Blog: jw

Between Timmy, Matador and bicycle helmets

bike-helmet

We’ve been here for a good three months now.

And we still think it’s pretty brilliant.

Which doesn’t mean, however, that we’ve suddenly delved deep into the Danish soul. On the contrary: so far, we probably only understand the surface. The friendly, efficient, astonishingly relaxed surface. Read more…

Who’s actually ā€˜the fittest’ here?

people-neighbourhood

ā€œSurvival of the fittestā€ always sounds a bit like a nature documentary.

Like gazelles fleeing from lions. Read more…

When Denmark suddenly starts to wobble

house

An earthquake. Read more…

The bad within us

Wohngebaeude_mit_Gemeinschaftsbereich

We caught ourselves.

Again. Read more…

Four people, a road bike and the Danish version of Sylt

Bornholmfaehre

By now, quite a few readers of this little Copenhagen diary are probably feeling a bit fed up.

More social observations, yet again. More things that somehow seem more relaxed, practical or pleasant here. Always this ā€˜everything is different in Denmark’ feeling, which for people who are quite happy living where we come from will probably eventually take on the charm of a very long lecture on heat pumps.

So today: something completely different. Read more…