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SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM 4 ‘Unfriendly’ Danes battered by expat community network Denmark among toughest nations in the world to settle in, and the weather’s crap CHRISTIAN WENANDE

ENMARK took a big nosedive in the annual The World Through Expat Eyes survey report published yesterday by the global expat community network InterNations. It fell 11 spots from 39th to 50th out of 67 nations. Only the UAE, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Switzerland, Ireland and the US dropped further.

index, ranking 65th out of a possible 67 and faring poorly in the subcategories Feeling Welcome (64th out of 67), Friendliness (60), Finding Friends (67) and Language (50). Its overall score was also encumbered by low scores for Cost of Living (61), Personal Finance (59) and Availability of Housing (66).

expat parent was not satisfied and just 8 percent said they were less than satisfied with childcare options, in 2016, these numbers have gone up noticeably: 16 percent are not satisfied overall, with 3 percent even stating complete dissatisfaction,” the report found.

with the shortest full-time working hours. Denmark has the shortest working hours with 39.0 hours per week, while expats in Norway work on average 41.7 hours per week compared to the global average of 44.6,” the report stated. The weather sucks DENMARK was also ranked 21st in the Quality of Life index, and it received a seventh-place overall for Quality of Environment, although it took a gale-force beating in the Climate and Weather arena, finishing fifth last, only ahead of Ireland, the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Difficult to settle THE DANISH score was particularly impacted by its negative score in the Ease of Settling

Family misfortunes IN THE Family Life index it dropped from 11th last year to 23rd, despite an improvement in the Quality of Education (32) subcategory. Other subcategories included Availability of Childcare and Education (27), Cost of Childcare and Education (11), and Family Well-being (25) “While in 2015, not one

Still living to work FORTUNATELY, not everything in the report made dour reading for the Danes. In the Working Abroad index, Denmark scored a commendable 11th placing and garnered high marks for Work-Life Balance (2) and Job Security (13). “It is perhaps interesting to note the top two countries in the Work-Life Balance subcategory are also two of the countries

Queen should abdicate

Funen accent the sexiest

Italy most popular

Motorway madness

SOME 37 percent of all Danes would like to see Queen Margrethe II, 76, abdicate within the next 12 months, according to a YouGov survey for Metroxpress. Marginally more, 40 percent, would prefer her to stay and 23 percent do not care. However, some of the respondents in favour of abdication merely wish for their monarch to rest and enjoy a retirement.

A YOUGOV survey for Metroxpress newspaper reveals that Danes find the Funen accent the sexiest dialect. It got 17 percent of the vote, while South Zealand finished last with just 1 percent. Nevertheless, the Copenhagen accent was voted the most repulsive, with 28 percent. Meanwhile, mid-Jutland’s was the most trustworthy and Bornholm’s the most amusing.

JUST DAYS before Italy suffered an earthquake that killed 292 people, TDC confirmed the country as the Danes’ most popular summer holiday destination. Monitoring the mobile phone data of its customers from July 3-31, it found that 17 percent of Danes travelled there for a period of at least four days, followed by Germany (14), Spain (13), France (9) and Sweden (8).

BARELY a day has gone by of late without another large stone being thrown from an overpass bridge onto the motorway. On August 21, a 33-year-old German woman was killed after a 30-kilo rock hit her car near Kildebjerg in Funen at 4 am. Similar incidents have been reported on motorways near the Greater Copenhagen suburbs of Taastrup and Hillerød.

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2 - 22 September 2016

At the mercy of the arsonists

ONLINE THIS WEEK Cabbies struggling

New bridge popular SOME 11,000 cyclists are crossing Inderhavnsbroen every weekday – far more than the 3,000-7,000 expected. And as many as 18,000 pedestrians have strolled across it on a single day – popularity that City Hall attributed to the novelty factor.

Car-free Sunday COPENHAGEN will have a car-free Sunday on September 18, the same day as the Copenhagen Half Marathon, which was scheduled to close many streets anyway. The budget has accordingly been reduced from 4.7 million to 400,000 kroner.

Vehicle fires becoming a regular sight on the capital’s streets

Rape verdict overturned ISTOCK

THE CAPITAL’S taxi drivers have lost out on 500,000 fares over the past year according to Taxinævnet, the industry’s regulatory body, which blames Uber. At 190 kroner a fare, the drivers have lost around 95 million kroner – about 20 percent of their revenue. In related news, 20 percent of the city’s cabbies are attacked by customers every year, according to a Trafikstyrelsen report, and 80 percent are threatened.

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T STARTED in Sweden: a wave of arson attacks in cities targeting vehicles on the streets. In Malmö, barely a day has passed by this summer without one. And now the fires have reached Copenhagen. As of Wednesday, there have been around 40 in the space of just ten days.

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Steady numbers ON SUNDAY August 21, 13 cars were torched in different locations around the city. The following night, seven vehicles in Christianshavn were burned. On Tuesday August 23, one car and three mopeds were

burned (Nørrebro) and two cars were set on fire three days later (Amager), three more on Saturday (two in Amager, one in Nordvest), another two on Monday (Nørrebro and Nordvest), and eight more (six in Gladsaxe) on Tuesday.

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No injuries … yet THE POLICE have been holding a 21-year-old man in custody since August 25, but still the fires continue. Thus far, nobody has been injured in any of the fires. (LR/ RW)

Historic female-led Islamic prayers Mariam Mosque invites all women, regardless of their religion

No headscarves required THE CEREMONY was per-

formed by Sherin Khankan and Saliha Marie Fetteh, who are the mosque’s founders and imams. All women, regardless of their faith, were invited, but not men. Headscarves were not required. After the ceremony, 30 women decided to join the community. To be officially recognised as a religious community in Denmark, the mosque needs at least 150 members. Currently it has 45.

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COPENHAGEN has been depicted as if it were on a foreign planet in PlayStation’s new sci-fi game ‘No Man’s Sky’, which was released on August 10.

A WELCOME party for refugees is being organised at Forum in Copenhagen on September 10. Organiser Gry Ravn told TV2 News the party will highlight “how refugees can be both an economic and cultural resource”. Some 10,000 people, including 1,500 refugees and 500 asylum-seekers, are expected to attend.

MORE THAN half of all women aged between 18 and 35 said they had been groped on a night out in Denmark, according to a TNS Gallup poll conducted for Berlingske. Experts blame an online punk culture that is bringing “online bullying to life”. Around 18 percent of young men reported being groped, but most laughed it off.

THE UNIVERSITY of Copenhagen is the second best university in continental Europe and the 30th best in the world, according to the Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities) – a rise of 14 places since 2012. Aarhus University ranked 65th, while Harvard University remained number one.

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Air pollution warning THE EU has accused Copenhagen of not complying with air quality legislation despite having a decade to act. A ‘formal notice’ has been received by the government, which told Politiken that it expects to comply within the next year.

A Gladsaxe far, far away

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ENMARK and Scandinavia’s first female-led mosque for women – which has come under criticism by groups like the Danish Islamic Centre, which has said that female mosques dilute Islam

– held its first Friday prayers on August 26. Although Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen (Købmagergade 43) opened in February, it had not been able to hold a Friday prayer service, which is an important ritual for Muslims, until last week. It was attended by more than 60 women.

A NOT GUILTY verdict in a controversial case was overturned by the High Court last month, as three young men were handed six-eight month prison sentences for raping a drunk and diabetic teenager in Herfølge in September 2014. An earlier verdict had ruled the girl was able to consent despite her condition.

H17, A NEW drug consumption room that is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, has officially opened on Halmtorvet in the district of Vesterbro. The 1,000 sqm facility provides a sterile, supervised and supportive environment to its users. It costs 30 million kroner a year to run.

Approving of tourists SOME 95 percent of Copenhageners are open to more tourists visiting the capital, according to a survey by the Centre of Expertise Leisure, Tourism & Hospitality. Tourism in the capital has increased by over 53 percent since 2009.

Foreign marriage rise FOREIGNERS are increasingly marrying in Copenhagen, reports City Hall. Last year, almost 2,000 foreign couples tied the knot – more than double the 686 who wed in 2012 – and as many are expected this year.

Jogger attacked POLICE have charged a 29-year-old man with attempted murder and rape following a savage attack on a 38-yearold female jogger in the Ved Sporsløjfen recreational area in Østerbro on August 17.

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2 - 22 September 2016

Metropolis on your doorstep ONLINE THIS WEEK

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The future: the comic ‘2000 AD’ got it so badly wrong

New proposal envisages a new city built on artificial islands in the Øresund CHRISTIAN WENANDE

NEW PROPOSAL for the Øresund envisages Copenhagen and Malmö bound in a way that far transcends bridges, ferries and tunnels. Named ‘Ge mig era trötta’ (‘Give me your tired’) in tribute to the Statue of Liberty, it accordingly involves connecting the cities via three artificial islands to make up a brand new metropolis, Øresund City.

Fulfilling its potential “THE ØRESUND Region has yet to reach its full potential and growth, partially due to there just being one connection between the two cities,” said Jan Mattsson, the CEO of Sweco, the architecture firm behind the concept. The earth for the three islands would be obtained by digging three deep trenches in the Øresund Strait to be used as sea passages. The Swedish media have deemed it technically possible, but environmentally problematic.

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Barred from Aussie centre

Not invited to Baltic talks

Sober then drunk

THREE members of Parliament’s Immigration and Integration Affairs Committee, including Enhedslisten’s Johanne SchmidtNielsen, were on Tuesday denied visas to visit the Pacific island of Nauru to look around an Australian immigration centre. Two were critics of the Australian system. Schmidt-Nielsen had said she would “ask some of the questions the Australian government is preventing journalists from asking”.

DENMARK is not among the Baltic countries invited to Moscow in September to discuss security in the region. Swedish ministers say the exclusion may mean Sweden does not attend. Danish jets were activated 98 times to respond to Russian airspace incursions in 2014 and 2015. NATO claims Russia has 300,000 troops on its Western borders, along with nuclearcapable short-range missiles.

AIDA HADZIALIC, Sweden’s minister for schools and continuing education, has resigned after failing a test for alcohol consumption exiting the Øresund Bridge on August 11. She was found to have a blood alcohol level just above the limit, which she blamed on two glasses of wine she consumed in Copenhagen. While the driving limit in Denmark is 0.5 per mille, in Sweden it is just 0.2 per mille.

Ejected from own party

Overlapping Arctic claims

Atomic waste concerns

FORMER Greenlandic premier Aleqa Hammond, an MP in the Danish Parliament, has been expelled from Siumut, her own party. She has been accused of spending 13,000 kroner of public money on personal items, and Siumut has subtracted the amount from her salary. Hammond, who claims it was an emergency measure, had to resign as premier following claims she misspent 200,000 kroner.

A DANISH-GREENLANDIC delegation in August presented a continental shelf claim to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) at the UN in New York. The claims relate to areas 200 sea miles to the south, northeast and north of Greenland’s coast and overlap ones made by Canada, Russia, Norway and Iceland. The US has yet to make a claim. A CLCS ruling could take years.

ATOMIC waste left by a US secret military base in Greenland in 1966 will soon pollute the area, a researcher has told Information. “It’s not a question of if, but when,” said Dirk van As from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Melting ice will free the waste left by Camp Century, which used a mobile atomic reactor as an energy source for the 200 staff who moved there in 1959.

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2 - 22 September 2016

Scarcity of digs leaving students at the mercy of the scammers

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There’s help out there for those who need it, but blink and you might miss out on a dream place SOHINI KUMAR

NNA-LAURA Seifermann signed up at Kollegiernes Kontor i København before arriving in Copenhagen, but found herself on a waiting list of somewhere between 700 and 2,000. Luckily, the German student knew some people in the city who let her couch surf for about two weeks before she found housing. “I only got my first place because I went there literally the moment I got the message with the address and signed the contract right away,” she said. “As I was leaving, another person came and was turned away because he was just minutes too late.” Nevertheless, Seifermann’s house-searching days weren’t over. Short-term leases frustrated her efforts, and on the one occasion she found one, the landlady cancelled moments before the contract was signed. In just one year, she saw more of Copenhagen than most Danes, living in Nørrebro, Vesterbro, Østerbro and Frederiksberg. It was a similar story for Tanmay Singh Madan, a student from India. “The main struggle I’ve had is finding willing landlords. They claimed they preferred another tenant, or wanted someone older,” he said. “As an international student your most essential tools should be KKIK, Findbolig, Facebook and patience.” More students than housing SEIFERMANN and Madan are not alone. According to the Danish Construction Association, of the 66,000 students starting university this year, 24,000 are in need of housing – 9,500 in Copenhagen alone. Charlotte Simonsen – the head of housing at the University of Copenhagen Housing Foundation (UCHF), which helps international students at the university – concedes there is a major problem. “We don’t have enough housing and it’s expensive sometimes, but at the same time, both the

“You’re going to send the key to my address? But I’m living at Central Station!”

municipality and different organisations are trying to get more rooms,” she said. “We have about 1,400 beds that we have signed leases on, and they are reserved for international students.” The foundation has almost doubled the number of its available beds in the last two years and now has housing at 25 different addresses.

“I only got my first place because I went there literally the moment I got the message with the address and signed the contract right away. As I was leaving, another person came and was turned away because he was just minutes too late.” “Two new residences opened this autumn with help from private investors and the municipality,” enthused Simonsen. “These residences mean about 350 more beds for students.”

Problems and pitfalls IT’S GOOD news for international students, who are often susceptible to scams. The Facebook group Scammers in Copenhagen, which was set up by the Sustainable Housing Group of the Copenhagen International Volunteer Club, offers advice to its 1,750 members about avoiding potential scams. “The group is a response to the dysfunctional housing market in Copenhagen,” said Andrew Madsen, the administrator of the Facebook group. “Its creation stemmed from my frustration at fake offers, and at the restricted rental market.” Madsen advises househunters to see the place before transferring large sums of money (particularly if it specifies through Western Union!). He pointed out that scams can be face-to-face as well – a common one being when multiple people are tricked into renting one property.

Copenhagen Rental Service, has seen it all: from students going to view houses that don’t exist, to ones who quickly learn their rooms come with sexual advances from their landlord. She started her service after witnessing a rapid rise in students searching for accommodation online. Her Facebook group currently has close to 5,000 members, and she estimates getting as many as ten messages a day. Telltale signs, she warns, are landlords saying they are out of the country, asking for money and saying they will send a key, illogical deals and suspiciously cheap prices. “If it sounds too good to be true, it is!” added Simonsen. “Get help when you first arrive, from someone who knows the system better,” she advised. “Try to do some research on the internet, and use web pages where information has been used by students before.”

Telltale signs JETTE Horn, the creator of

Typical mistakes ACCORDING to Horn, typi-

cal mistakes made by students include not registering for a CPR number, sending a personal ID online and paying money without any documentation. “Don’t let stress put you in situations you can’t manage,” she warned. “It’s better to find temporary solutions.” This is exactly what Seifermann did. She recommends dba. dk alongside Facebook groups. “Make your message as personal as possible and adjust it to what is said in the posts!” she said. “Also, it is worth looking into dormitories that have an application process with a motivation letter such as Egmont or Tietgen.” Ultimately, Seifermann would not swap her experience in Copenhagen – good and bad. “I liked my Copenhagen experience since I got really great insight into different parts of the city,” she said. “But it also means moving around a lot and not having a lot of belongings, but you get used to it.”

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2 - 22 September 2016

ONLINE THIS WEEK Pass out at your peril DOCTORS are warning that a fad spreading through Denmark is seriously dangerous and could upset the body’s ‘delicate balances’. The ‘pass out challenge’ involves the filming of a participant hyperventilating and then holding their breath until they pass out. Thousands of young Danes have recently joined ‘pass out challenge’ social media groups.

Elderly targeted SCAMMERS targeting the elderly are posing as grandchildren in desperate need of money. In one case, a ‘grandson’ said he had had suffered ‘water damage’ and needed 25,000 kroner immediately. The police have advised the elderly to be “100 percent sure” that someone calling and asking for money is who they say they are.

More internships THE GOVERNMENT, labour market and municipalities has reached an agreement over qualified labour, which will aim to tackle recruitment challenges, ensure more young people take vocational educations, increase the number of skilled workers and improve opportunities for workers to further educate themselves. One of the aims is to create 8,000-10,000 more internships.

Gay men blood boost A MAJORITY in Parliament agrees that homosexual men should be allowed to donate blood in Denmark. Dansk Folkeparti, Socialdemokraterne and Alternativet are ready to support the proposal by Radikale. Gay men are currently unable to donate because it is believed they are at a greater risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis than straight men.

Deadly gravestones COPENHAGEN Municipality is checking the stability of 2,000 gravestones at the capital’s cemeteries following the June death of a two-year-old boy in Vestre Kirkegård in Kongens Enghave when he was crushed by one. Some 285 unstable stones have now been laid down to prevent similar accidents.

Immigrant numbers declining Asylum centres accordingly closing as the government looks set to save 2.6 billion kroner

ANMARKS Statistik figures reveal that 76,304 foreign nationals came to Denmark between July 2015 and June 2016, 1,113 fewer than in the previous 12 months – the first time in five years that the number has fallen. While the largest group of immigrants came from Syria (11,569 people), followed by Romania (5,388), declining

numbers from Syria – the lowest for seven years – and Eritrea were largely responsible. Cuts at centres THE DWINDLING number of asylum-seekers has already prompted several municipalities to close down centres and cut staff. In the municipalities of Jammerbugt and Vesthimmerland, the centres have been forced to let go of 90 employees since June. The lower than anticipated asylum-seeker rate has led to

cost savings of upwards of 2.6 billion kroner. US bodies helping out AMONG those helping the new arrivals to find work are the US Embassy, American Chamber of Commerce and Forening Nydansker, which on Wednesday organised an event to hook them up with mentors. The program has already placed several Syrian refugees with mentors from the likes of IBM and Novo Nordisk. (CPH POST)

Diligent Danes don’t drown! Or give to beggars BEN HAMILTON

HERE ARE some things many Danes never do: like tipping or turning up to a party over a minute late. But just in case they’re ever in any doubt, there’s always a friendly voice in the media to remind them of their duty.

No lifeguards SECONDLY, don’t drown! As warm weather drew paleskinned, sun-deprived Danes and expats to the nation’s beaches, they were cautioned that the lifeguards packed up shop at the end of the school holiday. However, Rene Højer from TrygFonden Coastal Lifesaving told DR that swimmers need to be vigilant at all times, and that lifeguards were no “guarantee of safety”.

No jail time FOURTHLY, don’t snoop on the famous. Aller Media, the owner of gossip magazine Se & Hor, was fined 10 million kroner in August for illegally buying the credit card information of celebrities between 2008 and 2012. In one case, the information was used by the magazine to follow Prince Joachim on his ‘secret’ honeymoon to Canada. Two editors were handed suspended jail sentences.

ONLINE THIS WEEK DF’s sole MEP accused MORTEN Messerschmidt, DF’s sole representative at the EU Parliament, has been accused by a former colleague of illegally using her identity to sign her up as a member of the Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy. Rikke Karlsson reported him to the police and OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud unit. Messerschmidt denies the claims.

Disparity among the Danes THE DISPARITY gap between rich and poor Danes continues to grow, contends ‘Statistisk Tiårsoversigt 2016’, a ten-year overview compiled by Danmarks Statistik. For instance, the average family in Rudersdal Municipality has twice as much income as the average family in Lolland Municipality, while the life expectancy is 82.4, some 5.5 years older.

Burglaries in freefall THE NUMBER of burglaries is at its lowest level for 20 years, according to Danmarks Statistik. There were just 15,000 during the second quarter of 2016, compared to 26,000 in the first quarter of 2010. The police have been able to step up their burglary efforts thanks to an increase in funding for the burglary taskforce of 20 million kroner over four years.

No handouts! FIRST up: donating money to beggars. According to Sofie Bay-Petersen from the homeless interest group SAND, a smile and a conversation would be of more help than money. “Ask them: ‘Why are you begging? Do you know that there is help available?’” she told Jyllands-Posten. Johannes Andersen, an associate professor at Aalborg University, agreed. “It is quite logical that if they are rewarded, the number of beggars in Denmark will rise,” he said, signalling out organised groups from eastern Europe as the biggest threat.

No evidence THIRDLY: don’t help refugees, although it might help you get away with it if you’re a politician. Last week, Aarhus city councillor Maria Sloth (Enhedslisten) and her roommate were cleared of aiding two african refugees on their way to Norway. In September 2015, the pair housed the refugees and arranged ferry tickets for the next day. Accused of violating the Alien Act, they faced either a fine or imprisonment of 30-40 days, but were found not guilty due to a lack of evidence.

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New powers to dispel camps

The burka wars

Cheats to be gassed

IN A BID to fast-track the withdrawal of the ageing IC2 and IC4 trains, national rail operator DSB plans to purchase 26 new electric locomotives and introduce them by 2020. DSB explained that it was the first step to cutting all the older ME-diesel locomotives and reducing the dependency on the IC2 and IC4 trains further down the line.

THE GOVERNMENT intends to give the police the power to clear out and shut down makeshift campgrounds set up by the homeless. Since it is legal to sleep on the streets, the authorities are only able to clear the camps if the ‘residents’ commit a crime. However, the government confirmed it did not want any new law to criminalise individuals.

RARELY a month goes by without the burka raising a veiled head above the parapet, and August was no exception. Firstly, Kenneth Kristensen Berth from DF proposed banning them for security reasons. DF unsuccessfully pushed for bans in 2004, 2009 and 2014. And then Faxe Municipality voted against a burka ban in its workplace. Tied at 12-12, it was one vote short.

TWO CONCERNS have emerged at the nation’s secondary schools in the last month: the use of the internet to cheat and bad air quality. The education minister, Ellen Trane Nørby, has promised severe sanctions for the plagiarists, but maybe they’re already being punished? A DTU study reveals that CO2 levels are too high in up to 60 percent of all classrooms.

No IS shares AND FINALLY, in case it wasn’t obvious enough, don’t promote terror online! The justice minister, Søren Pind, is proposing an amendment to the anti-terrorism law that could make the offence – even if it is just sharing a post – carry a sentence of up to six years in prison. “If we admit we are at war, we have to recognise the propaganda of our enemies cannot circulate freely among us,” Pind told DR.

Nuclear family changing DANISH parents now wait less between having their first and second child: 3.6 years compared to 3.9 in 1995. Meanwhile, the average age of first-time mothers increased from 27.3 to 29.1 years. Women who have their first child aged 16 wait seven years to have their second, while first-time mothers aged 40 averaged two years.

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ONLINE THIS WEEK Davos of food PLANS are afoot to make Copenhagen the Davos for food following Christiansborg’s successful hosting of Better Food for More People on August 26, a one-day conference that focused on the future sustainability of the planet. In the same way Davos annually hosts the World Economic Forum, the organisers hope it will return next year.

Chlamydia cases soar SOME 31,692 Danes had chlamydia in 2015 – a 20 percent jump in just four years. Niels Sandø, a consultant at Sundhedsstyrelsen, said the rise was reflected in other STDs. “Too many people have unsafe sex,” he told Metroxpress. “Even though 90 percent intend to use a condom, many don’t.” Chlamydia can lead to infertility, ectopic pregnancies and severe pelvic pain.

Cancer treatment boost

Cannabis on the march MEDICINAL cannabis could soon become a reality in Denmark, as a high number of politicians have told DR they are in favour of trials in southern Denmark in the near future. Socialdemokraterne, Nye Borgerlige, Enhedslisten, Socialistiske Folkeparti and Radikale support the trials, but first Parliament must vote to legalise its use.

Peak early, die young ACCORDING to research from a joint Dutch-Danish study, athletes who peak early are 17 percent more likely to die younger than normal. On average, they live for five fewer years. It found the same biological mechanisms that enable them to peak early – sex and growth hormones – also make them age faster.

Devilishly adroit in the deep Danes keep on coming up trumps beneath the waves

IONEERS and innovators are known for digging deep to achieve the impossible. But now it would seem that this country’s researchers are routinely heading into the deep to do the same, as August has seen a lot of Danish success beneath the waves. Ocean current malfunction? FIRST off, the results of a threeyear University of Copenhagen (KU) project in East Antarctica suggests global ocean currents, which distribute hot and cold water around the globe, could start to misfire. The team used elephant seals to collect marine data from Prydz Bay, an area in East Antarctica inaccessible to people, and were able to detect that melting ice is decreasing the salinity of the

surrounding ocean, which may lead to the collapse of Antarctic bottom water formation. Oldest ever vertebrate ANOTHER team from KU, meanwhile, has found a specimen of the Arctic-dwelling Greenland shark that is at least 272 years old and could perhaps be as old as 512, making it the world’s oldest living vertebrate. The team’s carbon-14 dating of the Greenland shark’s eye lenses confirmed the age – no mean feat considering the sharks tend to live at depths of up to 2,000 metres. Shark blood cure ALSO ON the trail of a shark or too are DEMKIP, a research group that believes the animal’s blood hold the key to finding a cure for serious brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

The research group are aiming to raise 1,000,000 US dollars via the Indiegogo crowdfunding site Indiegogo. In co-operation with KU, the DTU and the National University of Singapore, their plans also include a shark preservation program A 99-year search AND FINALLY a Danish expedition team have turned history heads with the amazing find of the wreckage of a German Imperial Navy submarine from WWI that vanished 99 years ago in the North Sea. Located about 8-10 km off the west-Jutland coast, SM UC-30 contains the remains of a 23-man crew, 18 intact mines and six torpedoes, which might mean it is destroyed if its armory cannot be safely detonated. (CPH POST)

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THE GOVERNMENT has earmarked a further 1.5 billion kroner to improving the care of cancer patients over the next four years. More employees will be hired and each patient will be allocated a responsible doctor. Furthermore, patients who previously had to travel to the US for radiation treatment using particle therapy will now only have to go to Sweden.

2 - 22 September 2016

ONLINE THIS WEEK Over-medicating OVER 150,000 healthy Danes are taking blood-pressure medication that could be doing more damage than good, according to experts. They risk side-effects such as nausea, dehydration, constipation, diarrhoea, fatigue, impotence and dizziness. It is estimated that over 1 million Danes take the medicine to prevent cardiovascular disease.

ESS opens centre THE NORDIC-BASED research facility European Spallation Source opened the doors of its Data Management and Software Centre in Copenhagen on August 26. The centre is tasked with storing and processing the data produced at ESS, the home of the world’s most advanced neutron microscope. Once fully operational, the centre will have around 70 employees.

Quids in for quinoa TRADITIONALLY grown in Bolivia, quinoa is a grain crop known for its healthy nutrients and edible seeds that has become a favourite worldwide with hipsters. And now it is being grown near Rødby in Lolland by Business Lolland-Falster and seed producer Syngenta to see if it is viable to harvest in Denmark. So far, the results look promising.

HE ENVIRONMENT and food minister, Esben Lunde Larsen, is switching on to the idea of insects becoming a serious source of protein for both humans and animals. He visited the recently-established Heimdal Entofarm near Esbjerg on August 29 to assess the possibilities and other factors, such as its limited environmental footprint compared to cattle and pig farming. “Insects reproduce quickly and have modest demands, and there is a massive untapped business potential in producing them,” he enthused. “So I’m following the development with great interest.”

Good with beer MEANWHILE, the Danish company Enorm is launching larvae snack foods in two flavours: chilli, and sour cream and onion. Owner Lasse Hinrichsen recently presented them at his company’s ‘vision day’ at Agro Food Park in Skejby.

“They go really well with wine or a good beer,” he told DR. “There are more and more people on the planet, and if we are to continue to produce animal proteins to feed the whole world, we must begin to look in new directions – and insects can be a new source.” (CW/RW)

HIV test breakthrough

Vader’s got bronchitis

Discovery at Nyborg

It’s bat season

RESEARCHERS from Aarhus University have identified an enzyme in a HIV-infected cell that will allow for a much quicker, easier, low-tech method to diagnose the virus. The discovery should make it much easier for GPs in developing nations to carry out tests for less than a dollar each. No tests have been carried out on humans yet.

MEDICAL students and fellow Star Wars fans Ronni Plovsing and Ronan Berg have established what Luke Skywalker had always suspected. His father, Darth Vader, has got bronchitis! The lung physiology experts believe his breathing is consistent with someone who suffered an acute lung failure after being left to smoulder on a bed of larva.

A SURPRISING archaeological discovery has stilled the shovels in the courtyard of Nyborg Castle on Funen. Work on a new building has been suspended, quite possibly for 18 months, to give excavators time to assess the foundations of a building that dates back to medieval times – perhaps as far as the 13th century.

BATS TEND to go crazy at the end of summer, but according to Jan Kjærgaard, a ranger with Naturstyrelsen Søhøjlandet, there’s no need to fear them. “Right now is the time when baby bats are growing bigger, and those who have teenagers at home know they can be noisy,” he told DR. There are 17 bat species in Denmark.

“You bet these bugs are locustly-sourced”

A better package RESEARCHERS from the Danish Technological Institute have developed a new type of intelligent packaging that will ensure fruit and vegetables keep for longer on supermarket shelves and in the public’s refrigerators. The precedes the opening of Copenhagen’s first packaging-free grocery store, LØS Market, on Saxogade in Vesterbro on September 3.

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2 - 22 September 2016

ONLINE THIS WEEK Oscar shortlist revealed

Black holes and humour BRITISH scientist Stephen Hawking was in fine form delivering an address entitled ‘Quantum Black Holes’ to an audience of 1,800 at DR Koncerthuset on August 24, making jokes at the expense of other scientists – most particularly French ones! Some 30,000 people tried to book tickets.

Lions looking good to repeat their 2010-11 exploits CHRISTIAN WENANDE

SEPTEMBER 5 HONOURING THE HEROES

Since 2009, Danish Flag Day has paid tribute to all the country’s deployed soldiers since World War II. The day is marked by parades and ceremonies across the country, including the laying of a commemorative wreath at Kastellet.

C COPENHAGEN were on August 25 handed a relatively easy Champions League group, although the bookies rate them as long as 14/1 to top it ahead of English Premier League winners Leicester City, Portuguese champs Porto and Belgian club Club Brugge. “From a sporting standpoint, it’s close to being optimal when you take a look at the opponents we could have drawn,” said FCK coach Ståle Solbakken. “They are teams we should at least take points from at home.”

SEPTEMBER 7 JEWEL ON THE WATERFRONT

Den Sorte Diamant on Sluseholmen officially opened its doors for the first time on this day in 1999. The Black Diamond, which was designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen in black granite, will soon be joined by another architectural gem on the harbour: ‘Opalen’, which is due to open in 2018.

It’s been a good week for FC Copenhagen

Europa League. They led 2-0 (and 2-0 on aggregate) away at Sparta Prague before losing 2-3. Elsewhere, Brøndby lost 1-4 to Panathanaikos and FCM 0-3 to Osmanlispor.

THE MINISTRY of Culture has awarded 20.5 million kroner to research projects in culture and sport in Denmark. Some 46 different projects have been selected to receive the governmental funding. In total, there were 99 applications.

Cloud 9 in Cyprus A DAY EARLIER a late equaliser by Federico Santander had earned the Lions a deserved 1-1 draw away at APOEL in Cyprus to see them through 2-1 on aggregate. Unfortunately, a late goal proved the undoing of SønderjyskE in the playoff round of the

Welcome home Nic THERE had been fears that FCK captain Thomas Delaney, 24, might not take part in the CL group stage, but a 1.5 million move to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen won’t take place until January. The club’s Swedish left back, Ludwig Augustinsson, 22, is also on the German team’s radar, and

Guf stirs a mean risotto

Surpassing the Swedes

Streets ahead per capita

Funding for culture

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THREE films have been shortlisted for the Danish entry in the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 2016 Oscars: ‘Kollektivet’, ‘De standhaftige’ and ‘Under sandet’. A seven-person committee will choose an entry on September 19. The Oscars are on February 26.

Dream group for FCK

FCK has already replaced him, signing Nicolai Boilesen, 24, on a free transfer from Ajax where he had fallen out of favour due to a contract dispute. He will be joined by another Danish international defender, Jores Okore, who has joined from Aston Villa.

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Armenia on the agenda BOILESEN, Okore and Delaney are all in contention to be named in Denmark’s squad to face Armenia at home on September 4. It will be new coach Åge Hareide’s first competitive game.

Copenhagen City Hall opened for the first time on this day in 1905. Inspired by the city hall in Siena, Italy, it was designed by Martin Nyrop, and work on its construction began in 1892. Since the inauguration of its first mayor in 1938, every single one has been a Social Dem. (MR)

Athletics breakthrough?

Evening with a boyband

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Stir in some Mexican spice?

Suck it up, Swedish cowards!

Two swimming medals in Rio

Sara brought it home

Lucky escape for Colin?

THE KEY is to never stop stirring. No, we’re not talking about Donald Trump’s campaign, although he’d probably agree by now that it’s going to be as arduous as making a risotto. Just ask the new world champion, Denmark’s Martin ‘Guf ’ Rasmussen, who on August 21 won the Risotto World Cup, a Copenhagen Cooking event at Torvehallerne. His ‘Boullion på Ristet Brød’ sounded a bit primitive compared to submissions like ‘Risotto del Sottobosco’, but few could complain about a menu that advised one glass of dry white wine for the risotto and another for the maker. (BH)

SINCE 1500, Sweden and Denmark have fought 13 wars and reached 28 official peace settlements. Indeed, most historians concur that a de facto state of war existed between the countries from 1523 to 1813. And now this rivalry surfaced again with the realisation that Denmark is the superior nation at the Summer Olympics. Following a 15-11 victory in Rio, Denmark has now surpassed Sweden’s total medal haul at the last four Olympics – not bad given it has 5.5 million people to Sweden’s 9.5. It’s a far cry from the 1984 Olympics when Sweden beat Denmark 19-6. (BH)

THE US won 121 medals at the 2016 Olympics, with China and the UK not far behind. But all three trailed the red and whites by a long way in the medals per capita rankings in which the Danes finished a creditable fifth place with an average of 378,400 citizens per medal. Three Caribbean island nations, Grenada, the Bahamas and Jamaica, filled the top positions, followed by New Zealand in fourth. The bottom three were the Philippines, Nigeria and India, while Bangladesh and Pakistan, which are among the world’s top ten most populated countries, both failed to win one. (CW)

WITH HER silver in the 400-metre hurdles, Sara Slott Petersen became the first Danish woman to win an Olympic medal in track athletics. Denmark has always been good at sailing (28 medals in total, 6th on the all-time list), cycling (23, 9th) and rowing (22, 14th), but it is too early to start getting carried away with Petersen’s performance. Back in 2011, the Dansk Atletik Forbund predicted it would medal in Rio, blaming Denmark’s poor athletics record on the nation preferring team sports like football and the noninvolvement of schools despite it being on the syllabus. (BH)

COLIN Farrell had a lucky escape back in the 1990s before his big break in ‘Ballykissangel’ and, not long afterwards, the Hollywood film ‘Tigerland’. He turned up in leather trousers and a rubber T-shirt to audition for Irish boyband Boyzone. He sang ‘Careless Whisper’ and they very deliberately shouted at him to stop. And now Danish fans of the band, and also their ‘successors’ Westlife, can learn more about the untold history of their formation and chart successes at a special evening in Aalborg next year in the company of Boyzone’s Keith Duffy and Westlife’s Brian McFadden. (BH)

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ONLINE THIS WEEK Sustainable fuel ISTOCK

CF NIELSEN, a small company from north Jutland, is developing a machine that can turn everyday food waste into usable briquettes – a more sustainable form of fuel for cooking. The plan is to try it out next year in Uganda, a country chosen due to its reliance on wood and coal as energy sources, much to the detriment of the environment.

2 - 22 September 2016

Clothes firms fear Brexit DANISH clothes designers and manufacturers have noted their worry about future trade relations with the UK following Brexit, voicing uncertainty about how future restrictions and the weakness of the pound will affect prices. Last year, clothing exports to Britain totalled nearly 2 billion kroner – a 25 percent increase on 2014.

Lucrative loan DANISH bunker fuel company Monjasa is celebrating a 529.4 million kroner loan from French bank Societe Generale that it claims will help it solidify its transition from “regional bunker company to global diversified trading group”, reports Bunkerwire. Monjasa, which has a presence on four continents, made total revenue of 10.6 billion kroner last year.

A rival in the mix NORTH Jutland cement business Aalborg Portland has acquired Belgian rival Compagnie des Ciments Belges for 2.3 billion kroner. The purchase will see its annual turnover rise to 8 billion kroner and its employee numbers jump to around 3,000 – an approximate increase of 20 percent both ways – but it will lead to no new jobs in Denmark.

Expanding in Germany FOLLOWING a successful opening in Hamburg, budget retailer Søstrene Grene believes there could be room for 200 more stores in Germany – almost double the 118 it runs worldwide. Meanwhile, its rival Tiger has announced plans to open its third location in Cardiff, Wales in September. There are now over 10,000 Danish retail stores overseas.

Wine boycott urges UNDERPAID workers in South Africa have urged consumers in Denmark to boycott products made by South African company Robertson Winery. Appealing to the Danes’ sense of fair play, the workers have demanded recognition for their union and a 100 percent increase in wages to 4,000 kroner a month. The wines can be found in at least nine different Danish stores.

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Better Argentine relations The computer says SLOW

Caution the name of the game in most interims

3.1 to 4.8 over August. But it’s unlikely employees of Maersk and Danish Crown share the enthusiasm. The companies have recently announced plans to lay off 400 and 20 employees respectively. Maersk is cutting back due to an “unprecedented market situation” caused mainly by falling freight rates and low oil prices, which was underlined by “unsatisfactory” Q2 results, which revealed low growth and an underlying profit of about 894 million kroner.

countries –especially in the expanding green energy market. Luxury audio systems producer Bang & Olufsen announced a disappointing set of results, declaring a 198 million kroner net loss on 2.6 billion kroner in revenue. Brewery Carlsberg enjoyed “a good set of results in line with expectations”, declaring organic growth of 4 percent. While its net revenue dipped slightly to 31.2 billion kroner, its overall profit edged up from 1.8 to 2.1 billion kroner.

Layoffs at Maersk THE PEOPLE, on the other hand, are more optimistic. The Danish consumer confidence index, which is based on future consumer intentions, rose from

Steady interim trickle ELSEWHERE, the interims have continued to fly out of the big companies’ accounts departments. Pharmaceutical company Lundbeck announced revenue of 7.5 billion kroner – an increase of 5 percent that has led to it adjusting its projected turnover for the year to 14.6-15 billion and its profit to 1.5-1.7 billion. Engineering company Rambøll had a stronger first half than in 2015, as its operating profit more than doubled from just over 74 million to just under 169 million kroner. It has enjoyed strong growth in the Nordic

Fair winds for some BUT FEW can compete with wind energy company Vestas, which announced Q2 revenue of 19 billion kroner – a 46 percent increase. Orders of 1,790 MW over the period boosted the value of its wind turbine order backlog to 61.0 billion kroner as of 30 June, while it has service agreements worth 73.7 billion in the future. Vestas is on the verge of signing a record 2.2 GW deal with Egypt potentially worth over 15 billion kroner, and it has announced plans to return to India after a four-year break. (CPH POST)

Not playing well

Shake-up at SKAT

Dissatisfied customers

CROWN Princess Mary has been accused of favouritism after handing out Lego to Brazilian school students in Rio. One onlooker said it was the ninth royal endorsement of Lego in the last three years. In related news, ferry operator DFDS celebrated its 150th anniversary last month by smashing the record for the biggest ship ever built in Lego.

THE GOVERNMENT has announced funding for 2,000 more employees at SKAT by 2020, plus a new IT infrastructure, in a bid to bring “the tax authority into the 21st century”. Meanwhile, the German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen has tipped off SKAT about 612 accounts held by Danes in an unnamed bank in the tax haven of Luxembourg.

NORDEA, the Nordic financial services group with a strong presence in Denmark, has displaced Danske Bank as the country’s most unpopular major bank. According to the latest Voxmeter survey, customers perceive Nordea to be distant and out of touch with modern living requirements. It only seems to contact customers with bad news, concluded Voxmeter.

F THE FINANCIAL crisis has taught us anything, it’s prudence, and this was once again reflected in the government’s latest economic strategy (this time until 2025), which was unveiled on Tuesday.

Due diligence required “WE MUST show due diligence today in order to avoid tough reforms tomorrow,” the Danish prime minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, told media. “The government’s plan reflects that we are adjusting numerous things simultaneously. When we act in time, then we can yield great improvements by implementing gentle change.” More incentives to work, a more competitive marketplace, better education, welfare, pensions and security, and tighter control of the refugee flow were among the highlights.

THE FOREIGN minister, Kristian Jensen, visited Argentina last month in a bid to improve relations between the two nations, and he is optimistic of the “massive potential, specifically in green environmental technology”, and also in medical and pharmaceutical products. Following an increase, Danish exports to Argentina totalled 1.1 billion kroner in 2015.

Welcome reprieve for Tesla? THERE were few beneficiaries when the Danish government decided to gradually reintroduce the registration tax for electric vehicles. However, perhaps paradoxically, it might actually be a godsend for the US car company Tesla as it was struggling to cope with the service requirements of its many new customers, leaving some waiting for months.

Turkish trip postponed A DANISH delegation including Queen Margrethe II and the foreign minister, Kristian Jensen, will not be going to Turkey in October after all. The trip was postponed in light of the recent coup attempt and sustained terror attacks in the country. The queen was widely criticised for supporting President Recep Erdogan’s regime with her participation.

Shared economy site boost COPENHAGEN-BASED startup Deemly has developed a site to consolidate ratings and reviews of shared economy companies across social networks and P2P marketplaces. Deemly believes the site will encourage more people to try the companies out. “Trust is a huge barrier within the sharing economy,” it explained to CPH POST.

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2 - 22 September 2016

CARLOS MONTEIRO GIVE YOURSELF A CHANCE Carlos (cm@biassa.com), a Brazilian resident of Odense, started his business from a blog known as denmarkbrazil.com. It later became Biassa, a business development company, which under the motto ‘Bringing forth results, not reports’ is focused on supporting Nordic businesses that want to tap into and thrive in the Brazilian market

I disagree because I believe although the present is undoubtedly all that we have, the past transformed us into what we are today and dreams are what bring hope and a better future. Travelling to my ‘second home’ is something I’ve figured I love. Sure, it’s slightly nostalgic, but it is essential to me, as it always allows me to recharge my batteries, to get some real inspiration from the city I was born in, and to be able to see my family and friends who I love so much.

Past and future important ISABEL Allende in ‘Of Love and Shadows’ points out that “all you have is the present. Waste no energy crying over yesterday or dreaming of tomorrow. Nostalgia is fatiguing and destructive; it is the vice of the expatriate. You must put down roots as if they were forever – you must have a sense of permanence.” But I partly disagree with her.

Best of both worlds PARAPHRASING an article I read by Emily Nemchick, a Brit living in America, we expats have always had the opportunity to look on the bright side. On the one hand we can enjoy the country we live in and learn from another culture and lifestyle. And on the other we can count on the promise that our native country will always be

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More like over decades THERE are so many examples out there being championed by the media – the most recent one that comes to mind is the hugely successful PokemonGo app, which was downloaded 7.5 million times in the US in barely half a week. But occurrences like this are creating an illusion that the founder of the app has hit it big with his first try, when the reality could not be more different. For John Hanke, the overnight success was the result of 20 years of hard work and improving his skills.

Heading home or are you already there?

there when we go back – even for a short while. As expats we either have no home, or two – I prefer to stick with the latter option.

How about you? Are you an expat? How do you cope with your feelings? I would be happy to hear from you.

Even the best struggled GOOGLE Hangout interviews with Elon Musk and Richard Branson reveal how hard it was for both of them starting out – how they came so close to failure over the first four years. It is hard to imagine that these successful entrepreneurs once faced and overcame the same challenges as you. Learn from Leo ENTREPRENEURS have high expectations, which means they tend to lose motivation when they don’t achieve overnight success. In many cases this is followed by ‘giving up’. But instead of feeling blue, founders should focus on achieving ‘long-term success’, no matter how many years of work it takes. As Leo Tolstoy once said: “So remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.”

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O MANY entrepreneurs and people in general believe that ‘overnight success’ exists and become frustrated when it does not happen to them. In the technology boom we are experiencing, we are encountering not only innovation growth, but also sky-rocking expectations.

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OMETIMES I long to forget … It is painful to be conscious of two worlds,” opines Eva Hoffman in ‘Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language’. Travelling from Denmark to Brazil is a long journey, and unfortunately there are no direct flights for this route yet. Heathrow Airport, despite all the bad comments I’ve heard, has become part of my travel routine. It doesn’t matter how many times I fly there; whenever I come back home I’m confused.

Just hold that thought ... for another two decades

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2 - 22 September 2016

Publishing: tradition or challenge?

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Stephanie Brickman made the hop across the North Sea from Scotland to live in Denmark with her distinctly un-Danish family. This 40-something mother, wife and superstar is delighted to share her learning curve, rich as it is with laughs, blunders and expert witnesses.

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T THE COPENHAGEN Post we have for more than 15 years been serving the expat community in Denmark. It has not been a lucrative business, but we have a good readership and, not least, the ongoing digitalisation of the media world has given us a new opportunity. All over the globe you see media companies fighting – and many failing – to find a business model for the future.

STEPHANIE BRICKMAN

Service-minded OUR AIM is to establish a coherent service platform that includes news, services, jobs and events, all linked, so if our expat community wants to know what the Danes are doing and what they can do themselves, we are the shortest route to that relevant information. Please enter our digital universe and recommend us to your friends and family. Ultimately we are relying on advertisers to use our products as a unique way to approach an ever-growing and spending community. You can do your part by surfing our way. (ES)

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gument has allowed a situation to materialise in which we are being dragged out of the EU against our will. Who do we sue?

“I have a nightmare” A COUPLE of hours later there’s an informal emergency meeting of four Brits at my work. We huddle around my phone listening to David Cameron’s I-am-no-longer-thecaptain speech. An atmosphere of doom descends. Having lived most of my life in Scotland, the Scottish independence referendum caused much soul-searching. One of the things that made me hesitate about becoming a straight ‘yes’ voter was the threat that Scotland would be shoved to the back of the queue for membership of the EU. Now the very government that made that ar-

Sure we’re sore, it hurts IF THE Remain Campaign had won, those wishing to leave the EU would be regrouping and planning the next Brexit campaign – no limit to how many times they could have a go at it. A remain victory would have been temporary, but the Brexit victory is disturbingly irrevocable. A petition does the rounds asking for another referendum. I sign along with millions of others. On Facebook, a parent from my daughter’s school rants about the petition. (I can’t remember how this morose and abnormally short man wound up connected to me on social media.) I’m miffed; he’s a Dane with nothing to lose so I stupidly engage and get trolled by him and his online entourage. They tell me I’m a “sore loser” and I should “get over myself ”. I don’t

GET WOKEN up by a news text from DR. I’ve got blurry morning vision and I can’t find my glasses, so I stumble to the window to get better light. I focus on the word ‘forlade’. I am pretty sure it means leave … it does mean leave. Despite my postal vote, the UK has decided to leave the EU.

think they’re grasping the gravity of the situation. No plan = panic MY HUSBAND, meanwhile, is in a flat spin panic that he will have to learn Danish properly to stay here and is trying to find out whether getting the same score as a monkey on a multiple choice and nodding through an oral exam would work. We have been in Denmark for almost five years and, as such, can apply for permanent residence permits. The only problem is we aren’t sure we are staying long-term. On the other hand, we don’t actually want to leave. We are completely devoid of a plan. It turned out Cameron didn’t have a plan either. Boris Johnson didn’t have a plan and neither did Nigel Farage. It seems they just never thought Brexit would become a reality. I imagine myself in a Danish old folks home unable to understand anyone and thinking it’s because my hearing aid is playing up. We need a plan.

SIMON CASPERSEN

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The nature of genius... ...the power of love

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19 Oct – 19 Nov VENUE Krudttønden Serridslevvej 2 2100 København Ø TICKETS Teaterbilletter.dk 7020 2096

ART G2 INOUT: THE COPENHAGEN POST | CPHPOST.DK ongoing, ends Dec 22, Mon-Sat 11:0021:00, Sun 11:00-20:00; Copenhagen Contemporary, Trangravsvej 10-12, Cph K; 50kr; cphco.org ALESSANDRA PALMITESTA

ESTABLISHED as an independent institution, Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) is transforming the former paper halls on Papiroen, located in the Copenhagen Inner Harbour, into a set for changing exhibitions. The space of CC is an international centre created to host technically demanding formats of contemporary art, such as monumental installations and sculptural landscapes. Following expositions in major museums such as Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Centre Pompidou

in Paris and Tate Modern in London, CC is the first art institution in Scandinavia to display a comprehensive exhibition of works by Bruce Nauman, one of the most influential living US artists. Emerging in the 1960s, Nauman’s earliest work was conditioned by minimalism, conceptualism, performance art and video art. This phase continued to influence the development of his study of the relationship between the view and the sculptural object. Nauman’s exhibition at CC is presented as a performative arena where the visitor is involved in the space and stimulated in various ways. The use of claustrophobic installations, wordplay in neon and performances bombard the senses, challenging us both physically and mentally. Amongst the artworks displayed are a hanging carousel with animal carcasses, and a work from the Raw Materials series.

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ART OF THE MONTH

JAMBOY

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DANIEL RICHTER: LONELY OLD SLOGANS Sep 8-Jan 8, Tue-Fri 11:00-22:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00; Louisiana, Gl Strandvej 13, Humlebæk; 115kr; louisiana.dk THIS MID-CAREER retrospective exhibition of 45 paintings by the German artist takes us back to his early

work in 1995 as the designer of album covers of punk rock bands that reveal a highly expressive abstract formal idiom. Since then he has favoured figurative pictures. Although the subjects seem recognisable (horses, dogs, musicians, young people on ecstasy, poster-like tableaux, historic scenes), it is not always clear what they are about. Looking at the paintings, the viewer has to explore what is beyond. (AP)

ongoing, ends Sep 26, Tue-Fri 12:0016:00, Sat 11:00-16:00; Prince Gallery, Hauser Plads 16A, Cph K; free adm; princegallerycph.com THIS EXHIBITION by the artistic collaboration Jamboy draws attention to its namesake, an unfortunate occupation in colonial days for native young

Jon Erik Nyholm: Interstice Sep 17-Oct 30, Tue-Sun 11:00-16:00; Moestings Hus, Andebakkesti 5, Frederiksberg; free adm; moestingshus.dk Nyholm studies nature that develops through perception and texture, as well as space and time. The exhibition expands with graphic works, installations and abstract studies. (AP)

men who were covered in jam and instructed to follow gentry golfers in order to attract flies and bees away from them. Jamboy explores and interprets the fragmented myth-making of this 18th century figure, who has never before been documented or visualised. Thus, it introduces an aestethic representation of a Jamboy and the chance for visitors to lease Jamboys for their spare-time activities. (AP)

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INSTALLATION VIEW, BERMUDA, 2016

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Santiago Sierra: Black Flag ongoing, ends Nov 13; Nikolaj Kunsthal, Nikolaj Plads 10, Cph K; 50kr; nikolajkunsthal.dk With the planting of two black flags – a symbol of the anarchist movement – at the North and South Poles, Santiago Sierra seeks to challenge the notions of nation states while criticising territory conquests. (AP)

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Evren Tekinoktay: Bermuda ongoing, ends Oct 1; David Risley Gallery, Bispevej 29, Cph NV; davidrisleygallery.com Tekinoktay presents a display of unexplained disappearances through two series of wallbased, neon-relief works, using motorised moving elements, painted plexiglass, mirrored masks and sculptures. (AP)

Martin Bigum Sep 3-Jan 15; Arken Museum of Modern Art, Skovvej 100, 2635 Ishøj; 110kr; arken.dk Bigum displays his creative process and the importance of inspiration: from works made during the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 up until his latest series of paintings, Havet. (AP)

Auguste Rodin: Fleeting moments Sep 22-Jan 15; National Gallery of Denmark, Sølvgade 48-50, Cph K; 85-110kr; smk.dk Rodin is most famous for his sculptures of human figures. Yet he left plentiful drawings that show his explorations of the artistic medium as well as his great talent as a draughtsman. (AP)

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Sep 17-Oct 9, shows Tue-Fri 20:00, Sat 17:00, Sun 16:00; Bellevue Teatret, Strandvejen 451, Klampenborg; tickets 180-455kr, billeten.dk, 7020 2096; 120 mins BEN HAMILTON

BEETHOVEN and his immortal beloved, Nelson and Winnie Mandela, Charles Darwin and his daughter, and the British artist Turner might sound like the cast for another really poor Somersby cider advert, but are in fact linked in a Cloud Atlas kind of way for a Nordic Noir theatre concert that is blowing the Norwegian critics away. “I don’t suggest you see Beethoven, I order you to see it!” contends Rogaland Avis. “A touching and spectacular experience,” concurs NRK. “Wow ... just wow,” purrs Natt & Day.

All praise indeed, but it’s not surprising when you consider the pedigree of the creators, the Hellemann Brothers, and their long-term collaborator, the director Nikolaj Cederholm, who have previously reworked the music of the Beatles, Bob Dylan and, most tellingly, Mozart into unforgettable onstage spectacles. While esteemed New York poet Neill Cardinal Furio has been brought in to supply the lyrics. The result is a historical fantasy combining live singing and on-stage playing with aerial dancing, mad couture, slapstick silence, funereal sadness and the colour orange. Just like Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison, the protagonists are all linked by the number 27, but not because they died at that age. In their case, it is the amount of time they persevered against the odds: Mandela against his imprisonment, Beethoven against his ensuing deafness and Darwin with his controversial theories.

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BOSCH DREAMS Sep 3-17; Republique Teater, Østerfælled Torv 37, Cph Ø; 245-365kr; republique.dk THIS YEAR marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, who inspired the surrealist movement with his visionary paintings. Republique, in collaboration with the Canadian contemporary circus

company Les 7 doigts de la main, has created an anniversary show that will be firstly performed at Republique and then go on tour in the Netherlands. Bosch Dreams is a contemporary circus show that will take the audience on a surreal journey. Acrobats from Les 7 doigts de la main will perform across a 3D platform of projected videos – a creation of the FrenchArgentine video artist Ange Potier. (AP)

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OPERA HOUSE TOUR every Sat until Nov 26 at 12:00, additional times on Sat & Sun in Sep; Ekvipagemestervej 10, Cph K; 100kr, kglteater.dk REGULAR Opera House tours have been in the planning for several years – perhaps they were just waiting for that pesky bridge to open nearby. Beyond the performances, the build-

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The Fairy Queen Sep 9-Oct 2; Gamle Scene, Kongens Nytorv 9, Cph K; 95740kr, kglteater.dk Based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this is a sumptuous baroque creation of The Fairy Queen. Purcell’s music is played by Concerto Copenhagen, one of the best baroque orchestras in the world. (AP)

ing is worth setting aside some time to admire, and this tour takes it all in: from Olafur Eliasson’s light sculptures to Per Kirkeby’s copper reliefs and Per Arnoldi’s Opera logo moulded into the foyer floor. Enjoy spectacular views of the harbour, behind-the-scenes glimpses of the mechanics involved in staging their big productions and a better understanding of one of the city’s true architectural gems. (BH)

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Swan Lake Sep 15-Nov 4; Opera House, Ekvipagemestervej 10, Cph K; 125-795kr, kglteater.dk Some 150 years on from its creation, Swan Lake still enchants all generations. This is an ambitious interpretation of the masterpiece in which Tchaikovsky’s music is danced in a futuristic setting. (AP)

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Selene Muñoz: Presence Sep 7-11; Dansehallerne, Bohrsgade 19, Cph V; 125195kr, dansehallerne.dk With this cross-modern dance performance Selene Muñoz questions the way people communicate. In particular in her work she explores how modern media affects the way we relate to each other. (AP)

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The Flying Dutchman Sep 3-Oct 15; Opera House, Ekvipagemestervej 10, Cph K; 125-795kr, kglteater.dk The legend of the ghost ship The Flying Dutchman is returning to the Opera House. The revival of Wagner’s opera explores this nautical myth, taking the audience on a musisal odyssey within the waves of art. (AP)

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JOHN & JOEL Sep 25-28; Glassalen Tivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, Cph V; 295365kr, billetlugen.dk A journey through 25 of the greatest Elton John and Billy Joel hits, including ‘Uptown Girl’ and ‘Your Song’, will be performed by musical stars Christoffer Brodersen, Astrid Højgaard and Christian Berg. (AP)

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IN A WORLD that keeps moving forward, take a trip to the past with Golden Days. The annual festival blankets the month of September, with daily events taking place across Copenhagen. It brings together many of the cultural opportunities the capital has to offer against the background of a theme or historical period. This year, explore the 1970s, a distinctive era that fashion, film, music and design will never stop revisiting for inspiration, but still managed to include many contrasts. From flare trousers to the retro 1974 World Cup, from Watergate to Watership Down and from Ziggy Stardust to Thin White

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Sep 3, 13:00-15:30; Frederiksholms Kanal, Cph K (opposite Christiansborg Palace); free adm THE CANALS of Copenhagen will be transformed into a cable park complete with obstacles for a day, for what looks to be a thrilling event. Twelve of the top

Danish and international wake boarders will go head to head, pitting their best tricks, flips and spins against each other. The day will start at noon, when DJ EDDEH starts playing, and the competitors will hit the water an hour later. Head over to Frederiksholms Kanal to cheer them on! With such a group of award-winning talents, it is sure to be an action-packed afternoon. (SK)

FINDERS KEEPERS Sep 10-11, 11:00-17:00; Grønttorvet, Valby; over-12s: 50kr, under12s free adm, billetto.dk GRAB YOUR shopping bags! Denmark’s biggest design market is visiting Copenhagen for a weekend. You will have the chance to browse over 250 stalls filled with products created by

ACTIVITY

Friday Night Skate Sep 9, 16 & 30, 20:00; Solbjerg Plads, Cph F; fns-cph.dk Bring your inliners down from the attic, as Friday Night Skate has three editions in September. Born in San Fransisco in 1989, the idea is to skate through town collectively and have fun! The September 30 run is the last of the year. (MD)

up-and-coming designers and artists. As a platform to be innovative, FindersKeepers puts a range of exclusive and cutting edge designs at your disposal, including clothing, accessories, furniture and artwork. Whether you’re shopping for your family, friends or flat, there will be plenty of finds for each. It will be an excellent opportunity to discover new creations in the fashion and artistic industries. (SK)

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Ishøj Viking Market Sep 10-11, 10:00-17:00; Ishøj Tange; adults: 40kr, kids: free adm; ishojvikingemarked.dk As the summer comes to an end, this might be the last chance for a Viking encounter. Fearsome warriors clash swords while beer is brewed, cloth woven and tin melted. Witness Denmark as it was in the good old days. (PS)

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Big Quiz Nights Sep 1, 15 & 29, Oct 13 & 27, 19:30; The Globe, Nørregade 43, Cph K; 30kr, five per team Sep 5 & Oct 3, 19:30; Kennedy’s, Gammel Kongevej 23, Cph V; 25kr, four per team The winners get 1,000 kroner at the Globe, 800 at Kennedy’s. Both quizzes have beer rounds and other spot prizes.

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CPH Songwriters Festival Aug 31-Sep 4; Råhuset 1-9, Onkel Dannys Plads, Cph V; 100-200kr; csf.dk Founded by Brett Perkins in 2009, the festival has been showcasing ‘new and known’ local and international artists in Vesterbro ever since. Among this year’s line-up is Tobias Trier. The first two days are free entry! (RV)

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Duke, it’s all here, warts and all. In the same week, you’ll have the chance to consider gender issues, go to a dinner party complete with rock music, and learn about the ‘70s Danish counterpart of Donald Trump. From art and politics to food and debate, Golden Days leaves no bases uncovered. With more than 200 activities, you are bound to find something to catch your fancy. Let the festivities carry you through a liberating and problematic decade via the city’s cultural spaces. This event gives you the chance to look back in light of the present: see how Steven Spielberg’s Jaws changes with today’s scientific knowledge; ask if women’s literature is still relevant; and find out how different architecture was in a workshop for the whole family. There is something to do for all ages. Exhibitions, films, talks and more will bring the city alive throughout September. Make sure you don’t miss it!

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ACTIVITY

Copenhagen Art Run Sep 14, 16:00; Ishøj Strandpark; adults: 155kr, kids: 60kr; copenhagenartrun.dk Join 600 fun runners on a 5km interactive run through happenings and experiences provided by artists, designers and architects. The reward at the finish is a goody bag. There’s no need to register beforehand. (PS)

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September 2016

Sep 30, 16:00-23:00; various venues; some activities require registration/ entry fee; gentoftenatten.dk; all ages SOHINI KUMAR

GENTOFTE Night is an annual event that offers visitors to the suburb the chance to explore it whilst celebrating its cultural opportunities. Several museums, libraries and other cultural institutions will be at your disposal, along with events for families. Start the evening off with ballet at the Hellerup Classical Ballet School, or with a yoga class at Garderhøj Fort. If you would rather watch than participate, theatre performances will also be running at Aulaen Nymosehave and Schæffergården. Take a trip back in time at the medieval market at Ordrup Library, complete with horses and knights.

DOG’S DAY AT TIVOLI Sep 11; Tivoli; over-8s: 99kr, under-8s: free adm, multiride wristband: 209kr; tivoli.dk

Copenhagen Oktoberfest Sep 22-24 & Sep 29-Oct 1; Amager Strandvej, Cph S; 299339kr; oktoberfestdk.dk Experience the Danish take on this German festival. Sit at long communal tables and drink onelitre tankards of beer served by staff dressed in traditional Bavarian dress – all housed in a 2,500 capacity tent on the beach. (RV)

FERMENTOREN’S FLYING CIRCUS

Sep 30-Oct 1, 21:00-03:00; Copenhagen Skatepark, Enghavevej 80, Cph Valby; 50kr TO CELEBRATE this popular pub’s fifth anniversary, the owners are holding a circus-themed party involving music, food vendors and over 40 different tap beers.

FESTIVAL

Latin American Festival Sep 28-Oct 1; various venues; casalatinoamericana.dk The Latin American Festival includes a three-day literature festival followed by a fair (Oct 1, 12:00-02:00; Københavns Kulturcenter, Drejervej 15, Cph NV). Come and enjoy the rythyms of a continent that has a serious beat. (AL)

The organisers have invited 20 of the “world’s best breweries”, including sibling rivals Evil Twin and Mikkeller, to provide brews that will include some “super rare stuff”. The park will be transformed with circus-themed décor, giant disco balls, beach balls and inflated plastic crocodiles, and party-goers are invited to dress up in the spirit of the occasion. (RV)

ACTIVITY

‘Toughest’ Obstacle Course Oct 1, 10:00; Amager Strandpark, Cph S; 695kr; toughest.se It’s no walk in the park – Amager Strandpark hosts an 8km, 40-obstacle course that only the fittest will survive. Jump, swing and climb your way to the finishing line or just hold your breath and watch safely from the sidelines. Register by September 22. (PS)

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Copenhagen Half-Marathon Sep 18, 11:15; Øster Alle, Cph Ø; 450-500kr; cphhalf.com Some 25,000 runners are expected to compete in this picturesque half-marathon through the streets of Copenhagen on a city centre course designed for fast times. The entrance fee includes a Nike shirt and medal. (RV)

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Unsuspecting guests may feel they are barking up the wrong tree as hundreds of man’s best friends have the chance to go walkies in Tivoli. Together with the Danish Kennel Club, Tivoli opens its dog doors for owners to meet other like-minded souls, chat about their breeds and take in the pedigree parade. This year’s Dog’s Day includes shows at 11:00, 14:30 and 15:00. (PS)

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TREAT the kids to a Tivoli they will barely recognise on September 11 (exactly two weeks before it closes down until October 14). Every dog has its day, and Tivoli will quite literally have gone to the dogs.

Children can carve wooden knives, learn medieval dances, watch sword fights and eat food cooked over an open fire. If that does not satisfy your shopping needs, a family market will also be set up at Dyssegård Library. Later in the evening, Garderhøj Fort will offer games and challenges, with prizes for the best! Kids can learn about the history of their surroundings with guided tours and interactive exhibitions. The options are endless! The Gentofte Local History Archive will open its doors, along with the Gentofte Fire Museum and the fire station. There will be an exhibition at Det Grå Pakhus art gallery, and you will also be able to meet Queen Louise at the Swedish Villa and explore Bernstorff Palace at dusk, where some thrilling stories will be told. These are just a fraction of the festivities awaiting you. Keep an eye out for the full program, which will be published in early September.

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Colour Run Night Oct 1, 17:00; Refshaleøn, Cps S; from 249kr; thecolorrun.dk It’s the Colour Run, but at night, so grab your friends for a different Friday on the town – a 5km run through glow-inthe-dark powder, bubbles and music. Buy your ticket online and maybe purchase a LED tutu for the night. (RV)

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Sat 10 Sep, 21:00; Musik Loppen, Christiania; 50kr ALESSANDRA PALMITESTA

RAP AS a revolutionary art to express political views, while supporting human rights, is the ultimate aim of raptivism – and this is exactly what Manus Bell does with his music. Born in 1991 to a Danish mother and an Irish father – DNA that has done LOC no harm! – Bell has lived and travelled in countries with complex political environments that have affected his social awareness and critical thinking. Influenced by Golden Era hip-hop, Bell has already notched up some notable collaborations with political artists, rappers, instrumentalists and

producers, both in Denmark and countries like Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Palestine. He is also a rap coach for a non-profit organisation. As the founder and CEO of independent label Home Studio Productions, Bell has just released his first solo album, Galvanize, which will be presented for the first time at a big show at Musik Loppen on September 10. His work expresses his indignation with the current state of inequality across the world – particularly songs like ‘Syria in Crisis’ and ‘Manus to Society’. Expect hypnotic vibes and ‘90s boom bap with a touch of jazz as Bell delivers an energetic performance with the help of a full live band consisting of Mattias Søndergaard (drums), Lasse Vistisen (bass), Stefan Iwan (trumpet), PastorPaa (saxophone) and lots of cool cameos. Let’s get the release party started!

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CPH WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL

Sep 7-12; various locations; free adm; cphworld.dk

AS A SHOWCASE of what the world has to offer musically, this festival aims to raise awareness of musical diversity and open the minds of people living or visiting the Danish capital.

The opening events will take place at Copenhagen’s Rådhuspladsen where Tal y Tali, a duo from Israel, are the first act scheduled to perform. Stages have also been placed in Nørrebro’s Sankt Hans Torv and in Amager. All the events are free of charge, enabling as many people as possible to enjoy this celebration of the world’s musical diversity. (GD)

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MADS LANGER Sep 2, 23:00; Musikteatret Albertslund; 175kr; sustainablefestival.dk LANGER, whose melancholic guitar ballads have been compared to Radiohead and Coldplay, is one of the headliners at this year’s Sustainable Festival in Albertslund (Sep 2-4). Since becoming internationally

JAZZ/SOUL

Debbie Sledge Sep 22-29 & Oct 4-16, various times; Standard Jazz Club Havnegade 44, Cph K; 195295kr, billetlugen.dk Expect an evening of jazz and soul with Debbie Sledge and the acoustic Niels Lan Doky trio. The line-up includes a revised version of Sister Sledge’s hit song ‘We Are Family’. (SK)

known for his cover of ‘You’re Not Alone’, he has become one of Denmark’s biggest acts. His latest album, Reckless Twin, topped the charts. The festival blends music with sustainability, promoting all things organic via booths, workshops and lectures with three main objectives: recovery, entertainment and enlightenment. (GD)

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Ben Harper Sep 22, 20:00; Falconer Salen; 580kr US singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben Harper is best known for his guitar-playing skills. The threetime Grammy winner released a new album, Call It What It Is, in April. Now 46 years old, it was his 13th studio release. (GD)

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Steel Panther Sep 20, 19:00; Vega, Enghavevej 40, Cph V; 335kr, billetlugen.dk Steel Panther are back in Copenhagen! The glam metal band takes the decadence of the ‘80s and triples it, and if their previous concerts in the capital are any indication, this show will be unmissable. (SK)

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Kris Kristofferson Sep 13, 20:00; DR Koncerthuset, Ørestads Boulevard 13, Cph S; tickets sold out, waiting list at billetlugen.dk Join legendary country singer Kris Kristofferson as he celebrates his 80th birthday with the release of an album and a world tour! Keep an eye on online forums for tickets. (SK)

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Copenhagen Blues Festival Sep 28-Oct 2; various venues, copenhagenbluesfestival.dk The five-day Copenhagen Blues Festival is back for its 16th edition! The program, which will see as many as 60 concerts at various venues, has only confirmed three names so far: Damon Fowler, Toronzo Cannon and Earl Thomas. (SK)

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Sep 2-18, various times; Dansekapellet, Bispebjerg Torv 1, Cph NV; 40-125kr, teaterbilletter.dk; ages 9+ SOHINI KUMAR

BREAK dance meets Hans Christian Andersen in this retelling of a classic fairy tale. Experience the tale of the ugly duckling in a new light with Uppercut Dance Theatre, as the story becomes a piece of physical theatre. The internationally touring dance company produces about 70 performances in Denmark annually. It is particularly known for merging mod-

INTERNATIONAL SAND SCULPTURE FESTIVAL

ends Sep 18, 10:00-19:00; Kajgaden 7, Hundested; over-11s: 45kr, under-11s: 20kr, under-5s: free adm; all ages

ADMIRE ten giant sculptures created by international sand artists according to the theme ‘The great Danes’, which will feature some of the biggest names in history. ACTIVITY

Animal Workshop Sep 3-25, Sat and Sun, 11:3016:30; Sølvgade 48, Cph K; 30kr; ages 3+ This children’s workshop allows kids to discover the world of animals, both large and small, and build their own supervised by the museum’s very own artists. (SK)

ern dance with performance and for challenging common perceptions of modern dance. In 2015, choreographer Mark Philip was nominated as Dancer of the Year for the Reumert Award and also received the Ballet Master Albert Gaubiers scholarship. In this performance, his and the dancers’ talents are combined with H C Andersen’s beloved story to create a contemporary interpretation. It promises to be a fast-paced, breathtaking journey. Prepare to watch as four dancers learn the lesson of accepting yourself that the little duckling learnt a long time ago. Tickets are already selling out, so make sure you get yours soon! There is no chance to get bored, as special events, sandboxes and treasure hunts should keep your kids busy. Lunch is taken care of: there is a cafe with refreshments, and benches provide the perfect picnic spot. End the day by letting your own creative juices flow by building your own sand sculpture. You will be provided with moulds, tools and, of course, sand. (SK)

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COPENHAGEN MAKER Sep 23-25, 10:00-20:00 (to 18:00 on Sun); KPH Volume, Enghavevej 82, Cph SV; over-12s: 80kr, under-12s: 20kr, under-3s: free adm, billeto.dk; all ages BUILD a robot, design a board game, or knit yourself a thick pair of socks – these are just a few of the countless possibilities available at Copenhagen Maker.

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Lille Carl Sep 9, 17:00-19:00; Børnekultuhus Ama’r, Øresundsvej 8B, Cph S; 100-50kr, reserve by Sep 6, billeto.dk; ages 3-8 This play about composer Carl Nielsen as a boy is wordlessly conveyed through puppetry and music. Share a communal meal afterwards. (SK)

Birds of Prey Sep 10, 14:00; Bonbon Land, Gartnervej 2, Holmegaard; all ages Visit this show to see hawks, falcons, and other birds of prey working with falconers to display their hunting and flight abilities. Ten lucky people will have their photo taken with an owl! (SK)

ACTIVITY

Pixeline Alphabet Run Sep 24, 09:30-11:00; Bonbon Land, Gartnervej 2, Holmegaard; ages 4-12 This one kilometre race held at Bonbon Land involves collecting letters of the alphabet to spell out a word. Proceeds from the race go to the Child Accident Prevention Foundation. (SK)

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The three-day festival is a celebration of all things DIY (do it yourself ) for those who like to do it themselves. You can work on whatever interests you, as the event encompasses everything from technology to arts and crafts. For children, this will be a free space to work together, get their hands dirty, and be innovative along with exhibitions, talks and more than 40 workshops. (SK) ACTIVITY

Pony rides ends Sep 25, Sat and Sun, 12:0016:00; Hestefolden Kanalvej, Kanalvej 2, Kastrup; 50-60kr; all ages Children can ride and groom ponies whilst parents enjoy a hot cup of tea or coffee by a bonfire. Occasional activities include carriage rides and archery. (SK)

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Never mind summer, tis the season for special exhibitions ANNE-SOFIE STAMPE, CPH MUSEUMS AND ATTRACTIONS

UMMER’S over, but there’s no reason to feel down. It’s time for some new special exhibitions at the museums, and if you’re lucky, it will be rainy and cold and give

you plenty of time to visit them all. As interesting as our selected exhibitions are, if there’s a prevailing theme this month, it’s their ability to cause offence –

particularly if you’re American! Detroit and the Donald FOR EXAMPLE, the exhibition about the magical atmosphere of abandoned places might not please the good people of Detroit, while the inclusion of the

ings side-by-side with its old artworks, and also of the risqué nature of ‘Sex & the Sea’, an exhibition about the sex lives of sailors.

US presidential candidates in a photography display will delight and dismay in equal measure. Meanwhile, traditionalists (not hard to find in any country!) might disapprove that Thorvaldsens Museum is showing contemporary paint-

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opens Sep 9, ends Aug 13, open Tue-Sun 11:00-17:00; M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark, Ny Kronborgvej 1, Helsingør; over-18s: 110kr, under-18s: free adm; mfs.dk/en

opened Aug 24, ends Nov 13, open Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00; Thorvaldsens Museum, Bertel Thorvaldsens Plads 2, Cph K; over-18s: 50kr, under-18s: free adm; thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en

M/S MARITIME Museum of Denmark’s new special exhibition Sex & the Sea focuses on the dreams, longings and sex lives of sailors. Its creators, the Dutch multimedia director Saskia Boddeke and British film director Peter Greenaway, encourage visitors to feel the same emotions of homesickness and sexual desire the sailors are faced with when they are at sea for months on end,

FOR THE first time in the history of the museum, Bertel Thorvaldsen’s built-in marble reliefs are yielding space to eight paintings gathered under the title TEMPLATE. The young Danish artist Marie Søndergaard Lolk has made a series of new works specifically for selected galleries at Thorvaldsens Museum. The galleries at the museum are not made for hanging paintings, so

only touching land (and whatever else they can) in unfamiliar ports.

Lolk has worked both with and against Thorvaldsen. What happens when contemporary art is installed in such a special and colourful museum full of history and centuries-old sculptures? It promises to be somewhat spectacular, so check it out.

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opened Aug 26, ends Jan 1, open Mon-Sun 10:00-17:00; Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød; over-15s: 75kr, under15s: 20kr, students: 60kr; dnm.dk

ongoing, ends Sep 11; Danish Architecture Center, Strandgade 27B, Cph K; free adm

ARE YOU into photography? The Swiss-US photographer Marco Grob has portrayed some of the world’s most prominent and influential people, and the Museum. The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle is displaying a wide range of his works

Marco Grob: Iconic Portraits includes politicians such as Barack Obama, former president George W Bush and the current presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump; actors such as George Clooney, Jude Law and Harrison Ford; musicians like Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Yo-Yo Ma; and innovators such as Steve Jobs and Stephen Hawking. Especially for the exhibition, the photographer has taken new portraits of HRH Crown Prince Frederik and HRH Crown Princess Mary.

THERE’S something fascinating about abandoned places. What happened? How did it use to be? Who was here? Over the past six years, Danish urban explorers Jan Elhøj and Morten Kirckhoff have visited and documented more than 1,000 abandoned places across the world and the result is Abandoned. Danish Architecture Center explores abandoned buildings and places around

the world with an exhibition showing selected photos by the pair.

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How do ya like them apples? Well tough, because they’re going in the bin

ERE’S A statistic so shocking it looks like a typo. About 3.7 trillion apples are binned each year. Someone’s muddled millions with trillions, surely? Sadly not. Almost half of all fruit and vegetables produced each year is thrown away, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Food waste occurs throughout the long journey from farm to fork – not least when greedy shoppers buy more than they can ever possibly eat. But the bulk of food waste occurs after harvesting and before distribution – in other words, at the point in the food supply chain that few of us ever see. To understand why so much food is wasted before it reaches your basket, just visit your local supermarket. Take a bag of oranges. Try to remember what you were doing four months ago. Because that’s when they were harvested. Sure, the oranges look fresh – but they were picked in mid-April, long before they were ripe. Strange fruit THE FRUIT’S not rotten, but the story certainly is. While you enjoyed the summer, the oranges were stored in a near-freezing,

gas-filled warehouse. While you lay on the beach, they were sold through a series of middlemen: processors, aggregators, wholesalers, bulk breakers, distributors and retailers. While you topped up your tan, the oranges got a cosmetic treatment of their own: chemicals to improve their appearance, fungicide to prevent rotting. And when your local supermarket chain put in a bulk order, they were ripened at the flick of a switch, using ethylene gas. Far from being farm fresh, then, those oranges are months old and laden with chemicals. And all that food waste? A consequence of market inefficiency and miscalculated demand. No wonder some reckon our industrial model of supplying food is broken. Fresh thinking BUT ALTERNATIVE approaches abound. BrightFarms in the United States builds large-scale local farms for supermarkets – drastically cutting time, distance and costs in the food supply chain. Likewise, Fresh.Land is an online platform that allows farmers to sell directly to retailers, cutting out all the middlemen.

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Launched in Copenhagen last year, Fresh.Land aims to get fruit and vegetables from the farm to your fork in just five days. It’s known as a ‘just-in-time’ model. Instead of languishing in warehouses, ripened at the last minute whenever an order arrives, fruit and vegetables sold through Fresh.Land stay on the farm. The trees and fields become natural ‘warehouses’. The consequences of this model go beyond freshness and flavour. First, it reduces the carbon emissions from storage by 88 percent. Second, it reduces the need for chemicals. Third, it guarantees farmers a better price. Finally, it helps to eliminate food waste. The future’s bright THEN THERE’S Space10 – a “future-living lab and exhibition space” in Kødbyen. It’s exploring whether indoor gardens can grow the kind of leafy greens you find garnishing a plate of IKEA’s iconic meatballs. Who knows – one day we might see the Swedish retail giant growing greens for its in-store restaurants. But it shouldn’t only be food for thought. The next time you shop, do it with a fresh pair of eyes – and consider whether you really know what you’re buying.

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ABOUT TOWN

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The African countries of Morocco and Benin both hosted big celebrations over the summer. Morocco marked the accession of its king on July 30 with a spread at the Hellerup Park Hotel. In attendance and pictured centre left (left-right) are Luxembourg’s ambassador Gerard Philipps, Moroccan ambassador Raja Ghannam, Austrian ambassador Ernst-Peter Brezovsky and Macedonian ambassador Naim Memeti. And Benin celebrated its national day on August 1 at the residence of its ambassador Eusebe Agbangha (centre right: left). Among those present were (right: left-right) Ghannam, Agbangha, Ivory Coast’s ambassador Mina Balde Laurent and Canadian ambassador André François Giroux

Indonesia and Bolivia both celebrated their national days during August. Among those present at the residence of Indonesian ambassador Muhammad Ibnu Said (left) on August 24 were (centre left: left-right) Georgian ambassador Nikoloz Rtveliashvili, Chinese ambassador Liu Biwei, Said, Egyptian ambassador Salwa Moufid, Cypriot ambassador Maria Papakyriakon, Thai ambassador Vimon Kidchob and the Indonesian ambassador’s wife. Meanwhile, Bolivia marked its big day at Sølyst on August 11. Among those present were Bolivian ambassador Juan Pablo Chain (red tie, both photos) and Mexican ambassador José Ignacio Madrazo (right)

The lederhosen was out in force at both the Swiss national day on August 1 and a German Embassy event aboard the German naval ship Fregat Augsburg on August 8. Swiss ambassador Benedikt Wechsler’s (red bowtie) guests included Saxo Bank chief executive Lars Seier Christensen, Danish pianist Niels Lan Doky (both left: cente left and second right) and Australian ambassador Damien Miller (centre left). While German ambassador Claus Robert Krumrei’s guests included (right: left-right) Slovenian ambassador Tone Kajzer, [Krumrei] the current UK deputy ambassador Alex Bamford and Miller

The new ambassador of Greece is Efthalia Kakiopoulou and the new ambassador of Lithuania is Ginte Bernadeta Damusis. Kalós orísate and Sveiki atvykę!

The Thai Embassy hosted a lively cultural festival at Havneparken in Islands Brygge. Among those present were Thai ambassador Vimon Kidchob (in sunglasses)

As another dignitary leaves these shores – Belgian ambassador Pol De Witte (left), who is going to be secrétaire général du Palais royal in his home country – another arrives, this time the new Ukrainian charge d’affaires Artem Vladymyrov

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Mediterranean, into the Atlantic and the North Sea and the Skaggerak, before ultimately returning to Leghorn on October 1. Captain Curzio Pacifici (centre right), his officers and some of the cadets welcomed visitors

and gave a guided tour of the impressive vessel, which still plays a major role in the training of budding Italian naval officers. The sun shone, the brass gleamed and the dark wood of the wheelhouse glowed; it almost made me regret that I was

not going with them – until I looked up from the base of the impressive main mast (54 metres tall) and realised just how high up those top sails were! The ship sailed away on August 31. Fair wind and buon viaggio! STEPHEN GADD

assortment of treats and handicrafts. Colourful flags fluttered along the edges of the tents as children took gleeful leaps on the bouncy castle and participated in games. Meanwhile,

the adults were well occupied by the brimming book and food stalls. Food was accompanied by entertainment. Jazz music floated through the air, mingling with sounds of con-

versation and laughter. Later on guests watched with interest, phones and cameras ready, as the Jane Austen dancers performed. Amongst the organisers spotted at the event (right:

left-right) were Kath Wattam, Angela Hansen, Jean Donner, Rosemary Bohr and Jenny Madsen. From the smiles on their and the guests’ faces, it is easy to say that the event was a success. SOHINI KUMAR

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sailing ship proceeding majestically up the channel. Celebrating her 85th anniversary, the Italian naval training vessel ‘Amerigo Vespucci’ called at Copenhagen on a voyage that has taken her from Leghorn, through the

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A GOVERNMENT OF LOST TURTLES: HOW LENIN REMEMBERED DENMARK

The founder of the Soviet Union twice visited the Danish capital prior to WWI, finding its farming more inspiring than its politics ANDREW MILLER

ASN’T IT Winston Churchill who once said that Russia was “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”? To be fair, the whole quote speculated whether the key was Russian self-interest, but it fits pretty well with recent events tying Denmark and Russia. Take Mikhail Vanin, the Russian ambassador, whose unpredicability knows no bounds. Just 17 months ago, he surreally suggested Denmark, under the right circumstances, could legitimately be nuked! And then over the summer, he hosted an event at his embassy to honour Prince Dimitri Romanov – the disputed head of his country’s ‘royal family’, a resident of Denmark since 1960 who many would have thought would be the last person on their invite list. Churchill didn’t actually say “keep your enemies closer”, but he whispered a version of it to himself sitting alongside Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference in 1945. The contrast is indicative of how relations between Denmark and Russia have developed over the past century. Rooted in a historical context, from Peter the Great’s ascension of the Round Tower in 1716 to the ‘liberation’ of Bornholm, the shared Danish-Russian experience has a bittersweet fragrance. Licence to Ilyich DURING the late 19th century, relations between Denmark and Russia were at a high. A potent royal connection had been established in 1883 when Tsar Alexander III married the Danish princess Dagmar (known in Russia as Maria Feodorovna). The Russian Royal Family, first Alexander III and then his son Nicholas II, were fond of visiting their in-laws in Denmark and they often summered in Copenhagen along with their children.

But someone else had also paid a visit to Denmark: the leader of the future Bolshevik revolution and the man who would ultimately lead to the demise of the Russian Royal Family: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.

Life on the move THE LIFE of Lenin was filled with international assemblies and addresses. From the day he gave up studying law to become a Marxist at the age of 17 to the day he took power in Russia more than two decades later, Lenin travelled and lectured all over Europe. His reasons were simple enough. Known in his native Russia as a revolutionary of long standing, the czar’s secret police were always searching for Lenin. Thus he and his wife, Nadezhda Krupskaya, were constantly on the move, travelling from country to country using pseudonyms, taking little more than the clothes on their backs. At the same time Lenin was constantly in touch with his newly-founded Bolshevik Party in Russia. Driven underground in St Petersburg, Lenin’s followers relied on their leader’s letters, communiqués and treaties to keep them organised and inspired. Because of this, Lenin’s letters include no fewer than 28 addresses written in 13 separate countries. Underground success FOR THE card-carrying Communist romantic, Europe at the beginning of the 20th century was the place to be. From London and Paris to Berlin, Helsinki and Copenhagen, in almost every major city socialist groups and gatherings flourished. Often outlawed but rarely suppressed, these meetings brought together various socialist factions, allowing them to exchange their ideologies concerning the new century – a century they believed would belong to socialism. In meeting halls such as the Odd Fellow Palæet in Copenhagen, political catchphrases flew as party members debated the historical inevitability of the fall of capitalism and the growth of a

proletarian state. It was just such a congress that brought Lenin to Copenhagen on two separate occasions. Given 12 hours to leave LENIN’S first visit to Copenhagen was in 1907 to attend the meeting of the Russian Socialist Economist Workers’ Party, which had been banned in their home country. However, wishing to maintain good diplomatic relations with Tsarist Russia, the Danish government deemed the congress illegal, and so the meeting was broken up almost before it started. The Ministry of Justice gave Lenin 12 hours to get out of the country. Lenin’s second visit to Denmark was longer, although it is questionable how much more successful it was. In September 1910 the 8th International Socialist Congress was held in Copenhagen at odd Fellow Palæet, and this time the state did not object, though it seems that Lenin did.

Wannabe socialists LENIN had few good things to say about Denmark’s version of socialism. In fact, he wrote that Thorvald Stauning – then head of the Tobacco Labourers’ Union and a future Danish Socialist Party leader – was a “quasisocialist” as well as “one of the most stingy and mean-spirited class snobs” he had ever met. It is not known whether Lenin openly declared this at the congress or not, for there he remained a shadowy figure. His limited knowledge of foreign languages prevented him from giving any speeches or participating in many debates. And his more extreme ideas isolated him from many of his Western peers, whom he later deemed “pseudo-socialists”. Inspired by Danish farmers WHAT LENIN did do in Copenhagen was go to the King’s Library. Rain or shine, Lenin would march over to the library each morning and voraciously read Danish agricultural statistics. Though he had nothing but scepticism and disgust for the socialist party, he did admire the

Lenin learnt a lot from the local landowners

impressive productivity of local farms. It seems likely that many of the agricultural programs he implanted in the early Soviet Union were inspired by what he found in the records of the King’s Library. Finally, it was Lenin’s landlady who remembered the oddest detail about his stay here. “I never even knew who he was,” Vognmand Petersen confessed years later. “He was quiet and kept to himself. But one day, I remember him falling down in hysterical laughter about a dish I was cooking.” Apparently, Petersen was

fond of preparing mock turtle soup, ‘forloren skildpadde’. She asked Lenin if he would like to try some, which the founder of the Soviet Union misheard and instead misunderstood as ‘the Danish government of lost turtles’. Today, with the contentious Arctic continental shelf boundaries being decided, Denmark stepping up its military presence in the Baltic region and then being left out of Russian-led Baltic security talks, there is little doubt that further misunderstandings are on the horizon.

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Food so Italian we could last days in Disco ITALO DISCO Oehlenschlægersgade 5, Cph V; Wed-Sat 18:00-00:00, Sun 18:00-23:00, closed Mon-Tue; set menu: 350kr, with wine pairings: 625kr; italodisco@italodisco. dk, 2858 1663; italodisco.dk PIA MARSH

TALIAN food is back. It never really left us, but now it’s trendy and cheese-ier and about more than just a good margherita pizza. remo Italo Disco has received rave reviews right from the moment it opened back at the end of 2015. Even Italians have good things to say about it – which is always a big deal. As with almost every last corner of west Copenhagen, Oehlenschlægersgade has been given a new face in recent years, and Italo Disco is just one of the many eateries that have popped up as a result. This place is pure gold. Tucked away down an otherwise remarkably ordinary Vesterbro street, the revamped slaughterhouse has blossomed into a charming little Italian-inspired trattoria. Italo Disco – whose name pays homage to the kitsch subgenre of 1980s Italian electronic music – is Vesterbro’s latest little darling. It’s quaint, authentic, and fits no more than a handful of guests inside. Here, it is about as Italian as it gets. The focus is entirely on the food, which changes depending on the day, the season and the chef ’s mood on the evening. Italian swagger THE STAFF felt like old friends from the moment we walked in. We weren’t even assigned a waiter – rather, it seems we were greeted by every employee in the restaurant. Even mid-week, the restaurant was packed. We were seated at the bar, which I would usually despise, but this time we found it quite enjoyable. This meant we were in full view of the open kitchen and watched on with prying eyes as the waiting staff prepped the final touches on each of the dishes before they were served. At Italo Disco, there is only one menu. The chefs save you the hassle of deciding what to order – whatever is on the menu

Unless stated otherwise, the meals in these reviews are paid for by the venue.

is what you are eating that night. Yet, rather than seeming a tad controlling, this stark display of authority comes as a refreshing change. It’s like being in your mother’s kitchen and asking what’s for dinner, only to be told it’s spaghetti bolognese and you’ll eat what you’re served. Pâté and prosecco OUR EVENING started with

bubbles – a nice prosecco – as the waiters packed our table with an abundance of dishes, whisking plates away before our eyes with as little fanfare as possible. We started with a creamy buffalo mozzarella served with fresh, flavoursome basil and cherry tomatoes. A quick succession of little plates followed, including prosciutto-wrapped green asparagus and white cod pâté on

crispy toast. All were delicious, but the mozzarella in particular holds a special place in my heart (and in my belly). Meanwhile, we sipped on a Grechetto 2014 Umbria – a fresh and sophisticated white wine and an extremely complementary sidekick. For our main course, we had a squid ink pasta and creamy seafood pasta served with a flavoursome French red.

Understated hygge THERE are many good things I could say about Italo Disco. This tiny, vibrant, dimly-lit trattoria has etched its place in people’s hearts for many reasons: its interesting selection of vinos, its simple, delicious menu and its unabashed Italian swagger. It is understated hygge in its finest form, and it has all the ingredients you need for a cosy night out.

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AST ISSUE we were spoilt for choice, with Finding Dory, Love & Friendship and The Lobster all vying for our attention. This time around, we mostly have mediocrity and uncertainty – our only surefire recommendations are films you must avoid. More like Charlton Athletic LEADING the way, through eight laps of chariot-racing carnage that CGI does its best to spoil, is the remake of one of cinema’s most respected films, Ben-Hur (released Sep 1, Metacritic: 37). Remaking William Wyler’s 1959 epic is akin to cloning Nelson Mandela and casting him in a soap opera or, perhaps a better comparison, rewriting the Declaration of Independence to appease dullards whose attention span doesn’t lend itself to long sentences. The filmmakers’ research informed them that the majority of Generation Binge (16 to 35-year-olds) have never seen it, and it is one hell of a story they’re missing out on. Unfor-

tunately this version, according to the Seattle Times, is “cheap and cheesy” and undeserving of the categorisation ‘epic’. Up Dawson’s, no paddle AMONG the cast is Pilou Asbæk (Euron Greyjoy in Game of Thrones) as Pontius Pilate, one of cinema’s most enigmatic roles. Over the years, a wide range of actors have played him, including British actors Hugh Bonneville and Gary Oldman, Americans Harvey Keitel and Rod Steiger – and even David Bowie. Sadly Entertainment Weekly found Asbæk “so square compared to past Pilates Gary Oldman and David Bowie”, while Empire magazine suggested he was “aiming for the ruggedness of Russell Crowe but ending up closer to Pacey Witter” – the other lead male character in Dawson’s Creek. Ouch! A supportive boyfriend ANOTHER Scandinavian who needs little introduction these days is Oscar-winning Swedish actress Alicia Vikander, and giv-

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en the strength of the supporting cast of her latest film, The Light Between Oceans (Sep 8, Not Released Yet) – which includes Michael Fassbender and Rachel Weisz – this looks a safe bet to deliver if you like your dramas eerie and uncheery. As well as supporting her on film, Fassbender ended up supporting Vikander in the missionary position, as the pair emerged as a couple shortly after filming concluded in late 2014. Still virtually unknown back then, she starred in five big films in 2015. Somewhat predictable THEN AGAIN, maybe we should save the showbiz tittletattle for the trash mags, who will be too busy bigging up Bridget Jones’ Baby (Sep 15, NRY) and rerunning pieces on Renée Zellweger’s behind they first ran in 2001. The sequel was a film too far for this creation, although Harry Potter fans will enjoy trying to spot Hogwarts’ finest amongst the shrubbery that make up the cast. Safer bets in the comedy department come from Mike and

Dave Need Wedding Dartners (Sep 1, 51) and Sausage Party (Sep 8, 66). The low score afforded the former doesn’t mean it won’t make you laugh, and with Zac Efron on board, you’ll probably enjoy it for other reasons. And who knows, maybe Blair Witch (Sep 15, NRY) will raise a few chuckles, along with cleanched knuckles, if you can still stomach the camcorder approach 17 years on from the original. It feels like it’s been that long since Mel Gibson was likeable. Blood Father (Sep 1, 66) could mark a return to form at the box office, even if its name suggests it’s yet another film in which he plays a sorely pissed-off male relation. Miss Jones at your peril ELSEWHERE, the miracle on the Hudson gets the Hollywood treatment in Sully (Sep 8, NRY) starring Tom Hanks and the general consensus is that it’s a bit formulaic; care home drama Chronic (Sep 15, NRY) starring Tim Roth gets a surprise, if ill-advised cinematic opening (you can only imagine

the title will end up referring to its ticket sales); and Free State of Jones (Sep 15, 53), a film about a slave uprising led by a white farmer in the American South in the 1860s starring Matthew McConaughey, has perhaps been unfairly treated by critics for political reasons. And there are also a number of foreign films coming out, including acclaimed Venezuelan film Sidste Nat I Caracus (Sep 15); modern day Copenhagen drama I Blodet (Sep 15), if you fancy seeing your life on screen; Danish documentary Bugs (Sep 8); and Pedro Almodovar’s latest, Julieta (Sep 15, 63). Over at Cinemateket, Danish on a Sunday presents two Danish films with English subtitles – Sorgenfri (What we become) and Der kommer en dag (Day will come) – on September 11 and 18 at 14:15, while its September line-up is spearheaded by the Don’t Fear the Weird festival (Sep 13-15), which includes an introduction to Birdman (Sep 15, 18:50) by everyone’s favourite dirty old cycling commentator Jørgen Leth, and a season of Todd Haynes films.

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JOURNALIST Crystal Moselle wasn’t expecting much when she ran into a young man on the streets of New York, but the result is a compelling documentary with an impressive 75 rating on Metacritic. The man was on a rare outing from an apartment to which his father Oscar Angulo, a conspiracy theorist and Hare Krishna follower, held the only key. He only allowed his six sons to go

Suits off ‘Reservoir Dogs’, shades of ‘The Blues Brothers’, homemade guns out of ‘In the Line of Fire’

BRITISH viewers have embraced The Durrells, a 2016 family drama based on the books of Gerald Durrell that reflect on his childhood in the 1930s on Corfu. The always charismatic Keely Hawes plays his mother. Paddy Considine – the star of The Suspicions of Mr Wilcher (DR1, Sep 5, 22:30) – is another actor who rarely disappoints, but the same can’t be said of Jimmy Saville, the DJ who let down a nation. Most contributors to

Abused: The Untold Story (DR2, Sep 5, 23:05) wished to remain anonymous, but their faces are disguised to the extent they upset viewers more than the content. No danger of that with Ivory Tower (DR2, Sep 13, 20:45), a slick if shallow investigation into the cost of an Ivy League education, although Missing Evidence: Jack the Ripper (TV2, Sep 8, 23:30) might be touch and go for the squeamish.

Elsewhere, we’ve got S2 of Indian Summers (DR2, Sep 7, 21:00) and Grantchester (SVT1, Sep 3, 21:00); you know summer’s over when you’ve got The Last Night of the Proms (SVT2, Sep 10, 20:00) and the return of X Factor UK (DR3, Sep 13, 20:00); and it’s a good month for drag fans with two docs airing their briefs: Miss Transgender (K4, Sep 2, 20:00) and Jinkx Monsoon (SVT2, Sep 13, 22:45). (BH)

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SPEND some quality time with lesbians, jocks and South Bronx’s finest – our three recommendations in this issue of ‘Coming Soon’. Take My Wife (Metacritic, 84) brings to the screen the real-life marriage of young lesbian couple Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher. Both standup comedians, the series shows

their everyday life amongst work and relationships. New Netflix series The Get Down (69) is also a musical, a film and a music video. Co-creator Baz Luhrmann retells the origins of hip-hop through a group of teenagers of the 70s South Bronx. Luhrmann personally directed the 93-minute

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pilot, and the rest of the series is rendered a little flat as a result. The acclaimed Netflix documentary series Last Chance U (79) covers the 2015 American football season of East Mississippi Community, charting the highs and lows of a team. ALESSANDRA PALMITESTA

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YOU CAN’T say anything bad about the Paralympics. You just can’t. Unless it’s something about Oscar Pistorius. And no gags about Iceland as England kick off their 2018 World Cup campaign in Slovakia, the team they couldn’t break down in France. Elsewhere, the Manchester EPL derby follows the international break and the US Open climaxes on Eurosport on September 10 and 11. (BH)

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SVT1, Sep 3, 21:45 Brideshead Revisited

DR3, Sep 10, 21:00 American Reunion

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K6, Sep 10, 13:30 EPL: Man Utd vs Man City

THE 1981 version of Brideshead Revisited is one of the best TV series of all time, but the 2008 film isn’t bad either, even if it does bulldoze through subtleties the original had 12 hours to indulge. American Reunion is passable but pointless, while Daniel Craig is on the case of Stalin in Archangel, but sadly not as Bond. Now that would be amazing! (BH)

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