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Can Denmark’s Second-Hand Culture Be Moved Online?

13/08/2026

Young couple comparing dining chairs and wooden tables in a modern furniture store showroom

Customs & traditions Environment

Safety, Social Norms, and Why Copenhagen’s Cyclists Skip the Helmet

13/08/2026

A busy two-lane cycle bridge with cyclists riding in both directions, flanked by trees and a river, with urban buildings visible in the background.

Customs & traditions Lifestyle Transport

Roskilde Festival 2026: The Mechanics of a Temporary City

08/08/2026

Aerial shot of Roskilde Festival with thousands of colourful tents spreading across the foreground, the iconic orange stage visible in the middle, and the town of Roskilde and its fjord stretching into the distance

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Denmark’s UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage nominations: 2. Why Danes Trust—and How Denmark Became One of the World’s Most Trusting Societies

Last month, the country was given the chance to vote for which local practices, representations, expressions and skills best represent us. We’ve been taking...

“Don’t lose yourself in the process of integration – be proud of who you are and bring that to Denmark”

Author Keri Bloomfield on the importance of being authentic and creating community through writing Every international faces lots of challenges when they move to another...

What is it with Danes and their summerhouses?

When I think back to my childhood summers, one place immediately comes to mind: our family summerhouse. Every Friday during the summer, we’d pack...

Denmark’s UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage nominations: 1. The Dannebrog: The Story of the World’s Oldest National Flag