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Denmark
Monday, 07 March 2011A little known fact about Denmark is its length of beach terrain is comparable to that of Brazil or India. Another little known fact is that it’s the birthplace of Windsor’s best attraction, Lego. The Danes don’t tend to shout about their achievements; the country and its atmosphere do just that for them. Once you get here, you can immediately see why the Danes are so quietly happy, it’s just difficult to pinpoint it to just one feature of the country. The beaches are a wonderful thing, often packed with tourists in the high season, but remarkably clean and inviting during the rest of the year; the green fields, with quaint timber houses dotted about its countryside will cast no doubt in your mind that this place has something magical about it; the fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen, with their wild natural landscapes and romantic characters resonate across the country...
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The Mole Diaries: Copenhagen
Friday, 09 April 2010Martin Dathan gives us some insider's tips on what it's like to be down and out in cool Copenhagen...
Top things not to miss in Copenhagen:
Cycling
One aspect of Copenhagen which the locals are most proud of is the city’s attitude toward the environment. The climate conference Cop15 was hosted here, Christiania exists in the heart of the city and you even receive money for every bottle or can you recycle! But the big thing here is cycling. I most strongly urge anyone staying in Copenhagen to purchase a cheap second hand bike, there are places located throughout the city to do so, and experience the city the best way possible – on bike. Cyclists are very well looked after on the streets as on every road is a raised cycle path ensuring safety from any traffic; on top of it being faster than both metro and bus, it is a wonderfully healthy lifestyle cycling to school, shops, or bars.
Published in Danish-speaking
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April Fool in Copenhagen!
Friday, 02 April 2010While Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid statue took its first trip abroad in its 96-year history for an exhibition in Shanghai, it was briefly replaced by a hoax skeleton on April Fool's Day...
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Copenhagen: An exchange student's perspective
Friday, 09 April 2010Here is Martin Dathan's review of Copenhagen in Denmark. He went off as an Erasmus Business student for his first semester in September 2009...
Getting there
It certainly seems like a long time ago now when I first stepped on that Easyjet flight from Gatwick to Copenhagen. My parents had waved me off with the usual love, best wishes and even the occasional tear from dear Mum, for none of us knew what this latest chapter of my life was to entail. This was, however, not my first experience of travelling alone as I had, just two weeks before, returned from a summer working in America with mixed results... As you can imagine, I was therefore apprehensive as I took the short flight over.
Published in Danish-speaking
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