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

Young couple comparing dining chairs and wooden tables in a modern furniture store showroom
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Safety, Social Norms, and Why Copenhagen’s Cyclists Skip the Helmet

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.

Roskilde Festival 2026: The Mechanics of a Temporary City

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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The Man Who Brought Naples to Skagen: How Alex Verisan Built Juicy Skagen into a Culinary Destination

The unlikely rise of a pizza visionary If you had told a teenage Alex Verisan that he would one day become the face of Denmark’s...

Denmark’s Oscar entry, Pigen med nålen (The Girl with the Needle), is a flawed exploration of the horror and ambivalence of motherhood

Danish cinema punches well above its weight on the international stage. Pigen med nålen (The Girl with the Needle) has been showing in cinemas...

Building a business where you can be yourself: Denmark’s star colourist Nina Nordskov

Walking into the Mood Studio, Nina Nordskov’s bespoke Silkeborg salon, feels more like walking into a luxury spa. The first thing you notice is...

Denmark’s Wedding Industry: Why it’s the Las Vegas of Europe

Ask people to name big Danish exports and most will immediately say LEGO or Danish bacon, but in fact the wedding industry also ranks...

The Danish Film School That Teaches You How To Write for Games

On the lovely island of Holmen in Copenhagen, stands the proud National Film School of Denmark (DDF). The Film School is already well known...