Coming up Soon: Learn to converse, co-ordinate and cook like a Dane

Do you often get requests from your family to cook a Danish meal and you have no idea where to start? Then join this first pop-up cooking course (Jan 14, 16:00-21:00; BISQUITFabrikken, Jægersborggade 20, Cph K; 500kr, kogeskolen.dk)

Learn how to access the hidden job market and get a job with zero experience. Join Copenhagen Capacity’s seminar on finding a job in Denmark – both graduates and experts are welcome (Jan 16, 17:00-20:15; Københavns Sprogcenter, room 104, Flæsketorvet 60, Cph V, free adm)

Find out more about the refugee situation in Denmark at this lecture by Michala Clante Bendixen from Refugees Welcome on the rules and regulations of the Danish asylum system (Jan 6, 16:00; Trampoline House, Thoravej 7, Cph NV; free adm, trampolinehouse.dk)

The Salsa Mas Dance Academy is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a huge Cuban party. Experience a fantastic Cuban atmosphere generated by great music and dancing (Jan 7, 20:00; KoncertKirken, Blågårds Plads 6A, Cph N; 120kr, billetboxen.dk)

Do you feel like building up your network this year with more Danish contacts than just international ones? Then join this introductory seminar on how to build a Danish network (Jan 12, 19:30-21:30; Dronningens Tværgade 5E, Cph K; free adm; getgreat.dk)

If you always wanted a fancy finisher t-shirt, this is your chance! Join the Saturday long shot run at Søpavillonen and showcase your running ability to your fellow runners (Jan 7, 10:00; Søpavillonen, Gyldenløvesgade 24, Cph V; free adm; nbrorunning.com)

Have you always wanted to start learning Danish but never found the right time? Well, now’s your chance at Danskbureauet’s free trial lesson (Jan 5, 17:00-18:00; Int House; Gyldenløvesgade 11, Cph V; free adm)

The CTC’s pantomime includes Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula and his bride, werewolves and more for a fun night of good vibes and laughter. Check out our preview at cphpost.dk (Jan 26-Feb 5, 19:00 every day (except Jan 30), 14:00 on Jan 28-29, Feb 4-5; Krudttønden, Serridslevvej 2, Cph Ø; 160kr, under-18s: 80kr, ctcircle.dk)




  • Chinese wind turbine companies sign pact to end race-to-the-bottom price war

    Chinese wind turbine companies sign pact to end race-to-the-bottom price war

    China’s 12 leading wind turbine makers have signed a pact to end a domestic price war that has seen turbines sold at below cost price in a race to corner the market and which has compromised quality and earnings in the sector.

  • Watch Novo Nordisk’s billion-kroner musical TV ad for Wegovy

    Watch Novo Nordisk’s billion-kroner musical TV ad for Wegovy

    Novo Nordisk’s TV commercial for the slimming drug Wegovy has been shown roughly 32,000 times and reached 8.8 billion US viewers since June.

  • Retention is the new attraction

    Retention is the new attraction

    Many people every year choose to move to Denmark and Denmark in turn spends a lot of money to attract and retain this international talent. Are they staying though? If they leave, do they go home or elsewhere? Looking at raw figures, we can see that Denmark is gradually becoming more international but not everyone is staying. 

  • Defence Minister: Great international interest in Danish military technology

    Defence Minister: Great international interest in Danish military technology

    Denmark’s Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen attended the Association of the Unites States Army’s annual expo in Washington DC from 14 to 16 October, together with some 20 Danish leading defence companies, where he says Danish drone technology attracted significant attention.

  • Doctors request opioids in smaller packs as over-prescription wakes abuse concerns

    Doctors request opioids in smaller packs as over-prescription wakes abuse concerns

    Doctors, pharmacies and politicians have voiced concern that the pharmaceutical industry’s inability to supply opioid prescriptions in smaller packets, and the resulting over-prescription of addictive morphine pills, could spur levels of opioid abuse in Denmark.

  • Housing in Copenhagen – it runs in the family

    Housing in Copenhagen – it runs in the family

    Residents of cooperative housing associations in Copenhagen and in Frederiksberg distribute vacant housing to their own family members to a large extent. More than one in six residents have either parents, siblings, adult children or other close family living in the same cooperative housing association.


  • Come and join us at Citizens Days!

    Come and join us at Citizens Days!

    On Friday 27 and Saturday 28 of September, The Copenhagen Post will be at International Citizen Days in Øksnehallen on Vesterbro, Copenhagen. Admission is free and thousands of internationals are expected to attend

  • Diversifying the Nordics: How a Nigerian economist became a beacon for inclusivity in Scandinavia

    Diversifying the Nordics: How a Nigerian economist became a beacon for inclusivity in Scandinavia

    Chisom Udeze, the founder of Diversify – a global organization that works at the intersection of inclusion, democracy, freedom, climate sustainability, justice, and belonging – shares how struggling to find a community in Norway motivated her to build a Nordic-wide professional network. We also hear from Dr. Poornima Luthra, Associate Professor at CBS, about how to address bias in the workplace.

  • Lolland Municipality launches support package for accompanying spouses

    Lolland Municipality launches support package for accompanying spouses

    Lolland Municipality, home to Denmark’s largest infrastructure project – the Fehmarnbelt tunnel connection to Germany – has launched a new jobseeker support package for the accompanying partners of international employees in the area. The job-to-partner package offers free tailored sessions on finding a job and starting a personal business.