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RELOCATION SUMMER 2022

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With the pandemic in the rearview mirror, many internationals are again making Denmark their new home. Our Relocation guide helps them to make the right decisions upon their arrival

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9 How 20 Danish embassies are demonstrating to their host countries how easy it is to go green whilst generating new business opportunities

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16-17 With Distortion and NorthSide just around the corner, festival season is upon us. Here’s a quick round-up of the best Denmark has to offer

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Has it really been nine years since CPH STAGE became Denmark's foremost melting pot of contemporary theatre? This year it's bolder than ever

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HIGH SICKNESS RATE AMONG EDUCATORS

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EACHERS and daycare workers in the capital are taking considerably more sick days off than other municipal workers, according to City Hall figures. In general, the figures for sick days among Copenhagen Municipality employees last year, which did not include time off due to corona, were high. Its employees averaged 11.9 sick days in 2020, and this figure rose to 13.5 days last year – the highest in over a decade. In 2011, the figure hit 13.7. Daycare struggling IT IS HOPED that new guidelines stipulating improved educator-student ratio limits in the nurseries (one to three), kin-

Cramps at the thought of another day of ungrateful scamps

dergartens (one to six) and grades 0-2 (one to 26) will improve the situation among educators. However, the daycare profession will struggle to recruit the necessary numbers. In 2021, there were just 5,644 applicants

to take a pedagogical education – down 22 percent from 7,195 in 2016. The pedagogical workers union BUPL estimates 14,000 extra pedagogical staff will be needed nationwide by 2030 to cover the new requirements.

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TUDENTS from two schools in Nordhavn, including Copenhagen International School, have been heavily involved in the design of a new 1,500 sqm urban space in the district catering to girls aged 13-15, which will open at the end of 2023. It is contended that teenage girls too often become spectators to boys’ activities, such as ball games, in most urban spaces earmarked for adolescents, so the new area will focus on activities favoured by girls.

COPENHAGEN has ranked fourth in the 2022 Wellness Travel Report, Icelandair’s ranking of the world’s best locations for relaxation. It scored high marks for Internet Speed, Safety, Quality of Life and Healthcare, but was let down by Cost of Living. The top three were Kansas City, Vienna and Wellington.

AN UNATTENDED giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo recently gave birth to its seventh calf. No staff were present, which is just as well as a few hours of undisturbed bonding is necessary for the giraffes to flourish. Both calf and mother are reported to be well. New-born giraffes are easy to spot: they tend to be six feet tall!

STEFANSGADE, a Nørrebro road parallel to Jagtvej, is being closed off to petrol and diesel cars. The city mayor for technology and the environment, Line Barfod, is hopeful that ‘green traffic roads’ like Stefansgade will have a positive effect, encouraging more people to walk or cycle – particularly during rush hour. No more school milk runs

And they've placed it in an underpass?

will be located near Orientkaj Metro and Green living room FEMALE teenage students from CIS and the Harbour Bus stop. Randersgade School were asked what The result, which has been likened to would draw them to such a park, which ‘a green living room’, will include areas

for dancing and training, trampolines, flowers and other vegetation, a meandering piece of wooden furniture, diverse lighting and a large mirror. (BH)

Bill for Vanløse fire

Denmark’s fertility capital

Charged with 2016 stabbing

THE BILL for rebuilding the apartment block destroyed by fire in Vanløse on March 25 will come to 200-300 million kroner, according to Købstædernes Forsikring, one of the insurers of the 130 destroyed homes present. The reconstruction will take three years. Meanwhile, investigators have confirmed the fire started near the roof at the top of Stairwell 6A.

ACCORDING to 2021 figures, Dragør women have an average of 2.51 children each – the leading rate in Denmark. In contrast, the rates in Copenhagen and the Capital Region are 1.56 and 1.67, just ahead of rock bottom Odense (1.55). The low figures are attributed to the large number of childless female students. The population of Dragør is only 12,349.

POLICE have charged a 28-year-old man with stabbing a seven-month pregnant woman to death in Elverparken in Herlev five and a half years ago. It is not thought the man, who is currently in prison serving a sentence for a separate crime, knew his 32-year-old victim, Louise Borglit. Police have yet to establish a motive.

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STRICTLY BALL-FREE SPACE FOR GIRLS Likened to a green living room, the urban park for young teens will come with a huge mirror

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COPENHAGEN Municipality intends to shut down its school milk program in a bid to save 1.5 million kroner annually from 2023. City Hall reasons that milk is no longer recommended for kids by the Sundhedsstyrelsen health authority and that scrapping it will cut the emissions it ‘costs’ to transport it. A sticky end

CLIMATE activists tried to glue themselves to the road by Axelborg on May 10, but failed and were arrested. Meanwhile, several more broke into the nearby HQ of Landbrug & Fødevare and hung a huge banner from a balcony. It is believed Animal Rebellion, a sister group of Extinction Rebellion, was responsible. Around 100 activists were involved.

Magasin boots out Ecco

MAGASIN has removed all Ecco products from its shelves in light of the Danish shoe company’s decision to continue operating in Russia. Webshops Boozt and Miinto have also chosen to end their collaborations, as well as Sport24 chain. Turned up in Belgium

A 13-YEAR-OLD girl who went missing in Amager on May 6 turned up in Belgium. Instead of going to school, Omra Khanwali caught a plane. Fortunately she was sighted on a train and tracked down to the home of a 19-year-old Afghan man. She was quickly brought back home to be reunited with her family. Sludge promise

THE TRANSPORT minister, Trine Bramsen, has confirmed that sludge from the submarine Lynetteholm construction site will no longer be dumped in Køge Bay. Sweden’s government registered its dismay, and since then doubts have been expressed about the science behind the environmental impact report. Speed limit lowered

COPENHAGEN Police has given its approval to City Hall plans to reduce the speed limit on certain major roads in the capital from 60 to 50 km/hour. Among them are Tuborgvej, Lersø Park Allé and Universitetsparken.

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RUSSIA JET VIOLATES DANISH AIRSPACE FORSVARET

Foreign minister brands intrusion “unacceptable”. However, Air Force Command is confident incident was not serious BEN HAMILTON

HE FOREIGN minister, Jeppe Kofod, has informed Russian ambassador Vladimir Barbin that the presence of one of his country’s planes in Danish airspace on Friday April 29 was “a completely unacceptable violation of the international rule book”. The aircraft in question, a Antonov 30, crossed over into Denmark's airspace east of Bornholm, where it remained for close to one minute before returning to international airspace. Not long after, it entered Swedish airspace. Two Danish F16 planes were dispatched once it became clear the aircraft was approaching Danish airspace from the Baltic Sea, and they flanked the Russian plane for the duration of its visit, confirmed Air Force Command. Fifth time since 2014 THE ANTONOV 30 has been described as a 'spy plane' in various media since the incident. According to international convention, airspace extends 22 km from all coastlines. However, Søren Andersen from Air Force Command told media: “My professional assessment is that the episode

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Handed over to Italy

INDIAN PM Narendra Modi’s visit from May 3-4 underlined that his country’s co-operation with Denmark is in the ascendency. The visit boosted bilateral relations on a governmental level, as well as co-operation within climate, trade, health and culture. Furthermore, India has joined Denmark’s International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions initiative.

DENMARK has formally handed over the leadership of NATO's mission in Iraq to Italy. While many will return home, a fair number will remain – particularly advisers and those who work in security. Denmark assumed the leadership in November 2020.

Dane killed in Ukraine

Are they ours? They always seem to know in films was not serious.” believed any effects were felt in Denmark. This is the fifth time since 2014 that Nevertheless, the country's Centre for CyRussian planes have violated Danish air- ber Security has upped its cyber security space, including three cases in the space threat level from Low to Moderate as a of one month in 2021. On April 4, Rus- result. sian planes flew close to a Danish ship Denmark has reopened its embassy carrying arms in international waters. in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Initially, it will be manned by a limited staff with Diplomatic tensions a view to gradually returning to normal IN OTHER news in the last month, Rus- capacity in the future. sia has been accused of orchestrating Russia recently expelled seven Danish a destructive cyber attack on satellite diplomats from the Danish embassy in equipment used by US-owned satellite Moscow. They were given two weeks company Viasat on 24 February – the same to leave the country. In April, Denmark date it invaded Ukraine. However, it is not expelled 15 Russian diplomats.

A 25-YEAR-OLD Danish man was killed fighting for the Ukrainian Foreign Legion (UFL) near Mykolaiv – the first Danish fatality of the conflict. The man was one of five Danes included on a list of 470 foreign nationals signed up to fight for the UFL. The list, which has been circulated on Russian media channels, included names, birth dates and passport numbers. 'Bowman' trial begins

THE TRIAL of the Danish-Norwegian man charged with killing five people in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg last October began last Wednesday. Espen Andersen Bråthen has pleaded guilty to the killings. The media initially reported he used a bow and arrow, but it later transpired he stabbed them all.

Greenland commitment

THE OFFICIAL signing of a fiveyear defence deal with Greenland commits Denmark to spending 300 million kroner a year to strengthen security in the Arctic. In related news, Greenland intends to utliise large potential hydropower reserves to facilitate the development of hydrogen, and former US ambassador Carla Sands has vocally praised Donald Trump’s offer to buy Greenland. Obama visit confirmed

FORMER United States President Barack Obama is visiting Copenhagen on June 10 and then the central Jutland town of Skive two days later. He will respectively speak at a democracy conference organised by former Danish PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and then at a moderated discussion at KulturCenter Skive. Obama previously visited Denmark in 2019, 2018 and 2009.

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N ENTERTAINING excursion destination during Pentecost (4-6 June 2022) is the wonderful nostalgic festival TimeWinder, which is held every year at the Grønnessegaard Estate in Hundested. It's where people are invited to come dressed up in their favourite decade, or you can also just come as you are. The meeting place is located in beautiful surroundings with a view of Roskilde Fjord and its own runway for planes. It’s a festival where mechanics and cultural history, mainly from the period 1875-1975, are brought to life and where you can follow the country’s development through the age of industrialization. The period is marked by two world wars, the birth and development of the car and the airplane, as well as the colossal importance of the steam engine for the mobility of society and the supply of machine power to both agriculture and factories.

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TimeWinder offers an exhibition with shows, reenactments of battles from the world wars, a large military historical area, a towpath for veteran tractors and other machines, planes, steamships and music from the time, and actors in contemporary fashion and uniforms – like a nostalgic Tivoli. In addition, there are lots of vintage cars, fire and rescue vehicles, and motorcycles. Visitors are welcome to come in their beloved means of vintage transport, from both home and abroad, which they can leave on display in the square. Timewinder is nostalgia: for Water, for Land and in the Air! It offers a glorious era and company to be in. If you have a caravan or tent, you can spend the night on the site itself or find accomodation in several places near the estate. Head there in your vintage clothes, aboard a Mustang, Harley Davidson, a steam engine from Central Station, your best John Deere or even a steamroller. All means of transport lead to TimeWinder every year. Website: timewinder.dk

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Cutbacks, postponed construction work and cold swims: municipalities left out in the cold to pay for increase in defence spending BEN HAMILTON

HEAD OF 2023 spending budget negotiations beginning between the government and KL municipality association last week, the media was awash with stories of local Denmark feeling the pinch. Postponed building work and cutbacks at nursing homes, schools and daycare centres – these are just a few of the hardships the country must endure amid rising inflation, as the public sector reins in spending. Young and old missing out IN RECENT years, the municipalities have earmarked spending to improve the situation of the elderly and the very young, but most of these adjustments look like ‘mission impossible’ in the current climate. And it does not stop with the dayto-day, as leisure activities are also impacted, with cold swims and no saunas on offer for the foreseeable future. Only green buildings MANY MUNICIPALITIES are busy selecting construction projects that can be postponed in light of the rapidly rising cost of building materials, reports DR. Ahead of the talks, the government has said it wants to favour projects that further the green transition and help wean the country off Russian gas. The defence budget has been greatly increased, so big cuts seem likely.

10th grade shake-up THE MUNICIPALITIES, meanwhile, have an agenda of their own. They would like

the public school system to end with the completion of the ninth grade, not the tenth. Instead, the 10th grade option, which is for those who feel they are not ready for upper-secondary education or want an extra year of preparation under their belts before making the jump, should signal the start of the ungdomsuddannelse vocational education, they contend. It’s for the best, argues KL. Every year, around 45,000 young people under the age of 25 fail to find their way into further education or jobs upon completion of the 10th grade.

Cabinet reshuffle

More immigrants

Youngster resigns

NICK HÆKKERUP stepped down as justice minister in early May to assume the role as head of the Danish Brewers’ Association. His successor is Mattias Tesfaye, who in turn has been replaced as immigration and integration minister by the internal affairs and housing minister, Kaare Dybvad Bek. His replacement is Christian Rabjerg Madsen.

SOME 24,025 people immigrated to Denmark during the first quarter of 2022 – 25 percent more than the fiveyear average, and 72 percent more than last year. The net gain was 10,142, taking the population to 5.884 million. With 15 percent, Danish repats accounted for the biggest share, followed by Romania (8), Ukraine (7) and the US (6).

ISABELLA Arendt has stepped down as chair of Kristendemokraterne. Her departure follows two other prominent members following a fallout over policy regarding abortions. Since losing all four of its seats in 2005, the party has not returned, although it did come close in 2019 with a 1.7 percent share of the vote.

Concerns over bridge

Likely to abolish it

ENVIRONMENTAL concerns continue to dog plans to build a 40 km-long bridge across the Kattegat between Jutland and Zealand, and now a preliminary study has been postponed for a second time. Many have expressed concerns about high CO2 emissions, noise pollution and disruption of nature.

ACCORDING to the polls, the 1993 defence reservation will be abolished in the referendum on June 1. Only three parties want to keep it: Enhedslisten, Dansk Folkeparti and Nye Borgelige. Some 38 percent would abolish it, and just 27 percent would keep it, according to an Epinion poll. Women are more likely to be in doubt: 38 percent compared to 20 percent of men.

Corona a spent force

ACCORDING to Statens Serum Institut, three sub-mutations of the Omicron variant, which are currently gaining traction in other parts of the world, have been detected in Denmark, but with a limited presence. Infection and hospitalisation numbers remain low across the country.

Press freedom plaudits

DENMARK rose two places to rank second out of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index published by Reporter Without Borders, trailing only Norway. Sweden, Estonia and Finland completed the top five. North Korea finished bottom.

More benefits for students?

RESEARCH from Roskilde University reveals that minorities remain underrepresented in Danish media from a statistical perspective. In fact, their representation has fallen over the last decade, even though their number has been greatly increasing. In most cases when they appear as sources, they have been picked solely because they are minorities.

RED BLOC parties have called upon the government to increase the SU stipends to students in light of the increase in cost of living. However, several Blue Bloc parties oppose the suggestion. Konservative suggests they should be permitted to earn more. Anything above 13,876 kroner a month eats into their SU handout.

Two-thirds got corona

It's cold, and the proof is in his trunks

Cold swims, no saunas SWIMMING pools are closing down their saunas and decreasing the temperature of their pools to cut their energy costs, whilst increasing their admission prices, closing down slides and placing covers on the water. Saunas, on average, account for a fifth of the bill, so many are being closed down, but the same can’t be done with the water treatment plants, which need to be switched on 24/7, accounting for 30 percent of the total.

Minorities overlooked

Potential angel of death

A MIDDLE-AGED woman thought to be involved in a number of poisonings at a carehome will remain in custody in Randers until mid-June. She was arrested on March 14 after at least four residents from Plejecenter Tirsdalen were hospitalised. One of them, an 80-year-old woman, needed to go to hospital three times in the space of a fortnight. Graduate gender gap

SOME 51.2 percent of women aged 3035 have completed a higher education – 14.8 percentage points higher than men of the same age group – according to 2021 figures released by Danmarks Statistik. In 2005, the difference was 8.7 percentage points.

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SOME 68 percent of Danish-speaking adults aged 17-72 contracted corona between November 1 and mid-March, according to a series of blood donor sample studies conducted by Statens Serum Institut. In related news, mortality rates were higher among men, the low-paid and unemployed, according to a lengthy study by Danmarks Statistik Royal Run chasing records

WHEN THE Royal Run kicks off on June 6, there’s a good chance that the popular Crown Prince Frederik-led event will set not one, but two new records. With three weeks to go, 82,345 runners have signed up nationwide – more than the previous record of 82,319 set back in 2019. And a record-high 32 percent are first-time participants. Arsonist is fire chief

EAST JUTLAND Police charged a 50-year-old man in mid-May with deliberately starting 11 wildfires near the central Jutland town of Egtved. Following his arrest, it transpired that the accused man is a leader of the local fire department. In total there have been 40 fires in the area in the last two months. None of the fires have resulted in casualties or destruction of property. Stampede for free holidays

SOME 10,281 needy households recently applied to Dansk Folkehjælp for a “week-long free holiday for the whole family” – 2,541 more than last year. In total, 1,160 of the households, who wouldn’t be able to enjoy a vacation otherwise, will receive the ‘Feriehjælp’ (holiday help). “Everyone needs a mental break once in a while,” reasons Dansk Folkehjælp.

MitID switchover postponed

THE MOVE from NemID to MitID, a new improved digital security solution that enables the secure access of sensitive information, has been anything but smooth. With the June 1 deadline approaching fast, many people in Denmark had not made the switchover, so Digitaliseringsstyrelsen has extended the deadline until October 31. Kindred spirits

IN COLLABORATION with the Danish Refugee Council, a group of homeless people and the team behind the street newspaper Hus Forbi decided to dedicate 10 percent of the paper’s April revenue to Ukrainian refugees. They contend that the estimated 25,000-30,000 Ukranians in Denmark are also, after all, homeless. Slower to save fuel

FIGURES from Vejdirektoratet, the Danish road directorate, show that the average speed of Danish motorists on motorways decreased from 121.2 km/h in 2021 to 119.1 km/h in March 2022. The decrease has been attributed to the increase in fuel prices, as low speeds tend to save fuel. Overdose menace

SOME 70 children have been admitted to hospital with poisoning issues caused by the painkiller paracetamol. In 2020, admissions rose from 156 to 173, and then to 294 last year. In the same time period, 12 percent more have sought psychiatry – an increase blamed on the pandemic. Prosecution effort stalls

MPS HAVE voted not to prosecute Claus Hjort Frederiksen, the former defence minister, for revealing state secrets. The exact details of the charges are only known by a handful of people.

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Asger Jorn national treasure could be ruined, complains museum BEN HAMILTON

N HIS SERIES 'Modifications’, which spanned the late 1950s and early 60s, Danish Situationist artist Asger Jorn would buy kitschy paintings from flea markets and add his own graffiti: abstract or grotesque drawings, sometimes even added beards or mustaches, along with scribbled text. So perhaps he would have some sympathy with the 44-year-old artist who made an addition to one of his works at Museum Jorn in Silkeborg. The difference, of course, is that Jorn made alterations to crap he found in markets, while his 1959 painting, 'Den ururoligende ælling' (the disturbing duckling), although still arguably crap, is worth millions of kroner. Or at least it was. Make that a double THE ‘ARTIST’ in question, Ibi-Pippi Orup Hedegaard, signed her name and used lots of glue to affix her likeness to the painting. She was arrested and then released after questioning. Charges are expected. Upon her release she took to Facebook to write: “I have just made a double modification. I have mounted a picture of myself on top of the famous duckling.

Email joke is final straw

Roskilde sold out

MICHAEL Bojesen, the Danish director of Malmö Opera since 2017, has been fired for inappropriate behaviour. It is thought the incidents mainly occurred during his time as the head of the DR's Girls' Choir from 2001 to 2010. The final straw came when Ekstra Bladet published an email in which Bojesen made a sexist comment about a female opera singer's breasts.

ROSKILDE Festival has sold out completely of all one-day tickets. In related news, the festival is running a sustainability pilot scheme with a view to banning the white plastic pavilions favoured by guests as good spots to shelter from the rain or extreme sunshine. They are almost impossible to recycle, as they are made from a mix of plastic and other materials.

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It is glued on. In addition, I have signed the work, as it is now an Ibi-Pippi work and not an Asger Jorn.” It is believed that Orup, who recently underwent a legal gender reassignment to become a woman without making physical changes, was in the company of provocative artist Uwe Max Jensen, who complained that Hedegaard should have showed off his penis in the museum. Cut of the proceeds JACOB Thage, the museum director at

Museum Jorn, told DR that the glue will be difficult to remove and it is doubtful the “national treasure and internationally renowned work” can be saved. Peter Beck from the auction house Bruun Rasmussen in Aarhus confirms that 'Den ururoligende ælling' is one of the most famous paintings of its kind – mainly because of its reference to HC Andersen – and that it would fetch more than a million kroner if sold. Presumably as ‘co-artist’, Ibi-Pippi Orup will argue she should be entitled to a cut of the proceeds.

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DENMARK has placed 19th in a ranking of the world's top outdoor adventure hotspots compiled by Superdry. The ranking assessed options for hiking, camping, surfing, rock climbing and kayaking, along with the number of national parks, and then calculated the number of outdoor adventure activities available per square mile. Top free gallery

DAVIDS Samling on Kronprinsessegade has been ranked the sixth best free art gallery in Europe, according to a list compiled by The Knowledge Academy based on an analysis of TripAdvisor ratings. Also known as the David Collection, it was the only Danish entry in a ranking dominated by UK galleries.

Netflix price hike

NETFLIX is raising its prices in Denmark from June 4. The price of a Standard monthly subscription will rise from 99 to 114 kroner, and the cost of a Premium account from 129 to 149. They enable subscribers to enjoy two and four simultaneous streams. The Basic option, which permits just one stream, will continue to cost 79 kroner. All the 13s at Eurovision

DENMARK finished 13th equal in the first Eurovision semi-final, three places and 48 points off a spot in the final. All-girl band Reddi placed 13th with both the juries and the public, scoring 35 and 20 points. Meanwhile, Ukraine won and the UK defied recent form to come second. One curiosity: all five of the UK’s public vote nul points came from Balkan nations.

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First Amager adder

Gene therapy hopes

TWO BIOLOGIST friends recently stumbled upon an adder in Naturpark Amager close to Granatvej and promptly took a photo: the first ever confirmed sighting of the poisonous snake on the Copenhagen island. "There's no mistaking the zig-zag patterned back,” Jes Aagard, a Naturpark Amager guide, told TV2. Medical attention is advised if one bites you.

RESEARCHERS at Aarhus University are investigating whether gene therapy can be used to save the sight of patients suffering from inherited retinal disease. One in 2,000 people on Earth suffer from an inherited retinal illness. Using Prime Editing – a ‘search-and-replace' genome editing tool – researchers hope to be able to change the pathogenic mutations in our DNA.

Killer whale not so dead

EXPERTS had expected a killer whale apparently stranded in Limfjorden for weeks to die. But last week, it suddenly left the shore it had been lying still on and swam away. The whale was found alive a few hours later in the Limfjord off Rærup Bådelaug northeast of Aalborg. Future of agriculture

A NEW RESEARCH mission, AgriFoodTure, has been established in a bid to develop a joint vision for the future of agriculture and food production. The Innovation Foundation has earmarked 201 million kroner to the effort, which is a research partnership between universities, business and innovation. New cement approach

THE TECHNICAL University of Denmark has teamed up with FLSmidth to address how cement production accounts for 7 percent of global CO2 emissions through the burning of limestone. A new technology, ECoClay, does not use fossil fuels during production, instead using electricity from sustainable sources. Green fuel project "Stop crying? There's an enormous snake next to me"

Maybe the new Danish research can help Anglophone countries to understand why their infants bawl more than their non-Western counterparts CHRISTIAN WENANDE

OY GEORGE famously sang: “Don't want no more of the crying game.” And when we saw ‘the penis’, we were inclined to agree. After all, that first prolonged bout of colic commotion can be a real mood-killer following the euphoria of bringing a new person into the world. Well, now researchers from Aarhus University (AU) have made a discovery

that could change how we perceive infant crying patterns. We’re talking peace, baby!

to the ‘crying curve’, which is based on a US study from 1962 that only focuses on the first 12 weeks of a child’s life.

Crying curve confusion CONTRARY to common belief, the duration and intensity of infant crying does not peak after five to six weeks before stabilising at a lower level after three months – at least according to the findings. Looking at data from 27 countries, the researchers found that crying remains a significant part of the repertoire of many infants even after six months. The results could lead to a change

Cognitive development issues CRYING is one of the earliest forms of communication that infants use to get their parents' attention. When parents react, it impacts the infant’s cognitive and emotional development. Based on the research, AU has developed two new models for the infant ‘crying curve’. The research also found that infants from non-western countries cry less than those from English-language countries like the US, UK and Canada.

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AARHUS University has teamed up with Haldor Topsøe in a project that seeks to produce a green alternative to aviation fuel. The project, HyProFuel, will look into a fuel CO2-neutral solution based on CO2 neutral hydrocarbons in the form of pyrolysis oil made from organic waste products from agriculture and forestry. Getting smarter

NINE IN ten homes have at least one smartphone owner, according to Danmarks Statistik. And every eighth home owns an electric bike. Other increasingly popular smart-home products include sensor lights, smart switches and smart thermostats.

Offshore wind conference

FOLLOWING an international climate summit in Esbjerg on May 18 to address the future of offshore wind production in the North Sea, Denmark along with Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium are committed to a tenfold increase by 2050. Some 150GW of generated power would provide green electricity to about 230 million European households – half of the EU's energy needs. It would need over 1 trillion kroner of investment. Stricter data rules

THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has handed down a ruling regarding the retrieval of logged data – and it is bad news for police forces using the information to solve crime. In the future, the data can only be used in special cases such as terrorism-related cases. Otherwise, it must remain private. However, telecom providers will still continue to log data. Penis flower stands erect

THE AMORPHOPHALLUS titanum (aka the penis flower) has bloomed in the Botanical Gardens in Copenhagen. The flower normally blooms every 15 years, but thanks to special care in the capital, it blooms every other year. When it blooms, it can only handle standing upright for one day and it has a rotten smell. In some cultures, it is called the corpse flower. Bright Nights here again

THE 'BRIGHT Nights', in which the Sun never sinks more than 18 degrees below the horizon, are here again. They started in Skagen on April 28, arrived in Copenhagen on May 5, and then reached Gedser, the country’s southernmost point, on May 9. They will end on August 4 in Gedser, August 8 in Copenhagen, and August 15 in Skagen.

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Could Thorbjørn Olesen’s triumph at the British Masters be the first of many? BEN HAMILTON

AY 8 BROUGHT redemption to Danish golfer Thørbjorn Olesen who won his first tournament since being cleared of sexual assault charges relating to an incident in 2019. And he did it in extraordinary fashion by carving out an eagle and then a birdie to make up three shots in the final two holes to win the British Masters – the biggest win of his 15-year career. The 32-year-old holed a putt of 30 feet on the 17th and then topped that with a 36-footer on the final hole to overhaul clubhouse leader Sebastian Soderberg by a single stroke. Starting the final day three strokes clear, he struggled, but heading into the 17th he knew what he had to do: absolutely the same as he managed on Saturday. Big ranking boost FOLLOWING his impressive sixth-place

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DENMARK need to beat Slovakia on Tuesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the World Ice Hockey Championship on Thursday. Wins against Kazakhstan, Italy and France have left the Danes level-pegging with the Slovaks for the final QF place. Should they make it, it will be a fitting finale for Frans Nielsen, 38, who will retire after the tournament.

FC COPENHAGEN won its 14th Superliga title on May 22. The Lions finished the season three points clear of FC Midtjylland. Silkeborg surprised in third, while Brøndby came fourth. Sønderjyske and Vejle were relegated.

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finish at the 2013 US Masters at the mere age of 23, Olesen looked a good bet to become the first Scandinavian to win a major tournament, but instead that honour befell Henrik Stenson three years later. The wins, meanwhile, dried up for Olesen who after a run of one European tour title every year from 2014 to 2016 went on to win only one more tournament: the Italian Open in 2018.

The win has catapulted Olesen 203 places up the world rankings to #173, and he is now the fifth best ranked Dane behind twins Nicolai Hojgaard (83) and Rasmus Hojgaard (120), Marcus Helligkilde (132) and Joachim B Hansen (139). However, he has a long way to go to secure a place on the 2023 Ryder Cup team, for which twins Rasmus and Nicolai are currently ranked 19th and 21st.

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Ladies on verge of record

VIKTOR Axelsen recently won his third European Championship men’s singles, this time beating compatriot Anders Antonsen in the final.

FC MIDTJYLLAND will face OB Odense in the Danish Cup final on May 26. FCM saw off Vejle 4-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals and OB went one better with a 5-1 win.

THE DANISH women’s side will likely beat their all-time attendance record of 9,337 on June 24 when they play Brazil at Parken. Over 10,000 tickets have already been sold.

THE PITCH at Brøndby Stadium has been voted the best in the Superliga, according to a poll involving the captains of the league’s teams. AGF’s Ceres Park and Viborg’s Energi Viborg Park completed the top three, while the bottom three were FCN’s Right to Dream Park, Silkeborg’s JYSK Park and FC Copenhagen’s Parken. Last Dane standing

CAROLINA Hurricanes netminder Frederik Andersen is the only Dane with a chance of lifting the Stanley Cup this year. His team are currently playing the New York Rangers in the playoffs for a place in the final four. Andersen was recently awarded the William M Jennings Trophy – the NHL award given to goaltenders on teams with the fewest goals scored against them.

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DENMARK have qualified for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Their place was sealed by the May 2 confirmation that all Russian teams will be barred from competition next season. Denmark has accordingly jumped a place in the coefficient rankings, radically improving its clubs’ prospects in all three UEFA tournaments. Transfer of the year

CHRISTIAN Eriksen’s free transfer to Brentford at the end of January has been hailed as the best move of the season by ESPN. He has since helped the side move well clear of the English Premier League relegation zone. Record times

THE WINNERS of the men’s and women’s Copenhagen Marathon races, Berhane Tsegay (Eritrea) and Hela Kiprob (Kenya), both set new course records on May 15: 2 hours, 8 minutes and 21 seconds and 2 hours, 24 minutes and 10 seconds.

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food and wine in a friendly welcoming style: she understands that the customer should feel comfortable and like they are at home. Seldomly does an hour go by without somebody reaching for a bouzouki, the instrument most associated with Sirtaki folk dance. You’ll be heading to the dancefloor like Anthony Quinn in the movie Zorba The Greek before you know it. The Greek temperature is always reliable, warm and welcoming. When it’s evening and dark outside, the sun shines when you enter their restaurant. In fact, our mood was so lifted it was like time and space dissolved. It’s no wonder the restaurant is always full of guests and that Stella and Erik are busy. Across the tables, the guests chat merrily together in both Greek, Jutlandic and Vesterbro dialects. When not entranced by the music, your attention might be drawn to the sculpture of smashed plates captured in clay on the wall. It is a tradition to smash plates when people get married in Greece. Out with all the old ‘skata’, as it is called in Greek, and onwards to better times. Plate

smashing is closer to the innermost core experience of Greece than you might think! Once the bill has been paid, we return to reality … because Stella and Erik’s

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taverna is not in the Greek archipelago after all, but in Vesterbro on Mysundegade at Café Patina. It is midnight and the dream must end for tonight. Visitors discover a wonderful little Greek oasis in the middle of the hectic nighlife where

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Denmark one of only two countries in the union to end 2021 in the black

ENMARK enjoyed a public sector surplus of 58.7 billion kroner in 2021, according to Danmarks Statistik – about 2.3 percent of GDP, which was the best in the EU. In fact, only one other country, Luxembourg, had a public sector surplus last year. On average, the 27 member states had a deficit of 4.7 percent of GDP. Most of Europe struggling DENMARK’S gross public debt was 917.3 billion kroner at the end of 2021 – which is a debt of 36.7 percent of GDP. That ranks Denmark among the five lowest in the EU and among 13 of 27 member states that lived up to the Economic and Monetary Union debt criteria

as stipulated by the Maastricht Treaty. Under normal circumstances, gross public debt must make up a maximum of 60 percent of GDP. However, the EU average at the end of last year was 88.1 percent with the likes of Greece, Italy and Spain leading the way. Large consumer price hike THIS YEAR might prove to be less rosey for Denmark – certainly if the 12-month consumer price hike in April is anything to go by. Consumer prices rose by 6.7 percent compared to April last year – the biggest rise since June 1984. Overall prices have increased by 10.3 percent over the past year – the biggest such jump since late 1982. Cooking oil running dry THE PRICE of cooking oil was rising fast

before the outbreak of war, and now the product is under so much pressure most supermarkets have placed a limit on how much can be bought. Customers are limited to buying three bottles of oil per day from Coop’s chains. Similar restrictions are also in place at the Salling Group chains and Rema 1000. Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest producers of sunflower oil. Similar initiatives have been levied in Germany and the UK. Price freeze IN RELATED news, the Salling Group is placing a price ceiling on everyday products at its supermarkets – 100 at Netto, and 200 at Føtex and Bilka – from June 1 until October 28. It estimates the freezing of milk prices could cost it 100 million kroner alone.

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MAERSK has confirmed a profit of 48 billion kroner for the first quarter of 2022 – an all-time Danish three-month record attributed to sky-high freight rates. Nevertheless, the War in Ukraine has left a 5 billion kroner dent in its figures. Maersk does not intend to serve the Russian market once current contracts expire. It has written off 20,000 containers currently in the country.

THE DANSKE Minkavlere breeders association is confident MPs will soon lift the ban on farming mink. The risk of another corona variant developing is low, claims a Statens Serum Institut report. However, SSI advises daily testing for employees and the compulsory wearing of protective equipment at all times.

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ACCORDING to a 2020 leak, only one in ten Danish owners of properties in Dubai have reported their earnings to the Skattestyrelsen tax authority, reports TV2 following further analysis of the figures. This means the vast majority could be cheating the system. The Danish Treasury could potentially be missing out on taxes owed on property worth around half a billion kroner. Risk to economy

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RUSSIAN losses could send Vestas into the red this year. Ahead of the War in Ukraine, it anticipated a profit margin of zero to 4 percent, which it has now changed to -5 to zero percent. Jyske Bank, meanwhile, has executed write-downs in its loans to the tune of 250 million kroner in anticipation of the effect the war will have on customers paying their bills.

LEGO LOOKS set to be copied in Russia following the toy manufacturer’s decision to withdraw from the country, reports Berlingske. An application has been submitted with the Russian patent system, Rospatent, to replicate the famous bricks. IKEA has already been replicated – the Russian version bears the same logo, but is spelt IDEA.

THE DANISH Pension Commission recommends slowing down the increase in retirement age. If the recommendations are adopted, the retirement age, which is currently 67, would be reduced by half a year by 2045. Citizens who are aged 18 will accordingly be able to retire two years earlier when they reach their retirement age.

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NATIONALBANK governor Signe Krogstrup warns the government will put the economy at risk should it pay out too much compensation to homeowners hit by huge energy bills. She accepts pensioners need help, but queries whether students, benefit recipients and the unemployed should get assistance. The trade and industry minister, Simon Kollerup, rejects the claims.

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THE NUMBER of foreigners working full-time jobs in Denmark has doubled since 2010, according to Dansk Industri. Its deputy head, Steen Nielsen, credits foreigners with overall employment growth, along with the increase in value creation in the labour market. He advocates making the market even more accessible to foreigners. Flourishing despite war

NOVO NORDISK has attributed its healthy QI accounts (profit of 14.2 billion on sales of 42 billion kroner) to a 54 percent increase in the sale of its GLP-1 diabetes drugs. Also thriving in spite of corona are jewellery company Pandora (turnover of 5.7 billion) and engineering group FLSmidth (4.7 billion). Lots of SAS cancellations

SAS HAS cancelled 4,000 flights from May to August – roughly 5 percent of its total summer flight schedule – due to staff shortages brought on by the corona pandemic. All impacted passengers will be rebooked, promised the airline.

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OUR WOMAN IN WASHINGTON LEADING BY EXAMPLE: HOW GREEN FRONTLINE MISSIONS ARE MAKING AN IMPRESSION Missions and tasked them with advocating for green solutions in countries that are the largest greenhouse gas emitters in an effort to accelerate the green transition.

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Promoting a green agenda PETER Esmann, the embassy’s advisor on offshore wind, said the embassy does what it can to promote the green agenda, which includes trying to “walk the talk” when it comes to renewable energy. “We do whatever is possible in the embassy to be as green as possible, and the solar panels are one large step,” he explained. Esmann said there is no concrete target set forth by the Foreign Ministry for reducing emissions, leaving the embassy “free” to pursue its own sustainability projects. “It’s at our own volition we do these sustainability projects, but it is expected that we be a beacon to other embassies and show the way forward,” he said.

EAR EMBASSY Row in Washington DC, the Danish government is demonstrating how retrofitting buildings with solar panels can reduce reliance on burning fossil fuels. The Danish Embassy’s solar set-up has generated 11 percent of its overall electricity demand and slashed its CO2 emissions by 13 metric tonnes as of this February, the embassy announced on Facebook. Last summer, the embassy finished installing a solar panel array to help meet its ambitious sustainability goals. The set-up is expected to meet nearly 20 percent of the embassy’s electricity demand while reducing CO2 emissions by roughly 35 metric tonnes a year, the Danish ambassador Lone Dencker Wisborg recently stated. A global strategy IT IS PART of a global strategy to encourage countries that produce the most greenhouse gasses to adopt sustainable alternatives. In the United States, some states are already partnering with the Danes to develop their green infrastructure. “All of Denmark, the whole society, is talking sustainability by 2030,” revealed Zheng Grace Ma, an associate professor at the University of Southern Denmark’s Center for Energy Informatics. The country aims to reduce its domestic CO2 emissions by 70 percent by 2030, compared to its 1990 emissions. However, Denmark’s greenhouse gas emissions represent only 0.1 percent of total global emissions, according to its Foreign Ministry website. Aware of the severity of the climate crisis, the Foreign Ministry has designated 20 embassies as Green Frontline

Procuring partnerships OTHER projects in the works include a new, more energy efficient heating and ventilation system. But sustainable changes to the embassy itself are only one component of the Green Frontline Mission. A Foreign Ministry priority is promoting Danish green energy companies, according to Esmann. The embassy works to facilitate partnerships linking the Danish government and companies with US state and economic development agencies interested in procuring green power. Central to this initiative is knowledge-sharing at a government level. The US has been a frontrunner in partnering with companies to install wind turbines in California, Texas and the Midwest since the mid-1980s. Now, the East Coast states are interested in making the transition as well, contends Esmann.

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Denmark has the know-how ACCORDING to Ma, wind energy is not a standalone industry. Both onshore and offshore wind turbines require a wind power plant that needs to be connected to the power grid and integrated with the electricity market. “Denmark has more advanced knowledge and experience with the wind energy ecosystem,” she said. “It’s very famous for its green technology.” The New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSEDA) has formed a partnership with the Danish government to take advantage of Danish expertise. “The Danish Ministry for Energy, Utilities and Climate has provided an exchange of knowledge and expertise that will allow New York State to grow its nation-leading offshore wind industry,” a spokesperson for NYSERDA confirmed. The collaboration has helped facili-

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tate conversations with wind industry leaders to inform research and develop an infrastructure model pertaining to the supply chain, workforce development, distribution options and getting materials, according to NYSERDA. Key delegation trips IN ADDITION to sharing industry knowhow, the embassy organises delegation trips to introduce Danish businesses to contacts in the US. According to Esmann, the embassy recently invited 14 small Danish businesses to visit the East Coast and meet established companies in the green energy sector. Bo Jørgensen, the head of the University of Southern Denmark’s Center for Energy Informatics, confirmed: “The Foreign Minister and Minister of Commerce are promoting tech trends from Danish companies by creating collaboration with companies in the US.”

Jørgensen, who has previously travelled with a delegation, said it’s difficult for many companies to get a foothold in another country if they have no track record – especially across continents. When companies come as part of a Danish government delegation, it generates more trust, he assures. Experience and expertise NYSERDA’S current project under the partnership involves introducing Danish companies with “experience and expertise in offshore wind” to the local workforce and businesses to aid supply chain growth, its spokesperson said. “Denmark is a very small country, and our CO2 footprint is not that large,” concludes Esmann. “But we have a lot of competencies in these industries that could make quite an impact on the world.”

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Green Spotlight Sibylle is a French journalist, columnist and author who writes for a variety of French, English and Italian language-publications, specialising on the green transition. Having lived and worked in San Francisco, Milan, Berlin, Rome, Calgary and Paris, she speaks five languages. Follow her on Instagram at sibdevalence

LESLEA PETERSEN JUST SAY IT AS IT IS A Brit married to a Viking who landed on Danish shores 14 years ago, Leslea is the CEO of English Job Denmark. With over 20 years’ communications experience in both the business & not-for-profit sectors, Leslea is passionate about coaching professionals & businesses in effective communication.

ITH SO many jobseekers posting with excitement on LinkedIn about starting a new role, it always makes me think how others feel? Joy that some have found employment, but twinged with disappointment that it’s not them?

What gets you excited KNOWING what you can offer, along with what type of company you want to work for, takes time. Something you have aplenty as a jobseeker! First, what is important to you? What is essential to your happiness when you think about your dream role? Is it working in an office or working remotely? Working within a team or on your own? Create

What values drive you? I RECOMMEND to some of my clients that they complete a ‘Values’ exercise in which they narrow down what it is that will bring them happiness in the workplace. There’s no point in accepting a job offer that means in six months you are job searching again because you don’t like the company and you ignored those red flags. Understanding what drives and inspires you will help you to define the right role, and your excitement will be clear in your application. If you have just started your job search or been looking for a while, spend some time deciding on what you want and where you will be the most content. You and your soon-to-be boss will thank you for it.

Benchmark for the future “WITH THE elevated benches, we want to give the Danes a concrete picture of what the future will be like. It is our land and thus our responsibility to act on it,” explains Lotte Lindegaard, the content director at TV2. The Danish broadcasting company is behind the campaign in collaboration with the municipality. As a public service media, TV2 acknowledges its responsibility to get people to think about climate challenges by making it visual and clear to all Danes.

The 15 elevated benches have been installed at various popular locations in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense. Ingels’ clever angle INITIALLY, the benches were only due to stay for four weeks before being dismantled and reused by the sustainable furniture manufacturer GH Form, but now they’re staying a little longer. Frankly, they do fit in well with the Copenhagen landscape. A few prominent figures have struck a pose next to them to draw attention to the good cause – a struggle in light of column inches taken by the War in Ukraine since February. Among them was Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, who managed to bring the causes together by wearing yellow and blue sneakers. A cycle of change RAISING awareness about climate change is one thing. Acting is another. Resilience and creativity are key to enacting change. “It is in our hands to make a difference,” Nelson Mandela once wisely said. For Nick Zoltowski, watching powerless refugees fleeing Ukraine was his call to action. The Englishman, who works for the

United Nations Refugee Agency in Nordhavn, is tacking ongoing climate challenges head-on. Hence the Refugee Bicycle Club was born as a virtual community at refugeebicycleclub.com and physically at the Café Parforce – “a hub for all things nice about cycling”, the website states. Together with Birger, the man behind Café Parforce, and Laurenz, a student in software development, Nick is empowering refugees with the freedom of second-hand two-wheelers. Ideally located at the Klampenborg S-tog station, Café Parforce is the perfect place to spend their free time fixing used bikes to be donated. More likes, more bikes FOUR-YEAR-OLD Mia was one of the first children to get a refurbished bike. When she fled her home in Odessa a few weeks ago, she could only ride her balance bike. It’s in Denmark that she has learned how to cycle without stabilisers. “The emotions were amazing: she had a desire to go right away,” her mother recounts thanks to Google Translate. Nick has many more stories like this one to share. With 116 requests for 179 bikes on his Excel file, he calls for “more likes and more bikes”. HASSE FERROLD

The freeze is over I HAVE always said that “Job seeking in Denmark as an international is not for the fainthearted!” It’s a tough gig: you can lose your confidence and wonder what you can still offer in the workplace. In these, dare I say it too soon, post-COVID times, companies are more optimistic and filling roles that have been previously on hold. If you have been job searching for a while, you might be wondering what it is that you need to do to land one of those jobs.

a list about what you want and what you don’t want. You can then target companies that fit within your wish list. Do you need to upskill? Do your job aspirations meet Danish requirements? Back in the UK, experience counts for a lot, but in Denmark all education is free so professional roles require a certain level of education. Keeping abreast of the latest technology to remain competitive might mean signing up for a course or going back to university.

T IS A LONG way up – but it can become necessary if we do not want to wet our feet in the future. Flooding will become part of our everyday life unless we start doing something about our climate,” indicates a plaque on a rather intriguing bench facing the famous Copenhagen Lakes. Hard to sit down on compared to most public benches, the seat has been raised on purpose by 85 centimetres. It’s a reminder of what the UN Climate Panel is constantly telling us: if we keep on living like we do today, sea levels will continue to rise by up to a metre by 2100. According to Danish researchers, the rise might even be faster: an increase by 135 cm by that time.

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Conrad the Contrarian Conrad is a 30+ stand-up comedian and father of two. He has had two one-man-shows that have toured around Denmark, ‘Danglish’ and ‘Danglish 2’, which are both streaming on TV2 Play or his website. His new 2022 show ‘Hyggelicious’ is coming in September. His comedy is aimed at anyone seeking comfort, support or relief in this strange land.

OST OF my job is performing stand-up comedy shows for people privately at their homes or businesses, and many of those are far out in rural Denmark. My life as a stand-up comedian takes me to some tiny towns and, believe me, there are plenty of them in Denmark. Road trip to the dark side THESE faraway regions have many names: udkantsdanmark, Lars Tyndskids Mark or Where the Bonderøv live. In 2021, despite the pandemic, I still travelled almost 11,500km inside Denmark (further than Copenhagen to Buenos Aires) and much of that was out in the middle of nowhere. A confirmation outside Bastrup, a festival on Anholt, a school by a lake in Glamsbjerg … my specialist subject on any quiz show would definitely have to be: Danish motorways and how to get lost using Google Maps. Even my home of Aarhus, the second largest city, feels like a village on a global scale. It has a population of roughly 350,000, yet still smells like farm and wet pigs every time the aeroplane door opens. There are some gems, I won’t lie. I have been surprised by the beauty of Ribe or the views in Faaborg.

But I have also seen the dark side of udkantsdanmark: the deathly boring centres of tiny towns. Places where there are literally seven houses standing around a Circle K. Towns where the local bus comes every three weeks. Towns where you see the curtains twitch in the houses as the local people peep out to see who you are (because the last visitor was in 1997).

shave’. Fill some old glass bottles with soda from SuperBrugsen and tell them it’s økologisk hjemmelavet limonade – you’ll be driving a Porsche by the end of the summer.” There really needs to be some government agency holding these tiny towns accountable. Anholt would have a population close to zero after all the arrests.

Taken for a ride in Anholt WHILE some villages are terrified of visitors, others desperately want to attract them. On the island of Anholt (136 people) I couldn’t help feel there were an awfully large number of ‘museums’ in the local town considering how few people lived there. I visited a couple and realised they weren’t museums at all, they were just houses with things inside. Clearly, the villagers had got together to boost the island’s tourism and decided that anything could qualify as a museum. “Søren, you have a lot of teaspoons. Put them all on your dinner table, stick a sign outside the front door and charge people 120 kroner to come in. ‘Det Gamle Anholt Teskemuseum’, perfect.” “Birgitte, that isn’t just a garden, now it’s the ‘Verdensberømte Anholt Grøntsag-

No pizzas de résistance SOME SMALL towns aren’t lucky enough to even have anything interesting enough to turn into a museum. Instead, the beating heart of town is a rundown pizzeria/ grill. You’re guaranteed to have the worst pizza of your life in these places. On the road, desperate for food, I have all too often fallen for the trap of ordering food from these places. The kind of small town pizza where luminous orange oil drips from every slice. It’s exhausting to travel to so many tiny places, but also incredible to perform for so many different people. In fact, I really have got to see most of the country. And yes, I do have an 80 kroner Anholt Teskemuseum køleskabsmagnet on my fridge.

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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.

N MY FIRST guidebook I suggested that you explore Amager by walking ‘To the Water’ – and this edition treads a similar path. A roof like a wave THIS WALK will take you from Knippelsbro to Amager Beach with a little detour to one of my favourite spots: Det Maritime Ungdomshus (The Maritime Youth House). Designed by Bjarke Ingels and Julien De Smedt (back then PLOT architects), this wooden structure was built 20 years ago to serve as a facility for water-related activities for kids – and to co-exist with the Sundby Sejlforening yacht club already in the area. It provides both a large exterior play area for children, but also storage space for smaller boats and kayaks under the curving wooden roof rising playfully, inviting children (and adults) to explore and enjoy the view over Øresund. Schools in the Copenhagen area can book a day of activities like kayaking, open water swimming or crab fishing at the Maritime Youth House. From this roof, rising like a wave from the ground level, you can also contemplate Prøvestenen Syd, an artificially constructed area meant to house a new yacht club. These plans were abandoned in around 2008, but the area remained closed to the public until recently. It is now open for hikers, bird watchers and fishermen. The only access to the Youth House is through the yacht club, which is open to the public from sunrise to sundown. The turquoise wonder LEAVING the Maritime Youth House and the yacht club behind, continue your walk along the main road, Amager Strandvej. We’re heading to Kastrup Søbad, which is also known as ‘Sneglen’ – the Snail. But first we’re going to take a look at the building you might have seen on the Amager posters published by ViSSEVASS. Leave the main road and walk across the little bridge to the artificial island that Amager Strand is situated on. You’ll immediately see the characteristic turquoise blue of another wooden wonder: the Helgoland Bath. This facility is open to the public for a couple of months in the summer, but to access it for the remaining part of the year, a membership is required. Off- season, it’s favoured by both winter bathers and nudists.

A spiralling hug THIS IS not the case for the wonderful Kastrup Søbad (well, maybe the nudist bit), which is open to everyone all year round. Just follow the pathway along the coast for a couple of kilometres. Once you approach the far end of the artificial island, you’ll already be able to see the wooden construction placed on the water a bit further south. Kastrup Søbad was designed by White Architects and built between 2004 and 2005 to immediate success and acclaim. This curving, snail-like structure is such an inviting place, reaching out its hand for you to come and take a closer look. If you visit on a winter’s morning, you’ll meet the winter dippers (again, expect nudity) who appreciate the wooden walls providing shelter from the icy ocean winds. If you turn up on a sunny summer’s day, you’ll see every square centimetre of the wooden deck is covered with people – so to really appreciate the lines of the structure I recommend you visit when it’s a bit cloudy and outside the summer holiday rush hours. For the thrill-seekers among you looking for a steep dive into the ocean, there are platforms three and five metres above sea level. If you bring smaller children keep in mind that the water around the structure is deep, but the beach itself is shallow and perfect for safe splashing with little ones. You can also stroll by in the evening and enjoy the sight of both the jetty and the structure all lit up. It’s quite a beautiful sight. Perfectly situated IF A LONG walk is not to your fancy, you can reach the wooden wonders using public transportation – the nearest Metro station for the Maritime Youth House is Øresund and for Kastrup Søbad it’s Femøren. The distance from the city centre is approximately 5 km for the Maritime Youth House and 7.5 km for the Kastrup Søbad. If all this walking has made you hungry, try the café ‘Kystens Perle’ (cafekystensperle. dk) located in the old Kastrup Værk building from 1749 – formerly a glass and ceramics factory and a brewery, you’ll find it next to the little harbour just south of the aquarium ‘Den Blå Planet’. Or, if you’re just looking for a cup of coffee or a beer on a roof terrace – try Kajakhotellet (kajakhotellet.dk) at the southern end of the main beach area, where you can also rent kayaks, SUP-boards and more.

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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

HROUGH this column, I share with you my approach to embracing green habits and a sustainable lifestyle by taking small steps. This time let us look at the fourth of the 5 Rs (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot) and how we can recycle smarter – especially in Denmark. I hope this column helps new expats in Copenhagen to understand the recycling system here and how we can be part of the solution to the waste problem.

unlike many other low waste practices, there is a limit to what we can do as individuals with recycling. Recycling needs a systematic collection of segregated waste, recycling facilities where the materials are melted so that new products can be made from them, and a well-established and profitable offtake market. And there are many ways Denmark makes it easier for us (see factbox).

MAKING RECYCLING EASIER Education – most municipalities (kommunes) are good at educating people about the different waste fractions to be sorted. Head over to your municipality’s website and search for ‘affaldssortering’. You can even download or print out guides. Genbrugsstation – larger items of waste (let’s say a big piece of concrete or ceramic ware from the toilet) can be disposed of at the recycling stations. You can even drive in. Exchange stations – did you know that certain municipalities have ‘Byttestation’ – exchange stations where you can just go in with the things you want to exchange (like furniture, toys etc) and pick up new ones? Check out ‘kbh.deler’.

You’re in the right place! TO START with, we are lucky to be living in a country where there are systems in place for efficient recycling. I need to mention this as

Recycle smarter! THERE are few habits that we can make as individuals to help the system recycle better. First off, understand the different waste fractions (classifications) and educate yourself about which bin you need to put your recyclables in, which need to be cleaned, and what needs to be separated (as per the municipality's advice). Set up a dedicated system at home for sorting waste. This might require lots of small bins and also some initiative. At home, we collect all our smaller pieces of tinfoil together, so they don’t get lost on the way, but end up being recycled (yes, crush those Easter egg foil covers together). Consult the labels as most explain how to discard responsibly. A good example are packets of chips/crisps, which clearly indicate if the packet should be sorted as plastic or residual waste. Let’s try to understand the recycling systems better so we can be part of the solution. Check out the guides @greenbyhabit on Instagram for short videos and fun reels discussing these topics in detail and more about what can be recycled and what cannot.

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Deposit system – Hopefully you are aware of the Danish return system. When you buy bottles or cans with the pant sign, you pay a little extra as a deposit, which you get back when returning the empty vessel. This is a great way to ensure that the packaging that leaves the system returns and we close the loop. In 2021, the return rate of the system was 92 percent, which is one of the highest in the world. KREDSLOB.DK

Why recycle? RECYCLING helps us transition from a linear economy to a circular economy. A linear economy is when raw materials are used in production and, after the use of the final product, it is thrown away as waste. In a circular economy, materials after their usage are recycled to be used again as raw materials for production. Recycling is amazing here, as many materials like glass and aluminum are almost infinitely recyclable, to produce new glass and cans, instead of exhausting virgin material reserves. Furthermore, recycling diverts waste from being dumped in nature or valuable recyclable material being burnt away, and involves a reduced use of energy, CO2 and wastewater emissions, compared to production using virgin materials

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Asia House recently hosted an ambassadors’ lunch where Ørsted chair Thomas Thune Andersen was the guest speaker. Among those in attendance were (left-right) Vietnamese ambassador agrée Luong Thanh Nghi, Asia House executive director Susanne Rumohr Hækkerup, film producer Michael Haslund Christensen, Danish Foreign Ministry head of protocol Ove Ullerup, Australian ambassador Kerin Ayyalaraju, Indonesian ambassador Dewi Savitri Wahab, Thai ambassador Sirilak Niyom, Philippines ambassador Leo Herrera-Lim and South Korean ambassador Hyung Gil Kim

The Polish Embassy celebrated the 231st anniversary of its Constitution Day with a reception on May 11, where a great many dignitaries assembled. Among them were (left-right) Portuguese ambassador Joao Maria Cabral, Latvian ambassador Alda Vanaga, Chinese ambassador Feng Tie, Cypriot ambassador Iacovos Giragosian, Georgian ambassador Nata Menabde, Polish ambassador Antoni Falkowski, Danish state secretary Steen Hommel, Philippines ambassador Leo Herrera-Lim and South African ambassador Fikile Sylvia Magubane

The embassies of Israel and Morocco recently held a reception to mark the one-year anniversary of the commencement of peaceful and friendly relations between the countries. Among those gathered at Moltkes Palace in Copenhagen were Moroccan ambassador Khadija Rouissi (centre left) and Israeli ambassador David Akov (left)

Georgian ambassador Nata Menabde (right) marked her country’s Mother Language Day on May 10 with a reception at her embassy to mark the publication of two recently published books by Icelandic author Jakob Martin Strid. Pictured with the ambassador is the translator Tamar Kakubava (left)

The Danish business community were out in force at a round-table event hosted by the Romanian Embassy on the energy transition in Denmark and Romania. Some 40 percent of Romania’s energy comes from renewable sources, and it has the largest onshore windfarm in the EU. Overseeing proceedings was Romanian ambassador Mihai-Alexandru Gradinar (left), the dean of the diplomatic corps, and among the VIPs was George Niculescu, the Romanian vice-minister for energy

There was no doubting the success of ‘The Money Shot’ on opening night at Krudttønden theatre in Østerbro on May 12, where afterwards the cast and their director Jeremy M Thomas took a well deserved bow: (left-right) Dina Rosenmeier, Tomm Voss, Thomas, Mikka Deleuran and Dorte Rømer. Neil LaBute's Los Angeles-set comedy, which was first staged as part of the CPH Queer Theater Festival last August, will continue its run until May 28. Check out our review at cphpost.dk

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Opera Tours in English

Tivoli Food Festival

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Copenhagen Medieval Market

Sat & Sun in May & June with the exception of June 4, 12:00; Ekvipagemestervej 10, Cph K; 135kr, under-12s 60kr, kglteater.dk Discover the Opera's beautiful foyer with its clean lines, Olafur Eliasson's light sculptures, and views over Copenhagen Harbour that embrace the shiny maple shell around the Main Stage. (AD)

ongoing, ends May 29; Tivoli, Cph V; entry with Tivoli admission; tivoli.dk FOR 18 DAYS, the themepark will be hosting a festival of full-on food: a smorgasbord of regional and international delights. Sup cocktails, down beers at the American NoMad Bar, a pop-up for the duration, gorge on suckling pig, and take your pick of gourmet food, from the very best open sandwiches to vegan delicacies and sweets. Check the website for details concerning tastings, workshops, markets, cooking demos, competitions and events, which include one billed as the world's largest beer tasting.

June 1-5, various venues in Cph; 200kr entry to ticketed areas; cphdistortion.dk The Nørrebro street festival element has been completely scrapped, and the Thursday Vesterbro one hugely scaled down. The main focus over the first two days is city centre ticketed areas: on June 1 in the areas around Langebro and Rådhuspladsen, and on June 2 in Rådhuspladsen and Vesterbro. The next two nights will mainly be held at selected clubs. The final day is for chilling out; after all, even God needed a break.

June 3-6, open 10:00-17:00, until 19:00 from June 4-5; Valbyparken; 120kr; kmm.dk Are you ready to be transported back to the Middle Ages? Listen to medieval music, watch the knights compete for honour and full-on pitched battles, enjoy medieval-themed food, shop for crafts and, most importantly, make sure you taste the amazing mead.

Gravens Rand Quiz The Money Shot

ongoing, ends May 28, performances Tue-Fri 20:00, Sat 17:00, Sun 14:00; Krudttønden, Serridslevvej 2, Cph Ø; 160kr, teaterbilletter.dk A final chance to see Neil LaBute’s ‘The Money Shot’, which is playing for two weeks at Krudttønden following a successful run last August during Copenhagen 2021. Steve (Tomm Voss), a 50-year-old action star, and his young wife Missy (Mikka Deleuran), are the guests of star actress Karen (Dina Rosenmeier) and her partner Bev (Dorte Rømer) at their Hollywood Valleys home to discuss the possibility of Steve and Karen having sex on camera to boost their sagging careers. Boy George Aliens & Icons

ongoing, ends June 4, opening times TBC; Gallery Oxholm, Pile Alle 25, Frederiksberg; gallerioxholm.dk THIS EXHIBITION featuring the artwork of Boy George will run at Gallery Oxholm until early June. Since his first exhibition in Monaco in November 2019, the former Culture Club singer has had plenty of time to hone his skills. The results are “noisy, crooked and border-seeking provocative”, promises Gallery Oxholm’s owner Kim Jørgensen. Chamber music at Diamond

May 31, June 1 & June 2, 20:00; Dronningesalen, Black Diamond, Søren Kierkegaards Pl. 1, Cph K Enjoy high quality chamber music from three top quartets at the Black Diamond library. On May 31, the Poseidon Quartet play Schubert and Beethoven, on June 1, Brooklyn Rider present a program called ‘4 Elements’ and on June 2, France’s Diotima Quartet play a program including Schubert and Thomas Adés.

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June 7 & 21, 19:00; Søndre Fasanvej 24, Frederiksberg; entry 30kr Maximum of four per team, it’s 1,000 kroner for the winners and a crate of beer for second. Two beer rounds, and shots for last place! Copenhagen Comics

May 28-29; Øksnehallen, Cph V; copenhagencomics.dk Denmark’s largest comics festival welcomes big names from all over the world. CTC Fringe Festival

June 9-12; ICC Theatre, Frederiksholms Kanal 2, Cph K; tickets via ctcircle.dk/ fringe2022 The Copenhagen Theatre Circle offers a unique opportunity to watch eight brand new plays written and performed by internationals living in the region. The plays, which are all in English, have been split into two groups, and there will be three opportunities to see each one. In total, there will be four evening shows beginning at 19:00, and two weekend matinee shows from 13:30. This year’s festival is being co-hosted by Improv Comedy Copenhagen, which will be offering a free improv workshop on June 12 from 16:30-18:00. Danish referendum debate

May 25, 17:00; Købmagergade 43, Cph K; free adm, register via crossingborders.dk Get involved in the global debate at this English-language event organised by Crossing Borders. Listen to keynote speaker Lisbeth Pilegaard, the former UN Global Compact global advisor, talk about the pros and cons of Denmark discontinuing its EU opt-out on defence and joining the union’s Defense Pact via the referendum on June 1. They’ll be serving free food and beverages (with vegan options!) but make sure you register.

Science and Cocktails

May 30, June 3 & 20; Koncertsalen, DR Koncerthuset, Ørestads Blvd. 13, Cph S; tickets: 145-195kr, drkoncerthuset.dk There are three instalments of the popular event this coming month, and that doesn’t include its participation in Act of Gravity as part of CPH Stage (see supplement). First off, on May 30, join esteemed reproductive epidemiologist Shanna Swan for ‘The Infertility Crisis: How our modern world is threatening our ability to reproduce and what we can do about it’. Four days later, renowned neuroscientist Andrew Huberman will present ‘The Neuroscience of Health and Performance. And then on June 20, join theoretical physics astrobiology expert Professor Sara Walker for ‘From Origins to Aliens: Understanding Where we Came from, and Finding Others Like Us in the Universe’

Bloom Nature and Science Festival

May 27-29; Søndermarken Pile Allé 55, Frederiksberg; Take part in three days of debates, talks and art presented by some of the leading scientists, thinkers and artists in the world. Copenhagen Carnival

June 3-5; Cph K The steel drums, costumed dancers and curbside revelry of Rio de Janiero’s famous Carnival fill the streets of Copenhagen on Pentecost/Whitsun weekend, offering a vibrant mixture of parades, live music and street food for all. Since its beginning in Copenhagen in 1982, the festival has been known to bring in as many as 100,000 spectators each year. The main parade is on Saturday. It begins in Kongens Nytorv and snakes along Strøget.

Sand Sculpture Festival

ongoing, ends Aug 31, daily from 10:00; Kajgaden 7, Hundested; sandskulptur.dk Local and international sand sculptors, including several world champions, will display their biodegradable masterworks. KLANG

ongoing, June 9-18; various locations; 80-250kr; klang.dk KLANG, the Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival, will host over 30 Danish and international music acts. The festival is the country’s largest event for contemporary music and will have programs for all ages. Copenhell

June 15-18; Refshaleøen, Refshalevej 185, Cph K; check internet forums for tickets; copenhell.dk No wonder this metal festival has sold out. Metallica, Iron Maiden, Kiss and Judas Priest are all playing!

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May 28-June 4; Malmö, various venues; erotikafton.com This year’s Erotikafton Festival will take place at seven different venues over eight nights, welcoming 30 artists from all over the world. Take part in workshops, talks and dancing, and enjoy art exhibitions, film screenings, performance art, music and DJs.

May 20-21, 17:00-18:30; Seidokan Japan Center, Valbygårdsvej 36, Valby; 195kr Get a taste of Japan in the heart of Valby. During the festival, you will have the unique opportunity of tasting over 50 different sakes from the Land of the Rising Sun. Additionally, during the festival you will have the opportunity to eat authentic Japanese ramen and taste specially blended drinks that have been curated by world-class bartenders.

May 28 & June 11, 14:30-17:00; Studenthuset, Købmagergade 52, Cph K; free adm Every other Saturday afternoon, join other language aficionados to learn new ones. The list of languages spoken at the café is updated on the official Facebook event page. So what are you waiting for? (AD)

Globe Quiz

CPH Photo Festival

June 2 & 16, 19:15; Globe Irish Pub, Nørregade 43-45, Cph K; 50 kroner per person to enter Game night’s on at this pub on Nørregade! The winners will be awarded 1,200 kroner, and there are plenty of spot prizes too. (MB)

June 2-12, 17:00-22:00; Refshalevej 163A; from 100kr The largest Nordic festival of its kind returns with more than 30 exhibitions spread across galleries, museums and art institutions in Copenhagen and southern Sweden.

Erotic Evening Festival

Open Mic @Cph Listening Room

June 5 & 19 at 19:30, sign up by 19:15; Onkel Dannys Plads 7, Cph V; free adm For years now, Cph Listening Room has hosted its weekly open mic for songwriters. If you want to sign up to perform two songs, you better be fast! There are only 14 spots left. In the middle a featured act takes place: Effy Simon (10) and 32w (24). (AD)

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From Distortion in early June to WonderFestiwall in late August, all tastes are catered to! SANDRA ABDELBAKI

OR MUSIC fans, the pandemic has been particularly hard to deal with. Even average buskers have been getting big crowds, such has been the deprivation. It was no surprise to see tickets for Roskilde and Copenhell sell out in record time, and more festivals are likely to follow suit.

From June to September FORTUNATELY, there are still plenty of options to choose from with summer just around the corner, and we have accordingly gathered together a fair selection of the best festivals between June and September. Given the increased interest this year, you had better get your skates on if you don’t want to miss out. Many of the popular festivals have already sold out, including Roskilde, Smukfest and Copenhell. Big names in Denmark IT'S FUNNY, but Roskilde, traditionally the country's biggest draw, hasn't added any names you would call particularly goliath. If anything, the pretender to its crown, Smukfest in early August, has the more impressive line-up, with Rick Astley, Justin Bieber and Melanie C among its headliners. With Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, it's guaranteed to 'Make me smile'. But it can't raise a candle to Copenhell. With Metallica, Iron Maiden, Kiss and Judas Priest onboard, has there ever been a more impressive line-up in metal music?

RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP Copenhell

June 15-18; Refshaleøen; sold out; copenhell.dk Tickets to the popular Copenhell metal festival are sold out but you may still be lucky enough to secure a ticket if someone is selling theirs. Headliners include Metallica, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Judas Priest Destruction and Redwood Hill. Distortion Festival

June 1-5; various venues in Cph K & V; festival pass 850kr, one-day tickets 200kr; cphdistortion.dk From dancing and art workshops to multiple talks and music events, Distortion offers a wide range of cultural activities

WITHIN REASONABLE RANGE Roskilde Festival

June 25-July 2; Roskilde Station and follow the crowds; festival pass 2,250kr, one-day tickets 1,100 kr, all sold out; roskilde-festival.dk Art, music and activism are the three main pillars of the Roskilde Festival. For its 50th edition, the festival will feature more than 290 artists from different parts of the world including stars such as Dua Lipa, Megan Thee Stallion, Baby Keem and Anitta. In addition to the music, the festival will host artistic events and activists tackling topics such as anti-racism, LBGT rights, freedom of expression and climate change. Again it’s sold out, but check internet forums for tickets! WonderFestiwall

Aug 18-21; Slotsslyngen, Bornholm; festival pass: 1,120kr, one-day tickets:

to enjoy. The festival is organising 20 free street parties in the Vesterbro neighborhood on June 2, but most of their events are ticketed this year. Music genres are diverse and will include underground afro-beat, reggae, house, and hip-hop. AiaSound Festival

Aug 11-13; Tiøren, Amager Strandvej 246, Cph S; festival pass: 1,299kr, oneday tickets: 599kr; aiasoundfestival.dk With the purpose to create an urban environment featuring mainstream and international music, Aia Sound Festival is hosting this year several acclaimed artists and bands such as Tyga, Donkey Sound, Tobias Rahim and Hans Phillip. Strøm Festival

525-625kr; wonderfestiwall.dk Enjoy the final days of summer at the WonderFestiwall amid the exquisite nature of the popular holiday island Bornholm. With 33 concerts in three days, the festival will present some of Denmark’s most famous artists including Branco, SpleenUnited and Mina Okabe. Grøn Festival

July 21-31; ten-day concert tour; festival pass: 799kr, one-day tickets: 350kr; groenkoncert.dk Over 10 days, Grøn Festival will tour eight venues in Denmark, starting with Amager and then passing through Kolding, Aarhus, Aalborg, Esbjerg, Odense, Næstved, and finally reaching Valby. The festival will present a line-up of well-known local and international artists such as Andreas Odbjerg, Tessa, and Deed. Femø Jazz Festival

Aug 2-7; Darrehøjsvej, Femø; festival

Aug 13, 20 & 27; various venues in Copenhagen; strm.dk Why have a festival over three days, when you can do it over three weeks, reasons Strøm Festival ahead of launching a new format spread across three Saturdays in August. Presenting some of the best selections of electronic and alternative music, this will empower the electronic music scene in Copenhagen. Including a number of free concerts in public areas in the capital. Syd for Solen Festival

June 10-12; Søndermarken, Frederiksberg; one-day tickets: 650kr; sydforsolen.dk Head to the heart of Copenhagen to enjoy some of music’s biggest names

pass 1,700 kr; femoejazz.dk For all the jazz lovers out there, head to the Femø Jazz Festival located near the Småland Sea north of Lolland and enjoy traditional jazz music on a beautiful beach meadow. Heartland Festival

June 2-4; Egeskovgade, Kværndrup; festival pass: 2,005 kr; heartlandfestival.dk Music, arts, talks, food and much more are all happening at the Heartland Festival this year. The festival engages diverse communities with contemporary art and critical discussions while showcasing multiple Danish and foreign music acts including M.I.A and the Pet Shop Boys. Stella Polaris

July 29-31 & Aug 6; Sønderborg, Aarhus, Silkeborg & Frederiksberg; stella-polaris. dk Enjoy good vibes and music at the free admission Stella Polaris festival, which

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perform in what was originally a 17th century royal garden. Among the headliners are Liam Gallagher, the National and Jungle. Copenhagen Jazz Festival

June 14-July 10; various venues; jazz.dk Encompassing more than 100 venues, 1,000 concerts, and 250,000 guests, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival is one of northern Europe’s biggest music events. It has been wowing audiences since 1979, although its roots can arguably be traced back to the 1960s when a great many US greats made the Danish capital their home. Headliners this year include Jeff Beck, Melody Gardot, Herbie Hancock and Gilberto Gil.

this year will tour Sønderborg, Aarhus and Silkeborg before enjoying its final day in Frederiksberg Have. Stella Polaris is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, as its inaugural festival took place in 1997 in Vennelyst Parken in Aarhus. Since then, it has switched to Botanisk Have. TinderBox Festival

June 23-25; Tusindårsskoven, Odense; festival pass: 2,345kr, one-day tickets 1,195; tinderbox.dk TinderBox Festival will again feature many acclaimed international artists this year, such as Imagine Dragons, Kashmir and Stormzy, while offering a fun site with an electronic stage, a ferris wheel, and a groove box. In collaboration with Odense Municipality, the festival will present Forum 2022, a new annual climate conference to discuss green initiatives and sustainable development.

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FURTHER AFIELD Jelling Music Festival

May 25-28; Jelling; one-day tickets: 650-825kr; jellingmusikfestival.dk Following a two-year break, the Jelling Music Festival’s 2022 edition will feature tens of talented and international music artists. Among them are top Danish acts such as D-A-D, Folkeklubben, and Spleen United. These bands will instantly put you in the mood for rock and pop, while other music genres range from poetry pop to electric rave and contemporary rock. Rock under Broen Festival

June 10-11; Middelfart; festival pass: 850kr, one-day tickets: 300kr; rockunderbroen.dk This festival is open to all age groups and is childr-friendly. Headliners include Suspekt, Martin Jensen and Status Quo. Samsø Festival

July 20-23; Strandskoven ved Ballen, Samsø; festival pass: 1650 kr, one-day tickets: 675kr; samfest.dk From 1989 to 2022, Samsø Festival has always succeeded in bringing cosy and chilled vibes to Denmark’s summer. Some of Denmark’s most talented musicians are playing this year, including the likes of Benjam Hav and Familien, D et vildeste band, Disco Dasco med Swingtime, S amsø Pink Floyd and Tobias Rahim. Relax in the exquisite nature of the island and its delightful beaches. Frederikssund Festival

Aug 4-6; Kalvøvej, Frederikssund; festival pass: 975kr, one-day tickets: 500kr; frederikssund-festival.dk Spreading joy and knowledge of music, Frederikssund Festival offers a wide range of old and new along with multiple music genres. Featured artists include Go Go Berlin, Walter Trout and Patina. Grimfest (The Ugliest Festival)

Nibe Festival

Kløften Festival /3hrs

Smukfest Festival

July 9-16 Aarhus; tickets sold per concert; jazzfest.dk Celebrating one of the city’s strongest traditions, the Aarhus Jazz festival will fill up the neighbourhoods of Denmark’s second-biggest city Aarhus with live jazz. For eight days, the festival will host Danish jazz and classical music concerts. Among the headliners are Sam and the Soulmate, the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra and Human being Human.

June 29-July 2; Nibe, Bork Havn; festival pass: 2,005kr, one-day tickets: 785kr; nibefestival.dk Head to the scenic Sklaskoven in Nibe to indulge yourself in a cosy atmosphere. Headliners include Carly Rae Jepsen, Tom Jones and the Black Eyed Peas. When you’re not jiving to the music, enjoy the beautiful nature and nearby cool communities.

June 23-25; Gasværksvej, Haderslev; festival pass: 1,300kr, one-day tickets: 600-700kr; kloften.dk Kløften Festival is held in a park in the middle of Haderslev town, generating fun and energetic vibes from a diverse music line-up encompassing rock, pop and a genre that is best described as summer music.

July 31-Aug 7; Skanderborg; festival pass 2,995kr, one-day tickets: 1,2501,495kr; smukfest.dk Amidst beautiful scenery with a line-up featuring talented Danish and international music artists and speakers, Smukfest is considered one of the best festivals in Denmark. The majority of the tickets to Smukfest have been sold out but you might still be able to put yourself on the waiting list or work as a volunteer. The headliners include Rick Astley, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Limp Bizkit, Melanie C and Justin Bieber.

Tønder Festival

Northside

Aug 25-28; Vestergade, Tønder; festival pass: 1,720 kr, one-day tickets 620-1,020kr; tf.dk Tønder features some of the best traditional and modern folk music in Europe. This year’s line-up includes acclaimed artists from the US, Ireland, the UK, Scandinavia, and other parts of Europe. Among them are the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Madrugada, and 9Bach.

June 2-4; Aarhus; festival pass: 2,295 kr, one-day tickets: 1,195 kr, two-day tickets: 1,895kr; northside.dk For this year’s NorthSide music program, the Aarhus festival will feature a number of well-known artists such as Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Burhan G, MØ, Andreas Odbjerg and the Minds of 99. Given the effect the pandemic has had on stifling new acts, Northside is particularly keen to welcome a lot of rising stars.

Haze over Haarum Festival FACEBOOK/NORTHSIDE

June 9-11: Stausholmvej, Harboøre; festival pass: 1,100 kr, one-day tickets: 500-850 kr; haze.dk Kick off the summer with the threeday Haze over Haarum festival. The festival puts you in the right summer mood with a great camping site, outdoor stages and many cool performances.

Bork Festival

Aug 3-6; Bork Havn; festival pass: 1,400kr, one-day tickets 515-575kr; borkfestival.dk Bork Festival returns this year with a fun atmosphere and cool concerts featuring multiple Danish soloists and bands such as Tobias Rahim, Malte Ebert, Poul Krebs and Jonah Blacksmith. The festival is also well known for offering a delicious food experience.

Skive Festival

June 2-4; Skive; festival pass: 995kr, oneday tickets: 600-650kr; skivefestival.dk Enjoy the first days of summer at the Skive Festival in the company of prominent Danish and European musicians such as Tobias Rahim, Rasmus Seebach, Melanie C, and many more. FACEBOOK/TØNDER FESTIVAL

Aug 4-6; Brabrand; festival pass: 795kr, one-day tickets: 375kr; grimfest.dk It will get ugly at Denmark’s Ugliest Festival! Bring your fun spirit and spend your weekend enjoying the outdoor concerts of some of the best local and international artists.

Aarhus Jazz Festival

Varde Open Air

July 28-30: Varde; festival pass: 950kr, one-day tickets: 400-600kr; open-air.dk Varde Open Air started in 1978, making it one of Denmark’s oldest festivals, and it continues to this day to offer a great program for both adults and children. Held in Arnbjerg Parken, which is well-known for its scenic nature.

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DISCLAIMER: THIS PREVIEW IS BASED ON UNVERIFIED FACTS BEN HAMILTON

LIVIA de Havilland was the plain one in Gone with the Wind, so it felt like a mis-cast when Catherine Zeta Jones was selected to play her 62-year-old self in Feud, a depiction of the fierce rivalry between her sister, Joan Crawford, and Bette Davis. That’s right up there with Charlize Theron playing Aileen Wuornos. And yet De Havilland launched a lawsuit. Apparently she objected to the screenwriters putting the word ‘bitch’ into her mouth (despite her using it in a 1946 blooper) and threw in using her likeness (which would have required a much plainer actress) for good measure. Fortunately a court in California ruled that no person can “own history” and the Supreme Court then declined to hear the case. De Havilland was 101 at the time – presumably the screenwriters thought she’d kick the bucket before Feud was aired. Proper pistol whipping CLEARLY, De Havilland isn’t the only one, and despite the disclaimers these ‘dramatisations of certain facts and events’ post at the beginning of every episode, there’s a nagging fear a court one day is going to get it badly wrong and effectively outlaw real person depictions forever. Former Lakers player and coach Jerry West has vowed to take the makers of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty to the Supreme Court if he needs to; Georgian chess player Nona Gaprindashvili is suing the makers of The Queen’s Gambit over a single line of dialogue; the nasty lawyer in When They See Us sued Netflix for implying she was racist … or was it just because Felicity Huffman portrayed her. Anyhow, the list is a long one. And now you can add John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols), who is kicking up a storm about Pistol (TBC on Disney+; worldwide release May 31), a miniseries about the punk band, which is entirely directed by Danny Boyle. Last year, Lydon lost a high court case against his two former band members, who

took legal action after he refused to allow the series to use the band’s music. It left him broke, which explains why he recently played a gig in Norwich! Meanwhile, the series is “a middle class fantasy that bears little resemblance to the truth”, in his opinion. Sadly the trailer would appear to suggest he’s right. The horrific and prolific ALEX GARLAND should have a grievance with Boyle as well, as the British director had the first flop of his career with his adaptation of The Beach – a must-read of the 1990s that seems so prescient given our current smartphone addiction. But Garland was actually involved, as he drew the map the main character gives to some fellow American tourists. He’s even listed as the cartographer in the credits. Garland has since developed into a talented director himself. Who knows, maybe he’ll one day make the classic film his book deserves – there’s been talk in the past, and even the possibility of a miniseries prequel. But in the meantime, we’ll have to make do with Men (June 2; 66 on Metacritic), a horror about a woman (Jessie Buckley) dealing with grief in an English countryside where every single man looks like Rory Kinnear. A better bet for frights might be child abduction thriller The Black Phone (June 23; 79). Ethan Hawke, once cinema’s nicest guy, enjoys yet another villainous role – critics concur that the mix of realism and supernaturalism is just right, and that the final third of the film really delivers. But avoid The Elevator Game (June 30). Why a Danish distributor has picked the film up is anyone’s guess. Weirdly, it is one of almost 40 films starring Julia’s brother Eric released last year. On IMDB, he has a world record 673 credits. That’s more than the Rank Films drummer. It’s now or never, Austin! SO SORRY Elevator, but the big cinematic release of the month is Elvis (June 23; Not Released Worldwide) directed by Baz Luhrmann. Some 159 minutes long, an awful lot is pinned

Something rotten, something vicious and dead wood, according to John Lydon

on the shoulders of Austin Butler and his ability to sing, pelvic thrust and age like The King. Elvis may have only been 42 when he died, but he looked like he was 60+, so it’s a daunting task. But Butler was preferred to Ansel Elgort (West Side Story, Tokyo Vice), Miles Teller and Harry Styles, so he must have the chops. And there’s always Tom Hanks (manager Colonel Tom Parker) to lean on, should he need the support. Tim Allen needs his Toy Story stable-mate’s shoulder to cry on, as he lost the lead role to Chris Evans in Lightyear (June 16; NRW), a cartoon you might struggle to find an English-language version of. No such danger for any of the originals in Jurassic World 3: Dominion (June 9; NRW) because the whole gang’s here – but can they save this dinosaur of a franchise? A better bet is Red Rocket (June 2; 76), the latest offering from Sean Baker, the director of The Florida Project. Again, it looks like he’s made a film of incredible insight into the human condition. But if it’s introspection you’re after, try hypnotic sonic odyssey Memoria (June 30; 91) with Tilda Swinton – a film that absolutely merits the big screen. For laughs opt for The Phantom of

the Open (June 30; 65) starring Mark Rylance as Maurice Flitcroft, the amateur golfer who entered British Open qualifying on multiple occasions, much to the chagrin of the sport’s snobbing attitude. They tried to bar him from playing, but he kept on coming back in disguise. Adam Sandler has been trying to do that of late: some might call it proper acting, as opposed to the lameness that typified his career in the 2000s. Hustle (June 8 on Netflix), the talent of a scout who discovers a hot NBA prospect in Spain, is his latest passable effort, following on from the excellent Uncut Gems. Also of interest on the streaming services are a remake of The Father of Bride (June 17 on HBO Max) with Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan, Jerry & Marge Go Large (June 18), a screwball true story comedy about cheating the lottery with Bryan Cranston and Annette Benning, and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (June 18), a comedy starring Emma Thompson as an orgasm-deprived woman who visits a gigolo to satisfy her sexual bucket list. Hanoi Jane loves a lawsuit TELEVISION-WISE, it was difficult to confirm the June line-ups ahead of going

to press, so it’s hard to know whether acclaimed BBC drama This is going to hurt (June 3; 93) starring Ben Wishaw as a NHS doctor, promising Tudor romp Becoming Elizabeth (June 13) or Jeff Bridges’ small screen debut The Old Man (June 17) will be released. Failing that, meta series Irma Vep (June 7 on HBO Max) with Alicia Vikander, Melissa McCarthy comedy God’s Favourite Idiot (June 16 on Netflix), British miniseries The Tower (May 31 on HBO Max) with Gemma Whelan, and superhero series Ms Marvel (June 9 on Disney +) all have potential. While the returning series include Swedish comedy Love & Anarchy (S2; June 17), Peaky Blinders (final season; June 11) and The Umbrella Academy (S3; June 22) on Netflix; The Chi (S5; June 27) and Westworld (S4; June 27) on HBO Max; Physical (S2; June 4) and For All Mankind (S3; June 11) on Apple; and Only Murders in the Building (S2; June 29) on Disney+. Talking about disclaimers, alternate history series For All Mankind begins with the Apollo 11 landings ending in failure. I guess they had to wait for Neil Armstrong to die before they could start filming. Likewise Physical had to wait for Jane Fonda … I fear a lawsuit’s coming.

latin american film festival

films - talks - music - parties 1-30 june Visit Latin American Film Festival 2022 in Cinemateket in June! The ﬁlms have English subtitles and many of the talks are in English as well.

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

DANISH NEWS IN ENGLISH | CPHPOST.DK

ENGLISH JOB DENMARK Recruitment Announcements BECOME POINT OF CARE (POC) IT FRANCHISE LEAD IN SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS, NRB

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WELCOME TO DENMARK’S NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

CPH STAGE is proud to present the 9th edition of the Copenhagen based theatre festival with more than 100 plays, performances and events taking place all over Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. More than 30 performances will be accessible for non-Danish speakers. You will find both Danish and international productions and a long list of events. Visit cphstage.com for the full program and information. Download CPH STAGE APP. Get it for free via App Store and Google Play.

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ER STØTTET AF:

02.06 –– 11.06 2022

RADICAL VITALITY Foto: Compagnie Marie Chouinard

Experience wonderful dance of the highest caliber – RADICAL VITALITY at Bellahøj Friluftsscene the 6th-7th of June. Before the performance you can enjoy a picnic basket at the beautiful venue.