BEFORE NOMA, DENMARK ALREADY HAD RYE, CABBAGE, PORK, FISH, BERRIES AND PEOPLE WHO KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. THE REVOLUTION WAS PARTLY A CHANGE IN STATUS. New Nordic cuisine emerged in the 2000s with an emphasis on local seasons,…
AARHUS IS DENMARK’S SECOND-LARGEST CITY. IT IS NOT A SMALLER COPENHAGEN, AND IT DOES NOT NEED YOUR CONDOLENCES. The city sits on the east coast of Jutland with a working harbor, a large student population and enough culture for a…
BORNHOLM SITS IN THE BALTIC, CLOSER TO SWEDEN THAN MOST OF DENMARK, LOOKING LIKE THE COUNTRY PACKED ITS BEACHES, GRANITE AND SMOKED HERRING FOR A SEPARATE HOLIDAY. The island has rocky northern cliffs, southern sand beaches, forests, fishing towns and…
DENMARK RARELY TRIES TO KILL YOU WITH WEATHER. IT PREFERS TO FOLLOW YOU AROUND WITH WIND AND LIGHT RAIN UNTIL YOU QUESTION YOUR JACKET. The country has a coastal climate shaped by the sea, prevailing westerly winds and a steady…
DENMARK DOES NOT SET WAGES BY HAVING PARLIAMENT GUESS WHAT EVERY JOB IS WORTH. UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS DO MOST OF THE HARD BARGAINING THEMSELVES. One of the least understood parts of the Nordic model is wage coordination. Denmark has no…
DENMARK DID NOT WAKE UP ONE MORNING AS A PERFECT LITTLE CLIMATE SAINT. IT GOT HIT BY AN OIL CRISIS AND DISCOVERED THAT DEPENDENCE IS EXPENSIVE. In 1972, oil supplied about 92 percent of Denmark’s gross energy consumption. Then the…
THE WHITE CENTER OF GREENLAND IS NOT A BLANK ON THE MAP. IT IS ENOUGH FROZEN WATER TO REWRITE COASTLINES AROUND THE WORLD. Greenland’s ice sheet holds the equivalent of about 7.4 meters—roughly 24 feet—of global sea-level rise if it…
OUTSIDERS LOVE TALKING ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE UNDER GREENLAND. GREENLANDERS STILL HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING FROM WHAT IS IN THE WATER. Headlines about Greenland often jump straight to rare earths, uranium, oil or whatever mineral has become strategically fashionable…
GREENLAND ONCE LEFT THE EUROPEAN PROJECT WHILE DENMARK REMAINED INSIDE. IF YOU WANT A NEAT EXAMPLE OF GREENLAND MAKING A DIFFERENT POLITICAL CHOICE, THERE IT IS. When Denmark joined the European Economic Community in 1973, Greenland came along even though…
WHEN AMERICANS TALK ABOUT GREENLAND AS IF IT WERE AN EMPTY PIECE OF REAL ESTATE WAITING FOR A FLAG, THEY MISS A FAIRLY IMPORTANT DETAIL: THE UNITED STATES IS ALREADY THERE. Pituffik Space Base sits in northwestern Greenland, far above…