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HIV – an epidemic in Denmark no longer ‘Treatment-as-prevention’ showing astonishing results RAY WEAVER

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HE DANISH approach to eliminating HIV is paying dividends. According to the World Health Organisation, a disease with an annual infection rate of less than one person in every 1,000 is no longer an epidemic, and Denmark is closing in on that milestone.

A world first DANISH medical records show that in 2013 the strategy had reduced the occurrence of HIV in Denmark to 1.4 men in 1,000 that year.

“The Danes have done what nobody else in the world has been able to do,” said Sally Blower, the head of the Center for Biomedical Modeling at UCLA. “They have almost eliminated their HIV epidemic, and they have achieved this simply by providing treatment.” Exceptional treatment THE ANALYSIS points out that Denmark has exceptional treatment programs that make

people less infectious. “In Denmark, 98 percent of patients take all of their HIV medications, which is why treatment as prevention has worked there,” said Justin Okano, the study’s lead author. “Unfortunately, adherence levels are nowhere near as high in other countries.” The findings, are based on analysis of data from an ongoing Danish study of homosexual men that began in 1995.

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SUPERMARKET owner Dansk Supermarked is discontinuing its DøgnNetto brand, replacing 39 of the stores with regular Nettos and the rest with Føtex Food stores, which offer luxury foods and convenience items. Founded in 1996 to capitalise on liberalisation laws that permitted supermarkets of a certain size to open on Sunday, it has since lost this advantage.

DENMARK is expanding its military contribution to Resolute Support Mission, the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan. It has agreed to boost the current Danish group of 80 personnel members operating in the nation by an additional 16 soldiers and agreed to continue to support the Afghani security forces with 100 million kroner annually until 2020.

JOHANNE Schmidt-Nielsen is stepping down as the political spokesperson for Enhedslisten – the top job at the left-wing party. The charismatic leader, 32, will continue as the party’s immigration and integration spokesman, but due to Enhedslisten’s party rules, she cannot represent the party at the next general election. Pernille Skipper is her likely replacement.

DANISH tax authority SKAT has confirmed it is examining the cases of 65 people identified in the Panama Papers. A database, which reveals the numerous cases of money being hidden from tax authorities worldwide, went live on Monday. SKAT’s acting head Jim Sørensen stressed there was no guarantee that anyone on the list was guilty of any crime.

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ONLINE THIS WEEK GOOD OLD Inderhavnsbroen, which was originally due to open in 2013, is expected to finally be completed in June, according to City Hall. However, the pedestrian and cycle bridge is not ready yet, as tests by the contractor Valmont SM have revealed that the two bridge spans don’t stop in the same spot every time they join up. On average, there’s a fluctuation of 10-15 mm.

Felling trees harder COPENHAGEN Municipality has passed a law that will make felling the city’s trees harder. Prior municipal approval will be needed to fell four classifications of tree: protected, earmarked for conservation, iconic, and eternity. Save the Urban Trees told Metroxpress it was a “huge step in the right direction”.

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Deputy mayor claims decision is a rejection of conventions regarding basic human rights CHRISTIAN WENANDE

OLLOWING on from its decision earlier this year to sue three City Hall councillors for defamation, Det Islamiske Trossamfund has refused to sign a charter that aims to tackle radicalisation by implementing guidelines based on fundamental human rights. The Islamic youth group Munida and the Council for Ethnic Minorities have also refused to sign – a stance that Anna Mee Allerslev, the city’s deputy mayor for employment and integration, described as incomprehensible.

The municipality’s relationship with Muslim groups is increasingly strained

Dead in the water “I MUST admit that I have a difficult time understanding their reasons. The entire charter is founded on conventions regarding basic human rights, which we as a nation have also signed,” she said. “I hope they will reconsider their decision because this decision means that they can no longer co-operate with the municipality. That doesn’t serve them or us.”

Similar to London SO FAR, 31 organisations – including the Jewish Society, LGBT Denmark and the Muslim advocacy organisation Muslimernes Fællesråd – have signed the charter. City Hall composed the charter – London has something similar – based on recommendations from the municipality’s anti-radicalisation expert group.

ONLINE THIS WEEK Globally good brunch INTERNATIONAL magazine Travel + Leisure has included the brunch at Restaurant Marchal in Copenhagen’s Hotel d’Angleterre on its list of the world’s top 14. The Sunday meal includes champagne, oysters, scallops and guinea fowl and costs 595 kroner a head. Despite the price, it is fully booked this year.

Four saved from drowning A SEA RESCUE operation saved four migrants heading to Sweden from drowning in the Øresund near the island of Saltholm on Monday afternoon. It is believed they entered the water at the artificial island of Peberholm. The rescue involved lifeboats, divers and a helicopter after an islander raised the alarm.

Earliest summer’s day for 16 years Sunday’s 24.9 degrees the warmest earliest day since 2000

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IN A DECISION the management is calling utter nonsense, a Danish sex club in Copenhagen has been fined 5,000 kroner by the Danish Board of Equal Treatment for refusing to hire an 18-year-old man as a receptionist. Adam og Ava manager Trine Bennedsen insisted he was too young – particularly as the club is strictly over-21s.

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T HAS NOT been this warm this early in the year for 16 years. Temperatures reached 24.9 degrees on Sunday, the earliest warmest day of the year since they hit 25.3 degrees on April 29 in 2000. Elsewhere across the country it was even hotter, but only just. At both Vestervig in Thy and the Nakkehoved lighthouse in Gilleleje, the temperature reached 25.1 degrees.

ITALIAN pizza maker Michele Lucarelli, who serves them directly from his cargo bike on the streets of the capital, has confirmed he did indeed give the queen a Margherita for her birthday. “Not only is Margherita the equivalent of Margrethe in my home country, it’s also the Italian word for ‘daisy flower’, which I believe is her nickname,” he told the Copenhagen Post Weekly.

Colder Pentecost weekend THE WARM weather looks set to continue until Friday, although the winds will get increasingly brisk, and on Saturday, temperatures are

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Antagonism growing over religious group’s claims it can cure autism

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If you can’t find The Last Reformation online, there’s a good chance they’ll be at the nearest waterway baptising more to their cause

The Last Reformation’s contention is “rubbish” and “crazy” claim critics of the Aalborg-based Christian group ANNA CLARKE

RELIGIOUS group based in Aalborg claims it can cure autistic people. The Last Reformation, a branch of evangelical Christianity that formed in 2011 and is rapidly winning over ‘disciples’ across the world, believes that a nineyear-old autistic girl was “set free from demons” during a baptism ceremony. In a video released on its Facebook page, the group’s leader Torben Søndergaard describes how after praying for the girl a “spirit left her”. “She could not cry like other kids,” the 39-year-old said. “She became angry instead, she heard voices, and she couldn’t play with other kids. One night my friend Michael prayed for her and that girl was set free.” From kneader to preacher AUTISM advocacy groups are increasingly concerned about the teachings of the Last Reformation. Among them is Autistic Rights Together (ART), whose founder Fiona O’Leary, who is herself a mother of two autistic children, wholeheartedly rejects their claims. “Torben is a baker-turnedhealer who is saying he can cure autism. It’s absolute rubbish, because they can’t cure anybody,” she told the Copenhagen Post Weekly. “It’s really crazy stuff. They say that demons are in autistic children and by freeing these demons they can cure their autism.”

O’Leary worries that it could have a long-lasting psychological effect on some members of the autism community. “Autistic children have a very good memory – it’s called replay. I think these children could be damaged long-term.” However, speaking to the CPW on Monday, Søndergaard has refuted claims that he believed the girl he ‘cured’ was possessed. “I never said she was possessed. I think it is a really strong statement to say someone is possessed,” he said. “But it was like something had left her – I think it was a spirit. Demons can cause many problems, and I do believe God can heal anything.”

night,” recalled Paul. “They are targeting weak people and they use their weakness to turn them into some kind of zombie – that’s what they look like.” However, Søndergaard describes the event differently. ‘It’s not a healing meeting. We don’t advertise it as that,” he said. “We talk about how to heal the sick and how to cast out demons. We demonstrate to show people how to do it all.”

“Demonic healing” THE LAST Reformation is currently touring Europe carrying out ‘kickstarting’, a practice in which attendees are “activated” to – according to their website – go out and take part in “healing the sick, casting out demons, preaching the gospel, baptising people in water”. Speaking to the CPW, Paul – an attendee at a recent kickstarter event in Hanover in April – described it as “like a horror movie”. “The demonic healing was really the worst part,” he said. “Torben called up this woman in front of the crowd. She then started speaking in tongues … almost vomiting, crying and screaming, and then she fell to the ground.” And it got worse. “Soon there were dozens of people on the ground screaming. It was really shocking – it took me a week to recover and be able to sleep at

ART founder Fiona O’Leary vehemently believes that such practices are highly damaging. “They are vulnerable. I have autistic children myself and if I were to tell my son that there were demons in his body he would be scarred psychologically. It would be terrifying for him,” she said.

“We talk about how to heal the sick and how to cast out demons. We demonstrate to show people how to do it all.”

Coming to a city near you THE GROUP’S kickstarter events are gaining traction, many

of them boasting more than 300 people in attendance. The Last Reformation spent last weekend in Barcelona where 33 people were baptised. “At one point, I saw one person in the water and 15 people around them saying the same thing all together – it’s like a voodoo ceremony,” contended Paul. The kickstarter events are advertised as free, but attendees are asked to make donations in the form of a “gift”. “The donations are huge. Every day they pass you a basket for you to put money in it, so people put a couple of coins or hundreds of euros – there is a lot of money involved,” said Paul. “They also sell books and they have a new movie – it’s a commercial operation.” The next kickstarter event is taking place in Ireland on May 20 – where there has already been a backlash from ART and other advocacy groups – after which the group are moving on to Amsterdam and Riga.

Torben is a baker-turnedhealer who is saying he can cure autism. It’s absolute rubbish ... Autistic children have a very good memory – it’s called replay. I think these children could be damaged long-term.”

On June 25, there will be an event in Southampton in southern England. Curing over Skype MEMBERS from all over the globe congregate together in Denmark at the group’s training school – the Jesus Hotel in Aalborg – where some say they have been taught to heal people through Skype. “One member, Lucy, spent two months at the Jesus Hotel living with this family. She believes that now she’s trained she can go out and cure people over Skype and over the phone. They also say that they can cure gay people,” said O’Leary “The bottom line is that you can’t cure autism – it’s a neurological condition. We don’t want our children to be humiliated and abused and that is what’s happening here.” Paul and Lucy’s real names have not been used in the interest of keeping their identities private.

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Vulnerable to espionage Denmark’s turn-to foreign policy watchdog concerned about poorly protected lines of communication CHRISTIAN WENANDE

CCORDING to Denmark’s foreign policy watchdog Peter TaksøeJensen, the Danish authorities’ lines of communication are poorly protected, vulnerable to espionage, and in dire need of an overhaul. However, the required changes would be expensive and unlikely given the recent austerity cuts. This, and the overall vulnerability, will alarm many given the documented interest in Danish-related highly-sensitive information from the likes of the US, China and Russia. Frayed lines ACCORDING to Denmark’s ambassador to India, certain areas of the Foreign

All too easily tuning in to the lives of Danes

Ministry, embassies and the central administration are in need of an encrypted dialogue possibility. “The system the authorities use to communicate securely is

not particularly robust,” he told Information. “There isn’t a proper net through which the authorities can convey sensitive information that others can’t listen in on.”

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Typical indigenous woes

New centre in Israel

A LANCET study reveals that Greenlandic Inuits share many similarities with the world’s other indigenous populations when compared to their colonial masters. The people tend to have a lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, more children with high/low birth weights, more childbirths, more overweight children and adults, a lower level of education and worse economic conditions.

THE EDUCATION and Research Ministry has teamed up with the Foreign Ministry to establish a new innovation centre in Tel Aviv, Israel. The centre will help open doors for Danish companies looking for access to leading research arenas and relevant co-operation partners in Israel, a country that invests 4 percent of its GDP in research. The centre is scheduled to open sometime in the autumn.

Jailed for falling asleep

Noma on tour

A 70-YEAR-OLD Syrian man on his way from Kalmar in southeast Sweden to a wedding in Malmö, who fell asleep and was arrested at Copenhagen Airport, unjustly spent 19 days in jail, agree the police and the Eastern High Court. Despite buying a ticket and being in possession of a Swedish asylum card, the man was sentenced by a Danish court. His lawyer now plans to seek compensation.

NOMA CHEF and co-founder René Redzepi is attached to Culinary Discoveries, a new Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts venture to organise trips to some of the most iconic food destinations in the world. Unsurprisingly, being Noma, the tours will include a lot of cooperations with local restaurants, chefs and producers. The tours start in March 2017 and cost 882,265 kroner per person.

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Vital EU deals on the table ‘No’ vote = limited options

ENMARK is looking to negotiate three parallel agreements with the EU regarding its law enforcement agency Europol, the European judicial co-operative Eurojust, and the registration of airline passengers via the EU Passenger Name Record. The parallel agreements are needed following the Danish voters saying ‘No’ to ending the country’s EU justice opt-out and being part of the European crossborder police collaboration on December 3 last year.

Plague or cholera ADDITIONALLY, reports Jyllands-Posten, the ‘No’ vote means Denmark could be forced to leave the Dublin Resolution if it refuses to let Brussels decide refugee quotas, which would mean it would no longer be able to send refugees back to the first EU country they entered. Catharina Sørensen, the head of research at think-tank Europa, liked it to a choice between “plague or cholera” – either “accepting even more asylum-seekers because we stand outside the Dublin Resolution, or accepting a distribution mechanism that is dictated by the EU”.

Cigarette concerns MEANWHILE in related news, EU-proposed rules that ban menthol cigarettes, tighten rules for electronic cigarettes and require larger warnings on cigarette packets go too far, according to the tobacco industry. The rules were confirmed months ago, but have been challenged by tobacco industry leaders like Philip Morris and British American Tobacco, which are trying tried to get either all or part of the new tobacco directive overturned. They contend the regulations are contrary to EU marketing rules and exaggerate health concerns.

Camaraderie at work

Girls left out by football

WHEN IT comes to being happy at work, 54 percent of working Danes say having good colleagues is most important, according to a survey by the HK union. Some 46 percent said work tasks were important, while a good boss (30 percent) and a high salary (15 percent) were also key factors. Some 63 percent are more likely to be happy at work when they have a good rapport with colleagues, 35 percent would do a job they didn’t like as long as they liked their colleagues, 74 percent would go the extra mile to help a colleague, while 62 percent felt their colleagues would do the same for them. (CW)

ALTHOUGH popular among teenage girls, young women tend to lose interest in football, often because they feel marginalised at the nation’s clubs, according to a new report, ‘Pigernes Stemme’ (the girls’ voices). The football association, the DBU, has 20,000 registered female members aged 13-18, which makes football the most popular sport among teenage girls. However, there are five times more men, and female numbers have been steadily falling over the past five years. Some 40 percent of them feel the clubs prioritise the boys over the girls, and 66 percent said they have less desire to play as a result. (CW)

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Uni’s future cuts

IT issue sorted

GOVERNMENT austerity measures will result in the University of Southern Denmark closing a number of courses and cuting research over the next few years. SDU’s 220 programs are conducted at the university’s campuses in Odense, Slagelse, Kolding, Esbjerg and Sønderborg.

THE IT issues that prevented Danish representations abroad and the immigration services, Udlændingestyrelsen, from processing and issuing visa applications have been solved. As a result, they can again process all types of visa applications. The backlog has increased though.

Curtains for IC4?

Unprepared for attacks

ACCORDING to the transport minister, Hans Christian Schmidt, the Transport Committee will seek to phase out the IC4 trains, which since their initial order in 2000, have been a thorn in the side of the national railway operator, DSB.

THE POLICE still lack the necessary equipment to deal with a terror attack should it occur on Danish soil, reports DR. According to Danish Police Union chairman Michael Bergmann Møller, very little has changed since the terror attacks in February 2015.

Ashamed of bodies

Renewed love of nature

Niqab storm travels far

YOUNG Danes are averse to showing their bodies to others, according to a YouGov survey for Metroxpress. A third of Danes aged 18-29 don’t like to shower in front of other people at the swimming pool, fitness centre or after a sports game, or go to the beach. Just 13 percent of Danes aged 5059 had the same issue. “They feel like their bodies should be perfect, well-trained and beautiful,” said Jan Toftegaard Støckl, a professor at the University of Southern Denmark. “And if they don’t think they are, they feel shame and embarrassment, and the obvious move is to cover up.” (CW)

THE NUMBER of Danes joining scout associations, getting a hunting licence or taking up winter-bathing has been growing steadily, reports Kristeligt Dagblad. More Danes are spending time outdoors in an attempt to reconnect with nature to, escape the hamster wheel of modern life and get ‘back to basics’. The trend has also been noticed by the Environmental and Food Ministry, which has decided to expand the list of forests where people can stay overnight by 25 to 201. Last year, over 140,000 people stayed overnight in the Danish woods – a 40 percent increase on 2012. (LR)

VUC LYNGBY decision’s to refuse admission to six Muslim female students in niqabs has sparked a national debate and international attention. Citing concerns that “free and unhindered communication” would be compromised by the clothing, the adult education centre was adhering to new rules it introduced in the autumn that prohibit students from covering their eyes, nose or mouth during class hours. “It is not a question of religion or ethnicity, but of learning,” said the school. And later the Education Ministry informed Ritzau to clarify the school has not violated any laws. (SR)

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The final frontier of knowledge, or the first step to new enlightenment?

In the footsteps of HC Ørsted and all the greats SHIFA RAHAMAN

RCHIMEDES, Newton, Galileo, Einstein, Hawking – they’ve all had a pop, as has Denmark’s very own HC Ørsted. And now two more Danes – theoretical physicist Jesper Møller Grimstrup and mathematician Johannes Aastrup – have cast their hats into the

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ring with their own take on the Theory of Everything. The pair are confident they are on the cusp of discovering how everything in the universe works – and they’re now offering mere mortals a chance to get in on the action, reports Vindenskab. An elusive theory THE ELUSIVE Theory of Everything, which has been sought after by physicists for decades, would finally reconcile Einstein-

ian relativity with quantum mechanics. Grimstrup and Aastrup claim they have discovered a mathematical principle that they believe explains quantum gravity. It is based on loop quantum gravity, which is string theory’s lesser known but main rival. They call their theory quantum holonomy and are now looking to crowdfund the operation via Indiegogo to continue working on it.

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Sleeping pill increase

Perfume allergy threat

UNDER-25s are increasingly being prescribed medication designed to help them relax and sleep, according to the Danish Medicines Agency. Last year, 12,381 obtained at least one prescription for a medication, compared to 6,391 in 2011. Between 2014 and 2015, there was a 20 percent increase.

TEENAGE girls in Denmark are using cosmetics to such an extent they are in danger of developing perfume allergies, warns the environmental authority Miljøstyrelsen. Many are unaware the cosmetics contain perfume. The EU average allergy rate is 5 percent of the population.

Probiotic placebo?

Aroma’s the winner

A UNIVERSITY of Copenhagen study claims there is no demonstrable benefit from consuming probiotics – the living micro-organisms that health fanatics swear improve the bacteria in their intestines. The probiotics market is worth 215 billion kroner worldwide.

THE HEALTHY BMI rates increased from 70 to 80 percent at a nursing home in Mariagerfjord Municipality in north Jutland that decided to prepare their meals in-house. Residents also have improved appetites and energy levels. The success was mainly attributed to the food’s aroma.

Boost for Kattegat

IT system dropped

THE ENVIRONMENT and food minister, Esben Lunde Larsen, has decided to protect an area of Kattegat Sea roughly the size of the island of Bornholm. In the future, it will be forbidden for fishing boats to trawl the bottom of the seabed and for oil companies to explore for oil and natural gas.

RIGSHOSPITALET has decided to drop a new computer system in use at several Capital Region hospitals that was causing more problems than it was solving. Missed appointments, delays and missing records were steadily becoming the norm, and seriously ill patients were being affected.

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DANES enjoyed perfect conditions to enjoy this year’s biggest celestial event: the Transit of Mercury on Monday afternoon when the smallest planet in the Solar System passed across the sun for the first time in 13 years. Aspiring astronomers visited observatories such as Tycho Brahe Planetarium to view the event through solar telescopes between 1:12 and 8:42 pm. “They used to use the Transit of Mercury to discover the size of the planet, its mass and orbit time around the sun,” Tina Ibsen, an astrophysicist from the planetarium, told DR. “Today it’s a fun phenomenon.” (CW)

THE GOOD weather has brought not only pale-skinned humans out blinking into the sun, but also the warmth-seeking European adder (vipera berus) – Denmark’s only poisonous indigenous snake. Not regarded as especially dangerous, it only bites when alarmed or disturbed. Bites can be painful, but are seldom deadly – there has only been one fatality in the last 50 years. Identified by a distinctive black zigzag stripe along its back, they can be found almost anywhere and, as a rule, they will not bother anyone who does not bother them. Approximately 200 Danes are bitten by one every year. (RW)

A STUDY by the Danish Cancer Society has found that Danes tend to eat 80 to 100 fewer kilocalories in a meal when they are informed of the calorific content, and several organisations are calling for mandatory labelling. “Just ten extra calories less a day can mean weight loss of up to half a kilo a year,” Susanne Tøttenborg, a senior consultant with the society, told Politiken. However, both Dansk Folkeparti and the hotel, restaurant and tourism industry in Denmark, Horesta, have rejected the calls to legislate. Horesta contends there is a “lack of evidence”. (SR)

PARLIAMENT is stopping the 60/40 support scheme for the solar energy sector to close a loophole. The scheme – which allowed a settlement price on electricity from solar panels at 60 øre/kWh for the first ten years and 40 øre/kWh for the next ten – did not have a ceiling on how much capacity an application could obtain support for. Between the scheme being established in 1999 and the beginning of April, applications worth just 2.6 MW were received. But since then, applications totalling 4,500 MW have been logged! Currently, there are about 790 MW of solar panels. (CW)

LAST SEPTEMBER, Denmark sent its first astronaut, Andreas Mogensen, into space and last week Parliament unanimously passed the country’s first law concerning outer space. According to the new legislation, the minister for education and research must approve any activity that involves sending objects into or out of outer space. The law states that people who send objects into space will be liable for any damage or injury caused by the object both on the ground or during the flight, and could receive up to two years in prison. There are also guidelines on how to deal with space waste. (LR)

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Huddle up for gridiron glory

DENMARK have the same group opponents at the Under-17 European Championship in Azerbaijan as the heroes of Euro 1992: Sweden, France and England. A 0-0 draw with the French and 1-0 win against Sweden means a draw against England on Thursday will see them advance.

Spoilt for choice FANS CAN catch a rematch of last year’s Mermaid Bowl (Denmark’s Super Bowl) on Saturday when the champions Triangle

Razorbacks travel to take on the Søllerød Gold Diggers just north of Copenhagen at 14:00. Or take advantage of the holiday on Monday at 14:00 to see a Copenhagen derby when the Herlev Rebels host the Copenhagen Towers, the winners of the Mermaid Bowl in 2014 and 2013. The games won’t exude the same super-star factor and razzmatazz of the NFL, but hey, beggars can’t be choosers. Living in Denmark, this is as good as it gets. (CW)

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A new Hamlet

FCK win the cup

ALEX HØGH Andersen, 21, has landed the role of Ivar the Boneless in ‘Vikings’. The show is currently on a mid-season break and returning in the autumn. Cast as the youngest son of the show’s main character, Rathgar Lodbrok, he is the first Dane to get a significant part.

US STAND-UP comedian David Cross is performing at Copenhagen’s Bremen Teater with his new show ‘Making America Great Again!’ on July 2 – a day after his chums Tenacious D (actor Jack Black and Kyle Gass) are due to perform at the Roskilde Festival.

BLACK comedy ‘Men & Chicken’ (‘Mænd og Høns’) is establishing itself as a cult success overseas 15 months after its Danish release. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, the story of two brothers on a mission to find their biological father has been compared by US critics to ‘Hamlet’.

Struggling on the ice DENMARK faces an uphill struggle to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Ice Hockey World Championships. Following a routine 3-0 defeat of Norway, calamitous ten-minute periods against the Swedes and Swiss saw them lose 2-5 and 2-3 in overtime respectively.

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FCK WON the Danish Cup thanks to a 2-1 victory over AGF Aarhus on Ascension Day at Parken Stadium. William Kvist scored the winner in front of over 35,000 fans after AGF had equalised on the stroke of half-time.

ITH THE Super Bowl all but a distant memory – one that fans of the Carolina Panthers are desperate to forget – American football spectators have a long wait until the NFL kicks off again in the autumn. Fortunately, with the National Ligaen top flight back up and running, there is an alternative to alleviating one’s gridiron withdrawal syndrome.

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Conquering Silicon Valley

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Help at hand for Danish companies eyeing a foothold in the tech epicentre CHRISTIAN WENANDE

HERE’S little doubt that Silicon Valley in California is the global capital in terms of tech development and growth-orientated business models. And now, a new association will help Danish companies and entrepreneurs gain a foothold in the tech epicentre. The association, DenmarkBridge, has been founded by Maersk, Danske Bank, Lego, Dansk Industri and the growth foundation Vækstfonden in col-

laboration with the Business and Growth Ministry, the Foreign Ministry and the Education and Research Ministry. Better access “IT’S THE government’s goal to ensure that more Danish companies grow large enough to tackle the global market,” explained Troels Lund Poulsen, the business and growth minister. “DenmarkBridge will contribute by creating a bridge from the Danish business sector and Danish entrepreneurs to investors in California’s Silicon Valley. They’ll gain better access to the capital and competencies located in Silicon Valley.”

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CENTURY-OLD Danish company Hjerting Laks is undergoing a merger with Polar Seafood. The merger will see Hjerting Laks’ production, along with the majority of the 45 staff at Hjerting, shift to the Polar Seafood facility in Esbjerg. As both Hjerting Laks and Polar Seafood’s ‘Old Danish Smokehouse’ are established brands, each will continue to sell under their own names.

THE MAERSK Line-owned container ship Safmarine Meru collided with the Germanowned container ship Northern Jasper off the coast of China on Saturday. The 292-metre Safmarine Meru, which was carrying fewer than 400 filled containers, was heavily damaged and caught fire. Its 22 crew members managed to evacuate and board the Northern Jasper. None were injured.

AN ERROR at Nets, the company that administers the Dankort, caused thousands to be charged twice for the same purchases last week. The glitch started on Tuesday afternoon and continued the next morning. Nets spokesperson Søren Winge confirmed to DR that “thousands of transactions” were affected. “Something like this hardly ever happens, and it is obviously very regrettable,” he added.

Bakery row

Pork on precipice

Pandora shines again

FAKTA, a chain of discount supermarkets under the Coop umbrella, must change the name of its new in-store bakery concept and compensate the small Vejle bakery that had the name Brød & Co first. Despite reaching a settlement three weeks ago – 25,000 kroner to recoup its legal fees – the bakery contends Fakta has been slow in withdrawing advertising material carrying its name as promised.

DANISH pork producers fear an economic disaster should the EU fail to agree a free trade deal with Japan on a par with the one the Asian country agreed with the US last year. Denmark could lose one of its “largest and most profitable markets” to US competitors, Danish Crown told Finans. The fallout would be even worse than the one that followed Russia’s ban on European food imports.

SHARES in Danish jewellery maker Pandora rose by 8.8 percent on Tuesday following the announcement that the company’s Q1 sales have risen 34 percent on last year. Pandora has accordingly increased its 2016 sales forecast to over 20 billion kroner. It expects to add more than 275 new concept stores during the year, up from a previous estimate of 250. It now has 1,800 stores.

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THOMAS N HORSTED STARTUP COMMUNITY Thomas (@thomas_hors) is the co-owner and managing partner of Startup Guide (startupguide. world), working to inspire and empower people to become entrepreneurs through in-depth city guides. As an entrepreneur with an academic background in media studies and kaospilot, he understands the combination of praxis, reflection, creativity and theory needed to bring startup projects to life.

Job creation driver TWENTY years ago, almost all technology startups were created in startup ecosystems like Silicon Valley, Boston and New York. Today, entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon, with startup ecosystems rapidly emerging all over the world. Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Barcelona, Lisbon, Paris, Tel Aviv, Singapore, to name just a few - an interconnected, global startup landscape is taking shape. Entrepreneurship is on the political agenda as a driver of growth and job creation. And there are good reasons why. A recent Kauffman Foun-

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dation study demonstrated that high-growth startups were responsible for all net new job creation in the United States between 2000 and 2010. Millennials taking over STUDIES show that up to 70 percent of the Millennial Generation have the desire to start their own company, rather than work in the traditional business environment. What, then, is sparking this urge to set out and start up? Is it the rock star appeal? It might have played a part, yet surveys show that the tough job market, the chance to make a positive impact, and the integration of work and life are the primary reasons. In a study, 85 percent of millennials said it was important to them to work for a socially responsible or ethical company, and 64 percent said that it is a priority for them to make the world a better place.

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Furthermore, by 2020, almost half of the global workforce will be made up out of millennials. I like the sound of that if we are going to find solutions to the current and future challenges of an increasingly complex world. Tinder speaks the truth IF YOU are still doubting the appeal of the entrepreneur, let Tinder guide you. The company behind the popular dating app recently released global statis-

tics gathered from the relentless swiping. For men, the most sexy job title is … drumroll … pilot, with doctor coming in second and entrepreneur coming in third. For women the title of entrepreneur comes in fourth. Not too bad! So, what are you waiting for? The future is yours; make your passion and dream come true. Become an entrepreneur today and start getting more matches on Tinder tomorrow!

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Playing it safe? MANY IMAGINE that extravagant wording is expected from them on their CVs, and the end results are a list of overlong, unnecessary and uninformative accounts of tasks that bring zero value. Or even worse, they have the impression they need to present themselves as the superwoman/superman they are not. An internal ethical conflict can ensue in which they wrongly assume this will be like lying to their potential employer. So, the end result is many job-searchers have CVs with descriptions of their previous work experiences that are too short. And crucially, they forget to include transferable skills.

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F THERE are two words that send job-searchers into a panic more than any other, it’s ‘key skills’!

“Not exactly a conventional CV is it?”

Recall when you excelled IN MY WORK, I try to make the client feel comfortable with this process and to help them focus on using their past experiences. Highlighting your transferable skills and how the potential employer can utilise them is key. I encourage them to remember some of their best ever days at work – and this could include any job. What was the day like?

Maybe you don’t remember what you did every single hour, but you remember how you felt. Why did you feel those emotions? What part of the job made you feel this way? Describe everything you remember. Study the pattern BY WRITING down these episodes we can identify the skills that were used to solve problems and ultimately obtain satisfac-

tion. Aim for three to five such days you loved, and once you’ve written them down, you’ll start to see a pattern in your work behaviour, that will make it easier for you to establish your key skills! Of course, you might come across moments you completely disliked. Well, the same applies – analyse what it was you disliked and the important values involved.

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Have you applied for other jobs? Why they’re asking – It’s like asking someone if they’re dating anyone else: awkward but not answering or lying is worse. Often it’s asked because they’re trying to find out how interested you are in the job, the industry or the work and whether it will

Behind his rims lies a roguish remarkability

VERY EMPLOYER hopes for great employees. It doesn’t matter if it’s Sally in Sales, Rachel in Research, or Manuel in Marketing, great employees are known for their excellent teamwork, impeccable communication, unquenchable motivation, unstoppable drive or unwavering honesty. The remarkables BUT THEN there’s a rarer breed of truly remarkable employees that employers never dream of and sometimes wish they never had. These are men and women who are either loved or loathed, embraced or envied. With them, it’s never something specific, like their glowing personality or wonderful work ethic, which sets them apart. In fact, remarkable employees are often a little quirky (a pleasant way to say weird or unpredictable), thinking or performing way outside of the box. But invariably, these remarkable employees are game-changers, playing a huge part in the performance of any team or the company as a whole.

be a fight to get you (we want what everyone else wants). But only answer this question if it’s asked. How do you answer – Never bullshit. Never lie. The world is much smaller than you think. Say “I’m interested in several companies [no names] in the [name it] industry because ...” Focus on universally or industry-specific desirable workplace items such as culture, reputation or work and use concrete expla-

Their own set of rules BUT WHAT do they do differently that makes them remarkable? Have a look at the list. They ignore job descriptions – They think on their feet, adapt quickly to shifting priorities and circumstances and do whatever it takes to get it done regardless of their role or available resources. But aren’t in it for the money – Remarkable employees are driven by something deeper and more meaningful than rewards like a better paycheck or recognition. They are willing to take responsibility for whatever they’re doing or involved in. What’s their motivation? Ownership. They’re eccentric – Superficially they can seem odd, but in a really good way. In any team or group situation, unusual personalities always shake things up. People who are comfortable being different naturally stretch boundaries and challenge the status quo, often resulting in the best ideas or solutions coming to the surface. But know when to dial it back – They know when to play but also when to be serious;

when to be irreverent but when to conform; when to challenge but when to back off. They publicly praise – Remarkable employees recognise the specific contributions of others, especially in group settings where their words have a greater impact. But privately complain – Remarkable employees know discretion and approach their superiors at the right time and place, knowing that bringing it up at a meeting or other group setting could set off a firestorm. They speak up when others won’t – Remarkable employees have an instinct for issues and the concerns of those around them, and they step up when others hesitate. But doubt the doubters – Truly remarkable employees’ failure to understand “It’s impossible” is often rooted in taking pleasure in proving others wrong and that it can be done. They’re always fiddling – Remarkable employees often suffer from a satisfied dissatisfaction. While they celebrate successes with others, they’re rarely completely satisfied.

While great employees follow processes, remarkable employees are constantly finding ways to make those processes even better, not because they’re expected to… but because they just can’t help it.

nations and examples (it shows you’ve done your homework). Continuing: “… but that [name the company] and this role in particular has really caught my eye because…. [explain why/ how with concrete examples and why these are more important/ valuable to you]”. Always make them feel like they’re the one!

got caught stealing construction materials from several building sites to build a skate ramp. I was tried as an adult and spent a couple of months in jail. I’m now in my 30s and have been working at the same construction company for years and recently told a co-worker about it. Now I have a meeting with HR.

background-checks reveal that about 10 percent of applicants have been convicted for something. Lying or non-disclosure usually means immediate dismissal or worse, so take this very seriously. Ask them what will be discussed and, if needed, get a lawyer to come with you. For future reference, some states and countries expunge (remove completely) your record if you can prove you’ve been ‘clean’ or rehabilitated.

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When I was at teenager (20 years ago), a bunch of us kids

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Unafraid to stand out ARE YOU good? Are you great? Or are your truly remarkable? Are you comfortable being the single dissenting voice against the flow of the meeting? Are you the one who will still stand up, speak your mind and question the status quo even in the face of total opposition? You might just be truly remarkable, and a perceptive boss will recognise such an extraordinary asset. But before moving from good to great, or from great to remarkable, the other lesser but more obvious qualities of strong teamwork, effective communication and personal responsibility and reliability need to be firmly established. Otherwise, your remarkable influence, while still being a catalyst for change, won’t be constructive but destructive.

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Hate preachers in the looking glass

HE VENSTRE minority government has proposed blacklisting individuals – read imams – who are negative or even subversive to Danish values.

Losing touch SINCE the screening of TV2’s hidden-camera documentary ‘Mosques behind the veil’, there has been an increasing focus on imams and their roles in the integrations process. Some imams are found to be too traditional and fundamental in their guidance of their worshippers, but there are also

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modern and progressive imams who are trying to encourage young Muslims to embrace Danish society and not lose their way. The current climate risks alienating young, frustrated men to a point they join or form an extremist group. Their reasons for joining are rarely religious but more likely social. Human rights at stake DANSK Folkeparti supports Venstre’s plans, but others – particularly Socialdemokraterne – have warned they are contrary to Danish values and badly timed in this current climate. Denmark risks earning a similar reputation to US for denying visas without an explanation. And having no legal control over the establishment of such a list increases the chance they will contravene human rights. All societies have the right to protect themselves, but individuals are helpless and cannot protect themselves against false registrations. If we have to have hate preachers protection lists, then let them be public so innocent individuals argue their case. (ES)

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Our journalist Ray Weaver has been living here for most of the past 20 years. Originally a member of the ‘Guinness pipeline’ – that group of expats who make a living annoying the punters at the nation’s many Anglo-themed pubs – he also writes songs, stories and anything else that earns a crust.

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Turned away IF INDIVIDUALS are listed as supporting terrorism or threatening to bring other negative vibes into the country, they are unwanted and will be turned back at the border. It is already easy to turn away individuals from outside EU. They are denied visas arbitrarily and therefore denied access to Denmark. For those already based in the EU, a special list detailing their unwanted views will be established.

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’M USUALLY not a cranky guy. Really! Especially when it comes to music. Since I am in the business, I am very much a liveand-let-live guy, and I always try to understand where an artist is coming from with their work. Hey, I even get Justin Bieber. An attractive young kid does disposable pop music and other kids like it. This is not the first time we have seen this rodeo. Lately though, Danish flavour-of-the-month Lukas Graham has been appearing everywhere – and I mean absolutely every-f@cking-where – with his mewling screed ‘7 Years’. I couldn’t even escape his incessant whinging on a trip to the States. There he was. In Tennessee, for Christ’s sake ... Song-whinging I KNOW what bugs me about it. I mean, beyond the tuneless grade-school melody and lame Dansk white-boy ‘rap’ lyric, there is a particular part of the text that is a very real source of virtually uncontrollable rage for me. Toward the end, young Mr Graham starts, in his finest singer/songwhiner croon, to wax poetically how he hopes when he’s “60 years old”, presumably drooling on himself in a facility

somewhere, that his children will at least find time to visit him once in a while. Most likely to see where he stashed the cash from his soon-to-be-over run in the charts. Never mind that earlier in this bit of doggerel, Lukey said that his daddy advised him, at the ripe old age of eleven, to “go get yourself a wife or you’ll be lonely”. Really? At eleven? Danes start everything earlier, I guess. Better dye that hair, mate AND THAT’S my real problem with Lukas’s opus. It speaks right to the heart of the most persistent type of ‘ism’ in Danish society: ageism. When I first arrived here, 39 years old just about 20 years ago, one of the first things I was told was that in Denmark the prevailing attitude was ‘Fyrre, fed og færdig’ (forty, fat and finished). Damn, fresh on the shores and already over before I start. Youth is everything in Denmark, and older folks, regardless of their experience or skills, are at least expected to get out of the way and, at worse, laughable. There are travel agencies that cater only to young people – anyone over their mid-20s need not try to book a trip.

I can’t count the job interviews I have gone on, wasting my time and the time of the 20-something behind the desk who decided not to hire me the moment my grey head walked through the door. As the government pushes people to work longer into their twilight years, experienced people can’t even get in the game. Doing just fine, Mr Graham BUT BACK to young Lukas … Thanks for the concern, sonny, but I am 60 years old and my kids aren’t cutting my meat for me and feeding me by hand. We are working out together, doing music together and I can still outrun my 15-year-old son. On a good day, anyway. Over a short distance, downhill. And, in point of fact, I can probably still kick your pasty ass in any arena where you want to set up a contest. I know I’m a better musician, but, hey, that’s a low bar. Take a bit of advice from a geezer, young man. You might want to reconsider this ‘shirtless’ thing in your recent videos. You could feed most of Christiania after a Saturday night binge with the rolls at your waistline. Soon you’ll be 60 years old and won’t be able to see your willie …

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Prospects of the City Displaying the sign of Sierra Leone, he accidentally made the sign for “Steal my passport”

HERE ARE a combined 324 countries and territories in the world, and Henrik Jeppesen, a Dane aged 28, recently became the youngest person to visit them all.

win the record for the oldest person to visit all the countries of the world. Since the end of January this year alone, I have been to the US, France, India twice and England three times.

Decade of dedication JEPPESEN mostly achieved his impressive record over 10 years, mainly financing his selfimposed challenge by means of hotel and airline sponsorships. Otherwise, he slept in car parks and hitched rides in the most dangerous places of the world. His worst experience was losing his passport in Africa, and his best was unexpected hospitality in Iran and Somalia. His favourite country, in spite of crime levels, was South Africa, with New Zealand a close second, which Jeppesen described as “fun”. I read about Jeppesen and his travel tips at Delhi Airport whilst waiting for a flight to Sri Lanka. My original plan was to do a motorbike ride along the Ganges, but when temperatures soared to 45 degrees, I changed my mind and decided to experience a new country instead. I fantasised that if I continued like this, I could possibly

Deliver us from Denmark! I DON’T count Sweden. It’s too close to home. And home, of course, is Denmark, supposedly the happiest country in the world. If it’s so happy, why do millions of Danes travel so much every year? Even Denmark’s timid fairy-tale poet, HC Andersen, spent 11 years of his life abroad. I put it down to a lack of excitement and adventure. Denmark may offer us a high quality of life and security, but let’s face it, with its smallness, reliance on computers for fun and dreadful weather, it is pretty dull. Nevertheless the Danes are not descended from the Vikings for nothing. Putting on helmets (albeit without horns) and careering down roads on bikes with the wind behind them might be enlivening, but it is not enough to satisfy their lust for adventure. Danes need their travel ‘fix’ as often as their (well-lined) pockets will provide.

The man who held the world-travelling record before Jeppesen was from Norway, and now, with my ancestry from my grandmother’s Shetland Island origins, the oldest person record could be won by me – another Viking. However, although I have lived in Australia, the US and Canada, crossed South America, and even dived in the Galapagos Islands, I have strong competition in my quest to be the oldest world visitor from David Attenborough who is, I might add, also much older than me. Desperate in departures PONDERING on this, I sauntered to the Delhi departure gate, proud in the knowledge that like Jeppesen I am also a seasoned traveller. One of his tips is to travel light, and I always travel with hand luggage only. A change of clothes, earplugs, credit card, smartphone, pass … but … where’s my passport? Oh no! It must have dropped out of my bag … and they’re on the verge of closing the gate. At this rate I reckon I won’t make Sri Lanka, let alone the other 300 countries on my list.

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The Swedish Embassy was the scene of a pre-Eurovision soiree on April 29 where a few of this year’s entries, and even a former winner, turned up to mingle and enjoy a few performances. Swedish ambassador Frederik Jørgensen (centre: centre) wasn’t going to miss the chance to be photographed with his home country’s 17-year-old entry Frans Jeppson Wall (second left), who first sprung to fame aged seven with a song about Zlatan Ibrahimovic called ‘Who’s Da Man’, and Denmark’s Lighthouse X: Søren Bregendal (left), Martin Skriver (second right) and Johannes Nymark (right). While Jørgen Olsen, who won the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest with his brother, obliged everyone present with a performance of their triumphant song, ‘Fly On The Wings Of Love’

The Sakura Festival underneath the cherry blossom trees at Langelinie was another successful affair on April 30 and May 1 – the ninth time it has taken place. Guests enjoyed a variety of musical performances (left) and other customs such as cosplay (centre left) and dressing up in kimonos (centre right) – pictured with the host, the Japanese ambassador Seishi Suei. Among those present were (right: left-right) Turkish ambassador Mehmet Donmez, Albanian ambassador Kastriot Robo, Morten Kabell, the deputy mayor for technical and environmental issues, Suei and his wife

Frederiksberg Rådhus was the setting on May 1 for Days of Albania Culture, a celebraton of the country’s culture that included displays of dance, music, food and art. Lending Albanian ambassador Kastriot Robo (left: right) a hand to cut his cake was Frederiksberg Jørgen Glenthøj, while Turkish ambassador Mehmet Donmez and Robo were happy to demonstrate their aptitude for the traditional dances (centre and right)

Mauro Patricelli (centre), the Italian composer, was among those in attendance at the Italian Culture Center for a presentation event regarding the June premiere of documentary opera ‘Dansejæger/ Dance Hunter’

Three-time Eurovision entrant Kirsten Siggaard (centre) was among those at Trelleborg Castle near Slagelse to witness the appointment of ICC president Hasse Ferrold (left) as international ambassador of the Guild of Harald Bluetooth

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Primarily aimed at the family of newly-arrived internationals, the event attracted a wide mixture of different people: young, old, passers-by ecaping the glorious sunshine outside for a moment, Danes and foreigners.

Over 40 different organisations attended, setting up stands to show off their wares, and most visitors left with either a new sports club membership, crucial information about their local library or a brand new hobby.

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Meanwhile, there was plenty of entertainment for the children, including magicians play areas, and a chance to try out sports. “There was a really good atmosphere,” enthused Tanja Larsen, one of the co-organisers.

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As part of the Mikkeller Beer Week, thrash metal band Stormtroopers of Beer will be playing the whole of Stormtroopers of Death’s studio album ‘Speak English or Die’ outside the Warpigs brewpub (May 13, 21:00; Flæsketorvet 25, Cph K; free adm; mikkeller.dk)

This Friday, pop-up restaurants JIPI Empanadas, Más Tacos Cph and Gastrotrucken will be parking their food trucks on Havengade. If you’re into the idea of open-air cheap dining at a waterside hangout, this is the right fir for you (May 13, 15:0021:00; Havengade, Cph K; facebook.com)

Come and watch the Eurovision final at Studenterhuset this Saturday. A glittering panEuropean evening of music and glamour is guaranteed! (May 14, 20:00-02:00; Købmagergade 52, Cph K; free adm; studenterhuset.com)

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After months of renovation work, the urban Beach bar Halvandet is holding its much-anticipated grand reopening. Chill-out music, al fresco dining, volley ball, mini golf … you name it, they’ve got it! (May 16, 10:00; Refshalevej 325, Cph K)

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To welcome in the unusually early summer, cultural house Huset has installed a new sound system in its courtyard, offering you the chance to chill out in the warm evenings (May 13, 15:00; Rådhusstræde 13, Cph K; free adm; huset-kbh.dk) JUNYI QI

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Institut Sankt Joseph is seeking a Primary Mathematics, Science, PE teacher for our International Bilingual Program Institut Sankt Joseph is looking for a highly skilled, experienced primary teacher to join our exciting International Bilingual department. We are looking for a teacher who is professional, committed to excellence and wishes to promote the educational and formational mission of Institut Sankt Joseph. The positions: From 1 August 2016 we are looking for a teacher to lead on the following subjects: • Primary Mathematics and Science following the Cambridge International Curriculum • PE Our requirements: • You are a mother-tongue English speaker • You are fluent or almost fluent in Danish (B2-C2 according to the C.E.F.R) • You will be dedicated to the educational and formational mission of Institut Sankt Joseph • You can be a classroom leader and contribute to the dynamic bilingual team • You are able to communicate effectively with parents and students from different educational and cultural backgrounds

Even better: • You have experience with bilingual education • You have experience with the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) program • You intend to be in Denmark for the long term • You have a working knowledge of the Danish educational system What you will be doing: As a teacher in our program, you will be required to work in a unique bilingual team, composed of both Native Danish and English speakers. You will report directly to the International Department Head and be involved in the following activities: • lesson planning • teaching • parent teacher conferences • student conferences • evaluation • daily communication with students and parents via the intranet

• team meetings • participation in training programs • participation in school committees that promote our formational/ educational mission and team building More about your place of work: Institut Sankt Joseph is a private Catholic school located in the heart of the Østerbro district of Copenhagen. As of 2016, there are over 700 students, 70 employees; with both the students and staff representing culturally diverse backgrounds. We expect overall well-being and high academic levels to complement each other for both students and employees as we live our formational/educational mission. Our wonderful children come from over 55 different countries, which on a daily basis enliven our school with intercultural learning and international discovery. We see ourselves

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Random drug tests at vocational schools LUCIE RYCHLA

VERY THIRD vocational school in Denmark reserves the right to drug-test their students, reveals a survey carried out by Politiken Research among 73 schools. While most schools only check students who they have a ‘reasonable suspicion’ about, others apply random urine testing. Those who repeatedly test positive may end up being expelled. “We can’t have students who are under the influence of drugs,” Peter Amstrup, the

head of the Danish association for vocational school leaders, told Politiken. “And certainly not in programs where they move around machines that can be dangerous to operate.” Stigmatising experience HOWEVER, Torsten Kolind, a professor at the centre for alcohol and drug research at Aarhus University, believes urine drug tests at schools are a bad idea. He argues negatively affect trust between students and teachers, and that young people can also feel stigmatised. Kolind suggests schools should instead arrange for occasional police visits with sniffer dogs.

Who’s the king of the castle?

WENTY-FIVE students from Copenhagen International School had a go at ruling the world during the last week of April and managed to successfully solve 50 international crises. What an achievement! The children, aged 9-10, took part in the popular World Peace Game, a hands-on political simulation in which they tried out the roles of prime minister, secretary of defence, the secretary of the United Nations, and the president of the World Bank. Ambassadorial visit THEIR goal was to solve the

world’s most pressing problems while maintaining overall peace. Even the US ambassador to Denmark, Rufus Gifford, stopped by to learn from the kids. The World Peace Game is a political science simulation game invented by the American teacher John Hunter, which he designed especially for 4th grade students. It gives boys and girls the opportunity to practise their critical and creative problem-solving skills, leadership responsibilities, decision making and negotiation skills. (LR)

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XPENSIVE new buildings and increased rental fees could end up costing the University of Copenhagen (KU) up to 50 million kroner annually beyond 2020, reports Universitetsavisen. Leif Søndergaard, the union representative at KU, worries the extra bills will be paid at the expense of salaries for researchers. Lack of money ACCORDING to records from the university’s board meeting on April 27, the pricey new

buildings will increase KU’s construction expenses from the current 20.5 percent to 23 percent of the university’s total budget in 2019. Combined with the governmental budget cuts in the higher education sector, the university will not have enough money to pay salaries, fears Søndergaard who projects more layoffs will come in the future. KU has recently laid off some 500 employees. Core responsibilities “IT’S NOT the building that drives research, but the scientists

who work inside,” Søndergaard told Universitetsavisen. “That’s why we shouldn’t take resources away from our core responsibilities, so that KU is left with a number of fine, prestigious buildings, but with not enough manpower to carry out the research.” The university is currently in the process of building several new research centres, including the Niels Bohr building and Maersk Tower in Nørrebro and a museum of natural history at the Botanical Garden.

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Among the organisations present was International Copenhageners, whose representative Marianne Van der Voorn spoke about the benefits of volunteering in Denmark.

Hundreds attended to find out more about the opportunities from speakers that included Phillip Loeken from Germany, who volunteered at the Copenhagen Photo Festival, and Stephanie Clemente from New York, who had great fun while giving her support to the Roskilde Festival.

“When you come from abroad you live in an international bubble,” Scott Allison from Scotland, who worked at Omstilling Nu, told those in attendance. “But with volunteering, it is much easier to integrate with Danish people.”

There was a wide choice of organisations to volunteer at, including culture houses, environmental bodies, childcare organisations, sport clubs and libraries.

Cornelius from Romania (right), who has lived in Copenhagen for several years, is a volunteer at WeFood, the first food surplus supermarket in Denmark, which has plans to open two more branches following a successful opening of its first store in March.

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Volunteering is a great way for internationals to immerse themselves in the local community, meet new friends, and even enhance their job prospects. They know this only too well at International House Copenhagen, where on May 3 the Volunteers Fair took place, providing 21 different organisations with the platform to present themselves and recruit new volunteers.

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Meeting the Swede who has given Danish dance a welcome lift was that I saw a challenge and an opportunity to contribute and develop a platform. On one hand you need a place in Denmark for the artists who have broken new ground and are already working, and on the other, you need to nurture development and experimentation.

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Efva Lilja, the new artistic director of Dansehallerne, has a clear vision for the future that should benefit everyone involved STUART LYNCH

ANSEHALLERNE – previously Dansescenen and Dansens Hus – has been built to become the main Danish venue and home for the professional dance community. In 2009, these institutions moved to Carlsberg on the edge of Vesterbro, and in 2012, they merged and Dansehallerne was established in what can only be described as a dream-performing and training venue, yet temporary but with a promise of a future permanent solution. For Dansehallerne, the future seemed bright. Trying times A LITTLE over five years later, Carlsberg announced it had other plans. Dansehallerne would have to leave and face a difficult and uncertain future. Today Dansehallerne and Carlsberg are again negotiating. What would become of Danish dance, and who could lead such an organisation into an era of unprecedented uncertainty? Earlier this year, I interviewed Efva Lilja, the new artistic director of Dansehallerne. And the uncertainty was dispelled. Renewed optimism THE SWEDISH dancer, choreographer, artist and academic has

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taken a clear hold, and once again, Dansehallerne has a big ambition with a strategy to match. In only a few months the brightness has returned.

WHAT ARE YOU FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF DENMARK?

I have experienced great warmth in coming here and am impressed with the open and sharing atmosphere. Whilst I can see the differences in how we fund and communicate, the divide is not huge. Denmark has chosen a cultural funding system that is closer in structure to Europe than to its fellow Nordic countries. In these first months, my focus has been to define a strategy that can take this into consideration and encourage a domestic future as well as an international one.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THIS STRATEGY?

Yes. Our goal and main fo-

cus is to be a leading platform for choreography in Europe by 2020. I see a clear potential among the people and the artists here. Through collaborations with the artists, the audience and the politicians, I believe we can build a strong profile within this strategy.

HOW WOULD THIS STRATEGY BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT A BUILDING?

This building is amazing, but the real wealth is in the dancers and the artists that will bring alive the next four years. Of course a venue is important, and we are in negotiations to define the physical future of Dansehallerne, but the idea around any physical place is more important and is what will bring the organisation alive.

IS IT FAIR TO SAY YOU RELISH A CHALLENGE?

My reason for coming here

I am not here to impose my own aesthetic values. I am here to support those in favour of developing choreography as a relevant art-form based in time, sound, light and space, and in so doing, embrace other art-forms that provide a meeting place for innovation and critical debate. This I believe will create a strong network and an art that can fuel a society. Dansehallerne should be a platform for both developing and formed artists who want a closer and meaningful dialogue with their art and audience. My vision is to develop an institutional format that is a trigger to create this dialogue.

WOULD YOU AGREE THAT YOUR CV REVEALS A GREAT COMMITMENT TO NOT ONLY DANCE, BUT ART AS A SOCIAL TOOL AND MEANS OF EXISTENTIAL INVESTIGATION?

I hope so. I have a deep interest in people. Who are we, what we are? Why do we do what we do? How do we communicate? And what role does art play in contemporary life? For me it all stems from choreography within the dances I make, the drawings

I create and the writings I form.

WHY IS THE CHOREOGRAPHY SO IMPORTANT?

Choreography represents the various layers that I wish to peel back to somehow reveal our human condition. Movement and choreography represent this peeling back process that expands the territories of art. I feel a great relevance for art within society and culture, and I believe and hope that I can make a positive difference for the existing and coming generations here at Dansehallerne. Stuart Lynch is a theatre director and the headmaster at KFTS – Københavns Film & Teaterskole (teaterskolen.dk). He lives in Copenhagen with his wife and two children.

DANSEHALLERNE • Dansehallerne is a non-profit organisation that provides a national platform for contemporary choreographic performative art. • It is an independent institution supported with an operating grant from the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Copenhagen. • It was formed by the merger of Dansens Hus and Dansescenen in 2012. Its forerunner Dansescenen was founded in 1991. • For additional information, visit dansehallerne.dk.

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WE ALL know Tivoli rocks on a Friday, but don’t forget the dulcet tones of classical music will also be wafting through the air. A host of international orchestras and star soloists will be playing a total of 65 concerts on the open air stage and in the concert hall between May and September as part of Tivoli Summer Classical. The season kicks off (May 15) with the Malmö Academy of Music Symphony orchestra conducting us through a musical storm of life, love and hell. This month’s highlight (29th) is Summer Symphony: American Album as the Copenhagen Philharmonic dips into a musical

LEDREBORG LIFESTYLE May 13-16, 10:00-18:00; Ledreborg Castle, Ledreborg Allé, Lejre; 125kr, under-14s: 50kr; ledreborglivstil.dk ENJOY a classic family day out on the long Whitsun weekend at the palatial Ledreborg estate’s home and lifestyle event. Although it’s an ideal event for homemaking hobbyists and greenfingered

gardeners, you can also play a round of golf, swing fearlessly through the treetops or dabble in a bit of alternative therapy. The kids as they will love this day out: sitting on a pony, visiting the mini-circus Bella Donna, splashing around on the water in the funballz and riding the model train. Adults can browse stores in the old cow stables, find home and garden inspiration, or learn more about clairvoyance, acupuncture or massage. (PS)

CPH BEER FESTIVAL May 19-21; Lokomotivværkstedet, Otto Busses Vej 5A, Cph SV; 125kr, plus 100kr for 10 samples; ale.dk THEY’RE promising barrels of fun at the annual Beer Festival, hosted by the Danish Beer Enthusiasts’ Association. This year the location for ale-supping and pint-pulling is the old locomotive

TRAIN TRAVEL TO THE 1800S

May 14-16; Holtvej, Græsted (local train from Hillerød Station); 20-100kr; veterantræf.dk Take the train to Helsingør and go back to the 1800s. The finelypreserved house in Strandgade comes alive alive oh with the vegetable lady selling her wares and the ancient mariner telling tall tales of the seven seas. (PS)

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May 16, 09:00-12:30; Blågardsplads, Cph N; 150kr, norrebrolobet.dk A 5 km fun-run around Nørrebro from Blågardplads to the lakes and back. The run supports the ‘Mind your own Business’ initiative to help young people start their own business, as well as showing love and solidarity for the old working class district. (PS)

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May 14, 10:00; Amager Strandpark, Cph S; 450-600kr; nordicrace.dk Embrace the pain in this military-style obstacle race, crawling through claustrophobic tunnels and conquering insurmountable walls in a series of rough, tough challenges that only the fittest of the fittest will survive. Will you be one of them? (PS)

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May 14-15, 12:00-18:00; Fælledparken, Cph Ø; free adm Copenhagen Carnival brings a splash of Rio de Janeiro to the urban landscape as its pulsating samba rhythms and colourful costumes are paraded through the city streets. After the parade, the partying goes on all night in Fælledparken. (PS)

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collage of transatlantic culture from Aaron Copland’s 1942 work Lincoln Portrait, via spirituals and hymns, to the familiar strains of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story. May also features three chamber music concerts with upcoming soloists from the Royal Danish Academy of Music expertly interpreting the works of Brahms, Ravel and Debussy. If strings are your thing then the Danish Suzuki Institute’s annual final concert (May 21) should be an inspiring night of young virtuoso talent. Schubert and Beethoven are on the setlist for Arco, an orchestra of 25 dedicated amateur musicians. They are conducted by the former Danish National Symphony Orchestra concert master and violinist Gunnar Tagmose – now well into his 80s. For selected concerts, an extra 50/150kr at the Tivoli Concert Hall door is required for an evening of orchestral delights.

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OUR KIND OF TRAITOR Dir: Susanna White; UK thriller, 2016, 107 mins; Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris PREMIERED MAY 12 PLAYING NATIONWIDE

INCE the author’s first arrival on our screens with 1965’s The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, every decade has seen a steady trickle of John Le Carré’s work into cinema and across television screens, which has of late turned into a cascade. In just the last five years we’ve seen Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Anton Corbjin’s A Most Wanted Man; and most recently a six-part TV adaptation of The Night Manager starring Tom Hiddleston. Judging by this recent spate of adaptations, enthusiasm for the author, now in the 84th year of his life, has never been greater. Our kind of debauchery THIS WEEK sees the release of Our Kind of Traitor, which is adapted from Le Carré’s 2010 novel by Hossein Amini (Drive)

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NFORTUNATELY I’m writing this from Copenhagen and not the south of France, but as I do, Cannes is under heavy security due to fears of a terrorist attack. With the majority of the industry descending on the town, it’s chilling to imagine the implications of an attack on the cinema landscape. Nevertheless, the glitz continues to glitter. It’ll be some time before competing films are seen on Danish screens, but there’s plenty to be getting on with in Copenhagen … Angry Birds, the omnipresent video game that everyone has had on their mobile at one time or another, is the latest toy-turned-movie phenomenon to grace our screens but, by all accounts, it isn’t up to par with

and directed by Susanna White (Nanny McPhee and The Big Bang). Ewan McGregor plays Perry, a university poetry professor holidaying with his barrister wife (Harris – given far too little to do here) in Marrakech. We learn that, following a rare extramarital digression with one of his students, Perry is seeking to mend his fractured relationship. Despite this, the mild mannered professor is persuaded away from his wife for an evening of debauchery and tennis by intimidating mobster Dima (Skarsgaard). Dima is a disenfranchised money launderer for the Russian mob looking to blow the whistle on corrupt ministers in the Russian and UK governments in exchange for his family’s asylum. Recognising Perry as ‘an honourable man’, he enlists his help to pass on documents detailing secret money trails to the British Secret Service.

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Not our kind of Bond DESPITE the topical matter of exposing the dodgy banking practices of politicians and corporations, there’s a decidedly throwback vibe to the classic era of British spies, with Damian Lewis, as MI6 operative Hector, sporting a beige raincoat and thick-rimmed spectacles, simultaneously recalling Alec Guinness in the original BBC adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Mi-

chael Caine’s iconic turn in The Ipcress File. Lewis is allowed a strong moment or two as he espouses his character’s legal and moral crusade for the discontinuation of laundered blood money flowing through London. Underused in cinema, Lewis proves well-suited to the role, even though he renders his rumoured 007 takeover less likely than a reboot of the Harry Palmer franchise. As for the protagonist, what chemistry McGregor lacks with Naomi Harris is made up for by his scenes shared with Skarsgaard. Seemingly the only one aware that this workaday thriller needs

The Lego Movie. Regardless, many youngsters will still be eager to see podgy green pigs defeated by colourful kamikaze avians. Look for screenings without Danish dubbing. Comedy sequel Bad Neighbours 2 sees a continuation of the formula for Seth Rogen and co, this time as a bunch of teenage sorority girls move in next door. The reviews have been middling. For espionage fans there’s Our Kind Of Traitor, an adaptation of John Le Carré’s 2010 novel – see our review. At Cinemateketet (dfi.dk/ filmhuset) you’ll find Boom Bust Boom which is part documentary, part history lesson. Presented and directed by Monty Python’s Terry Jones, it seeks to humorously explain how economic crashes happen and why they keep on hap-

pening. It’s May’s movie of the month and screens every night – check the program for times. There are also ongoing retrospectives for the work of Jacque Rivette, Lars Von Trier and Billy Wilder. 2016 has been a merciless year for the music industry with giants dropping like flies. Already this year Cinemateket have shown David Bowie’s onscreen exploits, so it seems only fair that at 19:30 on Tuesday you can get to see Prince on the big screen in Albert Magnoli’s Purple Rain. Finally in Huset today (12th) you can see Marwencol at 19:30 (huset-kbh.dk) – a uniquely weird and wonderful US documentary about a brain damaged man who builds a 1/6-scale World War II-era Belgian town in his backyard as a form of self-therapy. (MW)

seriously shaking up, Skarsgaard gives a giant, ballsy performance (literally, in both the tennis and testicular sense) that proves the perfect foil to McGregor’s bashful Brit. As he accuses Perry of being pussy-whipped, daring him to live a little, Skarsgaard’s Dima might have been addressing the production itself. Our kind of television BEYOND the cast, there’s a sense here that the filmmakers’ ambitions outweighed their talent. The British crime genre has a tendency to adhere to certain conventions which, partially thanks to television’s monopoly

of said genre, often tends to feel ‘by the numbers’ when upscaled to the big screen. Lacking Hoyte Van Hoytema’s sumptuously atmospheric cinematography from Alfredson’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, this Le Carré adaptation instead recalls the stilted dryness of Kenneth Branagh’s 2014 attempt to rejuvenate the Jack Ryan franchise: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Fortunately, Our Kind of Traitor is less tedious than either of those films, but there’s no escaping that this mannered adaptation is better suited to Sunday night on the gogglebox than the big screen.

Seth Rogen proves he’s still got the moves in ‘Bad Neighbours 2’

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hasn’t graduated – from uni and knocking one out. Sperm Donor Anonymous (DR2, Sat 20:55) reminds us why they didn’t want to know. At The Genius Sperm Bank (DR2, Sat 20:55), meanwhile, you knew what you were getting. After all, the boffins always have plenty going spare. If that sounds gloomy, be thankful Russia hasn’t invaded Latvia in This War: World War Three – Inside the War Room (DR2, Mon 21:30), and lift your

spirits with Sonita, three years in life of a teenage Afghan rapper that the Guardian acclaims as “thrilling”. Elsewhere, we’ve got the Eurovision final (DR1, Sat 21:00); another channel’s showing The Graham Norton Show (DR3, Sat 20:15 or Tue 20:45); Putin’s Way (DR2, Sun 21:35) assesses the autocratic Russian leader; and Nigel Marven: Ten Deadliest Snakes (DR2, Wed 19:15) holds obvious thrill appeal. (BH)

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time off from playing Obelix to star as the cocaine-fuelled mayor of Marseilles who gets on the wrong side of the local mafia by planning to build a few casinos. Marseilles has received a mixed response with its first episode notching a Metacritic score of 59. DAVID MCQUILLING

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NETFLIX’S new French crime drama Marseilles offers up plenty of sex, drugs and gratuitous violence. It also has a plot, but viewers will need to brush up on their French or consult the subtitles if they are interested in following it. Gérard Depardieu has got

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IN YEARS to come the anomaly of Sevilla winning the Europa League four times in a decade will baffle football historians. It’s like they’ve had four one-hit wonders but no bestselling album – a bit like Right Said Fred. Elsewhere, we’ve got golf’s fifth major, the Players Championship, F1’s Spanish Grand Prix and the final day of the English Premier League (3+ Sun 18:00). (BH)

“Mention ‘Green Card’ one more time and I’m off”

The Wipers Times was founded following the discovery of a working printing press in the town of Ypres, Belgium, a place whose name no-one in the British army could pronounce and subsequently recall due to its carnage. And as soldiers dodged bullets, shells and disapproving staff officers, the newspaper did its best to keep everyone’s spirits up. This more than just the usual ‘war is hell’ affair. The dark humour and satire the original paper was famous for permeates throughout. DAVID MCQUILLING SCREEN8

SO YOU’VE betrayed your country for Mother Russia, your family and friends don’t exist anymore, and you arrive in Moscow ... and nobody cares. Your new home has all the atmosphere of a 1987 Chernobyl housing estate. Welcome to Cambridge spy Kim Philby’s world, explored in the sympathetic doc The Spy Who Went Into the Cold. In similar vein, you spent a decade looking for your biological dad to find out that he still

BC FEATURE length drama The Wipers Times is based on the satirical World War One trench newspaper of the same name. Hailed as a “funny, sad and peculiarly British drama” by the Guardian, the 2013 dramedy, which was co-written by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and stars Ben Chaplin and Michael Palin, was roundly applauded by the critics for its approach.

3+, Sun 12:30 Spanish Grand Prix

BE WARY of the gimmicks or it might be a case of My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done. Like famous executive producers – in this case David Lynch. British athletics yarn Fast Girls sounds harmless, until you learn it was released just before the London Olympics. And how about Midnight’s Children, the Booker Prize winner ... which tends to mean it’s impossible to film. (BH)

20TH MAY

Photo: Hasse Ferrold

Food & drinks Live folk music Special menus Corporate events Social occassions Halloween Christmas Confirmations BRINGING HERCEGOVINA DELIGHTS TO COPENHAGEN’S FASHIONABLE SUBURB OF FREDERIKSBERG. The newly relocated Hercegovina Restaurant re-opens on 20 May in the heart of Frederiksberg’s food district. Promising the best of Balkan food and entertainment, for which we have become synonymous with over the past 30 years in Tivoli, you are invited to enlighten your senses to the sights, sounds and tastes of the Hercegovina region. From ‘Prsut’ and other delicious specialities emanating from Hercegovina’s kitchen, to authentic live music; what better combination is there to discover Hercegovina right here in Copenhagen.

MØRK HANSENS VEJ 2 ST. 2000 FREDERIKSBERG VED DEN SØNDERJYSKE BY TEL. +45 33 15 63 63 INFO@HERCEGOVINA.DK WWW.HERCEGOVINA.DK

HERCEGOVINA Frederiksberg