Having glorious visions of living in Copenhagen while studying architecture? Check out my handy guide for harrowing tales of what it is REALLY like to live in CPH and study at the Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole.
Read MoreEvery time I need a good long laugh, I read the 'livable cities' article in the Monocle. The Monocle is one of the reasons I decided to take my masters degree in architecture in Copenhagen. I trusted the Monocle.
The Monocle lies. Through its teeth.
Read MoreLets compare Berlin and Copenhagen, shall we? I promise to give CPH credit where credit is due: when you take away the concept of 'Danish ethnicity', the city is only about 60% bad.
Read MoreThis phrase will comprise your tacit agreement that there are some things you just have to accept. Once you do, everything will go much, much better.
Read MoreYou know you have hit the jackpot when your country is # 1 in SO MANY THINGS.
Read MoreYou've all heard about the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre? You know, the massive flotilla of mostly plastic waste that has swirled into a Quebec-sized island of trash lurking just below the surface of the Pacific Ocean?
I found one here. It's called Copenhagen.
Read MoreQuestioning the sacrosanct "culture" of Denmark: Drinking.
Read More‘In general, their way of cookery would hardly be pleasing to an English man,’ he states. The Danes are ‘much addicted to drinking,’ he notes, listing Rhenish and French wines, and cherry brandy as the favourite tipple of ‘persons of condition’, whilst ‘the poor people indulge themselves in bad beer.’
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