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Tur-retur: Episode 18 – A Love Letter to Learning Danish

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5 Ways to Fully Experience a Danish Fall

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The Cultural Explorer’s Diary: Bring a Brick, Not a Cathedral –...

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Tur-retur: Episode 15: Let’s Talk about Lime

No, I don’t mean the citrus fruit you’d juice for a marinade (or a margarita) or squeeze into a Mexican beer. I’m referring to...

The Loudest Silence in the Room

I once worked with a colleague who was the master of the quiet "no". Lars never argued against anything in a meeting. He’d listen. He’d...

The Little Viking Saga – Episode 12 – Treasures from the vacuum bag

You’d think that moving to the land of Lego would’ve been a good indicator of what my future may hold as the mother of...

This Danish-ish Life: 5 Things Internationals Need to Know About Applying for Danish Higher Education

The International Baccalaureate examinations are now in full swing across Denmark—and around the world. In the next couple of weeks, once final exams have...

The Cultural Explorer’s Diary: Inside Copenhagen Occult Club with Mariia Snebjørk Damkjær

There are certain words you don’t arrive at all at once. You circle them. Try them on in private before letting them land in...
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