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Denmark First Impression: Simplicity is a Virtue
My hotel room at the Scandic Front in Copenhagen is small by American standards, but probably just right by European ones. I have a twin-sized bed with a sleek ebony-colored head and sideboard. The...
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Denmark’s Peat Boggy Past and Picturesque Present
If you want anything preserved for over millions of years for posterity, drop it into a Danish peat bog. It’s the original time capsule. I come to this conclusion in Copenhagen’s National Museum,...
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Don’t Bike Ride While Drunk and Sometimes the Guidebook is Wrong
On my way back to my hotel from an uneventful evening in Copenhagen, I saw a woman going too fast on her bike fall head first in the street. Her friends came to her rescue in a fit of laughter, while...
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Shopping in the Rain by Day; Dancing with Danes by Night
I couldn’t believe my ears. The DJ was playing Chuck Brown’s “Block Party.” Do Danes have block parties and barbecues? Would they be playing the Godfather of Go Go at such gatherings? First a Grammy...
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Coziness and a Pot-Lover’s Heaven in Christianhavn
There is a word called “hygge” in Danish, which sounds alot like the word “hug” and translates to cozy. I found it in a place called Cafe Wilder and it was the perfect refuge from the rain-soaked...
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Leaving Denmark: Falster Festival and Danish Crown Jewels
As we drive through Nykobing, Annelise points out the street where her sister Pip lives and notes a street that used to be filled with shops when she was growing up. A trip to her hometown to run an...
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