It has been a favorite subject of many landscape painters and photographers and one of the most popular outdoor attractions in Europe. The white chalk cliffs of Mons Klint are part of the breathtaking natural wonders in the southern island of Mon in the Baltic Sea. […]
Functionality, simplicity and excellent craftsmanship are some of the words that characterize Danish design – be it in furniture, electronics, jewellery and metalsmith, medical technology, industrial design and many other industries. Denmark may be a small country but it has made a name for itself by producing some of the world’s best known names in design. […]
Take equal parts of natural beauty, historic charm, progressive academic environment enough modern comforts and you’ll find them all in Sonderborg. Located in South Jutland bordering the coastline of Germany to the west and south, it is the largest city in the region. Sonderborg enjoys the unique advantage of being situated in the Als island with its scenic coast. This gives the town a “holiday destination” character but because of the presence of academic and business institutions it maintains a lively urban cultural life. […]
Make no mistake – Denmark is littered with bars, clubs and entertainment venues that locals and visitors are spoilt for choice. But if you are looking for that ultimate live music experience and want to know where the hottest music acts go to perform, check out this quick guide to the hottest live music stages in the country:
Vega, House of Music. Regarded as one of Denmark’s leading music venues, Vega in the Vesterbro area hosts over 250 concerts a year. […]
The third largest city in North Zealand is most commonly associated with its main attraction, the Frederiksborg Castle. But there is definitely more to Hillerod than this historic site. The city itself is a thriving cultural and commercial hub, the capital of Region Hovedstaden which is one of the five regions of Denmark. […]
Nestled in the island of South Zealand is the city of Naestved, the region’s cultural and commercial hub. Just an hour away from Copenhagen, it is also home to about 42,000 residents where a significant percentage goes to work in the capital city but prefers to live here for the relatively lower price of housing. It is known to be a settlement as early as the Iron Age, long before the Vikings came into the area. Its foundation as a town was marked in early 12th century when the Benedictine monks were given Saint Peter’s Church and the lands surrounding it. […]
Bertel Thorvaldsen was a prolific Danish neoclassicist sculptor who envisioned a museum building that will one day house all his works and private art collections in his native city of Copenhagen. Unfortunately he died four years before the building was completed in 1848 but it has gone down in Denmark’s cultural annals as the country’s first art museum and is today one of the city’s most visited attractions. […]
If you’re in Copenhagen and you find yourself in Stroget – the city’s longest pedestrian and shopping street- chances are you have been to Gammeltorv. “The Old Square,” as its name says is actually the oldest square in the city. Gammeltorv dates back to the 15th century when it was already in use as a major marketplace where farmers come to sell their livestock and fresh produce. As it was the first square in the city, it also quickly became a meeting place and was the site of the town hall. […]
It is hard to imagine that a serene and lovely place such as the Citadel was once the site of violent battles and sieges in Denmark. But visitors to this popular tourist attraction in Copenhagen can still see the many structures that have served to protect the city. The Kastellet was started by King Christian IV in the early 17th century and was completed by his son and the successor to the throne King Frederick III. […]
What was originally intended to be a burial ground for Copenhagen’s lower class and by definition an area used to assist other cemeteries that were already full became by circumstance a cemetery for the country’s elite and intellectual. Today, Assisten’s Cemetery is known as the biggest burial site in the city, a public park used for picnics, open-air concerts and other purposes and a popular tourist attraction for its notable “residents.” […]
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