Køkken Confidential: A guide to Danish cuisine
Gird you palates – pickled things incoming
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Danish beach rated among Europe’s best
Bornholm’s sandy gem Dueodde ranked in the top 20 by Lonely Planet
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Science Round-Up: University of Copenhagen study sheds light on Saharan trees
It has long be a common understanding that the westernmost area of the Sahara was populated with relatively few trees: a barren and sandy landscape. But by utilising the latest satellite images from NASA and cutting edge AI programming, a research team led by the University of Copenhagen has counted over 1.8 billion trees and…
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Sweet life to destruction: Pompeii comes alive in Aarhus
An exhibition about Pompeii and Herculaneum in Moesgaard Museum allows guests to walk the streets of the ancient Roman cities viewing artefacts never before seen outside of Italy
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The Road Less Taken: The little known secret behind Danish happiness
Last week CNBC ran a program on why Danish and Nordic people are so happy. They focused a lot on the work-life balance and the concept of well-being. For a long time I too wondered what made Danes seem so contented. It couldn’t be the food, weather or taxes, so why did they always seem…
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On Screens: Nepotism, cronyism and car-shagging – happy days with George’s mate
Ron Howard’s got good taste, right? We can trust him with an origins film about one of history’s most beloved ever movie characters, Solo: A Star Wars Story (Not Released Worldwide; out on May 23). Sure, he made Far and Away and The Da Vinci Code, but A Beautiful Mind and Rush were on the…
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‘Art in the making’: myth-busting and a behind-the-scenes look at the artistic processes
A recently-opened exhibition at SMK explores the creative process and sheer hard graft that goes into a work of art
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Culture News in Brief: Famous ‘Khartoonist’ moving to Copenhagen
It has been confirmed that the well-known Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih will be moving to Copenhagen. He is resettling in the Danish capital as part of the ICORN (International Cities of Refuge Network) program, in which many municipalities worldwide provide protection to artists whose freedom of speech is threatened in their home country. Albaih…
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Caesar conquering Britain a 9th century invention by Alfred the Great
Saxon king fabricated 54 BC invasion to replace Viking-friendly heir and protect England from the Danes
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Keeping abreast of the statues inspired by the life of HC Andersen
First captured by Charles Dickens in the novel ‘David Copperfield’, his likeness continues to be depicted the world over – mostly in bronze or stone
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Denmark’s most haunted house
Voergaard Manor in northern Jutland is haunted by Ingeborg Skeel – the country’s most famous ghost