When did you say? In four weeks’ time?” I asked my husband incredulously when he called me to say that our friends, Eric and Birgitte, would like to invite us to a cosy dinner at their place. “But in four weeks’ time I’ll be performing my Crazy Christmas show every evening at Tivoli. And even…
I never fail to be grateful for the fact that the Danes speak such good English. Of course I was less grateful when I was trying to learn the language. My first faltering attempts in a shop were always greeted with a condescending smile and an immediate response: “What is it you actually want?” I…
It’s summer and we’re all out and about. In between the downpours of rain of course. But, unlike the Brits who discuss the weather endlessly, the Danes just shrug their shoulders. Nothing stops them charging off to their summerhouses, marching along windswept beaches and invading parks armed with umbrellas and waterproofs. They are Vikings after…
It wasn’t certain whether the ‘Crazy Christmas Cabaret’ would return to Copenhagen’s Tivoli. Now, its many fans can breathe a sighn of relief as the British comedy will take to the stage once again – and it will be crazier than ever!
Mori Koichiro among international dancers to jack up ‘The Nutcracker’ at Docken in Nordhavn
You’d have to go back to 1981 to find a spring day as cold as last night this late in the season
While many other countries have similar welfare states, conceded ‘The Little Book of Hygge’, it’s the elusive ingredient that pushes Denmark to the top of the happiness charts
Hand-written copy discovered at estate
Airline makes Danish writer its latest ‘tail-fin hero’
Sex shops around the country have experienced an increased demand for sex toys, bondage equipment and whips in the run-up to the release of the film version of EL James’s erotic blockbuster 'Fifty Shades of Grey’. “We laid in a double supply of erotic accessories of the slightly kinkier variety,” Sabina Elvstam-Johns, the proprietor of…
Danes for Obama Americans weren’t the only ones glued to their televisions as the US presidential election results rolled in early Wednesday morning Danish time. Nearly 500 revellers were on hand at Politikens Hus for an election party co-sponsored by Democrats Abroad, Carlsberg and CNN. And many Danish journalists – and engrossed citizens alike –…
