Season's best: making the most of summer in Copenhagen
4 min read • Jun 12, 2019
Copenhagen is fantastic any time of year, but there's something special about summer in this vibrant city. The season may be short, but it can certainly…
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Denmark
- Mid-morning matters: the best places to have brunch in Copenhagen
4 min read • Mar 1, 2019
Copenhagen is a city made for foodies, with hundreds of top-notch dining experiences from street food markets to Michelin-starred restaurants to tempt the…
- Winterful Copenhagen: finding the Christmas spirit in Denmark's capital
4 min read • Dec 14, 2018
The holiday season in Denmark is a magical point of light in the dark Scandinavian winter, and Danes take Christmas very seriously.
- Lego, Vikings & an underground bunker: family heaven around Billund, Denmark
6 min read • Oct 25, 2018
Denmark: so child-friendly it even has a ‘Capital of Children’. This kid-friendly utopia is centred on Billund, the heartland of Lego, but around it there…
- Copenhagen on a plate: new Nordic cuisine
3 min read • Jun 13, 2018
The term 'new Nordic cuisine' still sets hearts aflutter on the international food scene, and any gourmand worth their salt (French fleur de sel,…
- Where to find hygge in summertime Copenhagen
5 min read • Jun 7, 2018
Hygge (pronounced ‘hougga’) the suddenly everywhere, difficult-to-define Danish concept of comfort and conviviality, is something you may associate with…
- 10 reasons to love Copenhagen
5 min read • Jan 1, 2018
Surprising, artistic, experimental and cosmopolitan, the Danish capital overflows with cafes, culture and history. Here are 10 reasons to love the city.
- Waterside wanderings: adventures on Copenhagen's harbours and canals
5 min read • Jun 7, 2017
There can’t be many capitals where you can kayak in front of the opera house, rent a hot-tub boat or floating dining room, swim in its canals, and cycle a…
- Aarhus for beginners
5 min read • May 10, 2016
Aarhus has long laboured in the shadow cast by Copenhagen, but transformation is afoot in Denmark's second-largest city. This Viking-founded hub on the…
- New Nordic beyond Noma: the rise of Danish cuisine in Aarhus
5 min read • Nov 16, 2015
The long-held acclaim of New Nordic restaurant Noma helped Copenhagen to become the world’s number one culinary hotspot.
- Viking Denmark: following the footsteps of ancient explorers
5 min read • Apr 10, 2014
Were Vikings mead-swilling and pillaging hooligans, or civilising craftspeople, poets and merchants? Your preconceptions around Vikings will likely be…
- Plastic fantastic: Denmark's Legoland
4 min read • Jan 7, 2013
'The Happiest Place on Earth'? Disneyland may lay claim to the cheesy slogan, but we like to think that Denmark's Legoland, though considerably smaller,…
- Copenhagen with kids
5 min read • Jan 7, 2013
Danish culture gives children a beautifully natural place in society. Kids are, on the whole, neither spoilt nor overly scolded, and in Danish democratic…
- Copenhagen: what to see, eat and drink
2 min read • Mar 23, 2011
Copenhagen is compact yet crams a lot into a small space, making it the most accessible of Scandinavia’s capitals and an oasis of calm, sociability and…
- Welcome to Herning, Denmark's secret art haven
2 min read • Sep 20, 2010
If you're a fan of modern art, chances are you've heard of Italian conceptual artist Piero Manzoni (1933-63). What you may not know is that the biggest…
- BBit broke in Copenhagen? We show you how to cope
2 min read • Sep 7, 2010
You know your Egg chair from your S chair, but have more 'cool' than 'kroner'. The bad news: 'Copenhagen' and 'cheap' don't usually share the same…
- HHow to get cosy in Copenhagen
2 min read • Aug 18, 2010
The Danes are obsessed with cosiness. All of them. Even the toughest leather-clad biker will recommend a bar based on its 'hygge' factor. In Danish,…
- Volcano cancelled your flight? Take a $3500 cab ride instead
3 min read • Apr 22, 2010
What would you do if you were trying to reunite with your pregnant wife in Madrid but a continent-sized cloud of volcanic ash stranded you in Stockholm?
- RRoskilde Rocks
1 min read • Jun 29, 2009
Denmark’s answer to Glastonbury, Roskilde Festival is northern Europe’s largest music festival. This four-day-long binge of bands and booze rocks Roskilde…