The Sun in Horsens's Fjord !

Horsens's port

An amazing basket match

Sunday 17th February, Juliette and me, we were going to see a basketball match. The match took place in a big sport complex. Indeed, in this building, there are an important swimming pool, a stadium, and a basketball court. It is only at 20 minutes of the university by walk.

This match opposed Horsens to Aalborg. Both of them were team of the Danish first division. The Aalborg’s team is the first of this championship, and at the end of the match, Horsens’ team won!

We had seen that Danish people are really interesting about this sport, with a lot of supporters. There were children, elderly, parents, young people, etc.

It nice aspect is that students didn’t have to pay the entry. Moreover, during the Quarter there were some animations. A women asked people to try to score. Anthony tried but he did not succeed.

It was an enjoyable afternoon!

Clémence & Juliette

RUS Week

What is the RUS week ?

RUS week is organized by the Tutor Society. Their goal is that new students get to know eachother through games and parties. 

Students are separated in teams. During the day, there are lots of games in the university and city center. That helps us to find some markers, in order not to get lost in the university and the town. 

Program : 

 

• On Monday it was quit formal, just gathering information about people to contact in case of troubles, the way to connect the different websites of the university etc…

• On Tuesday we made a treasure hunt in city center but it was so cold that tutors had to stop games earlier than expected. Indeed, it’s was snowing and after a walk of 4 hours we were completely tired.

• The three last days were reserved for teambuilding, games between all groups and parties to celebrate victory of the best one. Thanks to that part of the RUS week, we met a lot of foreign student what is great for our network. Obviously it was really efficient in the way of improving our English.

Juliette, Clémence & Nicolas

Our first impression

We just want to post a topic about our first impression when we arrived in Denmark.

First of all we came to Horsens separately so we will have different thinks to say about it. Clemence came by car and Juliette and I went by plane from Frankfurt.

Our first impression when we flew over Denmark was the fact that this country is really flat, just looking like golf. Then when we took the bus from the airport to Horsens, landscapes reminded us France. However most of the houses are built with brick which is typical from that land. As in Alsace, there are fields everywhere and what is incredible is the fact that they already exploit soil until the sea.

Now we would like to tell you about our arrival in the University. Nobody from the staff was waiting for us so Béatrice took us to the right place to get our keys. Then a member from Tutor Society, which is one the student organization taking care of new students, showed us our accommodations.  At the beginning, only a few of us got flatmates, the rest just arrived during the week.

Juliette & Nicolas

Our 4 questions

• The first subject is concerning the culture. Therefore we have chosen GASTRONMY!

     We are thinking it's an interesting aspect to develop because Denmark has rediscovered a gastronomy based on local and seasonal products. Each time we will eat a new meal we will add a post about it with description, picture and our view.

• The second one is concerning the socio-cultural activities of local youth. We have chosen SPORT!

     We have chosen sport because Danish are really interested by this. In effect, they are practicing a lot of sport such as football, handball, rowing and road cycling. We will try to developp the meaning of sport for VIA students.

• The third subject deals with business world. That's why we have chosen to develop MANUFACTURE OF BEER!

     Indeed, beer is a real institution in that country. The most famous one are Tuborg and Carlsberg but there are a lot of little breweries which product their own beer. We will try to highlight the expansion of these one.

• The last one is about customs. We have chosen DANISH HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS!

     Danes are already really attached to the meanings of all religious holidays and festivals.During our trip we will try to discover how they feel about their history and traditions. Thus to understand their culture.

BEFORE OUR TRIP

• Destination: HORSENS, DK

• University: VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 

• Particularity:

•  Denmark is one of the main precursor concerning the Green Energy.

• At VIA University there are 4 different studies:

• Education and social studies
• Health sciences
• Design, animation, media and business
• Technology and business

• There is many international student every year (over 50 countries). 

• Population: Near 6,000,000 for Denmark and 54,450 for Horsens which is the eight biggest town.

• Gastronomy: One of the speciality is called smorrebrod which is a type of sandwich. Otherwise Danish people love any declination of fish and beer is really important too.

• Place to see: 
• Fjord
• Copenhague
• Aarhus
• Legoland
• Skagen (Bike trip)

• How to go to Horsens:
• By car (1200 km from DIJON)
• By plane (Billund, Aarhus...)

• How to move: 
• Bus: 130 DKK for 10 travels
• Bike: The most famous way of moving in Denmark
• Car: Free motorway and cheaper gasoline

• Accomodation: 
• Kamjatka: 2km from University, Flat with 2-3 rooms, bathroom and kitchen, there is also a garage for bikes.
• Campus: Flat with 2 rooms, bathroom and kitchen, there is also a soccer field and a student bar.

• Student life: 
• Student bar
• University party
• International Day
• Tutor society
• Crazy Daisy
• ...

• Hints and tips: 
• Many sports
• Reduction thanks to the Tutor society
• Jogging near the Fjord
• Bike trip to Skagen
• ...