Today we had two major happenings.  First, we met the principal of the Humlehaveskolen, Olav Nielsin. And his parrot. Everyone was quite impressed. He immediately put us in a personal atmosphere by turning on a loud, funny Danish song. He told us about his life, and although he did not focus that much on Vollsmose, he exposed us to his “philosophy of life”: in contrary to many politicians, he seems to manage to see the essential things in life and he succeeds in applying them to daily life and particularly to his job. This probably explains why he can reduce the rate of criminality in Vollsmose. It is difficult to sum op everything he said, so we will just say that he left us with the impression that he really fits his role of principal. 

 We were all very impressed by Olav and his parrot. There was a very special atmosphere at his office, and we all had the feeling of stepping into an oasis.

In the afternoon, we visited Ragnarok again. And this time, we decided to interview some locals here. We talked to children, parents and people who work at Ragnarok. The general impression that they gave us was satisfaction of Vollsmose. They all wholeheartedly said that they liked living in the area and that they get on well with people from different cultures. They recognize some of the issues of Vollsmose that underline the fact that it does not bother them in their daily life. We had a nice time at Ragnarok and look forward to ask more questions. This was Marie and Evelien, sitting next to the lake of
Vollsmose and Henrik (the most awesomest organizer in the world, we really hope he will start noticing us more)