Aarhus is finally throwing back the duvet and smelling the coffee.

This morning, the crisp sunshine penetrated the hardest hearts and foulest hangovers, leaving my fellow citizens smiling. Or wincing in the face of a solar blast, armed with inadequate sunglasses from Tiger.

When I got to work in Mejlgade, all the windows were open as if someone had farted. Fortunately - as far as I know - they hadn't. It was my landlord inviting Spring inside to say hello for the first time in 2016.

The coffee is on. I'm first at my desk in the galley area. And I'm ready for work.