With all my studying I had not had the chance to write about my day at Hagedorn. Which is also known as Steno, which is part of Novo Nordisk. As part of Chris' onboarding at work, I was invited to come and visit. Bring your spouse to work day? Unheard of!! So I took the train to Gentofte - luckily we had visited the grounds a few weeks back so I knew where I was going. I met with his boss who is super, super nice and likes to chat about culture, art, history, politics... Chris has his own office with a window that opens - fresh air in the workplace? How genius! I was invited to stay for lunch and got to enjoy my first kanteen experience. I can't wait to start working in Denmark simply for this reason - as part of your benefits package, most large work places have a kanteen system. It's basically subsidized lunch - you pay a few dollars a day for a great, healthy buffet meal that is prepared fresh daily. Eating in the kanteen is cheaper that brown bagging. The grounds where the lab is located is very pretty - they are in a suburb and are surrounded by apple trees and gardens - you can go apple picking on your lunch break! There is a small lake and a forest with trails down the street - where I am sure we would often find some of the scientists clearing their heads and thinking about their next discovery.
That is so cool that you were invited to visit Chris' workplace! It's neat to see the photos too. Yes, it sounds like the Danish know what they're doing when it comes to work environments, benefits etc.
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