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Scooter II: The city cut Hard to see how firms will prosper with such stringency

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A NEW LAW proposed this week will make Denmark the biggest oil and gas producer in the world to finalise an end date for its fossil fuel era. It should signal the end of drilling in the North Sea by 2050. In related news, the high price of oil has resulted in the cost of petrol rising above 14 kroner per litre for the first time in Danish history.

LIFE EXPECTANCY fell across the planet in 2020, according to research by the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Oxford, except in Denmark and Norway, where it actually increased due to a decrease in general mortality. The fall was the biggest in western Europe since World War II. In the US, it fell by 2.2 years for men.

A VERY precise method of carbon dating confirms that Norsemen were living in the Newfoundland settlement of L’Anse aux Meadows in 1021.

Archaeological finds in Canada, along with references in writing, had already suggested that the Vikings lived in the Americas.

But now historians can confirm when.

THE KLIMABEVÆGELSEN climate organisation is suing the government over its plans to construct Lynetteholmen in Copenhagen without carrying out an adequate assessment of the man-made island’s environmental impact. There is a good chance the legal action will delay the work, which was due to start next year and continue until 2070.

Startup suitability

Danish dominance

Corona cases climbing

Farmers favour forests

COPENHAGEN is the most accommodating and affordable city in the world in which to launch a startup, according to money.co.uk. It was praised for its excellent city transport links and affordable co-working spaces. In a home run for Denmark, Aarhus was ranked second with Prague, Dublin and Manchester completing the top five.

THREE Danish-language shows have made a BBC ranking of the top 100 TV series of the 21st century based on the votes of 206 experts from 43 countries – making Denmark the number one non-Anglophone nation. 'Broen' (34), ‘Borgen' (40) and 'Forbrydelsen' (78) trailed a top five of ‘The Wire’, ‘Mad Men’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Game of Thrones’.

THERE were 1,871 new infections of corona on Wednesday afternoon – a number in keeping with a recent trend that has seen the rate quadruple this month.

On October 1, just 394 cases were reported. There are currently 200 people in hospital, of whom 23 are in intensive care.

This time last week, just 120 were hospitalised.

FARMERS have submitted 381 applications to have their fields converted into forest. They can get a subsidy of up to 28,000 kroner per hectare, derived from a EU pool of 70 million kroner.

The state wants to convert more arable land into areas of nature, and should it approve most of the applications, it will gain around 2,000 hectares of new forest.

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Scooters return, somewhat muted

ONLINE THIS WEEK MANY DEFICIENCIES, mostly relating to fixtures designed to contain fire, have been found at the Niels Bohr Building, postponing its opening date by another six months to 2022. Since construction began in 2013, the cost has risen from 1.6 to 5+ billion kroner. It was originally scheduled to open in 2016.

Motorway canopy A PROPOSAL to put a canopy over the Øresund Motorway in Ørestad – the last stretch of the E20 before it heads to Sweden – has been adopted City Hall. If the plans are approved, the canopy should reduce noise pollution and create more urban space.

Power plant postponed

Huge, free flea market!

THE RECYCLING station on Vermlandsgade in Amager now has a 500 sqm area where it is possible to pick up (or drop off) large items such as furniture without any charge.

Vermlandsgade Genbrugsstation is located at Herjedalgade 2-4.

Inclined parking promise ON TEN different streets in Nørrebro and Østerbro, City Hall is introducing inclined parking. The result will be 167 extra parking spaces by early November.

New rules will make it hard for renters to be profitable, warns traffic expert BEN HAMILTON

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TRANSPORT expert doubts scooter firms Voi and Bolt will be able to turn a profit following their green light to launch operations in the capital region last week.

According to their tender, the companies can collectively operate 3,200 scooters, but there are severe limitations on where people can end their journey.

Strict rules in busy areas UNLESS you are making a temporary stop with the ‘meter running’, it is illegal to stop using a scooter in a ‘busy urban area’, so the entire city centre is off-bounds, along with large

parts of Vesterbro, Østerbro, Amager and Christianshavn.

In these four city districts, it will only be possible to leave a scooter in a designated zone.

Should a scooter be abandoned in the off-bounds areas, the supplier will be fined 338 kroner, even if the scooter is taken over by another rider.

Too many overheads HARRY Lahrmann, a traffic

researcher from Aalborg University, thinks the scooter firms face the same challenge as the bike share companies.

“These kinds of rental businesses never do well economically because they require a lot of people to service them. It's insanely expensive,” he told DR. However, scooters might have a future in Denmark, as Lahrmann could not rule out more private individuals buying their own.

Naked cowboy promoted to sheriff John Wagner will again be seeking your vote, even though his posters do tend to expose his shortcomings

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OU MIGHT remember John Wagner from the 2015 General Election, an independent candidate who posed as a ‘naked cowboy’ on campaign posters, wearing only a cowboy hat and a leather pistol holster strapped to his leg, with his penis visible.

Well, he’s competing in next month’s local elections in Copenhagen, seeking representation on the city’s municipal council with Kærlighedspartiet (the love

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Bird-proof bin outlay ALL STREET bins in Vesterbro, Nørrebro and Østerbro, Bispebjerg, Vanløse and the city centre are currently being replaced by bird-proof ones. The taller bins are being referred to as ‘pizzakurve’ because they are designed so a pizza box can comfortably fit into one.

Worst for sports This is also presumably against the new rules!

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POLITICIANS and residents are dismayed by a one-year postponement to plans to establish an onshore power plant to provide electricity to ships at Copenhagen’s main port. Docked ships emit countless emissions keeping their power on to harness electricity.

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Queen’s barred off IT’S NO longer possible to drive through Amalienborg Slotsplads and past the queen’s most preferred residence, as bollards have been set up as a terror deterrent.

WWII bomb defused A WORLD War II bomb, discovered near the proposed site of the man-made island of Lynetteholm, has been defused

by Danish Navy divers.The German ‘Wasserbombe’ contained 60 kg of explosives.

City Hall flag row A ROW HAS broken out at City Hall over whether the Dannebrog should be hung in its main meeting room. Dansk Folkeparti says it should, but the red bloc like the current decor the way it is.

Willy the Kid left little to the imagination in 2015

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COPENHAGEN has the worst sporting infrastructure, according to a DIF survey of 93 of the country’s 98 municipalities. Skive, Roskilde, Vallensbæk Nordfyn and Thisted made up the top five.

“We must not kiss or hug each other, so why not introduce more compassion and sensitivity and respond to citizens' inquiries in a friendly voice instead of with an answering machine.” (BH)

Gentofte tax rise TEN MUNICIPALITIES will raise their taxes in 2022, while six will see a reduction. Gentofte leads the way with a 0.37 percent rise.

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IPAs and NDAs: How Mikkeller’s fall from grace came to a head

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IKKELLER Brewery’s very public fall from grace started inauspiciously on an Instagram account belonging to a woman named Brienne Allan.

May in Massachusetts ALLAN, a production manager at Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts – who goes by the name of ‘ratmagnet’ on Instagram – asked a simple question in her stories on May 11: “Had other people in the brewing industry experienced sexism?”

Drawing media attention from across the States, the response was immense. It implicated individuals from big names on the US craft beer scene such as Hill Farmstead, Tired Hands and Evil Genius – to name but a few.

“It opened the floodgates,” says Allan.

Danish heads on the block THE CRAFT beer industry is tight-knit. It didn’t take long for international responses to start rolling in. And a couple of Danish names were cropping up … a lot.

Particularly Søren Wagner’s – the founder and head of Danish brewery Dry & Bitter in Gørløse in north Zealand. A swathe of sexual harassment accusations detailing his aggressive and coercive behaviour, shared by Allan, led to his resignation just a week later.

The matter was investigated and verified. Dry & Bitter made a prompt public statement of apology, communicated openly and issued multiple follow-ups.

While there is rarely a satisfying resolution in these cases, D&B put in the legwork.

But this hasn’t been the case with the other Danish name that Allan’s callout dredged up.

Meanwhile … in Copenhagen ENTER Fanny Wandel – a bartender at The Barking Dog in Nørrebro (which, as a side note, was recently listed as one of the world’s top 10 tequila bars).

Wandel noticed Søren’s name on ratmagnet’s stories. She also noticed that Mikkeller Brewery was getting a lot of airtime. She reposted the anonymous posts pertaining to the

All's hell that ends ale: the writing is certainly on the wall

Copenhagen beer scene.

Wandel’s page quickly became a platform, exactly as Allan’s had been, for people to safely share stories of toxic workplace culture in the brewing and wider hospitality industry in Copenhagen.

“It started out as me just lending my own voice and sharing my own life experiences. Maybe because it makes these things less abstract and easier to relate to,” she explained.

Victims of Warpigs THE CRITICISM of Mikkeller that Wandel helped to share was broad and deep – spanning from bullying, harassment and intimidation to a desperate lack of HR infrastructure and physically unsafe brewing conditions.

“It became about facilitating an open conversation where people could maintain anonymity, which it's very much stayed,” she said.

At Warpigs – a Mikkeller brewpub in the Meatpacking District that is co-run by Indiana’s 3 Floyds Brewing – allegations surfaced that founder and creative director Mikkel Borg Bjergsø and COO Jacob Gram Alsing (aka ‘The Major’) not only participated in the bullying of staff but allowed it to continue elsewhere.

On June 1, the general manager of Warpigs was quietly replaced with no explanation from Mikkeller HQ. The next

day, Berlingske reported on the burgeoning international #MeToo movement in craft beer, making a point of the reshuffle at Warpigs.

Mikkeller’s mask slips AT THIS point Mikkeller began to scramble on social media, posting a statement about “harassment and inequality in the beer industry” to Mikkeller-affiliated groups.

It was a weak gesture and spooked the members of ‘Mikkeller Beer Club’ – a dedicated community of Mikkeller followers, who began cancelling their

craft beer box orders en-masse.

Less than a fortnight later, anonymous protest art was installed outside Mikkeller HQ in Carlsberg Byen. The posters – parodying Mikkeller’s artwork with messages like “Racism: Get Away With it Ale” and “Super Cool Sexist Beer” – were taken down within six hours.

By now in mid-June, Mikkeller had been conspicuously quiet for too long. Meanwhile, Wandel’s Instagram, which had documented every detail of the unfolding controversy, was going viral in the hospitality industry. @BANCKP & @ABPHOTOGRAPHY_DK

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Mikkel Borg Bjergsø’s apology on October 18 for “not acknowledging responsibility” for the toxic workplace environment at the Danish brewery giant was long overdue, concurs industry

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Bombing on the radio ON JUNE 17, DR’s ears perked up and Mikkeller CEO Kenneth Madsen and Wandel were invited to give a joint radio interview.

While Wandel plainly pointed out the pattern in allegations against Mikkeller, Madsen was evasive – repeatedly shifting the blame to the industry, igniting a backlash of criticism of his insincerity.

A week later, Kate Bailey, the founder of the Hospo Hotline program – a podcast dedicated to workplace culture – produced an episode with Wandel examining the saga so far: ‘Pints, Protests and Platitudes: A Mikkeller Update’.

The dialogue was gathering pace ... but it wasn’t a surprise to many in the industry. Bailey had been watching Mikkeller unravel since 2018, when she released a podcast on Mikkeller’s controversial ‘FemAle’ beer.

Another secret resignation AROUND this time more Mikkeller reports were hitting hospitality publications, though mainstream media was slow on the uptake.

Kate Bernot – a journalist for GoodBeerHunting – was amongst those with the strongest voice.

Her July 1 article ‘At a Breaking Point’ blew the doors off the bad work practices going on at Mikkeller’s San Diego brewery and Warpigs in Copenhagen.

She named Bjergsø, Madsen, Alsing, two specific brewery managers, and Pernille Pang (Mikkeller co-owner/head of PR/Bjergsø’s ex-wife) amongst those to encourage or actively participate in belittling, humiliation, harassment or blanket indifference.

Bernot reported that two of the former San Diego employees referred to the brewery as a “revolving door”. A former Warpigs employee who wished to remain anonymous said of her time there: “My mental health was absolutely rock bottom.”

On Aug 2, Alsing ’The Major’ stood down as COO. It was another hush-hush affair, singularly reported a whole month later by Fødevarewatch – a hospitality industry newsletter. Mikkeller stated that the position will not be refilled.

Until now, very little news had actually made it to the public’s attention.

Boycotted BUT THAT changed when the Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen (MBCC) on October 22, an international beer festival that usually attracts hundreds

of guest breweries eager to network and share their beers with thousands of visitors, saw a crippling number of dropouts in the fortnight before the event due to Bjergsø’s mishandling of the toxic-culture allegations.

Bjergsø was invited onto DR radio on October 13 to respond. It was another car-crash in which he attempted to sidestep accusations of engrained cultural problems at Mikkeller.

In an article on Berlingske the same day he accused online ‘activists’ (read: Fanny Wandel) of trying to “hurt Mikkeller” by “pressuring breweries to drop out of MBCC”.

Wandel has since provided copious evidence in the form of screenshots of messages from breweries who dropped out of MBCC that prove this was not the case.

Five months too late FINALLY, Bjergsø took to Instagram – the platform where it all started – and issued his first personal apology on October 18.

“I’m sorry about the interviews I gave in Berlingske Tidende last week regarding breweries dropping out of MBCC. Some of the things I said came across as if I did not acknowledge Mikkeller’s responsibility. This was not my intention,” he stated.

For Wandel a good outcome would be to see balance restored in the industry.

“It should be more acceptable for people to talk about wrongdoings in public and out loud,” she said.

Time for change IT’S A TIMELY plea. The hospitality industry is facing huge staff shortages.

“I think everyone needs to take advantage of all the time we’ve had to reflect,” continued Wandel.

People have left the industry because they weren’t being taken care of or they realised that their workplaces were an exhausting factor in their lives and they didn’t want to return to it.”

Last year, The Bartender’s Choice Award – an annual international industry awards ceremony honouring individuals and businesses in hospitality – awarded Wandel the ‘Improver of the Industry’ award. Looking ahead, she hopes that her “cry for people to participate in the dialogue” is heard.

“Now we’re in a place where we should revisit our policies and the way in which we work. We need to give space to people to take care of their mental and physical health,” she said.

Well, Mikkeller. Your move.

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DENMARK has ranked number one in the Rule of Law Index published by the World Justice Project for the sixth time in a row. Norway, Finland, Sweden and Germany completed the top five. The biggest gains were achieved by Uzbekistan, Moldova and Mongolia, while Belarus and Myanmar were the biggest fallers.

Fruitful visit to India METTE Frederiksen visited India at the beginning of October to meet Indian PM Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind and foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

She described it as a meeting to strengthen political, economic and commercial relations that represents “a great potential for Danish companies and exports”.

Support for Moldova DANISH non-profit International Media Support, with help from the Danish state, has set up a program to support the media in Moldova.

It will provide 1.5 million kroner with the aim of promoting the freedom of expression and fighting disinformation. The program's main focus is developing local media capacities and training journalists in investigative reporting.

EU office in Nuuk THE EU will shortly open an office in Nuuk to contribute to a "peaceful and sustainable" Arctic. Political experts see it as a move to prevent a power struggle between the United States, Russia and China in their hunt for resources in Greenland, which is rich in minerals and fossil fuels. Additionally, as its ice melts, new shipping routes will open up.

Aid for Syrian refugees IN THE budget bill for 2022, the government announced aid of 3.5 billion kroner to help the estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees living in communities in Jordan and Lebanon. The funding is mainly spent on health, education, employment and humanitarian work.

Media melee follows killing spree

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Not as originally reported: There were no deaths caused by bow and arrow, no terror motive, and no uncanny similarities with a Danish movie BEN HAMILTON

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ONTRARY to initial reports, the man with Norwegian and Danish parentage who went on a killing spree in Kongsberg, some 60 km southwest of Oslo, did not murder his victims using a bow and arrow.

Neither did 37-year-old Espen Andersen Brathen commit an act of terror, as was implied following the attack on October 13, when reports of his radicalisation started to surface.

Brathen, who had threatened to kill his Norwegian father and Danish mother a year earlier, is most probably mentally ill, say police.

AT THE end of September, Crown Princess Mary visited Vilnius to celebrate the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Lithuania.

Danish F-16 fighter jets performed in an air show, while Princess Mary opened an exhibition, 'Awakening of Nations', at the Vytautas Kasiulis Museum where more than 40 Danish Golden Age artworks were displayed.

The sleepy town of Kongsberg will never be the same again

Corona aid to Romania

that the rampage did start in the Coop Extra supermarket. The police officer survived despite being shot in the back.

But this combined with an eye-witnesses claim that the attacker was carrying a quiver of arrows caused the story to unravel.

After all, such an attack was depicted in the book ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ and the film that followed.

DENMARK has donated 15 mobile respirators and eight oxygen concentrators to Romania to help it cope with its high COVID-19 infection rate. Romania had previously requested assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. Denmark has also aided Albania, Ukraine, India, Nepal, Iraq, Serbia, Slovakia, Montenegro, Rwanda and Northern Macedonia.

No terror charges IN A STATEMENT on Monday, police said that “illness appears to be the most probable hypothesis in terms of motive for the action”.

Brathen faces five counts of murder but no terror charges.

In total, there were 60 witnesses to the incident.

The Kevin effect?

HOWEVER, it is confirmed that Brathen shot at least one person, an off-duty police officer, with a bow and arrow, and

Well-known victim IN REALITY, Brathen had left the shop to stab people at random: some at home, some out in public.

Of Brathen’s five victims, four were women and one was a man, three in their 70s and two in their 50s.

The youngest was a wellknown German musician, 52-year-old Andrea Haugen, who released music under the name of Nebelhexë.

She lived in Norway after having a child with her ex husband Samoth, a prominent name in black metal.

Few uncanny similarities THOUGH Brathen is a Danish citizen through his mother, he grew up in Norway, but that did not stop multiple media outlets from reporting the attacks were carried out by a Dane.

In Denmark, meanwhile, the release of Thomas Daneskov's new film, 'Vildmænd', has been postponed indefinitely due to its similarities to the attack.

With a promo poster displaying an archer in a supermarket, it looked like a macabre case of life imitating art, particularly as the protagonist is a Dane.

But now the true story has been confirmed, it would appear the film does not have many similarities with the attack at all.

Swedish border relaxation

Vaccines sold to Oz

Voices of the next gen

FROM OCTOBER 25 it will be possible for unvaccinated residents of the EU and the Schengen area to enter Denmark without a valid COVID-19 test. The only requirement for entry is to get a test within 24 hours of arriving.

The news is particularly welcome for Swedes who commute to work in Denmark. Along the border, the police will remove random checks again.

THE GOVERNMENT has sold 200,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine to Australia and donated 250,000 Johnson & Johnson doses to Rwanda. The doses were surplus to requirements, but also reflect that Denmark is no longer offering Moderna to under-18s due to concerns it increases the risk of heart inflammation. The vaccines arrived in Australia last month.

THE DEVELOPMENT Ministry and Danish Youth Council will bring together 14 young Danish and African volunteers every quarter to get their views on the future. "The future is in the hands of young people who will have to live with the long-term consequences of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic," explained the relevant minister, Flemming Møller Mortensen.

Stabbed not shot INSTEAD Brathen stabbed all his victims – some of them in their own homes – during his 35-minute rampage through the town.

According to the police, he might be an Islam convert, but it is not something he takes very seriously.

Norway’s intelligence agency, PST, is launching an independent investigation of how so much misinformation was released.

Celebrations in Vilnius

Evading parking fines FOREIGN drivers are far less likely to pay their parking fines than Danes, claims a DTL-Danske Vognmænd study. If found that out of 5,000 parking fines handed out to foreign drivers, only 521 were paid. The Færdselsstyrelsen transport authority uses the debt collection company Euro Parking Collection to track down the recipients of unpaid fines abroad.

Iraqi election involvement THE FOREIGN minister, Jeppe Kofod, welcomed Denmark's participation in the recent Iraqi elections on October 10 as an independent observer. Denmark got involved after calls from Iraqis for international monitoring. Many United Nations officials were also present.

Charged with being drunk THE CAPTAIN of a Dutch cargo ship, the Beaumaiden, which was bound for Tallinn when it ran aground near Bornholm on Monday evening, has been charged with commanding a ship whilst intoxicated. The captain's blood alcohol level was 0.8.

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YOUNG politicians are often harassed because of their age, according to a DR report. Some 57 local election candidates, who were under 25 in 2017, were questioned, and 22 said they had unpleasant experiences. Typical comments included “Get some life experience!” and “Go back to primary school”.

Boarding school inquiry ELEVEN former students at the Gravenshoved Boarding School in north Jutland have claimed they were abused at the establishment. They informed Aalborg Municipality as part of an internal investigation – the municipality owned the school from 1964 to 1992, the year the school closed.

Affordable housing funds THE GOVERNMENT will allocate 10 billion kroner to a new housing fund, which should enable the provision of 22,000 affordable public housing units in the likes of Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen by 2035. The possibility of rebuilding and upgrading the National Museum is also on the table.

Safeguarding Denmark won't stop the pandemic, warn critics

WHO, left-wing parties and NGOs among those to voice their concern

frontline workers. But soon, healthy people aged 50-65 will become eligible.

and unreasonable and we are not stopping the pandemic.”

Amoral and unfair “PERSONALLY, I would feel bad about accepting a third jab when I know what the situation is in other parts of the world,” Radikale health spokesperson Stinus Lindgreen told DR. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has told CNN that such a practice is “amoral, unfair and unreasonable” – views that have been echoed by several NGOs, including Doctors Without Borders.

“Starting with booster shots is already the worst thing we can do as a global society,” Ghebreyesus argues. “It's unfair

Thousands caught speeding Ferry fire investigation

Youth vote all the way

Parental leave opposition

THE POLICE caught 7,000 drivers speeding in Week 41 during a crackdown on offending motorists.

Nevertheless, the figure was lower than the same week in 2020.

SOCIALDEMOKRATIET won the 2021 School Election, the culmination of three weeks in the classroom focused on politics, with 23.5 percent of the vote. Students form parties, study democracy and key political issues, and participate in debates. The election is co-organised by the Ministry of Children and Education, Parliament and the Danish Youth Council.

A CITIZENS' proposal to enable new parents to transfer their share of parental leave to their other half has reached 50,000 signatures. The proposal rejects the recently approved bill that will ensure each parent has a minimum of 11 weeks. Under current rules, fathers must take two weeks, but from August 2022 it will rise to at least nine weeks to comply with a new EU law on the table.

THE FISHING industry fears the 2022 Baltic Sea fishing quotas for 2022 agreed by EU ministers could cost 200 jobs in Denmark.

The quotas mean cod (down 88 percent) and salmon can only be caught in the western Baltic Sea as a by-catch when fishing for other species. The agreement could mean that around 100 vessels will have to stop fishing.

More women candidates IN THE regional elections on November 16, there will be 487 female candidates – 47 more than at the last election. In total, 36 percent are women, compared to 28 percent in 2013.

Dead language blow REGION Zealand will replace Greek and Latin names on signage in hospital wards with Danish translations. Tina Boel, a SF regional councillor, made the proposal, after observing confusion amongst hospital patients during visits. The decision is supported by Patient Association chair Niels Jørgen Langkilde.

In favour of lowering limit

Ongoing for six weeks THE FIRST third jabs in Denmark were administered at nursing homes on September 9.

Since then, thousands more have been jabbed, as well as many who received the single-jab Johnson & Johnson, for which the waiting time is only three months.

According to WHO, only 7 percent of the population of Africa have received a jab, compared to 76 percent in Denmark.

Denmark has already donated vaccines to many countries, including some in Africa. Last week, for example, it was confirmed it had sent 250,000 Johnson & Johnson doses to Rwanda. (BH)

Worried by fishing quotas

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WO OF THE government's red bloc allies have questioned whether it is a bit selfish of Denmark to give a third vaccine dose to the entire population in light of the number of countries struggling to give their people any kind of protection.

As was widely expected, the Danish government recently confirmed that invitations for a third jab will be sent out to individuals who had their second jab more than six and a half months ago.

For the time being, this only includes people with chronic conditions, the over-65s and

AN INDEPENDENT taskforce has been set up to assess the insurance conditions and responsibility behind the fire on board the MS Scandinavian Star ferry on April 6 1990 that killed 159 people. The disaster was the deadliest fire in recent Scandinavian history, and the original investigation drew criticism for being inadequate. The assessment is expected to take one and a half years.

THE GOVERNMENT is reconsidering a proposal to allow children regardless of age to change their gender on the civil registration register – a procedure known as ‘legal gender reassignment’. Currently, you must be 18 to do so. A majority on the Danish Council of Ethics are in favour of lowering it to 10-12 years.

Six more months all round BRITTA Nielsen's three adult children have been found guilty of stealing close to 51 million kroner and sentenced to further time in prison by the Eastern High Court. The ruling extends all their previous sentences by six months.

The sentences range from two to four years. Her children maintain they never suspected the money came from crime.

Nightlife zone convictions THE POLICE have convicted three people of frequenting nightlife zones in the early hours. Since July 1, people with certain convictions (such as weapons possession) have been banned from visiting four nightlife zones in Copenhagen, as well as areas in the centres of Randers and Aarhus. The bans tend to last for two years following their release from prison.

Skagen leading the way PLANS to power docking ships at Copenhagen’s main ferry terminal have been postponed by a year, but that hasn’t stopped the port of Skagen setting up an onshore power supply. Accordingly it has banned ships with diesel engines from keeping their power switched on whilst docking.

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Ariel to the rescue

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THE BLUE Planet aquarium in Amager again hired freedivers to dress up as mermaids and tap on the glass as delighted visitors walk past. The aquarium contended that its performance during the ongoing autumn holiday was critical in its bid to stave off bankruptcy – a threat that has been ever-present since the onset of corona. MobilePay donations are welcome via 435576.

'KASTANJEMANDEN' producer Morten Juhl has confirmed it is no coincidence that the hit Netflix series was released in the middle of the horse-chestnut season. but that even he was surprised by the number of chestnut men sightings. “When they put a knitted sweater on Sarah Lund in ‘Forbrydelsen’, I also don't think they had much of an idea it would become a thing,” he told DR.

Aros sponsor concerns THE AROS art museum in Aarhus has come under criticism for retaining Bech-Bruun as a sponsor. The law firm has been in the firing line due to its participation in the share dividend scandal that has cost the treasury 12.7 billion kroner. Louisiana recently parted company with UBS after it was found guilty of tax evasion.

Brewery boycott?

AT LEAST 48 breweries chose not to participate in the Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen last weekend. Many have remained silent on why they have pulled out, but it is reported by DR that it is the result of “several testimonies of sexual harassment, bullying and poor working conditions” at Mikkeller establishments (see pages 4-5).

Radio stations saved DR HAS confirmed it will be able to run two of its radio channels, P6 Beat and P8 Jazz, as 15 million kroner in annual funding has been assured from 2022-24. Previously, it was thought the stations would have to close down in line with the broadcaster’s substantial cuts. The funding was sourced from the so-called additional licence revenue.

Northside plant only WHEN THE Northside festival in Aarhus returns from June 2-4, all its food offerings will be plant-based and organic.

At the last Northside in 2019 only 20 percent of the food was meat.

Chef deportations condemned HORESTA has condemned SIRI for deporting chefs at a time when there is a huge shortage, reports TV2. In some cases SIRI has suspected the chef ’s salary, which needs to be 37,100 kroner a month to qualify for a permit, was inflated. The decisions are in line with ‘presumption rejection’, a new rule introduced last year to stop Chinese cooks beating the system.

Plus-size pledge GANNI is expanding its plus-size clothing range and will now offer sizes up to 52. The decision is the result of a collaboration with the US webshop 11 Honoré, so the range will be on sale in multiple countries. A common means of expanding the size but keeping the design is to incorporate pleats, elastics and belts. The average Danish woman is size 40-42.

Debut 14 years later US AUDIENCES hate subtitles, or so we’ve always been told, as it hasn’t stopped Topic from acquiring the rights from DR to stream ‘Forbrydelsen’ (‘The Killing’), thus giving the Danish classic its stateside debut 14 years after it first aired. The streaming rights have only been up for grabs since the beginning of 2021, and since then DR has been attracting a lot of interest.

Dua Lipa is Roskilde 2022's first headliner

Festival creates 5,000 more tickets to ensure youngsters don’t miss out

75,000 tickets had already been sold over the last two years to revellers who turned down refunds, and 5,000 tickets were sold last week.

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OSKILDE Festival is an undoubted rite of passage that so many Danes have happy memories of.

So in light of how many young people missed the opportunity to experience the Roskilde Festival in 2020 and 2021, an extra 5,000 full festival tickets will go on sale exclusively for under-25s from November 30.

This will take the capacity up to 85,000, as

Dua Lipa in the house!

MEANWHILE, the festival has its first headliner: British singer Dua Lipa.

She will be joined by Danish songstress Jada and US rapper Tyler, the Creator, both of whom were due to play at the 2020 and then 2021 editions.

US band Haim and British singer Arlo Parks are also signed up for what will be Roskilde’s 50th anniversary festival ... third time lucky.

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A NEW TREATMENT for COVID-19, developed by the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet in collaboration with Norwegian company SoftOx, has been approved by the Danish Medicines Agency for clinical trials on humans. It involves inhaling a mild acid solution, which helps the immune system to fight infections in the respiratory tract caused by bacteria or viruses.

Elegantly done!

A METHOD developed by chemists James McPherson and Christine McKenzie from the University of Southern Denmark to purify water using chlorine, whilst removing other chemicals and harmful elements, has been described as “elegant” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Horse bean hopes EUROPEAN research project ProFaba predicts horse beans will play a major role in the transition to a more plant-based diet. They absorb CO2, do not need fertiliser and yield well in European climates.

Additionally, their composition of amino acids removes the need for meat-based dietary protein.

Outdated legislation NEW RULES are needed for self-propelled devices and robots in agriculture, which are mostly used to tackle weeds and harvest crops, as the current legislation is outdated, argue academics. They require, for example, self-propelled robots to be monitored on-site, though it’s primarily very large farms that will benefit from the technology.

Flu vaccine arsenal THERE are 500,000 doses of the flu vaccine available at doctors, pharmacies and clinics, according to Statens Serum Institut. In total, it has purchased a record 2.5 million doses ahead of the season, and 1.3 million have been administered. Some 743,000 Danes are judged to be at risk and advised to be jabbed.

Danish wine potential uncorked

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Rising temperatures are putting the country’s wineries on the map LENA HUNTER

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LOBAL weather abnormalities wrought by climate change are manifesting in the forms of extreme winds, flooding, forest fires and sea-temperature changes.

In Denmark, a country shielded by its relatively high latitude, we are yet to truly experience the latter. Nevertheless, its inauspicious weather changes are having a big effect on agriculture.

Notably, warming climes have supercharged grape growth on Danish vineyards and dredged the native wine scene out of obscurity into the international limelight.

"A fine white to go with your frikadeller, Madam?"

in Denmark has increased from 13.0 degrees between 1961 and 1990 to 13.8 degrees between 1991 and 2020.

That’s a national average – so some areas have experienced much sharper temperature increases that put them well within the usual range of well-known European wine areas. And there’s been 15 percent more sunshine – a crucial factor in grape cultivation.

“In the past, Denmark rarely achieved an objectively good grape harvest because the overall temperature was too low,” explained Professor Jørgen E Olesen from the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University to TV2.

grapes to more sun and less frost than flat fields.

Most of the wines are whites made from grapes suited to the northern climate, which have a natural resistance to mildew.

"This means that we do not have to spray with anything, and that we can keep production 100 percent organic," says Fink, whose bottles are served by Geranium.

Warmer + sunnier = wine THE GROWING season for Danish grapes runs from April to September, and during this period the average temperature

Case study: Vejrhøj Vingård AT VEJRHØJ Vingård in northern Zealand, co-owner Niels Fink reports that the 2021 harvest, which started at the end of September, is much larger than last year. “The maturity of the grapes is very satisfactory,” he told TV2.

According to Fink, the hilly location is ideal for the vines, with the slope exposing the

What can we expect?

RIGHT now, the lion’s share of Danish wineries are growing hardy, native white grape varieties like Solaris. Danish red wines are generally regarded as ‘thin’ and unsuccessful – though some recent homegrown rosés are bucking the trend.

However, as temperatures rise, the narrow Riesling Belt – encompassing Trier in western Germany and Alsace in northeastern France – will move further north, and it's likely that in a couple of decades Riesling will comfortably grow on Danish soil.

In a few decades, Fink predicts that Danish red wines might start making an appearance on Michelin-star menus.

CO2 capture tests

Fast SARS test

PFOS detected again

EXISTING CO2 capture is based on passing biogases into a liquid solution that captures the carbon dioxide. Now researchers at DTU are testing a method that enables it to be captured in a solid material using ionic liquid – a substance that does not evaporate when heated. The method will be tested at one of Swedish company Wärtsilä's biogas plants.

RESEARCHERS from DTU Health Technology have developed a simple, fast and low-cost method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA called NISDA assay. Unlike existing tests, it doesn’t rely on biological enzymes, which eases transportation and storage needs.

Samples can be analysed in 30 minutes and the method can be designed to detect other diseases.

THE BANNED toxin PFOS has again been found in an area where it could impact humans who consume meat derived from local cattle: this time in a field and stream near Odense. PFOS was recently responsible for making 100 people unwell near Korsør after they ate meat. The Odense concentration is much smaller than the one in Korsør.

France, Italy … Denmark?

DENMARK’S history as a wine-country is relatively short – commercial wine-production was only ratified by law as recently as 2000.

Since then the number of commercial Danish wineries has increased from around 10 to 100, spanning over 90 hectares and producing 100,000+ litres of wine per year.

Today Denmark’s harvest is markedly more bountiful as summer temperatures creep up.

Circumcision rethink backed SOME 61 percent of respondents in healthcare circles want circumcisions to be carried out under hospital-like conditions with trained medical staff, according to a Megafon survey for TV2. Today, it is legal to perform circumcisions in private clinics and at people's homes with a doctor present. In related news, a State Serum Institute report debunks the claims that circumcision better protects people from STIs.

Fred supports LIFE HRH CROWN Prince Frederik was present at the recent opening of the 5,400 sqm campus home of LIFE, a scientific education initiative and fund established by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. LIFE will aim to improve scientific education, training and research in Denmark and promote youth interest in science.

The foundation has pledged 1.9 billion kroner over the next 10 years.

Third jab pays dividends THE REVACCINATION of Danish nursing home residents began on September 9. At that time there were 45 infected. By October 7, some 94 percent had been administered a third shot, with only four confirmed cases. The level of immunity – especially among the elderly – decreases with time, which may explain the increase in corona cases in nursing homes during August.

More Indian collaborations AARHUS University’s Department of Computer Science and Indian IT company Infosys have signed a strategic partnership to strengthen collaboration on research and innovation in AI, cryptography and data security. The collaboration follows a recent strengthening of political, economic and commercial relations between the two countries.

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ANE HALSBOE-JØRGENSEN, the culture minister, wants to reintroduce a crown jewels list to ensure major sport involving Danish competitors is available to media licence players at no extra cost on channels that a minimum of 90 percent have access to. The last list ended in January 2019.

Detractors argue the list is obsolete and causes negotiations to be dogged by bureaucracy.

Rune lets rip HOLGER Rune could be heard to exclaim "Shit sport, fuck you, man" during his first round elimination at the Indian Wells tournament, where he lost to Ernesto Escobedo 4-6, 1-6. He later explained that there were “demons running around” in his head. Pundits concurred he was inconsistent and lacked rhythm.

Dane happy in the lanes DENMARK'S Thomas Larsen was part of the European team that beat the USA 18-17 in the Weber Cup – the Ryder Cup of ten-pin bowling – in Leicester recently. This was Larsen's second appearance in the tournament, which pits the top five bowlers from each continent against one another.

Defeat in quarters THE DANISH women's badminton side bowed out of the international team tournament the Thomas Cup in the quarter-finals, losing 3-0 to South Korea.

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Repulsion of the King: Let me pass!

Tour de France champ Tadej Pogačar fears Storebælt like it’s the Bridge of Khazad-dum out of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ MARIUS ROLLAND

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T SOUNDS like something out of classical mythology or 'The Lord of the Rings': the hero's journey has no alternative; an insurmountable obstacle must be passed to carry on. "You shall not pass!" on the Bridge of Khazad-dum and all that.

Well, for Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar, the winner of the 2021 Tour de France, that insurmountable obstacle is the Storebælt Bridge in Denmark, which the peloton will have to negotiate shortly after the Grand Tour event starts in Copenhagen on 1 July 2022.

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No WC boycott ANE HALSBOE-JØRGENSE, the culture minister, says Denmark will not boycott the World Cup in Qatar. A DR survey reveals that only Enhedslisten favours one, providing it is together with others to force FIFA’s arm into finding an alternative host. SF advocates more consultation with other parties, and Frie Grønne has called out for a better international strategy, as contentious hosts are a recurring problem.

Fuglsang joins Froome Gandalf is lurking behind one of the pillars

Quite scary THE 23-YEAR-OLD two-time champion intends to make every effort he can to get away from the peloton on the Korsør stage, so he can tackle the 18 km with

a clear road in front, as he fears that being in the middle of the crowd could be stressful.

"Stages 2 and 3 are quite scary, with the possibility of a crosswind. I hope to be in the right place at the right time. I'm excited. I'll be scared if we get to the bridge and I'm not in position. Then I will probably feel the terror. But if I'm in front, I'll get adrenaline and excitement," he told TV2 Sport.

Dane's time to shine TO REACH the comfort of 'pole position', he is counting on his teammates in the UAE Emirates team. And with a Dane on his side, Mikkel Bjerg, he is confident he can get the result he wants "It's his field: he's a big strong guy and he can handle himself in these situations, so I'm really happy to have him in the team," said Pogačar.

Pioneer leaves States

Flagged at Parken

Bullying again?

FRANS Nielsen, the first Dane to ever play in the NHL, is returning to Europe to join Eisbären Berlin on a one-year contract. He notched up 171 goals and 312 assists in 950 NHL games. In related news, Jonas Røndbjerg has become the 15th Dane to play in the NHL, lacing up for the Vegas Golden Knights.

PARKEN asked a Danish fan to put away a Dannebrog bearing the words “Boycott Qatar 2022” during the 1-0 defeat of Austria that secured World Cup qualification.

Parken later confirmed it was following UEFA and FIFA’s guidelines on no political or comparable symbols. Officials during Denmark’s 4-0 win in Moldova confiscated the flag for the duration of the game.

RETIRED swimmer Jeanette Ottesen has been criticised for referring to her fellow competitor Lotte Friis as a “classic victim of bullying” in her biography whilst owning up to being part of a group who picked on her. Helle Rabøl Hansen, an expert at Aarhus University, told DR the ‘apology’ is a form of bullying. In response, Ottesen told TV2: “It is what it is.”

JAKOB Fuglsang, 36, is leaving Astana to join Israel Start-Up Nation, where his team-mates will include Chris Froome, on a three-year contract. In related news, two time under-23 time trial world champ Johan Price-Pejtersen is leaving Uno X for World Tour outfit Bahrain Victorious, and Riwal rider Jesper Hansen is quitting the sport to spend more time with his family.

Under-21s lose to Belgium THE DANISH under-21s football side lost 1-0 to Belgium in qualifying for the next Euros and now stand second behind their victors with six points from three games.

Archer's new target DANISH archer Maja Jager, 29, who won a world championship in 2013, is retiring from archery to devote more time to her studies.

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DANSKE Bank is among Europe's largest creditors for companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements, according to a new report by a coalition of 26 Palestinian and European civil organisations. The bank has loaned almost 16 billion kroner to companies with settlement connections since 2018.

Nykredit and BankInvest are also implicated.

OMX bounces back THE OMX Copenhagen 25 index, a top-tier list of Denmark’s 25 most traded public companies, rose by 2.5 percent on October 13 to 1,888.7 – the highest daily increase since March 9.

Nordea hikes rate again NORDEA has raised its negative interest rate for holdings of more than 100,000 kroner from minus 0.6 to 0.7 percent. It blames Nationalbanken’s recent lowering of interest rates. Meanwhile, the bank’s Q3 profit of 7.4 billion kroner was 1.2 billion more than last year, while revenue grew from 16.0 to 17.4 billion.

Occupational hazard NEW FIGURES from Arbejdsmarkedets Erhvervssikring reveal that almost 10,000 workers who contracted COVID-19 have reported it as an occupational injury.

Most work in healthcare or as carers, so are among the vulnerable group of frontline workers.

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HE ACUTE labor shortage in Denmark has been pegged by Dansk Industri as the “biggest recruitment crisis in Danish history”.

Last month, the government presented the reform 'Denmark Can Do More'. And two weeks ago, the government entered into an agreement with national recruitment associations to reinforce efforts to match the unemployed with available jobs and to recruit European workers.

But according to De Økonomiske Råd (the Economic Council), it’s not enough. In its latest report – one of two published annually by the independent economic advisory body – the council called on the government to make the market more open to foreign labour.

a year to be eligible for a Danish work visa. That requirement prevents many workers – who could otherwise ease the labor shortage – from entering the country, contend the council.

“The minimum salary for entry should be lowered. It will encourage more workers to join the workforce and our previous analyses show that the knock-on effect on Danes’ wages and employment is minimal,” said the chair of the Economic Council, Carl-Johan Dalgaard.

Denmark’s largest business organisation, Dansk Industri, was amongst the first to openly insist on increasing foreign labour.

“The Economic Council has hit the nail on the head with its proposal to lower the foreign-worker salary limit so companies can access extra employees,” said DI policy chief Emil Fannikke Kiær.

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Tough entry criteria NON-EU workers must be earning at least 445,000 kroner

Pre-crisis figures THE ECONOMIC Council predicts a rise of 60,000 unemployed this year, bringing the

‘unemployment gap’ – a figure that expresses how far unemployment is above normal levels – up to 0.75 percent this year.

The unemployment gap is predicted to reach 1.75 percent in 2022. "This is roughly equivalent to the pressure on the labour market in 2006, just before the boom really peaked," according to the Economic Council report.

Severe as the Economic Council’s warnings are, DI’s are more so. It asserts that the council underestimates the rise of the economy – and therefore also the scale of the labour problem. DI predicts GDP growth of 4.4 percent this year, and the council 3.9 percent.

Shortage of cars

Bye-bye Bianco

Bank to withdraw

IN A SURVEY of 121 car dealers

by Autobranchen Danmark, over 50 percent of dealerships reported receiving 40 percent fewer cars than usual, with extended delivery times of 4-6 months on many models. Corona, coupled with a lack of microchips and other sub-components, has impacted production time at car factories.

FOLLOWING a long sequence of losses, the Bianco shoe chain has confirmed the closure of its remaining 23 stores in Denmark and Norway. Its shoes will still be available for purchase through wholesalers, and Bianco has not ruled out the possibility that concession outlets inside department stores might sell its shoes in the future.

THE SWEDISH bank Handelsbanken plans to withdraw from Denmark to focus on its operations in Sweden, Norway and the UK. However, it will not affect the services it provides to its Danish customers. The bank has just over 600 employees in Denmark. Founded in 1871, it started operations in Denmark in 1992.

Handy hydrogen tool DANISH wind turbine pioneer Henrik Stiesdal has developed a hydrogen electrolysis machine, the 'HydroGen Electrolyzer', which enables trucks, ocean-going ships and a number of industrial processes to switch over to hydrogen. The new apparatus will be mass-produced at a factory run by India's largest industrial company Reliance Industries.

Robotics firm thriving DANISH company FarmDroid, which has sold more agricultural robots than any other company in the world, is expanding its capacity after a 1,000 percent rise in revenue between 2019 and 2020. Their robots, which mostly perform seed-sowing and de-weeding, are solar-powered and self-sustaining. The company was founded by brothers Kristian and Jens Warming.

Cut master's funding THE ARBEJDERBEVÆGELSENS Erhvervsråd think-tank has suggested students studying for a master’s should not receive SU support from the government, reports Børsen. Instead they should be offered interest-free loans. The money saved can be spent on improving education, it reasoned.

It's capital for hotels!

OCTOBER has been a good month for hotels in the capital – the best for 18 months in fact.

The hotels were on average 60 percent full, according to figures released by Dansk Erhverv.

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First Ever NFT Trophy for UEFA’s Goal of the Tournament presented on October 15

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AZPROM, an official partner of the 2020 UEFA European Championship, will today present the first ever NFT trophy in recognition of the best goal scored at UEFA Euro 2020. The digital award will be presented to Czech forward Patrik Schick live on the Gazprom Football YouTube channel at 15:00 CET (16:00 Moscow time).

The NFT trophy, which combines sports, art, and technology, will be presented to the audience at the ceremony. The digital award initiated by Gazprom was created by Russian calligrafuturism artist Pokras Lampas (see below).

In May 2021, UEFA announced that Gazprom would be a sponsor at the 2020 and 2024 editions of the UEFA EURO. The terms of co-operation included the presentation of the award for the Goal of the Tournament UEFA EURO 2020, which was designed as an NFT trophy – a digital non-renewable version of a work of art.

City-wide treasure hunt LAMPAS created an art installation of 432 balls, which became the physical prototype of the NFT trophy, at Gazprom’s booth at the football village in St Petersburg during the championship. On 27 June, the prototype of the award was broken down into individual balls, each of which was covered with a unique calligraphic

Patrik Schick

ornament by the artist.

The picturesque balls were digitized, and on the eve of the championship final, on the night of 10–11 July, they appeared on the streets of the 11 cities that hosted the 2020 UEFA European Championship: Amsterdam, Baku, Budapest, Bucharest, Glasgow, Copenhagen, London, Munich, Rome, St Petersburg, and Seville. Thousands of residents and guests of European cities took part in the search for the balls.

The ceremony will be attend-

THE NFT The NFT (non-fungible token), a unique digital certificate that is stored in blockchain, guarantees the originality of the item and grants exclusive rights to it. NFT technology was created in 2017 based on Ethereum smart contracts.

The first piece of art to be turned into an NFT token was a black and white stencil by the artist Banksy – a 2007 stencil titled Morons (White).

Blockchain company Injective Protocol bought it, burned it, and created an NFT token – a virtual asset that is tied to “a digital sample of an objet d’art”.

ed by Gazprom Department Head and Press Secretary of the Management Board Chairman Sergey Kupriyanov, UEFA Marketing Director Guy-Laurent Epstein, artist Pokras Lampas, and the forward to score the goal Patrik Schick.

NFTs are unique digital certificates stored in blockchain, which guarantee the originality of the item and grants exclusive rights to it. NFT technology was created in 2017 based on Ethereum smart contracts. The first piece of art to be turned into an NFT token was a black and white stencil by the artist Banksy – a 2007 stencil titled Morons (White). Blockchain company Injective Protocol bought it, burned it, and created an NFT token – a virtual asset that is tied to “a digital sample of an objet d’art”.

POKRAS LAMPAS Lampas is one of the most outstanding representatives of modern calligraphy. In his works, he combines elements of street art, typography, and calligraphy from different cultures. He was invited to play the role of the official ambassador of the calligraffiti style, while at the same time working on the creation and promotion of his own type of calligraffiti.

In August 2021, he sold the tenth item of the Calligrafuturism Manifesto for RUB 2,500,000 (roughly USD 40,000) on the Binance NFT marketplace. The total sales of ten items amounted to more than RUB 10,500,000 (USD 145,000). All the works are now in private digital collections.

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In the spirit of "No taxation without representation", make sure you vote!

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T’S EASY to assume, as a foreigner in an overseas land, that you don’t have the vote.

But in Denmark you do: both in the local and regional elections, and they’re coming up fast!

On Tuesday November 16, all you need to do is show up at the location indicated on the poll card you receive by mail and cross a few boxes: for the parties of your choice in each election, and your preferred individual candidates.

Theoretically you could spread yourself across four different parties. Given that political action in this country is invariably by compromise, it’s not as absurd as it sounds.

Right on your doorstep LET’S FACE it: it’s these elections you want to vote in.

They pertain to your healthcare (where your baby might be born, where that crucial operation might take place etc), the state of your community (roads, schools and leisure), and how much assistance you get in your integration.

It’s understandable if you don’t want to have a say on where Denmark sends its troops or how it polices its streets or rehabilitates its prisoners - maybe you think it’s none of your business.

But many of you, as taxpayers, will feel you have the right, and if that’s the case, don’t overlook this opportunity.

Because when that day comes in 20, 30, 40 years time - when governments wake up to how diasporas are as integral to modern cities as good sewage systems - and our right to vote in the nationals is seriously debated, it’s not going to look good if under half of us voted in the last locals.

Poor record of voting THAT’S right, Mr Apathy. In the Capital Region in 2017 the turnout among ethnic Danes was 77.4 percent, but among immigrants and their descendants (all foreigners, not just the nasty media branding ‘indvandring’), the rates were just 37.7 and 38.9 percent.

These figures were more or less the same in every municipality we looked at, but they are most telling in the Capital Region and Copenhagen itself, as this is where the immigrants can make the biggest difference In Copenhagen, fewer than three out of every four residents eligible to vote are ethnic Danes.

There are 387,000 compared to 132,000 immigrants (plus 83,000 aged 0-18). Of these, 57,000 are expats (generally from EU countries, the UK and US) and the rest are what the media like to call ‘indvandring’.

In the Capital Region, the spread is slightly more Daneheavy at 1.179 million over 299,000.

Foreign representation BUT IN case that doesn’t sway you, how about some quotes: “If we don’t vote, we are ignoring history and giving away the future,” or “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

After all, we’ve lost count of the number of Copenhagen mayors who’ve had to stand down in recent years because of one scandal or the other.

By rights, if foreigners account for a quarter of the electorate, at least one of these seven mayors should be ‘one of our own’, but they’re not: not even close. Because when are the foreigners in the country going to harness their power and make a difference?

Most of us eligible SO WHO is eligible? Well, everyone over the age of 18 who comes from a EU country, or Iceland or Norway, or the Dan-

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After all, if foreign residents don’t take the chance to make their voices heard, how’s it going to look if Parliament is debating national election enfranchisement in three or four decades’ time

In the words of Mr Wolf: Please, pretty please with sugar on the top, will you just vote already

ish Commonwealth (providing it is four years of residency before election day). For others, such as Brits now they’ve left the EU, four years of residency is required.

Certain other factors might rule you out: if you are on tolerated stay, have been expelled from Denmark by a court judgement or administrative decision, or reside in Denmark in order to serve a sentence from an international criminal court.

Incidentally, if you pass the criteria to vote, you also pass it to stand for election, provided you have not had a criminal conviction or are serving a driving ban.

Rights not obligations CLEARLY some parties (left bloc stalwarts like Radikale) want foreigners to vote more than others (right-wingers like Dansk Folkeparti).

“I am running for Radikale in both Frederiksberg and in the Capital Region, where the density of foreigners is relatively high, and I not only think these newcomers should have the right to vote, I also strongly encourage them to use it, regardless of which party they favour,” contends David Zeper-

nick, a Radikale councillor in Frederiksberg.

“To me it’s a way to say welcome, we acknowledge you.

When speaking about foreigners, Danes, especially those on the right wing, tend to emphasise obligations only. I would like to emphasise rights as well. In this case democratic rights!”

Slight the far right WHEN POLITICIANS like Zepernick do reach out to foreigners, it often results in accusations of fishing for votes - yes, from those same right-wing politicians who want you to stay at home and ensure a city like Copenhagen is set up to serve the Danes first and foremost.

“I am aware of the risk of accusations for vote-fishing. And yes, as we are the most pro-European party in Denmark, so it is likely that reaching out to some of the new voters might benefit Radikale disproportionately,” conceded Zepernick “But I think this is more a matter of principle than a matter of party politics. I think the old political slogan from the American Revolution "No taxation without representation" is a source of inspiration, and why shouldn´t foreigners have a say in how their tax money is spent?

So if you like the idea of cocking a snook at some of the nasty politicians on the far right, there’s an extra incentive to vote.

POLL CARDS - Poll cards are sent out approximately five days before the election to eligible voters - There is no need to do anything before you receive the card - Contact your municipality if the information on the poll card is incorrect - Contact your municipality if you haven’t received your poll card two days before the election - Advance voting is possible. Consult your Citizen Services Center - If you’ve moved home very recently, you might only be able to vote in the Regionals - When you vote, present your poll card. Also take an ID just in case - EU diplomats need to apply to vote

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STEEN VIVE UNION VIEWS Steen is senior advisor at Djøf, the Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists. He is a blogger and manager of various projects aimed at generating jobs in the private sector. In this column he writes about trends and tendencies in the labour market. Follow him on Twitter @SteenVive.

Whatever makes you happy IT IS SIMPLE. Pursue what makes you happy and motivated: whether that is more variety in your work or more time with your family.

If something needs to change in your working life, it is your responsibility to speak up – and speak up before it is too late.

And as well as task meetings, ask your manager for a development meeting. Don’t just rely on your annual performance review.

Be specific and honest SAY IN advance that you would

like to discuss your personal situation at work. This will give your manager a chance to prepare.

At the meeting, be concrete and honest about your wishes and ambitions, whether you want more responsibility, more flexible working hours or more recognition within the team.

Accepting “No” WILL YOU be happy if your manager doesn’t want anything to change? If you can't accept “no”, then what will you do?

Don’t ask for too much and suggest solutions for how you can achieve what you want.

Also, agree on what should happen next. Are you going to meet again or should HR be involved?

You need to be happy with

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your choices and options. But be realistic.

If you aspire to a top management position, it is likely that you’ll be working more than 37 hours a week. Consider what is important to you and have that chat with your manager if necessary.

TIPS FOR TALKING TO YOUR BOSS • Don’t bottle up your frustration and let it all out at once. Talk to your manager about your concerns frequently • Be clear and honest, and make suggestions for solutions • Consider that your manager might say “no”. What are your options?

• Remember to plan for what could happen after the meeting PIXABAY

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NE OF THE most important tools to fight stress with is the ability to say “no” to tasks and give realistic deadlines.

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O YOU WANT to change how you work? Do you want more challenges?

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a lack of resources is permitted.

This comes with an additional advantage. From a management point of view, it can be difficult to know whether there is a resource problem, if employees do not speak out.

Birgitte is an expert within the field of communication, stress management and conflict solving. She has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and helping companies to achieve a better work environment.

She is the author of a series of handbooks called ‘The Little Guide’. See birgittewarn.dk for more information.

Even harder than sorry SAYING “no” is difficult for many people, not least in the workplace, where there is the fear that “no” will be interpreted as an expression of a lack of skills or co-operation – or that the conversation ends with you being deprived of the very tasks you find most interesting.

In addition, it can be difficult to speak out, because you know that the task you have said no to is likely to end up on your colleague's desk – and you do not want to be a contributing factor in someone else getting stressed.

The solution to this problem is not for you to refrain from saying “no”, but for the workplace to create a culture in which everyone feels that speaking out about

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BIRGITTE WÄRN STRESS WÄRNINGS

How to say no MANY DO not speak out in time, because they simply do not know how to say “no” in a constructive way. In ‘The Little Guide to An Almost Stress-Free Life’ I present an overall template for a constructive refusal.

It consists of three procedures: 1/ Express a positive starting point and/or understanding of the other person’s situation; 2/ Make your refusal and explain why; 3/ Say what you can actually offer, either now or in the future.

Examples in practice THERE are many ways to use the template.

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For example, you could say: “I understand that we are in a position of need after Peter has resigned, and I would like to help.

At the moment, I can’t take on more tasks, but I will be glad to assist Jill, if you give her the task.”

Or: “I agree that we have to complete this task. Unfortunately, I cannot meet the specified deadline because I have many other assignments right now. If, on the other hand, the deadline can be postponed by a week, I would very much like to take care of it.”

The examples here are drawn

from work situations, but you can also use the model for a constructive refusal in your personal life.

Take good care of yourself!

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HE LOCAL and regional elections are approaching.

Corona still crucial THE ELECTION is the first since COVID-19 took over as the most important issue on the agenda.

But while it might seem like we have moved past this now that no restrictions remain in force, points for disinfecting your hands are still ever-present. Most people continue to keep at least some distance, and masks have become the norm in the health arena.

It will be interesting to see how much usage there is during the flu season. We cross our fingers that international travel does not bring back the virus or a mutated version.

Mayor count important WHILE the PM has withstood the temptation to call a national election to harvest the expected massive support on November 16, the local and regional elections will demonstrate how much the pandemic has changed the political picture.

Polls indicate that Dansk Folkeparti and Venstre are suf-

Some nailbiters ahead MUCH EXCITEMENT is expected in Frederiksberg, the enclave within the city of Copenhagen. It is widely expected that 100 years of Konservative mayors will come to an end as the older generations get fewer.

In 2017, it was only a few hundred votes that kept the mayor’s ceremonial chain around a Konservative’s neck.

In Copenhagen, where Socialdemokrati has historically produced every single mayor, Enhedslisten is emerging as the biggest party on the municipal council, but will this be enough to take the lord mayor’s office?

Housing dilemma CAMPAIGNING will play a large role, with housing a likely major issue. Which party will convince voters that it is the right one to establish thousands of new affordable apartments to meet demand of an inflow of new citizens who could increase the population by as much as 30,000 per year?

This is a pressing issue for all of us: Danes and foreigners alike. So, go and vote on November 16. It is not a duty, it is a privilege. (ES)

The Road Less Taken Jessica is a bestselling US author, Danish parenting expert, columnist, speaker and cultural researcher. Her work has been featured in TIME, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic and The NY Times, among others. She graduated with a BS in psychology and speaks four languages. Follow Jessica on IG @jessicajoelle_ or jessicajoellealexander.com.

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Integration indicator TUESDAY the 16th is the big day: not only for Danes, but also for expats who are entitled to cast their vote.

On the lampposts we notice that a fair number of the candidates, judging by their name and appearance, are of foreign origin. We heartedly applaud this, as it would be hard to find a better sign that integration is flourishing in the kingdom.

fering across the country and that Socialdemokrati and its red supporters are well ahead.

The count of mayors will indicate how big the swing is – not only in party politics, but within the blue bloc. Should Konservative emerge with considerably more mayorships than Venstre, the knock on effect will be felt by the party leaders, with Søren Pape Poulsen replacing Jakob Ellemann-Jensen as the leader of the Opposition.

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AVING been married to a Dane for 20 years now, I’m no stranger to controversial conversations and remarks. Many times, we have been in situations where I have found myself terrified of what might come out of his mouth.

While he is funny in Danish, his humour sometimes hits like a sledgehammer at an American party. I usually smile and shrug my shoulders.

“Viking humour?” I suggest, while gently pulling him away.

Big but no biggie DANES, I have noticed, in general don’t shy away from controversy.

Take John Dillermand, the children’s show that made international news recently. It’s essentially a cartoon about a man who is able to save people in trouble because he has the longest penis in the world.

The response to the controversy is that it isn’t sexualised, kids love it and that it was okayed by a national organisation promoting sex education.

So, what’s the big deal?

Take the money and pun THE MOST recent Danish controversy to make global headlines took place in Aalborg.

A museum gave Danish artist Jens Haaning 534,000 kroner to spend on an art installation in which he wanted to show the difference between the annual incomes of Denmark and Austria.

What the museum got back, however, was a little less than they’d bargained for. Haaning pocketed the cash and submitted two blank canvases entitled ‘Take the Money and Run’ instead. He said he wanted to emphasise the poor working conditions of artists.

"Our seer's turned Buddhist. He's going to be Bjorn again!"

Life blessed ordinary WHEN I initially read about this, I couldn’t help but think how Danish this sounded to me. I looked into Haaning to learn more about him and found a short autobiography from an exhibition pamphlet entitled ‘Art for Ordinary People’.

“I have an opinion on just about anything,” he writes “Which isn’t so strange given that I am a Dane. It is a Nordic thing. We have flat hierarchical societies; we are encouraged to be anti-authoritarian. We even question God and make fun of him in children’s programs on public service television.”

This reminded me of that pang of fear I feel at dinner parties with my husband discussing religion.

Honest expression AS A DANISH parenting expert, I have written extensively about how Danish education instills the right to be seen and heard and express oneself honestly. It’s part

of their democratic foundation.

“We are raised to question [everything] … and we are expected to have an opinion,” writes Haaning.

Overall, I find that if Danes want to discuss something that might be too provocative for some people, they aren’t too fussed about it and generally have a pretty good sense of humour.

Rigtig god humor LAASE Andersson, the director of the Aalborg museum, is a case in point.

“He stirred up my curatorial staff and he also stirred me up a bit, but I also had a laugh because it was really humorous,” he said about Haaning’s installation.

No-one knows yet whether the money will be paid back.

Whether it’s at a dinner party, in school, or at a museum, having an opinion in Denmark seems to really matter. But it doesn’t always come without a cost.

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As a regular contributor to the Times of India, the country’s largest newspaper, Mishra is often soughtafter by Danish media and academia to provide expertise on Asian-related matters, human rights issues and democratisation. He has spent half his life in India and the other half in Denmark and Sweden.

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tions, which doesn’t make sense given that India is the largest vaccine-producing country in the world – Bill Gates recently wrote a column in the Times of India applauding its landmark achievement of administering one billion jabs to its citizens (a further 60 million have been exported) – and that Denmark does not produce any vaccines.

Furthermore, thanks to its well-tuned pharmaceutical industry, India is able to offer vaccines to poor countries at an affordable price.

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T WAS US President Barack Obama who a decade ago used a metaphor from boxing to explain Denmark's role in the world, stating that it punches above its weight. He admires the efforts made by Nordic countries in contributing to international aid and taking measures to mitigate Climate Change.

And now 10 years later, COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference, is scheduled to be held in Glasgow between October 31 and November 12 under the co-presidency of the UK and Italy.

Within a span of a few days, most world leaders will gather – especially in the second week of the conference – to finalise a document that many hope will include concrete measures to effectively fight climate change.

Skill meets scale DANISH PM Mette Frederiksen has attracted the world’s attention by involving India in a major green strategic partnership. On her trip to India earlier this month, she was received with the highest state protocols.

“The prime ministers of both countries noted that if Den-

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mark's skill and India's scale are combined with scope, speed and sustainability, it can be a good example for others to emulate,” India informed the world media.

India surely has the scale.

There are more schools in India than there are pupils in the Danish school system, and 51 percent of the students are female.

Enthused by India I HAD THE opportunity to personally meet the Danish PM after her trip and was delighted to note her tremendous interest in Indian society at large. She visited a school on her trip and recalled with enthusiasm her interaction with the students – especially the female ones.

Less receptive were the media at various press conferences.

Some of the tough questions she fielded were unfounded, and it is a pity that Danish journalists have jumped on the bandwagon of criticising her for wanting to forge a green partnership with India, where the benefits would largely be realised by Danish green industries.

They have also criticised Frederiksen for not offering India COVID-19 vaccina-

The new China DENMARK is a leader in green technology, and it is in this arena that Danish companies will probably move some production units to India. But it is wrong to designate Denmark as a country with abundant skills. Danish industry desperately needs engineers, and guess where they are getting a large proportion of their skilled labour from!

The Danish industrial sector has wisely formed joint forums with its Indian counterpart to develop talent. Furthermore, the sector has started working with universities and research centres to increase collaboration with India in the field of science and technology.

The US invested heavily in the Indian education system, and Denmark is similarly taking steps in this direction. As the winds of a new Cold War blow between the US and China, Denmark is acting strategically to move some of its production units from China to India – and some all the way back home.

Frederiksen has struck a chord and, almost seven decades after India’s independence, India has found a true friend in the Danish PM.

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UP THE ALTERNATIVE ALLEY Astrid Heise-Fjeldgren (astrid@ipamki.com; @thecompanionsdk) is an Amager-based writer and translator. Always up for new adventures in and around Copenhagen, she is the author of the guidebooks ‘The Copenhagen Companion’ (2019) and ‘The Green Copenhagen Companion’ (2021) in which she shares some of her favourite spots and walks. Find out more at thecompanions.dk.

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OU’RE FAMILIAR with guidebooks like ‘500 Hidden Secrets of Copenhagen’? I always find the idea brilliant and the title somewhat odd. These places are not secret and they’re certainly not hidden, so let’s just call them underexplored.

Eyes wide open IN THIS new column, I’d like to introduce you to some of my favourite underexplored places in and around Copenhagen: places that are there in plain sight, but not necessarily in the city centre, nor listed in the tourist guides.

I’ve lived in Copenhagen for more than 30 years, but while I was working on my first guidebook, ‘The Copenhagen Companion’, it struck me that I actually had quite a limited knowledge of my hometown.

Since publishing that guidebook and its sequel, ‘The Green Copenhagen Companion’, I have been out and about on a lot of walks and have had my eyes opened to so many new aspects of the city.

Ahead of his time ONE OF the quaint little places I discovered while researching green areas for walks was the Heerup Museum in the suburb of Rødovre.

To some, the art of Henry Heerup (1907-93) might seem a bit outdated, but to me it embodies something quin-

Little shop of wonders ONE OF the things I really like about the little museum is the carefully curated museum shop. Something tempts me every time I’m there. The selection of postcards and posters stays pretty much the same, but there are often new products added in connection to new exhibitions, as well as wonderful ornaments for Christmas.

Every year in November (this year’s is Nov 21-22) there is a small Christmas market run by a local group called Plantefarverne.

The museum doesn’t limit itself to exhibitions of Heerup’s works, but often stages collaborations with contemporary artists, both Danish and international, or groups from the local community in Rødovre. When I visited recently there was a collection of artworks made by young people from the area – and outside in the garden a group of school children were busy adding their own elements to a growing installation of found objects.

Getting there THE MUSEUM is located at Kirkesvinget in Rødovre – pretty much next neighbour to the local Rødovre Church – and parking is free.

But in the spirit of Heerup you could choose to bike – from Vesterport Station in the city centre, the signposted ‘supercykelsti’ bike route C99 will take you directly to the museum – a distance of about 7 km.

You can also walk from KB Hallen S-train station (2 km), or follow the walk ‘The Art of Green’ as described in the guidebook ‘The Green Copenhagen Companion’.

Walking or biking, you’ll be on the path along the shore of Lake Damhus, and then along the Damhus Enge meadow. Here you’ll see a big mural alerting

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tessentially Danish. Especially in his prints from the 1970s, there are a lot of easily recognisable elements from Danish daily life, like bicycles and coffee pots. Heerup was very keen on using found objects in his sculptures and using discarded bits of linoleum for his prints – in that sense he now serves as an inspiration for younger artists with a focus on using a limited use of resources in their works.

Just like it says on the featured bicycle cover (Heerup really loved bicycles and always cycled from his apartment in Vanløse to his workshop in Rødovre), he always maintained that art had to be ‘folkelig’ (accessible for all) – and his lithographic prints were sold at reasonable prices.

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you to the presence of the museum in a beautifully restored old farmhouse just a few steps up from the meadow.

Go to heerup.dk for information about the opening hours, current exhibitions and more about the artist and his works and life – all of this information is also available in English.

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way to fully embrace a change is through habits rather than difficult choices. If each of us focused on building greener habits, together we could create a more sustainable and organic impact.

SRUTHI SURENDRAN BUILDING GREEN HABITS Sruthi, from India, moved to Denmark in 2014 to pursue a career within green energy technologies (biofuels, waste treatment, offshore wind). Through her passion project greenbyhabit.com, she supports others keen to embrace greener habits. Follow her on the Instagram handle @greenbyhabit, where she shares her sustainability journey and breaks down these topics in a more fun and simplified format

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LIMATE change is our reality – period! There is so much to do here at the system level, from changing energy systems to fostering a circular economy. But through this column, I would like to share with you some actions we can take at an individual or community level.

I am someone trying to learn and unlearn habits to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle. When I started to be more mindful of my daily habits, I was unsure where to start. I felt alone and that my actions were not making an impact on the big picture. Hence, I started a small passion project ‘Green by Habit’, through which I try to simplify sustainability principles and share my own learnings with anyone starting this journey.

So, let me welcome you on my own journey of embracing sustainability through ‘green habits’. Why ‘green habits’? Because I truly believe that the best NEXT ISSUE

So, where do we start?

I CAN VERY well understand that for someone starting this journey, it could be overwhelming with the ton of information around. But we don’t need to be perfect to start. Take one step at a time and choose one area to improve.

That will involuntarily trigger a chain reaction, from which more sustainable choices can be made across different areas of your daily life.

One simple approach is to embrace the ‘5Rs’ as a habit. The ‘5Rs’ (as coined

by Bea Johnson in the 2013 book ‘Zero Waste Home’) can be applied to all our consumer habits, so I am going to start here.

Understanding the 5Rs BEFORE you read the 5Rs list, remember: the more you go down the pyramid, the more energy and resources are used (except for rot). Try asking yourself: which R can be implemented in a specific case?

Refuse THIS IS the most powerful thing you can do to reduce your impact. Try saying ’NO’ to things you don’t really need. Do you really need that plastic straw or that one-time-use party decoration?

Reduce IF THERE is something you cannot completely say no to – then try to reduce it next time. This could concern eating habits, shopping habits, travelling habits etc. It could be reducing the number of driving days to work or meat days in a week.

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My two additional Rs TO FULLY embrace the 5Rs, I use the help of two additional Rs

Recycle THANKS to recycling, we have a solution to most of the bottles and cans the world is throwing at us every single day.

Make sure you develop a small system at home, or a habit outside, to properly sort and deliver the recyclables.

Research ACTIVELY seek out information and knowledge about what you can do alternatively. There is so much information out there, as well as small businesses that want you to join their customer base and revolution.

Rot ROT REFERS to composting the organic waste. In many municipalities, they collect the biowaste separately. If you have to mix your biowaste with residual waste, explore opportunities for composting it back at home into nutrient-rich fertiliser.

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Relearn HABITS are so hard-wired in our brains that it is sometimes not so easy to change. We have to unlearn to relearn. Challenge yourself!

Remember that every bit counts and our habits can influence the choices of the people around us. I will deep-dive into some of these topics in future columns.

Meanwhile, you can find short videos and fun reels discussing these topics in detail on the Instagram handle @greenbyhabit.

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The UAE Embassy was the place to be on Culture Night on the evening of October 15 when traditionally a great many institutions across Denmark open up their doors to allow the public a chance to have a wander where they normally wouldn’t be permitted entry. Some of the visitors took the opportunity to write their names in Arabic calligraphy

Among those at the embassy was Hans Hermansen, the CEO of CPH POST, and he was proud to present UAE ambassador Fatema Khamis Almazrouei with a special edition magazine dedicated to her country that the newspaper made in collaboration with the embassy – partly to mark the country’s hosting of the ongoing Expo in Dubai

The UAE Embassy was not the only place to have fun on Kulturnat as City Hall’s doors were also flung open. Among those enjoying the occasion was Mia Nyegaard of Radikale, the social affairs mayor, and Jakob Næsager, a Konservative councillor. Both are seeking re-election on November 16 – look out for our Elections special edition in the next newspaper on November 11

Also at City Hall, the country’s future hosting of the 2022 Tour de France was under focus. Visitors were able to see exactly where the first stage time trial will take place around the streets of Copenhagen. The tour-related festivities will begin with a folk festival hosted at Tivoli on June 29, where all 22 participating teams will be introduced on the lawn ahead of the Grand Depart Copenhagen on July 1

It wouldn’t be autumn without the Halloween season at Tivoli, which will continue until November 7

Austria celebrated its national day on October 19 with a reception hosted by its ambassador agrée Alice Irvin at her residence

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Cinemateket hosted a screening of the Serbian film ‘Love Affair’ on October 9.

Among the ambassadors in attendance were Faton Bejta (North Macedonia), Katja Christina Nordgaard (Norway – agrée), Gabrielle Jacob (Hungary – agrée) Jasmina Mitrovic-Maric (Serbia) and Emir Poljo (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

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As is customary, the dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Romanian ambassador MihaiAlexandru Gradinar, was present at the opening of the Danish Parliament on the first Tuesday of October. PM Mette Frederiksen used her speech to outline a greener future for the country.

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Three of the Crown Prince Couple’s children were in attendance at the premiere of ‘Robin Hood’ at Glassalen theatre in Tivoli. Princess Isabella, Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent all enjoyed a rip-roaring show

UAE ambassador Fatema Almazrouei (right) was among the guests of Philippines ambassador Leo Herrera-Lim (left) at a reception to mark the 75th anniversary of the commencement of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and Denmark, which was held at Sølyst on September 23

Hver torsdag 28. okt. - 25. nov. kl. 16 - 20 It isn’t reported whether Lars Mikkelsen came in character as Russian premier Viktor Petrov, his character in ‘House of Cards’, to the 100-year anniversary dinner of American Club in Copenhagen at Langelinie Pavillonen on October 23

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International free-for-all! Thousands flood DGI-byen for life-enhancing information One-stop-shop to learn about employment, housing, education, cultural, sporting and leisure opportunities a resounding success DAVE SMITH, PHOTOS: IHC

DGI-byen welcomed back International Citizens Day on September 24 and 25, as thousands descended upon the complex’s main hall to source information on employment, housing, education, cultural, sporting and leisure opportunities available to foreigners in the capital and beyond

Organised by International House Copenhagen, the event was a resounding success

Not only was this a chance to learn about activities, it was a chance to practice them: from salsa to children’s art to kung-fu fighting (pictured on the right in the pink trousers is Copenhagen Relocations managing director Michèle Bramstoft). And sure enough, it felt like the day went as fast as lightning

Among the organisations present (left-right) were International House Copenhagen, LGBTQIA+ sports organiser Pan Idræt and ICC Theatre – Improv Comedy Copenhagen (pictured is co-founder Stefan Pagels Andersen) ahead of its huge international festival over the autumn holiday

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We’re having a canon ball! Church celebrates ‘promotion’ of resident priest After all, if foreign residents don’t take the chance to made their voices heard, how’s it going to look if Parliament is debating national election enfranchisement in three or four decades’ time?

BEV LLOYD-ROBERTS Reverend Madhu Smitha Prasadam is now a canon!

A special service conducted by Bishop Robert Innes was held at St Alban's Church in Copenhagen on September 24, where Reverend Prasadam is the resident priest. A great many parishioners came out to pay their respects and enjoy post-service refreshments. As the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, the Right Reverend Dr Robert Innes is the Anglican faith’s most senior clergyman located outside Britain. He has held the position since 2013.

Canon in dee nave! Reverend Smitha was joined by family and fellow clergy following the confirmation of her canonship

For parishioners it was a welcome opportunity to catch up after a prolonged period of online services!

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Oct 29-Nov 27, Mon-Fri 19:30, Sat 17:00; Krudttønden, Serridslevvej 2, Cph Ø; 175kr, teaterbilletter.dk, The team from That Theatre are taking us back to 1857 to the very home that Charles Dickens lived in. Director Barry McKenna and lead actor Peter Holst-Beck have penned an imagining of what it was like when HC Andersen came to visit and ended up staying for six weeks. First performed in the spring of 2020, but cut short by the pandemic, this is a chance to see a very special performance that CPH POST awarded six out of six stars to. That Theatre artistic director Ian Burns takes on the role of Dickens.

Oct 31, 15:30; Restaurant 56 Grader, Krudtløbsvej 8, Cph K; 575kr, restaurant56grader.dk Installed in an old ammunition building from 1744, 56° will welcome you in Shakespeare’s language for a culinary encounter with dairy products. While head chef Jake Vousden will cook a menu of four different dishes, enjoy English-language presentations of the products – organic eggs, fresh cheese, milk, full fat yoghurt, dairy cow – which have all been produced from animals at the Søtoftes Jordbrug & Gårdmejeri farm in Ringsted. (MR)

Nov 5-7, Fri 10:00-19:00, Sat & Sun 10:00-18:00; Bella Center, Center Boulevard 5, Cph S; 165kr, under-12s: 85kr, bellacentercopenhagen.dk Meet local and international authors and publishers and enjoy an exciting programme of interviews, lectures, book signings, and new book releases. Carrie Elks is among the English-language headliners.

Nov 16-21, Tue-Sat 19:30, SatSun 13:00; Salen, Biblioteket, Rentemestervej 76, Cph NV; 160kr, ctcircle.dk Acclaimed director Kate Barker-Froyland presents her own adaptation of the works of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.

An all-female cast will bring to life a collection of different stories, which are all connected by their central characters yearning for a different reality whilst dealing with difficulties of their current predicaments.

Barker-Froyland, who hails from Brooklyn but recently married a Dane, is something of a big name, as in 2014 she directed ‘Song One’, a US film starring Anne Hathaway that she also wrote.

Nov 4 & 18, 19:15; Globe Irish Pub, Nørregade 43-45, Cph K; 40 kroner per person Game night’s on at this pub on Nørregade! Gather your four best-informed friends and secure a spot in the pub before they’re all gone. The winners will be awarded 1,000 kroner, and there are plenty of spot prizes too. (MB)

King of Dinosaurs ongoing, ends Dec 31; Natural History Museum of Denmark, Øster Voldgade 5-7, Cph K; 50105 kroner, snm.ku.dk It’s probably everybody’s childhood dream to see a T-Rex. Four metres high, 12 metres long and 66 million years old, ‘Tristan Otto’ is one of the most complete T-Rex fossils in the world. In resplendent black, and almost all his teeth intact, there’s no disputing that this is the ‘King of Dinosaurs’ exhibited in all its skeletal glory. (MB)

Sweet Burly Groove Oct 29, 17:00-18:00; Rønnegade 1, Cph K; 120kr, sweetburlesque.dk Enjoy another Sweet Burly Groove organised by Sweet Burlesque - a thrilling but creepy experience that involves dancing. Learn some spookylicious choreography from Miss Sarah.

Infinite Deep ends Jan 16; Nikolaj Kunsthal, Nikolaj Plads 10, Cph K; 40kr CURATOR Christian Nørgaard had exclusive access to David Lynch's photo archives to make this exhibition. It’s tailor-made to fit in with the gothic style of Nikolaj Kunsthals Øvre Galleri og Tårn. The church tower dates back to the 16th century. (NJB)

Hubertus Hunt Nov 7, 10:00; Dyrehaven 8, Klampenborg; free adm; hubertusjagt.dk This highlight of the hunting season, which attracts 40,000 spectators and 160 riders, is held in the Deer Park at Klampenborg. It has become a tradition for families to enjoy picnics in the beautiful forest while enjoying the skilled horsemanship on display. Experience the excitement in the air as the riders come flying over the hedges and cope with the deep landings.

Event Horizon ongoing, ends Nov 30; open daily 11:00-18:00; Cisternerne, Søndermarken, Roskildevej 28, Cph V; 125kr VISIT this exhibition by Tomás Saraceno at Cisternerne where a strange subterranean journey awaits by water. Hopping onto a boat is essential for appreciating Saraceno’s large-scale project. (NJB)

Christiania 50 år ends Nov 14; Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Kongens Nytorv, Cph K; 90kr, kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk Since Christiania was first proclaimed in 1971, it has been half a decade. That’s enough of a reason to celebrate its art and posters in the halls of this Charlottenborg art museum. (MB)

Julebryg Dag Nov 5; various venues; carlsberggroup.com Start the holiday season the Danish way by celebrating the release of Tuborg’s Christmas beer at 20:59 on the first Friday of November. Nobody should miss this night on the town drinking free beer and getting into the festive spirit.

Irish Halloween Party Oct 30, 19:00-late; Gravens Rand, Søndre Fasanvej 24, Frederiksberg; Enjoy live music from Charlie Waller, the lead singer of The Rumble Strips, at this recently opened Irish boozer in Frederiksberg, just down the road from Copenhagen Zoo. Come dressed to impress, in either Halloween or Mexican Day of The Dead garb, and you’re eligible for the two for one offer on margaritas, and free Zombie Brain shot with all beer purchases.

Kennedys Quiz Nov 1, 19:30; Kennedys Bar, Gammel Kongevej 23, Cph V; 25kr, four per team The winners get 800 kroner and there are plenty of spot prizes.

Wrestling night Nov 6, 18:30, action starts 19:30; Bellahøj Hallerne, Bellahøjvej 1, Brønshøj; 200kr, event.it, at the door 250kr Copenhagen Championship Wrestling are organising yet another of their fierce fight nights. Watch Hangman take on Carlos Zamora in the title fight, and Gabriel Faust hang tough with Hypeboy in the grudge match.

Mystikkens Univers Nov 5-7, Fri 12:00-18:00, SatSun 10:00-18:00; Østerbrohuset, Århusgade 103, Cph Ø; 90kr Enjoy post-Halloween eeriness at this exhibition dedicated to the mysteries of the world.

Learn more about palmistry, hypnotics, witchcraft and tarot cards – along with the usual candidates: aliens and crop circles!

Copenhagen Coin Fair Oct 31, 10:00-16:00; Scandic Hotel, Vester Søgade 9, Cph K; 75kr, cphcoinfair.dk The coin fair is again welcoming participants from all over the world!

free friday - free entrance the cure live in hyde park Friday beers, ”hygge” and a great concert film.

Friday 5 November you can enjoy ’The Cure: Anniversary 1978-2018 Live in Hyde Park’ at The Cinematheque for free!

See what’s on at cinemateket.dk or visit us in Gothersgade 55.

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CPH in full circle: from Scandi chic to gentrified boroughs and everything in between Four standout characteristics of the Danish capital from the perspective of a seasoned culture journalist and author ALLAN MUTUKU KORTBÆK

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OPENHAGEN is well and truly a city of numerous facades, to bandy about a commonly deployed maxim that many a travel journalist has surely applied to depictions of cities the world over.

As part of the Copenhagen edition of the Where to Go podcast, produced by the award winning team behind the DK Eyewitness travel guides, I recently had the pleasure of presenting wonderful Copenhagen in my own parlance – touring its different neighbourhoods where old meets new in this progressive and inclusive city.

Obviously, I’m not going to divulge all the content of the podcast (I am told that it makes for great listening on that morning stroll), but I will, in this article, aided by several images that encapsulate my time in Copenhagen, take the curious reader on a varied journey of the throbbing Danish capital.

City of everyday wonder IT TOOK me over a decade of cursing at the Danish weather gods at the first sight of a grey cloud (let alone those enduring winters, and indeed several months of lockdown due to corona) to discover the beauty in the absurdity and paradox that is winter bathing.

Hopping into the chilled waters all year round has become a fixation in my new life as a dad. For a precious few minutes as often as I can every week, I have discovered the freedom in winter bathing that many Copenhageners have long revered – and the lasting effects on one’s concentration, ability to regulate body temperature, burn fat and, ultimately, get endorphins circulating, no matter how devious the gods of Nordic mythology may be on any given day.

My favourite spots to take a dip are Kalvebod Bølge, La Banchina (pictured) and the newly-opened Valby Beach. Be sure to check out badevandet.dk (or download its app) to see if the water quality permits swimming (which it usually does, except after prolonged downpours).

City of Scandi cool I COULD name all manner of places to see where you can experience exactly what Scandi Cool is all about, but none

would come close to my personal favourite: the Skovshoved Petrol Station, a historic station on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen.

First opened in 1936, it was designed

by Arne Jacobsen and is an example of the functionalist style typical of the time – a veritable design classic. Drive up Strandvejen from Hellerup to Shakespeare’s Elsinore (Helsingør) and keep an eye open on the way for more of Jakobsen’s hallowed works.

City of pastoral life A WALK around the lake in and around Christiania or, better yet, an early morning foray into Sydhavn Tippen, the home of a Nordic savannah and flock of friendly alpacas, are but a couple of poignant reminders of just how green this city is (despite recent political efforts to undermine this tenet of Copenhagen’s development).

A city of gentrification NOWHERE has the redevelopment of an area been more clear-cut than it has in Vesterbro, the area I have called home for the past six years now. A walk down its streets on any given day is a journey of juxtapositions: old vs new, classic versus modern, and creative class via authentic hip.

Take it all in with a communal dinner at Absalon, a former church that today is a cultural bastion and meeting point for Vesterbro’s residents young and old.

Is Skovshoved Petrol Station this country's most uncelebrated gem?

NEW BOOK OUT IN FEBRUARY Made as a prelude to Allan’s book ‘Copenhagen Like a Local: By the people who call it home’, the Copenhagen episode of the Where to go Podcast is available via Spotify, Google Podcasts or Apple Podcasts. Produced for DK Eyewitness, the book drops on Amazon and other sites in February 2022

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How movies are rivalling Lazarus as the biggest comeback in history BEN HAMILTON

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OW WE KNOW how Jesus felt. No, scratch that: now we know how Mary and Martha felt. No! Not the two women who had a threesome with Bob in that awful ‘80s comedy in northern England (my heart breaks to think Alan Clarke wasted some of his final moments on Earth on directing Black Lace as themselves).

That was Carol and Sue ...

Mary and Martha were the sisters of Lazarus (cue Sid Waddell) and their faces must have been a picture when he emerged from his tomb after a four-day holiday in the Afterlife, even if they were slightly obscured by their fingers pinching their noses. Very few of us get to experience this feeling of seeing someone come back from the dead, but thanks to the magic of the movies, it’s becoming more common.

There’s CGI, of course: whether it’s recreating Carrie Fisher the fox (for Rogue One) or ox (The Rise of Skywalker). Appearances like these leave you with a gooeyish feeling akin to seeing a video of your childhood.

And then there’s coming faceto-face with the child of a star who they’re the dead ringer of.

Like Frank Sinatra’s … sorry Woody Allen’s son … and casting Ice Cube’s son as Ice Cube in Straight Outta Compton. The feeling when the star is brown bread can only be compared to seeing a ghost.

Showdown in Sweden IN The Many Saints of Newark (60 on Metacritic; HBO Max since Oct 26), the 22-year-old son of the late, great James Gandolphini portrays the younger self of Tony Soprano, the character his father sacrificed so much for … including his life.

Honouring the legacy, instead of resenting the show that took his father away when he was only 14, Michael Gandolfini simply is Tony Soprano. Missing this if you’re a fan of the series is sacrilegious.

Likewise Licorice Pizza (Dec 9) will bring back the spirit of Philip Seymour Hoffman through his son Cooper to ‘reunite’ with Paul Thomas Anderson, Dad’s sparring partner on The Master, to bring us a coming of age tale set in LA in the 1970s. As Boogie Nights proved, nobody recreates this period better than Anderson.

Completing the children of famous actors club, we have Grace Gummer, one of several daughters of Meryl Streep to follow her mother into the profession, who can be currently seen in Dr Death (CMore), an eight-part miniseries about two surgeons intent on bringing down Christopher Duntsch (Joshua Jackson), a maverick who bludgeoned his way through operating theatres in Texas a decade ago. If this was fictional, you’d stop watching halfway through episode one, but it’s not, and your eyes burn a hole in the screen.

Of similar ilk, Alba August, the half-Swedish daughter of Danish director Bille, portrays the nanny who killed a former employer in Sweden in 2004. The result is the Swedish-language series Knutby (CMore from Nov 1), but it would be wrong to place this in the ‘too far-fetched to not be true’ genre as many elements of the story have been changed.

In fact, CMore points out: “Any similarities with reality in these cases are unintentional. In other cases, the similarities with reality are intentional.” Given that ‘Knutby’ entered the national consciousness in ways that few crimes manage, it sounds like a cynical ploy.

Funnily enough, the only murder that could trump Knutby is the assassination of Swedish PM Olaf Palmer in 1984, and this is the subject of The Unlikely Murderer (Netflix from Nov 5), a Swedish-language series coming out barely five days later!

Open field at the Oscars REFRESHINGLY, perhaps,

Bada Bing ... and just like that, he was in

neither of the girls who play the young Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard (73; Nov 18) are the children of famous people, or indeed tennis players. In the title role, Will Smith is among the favourites to win the Oscar, but he faces tough competition from Benedict Cumberbatch in the western The Power of the Dog (90; Nov 18), whose helmswoman Jane Campion is the favourite to win best director.

Continuing with what is a heavyweight month for film, combining music and deafness into a storyline, CODA (75; Nov 4) is more cuddly than Sound of Metal (it’s got Marlee Matlin!), but still packs an emotional punch; fresh from his rebirth with First Reformed, Paul Schrader presents casino thriller The Card Counter (78; Nov 4) starring Oscar Isaac; Pleasure (74; Nov 25) treads the same path as Showgirls, but from obscurity to the top of the porn industry, with considerably more assurance; Tick, Tick …

Boom! (Nov 19 on Netflix), the autobiographical musical by Rent creator Jonathan Larson, is the directorial debut of Hamilton creator Lin Manuel-Miranda; and French-language Palme D’Or winner Titane (Nov 11) is perhaps the weirdest film you’ll ever seen: think Monster meets Crash.

Completing a month at the cinema with sparingly few duds we have promising horror duo Antlers (67; Oct 28) and The Boy Behind the Door (65; Nov 4); reasonable dramedy trio The Harder they Fall (70; Nov 3), Copshop (61; Nov 4) and Last Night in Soho (67; Nov 25); and potentially tiresome comic book tag-team Eternals (58; Nov 3) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (NRW; Nov 18).

We had high hopes for Swan Song (66; Nov 4) starring Udo Kier, but the critics were not floored by the idea of the creepy German actor (who’s having another stab at Hitler in the next season of the lamentable Hunters) camping it up as a retired hairstylist on a road trip to fix the curls of a deceased Linda Evans – even with the glorious Jennifer Coolidge onboard.

Finally, Fighting with my Family (68; Nov 5 on Netflix) could only come from the mind of one man. Set in Norwich, a local girl tries her luck at WWF. The cast is a crazy mix of Anglo and Hollywood royalty: Florence Pugh, Lena Headey and Nick Frost meet The Rock and Vince Vaughan. The writer and director is none other than Stephen Merchant.

Dogfight in Denmark THE ROCK is also in Red

Notice (Nov 12 on Netflix), a ‘sexy’ heist series co-starring Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot.

It looks lame. And while Cowboy Bebop (Nov 19 on Netflix) is equally slick looking, it might also be lacking in substance.

The best bets this month are most probably two Danish series: Nisser (Nov 28 on Netflix), whose production team moved on to this horror straight from The Rain, and Kamikaze (Nov 14 on HBO Max), an intriguing miniseries about a teen who hits auto-destruct after her incredibly rich parents die in a plane crash. Penned by Johanne Algren (Holiday), this is HBO’s first proper foray into Danish-language drama.

Among the returning TV shows, we have Tiger King (S2; Nov 17), Narcos Mexico (S3; Nov 5) and Riverdale (S6; Nov 17) on Netflix; Temple (S2; Oct 29) and Gossip Girl (S1B) on HBO Max; and … well … lots of old crap on CMore.

It was difficult to find anything of note in their line-up beyond Deceit, a British miniseries that recreates a well known miscarriage of justice that the Guardian feels was a missed opportunity. It depicts a murder the British public had given up on ever solving … until the advent of DNA, the Lazarus of them all.

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