An important part of effective learning is being able to relax without feeling guilty so you can concentrate on your studies when you need to. During this opening presentation, you will get some tips on how to improve your learning and well-being by taking breaks and doing things you enjoy that are not related to your studies.     
  
Language 
English   
 
Who gives the presentation 
Lars Holm Olsen, M.A., Student counsellor at Aalborg University.

Take a break from the hustle and bustle of daily life and find peace in simple, mindful outdoor activities.

In this workshop, we gather outdoors to light a fire, bake bread on sticks, and dive into the crafts of outdoor living. You’ll have the opportunity to relax while learning how to tie strong, functional knots that can bear your weight – essential skills for climbing, bushcraft, and pioneering. You’ll also try setting up a basic bivouac.

Together around the fire, we’ll create a space for warmth, community, and mental relaxation. Come and experience how nature and small breaks can recharge your energy and strengthen your study/life balance! 

Language 
English and Danish   

Instructors
Mads Haugaard Kragh Kristensen, 10th semester, Chemistry (MSc in Engineering) 
Simon Abildgaard Hansen, 10th semester, Biotechnology (MSc in Engineering) 

Creating with your hands and immersing yourself in a creative process can be an enriching and mindful activity and an opportunity to give your mind a break from studying.  

Let your creativity flourish and the flowers bloom. In this activity, you will learn techniques for making paper flowers so that you can create your own unique creations. Crepe paper is a material that you can shape with your hands and add details with watercolor paint, so that you can create lifelike flowers in all sorts of color combinations.  

There will be an opportunity to experiment with colors and shapes, and you will be inspired to make flowers that can be used as bouquets, decorations and gifts

Language 
Danish and english

Instructor
Carla Marie Ovesen 

At this cosy activity, you can either bring your own knitting or crochet project or learn to knit from scratch.

In the yarn corner, the focus is on a relaxing atmosphere, where you can share tips and tricks, get help with your yarn project and enjoy the community with other knitting and crochet enthusiasts.

There will be an opportunity to learn and share different techniques and you can work at your own pace.  

Language 
English and Danish 
 
Who is in charge of the activity 
Marie Møller Jensen, member of the Study Environment Council and head of the study board for Danish, English, Cultural Studies and Applied Philosophy 

Kunsten (Museum of Modern Art) introduces creative challenges and exciting materials that you are familiar with from home into the drawing process.

Experience relaxing immersion as you become engrossed in what you can create with different materials and motifs. Together, we will explore techniques, materials, and various challenges that can enhance our drawing skills and joy of drawing. The goal is not for you to leave the workshop with a perfect drawing, but rather to have increased your enjoyment of drawing and to feel inspired to continue experimenting with drawing at home.

Everyone is welcome – even those who think they cannot draw. We promise you, you can.  
  
Language 
English and Danish 
 
Art communicators 
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg by Nana Flarup Hansen and Tilde Fogh Vindelev.

Socializing with good friends or family is a fun and pleasant break from a busy study day.

In the board game café, you can challenge your fellow students in various games at your own pace. There is no facilitation of the café, so the board games are just for your free use. Whether you choose a quick round of Loppin' Louie or a longer round of Ticket to Ride is therefore entirely up to you.

Language 
English and Danish 
  
Who is in charge of the activity 
There is no facilitation of the café, so the board games are just for you and your fellow students' free use. 

Aalborg TryOut is an offer for students, where they can participate in a wide range of free leisure activities and communities from mid-August to mid-November.

There are over 80 different activities, and during this period you can try everything from martial arts and yoga to ceramics and board games!
Come and hear about the activities that welcome both beginners and more experienced participants. 

Feel free to come alone or with your fellow students – there is room for everyone. 

Language 
English and Danish 

Who you can meet at the booth 
 Mette Thomsen og Thorbjørn Rohde, who are both ambassadors at Aalborg TryOut. 

The exhibition “Apart from the Books” is a cultural-historical pop-up exhibition that aims to convey the history of student life to current university students. The exhibition focuses on what the students themselves have done over the past 75 years to create a good and safe environment for student life. In this way, the exhibition aims to motivate students to think about student well-being in a broader perspective and contribute with both inspiration and debate about what a good student life is today and how we can improve well-being at Danish universities.  
  
The exhibition consists of both historical presentation of the cultural history of student life as well as interactive elements in the form of “fold yourself” fortune tellers and voting tubes. The latter aim to start conversations about individual or collective well-being at university and to encourage people to take a stand on political or moral issues that relate to the main points of the exhibition.    

The exhibition was created by Josephine Møller Jensen as a product for her master's degree in cultural history at Aarhus University. The exhibition has been created in collaboration with DM and DM students as part of DM's well-being efforts at the Danish universities. 

In this workshop, we use community singing to release a lot of endorphins and thus create good energy. In the workshop, you will also learn a few breathing exercises that you can use in your everyday study life. 

Participation in the workshop requires absolutely no prior singing talent. Come as you are and experience how singing together can promote positive emotions and give you a happy break from studying.

Language 
14.15: Danish
15.00: Danish 
15.45: English

Teachers
Emma Poort Nielsen, 6th semester music therapy student Christina Sofie Amalie Bluhme, 6th semester music therapy student 

This workshop is about expanding your personal boundaries through song, dance and music.

We'll sing, break boundaries and talk about how we can integrate singing and dancing into our everyday lives. We will explore why we can get nervous when speaking in front of many people and how we can perform more openly and confidently in important situations.

In this workshop we will use dance, singing and acting in front of each other to show that it's only dangerous and scary if we let it be. It's going to be super fun and hopefully it will get you ready for the concert later in the afternoon! 

Language 
English  (if only Danish students attend, we’ll do it in Danish. But all are welcome!)   
  
Teacher 
This workshop will be led by Mathias Hansen, a 23-year-old trumpet player and singer from the Royal Academy of Music Aalborg. His daily work consists mostly of creating parties through concerts in both Denmark and abroad, as well as freelancing with all kinds of different bands.   

This yoga workshop not only gives you a break from your studies, but also an opportunity to recharge and improve your mental and physical health. So come and join our yoga class where we explore strength, flexibility and mindfulness together. Whether you're a beginner or more experienced, our skilled instructor will guide you and help you find your inner peace. 
 
Language 
English 
 
Max number of participants 
20 
 
Instructor 
Johanne Hausgaard, instructor at Unifitness 

Join this workshop if you want to take a break with cooking to nourish both your body and your mind.

In the workshop, you'll learn how the five basic tastes form a universal base for how we perceive flavor in food. You'll also get tastings and insights into how you can work magic with the contents of your fridge, including how typical leftovers can be transformed into delicious energy boosters such as green juice. 
 
Language  
14.15-14.30: Danish 
14.30-14.45: English 
15.00-15.15: Danish 
15.15-15.30: Danish 
15.45-16.00: English 
16.00-16.15: Danish 
 
Max number of participants 
Max 15 people per workshop session  
 
Who is in charge of the workshop 
Jespers Torvekøkken v/ Mikkel de Vries, Sustainability and development consultant Vest & Rene Holme, Site manager AAU and jester by God's grace 

In this workshop, we use community singing to release a lot of endorphins and thus create good energy.

In the workshop, you will also learn a few breathing exercises that you can use in your everyday study life.   
Participation in the workshop requires absolutely no prior singing talent.

Come as you are and experience how singing together can promote positive emotions and give you a happy break from studying.    
 
Language 
14.15: Danish 
15.00: Danish 
15:45: English 
 
Teachers 
Emma Poort Nielsen, 6th semester music therapy student Christina Sofie Amalie Bluhme, 6th semester music therapy student 

This workshop is about expanding your personal boundaries through song, dance and music.

We'll sing, break boundaries and talk about how we can integrate singing and dancing into our everyday lives. We will explore why we can get nervous when speaking in front of many people and how we can perform more openly and confidently in important situations.

In this workshop we will use dance, singing and acting in front of each other to show that it's only dangerous and scary if we let it be. It's going to be super fun and hopefully it will get you ready for the concert later in the afternoon! 

Language 
English  (if only Danish students attend, we’ll do it in Danish. But all are welcome!)   
  
Teacher 
This workshop will be led by Mathias Hansen, a 23-year-old trumpet player and singer from the Royal Academy of Music Aalborg. His daily work consists mostly of creating parties through concerts in both Denmark and abroad, as well as freelancing with all kinds of different bands.   

In this workshop, we combine physical activity with music and dance, which can help reduce stress and improve mood.

Whether you're a beginner or more experienced, our skilled instructor will guide you. So come and join us for half an hour of dance fun that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. 
 
Language 
English 
 
Max number of participants 
20 
 
Instructor 
Natasha Mohr Viðbjørg, instructor at Unifitness 

Join this workshop if you want to take a break with cooking to nourish both your body and your mind.

In the workshop, you'll learn how the five basic tastes form a universal base for how we perceive flavor in food. You'll also get tastings and insights into how you can work magic with the contents of your fridge, including how typical leftovers can be transformed into delicious energy boosters such as green juice. 
 
Language  
14.15-14.30: Danish 
14.30-14.45: English 
15.00-15.15: Danish 
15.15-15.30: Danish 
15.45-16.00: English 
16.00-16.15: Danish 
 
Max number of participants 
Max 15 people per workshop session  
 
Who is in charge of the workshop 
Jespers Torvekøkken v/ Mikkel de Vries, Sustainability and development consultant Vest & Rene Holme, Site manager AAU and jester by God's grace 

In this workshop, we use community singing to release a lot of endorphins and thus create good energy.

In the workshop, you will also learn a few breathing exercises that you can use in your everyday study life.   
Participation in the workshop requires absolutely no prior singing talent.

Come as you are and experience how singing together can promote positive emotions and give you a happy break from studying.    
 
Language 
14.15: Danish 
15.00: Danish 
15:45: English 
 
Teachers 
Emma Poort Nielsen, 6th semester music therapy student Christina Sofie Amalie Bluhme, 6th semester music therapy student 

In this workshop, you will learn how to design music playlists to meet your different needs, such as relaxation, focus, motivation, exercise, sleep, and emotional processing.

You will get a brief introduction to selecting music for various purposes and gain insight into the key musical parameters to consider when creating your own personalized playlist.   

It is important that you bring a computer, phone, or tablet with access to your favorite music streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.). 

Language 
English   

Max number of participants 
30 

Teacher 
Tobias Lindhardt Togeby, MA Music Therapy 

This yoga workshop not only gives you a break from your studies, but also an opportunity to recharge and improve your mental and physical health. So come and join our yoga class where we explore strength, flexibility and mindfulness together. Whether you're a beginner or more experienced, our skilled instructor will guide you and help you find your inner peace. 
 
Language 
English 
 
Max number of participants 
20 
 
Instructor
Johanne Hausgaard, instructor at Unifitness 

Join this workshop if you want to take a break with cooking to nourish both your body and your mind.

In the workshop, you'll learn how the five basic tastes form a universal base for how we perceive flavor in food. You'll also get tastings and insights into how you can work magic with the contents of your fridge, including how typical leftovers can be transformed into delicious energy boosters such as green juice. 
 
Language  
14.15-14.30: Danish 
14.30-14.45: English 
15.00-15.15: Danish 
15.15-15.30: Danish 
15.45-16.00: English 
16.00-16.15: Danish 
 
Max number of participants 
Max 15 people per workshop session  
 
Who is in charge of the workshop 
Jespers Torvekøkken v/ Mikkel de Vries, Sustainability and development consultant Vest & Rene Holme, Site manager AAU and jester by God's grace