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The Globe Xmas Quiz
Just 25 kroner per person (max five a team) and the winners get 1,000 kroner, second place 500 and third place a crate of beer.  As well as three rounds of 15 questions each – courtesy of quizmaster John Kelleher – there are two beer round questions, a raffle and a rollover. Landlord Brian (see this week’s front cover) will be present to oversee the giving  of (questions) and giving away (prizes).
Nørregade 43-45 Cph K; Thu 19:30; 25kr per person; max five per team

 

Make your own Christmas cards
Haven’t you had the time to write your grandmother a handwritten Christmas greeting yet? Then come and join the Christmas card making session on Wednesday night! The café will provide everything you need to make your own Christmas cards, so just bring your creativity − and stamps for your letters. If you want someone special to receive a greeting in a good old-fashioned way before Christmas, Thursday will be your last chance to mail it.
Nutid eventcafé and bar, Sankt Peders Stræde 1, Cph K, Wed 19:00

 

Do-it-yourself Eurovision
What better way to end the year than to wallow unapologetically in the nostalgia of the Eurovision Song Contest? Bring your favourite (or strangest) historic performance from Eurovision (pre-2011 only) on DVD disc (only) and it will be shown before a live audience. At the end of the night, a prize will given to the most “exceptional” number. Includes free popcorn.
Husets Biograf, Rådhusstræde 13, Cph K; Thu 19:00; Tickets 60kr; www.huset-kbh.dk

 

White night art market
Erotic paper art, handmade totem jewellery and edgy art photographs are just some of the goods you can buy at this rather unconventional Christmas market celebrating the longest day of the year. While shopping, feel the underground vibe at the culture house situated in an old methodist church building.
Literaturhaus, Møllegade 7, Cph N, Thu 15:00; free adm, www.literaturhaus.dk

 




  • Diplomatic tensions between US and Denmark after spying rumors

    Diplomatic tensions between US and Denmark after spying rumors

    A Wall Street Journal article describes that the US will now begin spying in Greenland. This worries the Danish foreign minister, who wants an explanation from the US’s leading diplomat. Greenlandic politicians think that Trump’s actions increase the sense of insecurity

  • Diplomacy meets Westeros: a dinner with the King, Queen – and Jaime Lannister

    Diplomacy meets Westeros: a dinner with the King, Queen – and Jaime Lannister

    What do King Frederik X, Queen Mary, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and Jaime Lannister have in common? No, this isn’t the start of a very specific Shakespeare-meets-HBO fanfiction — it was just Wednesday night in Denmark

  • Huge boost to halt dropouts from vocational education

    Huge boost to halt dropouts from vocational education

    For many years, most young people in Denmark have preferred upper secondary school (Gymnasium). Approximately 20 percent of a year group chooses a vocational education. Four out of 10 young people drop out of a vocational education. A bunch of millions aims to change that

  • Beloved culture house saved from closure

    Beloved culture house saved from closure

    At the beginning of April, it was reported that Kapelvej 44, a popular community house situated in Nørrebro, was at risk of closing due to a loss of municipality funding

  • Mette Frederiksen: “If you harm the country that is hosting you, you shouldn’t be here at all”

    Mette Frederiksen: “If you harm the country that is hosting you, you shouldn’t be here at all”

    With reforms to tighten the rules for foreigners in Denmark without legal residency, and the approval of a reception package for internationals working in the care sector, internationals have been under the spotlight this week. Mette Frederiksen spoke about both reforms yesterday.

  • Tolerated, but barely: inside Denmark’s departure centers

    Tolerated, but barely: inside Denmark’s departure centers

    Currently, around 170 people live on “tolerated stay” in Denmark, a status for people who cannot be deported but are denied residency and basic rights. As SOS Racisme draws a concerning picture of their living conditions in departure centers, such as Kærshovedgård, they also suggest it might be time for Denmark to reinvent its policies on deportation

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