Coming up Soon: Boy passions, bubbly dreamland and bruising skaters

Ready for some thrills? The Roller Derby season is back and it’s time for a free tryout, even if you’re a beginner. Bring skates, helmet and knee protectors, together with your best attitude (Aug 18, 17:00, Mimersparken 24, Cph N; free adm)


 

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(photo: istock)

A real man evening: BBQ and football, together with an intro to life-groups and what they stand for. No need to sign up – just bring a competitive spirit and meat! (Aug 17, 18:00; CPH Christian Center, Drejervej 11-21; Cph N; info@copenhagenchristiancenter.dk)


 

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(photo: istock)

The show must go on! Imprologen is back from Chicago to inspire you with a new English course on comedy improvisation (starts Aug 16, 10:00-14:00, Rentemestervej 81; Cph NV; sign up at imprologen@imprologen.dk; five Sundays: tickets 895kr)


 

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(photo: istock)

Vesterbro Vinstue invites you to a champagne tasting. Enjoy a five-course dinner of mussels, Icelandic salmon, lamb and  six glasses of different champagnes (Aug 18, 18:30; Istedgade 128, Cph V; tickets 550kr, vinstuerne.dk/vesterbro-vinstue)


 

(photo: istock)
(photo: istock)

Expand your horizon! Likemind invites you to share your ideas, passions and interests over coffee. It’s a fun way to build new relationships (Aug 21, 08:00-10:00, Din Nye Ven, Skt Peders Stræde 34, Cph K, free adm)


 

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(photo: istock)

Latin dancing for the ladies! Want to shape that curvy figure? Join this group for elegant, funny moves and meet other internationals (Aug 19, 18:00; Kulturhuset Islands Brygge 18, Cph S; free adm)




  • 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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