Inside Denmark
Inside Denmark is our weekly newsletter that looks at some of the news, talking points that you might not have heard about as well some of the quirkier things about life in Denmark. It’s published each Saturday, but if you are a member you can receive it early in your inbox. Just visit your newsletter options.
Inside Denmark: What my stay in a Danish 'højskole' taught me about Denmark
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, editor Becky Waterton reflects on her experience in a Danish folk high school.
Inside Denmark: Why a Norwegian World Cup win would be a win for Denmark too
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, editor Becky Waterton writes about Scandinavian rivalries and the World Cup.
Inside Denmark: Is ‘cucumber time’ the best time to be in Denmark?
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, editor Becky Waterton writes about how everything seems to grind to a halt during the Danish summer.
Inside Denmark: Why the Folkemødet festival is Danish politics at its best
In our weekly column, Nordic Editor Richard Orange explains why the Folkemødet political festival on Bornholm island is the best of Danish politics before running through the rest of the week's stories.
Inside Denmark: Why I'm surprised Mette Frederiksen is back as PM
In our weekly column, Nordic Editor Richard Orange explains why he wrongly thought that Mette Frederiksen would end up failing to negotiate a government, before running through the rest of the week's stories.
Inside Denmark: Why I’m sad to be missing the Royal Run this year
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, editor Becky Waterton writes about Denmark’s Royal Run, held each year on Whitmonday.
Inside Denmark: Does Copenhagen need to combat overtourism?
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, editor Becky Waterton writes about Copenhagen Council moving to ban new hotels in the city centre.
Inside Denmark: Why I love Denmark in the spring
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, editor Becky Waterton writes about the latest government negotiations and why she loves this time of the year in Denmark.
Inside Denmark: Has anything actually happened since the election last month?
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, our new editor Becky Waterton asks if we’re any closer to getting a new government.
Inside Denmark: Mike's last week at The Local plus election latest
The Local Denmark’s Editor Mike Barrett says goodbye, before running through the current standings after Denmark’s general election this week.
Inside Denmark: Which election policies could tip the scales in 2026?
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, the policies for which the 2026 election might be remembered.
Inside Denmark: Is the war in the Middle East affecting Denmark?
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, why Denmark has released emergency oil stocks as the energy minister says supplies remain ‘stable’ amid the war in the Middle East.
Inside Denmark: Why pensions are again a Social Democratic election strategy
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, a huge debate about (relatively) early retirement.
Inside Denmark: Why is wealth tax suddenly a hot election topic?
Our column Inside Denmark takes a closer look at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, the emergence of wealth tax as a major election issue.
Inside Denmark: Would cutting international development aid benefit Denmark?
Our newsletter Inside Denmark looks at some of the stories we've been talking about during the last seven days. This week, could Denmark cut international development aid, and would such a move achieve its stated purpose?
Inside Denmark: Could Great Prayer Day make a surprise comeback?
Our weekly newsletter Inside Denmark looks at some of the stories that have caught our attention over the last seven days. This week, what are the chances of a return for the popular spring holiday Great Prayer Day, which was controversially scrapped in 2023?
Inside Denmark: Is the Danish language getting too 'cringe'?
Our weekly column Inside Denmark looks at some of the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, the government denies being ‘cringe’ in its efforts to keep loan words out of the Danish language.
Inside Denmark: How is Denmark’s new letter service getting on?
Our weekly newsletter Inside Denmark looks at some of the stories we’ve been talking about in the last seven days. This week, the state of the post post-PostNord.
Inside Denmark: How can Danes talk about the news with their worried kids?
In a week of dramatic political developments in Greenland and Denmark, Danish parents might have found themselves tackling tricky conversations with their children. Our column Inside Denmark looks at some of the stories we’ve been talking about this week.
Inside Denmark: The week the Danish police quit X
While international eyes were on Denmark and Greenland this week, police forces across the country began leaving social media X. Our weekly column Inside Denmark talks about some of the Danish news stories we’ve been thinking about this week.
Inside Denmark: Why the snow suit is at the heart of Danes' love of the cold
Danes, and not least the country's children, have been making the best of this week's freezing weather. What is it that makes Danes so good at embracing the cold? Our column Inside Denmark looks at some of the things we've been talking about over the last week.
Inside Denmark: Where does EU discrimination ruling leave ‘non-Western’ housing residents?
Our weekly column Inside Denmark looks at the stories we’ve been talking about over the last seven days. This week, a major discrimination case at the European Court of Justice leaves Nørrebro residents still waiting for answers.
Inside Denmark: Why I'm worried I'll never be granted Danish citizenship
Our column Inside Denmark looks at our most talked-about stories of the last seven days. This week, increasingly bleak prospects for the average applicant for Danish naturalisation.