The Noma restaurant on Copehagen’s waterfront in Christianshavn has been named as the tenth best restaurant in the world by Restaurant Magazine at its annual awards ceremony held in London. The ranking is the highest ever achieved by a Scandinavian restaurant...
The city council’s culture committee has voted to allow topless bathing for women in Copenhagen’s municipal pools. The decision follows a protest staged at the DGI Byen’s indoor pool last December.
Now the committee has to decide whether the new ruling...
Regional authorities have presented a new development plan for Copenhagen providing for the expansion and improvement of its public transport network and green spaces.
Environmental concerns are not the only motivating factor behind the ‘green city’ project; private vehicle use in...
Figures just released by the VisitDenmark national tourist board have registered a four per cent drop in overnight hotel stays in Copenhagen during 2007 compared with the previous year. The number of Chinese visitors dropped by 95 per cent and the...
The Democrats Global Primary, the first time in American history for a political primary to be held abroad, will take place on “Super Tuesday” 5 February. Voters in the primary will be able to cast their ballots by internet, post or...
All six United Nations’ offices in the Danish capital are to be relocated to a single address at Marble Pier at Frihavnen harbour, currently home to the Unicef global supply division. The planned consolidation of UN worksites in Copenhagen, recently approved...
Dwindling attendances and falling revenues are behind the probable closure of ten churches in the diocese of Copenhagen. The diocese’s ecclesiastical ministry still has to take the final decision but the alternative to closure would involve raising church taxes, a move...
Non-profit organization Max Havelaar and the Danish Association for International Cooperation (MS) are behind the Copenhagen city council’s recent decision to apply for Fair Trade City status. In order to qualify for the title, the city council must pledge to promote...
