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Saturday, February 20, 2016

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Life in Denmark

A raised arm is encouraged in Danish society. Children can sometimes ask difficult questions to which adults are inclined to give honest answers
The fairly odd parents: Are Danes world leaders or poor breeders?
January 29th, 2016 7:00 pm
The tendency is to be honest and not mollycoddle children – and that’s healthy, argues an expert on public health. 
Alternating between sea and land, one thing's for sure: it's always pretty wet (photo: NPV_John Frikke)
Into the Wetlands: Keeping Denmark’s Everglades on the map, handling 12 million flights a year
January 22nd, 2016 7:00 pm
For over five years, the Wadden Sea National Park has been working tirelessly to strengthen the area’s nature protection and cultural history and provide visitors with unique experiences
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Events

John Krasinski in his role on 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
At Cinemas: Countdown to the Oscars
February 18th, 2016 7:00 pm
Suffice it to say, there’s no room for Michael Bay!
Kamilla Kovacs is appearing at KoncertKirken on February 23
A debonair dozen to check out at Vinterjazz 2016!
February 11th, 2016 11:31 am
With hundreds of concerts until February 28, there’s plenty to enjoy over the rest of the month

History

Brahe's death is still shrouded in mystery (photo:  
Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle)
The planet-gazer who was too polite to piss in Prague
February 18th, 2016 7:33 pm
The resulting urinary infection sent Uraniborg’s founder to the morgue
Free Corps Denmark leaving for the eastern front from Hellerup Station in 1941 (photo: Tage Nielsen)
Traitor Danes: most soldiers return heroes, but this lot came home total zeroes
February 17th, 2016 8:03 pm
Whether they held Nazi sympathies, disliked communism or were drawn by the financial benefits, many Danes escaped the German occupation to fight for their enemy during the Second World War
Remembered by so many as being arrogant, the laugh was on his courtiers in a 'Emperor's New Clothes' kind of way (photo: Joseph Martin Kronheim)
The Great Dane who prospered before waving goodbye prematurely
February 16th, 2016 8:00 pm
Having conquered England, Norway and some of Sweden, the Danish king looked forward to a period of peace and stability
The Danish Empire (in red) complete with its vassal states (orange) and allies (yellow) (photo: Briangotts)
King Cnut and the rise and fall of the North Sea Empire
February 15th, 2016 8:00 pm
The Danish king who united England with Scandinavia is still mostly remembered as the lunatic with a rude-looking name who ended up with wet feet
And to think most historians considered him infertile
How the bloodline of Frederik VII, the childless king, lives on
February 11th, 2016 8:30 pm
With Valentine’s Day approaching, we thought we’d revisit one of our more romantic Danish history stories 

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