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@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2026-08-09 09:51:11

Dropping one of the teenagers off at efterskole today, every 4th car on the motorway has a bike on the back, presumably also with teens efterskole-bound.
It's a rite of passage and also a kind of reverse migration to the countryside away from the city.
*Efterskole is an optional year, usually at a boarding school between basic school and 6th form/further education (in British terms). Around 40% of Danish kids do it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eftersko

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2026-08-09 10:24:13

(Every third car is also either German or Dutch with a scattering of Belgian, Swiss Italian, which might also explain the congestion on the motorway, perhaps the cold summer holiday really is a thing this year? )
fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/
Ruth_Mottram - Dropping one of the teenagers off at efterskole today, every 4th car on the motorway has a bike on the back, presumably also with teens efterskole-bound.
It's a rite of passage and also a kind of reverse migration to the countryside away from the city.
*Efterskole is an optional year, usually at a boarding school between basic school and 6th form/further education (in British terms). Around 40% of Danish kids do it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eftersko

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2026-08-09 10:22:26

An interesting aspect is that for the first 2 weeks, the young people at efterskole have all their screens taken away. And apparently this is a popular choice among the teenagers themselves
efterskolerne.dk/om-efterskole
fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/
Ruth_Mottram - Dropping one of the teenagers off at efterskole today, every 4th car on the motorway has a bike on the back, presumably also with teens efterskole-bound.
It's a rite of passage and also a kind of reverse migration to the countryside away from the city.
*Efterskole is an optional year, usually at a boarding school between basic school and 6th form/further education (in British terms). Around 40% of Danish kids do it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eftersko