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Aarhus Festuge
Quick informative post: Aarhus Festuge is starting next week! For those who don’t know, this festival takes place in beautiful Aarhus once a year, and it’s always fantastic. Music, art, good...
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Best. City. Ever.
Copenhagen Ironman 2013 The rain clouds are gathering outside my window (and thousands of other windows I imagine) as I write this. But rain is one thing this city has seen very little of this year and...
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The Old Town, Bon Voyage!
“Aarhus is a beautiful commercial town, but not really like a tourist destination as your hometown Hangzhou. Maybe the only tourist attraction is The Old Town (Den Gamle By).” That was what other...
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The Crookes
There’s a great band coming to Copenhagen tomorrow (Friday 9th) night. The Crookes – who hail from Sheffield, England – will be playing Loppen from 9pm, and I definitely recommend paying them a visit....
View ArticleExpats & foreigners wanted for new photo exhibition
Right then, who wants to be photographed? More importantly, who can tick off each and every one of the requirements on this list, and wants to be photographed? i) You were not born in Denmark ii) You...
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Happiness is a bowl of Strawberries
It is strawberry season in Denmark and you find the plump, sweet juicy fruit everywhere, piled high in boxes labeled ‘Danske’ and decorated with Danish flags. Danes adore these fruits and consume them...
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We have our Danish Imports!
Several weeks ago I wrote a blog calling for non-Danes to step forward to be part of a new exhibition I’m hosting. The response was insane, I’m pleased to say, and after some heavy vetting, I managed...
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If You’re In Aarhus…. Visit ARoS.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to overlook a city with the view tinted each of the colours of the rainbow? No, neither have I. It is not something that you would usually imagine doing....
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Danish Imports – a photo exhibition
If you’re new to Denmark, and even if you’re not, you might be interested in my new exhibition taking place this evening (Wednesday 13th August) at Generator Hostel. Danish Imports aims to shine a...
View ArticleMy dad’s poems on Denmark
Soon after I moved to Denmark in 2012, and especially after his recent visit to Denmark, my father Sunil has been so impressed with the natural beauty and pace of life here, that he has been writing...
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Are budget cuts for universities a good move?
Following a protest by students in University of Copenhagen against the two billion kroner budget cuts, it was the turn of Aarhus University’s students to protest today. While the government may have...
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Danish Photographer wins prestigious prize
World Press Photo of the Year 2014, First Prize Contemporary Issues. Photo by Mads Nissen The winning photo from Danish photographer Mads Nissen. A photograph that highlights the difficulties facing...
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Crafting and knitting in Denmark
One of my friends is running a crafting shop and that made me think about how important crafting and especially knitting is for Danish culture. Crafting is big in United States and in many other...
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It’s Marathon Time
You can’t really miss all the maps, posters and warnings that are dotted around the city at the moment. That’s right; it’s that time of year again where 12,000 people put themselves to the test and run...
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Danish designer furniture
Denmark is now-a-days well known for its design, gastronomy and architecture. But in the period from the end of World War II to the 1970’s Denmark, was for the first time noticed on the landmark for...
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Danish Imports – One Year Later
Exactly 12 months ago I was celebrating my very first photo exhibition here in Copenhagen. It was something I’d been thinking of doing for a couple of years and it was a definite learning curve for me....
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Danish Imports: The Architect
Today I’ll be sharing the second story behind one of my Danish Imports subjects, Luke Lorimer. If you missed the first post then you can read it here. These images were used for my first exhibition,...
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Danish Imports: The DJ
This is the third instalment of my Danish Imports blog posts, looking at the stories behind people’s decisions to live, work or visit Denmark. Today’s story focuses on Danish DJ, Nikolaj Yu Andersen....
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Danish Imports: The Journalist
Continuing the Danish Imports theme, today we take a look at Brazilian Noemia Colonna’s story. “Sometimes it’s good to be like the Brazilians,” is Noemia Colonna’s advice to the Danes. “We’re...
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Danish Imports: The Boxer
The next story from last year’s Danish Imports photo exhibition comes from Michal Jezierski, who had a very long and interesting story to tell about his move to Denmark. Michal Jezierski, from Poland,...
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