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Today in Denmark: A roundup of the news on Friday

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Today in Denmark: A roundup of the news on Friday
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg inspect troops in Copenhagen on May 19, 2022. Photo: Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix 2022

A new military hub for Nato on Danish shores, a filmmaker representing Denmark at Cannes, and a slightly cooler weekend are among the top news stories in Denmark this Friday.

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'Military hub' for US, Nato forces coming to Denmark 

The port city of Esbjerg, which also played host to this week's green energy meetings, has been flagged as the site of a new mustering point for Nato and especially United States military forces, according to a press release from the Danish Ministry of Defense. 

The United States expressed interest in Esbjerg, on Jutland's west coast, in particular as a jumping-off point to transport troops and technology to the Baltic Sea area. 

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"The Port of Esbjerg has a good location and size, proximity to the airport, good connections to the railway and motorway network and is close to several large barracks," the press release said. 

The Danish government plans to make a number of costly improvements to the port to better support the new military hub. Those are expected to be completed by the end of 2023, the release said. 

READ ALSO: Denmark prepared to send 800 troops to Baltic states

Iranian living in Copenhagen shines at Cannes Film Festival

Danish-Iranian Ali Abassi, 40, is making waves at the Cannes Film Festival with his new film "Holy Spider," the "gritty story of a serial killer 'cleansing' the Iranian holy city of Mashhad," newswire Agence France-Presse reports. 

Abassi grew up in Iran and immigrated to Scandinavia to study architecture in Stockholm at the age of 21, ultimately settling in Copenhagen after attending the National Film School of Denmark. 

In 2018, Abassi brought home the trophy for Cannes' Un Certain Regard section with "Border," which AFP describes as an "eccentric troll-fantasy film about a border guard." 

Cooler weather ahead 

After two balmy days, Denmark can expect a cooler and cloudier weekend, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute. 

"The beautiful weather has almost disappeared like dew to the sun," meteorologist Klaus Larsen told newswire Ritzau with a little poetic flair. 

We can look forward (or not) to a Saturday with minimal sunshine, "fresh" winds, occasional showers, and temperatures between 14-18 degrees. 

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Sunday is your best chance for outdoor fun, Larsen says. "It will stay mostly dry with little or no sun and winds that will decrease and become light to steady during the day." 

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