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The Østerbrohandske comes in different colours. Bottom right: Tine Land designed the Østerbrohandske after becoming a mother.
Handy gloves Pushing a pram around Copenhagen at night, once again freezing her hands after forgetting her gloves, Tine Land suddenly had an idea: what if you could make gloves that stay on the handle of the pram all the time?
designed the Østerbrohandske (‘the Østerbro glove’), named after her neighbourhood in Copenhagen.
By Karen Gilmour Kristensen | Photos: KongWalther
The surfaces of the gloves are made of wind- and water-resistant materials, allowing you to leave them on the handle when parking the pram or buggy – all year round. To place the gloves on the handle, you unzip both sides of each glove. Having put the gloves on the handle, you zip up the zips to make them stay in place.
In September 2019, Land had her baby, Walther. As it got colder, Walther didn’t sleep much, and before embarking on frequent walks at night, Land struggled to always remember the dummy, the bottle – and gloves for herself. At the same time, she found it quite awkward when 38 | Issue 138 | January 2022
she had to take off her gloves, hold them, give Walther his dummy and, finally, put the gloves on again. Drawing upon her years of experience within the clothing industry and her knowledge of quality textiles, Land
