
Police were called to a school in Kalundborg in northwestern Zealand on Tuesday after a reported explosion at a football field near the school.
According to police, a bottle full of chemicals was blown up. Police found another, unexploded bottle on the sports field, which the national bomb disposal agency EOD took care of.
Police have held five boys in connection with the explosion, two aged 14 and three aged 15, charged with breaking Danish weapon laws.
No one was injured in the explosion, but the school was evacuated and the area was searched.
Danish vocabulary: sprængning – explosion
Legoland Billund to sell model from Miniland for first time
Legoland Billund is set to put a model of the royal ship, Kongeskibet Dannebrog, built in 1998, on sale – the first sale of any Lego model from the theme park’s Miniland area ever.
The sale is due to the fact that the park has opened a new section of the Miniland area inspired by the Copenhagen harbour, including a newer, bigger model of the boat.
The original model will now be auctioned off with the money raised going to charity.
“There has been a lot of interest in a building guide to the new model of the Kongeskibet Dannebrog,” said Jan Mouritzen, leader of the model department, in a press statement. “Maybe one of the many people asking for one might want to have the original model at home in their living room instead.”
The model being sold was built using around 25,000 bricks, weighs 17.5 kilos and is almost two metres long and 28cm wide. The auction opens today, September 2nd, and will last until Wednesday, September 16th. It is estimated to sell for between 20,000 and 30,000 kroner.
Danish vocabulary: legoklodser – Lego bricks
One in seven patients referred to hospital is turned away
Last year, Denmark’s hospitals turned away 200,000 patients who were referred to hospital by their doctors for special treatment.
According to newspaper Jyllands-Posten, that corresponds to around one in seven patients.
Prior to 2018, a referral from a doctor was in general always accepted, although the number of rejections has skyrocketed since then.
Jørgen Skadborg, chair of the Danish Organisation of General Practitioners (PLO) told Jyllands-Posten that these rejections “harm patients and delay their diagnosis and treatment”.
“Legislation is needed to put a stop to hospitals’ massive rejection rates.”
In particular, patients referred to treatment at psychiatric, neurological or internal medicine departments were more likely to be rejected.
Doctors also report patients being rejected for referrals where they suspect serious illnesses like cancer or heart disease.
Danish vocabulary: henvisning – referral
With reporting from Ritzau