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Culture news

Viking Age windows challenge Hollywood's portrayal of Norsemen

Danish researchers say fragments of glass found across Northern Europe suggest Vikings were more sophisticated than pop culture would have us believe.

11/10/2023

Work

High schools in Denmark are embracing ChatGPT as a teaching tool

The boom of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots prompted one teacher to start incorporating it into the classroom, rather than blocking it.

09/10/2023

Denmark

Euroviews. Cities are leading a cycling revolution. Will the EU follow suit?

My colleagues and I are convinced that cycling is the future. We need the EU and its member states to step to the challenge and recognise cycling as a phenomenal tool with immense transformative power, Line Barfod writes.

29/09/2023

Ecotech

Why has Lego abandoned plans to make recycled plastic bricks?

After two years of testing, the world's largest toymaker has failed to make bricks that reduce carbon emissions.

25/09/2023

Economy

Central Bank of Denmark urges caution over economic future

Denmark's Nationalbank has called for economic caution with regard to future policy making, also predicting hovering inflation to come.

20/09/2023

Business

Denmark's Novo Nordisk and South Africa's Aspen to produce insulin for African patients

Last year, the World Health Organization estimated that there are 24 million adults living with diabetes in Africa, saying the number is expected to rise to 55 million by 2045.

20/09/2023

Culture news

Danish artist ordered to repay €67,000 for empty frame artworks

58-year-old Danish artist Jens Haaning has been ordered by a Danish court to repay the Kunsten Museum after he delivered blank canvasses to them in 2021.

19/09/2023

Ecotech

World’s ‘first green container ship’ christened in Denmark

Denmark launches the world’s ‘first green container ship’ but clean methanol still has cost and safety issues.

14/09/2023

Economy

Denmark's economy boosted by anti-obesity treatments

Over the first six months of the year, Danish GDP rose by 1.7% year-on-year, according to national statistics, but without the contribution of the pharmaceutical industry, it would have fallen by 0.3%.

06/09/2023

Culture news

Barking dogs star in Mozart symphony with Danish Chamber Orchestra

Three furry superstars joined the Danish Chamber Orchestra for a very special performance of Mozart's "Hunting Symphony" at this year's Haydn Festival.

04/09/2023

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Denmark is a happy place to be. At least, that’s according to the 2023 World Happiness Report, which ranked the Nordic nation as the second-happiest country in the world.

31/08/2023

Denmark

'Tax beef' - Denmark finds ways to tackle climate change

Applying taxes to beef products could be one way to reduce CO2 emissions, says the Danish Government

29/08/2023

Denmark

Christiana: Denmark’s hippie paradise asks to shut down Pusher Street

The residents of the neighbourhood of Christiana, traditionally a hippie paradise where the cannabis trade has flourished despite bans, asked authorities for help shutting down its Pusher Street after a slew of recent gang-related murders.

28/08/2023

Denmark

Desecration of holy books could become a crime in Denmark

The government is proposing legislation that would outlaw the actions of provocateurs who have burned copies of the quran in the name of free speech.

25/08/2023

Denmark

Danish government will introduce new law to ban burning the Quran

The move follows angry demonstrations against public burnings in Denmark and other countries.

25/08/2023

Lifestyle

International Beer Day: Would you have the bottle to try "beer yoga"?

Can you do tree pose in yoga whilst balancing a beer can on your head? These participants at a yoga session at Copenhagen Beer Week seem to have mastered it.

04/08/2023

Denmark

Denmark considers banning Quran-burning protests

The government says desecrating Islam's holy book can fuel extremism and have negative geopolitical impacts.

31/07/2023

Destinations

Campaigners urge boycott of Faroe Islands over controversial hunts

A cruise ship recently stumbled upon the spectacle, with horrified tourists seeing seas turned crimson with blood.

29/07/2023

Travel News

Want to move to Denmark? Here are all the jobs open to foreign workers

Denmark has just updated its list of jobs open to foreign workers.

06/07/2023

Design

Future of design discussed at World Congress of Architects

The International Union of Architects have convened for their triennial World Congress of Architects in Denmark. The congress features keynotes on sustainability in the industry as well as erecting 15 pavilions to show off experimental projects around Copenhagen.

05/07/2023

Health news

'Groundbreaking' new blood test could detect foetal abnormalities

Women in Denmark can now take a blood test to identify genetic foetal abnormalities in early pregnancy. But it has raised ethical questions.

05/07/2023

Culture news

Jurassic safari park: Denmark opens its first dinosaur museum

At Knuthenborg Safari Park in Denmark, elephants and African lions now have prehistoric dinosaurs as their new neighbours to tell an evolutionary story spanning over 300 million years.

29/06/2023

Denmark

US to meet with Ukraine war sceptics to drum up support

The informal meeting will be attended by US security officials and country representatives later this week.

22/06/2023

Denmark

Danish PM Frederiksen in Washington for Biden White House meeting

American officials could also be sizing up Mette Frederiksen with the NATO Secretary General role in mind.

05/06/2023

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Watch: Brews and balance unite in beer yoga gathering!

Is doing yoga while drinking beer sensible? Probably not. But that didn't stop this group of Danes in Copenhagen giving it a shot.

01/06/2023

Culture news

Treasure trove of 1,000-year-old Viking coins unearthed in Denmark

What makes this find particularly rare is its connection to Viking King Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson, one of the last Viking rulers of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and parts of Germany.

29/05/2023