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This week in Copenhagen: Easter is coming…the theme parks are reopening!
Bakken season openingMarch 31, 2:00 p.m.; Dyrehavsbakken 33, Klampenborg; bakken.dkIn its 441st season, the world’s oldest amusement park welcomes parents and children to more entertainment and activities. Get ready to go full speed! Tivoli reopening to EasterMarch 31-24. Sep, Easter time until April 10; 11.00-22.00; Tivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, Cph V; from DKK 155; tivoli.dkTivoli opens…
WC 2022: Big screens and best bars
To be fair, this article is as much for voyeurs as it is die-hards who want to know the best places to watch 2022 World Cup matches in November and December. Of course, I’m not implying that half of our readership is sitting at a rear window watching Ironside/Perry Mason (yes, the same actor killed…
CPH Jazz Festival 2022: Select lists
Homies June 30, 11:30 p.m .; Christiania Jazz Club, Cph K; DKK 100 at the door The American tenor saxophonist Ned Ferm is a faithful figure in the Danish jazz scene. Despite his multifaceted and agile sound, an unmistakable sound permeates his many collaborations. He has appeared on records by Nicolai Munch-Hansen, Anderskov Accident, Maria…
Local Round-Up: Online supermarket loses contract with another municipality
Gentofte Municipality has terminated its contract with Nemlig.com with immediate effect with reference to the online supermarket’s lack of information about the working conditions for the subcontractor’s employees. The decision was made at a meeting of the municipal council on Monday night, after dialogue between the company and the municipality could not solve the problem.…
Cultural background: Almost half of Danes worry that their perspectives are skewed by ‘fake news’
A new report from the Ministry of Culture called ‘Media trust, fake news and fact-checking’ shows that 47 percent of the Danish population is suspicious that ‘fake news’ from various sources shoots their worldview. In fact, 60 percent believe that some Danish media deliberately deliver fake news. Conversely, other figures in the report show a…
The unveiling of the best bars in Copenhagen to watch Euro 2020
Hard to know where to start: what about the start? Oh, how much ‘Sound of Music’ of you! Austria is in it after all, but they never seem to win any bar Eurovision when they go into women with beards. Well in the late 1930s, remember, but we know what happened to them. On my…