How the world sees Denmark

Another entertaining tidbit on Denmark from my favorite e-newsletter on fashion, culture, and other sweet necessities: DailyCandy. Check out Denmark’s the Spot.

I’ve never seen modern dance like this…

It’s been ages since my last blog. Pathetic, really. But in my defense: we’ve started a very fun blog at work and I’m feeling my virtual time being spread a bit thin. Still, my friend’s visit from London has given me a swift kick in the rear about the personal-blog-apathy situation. She’s a successful freelance journalists [...]

Danes and the F-word

On my family’s second night in Copenhagen, we went to the (great) Laundromat Cafe in Østerbro. And on the way there, we walked by a very trendy-alternative looking hair salon. This was the tagline they chose to slap up on their storefront:
“F**king great hairdressers.”
The other day, in a very serious business meeting about a company’s [...]

Chagall, Nice, and nasty security guards

If you choose to work in a museum, you really should take pleasure in watching a family of 5 -  two parents with a 26 year old daughter and 7 and 9 year old sons – thoroughly enjoying the art that’s responsible for your livelihood.
But not if you work in France. Here, “35 Heures” (35 hours) [...]

Amy Winehouse in Copenhagen

Before seeing Amy Winehouse at Zulu Rocks in Copenhagen, I only knew that she sings “Rehab” – and that she has a stunning voice. When the curtain went up, I expected to see something quite different. I couldn’t imagine that the bearer of that voice could be so frighteningly wasting away. Physically, she was hardly there. She [...]

Great food – just don’t expect change

We found this great little cafe, ironically, when we popped in to ask for some change for the parking meter. No way, the waitress said. So we rebelled against her impoliteness and walked around looking for another decent cafe on Christianshavn for 45 minutes (we’d just been to Cafe Luna so that was out, and [...]

Wanna take a Monday morning joy ride?

I can’t figure it out. On Mondays, there’s at least three times more traffic in Copenhagen than on any other day. I left at 8 this morning to get to the office early. Fortunately brought my Danish sentences to recite at red lights. I recited more than I drove! In most cities, if you leave [...]

First theater experience in Copenhagen

One of my Danish clients is impressively informed about all sorts of events in Copenhagen. Apart from introducing me to the outlet shopping out at Langelinie, she also mentioned this performance and I thought I’d share. (I haven’t seen it yet but it got a good review in the Copenhagen Post, so we got tickets).
One [...]

Danes and utensils (or the Viking love of the knife)

Oh, the ways in which we change our beloved habits when we live abroad. We forget about it since it happens so gradually. You don’t just wake up one day and think “Christ, what’s happened to me? I bike more than I walk, and do it in stilettos. I’ve sold my car. I say “yeah” [...]

Efficient what??

Oh, the cultural differences! I’ve had lots to write about since I arrived. One of my favorite Danish topics is EFFICIENCY. Everything in Denmark is so wildly efficient, it really makes me feel like I’ve been living in a third-world country (the U.S., that is).
Today, my beautiful new blonde dentist told me that I need to [...]