Yup, the Danish Working Environment Authority is pretty clear about it.

There has to be a source of natural daylight and there must be clear windows that you can see through. Of course there are always exceptions, but they are just that.

https://arbejdstilsynet.dk/da/regler/indeklima/belysning-og-...

> I don't think even the employers think it's right to have windowless offices

As an employee, I hate this rule and would love a windowless office. Right now, I just keep the curtains closed all day.

Well, you can close a curtain, you can't usually get a sledgehammer and knock a hole in the wall if your office doesn't have a window and you want one.

Could you explain why? Do you just prefer a dark room or are you distracted by activities outside your window?

I can't really imagine not being look out a windows during the day. Also I think I'd feel trapped without windows, not that I can just jump out my 3rd. floor window.

Not your parent poster, but for me the external variable light is mostly a nuisance. It can be too bright and cause glare, or it's not enough and I need artificial lighting anyway. So I just blot it out, I work from home and I do the same across my entire home, blinds block external light and I use artificial light all day.

Sunlight is nice if I'm going to be outside admiring nature, but it's crap for reading, playing video games, any number of activities I want to do at home.

The cheap place I'll be staying on vacation in a couple of weeks offered a "free upgrade" to a room with a window and I was like "I don't understand - what would I in theory see out of this window?" because it's in a city centre, and obviously as a tourist I shall go out and look at museums and galleries and stuff, I shan't be sat there all day looking out the window, so it seems pointless. The other person I'm going with likes windows, so they'd already paid a little bit extra to have a window anyway. Crazy.

Thanks, that makes sense. It's not for me personally, I really like being able to look out and see the light change during the day. There's nothing worse that going outside after work and not having realized that it's gotten dark without me noticing.

On a side note I don't think I'd stay in a hotel/motel room without windows, that just seems creepy. For the same reason I don't book room on ferries without windows, even though I'd just see the water.

for me the bright light hurts my eyes and makes it hard to see the screen (eyestrain).

Let me guess, you use dark themes right?