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Posted on February 7, 2011 Leave a Comment
The Designers’ Nest Award show, held last week as part of Copenhagen Fashion Week, presented collections by graduate students from seven Scandinavian design schools including Danmark’s Designskole in Copenhagen, Designskolen in Kolding, TEKO in Herning, Beckmanns College of Design in Stockholm, Aalto University School of Art and Design in Helsinki, the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Textilhögskolan in Borås. This year’s winner is […]
Posted on January 22, 2011 Leave a Comment
Expats & Living Abroad Samantha Barber, a third-year degree student studying Graphic Design in the UK, is looking for survey participants for her study focussing on ‘Expats and living Abroad.’ She is currently inviting expats to participate in her project by answering a short online questionnaire on her blog: http://www.samanthabarber.com/expat. The results of the survey as well as interviews […]
Posted on January 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
I just came across this fascinating article in The Guardian comparing the difference between Denmark and the UK in terms of childcare and lifestyle for working parents. If you’re curious about the differences between the two countries or even just about the Scandinavian social welfare system as it relates to childcare and education, this is an […]
Posted on January 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
This week, Denmark’s CP (Crown Princess) Mary gave birth to twins bringing the tally of royal children up to four. So far no pictures have been released yet but rumors have it that Mary is getting “royal treatment” for being allowed to stay in the hospital for five days. I guess this is unheard of due to […]
Posted on November 16, 2010 Leave a Comment
In light of the fact that it’s soon time again to endulge in the traditional Danish Christmas lunch or “julefrokost,” I am posting an article I wrote a couple years ago about working your way around the infamous Danish open-faced sandwiches and the all too familiar Christmas lunch. And if you are on the hunt for […]
Posted on November 9, 2010 5 Comments
Me (on the right), a good friend Akiko (left), and my husband Lasse (behind the camera) eating lunch at 42 Raw. I often find myself wondering where to find good vegetarian food in Copenhagen either for a quick inexpensive lunch or for dinner perhaps with a little more sophistication. So I decided to start a list of my […]
Posted on November 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Telegraph published an article today entitled, “Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore top list of least corrupt countries,” and highlighted the evaluation from 10 institutions on the perceived levels of corruption. Following these countries is Sweden and Finland. An interesting perspective was provided by the President of the British Chamber of Commerce stating: “The Danish mentality […]
Posted on September 29, 2010 1 Comment
I recently had the opportunity to do some reporting for the American Chamber of Commerce in Denmark for their annual investor’s summit. Based on what was presented and discussed, it is clear that Denmark needs to take action in order to secure its future growth and increase competitiveness. The article, entitled, “Denmark’s Competitiveness Threatened – Reaching Critical Limits,” includes some concerning […]
Posted on September 20, 2010 3 Comments
Investment firm UBS recently published an update to the 2009 “Prices and Earnings” study evaluating the global purchasing power of 73 cities around the world and ranked Copenhagen as the fifth most expensive city in the world next to Oslo, Zurich, Geneva and Tokyo followed by New York. The year prior Copenhagen ranked third next to Oslo and Zurich. The study […]
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