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Jack and Jill and Kill Bill Awestruck by The Bride’s bloodbath aged seven
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HE MAJORITY of women in Denmark are petrified about using toilets outside their home in case they are overheard doing their business, leave a nasty smell or pick up bacteria, according to a TV2 study. Overall, only 49 percent of women don’t have an issue with it (57 percent of men), with 34 percent never using it outside their home (26), which Michael Sørensen, a consultant at the gastro unit at Hvidovre Hospital, warns can have severe consequences, such as constipation. In general, 30 percent said they would never use the toilet at a restaurant, 23 percent at a friend’s house, 20 percent at work and 9 percent at their partner’s home.
Fewer chemicals HOWEVER, the public’s fears of picking up bacteria might be slightly allayed by a recent study carried out by the Clinic for Growth and Reproduction at Rigshospitalet, which reveals that the amount of harmful chemicals in the urine of young men has decreased rapidly. Eight out of 15 samples had a lower concentration of phthalates, a chemical used to soften plastic, as well as reduced amounts of five different pesticides and fungicides. The study credits increased legislation regulating chemicals in packaging and food. However, the accumulation of other harmful chemicals has risen, which can cause decreased fertility and early puberty, as well as affect foetal development.
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COPENHAGEN has ranked third on the PICSA Index, a quality of life assessment that mainly focuses on economic and social inclusivity. One of the key factors was the capital’s internet network, which has allowed for great digitalisation and access to pioneering e-government services, while the index also rated Copenhagen highly in the area of social inclusion.
THE AVERAGE annual consumption of pure alcohol (ages 16 and over) fell from 12.1 litres in 2007 to 9.1 ten years later – not far off the OECD average of 8.9. However, Denmark remains the leader in the Nordics, ahead of Finland (8.4), Sweden (7.1) and Norway (6.0).
Wettest ever autumn THIS AUTUMN has been the wettest in Danish history – or at least since records began in 1874. The previous record of 327 mm, which was set in 1967, was eclipsed last week, and now 2019 is within 80 mm of beating the all-time annual record of 905 mm. With Christmas set to be wet, not white, it stands a good chance of bettering 1999’s figures.
Looking north and south COPENHAGEN Mayor Frank Jensen is keen to introduce more high-speed trains to reduce travel times to Hamburg and Stockholm. By 2035, Jensen believes both cities will be within three hours of Copenhagen, compared to five today.
Heavy consumption A NEW STUDY reveals that while the average EU country resource footprint stands at 14 tonnes of raw materials per person, Denmark’s is 22.
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ONLINE THIS WEEK FIVE PEOPLE needed medical examinations on November 8 after an ammonia spillage from a leaking pump in the basement of Fisketorvet, a shopping centre near Vesterbro, which led to an evacuation. One of them was sent to Hvidovre Hospital. The police have confirmed to DR that the spillage was quickly stopped.
New city district COPENHAGEN has announced grand plans to build a new district at Kløvermarken, a large greenfield site in Amager that is currently used for sport. Construction firm Skanska together with Gehl Architects have drafted a new vision for a 750,000 sqm district, which would include 4,000 homes by 2031 and an additional 10,000 after the opening of a new Metro station.
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Legendary bar saved CAFE HVIDE Lam, a 200-yearold legendary jazz bar located in Kultorvet, reopened on November 21 after a last-minute offer was accepted from Scandinavia’s largest nightlife group Rekom. The new owner has promised to retain the old spirit of the bar and also the manager.
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HE PROPOSED artificial island Lynetteholm, which will be a new city district located in Copenhagen Harbour, will send trucks galore through Copenhagen for 30 years. According to a COWI report for By & Havn, the massive construction will involve 720 truck journeys through Copenhagen every working day for 30 years. Single lane road ALTHOUGH By & Havn hasn’t yet decided how to build the island – it will investigate the possibility of using marine transport in ad-
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dition to the trucks – it had better do something about the access. Currently the only option is Forlandet, a small single-lane road that connects Amager with Maretheholm and Refshaleøen. Ready by 2070! COWI PREDICTS the island will need approximately 80 mil-
lion tonnes of soil, which will require 90,000 truck visits every year. Ramboll estimates it will need 78.2 million tonnes delivered by 110,000 truck visits per year. Work will commence in 2021 by establishing the boundaries of the island. The whole construction is expected to be completed by 2070.
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SUBJECT to approval in January, Lyngby will see the construction of 478 sustainable, student homes completed by the summer of 2021. The building, constructed in collaboration with PensionDanmark and DTU’s Housing Fund, will be the first in Denmark to receive both the Swan Label and the DGNB certification.
Retreading their route THE QUEEN’S Guard are almost back on track after years of disruption due to the City Ring Metro construction. Every day at around midday, the troops march from their barracks at Rosenborg Castle to Amalienborg Palace Square and back again. However, a slight detour along Bredgade to Frederiksgade is now included.
THE NEW city harbour bridge, Lille Langebro, has proved to be a popular alternative to the congested and noisy Langebro for pedestrians and cyclists, who attribute their choice to speed and a more pleasant travel experience. On any given weekday, around 10,800 cyclists and 2,500 pedestrians use the bridge, which opened on July 1.
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ble, contends Movia. “It’s a lot, of course, but considering how big the changes have been, it’s not very surprising. Some people get better options, others get worse,” Per Gellert, the head of route planning at Movia, told DR.
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COPENHAGEN has announced plans to plant 400-500 trees as part of the municipality’s goal of planting 100,000 new trees by 2025. Among the locations are Bispebjerg Cemetry (36 trees), Vigerslev Park (40) and Østerbro (50). Among the trees is a special Swedish birch that does not emit pollen.
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HE RECENT political shenanigans in the UK play a huge part in ‘The Three Brexiteers’, the latest instalment of the Crazy Christmas Cabaret, a show that has been running every festive period in Copenhagen since the early 1980s. According to Vivienne McKee’s script, the 16th century French protagonists are seeking to take Brittany out of France, as opposed to Britain out of Europe. But they hadn’t banked on their creator fashioning an even bigger twist with a Brexit of her own – or should that be a ‘breaks it’. Unlucky fall IN THE Saturday matinee performance, McKee fell on stage at Glassalen in Tivoli, but valiantly continued after receiving medical attention from the resident nurse – not just to complete the show, but to perform another later that day wrapped in a bandage. It wasn’t until the curtain had fallen that she could rush off to A&E where it was discovered that she had broken her wrist, which was promptly put in plaster.
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Master of disguise ACCORDINGLY, her characters’ roles will have to be rewritten for future performances to make reference to her plastered-up wrist – or will they? No, because costumer Kirsten Brink has cunningly adjusted all of McKee’s costumes to disguise the plastercast. It's all worthy of the Scarlet Pimpernel himself (although that is the wrong century!) With over four weeks left to go in the run, it’s back to business as usual, although you can say with some certainty that nobody will be saying “Break a leg” to McKee in a hurry.
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A sea of grey can be a deflating sight: but are we happier for it?
URING the two years I’ve spent in the Nordic region, I often get questions like: “Have you had any plastic surgery?” and “Do you really do the 10-step-skincare every day?”
country known for high beauty standards, I’ve noticed huge differences between my homeland and Denmark – and also with myself the longer I have stayed here. I’m not afraid of going to the grocery store without make-up or bra whilst wearing glasses. I now own a few pairs of jeans – and I’ve stopped buying heels and uncomfortably short skirts, and applying perfect but submissive-looking make-up.
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Rare colour interludes NEVERTHELESS, I still think
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about the consequence of putting on a pink coat in the city of 50 shades of black! And with this in mind, I asked 10 international ladies about their personal experiences and thoughts. They may not represent their countries – especially those with diverse ethnicities, wide class gaps and substantial land area – but together their comments have further opened my eyes to how international women embrace black or grey coats and jackets, less make-up and flat shoes with more confidence.
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It reflects pretty well on Denmark, all in all
What’s the ideal look in Italy? Generally thin waist, sizeable breasts, small nose, Mediterranean-warm skin tone and not too tall.
What is the Czech style? There is still very much emphasis on a feminine style: skin-tight outfits with make-up and nail polish. ‘90-60-90’ is the ideal body size. Many would wear make-up even when going to the grocery store, thinking: “What if you run into someone you know?”
KORNÉLIE GRONSKÁ:
Nationality: Czech Occupation: Business consultant Years in CPH: 3
TANYA VINOGRADOVA:
Nationality: Russia Occupation: Photographer Years in CPH: 1.5
RICKY ZHOU:
Nationality: Chinese Occupation: Business analyst Years in CPH: 2
How’s your wardrobe changed since moving here? There used to be more colours. Now it’s only white, black and olive. I noticed that I don’t put lipstick on as often. Although I was more into a natural look, I still wore lipstick every day, which I only do occasionally here. I think it’s nice that Danes wear a lot less make-up. Back home when I go out, I’d feel weird if I didn’t wear make-up, or somebody would look at me weirdly. I accept the way I am more than I used to. It could also be because of age. When you are younger you are more insecure – the older you get, the more you accept yourself.
How do people dress compared to Denmark? More formally – for example, we wear high heels a lot more. But it can differ according to where you are. In the south, women dress more sexy, almost aggressively so, while in the north it’s more of a hipster style.
SARAH TONNI & CHIARA DI GIAMBATTISTA:
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What differences really stand out? Well, in Italy many people get plastic surgery on their nose to make it smaller, but that can involve a lot of stigma. Danes tend to be more casual, but maybe that’s down to the weather – more boots and jackets. And in Italy, elderly women tend to dye their hair more.
How different is Russian beauty? Sporty style is not considered beautiful – unlike in Denmark. Being 100 percent natural is not appreciated – even within your family – as a woman should always be ready in case they meet a guy. For the same reason, most women wouldn’t go to work without make-up on. The weather seems to be an important factor here – more waterproofs – while Russian women would still wear a skirt in cold weather. I’ve noticed that people here don’t wear any make-up at all – but they still look good. And I think it’s because they appreciate good quality make-up – and also
clothes. Russian women tend to have closets full of low-quality clothes and cosmetics.
What is the ideal look in China? It’s uni-standard: pale skin, big eyes, high nose and small face. The ideal weight is under 40kg if you are not taller than 160cm. But this is changing since the arrival of the body-positive movement. Now people say you should just be yourself. That being said, the majority believe there’s only one standard of beauty.
What’s the most notable difference here, and how has that influenced you? There’s actually a specific Chinese term for ‘Scandinavian fashion style’, of which the closest English translation would be ‘sexually indifferent’. But the main difference for me is make-up. My female friends in China share a lot of information about cosmetics, which makes you inevitably learn a lot, but here it seems like people are relatively less peer pressured. There are many girls who wouldn’t go out without make-up on in China. But for me I’d never cared and I started wearing make-up when I moved to Europe. However, I don’t care that much about how I look anymore. I was a little self-conscious and critical about myself and my body. Now I’m less self-conscious and dress more liberally because I don’t have to fit in the narrow beauty standard anymore.
Do people comment on appearance much? I think that’s one of the big differences compared to other parts of East Asia. We don’t really say out-loud: “Oh, you didn’t put on make-up today” or “You shouldn’t do that”. People don’t care. In China it’s more self-driven, so they love to do it, but it’s not because of pressure or other people.
How have you changed? No dramatic changes, even though I used to live in Moscow where the majority of women look fancy. I always preferred dark clothes without patterns, so when I came to Denmark it was like I had finally found my home! However, I did use to wear heels at work.
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NERISSA DEITA:
Nationality: Philippines Occupation: Student Years in CPH: 2
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Nationality: India Occupation: IT Years in CPH: Less than one
CAMILA MARTINS:
Nationality: Brazil Occupation: Dance instructor Years in CPH: 6
How would you compare Thai beauty standards? Danes seem to appreciate natural beauty and are open to different types, whereas in Thailand the beauty standard is narrow, mostly derived from Korea and Japan, so fair and bright, skin despite the hot weather. People want to be as white as possible: thin lips, high nose, double eye-lids. Young girls wear a lot of make-up since looks are really important. But it feels like nobody ever applies any pressure. The Thai make-up style is more natural, so far less contouring and crazy precise eyebrows like in Denmark.
How thin should an ideal woman be? Curvy bodies are not considered attractive, but unhealthy thin is not the way to go. Pursuing the stick figure can lead to anorexia. Do people comment on appearance easily? Amongst your family and friends you can get a lot of negative comments like “OMG, you got so tanned, you’re so dark” or “Oh ... you got fat”. But nothing harsh from people you don’t know well.
Nationality: Kenyan Occupation: Engineer Years in CPH: 1
How have you changed? I used to be thinner in Thailand since I was always on a diet. But here it’s nice to gain weight without caring about it and have people not commenting. I used to have a UV umbrella to make sure I didn’t get tanned. But this summer I spent a lot of time on the beach. I still wasn’t tanning much, but I wasn’t afraid of the sun anymore. It’s a relief and I’m becoming more of myself. Ever since I moved to Denmark, I feel happier, as nobody’s commenting on me negatively.
Is there much pressure on women to look good in your country? Yes, a lot. At the workplace people make fun of dark-skinned employees. White skin means beautiful, so whitening products and bleaching spas are easy to find. My company provided a make-up allowance, and I always had to wear a dress and at least three-inch heels. We dressed quite formal and the rules were strict. Beauty pageants are big, and in order to win, you must look a certain way. Even in kindergarten, there are often fashion shows where queens and kings are voted on. Putting a photo on the resume is de facto mandatory.
What are the most notable differences here? The first time I went to a ballet, people were wearing jeans and I was wearing a really nice dress and heels. I felt over-dressed. In winter, Danes only wear black, grey or beige, and I’ve noticed I’ve been doing the same. I don’t wear BB cream anymore – nor a bra. This would be a big deal back home. And I’m enjoying it quite a lot – it’s a liberation! And I’m saving money on getting my nails done (every week back home) and hair (twice a month).
How would you describe Indian beauty? There are many different beauty standards due to religion, class, region and caste. Being from an upper-middle class family, and as a highly educated working professional, I would say an ideal look is wearing minimum make-up but dressing Indo-western style. So straight, long hair with bright brown eyes, fair skin and a 36-24-36 body size – as seen in Bollywood films. It’s very common practice in India for people, even someone you hardly know, to comment on your appearance. I was frequently told: “You are not as fair as your sister” when I was growing up. But there have been ad campaigns recently in which dark-skinned
women are encouraged to accept their colour.
How are Brazilian beauty standards different? I think beauty standards are broader in Brazil, which is unsurprising given the diverse population. We always say anybody can be Brazilian, but having a big bottom and curvy body, whilst being physically fit, is widely appreciated. There’s a lot of pressure, as people like to comment – unlike in Denmark, where you wear the same outfit or something weird. So the clothing’s very different? Dark tone clothing is more common here. In Brazil you see more colour – probably because of the warm weather. Tiny bikinis are
What’s the ideal look in Kenya? People prefer curvy bodies. Even though it’s an African country where the majority of people are black, most people prefer lighter skin. However, if somebody gets plastic surgery or their skin bleached, they’d be judged a lot. JULIE WANJIKU :
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How about fashion? Kenya is more conservative, so you have to cover up more than in Denmark. You hear of cases where a woman has been accused of revealing too much, and strangers take even more of her clothes off just to humiliate her.
What are the biggest differences? Here, being fit and healthy is the essential beauty goal. And they don’t seem to care much about shoes – as long as they’re comfortable and protective. Heels are popular in India regardless of the weather. And also every colour you can think of, although my husband teases me about being monochromatic, telling me: “You’ve finally found your place!”
very popular, but not so much underwear thongs – in Denmark it’s the other way round! How have you changed? I’ve got more dark clothes. I have never put on much make-up – even back in Brazil – so I feel more comfortable and confident in Denmark. However, I still can’t leave the house without putting lipstick on. And I still need to put on at least some make-up, even though I know here people don’t really do that or care. So do my other Brazilian friends. If you go out in Brazil, you have to look pretty with high heels, but here I can go out in my sneakers.
How have you changed? I feel more liberated because nobody comments on it. In Kenya, I’m always mindful of carrying 'lessos' – a piece of fabric to cover up. You get a lot of nasty comments otherwise. It’s not only cat-calling but also women calling you out. For example, I used to wear my hair braids and dye them, but other women told that it didn’t look very professional. So I ended up changing my hairstyle! Nevertheless, while I feel more liberated in Denmark, at the same time I still get lots of looks when I'm walking down the street – especially outside the big cities, like where I’m staying now.
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AHEAD of the notorious ‘Ghetto List’ being updated in December, Odense Municipality has revealed it will offer 18 convicted criminals up to 15,000 kroner each to move out of some of its vulnerable neighbourhoods. Last year Aarhus similarly targeted down-at-heel families in Skovgårdsparken with a 50,000 kroner per household offer that 15 accepted.
Bunker to bare all IN AROUND two years, the public will be able to enter the mysterious bunker Regan Vest, where there was room for 350 people to survive in case the Cold War turned nasty. Located 60 metres below Rold Skov in north Jutland with an entrance that made it look like a typical home, it was built between 1963 and 1968 and officially closed in 2012.
Quarter feel lonely THE BØRNS Vilkår og TrygFonden report, ‘At stå udenfor’ (standing outside), reveals that every fourth child feels lonely, with 19 percent feeling loneliness intermittently and 7 percent frequently. It recommends introducing Panion, a social app that enables users to run keyword searches to find activity partners nearby, into schools.
DFDS stowaway alert SOME 25 stowaways were last week found travelling from the Netherlands to the UK in the cold storage room of a ferry belonging to the Danish shipping company DFDS. They have since been sent back to the Netherlands, where they were greeted by 20 ambulances.
Oldest Dane ever UPON REACHING the age of 111 years and 197 days last week, Karla Lindholm Jensen became the oldest Danish person ever. To put it into perspective, she was 11 years old when World War I ended. She attributed her long life to being positive and happy.
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No longer worthy of the flag? Aid organisations and human rights bodies dismayed by government’s stance against IS fighters and their kids
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Fast-tracked LAST MONTH, the government decided it would fast-track a new law that would strip dual-citizen foreign fighters of their Danish citizenship in order to prevent them from returning home from conflict areas. And now two more laws have been proposed to further crack down on the fighters – primarily the survivors among the 145 Danish nationals who joined IS between 2014 and 2017, according to figures from the Soufan Center. Targeting their kids FIRSTLY, the foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, has proposed a new
ONLINE THIS WEEK Forced to pay for lunch SOME 74,837 employees in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense must either pay in whole or in part for their office Christmas lunch, according to a BT study. Two years ago, 72 percent of Danes were in favour of subsidising the lunches completely – as long as the amount did not exceed 500 kroner per employee.
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OLLOWING Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria, the likelihood that thousands of jailed Islamic State fighters will break free from Kurd-controlled prisons has been steadily increasing, and the Danish government has been quick to react. Furthermore, Turkey has started the process of returning a reported 737 foreign fighters to their respective countries, of which one has already been received by Denmark.
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bill that would deprive Danish foreign fighters of the right to get assistance from Danish embassies and consulates abroad. And then secondly, the immigration minister, Mattias Tesfaye, has proposed a new law that would prevent the children of Danish foreign fighters, born in areas where a terrorist organisation is involved in an armed conflict, from automatically getting Danish citizenship. No Danish values TESFAYE explains that the children are growing up in conditions not relatable to Denmark and Danish values. However, a number of aid organisations along with the Danish Institute for Human Rights contend that it is in conflict with Denmark’s international obligations.
Orphan case DAYS AFTER Tesfaye’s proposal, Denmark’s resolve was tested after Kurds confirmed on Twitter that they had “handed over a Danish infant from the Islamic State family to a delegation from the Danish Foreign Ministry". According to the Foreign Ministry, the orphan child was taken to a third country and reunited with his relatives in Denmark, who have assumed responsibility for the boy. Coming home “THE LITTLE boy had been in our custody at a centre for unaccompanied, orphaned children in the al-Hol camp in Syria,” Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, the secretary-general for Save the Children, told DR. “We are, of course, very relieved that the young child is on his way home to Denmark.”
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PRINCESS Mary and Rasmus Prehn, the minister for development co-operation, are visiting Indonesia from December 2-5 with respective women’s rights and green agendas. In related news, PM Mette Frederiksen met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on November 18, and the foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, met the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, last week in Washington. Greenland was high on the agenda.
A DANISH pharma company owner has been locked up for five years and four months for smuggling steroids into the UK. In total, he imported 16 tonnes that had been legally produced by his company Alpha-Pharma in India. In related news, the British authorities have cleared the way for Sanjay Shah to be prosecuted in Denmark for his role in the share scam that swindled 12.7 billion kroner out of the Danish exchequer between 2012 and 2015.
THE SISTER of prominent DF politician Morten Messerschmidt has been killed by her boyfriend, who then hours later also killed his former partner. In other crime news, a manhunt for a gang member who escaped from a psychiatric facility in Slagelse last week is continuing, and the police have arrested two men in connection with the mid-November attacks on the Jewish community. One of them is a leading member of the neo-Nazi group Nordfront.
THE SUICIDE rate among the LGBT community is falling, according to a Danish-Swedish study, and marriage would appear to be helping. Between 2003 and 2016, the suicide rate among people in homosexual unions fell by 46 percent compared to 1990-2003. Among people in heterosexual couples, it only fell by 28 percent.
Mule fraud rise CHILDREN as young as 12 are being targeted by criminals who want to use their bank accounts to launder money. According to Danske Bank’s anti-fraud division figures, the numbers of cases of so-called 'mule fraud' has risen from 623 in 2018 to almost 1,100 this year.
Sunglasses for windows THE DTU estimates that four in ten Danish school buildings lack proper ventilation and are therefore ill-equipped to deal with warm temperatures. But it suggests a solution could be found in a solar film that can be placed over the windows, which is a cheap, maintenance-free and effective way of preventing 70 percent of the solar heat from entering a classroom.
Faroes eye Jerusalem ONLY THE US and Guatemala have located their Israel-based embassies in Jerusalem, but now the Faroe Islands has confirmed it intends to follow suit by basing its own representation there, even though Danish PM Mette Frederiksen is not so keen.
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A UNIVERSITY of Copenhagen research team has discovered that orangutans have a direct link to the extinct giant ape, Gigantopithecus blacki. The researchers took genetic material from a 1.9-million-year-old fossil of the three-metre, 600 kg primate in southern China – the first time DNA has been retrieved from a fossil in a subtropical area.
OVER 2,000 people visited doctors for treatment for scabies, an infestation of microscopic mites (most commonly passed on via sex) that burrow under your skin, last year – up from 520 in 2016. There are so many cases that some pharmacies are running out of Stromectol tablets – a medication used to treat parasitic roundworm infections.
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Uncared-for forests
A ‘PROTEIN scaffolding network’ that stabilises and fixes DNA could actually cause cancer should the proteins 53BP1 and RIF1 malfunction, according to a team of scientists at the University of Copenhagen. The research also involved the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.
ACCORDING to a new report from the University of Copenhagen, Danish forests are among the most poorly cared for in Europe. This is paradoxically due to the tendency to remove deadwood – a practice that has increased over the past five years. Dead trees play a big role as a third of all animals store or find food in them.
Diabetes’ northerly risk NIELS Jessen, the head of research at the Steno Diabetes Centre in Aarhus, suggests that the risk of contracting diabetes increases according to how north you live. “In Finland and Norway, they are more troubled than we are, and down south less," he told DR. In general, more people are getting diabetes, with total worldwide cases rising by 2-3 percent every year.
Mental health fears EXPERTS contend there is a correlation between increased drug usage among 16 to 19-yearolds and mental health problems. According to Kari Grasaasen, the chief consultant at the National Board of Health, Denmark is on a cocaine wave and its purity is increasing the risk of mental health problems, he told DR.
Taking binging seriously THE 40,000-PLUS Danes who suffer from Binge Eating Disorder, which involves overeating, losing control and a negative body image, will soon be able to receive treatment – from 2022 according to sources close to WHO, which has started to include it in some of its manuals.
The Danes led farming revolutions in the UK and US – a millennium apart
How emigrants from Denmark revolutionised the US dairy industry in the late 19th century
Useful knowledge Aside from dreams of a new life
in America, they brought with them great knowledge of co-operative dairy farming – which helped combine family-run dairy farming with mass production on an industrial scale. That specific skill helped revolutionise the US dairy sector into what it is today. “It is impressive that it was the poor emigrating Danes who created this development on the US, where dairy production is concentrated in Minnesota and Wisconsin – and where the world’s biggest co-operative dairy company, Land O’Lakes, exists,” said Paul Richard Sharp, the professor behind the research. “It’s the direct result of the development the Danish emigrants sparked when they arrived in the US.”
Still relevant today Sharp’s research shows that modern dairy production techniques emerged in the areas where the Danes settled. The emigrants also kept up to date with dairy development back home in Denmark. The professor also contends that his research could be relevant to better understand contemporary immigration from developing countries that have a focus on agriculture. “It’s difficult to predict whether something will happen in their homelands that will mean that ‘useless’ immigrants suddenly become ‘useful’ and can thereby contribute positively to the societies they arrive in,” said Sharp.
Teens less fertile – study
Hedgehog human issue
New space project
A WOMAN’S fertility does not peak until she hits her 20s and continues into her early 30s, according to a study by the University of Copenhagen. The study therefore claims it is harder for teenagers to conceive – but don’t tell them that! Fertile women have fewer defective chromosomes, thus increasing the chances that their fertilised eggs will not be repelled by their bodies.
A NEW REPORT from the University of Southern Denmark claims that human intervention in the lives of young hedgehogs before winter actually decreases their chances of reaching adulthood. A study of 35 cubs concludes they don't need the help, affection and lack of hibernation. They generally survive well by themselves – and their weight loss during hibernation is surprisingly low.
THE AARHUS-BASED company Ohmatex, the Institute of Biomedicine at the University of Copenhagen and Odense-based Danish Aerospace Company are all partners in a 7.75 million kroner space science project under the umbrella of the European Space Agency. The purpose of the project is to get a deeper insight into the effectiveness of current physical training.
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EW RESEARCH from the University of Southern Denmark has revealed that the many Danes who emigrated to the US in the late 19th century had a profound impact on sculpting the future of the US dairy sector. Many of the around 300,000 Danes who left Denmark to settle in midwestern US from 1865-1914 were sons of farmers and settled on farms in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
Biomass dependence LAST YEAR, a record 182 petajoules of energy came from biomass – the burning of wood, straw and other biological material – confirming it as the country’s biggest source of green energy. The amount has risen 33 percent since 2013. Last year, Denmark imported a record 37 percent of its annual biomass consumption.
Data centre inaugurated A NEW COPENHAGEN data centre officially opened on October 29 as a part of the European Spallation Source (ESS) Data Management and Software Centre in Copenhagen’s Bio-Science Park. Both Denmark and Sweden serve as host countries to ESS, which is one of the world’s leading research facilities.
Sea eagle record DENMARK has seen a record 130 sea eagle chicks born this year, according to DOF's Project Eagle. The eagles mainly inhabit Lolland, Falster, south Funen and southeast Jutland, but they are slowly spreading across the whole country.
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Kill Bill for kids: only in Denmark!
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DANISH actor Peter Mygind is in seventh heaven following his role as a “tall, charming Dane” in ‘Last Christmas’, reports DR. Apparently Emma Thompson and Emilia Clarke told him what a joy it was to work with him. “It's so rare we praise each other in this industry – I hardly remember a colleague or director who praised me before,” he said.
THE NORDISK Film Prize winners this year were Syrian-born director Feras Fayyad (for his work on the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Last Men in Aleppo’), actress Esben Smed, and visual effects supervisor Peter Hjorth, a frequent collaborator with Lars von Trier.
New book bombs
Second time lucky? TRINE Dyrholm has been nominated for a Best European Actress award at the European Film Awards for her role in ‘Dronnignen’ (‘Queen of Hearts’). The ceremony will take place on December 7 in Berlin. She was previously nominated for ‘Kollektivet’ in 2016, but did not win.
Just five days off ill! THE ACTOR who has played the Bakken clown Pjerrot for the last 23 years is retiring. Kurt Flemming, who only had five days off ill in all that time and spent the equivalent of 200 days removing or applying make-up, is being replaced by Morten Eisner. Flemming’s last day is on December 22.
‘KLÆDT af ’ (undressed), a new play at Aveny-T in Frederiksberg, is inspired by the ongoing ‘Umbrella case’ in which over 1,000 young people have been charged with sharing sex content via social media that featured an underage girl. Director Jon Stephensen is hopeful the play can address issues of inequality.
New book of poems BAD BOY poet Yahya Hassan, now 24, has released a new 114page collection to mostly rave reviews. His 2013 instalment sold a record 120,000 copies, and the second collection is expected to do even better. Since Hassan sprang to fame, he has served time in prison for violence and also received psychiatric treatment – and many of the new poems deal with these subjects.
Actress reveals how she was inspired to perform by violent movie she saw as a seven-year-old
star and 23, was “completely engrossed”, according to DR. “She felt glued to the screen and inside her the fireworks were in full swing. It was both crazy and scary.”
vened during the scene in which The Bride kills 88 Yakuza gang members with a samurai sword.
Legend coming over
Glued to the screen CLARA Rosager, now a rising
And the rape scene? OF COURSE, we’re not sure whether she fully comprehended what was going on when Uma Thurman’s character, 'The Bride', was repeatedly raped whilst in a coma. Her mother eventually inter-
The entire industry ROSAGER, 23, who sprang to fame after starring in the Netflix series ‘The Rain’, can be seen in the Viaplay series 'The Interrogation', which premiered last week. It also stars Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Lars Mikkelsen, David Dencik and Nikolaj Lie Kaas – so pretty much every Danish actor working in the industry.
Blixen
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T COULD only happen in Denmark. A seven-year-old girl, at a loose end, pops the ultra-violent Quentin Tarantino movie ‘Kill Bill’ into the DVD player.
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‘BLIXEN’, an experiment in ballet that celebrates the life of Danish author Karen Blixen, is not a full-blown, new work, as the music is unoriginal. That said, it’s an intelligent choice to use Debussy, a composer whose work was celebrated by people like Blixen and her contemporaries. It’s also a nice touch to have Blixen dancing with the devil throughout the production – she often cited her diabolic inspiration to being “the devil’s friend”. Gregory Dean’s choreography is thoroughly captivating from start to finish, while Jon Morrel’s stage set complements the ballet perfectly. (BG)
WHEN LIZZO brought the last leg of her ‘Cuz I Love You Too’ tour to KB Hallen, her voice cut through the air on a freezing night to give the audience even more chills. It’s an understatement to call Lizzo’s voice powerful. She sings with such passion and unbridled enthusiasm, and she equally offers life wisdom and playful jokes. Lizzo had the crowd waving, clapping and stomping in unison as she showed off her full repertoire, from twerking to playing the flute, but make no mistake, this night was about her voice. The encore performance of ‘Juice’ was the icing on the cake. (EM)
IT’S COMMENDABLE how a comedy like this can bring so much mirth to so many. From the inventive sound effects to the outlandish costumes (how do they manage to change so quickly?), its imprint on the theatrical history of Denmark is undeniable. Its central premise – that Brittany wants to leave France – was brilliant, even though the plot was a bit weak. The Boris Johnson character (David Batseon) brought great hilarity, and Aussie newcomer Kevin Kiernan-Molloy, Jefferson Bond, Katrine Falkenberg and Vivienne McKee’s Danglish doctor were also on good form. (BH)
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Don't try this at home, kids!
ANNE LINNET’S latest novel, 'Fucked’, has been panned. The Dane, who is predominantly known for her experimental music in the 1980s, has written a crime novel featuring lesbian police officers. Linnet, 66, has a girlfriend less than half her age, and there is a noticeable age difference between the protagonists. Berlingske gave the novel just one star.
LIONEL Richie is performing at Smukfest 2020, as well as US hip-hop artist Khalid, the Norwegian electronic giant Kygo, and Swedish pop singer Tove Lo. The festival will run from August 5-9. In related news, US singer Gavin DeGraw is playing at Vega on August 9.
DANMARKS Teknisk Museum will collect some items from the recently closed radio station Radio24syv to preserve the history, including a mixer desk, a recorder, a clock and the script from the last broadcast. The museum plans to use them in a future exhibition on Danish radio history.
Four-character offering DIRECTOR Ole Christian Madsen has revealed that ‘The Day We Died’, the dramatisation of the 14 February 2015 terror shootings in Copenhagen, will be told from the perspective of four characters: victims Finn Nørgaard and Dan Uzan, Copenhagen shooter Omar El-Hussein, and the cop who shot him (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). The film is scheduled to be released on March 5.
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Historic hoops
BORIS Becker is a big fan of 16-yearold Danish talent Holger Rune, reports TV2 Sport. The tennis star, who won Wimbledon as a 17-year-old in 1985, recently watched Rune knock up with Alexander Zverev and remarked he “was able to keep up the whole time”. Rune won the French Open junior grand slam title earlier this year.
THE DANISH women’s basketball team might have lost to Italy in a recent EU Championship qualifier, but the game was a triumph as it was their first home fixture for 19 years. The Danish Basketball Federation cannot afford to fund both the men’s and women’s teams, so the game was only made possible thanks to a fundraiser.
Lolly for Laudrup
Going strong
FORMER Barcelona player Juan Carlos Heredia told The Tactical Room that a decade ago the club’s president Joan Laporta promised a pension for life to any players who helped the club win the Champions League. This would therefore include Michael Laudrup, a member of the squad who won the 1992 European Cup. But no mention has been made of the annual amount.
DENMARK'S under-21s have maintained their 100 percent start to their Euro 2021 qualification with a 3-2 win away in Ukraine and a 5-1 thrashing of Malta at home. They now sit five points clear of Romania, a semi-finalist at Euro 2019. Meanwhile, the Danish women’s side recently beat Georgia 14-0 in a Euro 2021 qualifier.
Bitschin’ night
Joy for para-athlete
LEGENDARY Danish dancing duo Bjørn Bitsch and Ashli Williamson have ended their careers with a bang by winning the world title at the Dance World Championships in Portugal.
DANISH para-athlete Daniel Wagner recently won two medals at the World Para Athletic Championships in Dubai: gold in the 100 metres and silver in the long jump.
Denmark could feasibly make the quarters of Euro 2020 without leaving their home stadium CHRISTIAN WENANDE
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Boris a big fan
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HEN DENMARK takes on Russia at Euro 2020 next summer, they'll do so in front of their home crowd at Parken Stadium. Denmark won a UEFA lottery draw on November 22 that will see the match played in Copenhagen as opposed to St Petersburg. This means all three of Denmark's group games will take place in Parken, which will also host a last-16 matchup. Denmark will be in the same group as Russia, Belgium and a yet-to-be-decided fourth seed. Turgid first half THE EURO 2020 draw takes place on November 30, and Danish fans might have been looking on with uncertainty had they not managed to win a point in their final qualifier in Dublin last week on Monday.
In what must be one of the worst football games of 2019, Denmark hung on during the final moments after conceding an 85th minute equaliser. The first half was a particularly ugly affair with two Danish players – Thomas Delaney and Andreas Cornelius – going off injured in the first half hour. Slightly better second MARTIN Braithwaite's volleyed toe poke to put them ahead after 73 minutes was their first and only shot on target all game. Matt Doherty resuscitated Irish dreams with a powerful header 12 minutes later, but the Danes held on to finish second in the group behind the Swiss. Denmark are now unbeaten in 34 games – just one behind the all-time record, which is shared by Spain and Brazil.
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HURCH of Jesus – the temple of the tabernacle of testimony, a newly rising denomination that is now established globally – has reached Denmark in the last year, where there are students learning the word of Shincheonji today.
Unprecedented global phenomenon SOME 100,000 people graduated on 10 November 2019 after completing a one-year Bible study course in Shincheonji – an unprecedented phenomenon that is taking place globally. Although the number of people who identify as religious is decreasing worldwide, a rare phenomenon happened where over 100,000 people flocked to Shincheonji in the the space of just one year. Over the course of ten months more than 100,000 people have been evangelised worldwide after studying the Bible in its entirety and passing their graduation exam. The event organiser contextually underlined this by saying: “This is not happening because of the strength of humans. Only because of God’s strength, was this able to take place. Because God is together with Shincheonji, the many people flocking to Shincheonji have caused the
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start of a strong change to the religious world and, just as it is promised in the Bible, it will become even stronger.” 103,764 graduates from 112 countries THE MAIN event of the graduation ceremony, which was broadcast live in many large cities in the republic of Korea, took place in the Korean province of Gyeonggi-do. Some 103,764 graduates from a total of 112 countries took part in the graduation ceremony, and around 50,000 spectators and guests of honour attended the event in total.
One of the graduates said: “This event shows the work of the Holy Spirit of God and His power. It was not possible with the power of men, but only through the power of God. All this is God’s work of wonder.” However, Shincheonji states that 95 percent of those who chose to come to Shincheonji (according to a survey carried out among the graduates) did so because of the excellent teachings of the Bible. This graduation ceremony will be the starting point of Shincheonji’s continuous growth.
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ACCORDING to Skattestyrelsen, young Danes under the age of 30 are getting better at paying their income tax, as the amount of residual tax owed by the age bracket has halved since 2009. In 2018, just 150,000 people in the age bracket were required to pay extra tax – a decrease of 60,000 since 2013. Furthermore, the payable total of 457 million kroner was far less than the 981 million kroner owed in 2009.
Approval for Telia deal SWEDISH multinational company Telia has received the final approval it was waiting for from the EU Competition Commission regarding its acquisition of Swedish broadcaster Bonnier Broadcasting. It has taken nearly 18 months, as Telia announced its 9.2 Swedish krona acquisition – which includes Sweden’s biggest commercial broadcaster TV4, streaming service C More and Finnish MTV – in July 2018.
War on foreign websites
New integration app A NEW SOCIAL app called Panion, which has been created by Swedish-based expat Melanie Aronson, looks set to revolutionise the integration of expats all over the world by providing a social networking platform to link people with similar identities and interests. Aronson was inspired by her studies on integration as well as her own experience meeting people in a new country.
Annual IMD report again praises Denmark, but holds reservations about science CHRISTIAN WENANDE
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OR THE sixth year in a row, Denmark has placed second behind Switzerland in the World Talent Ranking, published annually by the International Institute for Management Development. More ready, less appeal “DENMARK is second in the overall ranking but remains at the top for Investment and Development, advances to 6th for Readiness but drops to 11th for Appeal,” the report found. “At the indicator level, it is 1st for Worker Motivation and Fair Administration of Justice, and 2nd for Government Expenditure on Education (per student), the Prioritisation of Employee Training and the Availability of Language Skills.”
Don't forget talented at being away from their desk
One of Denmark’s shortcomings is its percentage of graduates in sciences (ICT, engineering, math and natural sciences), for which it ranked 43rd overall. Immense potential SWEDEN came in third, followed by Austria, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Finland, the Netherlands, Singapore, Germany, the US, Canada, Belgium and Hong Kong (SAR). “It’s very positive that we
score so well,” said Linda Duncan Wendelboe, the head of DI Global Talent. “We have immense potential in bringing the Danish points of strength into the mix within the realm of international talent attraction. And it is particularly the focus on the green transition and sustainable development that appeals strongly to younger generations of international talents.”
... but failing at research and innovation New reports condemns Denmark’s lack of direction
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GROUP of independent international experts have concluded that while the Danish research and innovation (R&I) sector has immense potential, its overall strategy has been found wanting in direction. The report underlined that Denmark needs to significantly improve in regards to generating specific commercially-viable results. No overarching vision “A CENTRAL observation that has emerged is that Denmark has no clearly defined articulation of what it aims to achieve as an innovation leader. In short, there is no holistic innovation strategy,” the report noted. “What they all lack is an overarching vision across the
New budget operator COPENHAGEN Airport looks set to get another budget airline as Icelandic outfit PLAY is keen on opening a route to Reykjavik. Founded from the ashes of the bankruptcy of WOW air, PLAY is awaiting approval from Copenhagen Airport. It is also eyeing routes to Alicante, Berlin, London, Paris and Tenerife.
GDP miscalculation?
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FROM NEXT July, subject to parliamentary approval, the government intends to punish foreign websites that sell goods to Danish buyers that don't adhere to domestic safety standards. The authorities are confident they will be able to block offending websites and fine them as much as 75,000 kroner. The government is worried about illegal toys, electronics, machinery and fireworks.
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DANISH Erhverv's chief economist believes a rise in the country's GDP has been miscalculated and could have an effect on how much it feels it should pay in aid, as well as in contributions to NATO and the EU. Tore Stramer from Danish Erhverv contends that Danmarks Statistik has been counting 'exports' that do not cross the Danish border.
Greenland taxing pleasures NEW TAXES introduced in Greenland – primarily on sugar, tobacco and alcohol – will make Christmas more expensive on the island. For example, a kilo of sugar is now 10.31 kroner more expensive than before. Vittus Qujaukitsoq, Greenland's finance minister, explained to Sermitsiaq that the rises would enable the government to spend more on welfare.
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whole of government that clearly spells out what Denmark wants to achieve within the global innovation landscape, and how it intends to get there.” We hear you! THE GOVERNMENT has picked up the message and has pledged that plans are afoot to set a new, ambitious course for Danish research and innovation.
A primary component for the new course will be contributing to the green transition. Some 1.5 billion kroner has been earmarked for green R&I, according to the education and research minister, Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen, who noted it was “essential to uncover solutions to challenges facing our society” – particularly in regard to the green transition. (CW)
BLACKSTONE has been accused of using numerous companies to acquire property in a bid to avoid paying taxes, reports DR. The report highlighted the January purchase of 19 apartments near Torvehallerne in the city centre for 52 million kroner – an acquisition that has taken the value of its Copenhagen portfolio past 8 billion kroner.
Silicon Valley advancing THE SILICON Valley Bank has earmarked 1.356 billion kroner for investing in Danish tech companies. SVB’s interest emerges from Denmark’s thriving tech presence and flexible regulatory legislation.
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Treat your social media content like precious cargo and take back control!
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ROM CATCHING up with friends to keeping up with trends, social media sits at the nexus of our digital lives. Facebook reminds us about upcoming birthdays, Twitter dishes news faster than journalists, and Instagram shows off an internet celebrity’s new sneakers – and for some reason, it makes us want those kicks too. Welcome to the power of social media marketing. Sandwiched between Uncle Bob’s chats and breaking news from Syria, social media influencers tout the latest trends, vacation hotspots, and commodities while projecting lifestyles we wished we had. Currently valued by Business Insider at 8 billion dollars in 2019, the influencer industry is projected to be worth up to 15 billion by 2022. So where does all the money go? Not to your average social media user, Kenneth Willardt insists. Willardt is a Danish fashion photographer and campaign director who has worked with Dior, Nivea, L’Oréal and Target. Currently based in New York City, Willardt’s latest project is ‘kargoe’ – an app he bills as an alternative to social media giants. Empowering users WITH CATCHY headlines such as “We are done being the product for social media giants” and “The economy of you”, kargoe is dedicated to empowering social media users and creators to seize financial and editorial control of their content. “Your content is your data and that is your brand.” Willardt said. “We believe strongly in that everyone should be part of that success.” While Willardt has witnessed the changing retail market over the past decades and had noted
that content creators weren’t being paid for their endorsements, he said this all clicked together one Sunday morning. “My son came to me and said: ‘Daddy, I’ve opened up two Instagram accounts. One for my dog and one for me. But I don’t understand; why can’t I buy or sell anything?’,“ laughed Willardt. His son’s innocuous comment made Willardt realise there was a market for taking back financial and editorial freedom for your social media data and shared content. Why should only influencers and certain brands be able to sell directly from social media, he wondered. And thus the idea for kargoe was born.
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Kenneth Willardt’s kargoe app seeks to disrupt the multi-billion dollar social media influencer industry by empowering users and creators
Taking back control
Seamless experience THE CONCEPT is simple: kargoe integrates the social media experience with the online shopping experience, seamlessly delivering both to the user in a user-friendly app. To use kargoe, start by posting an image. Then, tag products and brands you want to endorse on the image. Next, share the post. Now, other kargoe users can click on your product tags and directly add the items to their cart for checkout. As users check out, they can configure delivery and payment options – without leaving the kargoe app at any time. “We believe that a six-second path to purchase is a game-changer, as opposed to 120-plus seconds on either Instagram or Facebook,” Willardt said. “There, by the time you’re ready to purchase, you’re already tired of it with all the information you have to fill out about yourself. On kargoe, we already store the information on the backend.”
Alternatively, kargoe users can tag another brand’s products in their images, thereby ‘endorsing’ these brands. In this instance, when purchasers click on that product, they are able to purchase the product directly from the brand. In return, the kargoe user who tagged the product receives a small percentage of the sale. This acts as an incentive for kargoe users to tag and represent brands that they genuinely like. “This is a way of having everyone being empowered and having everyone being a part of the economy. Customer engagement for the brand increases, and more awareness is spread throughout social media at no cost to brands,” Willardt said. Effectively, this also bypasses the middleman and cuts down on operational costs for brands. In fact, the brands that kargoe is working with actually make more money back than if they sold their stock to a department store, Willardt reveals.
Bypass the middleman THE USERS of kargoe can tag products that they own or produce. This is particularly useful if the kargoe user operates a small business or store selling vintage clothing. In this case, purchasers buy the product directly from the kargoe user. All the profit goes to the kargoe user.
Social responsibility BUT WILLARDT insists that kargoe isn’t just focused on the numbers. The bigger message, he said, is about collective social responsibility. Instead of just tagging products, kargoe users can also tag charities and prompt users to donate to them. “Thus kargoe allows you to
add purpose to all shared content, meaning you can really express yourself as a brand and as a person by adding donation links to all the things you care about and want to keep improving in your life, such as cleaning up the ocean or cleaning up the air,” Willardt said. In addition, kargoe also gives a percentage of its profits to various organisations that support the Sustainable Development Goals. “The world doesn’t need another billionaire,” Willardt insists. Beyond the app WILLARDT’S vision for bringing a particularly Danish outlook on collective social responsibility to shopping extends beyond kargoe's social media experience. In fact, kargoe continues the user experience inside of brick-andmortar stores. Currently being piloted in participating stores in NYC, kargoe allows users to use the app to scan a product’s barcode. The user receives information about the product and can add it to their kargoe app shopping cart and check it out online. Customers then show their inapp receipt to the store security before leaving the store. Coming soon to Denmark CURRENTLY, kargoe is in talks with several Danish brands to en-
able Danish kargoe users to tag and endorse these brands. By the spring of 2020, reveals Willardt, Danish users will also be able to conduct transactions in kroner instead of the default US dollar. However, the kargoe app is already available in Denmark and kargoe users can already tag, buy, and sell goods amongst themselves. In fact, Willardt encourages users to sign up now. Instead of focusing on the big brands, Willardt says kargoe may be a way to breathe life into mom-and-pop shops. “We need to get this idea out so everyone can have a fair part of the economy,” Willardt said. “And let’s do this before Amazon gets to Denmark.” Download the kargoe app via Google Play or Apple app store. Learn more at kargoe.me.
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rewarded with a higher interest. Consequently, the normal yield curve is upward-sloping.
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Martina Facino works for a leading consultancy firm where she specialises in competition economics and maintains a strong interest in macroeconomics. Using her master’s in economics and finance, she intends to focus on explaining macroeconomic concepts and describing them in the current context.
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HE YIELD curve shows the interest rates of bonds with different maturity. But let’s take one step back. A bond is a loan made by a lender to a borrower. The bond has a fixed face value that the lender will get back at maturity. The maturity date is the date when the borrower will pay the face value to the lender. Before maturity, the bond pays an interest rate to the lender. This interest rate is the one the yield curve shows.
Risky rewards THE YIELD curve usually represents interest rates of US government bonds with different maturities, plotting the interest rates (y-axis) for the different maturities (x-axis): usually three months, two years, five years, ten years and 30 years. Usually the interest rate is higher the longer the maturity. The intuition is that lending your money for a longer period is more risky, since more things can happen during that period, and so you are
Recession roadsign? A NORMAL yield curve usually indicates economic expansion. When investors expect interest rates to increase, they prefer to buy short-term bonds to later move their funds into bonds yielding higher interest. Increasing the demand for short-term bonds decreases their interest – resulting in an upward sloping yield curve. An inverted yield curve usually indicates economic recession. When investors expect interest rates to decrease in the future, they prefer to lock their savings in long-term bonds before the yields decrease further. Increasing the demand for long-term bonds decreases their interest compared to short-term bonds – resulting in a downward sloping yield curve. The yield curve has been inverted in the last year and has now turned to normal again. According to some investors this is an indicator of a recession on the way, following the trend of recent history that recessions follow inverted yield curves.
Adam is a nanny, a multi-sports fanatic and a budding ultra runner. He was faster off the mark than his fellow Brits, quitting England for Denmark moments before they voted to stay out of Europe. When he isn’t caring for kids, screaming at a screen or tearing up his feet, he writes unsettling poetry and prose.
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Trouble with the curve A YIELD curve can also be flat, meaning that a short-term bond and a long-term one pay the same interest, or inverted, meaning that a short-term bond pays a higher interest than a long-term one. The interest rates on the bonds that form the yield curve are determined by the market and the level of demand for them, so they reflect the expectations on the future level of interest rates. Consequently, the shape of the yield curve provides indications of where the economy is heading and can be relevant, for example, for house owners paying a mortgage.
Early Rejser
FTER YEARS of looking after other people’s little ones, I now have my own to care for. This was the inevitable next step on the path that took us from England to owning an apartment in Copenhagen. Fabulous little Frida I AM UNDENIABLY biased, but little Frida is perfect in every way: her tiny features a beautiful blend of Mum and Dad’s. The joy she’s brought us more than compensates for the nights of shallow, sporadic sleep and the mornings of deep fatigue and constant yawning. It almost seems a shame to lock her up in a cage at night. Before you send the police my way, I haven’t taken a leaf out of the Dursley book of childcare (though I would argue that being locked up in a small, dark cupboard at night played no small role in making Harry Potter the formidable wizard he became). Frida is a puppy. And if my ambiguous prose caused her to be mistaken for a human, then I must apologise … to her, for she is superior to any human child I’ve ever met. This may seem an outrageous claim, but given my professional credentials and the large amounts of time I have spent in the presence of children, I’m well placed to make it. And I’m not claiming Frida is unique among dogs in this superiority. She is the norm that proves the rule. Top dog THE AFOREMENTIONED cage (or ‘crate’, to use its more marketable name) is a valuable tool in house-training your
"No! I can't believe it! The city's chirpiest child-carer has gone rogue"
hound. Outside the home, they can relieve themselves almost anywhere in public and no-one bats an eyelid. With kids, you have to pray they can hold on until you find a toilet. Try letting little Søren defecate on the pavement and see what kind of looks you get. It’s not just what comes out of your dog, but what goes in, which elevates him above the human child. A dog will eat whatever you put in front of him and is always up for trying something new. You don’t even need to cook his food. With too many kids the opposite is true. You while away hours of your life preparing a dish, only for them to turn it down before they’ve even tried it. End of the line A DOG WILL follow wherever you go – either of his own volition, or due to some pressure from the other end of the lead. This is not the case with their unleashed, bipedal counterparts, for whom dragging feet, highpitched screams and parental
embarrassment often come to the rescue. I myself was a child so determined to go his own way that I did in fact have a lead attached to me. But this was still not enough to get me to toe the line, and only ratcheted the embarrassment up another notch. My parents would have left me at home if they could. But this is impossible when it comes to one's progeny. A dog you can leave home alone all day without it becoming a legal matter. Likewise, if your dog is really acting out, you can legally beat him, and he will lick your hand between blows. And if their behaviour really ticks you off, you can just pop down to the vet and have them euthanised. If a kid acts out, you can’t even spank them. I could go on, but the takeaway would be the same. Not that you should trade in your beloved offspring for a furry, four-legged replacement – my career in childcare, for one thing, is in decline. The dog days have arrived.
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ADRIAN MACKINDER
Mackindergarten British writer and performer Adrian Mackinder (adrianmackinder.co.uk) and his pregnant Danish wife moved from London to Copenhagen in September 2015. He now spends all his time wrestling with fatherhood, the unexpected culture clash and being an Englishman abroad.
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HAD AN epiphany the other day that has reduced my stress levels no end. I am no longer going to feel guilty about not speaking Danish. I’m going to let it go. People tell me I should speak Danish. Just like that. Like it’s a quick, easy task. Like it’s not a hard language to learn. Well it is. It really is. I mean, there’s a reason it never caught on, globally speaking. And I’m raising two tiny kids. I’m not going to dedicate what precious little down time I have to sitting in a classroom in an evening learning Danish. I’m too tired. People have said that the fact I don’t speak Danish is disrespectful. Almost as disrespectful as guilt-tripping me into doing something that I don’t have the time, money or inclination to do – just so you can feel a little less uncomfortable. Relax. Me not speaking Danish is not going to undermine Danish culture, tradition and heritage. I’m polite and courteous, I work hard, I obey the law, I pay my taxes. I’m just trying to get through the damn day. Leave me alone. You always speak twice AND IF you’re not comfortable
speaking English? That’s fine. I’ll meet you halfway. We can still converse. Because I guarantee your English will always be better than my Danish. And speaking Danish to Danes is a gruelling, demoralising ordeal. Why? Because Danes are just not used to hearing their language spoken with a foreign accent, so there’s no cognitive elasticity. That’s why, if you mispronounce a Danish word, even slightly, they often won’t understand you. They won’t meet you halfway. It’s exhausting. People have told me I’m arrogant. How dare I come over here and not speak the language. I’m not arrogant. I’m just honest and realistic. I do understand why some expats feel they should learn Danish. They see themselves as guests in this country. Well, I’ve got news for you. You’re not a guest. You came here legally and pay your taxes. You’ve got as much right to be here as any Dane. And if you think being born here gives you the right to tell a foreigner how they should conduct themselves, and if they contribute equally to society and the economy, then you’re just a big old racist.
Live and let live PEOPLE have said to me that by not fully integrating I risk ghettoising myself in the expat community. Well here’s the thing. I fucking love the expat community. I’m proud to be part of it. Because here, we represent people from all over the world, bringing with us a veritable multiverse of culture, history, customs and experience. Denmark is a monoculture. We expats bring the diversity. We bring vibrancy. When I host comedy or improv nights and speak to the crowd, I don’t see a ghetto. I see a wonderful rainbow of inclusivity, splattering colour over all this Danish grey. I’m not patriotic. As you can tell. Take my own country. There are things I love about Britain. There are things I hate about Britain – especially right now. But the pub culture is best in class. Bottom line. I loathe nationalism. It’s dangerous, divisive and destructive. I don’t care where you’re from. Just be kind, be generous, and be open to others’ differences. That’s enough surely? We don’t need to be waving a flag all the time. Even if there’s cake. Okay – maybe if there’s cake.
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The queen has designed the scenography and costumes for a Tivoli ballet – this time The Snow Queen, which starts at Tivoli Ballet Theater on December 21. Also involved in the production is singer Oh Land (left), who has written original music for the production
Polish ambassador Henryka Moscicka-Dendys invited pianist Marcin Dominik Głuch (left) to perform at Christians Kirke to celebrate Poland’s national on November 13. The event also marked the 100th anniversary of the start of diplomatic relations between the countries
HIT completed a successful three-week run of its latest play, ‘Last Tango in Little Grimley, on Saturday. Next up is a four-day run of ‘The Santaland Diaries’, which starts at Kruddtonden on November 28
Actor Esben Smed (Lykke-Per himself ) was among the recipients of the Nordisk Film prizes on November 8 (see page 8 for more details), and he was clearly happy as he picked up his ‘Isbjørnen’
Ghanian ambassador Amerley Ollennu Awua-Asamoa (right) gave the key address at the Ghana-Denmark Business Forum at Borups Højskole on November 21
The foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, was among the VIP guests in attendance at the premier of ‘La Bohème’ at Østre Gasværk Teater on November 16
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Crown Princess Mary was the honorary speaker at the OECD conference ‘Health in the 21st Century’ at Langelinie Pavillonen on November 21, which brought together prominent international stakeholders in the area of future digital health
Austrian ambassador Maria Rotheiser-Scotti welcomed a great many dignitaries (see below) to her reception to mark her country’s national day on October 17, including a visiting Vienna delegation that wanted to find out more about Copenhagen healthcare
Peter Mygind was one of the guests of honour at the premiere of ’Last Christmas’ at Imperial Bio on November 14. The actor plays a role (see page 8 for more details) that IMDB describes as “The Dane aka ‘Boy’”
Among those present at the Austrian national day celebrations were Hans Hermansen, the CEO of CPH POST, and Icelandic ambassador Helga Hauksdottir (left)
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Michale Clante Bendixen is giving a lecture on the Danish asylum system. During the lecture, she explains the different phases of the Danish asylum system, how asylum claims are being assessed, how many people arrive in Denmark, and who is accepted or rejected (Dec 6, 16:00-18:00; Trampolinhuset, Thoravej 7, Cph N; free adm; trampolinehouse.dk)
Create and decorate your own kimono at this workshop, and in the process learn about repair, upcycling, and creating a sustainable wardrobe. Tools and guidelines will be provided – all you need to bring is the willingness to fashion a revolution! (Dec 1,10:00-16:00; FOF København, Humletorvet 27, 1 Sal, Cph K; 100kr, fof.dk)
DMI has said it won’t be a ‘White Christmas’ this year. But dreams can come true ... if we shake a snow globe, so why not come to Absalon and make your very own for someone you love! Absalon will provide jam jars, but if you want something special, bring a nice glass (Dec 8, 11:0015:00; Absalon, Sønder Boulevard 73; 30kr)
Your favourite things will be put together in one memorable evening full of laughter. First up, the comedy! Watch a hilarious improvised show in English! And then drink the cocktails included in your ticket price (Dec 6, 20:00-21:30; Frederiksholms Kanal 2, Cph K; 175kr, improvcomedy.eu)
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Experience some British Christmas spirit at a church and sign Christmas carols together. And then enjoy a glass of punch (Dec 6, 20:00-21:00; Natkirken på Strøget, Niels Hemmingsens Gade 5, Cph K; free adm, helligaandskirken) ROSELYNE MIN
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OMETIMES it’s hard to know what to celebrate. Take Fastelavn, for example – who are you supposed to put first, between your wife and your kids, if it falls on the same day as Valentine’s Day? Well, the North Zealand International School came up with a unique solution a couple of weeks ago when it decided to combine the celebrations of Halloween, Diwali, Day of the Death, Thanksgiving and Bonfire Night into one major event. On the evening of Friday November 8, students and families gathered for a variety of fun and stimulating experiences under just one roof. While a Haunted House scared both young and old, the Mexican families attached to the school made a beautiful altar to honour their departed relatives
to honour Día de Muertos. Elsewhere the Brits recalled how Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Parliament in 1605, while the Americans underlined the significance of the Thanksgiving celebration in the States. And finally, the Indian community brought light into the dark with some beautiful Diwali dancing and lights. “Not only did I get to scare my friends in the Haunted House, but also learnt about traditions all around the world,” said Quintus, 10, who hails from the UK. “We are so fortunate to have a pool of engaged international parents at the school, so we can give our children a truly international experience which celebrates all that is good about this time of the year,” commented Mariska Volkers, the chair of the NIS Parents Association. (DS)
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Reversal of misfortune: Calamity that caused country’s worst rail crash
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Recalling the ‘Vigerslev Accident’ upon the centenary of one of Denmark’s deadliest train accidents BEN HAMILTON
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HESE DAYS, our biggest preoccupation travelling along the B-line between the stations of Rødovre and Hvidovre, as expats, would be how unfortunate it might be to break down and have to explain to somebody where you are. But unpronounceable stations were the least on the minds of the passengers aboard train number 168, the Kalundborg to Copenhagen Central Station service, almost 100 years to the day as it journeyed between the stations – Hvidovre was called Vigerslev back then – grounded to a halt, started to reverse, stopped again and … then somewhat frantically … pulled away excruciatingly slowly. The rest is history. On 1 November 1919 at 21:01, an oncoming express service collided at full speed with train 168 on a stretch of track surrounded by farmland, even though it only lay 5 km from central Copenhagen. The accident killed 40 and injured 58 (27 badly), and searching questions about what went wrong on that day to cause the worst train crash in Danish history (the death toll equalled a record set outside Gentofte Station in July 1897) has intrigued transport historians ever since.
Not a lucky break THE SIGNALMAN at the heart of the collision worked at Vigerslev Station, and many people speculate he might have been confused by an unscheduled train running on the line that day. A train carrying firefighting equipment to tackle a blaze in Køge had been steadily catching up the 168, so it was somewhat fortunate (or not, as it transpired) when the slower train made an unscheduled stop shortly after pulling away. An eight-year-old boy
For a Europe used to scenes of utter carnage, it was like revisiting the Somme, but on a train
managed to fall off the train, sustaining a broken leg in the process – it could have been far worse had he stayed aboard – at which point an alert passenger pulled the emergency brake. Needing to reverse to retrieve the injured boy, the station signalman took the opportunity to allow the Køge-bound train to pass, whilst instructing train 168 to stand still. Ironically, perhaps, the passing train would soon be back on its way to Vigerslev after it was deemed its services were more badly needed at the crash scene than in Køge. Smashed to smithereens NOBODY can dispute that the signalman had safety in mind when he ordered the 168 to stop. But after doing so he wrongly assumed that was an end to the oncoming traffic and permitted it to reverse. He hadn’t reckoned on the 8064 express service from Korsør to Copenhagen Central Station hurtling towards Brøndbyøster Station, just two stations and 2 km down the track, at its top speed of 120 km/h. By the time he remembered, he tried calling Brøndbyøster Station, but in vain, and had no choice other than to reach
the again halted 168 by foot, which was now attending to the injured boy 130 metres down the track from Vigerslev. As the express service ploughed inexorably to its date with destiny, the 168 started to pull away back to Vigerslev, but very, very slowly. The signalman had his red lantern out, frantically waving it at the incoming express service, but despite the lantern and red lights at the back of train 168, it failed to break at all and torpedoed the five rear carriages – all of which were third class. Given that the 168 train was almost entirely wooden, bar a few steel frames, the express smashed the carriages to smithereens, sending them high into the air and tumbling eight metres down a railway embankment. Devastation in the dark HAD THE accident occurred at one of the stations, at least the salvage team would have been able to work in the light. But on a dark November evening, only random fires among the debris and later the front lights of the Køge-bound service could aid the rescuers. In total, the sustained damage to both trains – eight of the victims were onboard the
express service – amounted to 1.2 million kroner, and a year later the Vigerslev signalman was sentenced to two months in prison. And that wasn’t the last chapter of the story, as 31 years later the express train locomotive, which was repaired and then upgraded in 1943, was involved in a head-on collision. The ‘Vigerslev Accident’ has gone down in infamy as Den-
mark’s deadliest train crash, but safety remains a concern. In the last 30 years, 12 fatal train accidents have occurred in Denmark: three collisions between trains and other vehicles, and nine derailments and/or collisions of trains. The centenary of Vigerslev serves to remind us of the ever-present need to minimise human error when overseeing the transportation of thousands.
TOP FIVE TRAIN DISASTERS IN DENMARK SINCE VIGERSLEV - On 10 August 1967, a communication error caused an express train to ram a stopped train from behind, four km east of Odense. Eleven died and 36 were injured. Trees and a curved line obscured the driver’s ability to see the stopped train ahead. - On 1 May 1966, a train driver was given a green light to drive full speed towards Hammerum, but soon realised that vehicles were passing across. Though the driver sounded the train horn, the Herning-bound train hit a truck with such force that it was completely demolished, causing the deaths of 10 and injuring a further eight. - On 25 April 1988, right outside Sorø in central Zealand, a Copenhagen-bound inner-city train derailed as it attempted to switch tracks at too high a speed, killing eight people and injuring 72. - On 2 January 2019, a Copenhagen-bound inner-city express train travelling across Storebæltsbroen Bridge was hit by objects from a passing freight train, killing six and injuring 16. - On 2 March 2000, two regional trains collided head-on at full speed at Kolkær Station in central Jutland after a driver overlooked a stop signal. Three were killed and 39 injured. (Madison Bober)
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It wouldn’t be Xmas without the garish glare of the festive markets TIVOLI
Feast your eyes on our selection of the best Christmas shopping the city has to offer ROSELYNE MIN
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T’S TIME to light the first candle of Advent and start filling out our own calendars with Christmassy events. Next month will fly past like Santa’s sleigh, and you’ll need all the assistance you can get to buy the necessary gifts to put under the Christmas tree. Scoff the sugared treats FORTUNATELY, help is at hand from the hyggelig markets that spring up everywhere. Many even offer gløgg (mulled wine) and æbelskiver as you peruse the goods and soak up the Danish Christmas vibes.
Christmas Market at Tivoli ongoing, ends Jan 5; Vesterbrogade 3, Cph V; 130kr; tivoligardens.com Christmas is just around the corner, meaning Tivoli has opened yet again – this time for its last season of the year! Indulge yourself in Christmas vibes with appetising culinary delicacies and hot drinks at every stall. Santa and his reindeer are ready to meet young souls while grown-ups reminisce about their childhood under the dazzling fairy-tale Christmas lights. Grand and ‘Hyggelig’ Christmas Market at the Zoo ongoing, ends Dec 31, 10:0016:00; Copenhagen Zoo, Roskildevej 38, Frederiksberg; 195kr, under-18s: 105kr; zoo.dk Although the zoo’s Christmas market only debuted last year, it offers old school Danish Christmas vibes. Some 400,000 sparkling Christmas lights will ensure this is an old-fashioned experience you won’t forget in a hurry – most particularly the bouquet
You have to blame Harry Potter for associating Christmas with trains
of Danish Christmas treats! Christmas at Kronborg Nov 29-Dec 1 & Dec 6-8; Kronborg Castle, Kronborg 2C, Helsingør; 75kr, under-4s: free adm; kongeligeslotte.dk Quite a royal experience is promised at Kronborg. And it’s even indoor – hurray, we won’t freeze whilst searching for gifts! Visit the decorated rooms and halls of the castle. In the ballroom, enjoy the Christmas show and take your children to Santa beside the massive Christmas tree where they can tell him their biggest secrets. International Christmas Market at Højbro Plads ongoing, ends Dec 22; Højbro Plads, Cph K; free adm; julemarked.nu Located in the centre, the city’s prettiest Christmas market will teleport you back to medieval times. Embrace winter culinary fare from all over Europe: from German frankfurters to sweet Spanish Tempranillo wine.
Christmas Market at Kongens Nytorv ongoing, ends Dec 22; Kongens Nytorv, Cph K; free adm; jul-i-kobenhavn.dk Under the glare of the lights of Magasin and Hotel d’Angleterre, experience the ultimate Christmas mood. Meet Father Christmas and take a picture with him if you like – it’s free between 13:00 and 17:00! HC Andersen Christmas Market ongoing, ends Dec 21; Nytorv, Cph K; free adm; julemarked.co Beloved Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen provides the theme for the market. Each stall is named after one of his fairytales and you can also meet him and take a picture! The attractions include a merry-go-round for the kids and what is being billed as a Christmas caravan. Esrum Abbey Christmas Market Nov 29-Dec 1; Klostergade 1112, Græsted; 50kr: esrum.dk Located north of Copenhagen, Esrum Abbey’s Christmas market has a wide array of tasty
Christmas treats. Get inspired by great gift ideas, or just simply walk around an astonishing place and enjoy the setting. Christmas at Bakken ongoing, ends Dec 22; Dyrehavevej 62, Klampenborg; free adm; bakken.dk The world's oldest amusement park is opening its doors for Christmas. Feel ‘julehygge’ with Santa the singing reindeer and all the Bakken gang. Enjoy the park’s rides and Christmas lights as you look out for Santa. And if you pass by on December 22, say farvel to Pjerrot, as it’s the actor’s last day after over two decades in the role! Dragør Christmas Market ongoing, ends Dec 22; Badstuevælen, Dragør; free adm; julidragoer.dk This delightful town at the tip of Amager has been using a time travel theme at its Christmas market ever since getting inspired by a popular Christmas julekalender TV series, ‘Tidsrejsen’, a few years ago. Some of the stalls
featured in the series are among the typical Christmas offerings. Prismen Designers Market Dec 1 & 11, 11:00-17:00 & 15:00-20:00; Holmbladsgade 71, Cph S; free adm; prismen.kk.dk Over 60 artists and designers from around the country will be selling handmade arts and crafts at this cosy market. With great food and drinks to go with the unique designs, this is a great chance for a day out with the family to take care of some Christmas shopping. Christiania Christmas Market Dec 7-20; Den Grå Hal, Refshalevej 2, Cph K; free adm, Christiania.org The Grey Hall in Christiania is transformed into a Christmas market that offers untraditional experiences when you get tired of the crowded shopping malls. Instead, enjoy the cosy and warm atmosphere, gløgg with less familiar flavours and the pleasant smell of roasted almonds.
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29 November - 12 December 2019
Sympathy for Sorrow Dec 3, 20:00, Dec 4, 18:00 & 20:00; K23, Knabrostræde 23, Cph K; 70kr, whynottheatre.dk A special Why Not Theatre Company production based on an original script by Tanja Mastilo and Nina Larissa Bassett imagines a meeting between Julian Assange (Nathan Meister) and Oscar Wilde (Michael Worthman), two trailblazers who knew what it was like to be celebrated by society and then cast away as pariahs. Entry includes a glass of gløgg.
Carmen ends Feb 15; Operaen, Ekvipagemestervej 10, Cph K; 155-945kr; kglteater.dk; in French with DK subtitles The sultry señorita is back – directly in fact from the Royal Opera House in London! Georges Bizet’s classic opera − full of steamy Spanish passion, eroticism, raucous stage scenes and familiar songs that will have you swaying on your haunches − was first performed in Paris in 1875 and it’s been wowing audiences ever since.
24 Secrets Dec 1-24; Øresundsvej 4, Cph S; 40-125kr; zebu.nu Together with Children’s Culture House Ama’r, ZeBU is opening its doors to offer kids and adults a Christmas experience beyond the ordinary. Walk through the city’s biggest Christmas calendar – a theatre installation consisting of 24 rooms that offer the audience an aesthetic and sensual experience.More than 30 artists have filled the rooms with Christmas sprit.
The Nutcracker Nov 30-Dec 22; Kongens Nytorv 9, Cph K; 105-775kr, kglteater.dk We doubt anything could be more Christmassy in Copenhagen than watching George Balanchine’s version of the classic ballet The Nutcracker. This ultimate Christmas experience is a perfect fit for a family night out in December. Allow yourself to rediscover the ‘carefree wonder of childhood’ through Clara’s dream, as she falls asleep on Christmas Eve in the 1800s. (RM)
The Three Brexiteers ongoing, ends Jan 11; Glassalen, Tivoli; 160-415kr, teaterbilletter.dk & billetlugen.dk; londontoast.dk The Crazy Christmas Cabaret is back! Every year when the bells start jingling, the satirical theatre team at London Toast theatre group steam into the Glassalen theatre in Tivoli to present slapstick, topical gags, musical numbers and all-round festive cheer. This year director Vivienne McKee is tackling Brexit and BoJo. Check out our four-star review at cphpost.dk. (RM)
The Santaland Diaries Nov 28-Dec 1, 20:00; Krudttønden, Serridslevvej 2, Cph Ø; 125kr, tickets@houseofinternationaltheatre.dk The House of International Theatre presents David Sedaris’ tale of a LGBT slacker’s ill-advised decision to take on a holiday job as Santa’s elf at Macy’s department store in the early 1990s. HIT’s resident director Jeremy Thomas-Poulsen helms Siegmar Tonk.
The Snow Queen Dec 1-29; The Tivoli Concert Hall, Vesterbrogade 3, Cph V; 220280kr, billetter.tivoli.dk With over 40 dancers and live music, enjoy this poetic tale for the whole family, presented here as a ballet. The queen herself has designed the costumes and decorations, and Danish pop icon Oh Land has created new music. The performance is recommended for an international audience.
Merike Estna ongoing, ends Jan 26; Moderna Museet Malmö, Ola Billgrens Plats 2–4, Malmö; free adm; modernamuseet.se Moderna Museet Malmö introduces Merike Estna to Scandinavia for the first time with her exhibition Ghost from the future, filled with memories of past. Merike uses today’s digital society as her medium to reinterpret folk tales and mythology as abstract imagery. (RM)
Snedronningen ongoing, ends Dec 3; Opera House, Ekvipagemestervej 10, 155-840kr, kglteater.dk; Danish lyrics Since its worldwide premiere earlier this autumn, Hans Abrahamsen’s first opera – a poetic and free interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale – has received solid reviews, including four stars from CPH POST. The performance is suitable for children and most suited to sensitive souls. (RM)
Ethiopian cuisine workshop Nov 30, 15:00-19:00; Trampoline House, Thoravej 7, Cph NV; 425kr; trampolinehouse.dk Enjoy some colourful cooking and conversations. This charity workshop will teach you how to cook Ethiopian injera flatbread with meat and vegetable stews whilst listening to experiences of what it’s like to be a refugee woman in Denmark. All profits go to a good cause. (RM)
Julefrokost at Absalon Nov 29, 17:00-02:00; Sønder Boulevard 73, Cph V; 250kr, billetto.dk Enjoy a typical Danish Xmas menu, including roast duck and risalamande with cherry.
Studenterhuset Flea Market Dec 1, 11:00-16:00; Studenterhuset, Købmagergade 52, Cph K; free adm; info@studenterhuset.com Source vintage clothes, hardly-used furniture, and other cool stuff – all for very little money.
Yoga at the Museum Dec 2, 17:00-18:30; Thorvaldsens Museum, Bertel Thorvaldsens Plads 2, Cph K; 170kr, billietto.dk Try out some yoga in the museum’s beautiful foyer as you take in the beautiful surroundings.
Wake Santa Claus up Dec 1, 12:30-15:30; Kulturårnet, Knippelsbro 2, Cph K; free adm Free face-painting, candy bags and drinks, all from Santa – and kids roasting stuff (their faces mostly). (RM)
Friday Rituals Nov 29; Sankt Peders Stræde 34, Cph K; free adm With live concerts and DJs, Hotel SP34 has the best way to kick off the weekend. Party as hard as you deserve.
Art & Porn ongoing, ends Jan 12; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Nyhavn 2, Cph K; 90kr, kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk Kunsthal Charlottenborg is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the legalisation of visual pornography in Denmark. (RM)
Christmas at Tivoli ongoing, ends Jan 5; Vesterbrogade 3; 130kr, tivoligardens.com Christmas is just around the corner, meaning Tivoli will be open again. Santa and reindeer are ready to meet young souls under the dazzling festive lights. (RM)
Christmas tree lighting Nov 30, 16:00-17:15; Frederiksberg Town Hall Square, Smallegade 1; free adm Watch the local mayor light the Xmas tree at Frederiksberg Town Hall Square. There will be festive activities, music and singing.
Louise Thomine Nov 30-Dec 1, 14:00-17:00; POPUP CPH, Teglgårdstræde 7A; free adm Louise Thomine is holding a vernissage where the first 25 guests will receive a free limited edition art print.
Silent Disco X Musikcafeen Dec 6, 21:00-01:30; Musikcaféen, Rådhusstræde 13, Cph K; 75kr, tikkio.com Musikcafeen provides you with a dancefloor, lovely bar, nice atmosphere, lots of colour and love. You just have to show up.
Blixen ongoing, ends April 16; Gamle Scene, Kongens Nytorv 9, Cph K; 85-640kr, kglteater.dk Royal Ballet soloist Gregory Dean has choreographed the famous author’s life. The result really is reminiscent of her eventful life story: from her father’s suicide to her unhappy marriage and years spent on an African coffee farm in Kenya. Feel the joy and sorrow of her life through Dean’s movements and Debussy’s sophisticated tones. (RM)
Pub Quizzes Dec 5 & 19, 19:30; The Globe, Nørregade 43, Cph K; 30kr each; five per team / Dec 2, 19:30; Kennedy’s, Gammel Kongevej 23, Cph V; 50 each; four PT/ Wednesdays at 20:00; Kompasset Ølbar, Østerbrogade 103, Cph Ø; 100 a table; five PT/ Last Wed of month; Storm Inn, Stormgade 20; 100 a table; five PT The winners get 1,000 kroner at the Globe, 800 at Kennedy’s, and the pot at the other two.
Opening day at ice rink Nov 30, 10:00-11:00; Frederiksberg Runddel, Smallegade 1, Frederiksberg; 50kr to rent It’s now frosty enough to slip on the ice! Mayor Simon Aggesen’s speech will welcome the excited crowd on the opening day of the ice rink. Remember to bring your CPR card if you are coming with your kids, as they can get rent ice skate penguins and skates for free! And for adults … free coffee and cocoa for an hour. (RM)
Così fan tutte ongoing, ends March 8; Opera House, Ekvipagemestervej 10, Cph K; 155-840kr, kglteater.dk The title of this Mozart opera means ‘So do they all’, and the feminine plural (tutte) hints that all women are faithless, or in this crazy comedy the girlfriends of Guglielmo and Ferrando. Enjoy Tobias Hoheisel’s lavish costumes and David Finn’s delicate lighting under the assured direction of Tim Albery. (RM)
Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything ongoing, ends April 13; Kunstforeningen Gl Strand 48 & Nikolaj Plads 10, Cph K; 75kr, glstrand.dk We know he couldn’t sing, but who knew Canadian singer Leonard Cohen could inspire such art? This exhibition, originally conceived by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, displays Cohen-inspired work in various forms including visual art, multi-media installations and music. (RM)
FOOD & DRINK
29 November - 12 December 2019
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Wake up and smell the coffee: an authentic shop worth stopping by for
KAFFETÅRNET Nørre Voldgade 70F, Cph K; open Mon-Fri 07:00-17:30, Sat 09:00-17:00, closed Sun; coffee & croissant: 35kr YULIYA KURYAN
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T’S 11:30 ON NØRRE Voldgade – my favourite time of the day when my friends and I take a break from our Danish language class to get some coffee downstairs and chat. We are closing in on the charming coffee shop Kaffetårnet. Before I open my mouth, a friendly barista asks: “Cortado and a plain croissant?” I nod with a smile. He always remembers the favourites of his regular customers, and that list fortunately includes me. Listening to the mechanical duet of the grinder and press – Abdullah fills my mug with an aromatic cortado.
Business in the booth THE STORY of Kaffetårnet started in 1896 when it began life as a telephone booth. Over the years, the booth served as a variety of shopping points, selling everything from newspapers to theatre tickets and more. Long story short: today it is one of the smallest coffee shops in the world, situated in the centre of hectic Nørreport Station. From 7 o’clock in the morning you can enjoy a cup of coffee with a crispy croissant or a swirl, delivered straight from a French bakery in Torvehallerne. For almost nine years the place has been run by Abdullah Muhammad Abu-Lifa, who always wanted a small and charming coffee shop with few hassles.
“Big place = big problems. I don’t need this,” says the proud owner. A universal language KAFFETÅRNET is a gathering place for locals and tourists, and Abdullah enjoys building personal relationships with his customers. He believes that coffee is an international language that everybody understands. “Here you can meet all kinds of people: from the homeless to politicians, news presenters and singers. Lars HUG, for example, one of the biggest Danish music legends, likes to come here from time to time by bicycle. And I believe that famous people appreciate that I am not fainting or giving them: ‘Oh, you are that guy!’ kind of attention,” contends Abdullah. “In the end they are all humans; they could be having a good day or a bad day. And I am always trying to feel the moment: when I need to talk and when I don’t need to talk.” Many of the customers, whom I got a chance to meet during this conversation with Abdullah, had come not only for the sake of a high-quality coffee, but also for the high-quality conversation. “There is not so much soul in big coffee chains. Therefore I prefer to spend my money here,” one of the regulars told me. Full of beans, sleepy kids SO WHAT exactly makes a barista stand out? A key ingredient seems to be the ability to prepare beverages quickly whilst maintaining a high level of quality. Abdullah maintains that a professional barista has the habit of tasting the coffee at the beginning of every working day in order to understand the bean’s behaviour and flavour profile. “I start with a shot of espresso. I take around ten of them during the day, because my beans are living and I need to know the flavour and aftertaste of them all the time,” advises Abdullah.
“Throughout the day I also monitor the grinder. It should always be adjusted according to the weather temperature.” The coffee-making process is a special ritual for Abdullah and his family. As a father of four, he often takes his kids to work, although the youngest one has the habit of falling asleep to the sound of the grinder! Using his own example, the father teaches his children not only the skills of coffee making, but a form of communication that he believes leads to diversity and acceptance in society. “Even though I was born in Copenhagen, sometimes I feel there’s pressure on people who don’t have a 'typical Scandinavian skin colour' – like mine. I am happy that just by being here, and working in this shop, I can remove a lot of prejudice – to show that people like me can be hard-working and well-educated,” he reveals. “For example, I speak five languages: Danish, English, Spanish, Arabic and German. When tourists ask me for directions to attractions, I like replying in their mother tongue.” Long live Kaffetårnet LOCALS who haven’t visited Kaffetårnet as customers might have heard of it due to some recent media coverage. In 2017 several journalists united to tell Abdullah’s story and support him, when his expectations of extending the lease contract with the municipality were questioned by officials. The story ended on a positive note, when the mayor himself visited for a cup of coffee and a chat. Abdullah now patiently waits for his contract to be extended again. Hopefully everything works out for Kaffetårnet, so this passionate local is able to pursue his business in the city, where a barista who appreciates the customer’s time and good coffee is highly valued.
ALL PHIOTOS: YULIYA KURYAN
From what is very possibly one of the smallest coffee shops in the world, this multilingual barista takes pride in his knowledge of the beans and his customers
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THE COPENHAGEN POST | CPHPOST.DK
29 November - 12 December 2019
If Luke is Jesus and Yoda’s Elijah, who the hell is Jabba the Hut?
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ROWING up as a Catholic, my favourite line was always “Amen” – for obvious reasons. We pronounce it “Are-men” where I’m from, as opposed to “A-men”, which is strange as we never say “And Robin shall restore are-mends’ or “Do you have any more of that ar-myl nitrite?” Taboo to pooh-pooh Naboo? “JESUS wept” was a close second – the shortest verse in the Bible, I’ll have you know – and I can almost hear the poor fella weeping somewhere as the big day approaches. Noooh! Not Christmas and the over-commericalised anti-climax it has become, but the release of the next Star Wars film to continue a franchise we thought had ended in 1983 and 2005, but now looks set to outlive us all. Imagine how you’d feel having your life-story (and name, Jesus Waterwalker innit) ripped off like this. Or put it this way: do you remember as a kid excitedly tuning into The Greatest Story Ever Told – in which John Wayne has an eight-word cameo as a Roman centurion and somehow managed to make it onto the promo posters as Hollywood commercialised the birth of Christianity – and then realising it was the same frigging story you’d be told your entire childhood and even been forced to act in?
Well, subsequent films have confirmed it really is ‘the greatest story ever told’. The kid who grows up unaware of his magical powers ... so not only Luke Skywalker, but Harry Potter, Neo from The Matrix, Dickface from Avatar and many more – you can even throw the Bagginses into that group as well. But now it would appear the franchise is going too far. Even the title of Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker (Not Released Worldwide; Dec 18) sounds Biblical. And … oh noooh … I just googled “Is Yoda Elijah” … and apparently there’s a character called Elijah Skywalker who was born in 57bby on Planet Naboo. When will it ever end? It happened in Hollywood! THERE are obvious concerns that JJ Abrams might not be the right man to helm Star Wars films given that his last effort, The Force Awakens, was crap and The Last Jedi surprisingly good. Just to rub it in, the director of the latter, Rian Johnson, has wowed the critics with his reinvention of the whodunnit genre, Knives Out (Dec 5; 85), starring Daniel Craig as a detective quizzing a who’s who of suspects. The visionary exploded onto the scene with Brick in 2005 – before going mainstream with Looper in 2012, followed by three standout episodes of Breaking Bad – but he apparently turned down the chance to oversee Episode 9. Talking of genre reinvention,
South Korean movie Parasite (96; Dec 25) starts off as one kind of film, but ends up being completely another. The critics absolutely love it! And they’re also going crazy about Marriage Story (94; Nov 28 – and then on Netflix from Dec 6), starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson (both of whom, along with the film, are second favourites for Oscars, while Laura Dern is odds-on to win Best Supporting Actress) as the couple at the centre of a mini-community imploding from the inside. Director Noah Baumbach based the story on his marriage to the actress Jennifer Jason Leigh – and she apparently likes it. Shia Labeouf has also sourced his own life for the script of Honey Boy (71; Dec 19), in which he is ably supported by two ‘child actors’: the boy who would be king, British actor Noah Jupe (a standout as Auggie’s friend in Wonder), and the king in waiting, Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea). Ken Loach has again taken inspiration from austerity Britain – he really doesn’t have to look very far – for Sorry We Missed You (79; Dec 12), a Newcastle-based tale about a father struggling with his zero hours contract. True life has also inspired The Two Popes (82; Dec 20 on Netflix), as Pope Benedict (Anthony Hopkins) puts his foot down to become the first pontiff since 1415 to retire, clearing the way for a younger, more reform-
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Jesus meets Elijah at the Transfiguration; Luke finds Yoda in a bog
ist replacement, Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce). And Bruce Springsteen has fashioned a film about his latest album, Western Stars (84; Nov 28), which will no doubt please his legions of fans in Denmark. Bury him six feet under! OVERALL, that’s quite a lineup, so inevitably there have to be some bridesmaids, or in the case of Jumaji: The Next Level (NRW; Dec 5) and Cats (NRW; Dec 25), with Christmas on the way, absolute turkeys. Both films look absolutely ridiculous. So do cop thriller 21 Bridges (50; Jan 2), pointless reboot Charlies Angels (52; Jan 9) and valiant Jaws rip-off 47 meters down: Uncaged (a fitting 47; Dec 5), so they have done quite well to avoid being panned. Netflix, meanwhile, might be dodging bullets once Michael Bay’s latest actioner 6 Underground comes out on the platform on December 13. They gave him 150 million dollars to
spend and he somehow managed to produce “the worst movie poster ever created”, according to Slashfilm. And it wouldn’t be an average month in Hollywood without a splattering of re-releases (Apocalypse Now: Final Cut, Nov 28; The Nightmare Before Christmas, Dec 12); an un-necessary remake (The Grudge, Jan 2); and an unavoidable sequel (Frozen 2, Dec 25). Meanwhile, over on TV land, there’s not an awful lot to look forward to, with new seasons of Vikings (S6; HBO Nordic; Dec 5) and You (S2; Netflix; Dec 26) the month’s biggest hopes. Fuller House (S5; Netflix; Dec 6), Tell me a Story (S2; HBO Nordic; Dec 6) and Lost in Space (S2; Netflix; Dec 24) and new series V Wars (Netflix; Dec 5) and Virgin River (Netflix; Dec 6) all look like lame ducks. No new hopes. We thought it might be Rian Johnson … but I guess (if what the monks told me was true) Jesus intervened.
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