Out and About: Spending Christmas and New Year in Copenhagen and Denmark
Christmas Eve and the Christmas days are special in Denmark – everything (nearly) closes down and finding eateries that are open, and shops to buy …
Out with the yuletide, in with jul
The holiday season is an especially sentimental time of the year, and if you’re miles from home, nostalgia can be a cruel reminder of home—of …
Finding the Perfect Christmas Tree
Danish Christmas traditions are plentiful: the lighting of the Advent wreath or the burning of dated candles every day counting down to the 24th of …
It’s Yuletide sweater time again – is yours ready?
It’s beginning to look (and feel) a lot like sweater weather in Denmark, pretty much everywhere you go…not that we’re complaining. Did you know that …
Delightful Christmas market 11 and 12 November
If you live in the Copenhagen area, and would like to visit one of the annual Christmas markets outside of Copenhagen, the one which takes …
An expat’s Danish Christmas experience: “Such an important family event”
Bettina Schmidbauer is German and married to a Dane. In this interview she shares her experiences with the Danish Christmas and her family’s Christmas traditions. …
Looking for a few books to read over the Christmas break?
Even if it may not be the most obvious way to get to know a country, it is one of the best: through its writers …