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DK-4000 Roskilde | Phone.: +45 46 300 200 | museum(at)vikingeskibsmuseet.dk The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden The study carried out in cooperation with the Navigating 360 research network and Kalundborg - to illustrate the likely impact of storm surges due to increased sea levels and changing weather patterns due to climate change The report analyses scenarios for between 2071 and 2100 if investment is not made in major storm defences and finds that in these three towns alone over 5,000 homes and 1,000 commercial buildings risk being flooded in a so-called 100-year storm causing more than 8.6 billion kroner in damages "There is a lot of money at stake. We have to take it very seriously," Professor Kirsten Halsnæs, professor of climate and economics at DTU and one of the report's authors, told the public broadcaster DR in a report She said that Storm Pia and the serious flooding which came in its wake in 2023 should have been a wake-up call "There was a very serious storm surge last year But we know that this will get worse and that there will be more storm surges because sea levels will be higher in the future." the study concludes that 34 percent of homes in Nakskov would be flooded by 2070-2100 23 percent of homes in Kerteminde and 17 percent of homes in Kalundborg Halsnæs warned that it would not take many such events before house owners would see the value of their properties plummet "Selling your house could become difficult Once it has been written in the media that houses in a certain area have been flooded and that living there is risky Here's what the researchers believe will happen to Kerteminde on the island of Funen if a 100-year storm pushes up the sea level 130cm Some 40 percent of properties would be flooded and 55 percent of businesses Here's what the researchers expect to happen to Kalundborg in western Zealand in a 100-year storm by 2070-2100 with fully 40 percent of business properties damaged and 25 percent of residential properties doing a total of 3.3 billion kroner of damage and forcing about 4,000 people from their homes "Storm floods can become a serious challenge for the city of Kalundborg has been designated as a new industrial growth center due to Novo Nordisk's large billion-dollar investments," the researchers wrote "But that possibility is also challenged by rising sea levels and storm surges." Please log in to leave a comment Join us at the Akustika Fair at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre from April 4-6 Meet The Strad team at stand F08 and pick up a free copy of the magazine The Strad Directory Jobs The beautiful Lundsgaard Estate on the Danish island of Funen is the setting for an imaginative summer chamber music festival Einars Everss at the Johannes Larsen Museum Discover more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub Read more premium content for subscribers here The air is hazy with crop dust from threshing machines as I arrive in Kerteminde Denmark is at the tail end of a heatwave and teenagers are jumping into the sea off the bridge that connects the town with the island of Funen while others swim or sunbathe on the banks a four-day festival of eight concerts and three talks in early August 2022 spearheaded by artistic directors Trio con Brio Copenhagen – sisters Soo-Jin Hong (violin) and Soo-Kyung Hong (cello) This festival has been held in and around the beautiful Lundsgaard Estate For 2022 the programme is built around the theme of Inheritance tracing the lineage of musical influences from Bach to 20th-century composers could mean that almost anything goes repertoire-wise so it’s a testament to the programming and the first-rate artists that each concert makes sense as an individual concept As well as performances by its artistic directors the festival features established violinists Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and Andrej Bielow cellist Natalie Clein and the Danel Quartet plus up-and-coming young artists violinist Michael Germer violist Nicholas Swensen and double bassist Einars Everss oboist Soo-Eun Hong (sister of the Trio’s string players) and presenter Esben Tange complete the line-up The best way to get around in this part of the world is by bicycle and when I arrive at my accommodation in Kerteminde there is a three-speed boneshaker waiting for me From there it’s a gentle pedal along the coast road to Lundsgaard where a magnificent white stuccoed manor house looks out over the sea from within its estate of fields and forest The majority of the festival’s concerts are held in the converted barn a combination of old wooden beams and new steel and glass introduces guest artists the Danel Quartet This ensemble has recorded all of Shostakovich’s quartets to considerable acclaim and makes a striking impression with a Shostakovich Seventh that balances the group’s characteristically elegant phrasing with the composer’s aphoristic intensity Leader Marc Danel rises and falls with the music It is followed by a muscular performance of Brahms’s Piano Quintet op.34 Read: That festival feeling: Postcard from Odense Read: My experience: Megan Yip at the Thy Chamber Music Festival but clears just in time for the afternoon’s ‘Wandering Concert’ at the Johannes Larsen Museum Larsen (1867–1961) was a Danish nature painter who with his artist wife Alhed built a house by the sea in Kerteminde Now a museum and purpose-built art gallery it’s an idyllic spot: the house is beautifully preserved pear and mulberry trees drop their fruit in the garden and a flock of Indian Runner ducks wander free on the grass The audience is split into five groups and led around the grounds to experience short works in different environments Swensen performs two movements of Hindemith’s Solo Viola Sonata op.25 no.1 from the verandah of the Larsens’ house Latvian double bassist Everss plays (and vocalises) Pēteris Vasks’s environmentally themed Bass Trip (2003) surrounded by huge young Danish violinist Michael Germer demonstrates his bowing technique in Tárrega’s Recuerdos de la Alhambra He later tells me his right arm was aching by the fifth iteration the evening concert features a collection of ‘final’ works arranged for low string quartet (two violas with violin and oboe playing up in the gallery with the deep bass pedal and the chorale singing high and clear from above that there are moments when I could swear I’m in a cathedral The result is so organ-like that there are moments when I could swear I am in a cathedral This serene sonic delight is followed by Shostakovich’s 15th Quartet ‘Play the first movement so that flies drop dead in mid-air and the audience leaves the hall out of sheer boredom’ were the composer’s forbidding instructions and the Danel Quartet holds the audience’s attention with an unwavering at the palate-cleansing night concert held in Kerteminde’s 14th-century church they play the Nocturne from Borodin’s String Quartet no.2 demonstrating that they can also do pure melody.) The centrepiece of the festival is a musical adaptation of Ludvig Holberg’s classic novel Niels Klim’s Underground Travels (1741) It’s a political satire presented as an absurd fantasy originally written in Latin to bypass the censors In a tale that’s like Gulliver’s Travels crossed with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland the hero falls down a hole and finds himself in undiscovered subterranean lands the text is narrated by Danish actor Søren Saetter-Lassen but one of my hosts whispers a commentary of key moments in my ear I would love to hear it in English translation Unwavering intensity from the Danel Quartet It’s back to music without words for an evening concert titled Rebellion Trio con Brio Copenhagen opens with a sparkling performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Trio and Mönkemeyer gives a rich-toned account of Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata The Danel Quartet’s performance of Weinberg’s Sixth String Quartet is so forceful that second violin Gilles Millet breaks a string but the musicians take the delay in their stride I have a train and plane to catch on Sunday so the morning concert is my last Germer plays Franck’s Violin Sonata with a radiant and supple tone but it’s Clein’s expressive performance of Britten’s Solo Cello Suite no.3 that lingers in the memory from the sombre opening to the Bach quotations that break through the dreamlike textures like sunlight to the profound final statement of the Russian Orthodox Kontakion of the Departed to ‘Earth’ we will return (in the both the spiritual and environmental sense) as the theme of the 2023 festival (3–6 August) With guest artists including violist Maxim Rysanov and the Modigliani Quartet Listen: The Strad Podcast #65: Trio Con Brio Copenhagen on fine Italian instruments Read: Hybrid model: Postcard from Trondheim Tully Potter attended the 2025 editions of the Tertis and Aronowitz International Viola Competitions – held for the first time under one roof in the north-east of England – and he couldn’t fault the results Carlos María Solare joined the loyal audience at Heidelberg’s String Quartet Festival which celebrated both its 20th anniversary and the upcoming 90th birthday of composer Helmut Lachenmann At the 2024 edition of the Joseph Joachim Violin Competition Charlotte Gardner was treated to a masterclass in how a music contest can give its candidates a wholly positive experience Schumann’s Violin Sonata no.2 may be exhausting but rewards listeners with a profound insight into the composer’s deepest soul US cellist Zlatomir Fung has delved into the world of the operatic fantasy – a relative rarity on the instrument He speaks to Peter Quantrill about how making the recording has revealed new aspects of his musical personality Site powered by Webvision Cloud which produce mussels for consumption by local communities as more people bid to produce environmentally sustainable – and delicious – local seafood “The idea of an allotment for growing mussels came up after study at the local university, in which researchers were able to grow mussels on lines to an eatable size in just one year,” explains Bernt Kjær Sørensen, chairman of Kerteminde Maritime Haver The idea gained further impetus when Sørensen discovered that a community near Aarhus had recently set up its own – successful – small-scale mussel farm “So [in 2015] along with a few other citizens of Kerteminde, we decided to start a society and pick up this way of growing mussels We are now the biggest community mussel farm in Denmark,” he explains the comparative simplicity of small-scale mussel production was part of the appeal as was the relatively low capital outlay required – thanks in part to funding to help with the largest capital requirement complete with two winches for laying and lifting the mussel lines “We were able to find an old but well-sized workboat with suitable equipment The society currently has about 80 households as members – with each paying an annual subscription of 500 kroner (£60) In return they get access to a generous supply of mussels for their own use and many of them meet for monthly communal mussel feasts Despite the group having no previous aquaculture experience the biggest setback they’ve had to date was when migrating eider ducks wiped out an entire crop one winter To prevent a repeat of that incident they now bring their lines into the local harbour for the winter while their members can easily pick their fill as and when they want to the licensing process was probably the biggest challenge for the society permissions to grow kelp and several public consultations with local stakeholders including recreational sailors,” Sørensen recalls they were awarded a lease on a site 100 m by 200 m site and we’ve had no opposition to it from local sailors whatsoever,” Sørensen explains As well as keeping their members in mussels the site is also proving to be something of a biodiversity hotspot Our divers tell us that it looks very nice under the allotment There is good growth in the seaweed on the seabed and anchors It’s in contrast to the seabed outside the allotment “Our divers tell us that it looks very nice under the allotment While not all members are active in the production of the mussels there are enough willing hands to ensure the key jobs are done starting with setting out the collection lines for the mussel spat to settle on in May and June As the season goes on grading and harvesting take over as the main tasks – and Sørensen says that between 10 and 20 of their members tend to take part in these activities with two or three grading trips typically required on each line before harvest Although the mussels might be edible after one year – as suggested by the study that inspired the society – Sørensen prefers to grow them for 18-24 months “We gather a few times a year to sort all our mussels and prepare new lines – both existing lines where we sort the size of the mussels and new lines based on the [juvenile] mussels that have settled on the ribbons,” explains Sørensen Once the ropes are deemed to have a good enough crop they are towed into the harbour and hung off the side of a jetty in manageable lengths – allowing society members to come and take all the mussels they need without the need of any machinery to lift the ropes This hand-to-mouth harvesting means that Sørensen is unsure of the exact tonnage of mussels produced by the society each year While they are content with their current volumes – and to maintain the non-commercial approach Sørensen says that he does toy with the idea of organising an annual mussel festival as a means to remind a wider audience of the benefits of these bivalves “We’d like to see more Danish people eating mussels – like they do in France or Spain – young and old eating outside – and we’d like to spread the knowledge,” he reflects “While it’s possible to buy mussels in supermarkets here they have mainly been harvested from the seabed and can be gritty and not as good quality as line-grown mussels May people are pleasantly surprised by the quality of the ones we grow,” he adds In the meantime they have recently started to explore kelp farming “I think kelp production is a very exciting part of our society There is a big potential in using kelp for food that we have almost forgotten We experiment using it when our society gather: we dry it where we add kelp – the beer is very popular,” he chuckles Sorensen admits that seaweed is proving tougher than mussels to produce We are trying different ways of growing seaweed but our group includes chefs and even a professor of seaweed and we have connections to universities who are helping us make the lines for the kelp “The vast majority of our members joined to eat mussels but a small group is experimenting with seaweed with great enthusiasm but our group includes chefs and even a professor of seaweed and we have connections to universities who are helping us make the lines for the kelp,” he adds there is now hope that the licensing process for establishing sea allotments will soon be streamlined There are currently 15 that he’s aware of in Denmark as well as another dozen or so in the planning phase “We share our thoughts and help new societies in the start up process We gather once or twice a year with representatives of the other societies,” he explains Despite holding down two jobs – one in IT, the other building floating wooden platforms that people can picnic or camp on – Sorensen’s enthusiasm for mussel growing remains undimmed And his advice to those considering setting up their own societies There is no need to have a big allotment to start with All you need is a line with some buoys attached to an anchor With just 10-metre line floating at the surface there is plenty space to start growing mussels and kelp side by side on drop lines Keep the drop lines short – amount 1 metre is fine and the mussels tend to fall off when harvesting,” he concludes has been writing about aquaculture since 2007 He has an MA in history from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc in sustainable aquaculture from the University of St Andrews hundreds of Danish growers now share patches of the ocean – growing mussels restock them and hang them up again,” says the painter and architect as she and two companions pull the straggly “beards” off mussels behind a dark wooden fishing shed pointing to the bucket of mussels she is taking home Made up of about 80 households, Kerteminde Maritime Haver is the largest of 15 sea allotment societies that have sprung up in Denmark since the first was established in 2011 in Ebeltoft members of a sea allotment society share an area granted to them by local authorities and use it to cultivate food it is the Great Belt – the strait between Funen island and Denmark’s capital island ropes strung between buoys are hung with mussels and sea kelp The original idea for sea allotments was for each member to have their own rope but then some people didn’t keep them properly so they decided to do it in common,” says Hanne Albert as she carefully stuffs tiny baby mussels back into new cotton mussel socks This is the way all Denmark’s sea allotments are managed now the annual family membership fee is 500 Danish kroner (£60) which pays for using the harbour area where they prepare and hang mussels and for renting the clubhouse from the local sailing club the society pays into a fund to cover the costs of removing the equipment and remediating the area if something goes wrong An oyster safari to the Wadden Sea to learn about the effect of salinity on growing conditions Photograph: Kerteminde Maritime HaverThe importance of small clubs in Scandinavian life may partly explain the success of sea allotments the municipality put an announcement in the local paper in 2015 seeking people interested in growing mussels collectively The idea was to bring life back to the harbour which had been progressively emptied of commercial fishing boats the first 20 enthusiasts had set up a society We want to spread the knowledge that we have so much food in the ocean society chairThe Great Belt is like a motorway for migrating birds A single eider duck can eat 6kg of mussels a day and the migrating flocks can contain as many as 25,000 birds While production was great in the first year in the second year the eiders spotted the ropes and ate the whole harvest Members now take mussel ropes into the harbour in winter The society has bought an old fishing boat, Elvira, which is kitted out with mussel farming winches. They have also begun growing sugar kelp in large quantities and there are proposals to sink an old boat near the farm as a refuge for lobsters founder of Havhost (Danish for “ocean harvest”) an umbrella group for Denmark’s sea allotment societies there are now 1,700 people across the country actively engaged in 15 established sea allotment societies “That’s probably the unique thing about what we’re seeing in Denmark now, and starting to see in Sweden and Norway,” he says. Members decide at meetings what to grow, and also have small groups specialising in seaweed, mussels, boat maintenance, growing vegetables and, importantly, cooking their monthly mussel feasts. It’s not compulsory for members to help grow the mussels and seaweed – if they prefer, they can just eat the harvest. Outside the dinghy club building next to the pontoon, Ulla Due, in leather trousers and a bandana around her neck, is melting butter and rapeseed oil in a giant cauldron on an outdoor gas ring. She throws in garlic, onions, leeks and carrots, for what looks like a vegetable soup. Inside, members are laying out places for the 40 people here today. Once the vegetables have softened into a light broth, in goes a giant bucket of mussels, and the lid goes on. Everyone takes their places at the table, and bowl after steaming bowl comes out, piled with big, fat, yellow mussels. There’s a basket of crusty white bread and bowls of dried seaweed to sprinkle on for extra umami. such as using sea kelp as fertiliser on their vegetable allotment or seaweed as a flavouring in beer farming mussels and seaweed can help clean up the environment at the same time as helping solve the global food crisis without fertilisers or extra land “Mussels filter water very effectively and take out excess nutrients “We want to spread the knowledge that we have so much food down in the ocean The course is located close to the Danish town of Kerteminde The creation of the course has been overseen by Nicklaus Design’s Dirk Bouts A new golf course has opened for play near the Danish town of Kerteminde Great Northern has been created by Nicklaus Design and becomes the firm’s first course to open in Denmark Bouts and the project team have looked to maximise the site’s terrain while also accommodating for the strong winds which affect the region “There is plenty of ‘drama’ to enjoy at the higher section of the golf course around the hill where you can see the sea,” Bouts said “The lower section is set within the wetlands and we created water features that are spectacular to look at and that add a level of joy to the golf experience.” Bouts described the construction work for the project as being ‘first class’. “Attention to detail was second to none throughout the whole project,” he said. “As an example I have never been involved in a golf course where we installed that many wooden bulkheads and bridges, and even wooden cascades The end result of that commitment is truly spectacular and sets the course apart from others.” It is hoped that the new course will be enjoyed by elite golfers and beginners alike “The special aspects of this course are the relative positions of the holes; the rhythm of the game; the open spaces that still give the sense of small enclosed areas; and especially the high quality in general,” said Søren Hansen Great Northern’s head of instruction “This all helps to create a unique golf experience that previously could only be found abroad – but is now available right here in Kerteminde it is very fun and rewarding to play.” You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience The bad news: You've hit your limit of free articles.The good news: You can receive full access below.WORLDteen | Ages 11-14 | $35.88 per year the sailors check on a bountiful crop growing beneath Danish waters coastal communities band together to grow food in “maritime gardens.” Those produce seafood snacks like mussels and we can see our area is marked by these yellow poles all around,” says Bernt Kjaer Soerensen Kerteminde Maritime Gardens is one of the largest of its kind in Denmark with around 85 members The watery garden lies about 550 yards off the Danish coast Members pay an annual fee of 500 Danish kroner (about $65 in U.S They work together to take care of the garden “The community grows mussels and seaweed for (our) own use So we are not selling or distributing in any way,” explains Kjaer Soerensen Denmark has more than 5,000 miles of coastline It should be no surprise that maritime gardens have taken root there There’s thought to be more than 20 spread across the Scandinavian nation’s waters There’s another benefit to the sea gardens Mussels filter harmful nutrients from water The nearby Baltic Sea is one of the most polluted water bodies in the world “They say one big mussel cleans about five liters [a little over one gallon] of water in an hour,” says Per Andrup Bowls of streaming hot mussels are commonplace in France and Italy But the dish is less common farther north in Denmark where the fish dish of choice is often mackerel or pickled herring Danes “don’t think of seaweed and blue mussels; they think of what is in their cookbook,” Kjaer Soerensen admits Members gather monthly to check on their produce they shared a feast of mussel soup with community-grown vegetables get some mussels and go home and cook,” she says because they have a good reward for their toil God gave us all kinds of resources in His creation That includes the sea and its produce as well as our communities He intends for us to work together and to share in mutual blessings of goods and relationships © 2024 WORLDteen | 828-435-2982 | memberservices@wng.org These surprising hamlets are shrouded in mystery we lived in a Midwestern suburb of flat ranch houses and straight lines The only whiff of magic languished at the local where a stray ball had shot out one of Mother Hubbard’s eyes past the flame-tipped tulips and grazing lambs kept growing and started to read like polyglot poetry The burg was a prosperous Renaissance center before the double punch of the Thirty Years’ War and the bubonic plague gutted the place and reduced it to a has-been As richer towns are propelled forward into the future the impoverished backwaters—too destitute to attract new development or growth—stay stuck in the past And in that sense the village can evoke something profound I saw this when I wandered through Rothenburg at dusk after the tourist hordes left Rothenburg wasn’t just a time-warped throwback It was also the reflection of a much larger soulful Bavarian culture that may have vanished everywhere else 1 of 25San Marino, San MarinoThe Guaita fortress is the oldest of the three towers constructed on Monte Titano that overlooks the capital of San Marino.Photograph by Xinhua News Agency ReduxI stumbled upon my next Brigadoon accidentally as I toured the Cotswolds in a battered Volkswagen Beetle what made the English hamlet of Swinbrook an immediate hit for me was the sense that it was so hard to find and so easy to miss Swinbrook was the English village pared down to its basics telegenic enough to serve later as a backdrop in Downton Abbey I’d see that remote brand of beauty again and again, proof that isolation can turn villages into cultural preserves. with goods such as hand-painted ceramics and handwoven rugs sold in its network of workshops It’s easiest to take a cable car to get to this dreamlike mountaintop clutch of medieval landmarks often lost in the bank of clouds known locally as the kiss of Venus. Originating as a pagan place of worship, the village stays true to its Sicilian artisan traditions Built around a horseshoe harbor, this largely 17th-century gem in the eastern province of Overijssel comes surrounded by lakes, ponds, and canals, and is fittingly known for its water sports. The local punter boats can be rented if you want to tour the boggy waterworld, and hiking routes lead through the area’s Weerribben-Wieden National Park Claiming to be the snowiest resort in the Alps this collection of pitch-roofed chalets attracts a growing insider crowd of snowboarders and skiers A one-street southern Tuscan village, Sovana reads like a leap through art history. The central Piazza del Pretorio is lined with medieval houses. The Church of Santa Maria features an elaborate eighth-century stone canopy and a 15th-century fresco of the Virgin Mary and the Romanesque Sovana Cathedral is stippled with elaborately carved marble pilasters This walled village sits on its own rocky spur, just barely connected to the southern tip of the Peloponnese Peninsula by a narrow causeway. A jumble of Byzantine, Ottoman, and Venetian architecture, the hamlet is fringed by rocky Mediterranean beaches though real athletes will want to make the climb to the ruined fortress that tops the island like a jagged tiara Revered for its production of faience, a tin-glazed earthenware that once decorated the royal tables of Versailles this photogenic hamlet hangs off a limestone cliff in eastern Provence and grotesques; among the most active are the ateliers Bondil Considered the birthplace of wine growing in Alsace Eguisheim is an essential stop on the region’s wine route Among the 30-odd local producers is the Domaine Emile Beyer which hosts wine tastings in its ancient cellars This mountainside community on the Cycladic island of Naxos settled partially by Cretans and paved in marble is still home to a group of women producing traditional textiles on handlooms and runners are showcased at the local Woven Products Cooperative This old farming community in East Sussex became the unlikely epicenter of the Bloomsbury Group and the village is within easy striking distance of the island’s renowned biking route which snakes through the Serra de Tramuntana mountains This harborside town on the island of Funen was home to a thriving artist colony in the early 20th century and the Funen Painters’ Nordic impressionistic canvases brighten the local Johannes Larsen Museum This riverside Franconian settlement is known for its snaking main street framed by half-timbered houses The family-owned Faust brewery can help arrange a tour of local breweries This fishing village in East Cork lures sea lovers with its lighthouse and cliffside whale-watching considered one of the pioneering meccas of updated Irish cuisine (think pan-fried Ballycotton brill with blood orange and saffron butter) sits outside of town white-washed Portuguese village of Monsaraz overlooks the Alentejo plains and is home to the Alentejana Mizette Factory an artisanal workshop that has helped revive the regional craft of hand-loomed All sherbet-colored cottages, this lakeside hamlet could pass for Pippi Longstocking’s hometown and offers the bonus of the Renaissance Gripsholm Castle, which houses the Swedish national portrait collection A UNESCO World Heritage site since 1992, bucolic Telč, in South Moravia candy-colored baroque and Renaissance houses frames its sprawling The town’s Renaissance chateau adds to the artistry its ceilings painted with a pantheon of classical gods In the foothills of the Alps, Aups is known as one of Provence’s truffle capitals which stocks everything from the “black diamond” itself to truffle honey head to one of the local brasseries that feature a single-minded truffle menu A medieval hilltop photo-op in the Emilia-Romagna region Dozza devised a savvy way to draw visitors in the 1960s presents world-class artists who splash the village with frescoes—leaving behind an open-air gallery of everything from elegant still lifes to Banksy-worthy agitprop the showpiece Alpine village of Guarda features 16 clearly marked hiking paths through the surrounding Engadine Valley for everyone from beginners to serious trekkers Hikers can also arrange tours with the local tourism office From the Journal: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2022 – Noise produced by pile drivers building offshore wind turbines can damage the hearing of porpoises but guidance on this difficult topic requires regular revisits to incorporate results from new experiments Current guidance is based on extensive literature reviews by the U.S but the review is 7 years old and may not provide the protection these species currently need In The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America published on behalf of the Acoustical Society of America by AIP Publishing scientists from Aarhus University in Denmark review recent experiments and find the noise regulations may need to be changed to protect porpoises Regulations are issued by government agencies such as the Danish Energy Agency and the U.S The guidelines put limits on the intensity of noise to prevent temporary and permanent hearing loss by marine mammals The noise restrictions are based on measurements on animals in captivity exposed to noise levels that induce a temporary threshold shift (TTS) in hearing The TTS onset threshold is the lowest noise exposure capable of inducing a small temporary reduction of hearing sensitivity While these TTS values correspond to temporary hearing impairment they can be used to extrapolate higher noise levels that would inflict permanent damage These levels are used to regulate activities producing loud noise Since different species have different hearing adjustment of the guidelines for the hearing abilities of different animal groups were developed Their results were sent to the Danish Energy Agency and formed the basis for the most recent update of Danish guidelines regarding assessment of impact of offshore wind energy development on marine life “Harbor porpoises and harbor seals are of particular interest with respect to pile driving because they are acoustically sensitive and among the most common marine mammals in shallow western European waters a center of the rapidly expanding offshore wind farm industry,” said author Jakob Tougaard Current guidance for seals and porpoises is based on very few measurements in a limited frequency range While the guidance is still valid for these frequencies investigators found substantial deviations in recent studies of the impact of low frequency noise on seals and high frequency noise on porpoises Changes in the Danish guidelines account for these new results “Retaining the current guidance has the possible consequence of over-regulating future activities rather than endangering the animals,” Tougaard said “The observed discrepancies between predicted and measured TTS onset thresholds can only be resolved through new and dedicated experiments.” Thresholds for noise induced hearing loss in harbor porpoises and phocid seals https://asa.scitation.org/journal/jas European Energy and TotalEnergies have launched three vessels to conduct seabed surveys in the area surrounding the planned Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm located between Kerteminde on Funen and Kalundborg on Zealand Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm will be capa-ble of supplying more than 240 000 European households once it becomes opera-tional The three vessels will carry out seabed measurements in the areas designated for the offshore wind projects These measurements will provide a detailed insight into the seabed’s shape and overall condition – crucial data for designing wind turbine foundations Geophysical data is essential to ensure a stable and secure placement of the wind turbines “Geophysical surveys play a crucial role in the development of offshore wind projects They provide us with insight into the seabed’s structure and ensure that we can plan construction with the highest precision and minimal impact on the marine environment,” said Andreas Karhula Lauridsen VP and Head of Offshore Wind at European Energy The three vessels will dock in Kerteminde and Nyborg on Funen using these ports as their base until the surveys are completed in August The results will then be analysed to support the further planning of the offshore wind farms The same vessels will be used for geophysical surveys for the Lillebælt Syd wind farm located between Sønderborg and Assens These surveys are set to begin in April 2025 drone flights from the coast will also be conducted to gather further data Don’t miss out on our last issue of the year The Winter issue of Energy Global is out now; this issue kicks off with a guest comment from Veronica Maxted Director of Renewables at RS Group before moving on to a regional report on the current state of the renewables industry in North America This edition of the magazine also explores key topics such as inspection and maintenance With contributions from key industry leaders such as Viridien dive into the issue and see what you could learn Read the article online at: https://www.energyglobal.com/wind/12032025/european-energy-commences-seabed-surveys-for-jammerland-bugt-offshore-wind-park/ Q ENERGY has begun building a 96 MWp photovoltaics project in Spain scheduled for completion at the end of 2026 Embed article link: (copy the HTML code below): Already a member? Sign in here LINDØ port of ODENSE A/S and a consortium including Jan de Nul and Züblin A/S have signed a $56 million contract for the Lindø Port extension project this capital development program – to be undertaken by the consortium named JV LINDØ port of ODENSE – will involve the creating of new land one kilometer of quay and a special heavy-load area on quayside as a unique feature on the new Terminal North at Lindø the heavy-load area will be 30 meters wide and 100 meters long and especially suited for very large mobile and crawler cranes said: “The cooperation with LINDØ port of ODENSE is for us an obvious continuation of the strong cooperation we already have with the City of Odense (Odense Kommune) as part of the From Street to City-project We are happy to be able to extend this relation to include the City of Kerteminde (Kerteminde Kommune) and LINDØ port of ODENSE.” “Almost nine years ago we started the project of expanding the port at Lindø and today we take a giant leap towards the finalizing by closing the full extension with one large contract,” added Carsten Aa “We are looking forward to the cooperation with Jan de Nul and Züblin And with full confidence in both quality and timeframe we can now – together with our customers – move forward in planning the projects for 2020 and onwards.” and Züblin and Jan de Nul have great expectations for possibilities in this market LINDØ port of ODENSE said in their announcement Daily news and in-depth stories in your inbox Norwegian Endre Hals is making alpine skis for durability rather than disposal uses recycled carbon fibre from decommissioned Vattenfall wind turbine blades extracted by composite recycling firm Gjenkraft Why it matters: This ski initiative showcases how extending the life of high-quality materials can replace virgin raw materials in the production of new This creates a circular system and reduces the composite industry’s environmental impact Read the full story Vattenfall and Kerteminde Seafarm have been growing seaweed at Kriegers Flak wind farm since 2023 combining offshore wind power with marine farming The pilot project is now expanding also in the North Sea This unlocks new opportunities for local fishermen First Movers Coalition (FMC) a global initiative to significantly red.uce CO2 emissions in some of the most challenging sectors Vattenfall was one of the founding members at the initiative's launch at COP26 there are 96 members that have committed to purchasing low-carbon products and technologies Reducing CO2 footprint by 40 per cent from industry benchmark – this was achieved when constructing the foundations of 21 turbines at Bruzaholm wind farm in Sweden The key is using low-carbon concrete and an innovative procurement model that will now be used as a blueprint for coming projects Learn more Tidal current affairs  Could 2025 be a breakthrough year for tidal energy? In Japan, the instalment of a megawatt-scale turbine, near the Goto Islands, is a key step in the country's renewable energy development. (proteusmr.com) The transition mission We all know that coal's not cool but - some need a little help to quit. The new Just Energy Transition Partnerships initiative supports coal-dependent emerging economies in their transition to renewable energy. (transparency.org) Rebranding solar power The new U.S. administration is sending mixed messages regarding solar projects: praising them but also jeopardising funding. To manage this, the industry is now rebranding itself as a symbol of 'energy dominance'. (wired.com) I would like to receive the newsletter and accept the privacy policy of Vattenfall and Brevo terms of service. Contact us LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21,000 employees For more than 100 years we have electrified industries supplied energy to people's homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation More about Vattenfall Text description provided by the architects OUR HOUSE – THE CHILDREN’S HOME OF THE FUTURE © Mikkel FrostMore home, less institution DiagramTypical institutional functions such as administration staff rooms and storage are mostly located in the basement and on the 1st floor so that they get “lifted” out of the resident’s everyday life and minimise the feeling of being in an institution The building’s rational organization ensures short distances and proximity between the different units so that the personnel always are close to every resident the personnel’s working procedures are incorporated effectively in the daily routines thereby freeing more time for taking care of and spending time with the children – more home You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email The Danish Handball Federation (DHF) has revealed the 2023 Beach Handball Tour details A total of seven venues will play host to the tour which features senior and youth competitions The tour starts with six qualifying tournaments starting on 27 May in Amager and moving to Vallensbæk (3 June) Glesborg (11 June) and Kerteminde (17 June) before concluding with the final weekend in Nyborg (24-25 June) Points are gained at each qualifying tournament with the top 10 men’s and top 10 women’s teams qualifying through to the final weekend and a chance to claim the national title Registration for the tour opens on Thursday 16 March. You can find further information on how to register and participate here In addition to the national beach handball tour a number of local beach handball events are taking place throughout Denmark in May and June for different ages from U10 up to adult and masters/veterans level Find more information here well-known the world over for their mountain of medals in the seven-a-side indoor version of the game have enjoyed significant success on the sand as the country continues to develop the sport in northern Europe Their men’s side earned silver at the 2022 IHF Men’s Beach Handball World Championship and are current European champions Their women’s team are holders of the ANOC World Beach Games title and finished as runners-up at the last European Championships in 2021 Last week, women’s head coach Morten Frandsen Holmen selected 19 players for the first national team training session of 2023. The squad includes two debutants Johanne Uhrhammer from Næsby Sports Association and Josephine Elmelund The national camp will take place from 4 to 5 March at the new indoor beach facility in Aarhus By continuing to browse ihf.info, you agree to our terms of use , privacy policy and the use of cookies. For more information, please review our cookie policy in kerteminde, denmark, danish practice CEBRA has recently completed a 24-hour child care center to help orphaned children with particular needs prepare themselves for the next step in their lives it was of utmost importance to create communal environment that would feel like home to the children without one at the same time catering to the individual spatial needs of their young inhabitants that could range from kids to teenagers. for this reason the image of the traditional ‘house’ was taken and abstracted into a modern construct offering quaint living areas and pedagogical services the wood-clad forms fit in perfectly in the residential context in which it resides while communicating a sense of creativity and diversity front elevationimage © mikkel frost | CEBRA the scale is kept more relatable to a home environment and not a boxy institution the smaller children are housed in the wings closes to the playgrounds and parks oriented towards the interior of the site the shared space faces the entryway and contains the offices that look out onto the parking lot giving employees a view of who is coming in and out of the building the older children in turn are situated in the area closest to the street allowing them easy access to the city and social events administrative functions and utilities are located primarily in the basement so as to stay out of the way of the residential ambiance of the structure patios look out onto the gardens and playgroundimage © mikkel frost | CEBRA the exterior is clad in wooden planks and brick masonry wallsimage © mikkel frost | CEBRA decks provide access to the exteriorimage © mikkel frost | CEBRA interior multi-functional roomsimage © mikkel frost | CEBRA light-filled interior with views to the outsideimage © mikkel frost | CEBRA classroomimage © mikkel frost | CEBRA in contextimage © mikkel frost | CEBRA dkclient: kerteminde municipalityproject size: 1.500 m² new buildingyear: 2012 – 2014status: completedawards: nominated for the european union prize for contemporary architecture – mies van der rohe award 2015architect: cebralandscape architect: pk3engineer: søren jensenphotography credits: mikkel frost / cebra AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style