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UPDATED: Four men accused of helping a Copenhagen gunman who killed a filmmaker and a Jewish security guard were acquitted on terror charges.

• Dramatic day in Copenhagen terror trial
• Copenhagen gunman shot 29 times by police
• Swedish artist 'meant to die' in Copenhagen shooting

What happens when Mikkeller decides to throw a beer party in Beantown? The Local had a photographer there to find out.

• Two Danish beers among world’s 100 best
• Danes may have invented the bar of the future
• IN PHOTOS: Copenhagen Beer Festival

Danish kids have some of the highest level of aerobic fitness in the world, according to a recently-released international study.

• Copenhagen is world’s best city to live in: mag
• Dogs lower risk of childhood ailment: Danish study
• More work makes you sick: Danish study
• Heavier is now healthier: Danish study

UPDATED: A 17-year-old has been charged in connection with one of the 11 new fires over the weekend.

• New fires leave cars ‘destroyed’ in Copenhagen
• Cars set on fire yet again in Copenhagen suburbs
• Car fires flare up again in Copenhagen area

The nationalist Danes’ Party elicited strong reactions went it took to the streets of Haderslev to hand out cans of what it called ‘refugee spray’.

• DF'er charged with racism for saying foreigners 'steal, rape and kill'
• Iceland’s football team slams Danish party’s racist post
• Danish bus company slammed for nationalists' ads

Copenhagen’s coming multi-purpose arena will be opened in grand style with two nights of shows with the legendary band.

• The best album ever recorded in Denmark just turned 30
• Metallica to release Bataclan live album for attack victims

A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland -- dubbed "a city under ice" -- could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up.

• Greenland has record highs as ice melts early
• Greenland ice melts 'disturbingly' early

Fewer than 300 people sought asylum in August, according to new figures released by the Immigration Ministry.

• Denmark closes refugee tent camps as numbers drop
• Denmark's asylum numbers hit new low
• Danish politicians cleared on charge of housing migrants

UPDATED: Copenhagen Police on Friday installed surveillance cameras in the infamous stretch of Christiania, but they lasted only a few hours.

• Will Christiania become a mass surveillance zone?
• New arrest tied to Christiania shooting
• Jihadists claim Christiania shooter was 'soldier of Isis'

The EU’s incoming security commissioner said that the Danes’ rejection of a referendum to end one of their EU opt-outs makes Denmark’s continued participation in Europol highly unlikely.

The Danish capital is once again crowned the world's most livable city.

As we head into autumn, relocation expert Melanie Haynes encourages expats to mix Danish holiday traditions with those they hold dear from home.

An Afghan asylum seeker has been arrested for using his social security benefits to fly back home to set up a drugs network.

Expats in Switzerland have the best earning prospects in the world but among the worst social lives, according to a new survey.

Germany is set to host the world's first zero-emission, hydrogen passenger train when it gets into gear next year.

As the wine harvest gets well underway across Spain, The Local celebrates the nation's favourite tipple with some little known facts.