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It’s Marathon Time

You can’t really miss all the maps, posters and warnings that are dotted around the city at the moment. That’s right; it’s that time of year again where 12,000 people put themselves to the test and run...

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Jesus Ascends, So That Means Beer And Bare-naked Ladies!

It is the Christian high holy Pentecost weekend in Denmark (May 23-25) and that means celebration to the Danes. Three days of celebration. How to they celebrate? With wild abandon, beer scantily-clad...

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Election time – again! Left. Right. Left, left, right!

Dear Readers Just taking a quick break from bumping off a nasty character – Col. Mustard, in the Library, with lead piping (The Mystery of the Missing Blogger…) – to let you know that this morning the...

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3 Excellent Places to Go in Copenhagen During Spring

Now, I usually write on the topic of entrepreneurship. But as I’m writing this, the sun is shining and I’d actually rather help you figure out places to go to enjoy this great weather – at least, if...

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9 Years an Expat

June 5, 2015 is Constitution Day in Denmark. There are many Danish flags being waved on Constitution. Mine is one of them as this month marks my 9th anniversary in Denmark, my second home. Wow. 9...

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The elderly in Denmark rock the Internet

Sometimes in Denmark I meet a prejudice about the older generations, that they don’t know how to use the Internet, and that they don’t take advantage of all its possibilities. This perception is far...

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Copenhagen’s Great Synagogue

Often in my time in Copenhagen, something very special happens. Today was one of them. I came upon the caretaker of The Great Synagogue, Copenhagen’s largest synagogue, taking down a banner. After a...

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Danish designer furniture

Denmark is now-a-days well known for its design, gastronomy and architecture. But in the period from the end of World War II to the 1970’s Denmark, was for the first time noticed on the landmark for...

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Happy Independence Day!: An American and Danish Tie That Binds

  I am writing this on the fly as I enjoy a concert that is part of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival today. This is one of the highlights of the year in Denmark and personally for me! Today is...

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Drop It Like It’s HOT at Tivoli

SNOOP DOGG at Fredagsrock! One of the West Coast hip hop’s greatest icons is playing Tivoli tonight as part of the Fredagsrock or Friday’s Rock experience. For sure, Snoop Dogg will drop it like its...

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The man cave and guy-time in Denmark

One of the trends, which are hard to determine if it is a trend or just natural order, is the “Man Cave”. As a term the man cave has existed from 21. March 1992, where Joanne Lovering used man cave as...

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Classic Danish design

Denmark has been known as a country with a good eye for design for many years. In the decades after WW2 Denmark had an impressive list of designer furniture, that went around the world, and you still...

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Danish Imports – One Year Later

Exactly 12 months ago I was celebrating my very first photo exhibition here in Copenhagen. It was something I’d been thinking of doing for a couple of years and it was a definite learning curve for me....

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Just a Touch of H.C. Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen or H.C. Andersen as Danes call him, eventually became Denmark’s most well-known author, with a legacy of wonderful fairy tales. But life in Denmark, for him, was harsh, cold and...

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Danish Imports: The Architect

Today I’ll be sharing the second story behind one of my Danish Imports subjects, Luke Lorimer. If you missed the first post then you can read it here. These images were used for my first exhibition,...

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Danish Imports: The DJ

This is the third instalment of my Danish Imports blog posts, looking at the stories behind people’s decisions to live, work or visit Denmark. Today’s story focuses on Danish DJ, Nikolaj Yu Andersen....

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Danish Imports: The Journalist

Continuing the Danish Imports theme, today we take a look at Brazilian Noemia Colonna’s story. “Sometimes it’s good to be like the Brazilians,” is Noemia Colonna’s advice to the Danes. “We’re...

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When football shirts become a lifestyle.

Today football is a multi billion dollar business and football clubs around the globe, is battling to get the best share of the money that football fans is using, to get their favourite clubs’...

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Denmark is ranked 2nd safest country in the world

Daily mall recently announced that Denmark is the second safest country in the world, just behind Island which ranks first in the survey. Institute for Economics and Peace recently revealed the Global...

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Danish Imports: The Boxer

The next story from last year’s Danish Imports photo exhibition comes from Michal Jezierski, who had a very long and interesting story to tell about his move to Denmark. Michal Jezierski, from Poland,...

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