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The Copenhagen Post
Abuse of opioids is spreading among young people in Denmark. The government has introduced 24 initiatives, one being that the sale of opioids must lead to imprisonment.
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Lisa Martin
Experts believe it takes seven years to move into a new culture, according to leading Danish psychologist Jette Simon and therapist Vibeke Hartkorn. For expat couples, the challenges of starting a new life together in Denmark can put pressure on relationships, but emotions-focused therapy can help.
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The Copenhagen Post
Politicians debate a lot these days about when you can retire. The reality shows that an increasing number of Danes like to work, even if they can withdraw from the labor market. Financial incentives help.
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Kelly Rasmussen
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.
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The Copenhagen Post
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.
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Kelly Rasmussen
Denmark has announced a reform of the education system, including scrapping 10th grade. But this will take the Danish system out of step with international schooling, which is 11 years long, while Danish will be 10. How do you fit 11 years into 10? There are various administratively tricky solutions, and the impact on international schools in Denmark will be significant.
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Christina Kronback
In the early hours of October 2, two hand grenades were detonated near Denmark’s Israeli Embassy in Hellerup, just outside Copenhagen. While nobody was injured, the attack has raised safety concerns at the local Jewish school, which chose to close that day, and is operating with police security. The Copenhagen Post spoke to the father of a child who attends the Jewish school, who shared his thoughts on raising his daughter in this climate.
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Conrad Molden
Next time you’re looking for a Danish film to watch, spare a thought for Denmark’s only giant monster film ‘Reptilicus’ – a 1960s cult-classic with puppets, bad acting, bazookas, and a prehistoric reptilian beast rampaging through Amager.
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The Copenhagen Post
The government and opposition parties are in the process of negotiating a healthcare reform, including the introduction of a Public Health Act, aimed at keeping people out of hospitals and living longer, healthier lives.
“Which room did Shakespeare write Hamlet in?” An American tourist asked me this question at the entrance to Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, Denmark. In fact, unlike his famous contemporary, Christopher Marlowe, who wrote Dr Faustus and was known as the ‘prince of poets’, Shakespeare never even left England. The setting of Hamlet in the rooms and courtyard of Kronborg Castle must have been based on Shakespeare’s imagination. Or was it?
Many international leaders I work with find themselves frustrated, questioning whether their Danish employees are lazy, unmotivated, or simply operating by different rules. The reality? Danes are often driven by things other than money or overtime and figuring that out is key to leadership success in Denmark.
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Sarah Zimmermann
If you have been on a beach at night this summer, you may have observed a fascinating phenomenon: As the waves break, the dark water suddenly lights up in a blue or blue-green glow. In Danish, this is called morild and it’s a mesmerising example of bioluminescence that appears along Denmark’s coasts. But why does it happen and where can you see the glowing waves yourself?
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