Being an amateur chemist can get you in serious trouble (photo: iStock)
Two men arrested in connection with hazardous chemical discovered at Copenhagen dorm
A number of emergency vehicles made their way to Grønjordskollegiet in Ama...
He will be missed by many (photo: Hans Jørn Storgaard Andersen)
Thousands of Danes bid farewell to Anker Jørgensen
Former Danish PM Anker Jørgensen was buried on Saturday. Thousands showed ...
Corporates (glasses) and startups (beard) can make it work (photo: iStock)
Winning together – why corporates and startups should work together
The way we innovate is changing and big corporates are waking up to the fac...
Dish of the day: friendship (photo: Ella Navarro)
You’ll be bowled over by this community-based approach to cooking
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Kids Corner: Lemons in water – bags of ap-peel for tiny tots
For this column, I was determined to find something especially for tiny tot...
It was aperitivos all round at this year’s Latin American Film Festival at Valby Kino as guests tucked in before the main course: movies from all over the continent (all photos by Hasse Ferrold)
If Amores Perros, then movies are its saving grace
The screening of Venezuelan film ‘La Casa del fin de los tiempos’ w...

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Life in Denmark

Club night outside the Dub (photos: Alessandra Palmitesta)
St Patrick’s Day in Copenhagen: Nobody does it better!
March 18th, 2016 5:14 pm

“They drink a lot in Ireland and they drink a whole lot in Denmark, so it’s a perfect combination of cultures!”

A raised arm is encouraged in Danish society. Children can sometimes ask difficult questions to which adults are inclined to give honest answers
The fairly odd parents: Are Danes world leaders or poor breeders?
January 29th, 2016 7:00 pm

The tendency is to be honest and not mollycoddle children – and that’s healthy, argues an expert on public health.

Alternating between sea and land, one thing's for sure: it's always pretty wet (photo: NPV_John Frikke)
Into the Wetlands: Keeping Denmark’s Everglades on the map, handling 12 million flights a year
January 22nd, 2016 7:00 pm

For over five years, the Wadden Sea National Park has been working tirelessly to strengthen the area’s nature protection and cultural history and provide visitors with unique experiences

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Events

Comedian and travel documentary maker Michael Palin, a huge fan of the artist, was among the guests at the opening of the exhibition earlier this month (photo: Hasse Ferrod)
Capturing the essence of one of Denmark’s most important, and Michael Palin’s favourite, artists
March 18th, 2016 10:28 am

Attending this Vilhelm Hammershøi exhibition is heartily recommended

History

Anders Fogh Rasmussen has really let himself go since the Weichsel glaciation age (photo: Sven Rosborn)
From wild winter wilderness to Bronze Age bog bodies
March 28th, 2016 7:06 pm

How Denmark came to be inhabited, from the cold and distant past to early cultural development

His fallback as a children's party entertainer never really took off (photo: Fanart.tv)
The birth of black metal: through the Mercyful Fate of our king
March 27th, 2016 7:00 pm

Lars Ulrich might be his country’s most valuable metal export, but will his legacy endure as long as Diamond’s?

Georg Brandes is seen as the theorist behind the 'Modern Breakthrough' of Scandinavian culture (photo: Den Hirschsprungske Samling)
A visionary branded subversive by the right and elitist by the left
March 27th, 2016 7:00 am

Loved and hated equally by his peers, Georg Brandes led Scandinavian literature’s ‘Modern Breakthrough’

Søren (left) on set with Pele and somebody from Ipswich Town (all photos: Søren Lindsted)
Escapism with Pelé and Stallone on the set of a cult classic
March 26th, 2016 7:00 pm

Søren Lindsted may not be a household name in his native Denmark, but fans of ‘Escape to Victory’ remember him well for his contribution to the much loved football film

It's been blue skies and smooth sailing for Socialdemokraterne at city hall since 1938 (photo: Scythian)
Social Democrat among the pigeons – at City Hall, since records began
March 25th, 2016 7:00 pm

Seventy-eight years have passed since the first Socialdemokraterne mayor took office, during which time no other party has had a look-in