s family has yet to premiere in Denmark, but is expected to be another overseas hit for Danish TV Just when you thought it was safe to donate your Sarah Lund jumper to the charity shop and stop dreaming of becoming Staatsminister like Birgitte Nyborg, along comes another TV drama to reignite British viewers' love affair with Denmark. The 10-part series The Legacy – Arvingerne in Danish – was launched...
s international airport. "That deserves a Carlsberg" the strapline continues, proving that the Danes like their beer. In fact, they like it so much that they want everyone to have a taste. So in 1883, when Carlsberg scientist Emil Christian Hansen hit on a process for propagating pure yeast, the emblematic Danish brewer declined to patent the discovery. As a result, most lager beers in the world today...
s universal nursery care is worth emulating, as is the Danish cultural norm of giving kids a lot of responsibilities Imagine taking 23 children, who range in age from three to six years, on a sledding trip. There are three adults to supervise them, but the children have to take responsibility – more or less – for putting on their own snowsuits, their hats and their gloves, and for taking turns so there...
t fly. Don't eat meat. Don't drive a car. Don't buy stuff. And whatever you do, make sure to turn off the lights. This is often how environmentalists are perceived – as people, who do not really appreciate life and would prefer it if human activity ceased in order to safeguard our surroundings. But is this really the way it is? Is it so that those of us with green hearts and minds are opposed...
s two-part four-hour cut, which is due to debut in Copenhagen on Christmas Day, will now contain explicit scenes. The release of Nymphomaniac will see the Danish director give up final cut for the first time in his career. The decision was apparently taken after Von Trier said he was unwilling to trim the two-part film's current five and a half hour running time himself. Nymphomaniac's strange fate...
t predict them, the Clown Prince of Denmark belonged more to the tradition of vaudeville and music hall than comedy Title: The Best of Victor Borge: Act One & Two Year: 1990 The set-up: It's hard to imagine that there was ever a time when comedian and pianist Victor Borge was the next big thing. That time did exist, however. Perhaps it was in 1942 when the American media crowned him best new radio...
One of the worst storms to hit northern and western Europe in recent years claims the lives of at least 15 people The Europe storm death toll has risen to 15 after Danish police said a driver was killed when he crashed into a tree knocked down by violent gusts. Monday's storm was one of the worst in years in northern and western Europe. Authorities said on Tuesday that dozens of people had been injured...