The Copenhagen Ring on DVD

Kasper Bech Holten’s fantastic modern version of Wagner’s four opera work The Ring of the Nibelung will be released on DVD on July 7th (Decca). I became a big Wagner fan when the Ring played at the Royal Danish Opera House in 2003 – 2006. The old saga was transformed into an epic tale about [...]

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Sound Around – new music festival

Copenhagen is a great city when it comes to music festivals – days or even weeks of concerts all over Copenhagen. There are music festivals for jazz, blues, electronica, classical music, upcoming talents and even Irish music. And now a brand new music festival has been born: SOUND AROUND (Oct. 4th – 21st 2007), a [...]

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Crime in Copenhagen mapped

Check out this map – it shows crime reported to the police in Copenhagen. I’m not sure about the time frame, but it looks pretty scary! (More about the map at this blog).

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Copenhagen International Film Festival 2007

Copenhagen International Film Festival opens today. The festival focuses on European film, and 11 movies are competing for the Golden Swan award. I hope I’ll have time to go see some of the films, even though I’m currently pretty busy, having just started working on my master thesis.

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Dining with Trine

I just stumbled upon good food, a fabulous blog where Trine writes restaurant reviews and other stories about food. Trine is a precise and passionate food critic. I like her writing style (and the photos!) – it’s like you actually sit beside her in the restaurant soaking in the atmosphere. For example, this is how [...]

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