It is almost twice as expensive to buy a home in Copenhagen compared to Denmark’s second largest city, Aarhus. At the start of 2024, a square meter in Copenhagen cost just over DKK 47,300 compared to Aarhus’ DKK 25,200. Copenhagen is approximately three times as expensive as Odense’s 17,500 kroner and Aalborg’s 15,500 kroner per […]
Twice as expensive to buy property in Copenhagen as elsewhere in Denmark show new figures
Home prices in the capital area are rising significantly more than in the rest of the country. New home buyers need to earn quite a lot to enter the market in Copenhagen and the suburban municipalities
Novo Holdings: “The challenges we face are too large for any single institution”
Marcus Remmers, partner of the Planetary Health Investments team of Novo Holdings, the holding company of pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, discusses promising sectors for investment and innovation and reflects on why Denmark has a strong technology talent base.
US central bank cuts interest rate: Here’s what it means for Danish homeowners
The FED’s interest rate cut will bring savings for homeowners in Denmark with variable loans, say economists.
Stolpersteine: The citizens’ art initiative commemorating WW2 courage in Copenhagen
September 19 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of a mass deportation of Danish policemen to concentration camps by Nazi soldiers. A citizens’ memorial project is keeping their courage alive through urban art in Copenhagen.
The government presents major health plan
In Denmark, five regions are responsible for health and hospitals. The government will propose that the regions of Sjælland and the capital be combined, so that in future there will be four regions in Denmark.
SAS emerges from bankruptcy, opens 15 new routes from Copenhagen
The new routes, expected to open in summer 2025, will connect Copenhagen with Seattle, Krakow, Madrid, Budapest, Lyon, Valencia, Malta, Bucharest, Milan, Seville, Turku, Billund, Kristiansand, Harstad/Narvik and Bodø.
Margrethe Vestager to become new chairman of the board of DTU
The Danish EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, who is currently serving out her tenure as the EU Commissioner for Competition, will become chairman of the board of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) at the end of 2024.
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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, 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.
This rooftop ‘Scandarabian’ restaurant is helping international jobseekers to upskill for the Danish market
The social enterprise and rooftop restaurant Do More focuses especially on helping long-term unemployed citizens who struggle to enter the Danish labor market due to a lack of experience from their home country, language barriers, and other factors.