If you had ever been there you would know that the residents are left-leaning, forward thinking people who are very proud of those wind turbines.

They are incredibly eco-conscious and would roll their eyes at your statement, invite you in for tea and tell you how proud they are of those turbines.

Esbjerg is one of my favorite places in the world, also the tiny island next to it called Fanø. I’ve been there twice every year for the past 7 years.

I was married there. Almost all of the (Fanø) houses are thatched-roofed hobbit houses, people rarely knock before entering neighbors’ houses and it is super quiet (except for the fog horn).

Esbjerg is a small (70k) person university city, lots of student co-ops, some industry and a strange phenomenon of stolen / discarded bicycles laying on the side of the roads (not downtown, but a km out of the center on the through-roads).

The uni there has great environmental science, chemical engineering, biology, and marine biology (and marine archaeology!) programs.

I couldn’t imagine a place where this is more appropriate.