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Mini-Breaks in Lalandia

Mini-breaks are just what most stressed individuals and families need during this time where everything and everyone seems to be in a hurry. When long vacations are out of the question, short ones will do. Sometimes, all it needs to bring back the lively feeling is a little rest and recreation with the family. […]

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Copenhagen Fashion Week: Putting Denmark in the Global Fashion Map

While most would not readily think of Denmark as a fashion enclave, Copenhagen is actually considered fifth among European cities. Regardless, the consistency of its appearance in several lists is enough to convince the industry that Copenhagen has indeed earned its rightful place. This is thanks in part to events like the Copenhagen Fashion Week. […]

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Copenhagen’s Refshaleøen will be Transformed into a “Eurovision Island” in May 2014

Expect Copenhagen to be filled with tourists next May as it hosts the 59th Eurovision Song Contest from May 6 – 10. 
The announcement that Copenhagen will be the host city for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest came last week with Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, saying, “Copenhagen is one of Europe’s most popular tourist destination and has what it takes to host an event of this scale.” […]

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Copenhagen Fashion Week 2013 Just Around the Corner

With the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, one of the biggest annual events in Copenhagen held earlier this month, you might figure that there’s really no reason to visit the city if you’re not really into the usual tourist attractions. This is far from true, especially if you’re really into fashion because the Copenhagen Fashion Week is just around the corner. […]

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Chinese Santa Wins World Santa Claus Congress in Bakken

Christmas may be still be quite far off, but in Bakken it’s just barely over.
Bakken, the world’s oldest amusement park, is also home to the Annual World Santa Congress, an event that draws more than a hundred St. Nicks for a few days of Christmas festivities right in the middle of summer. […]

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The Latin Quarter

The oldest neighborhood in Aarhus turns out to be one of the hippest and most vibrant places in Copenhagen, partly because of its large student population and also because of the presence of numerous small shops and restaurants that line the cobblestoned streets. The Latin Quarter which harks back to the 14th century (and gets its name from the Latin language spoken by the scholars who used to inhabit the area) is made up of the following major streets: Klostergade, Volden and Borggade. […]

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Danish Artist Spotlight: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

If you’ve been following the epic HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones, no doubt by now you’re very familiar with Ser Jaime Lannister – the most dashing swordsman in King’s Landing and brother-in-law to King Robert Baratheon who keeps an incestuous romance with his sister Cersei. Their trysts have borne them a son, Joffrey, who upon the death of his “father” in a hunting accident, now sits stubborn impetuous, and cruel upon the Iron Throne. […]