https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark’s language, with its eclectic-sounding consonants and plethora of vowels, has a reputation as being one of the world’s hardest to learn. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191224/danish-is-it-really-so-hard-to-learn Tue, 24 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0100 danish-is-it-really-so-hard-to-learn A new count from the Danish Language Council (Dansk Sprognævn, DS) has found that the proportion of loan words in the Danish language is going down. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191121/has-the-danish-language-stopped-borrowing-english-words Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:57:06 +0100 has-the-danish-language-stopped-borrowing-english-words Say what you will about the difficulties of learning Danish, but it's got one thing going for it: it sure is succinct. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150706/ten-awesomely-literal-danish-words Mon, 06 Jul 2015 08:49:32 +0200 ten-awesomely-literal-danish-words Police in western Sweden initially thought a man whose car was stuck in the snow was Danish, but after a while they realized he was slurring his words because he was drunk. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160623/drunk-or-danish-swedish-police-eventually-work-it-out Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:45:13 +0200 drunk-or-danish-swedish-police-eventually-work-it-out The husband of a Danish woman has been arrested after she was found dead with bruises and wounds in a hotel room in southern Spain. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150622/husband-arrested-after-danish-tourists-death Mon, 22 Jun 2015 13:03:51 +0200 husband-arrested-after-danish-tourists-death Danes put distance to the nearest supermarket above all other considerations when deciding on where to live, according to a new poll by YouGov, far ahead of proximity to friends, family, nature, or cultural centres. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150127/nearby-supermarket-top-of-danish-property-wish-list Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:40:00 +0100 nearby-supermarket-top-of-danish-property-wish-list Six prominent politicians who publicly and repeatedly spoke out about the terror trail of Sam Mansour have been reported to the police for attempting to affect the outcome of the court proceedings. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141208/politicians-accused-of-interfering-in-terror-case Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:36:00 +0100 politicians-accused-of-interfering-in-terror-case Denmark may be the happiest country on earth, but there are still a few challenges for the new arrival. Here, Canadian journalist Michael McKenna deals with the housing market, jaywalking and the endless challenge of pronouncing Danish words. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140726/when-does-copenhagen-become-home Sat, 26 Jul 2014 11:49:00 +0200 when-does-copenhagen-become-home