The happiest nation on earth: is it too good to be true? Spoiler: yes. An architecture student’s experiences with those crazy Danishes in Copenhagen while studying at the Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole.
Every 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 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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