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 Each year, people in Denmark place candles in their windows to mark the liberation of the country at the end of World War II. But why was the custom adopted? https://www.thelocal.dk/20220504/why-do-danes-place-candles-in-their-windows-on-may-4th Wed, 04 May 2022 14:18:11 +0200 why-do-danes-place-candles-in-their-windows-on-may-4th Two English coins from 1009 designed to ward off Viking attacks have been found by members of the public near Løgumkloster and Kåstrup in Jutland, according to Denmark's National Museum. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260429/english-coins-to-ward-off-danish-raids-found-as-viking-jewellery Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:42:10 +0200 english-coins-to-ward-off-danish-raids-found-as-viking-jewellery If you want to become a Danish citizen, you have to prove your knowledge of the country's culture, history, politics and more by taking a citizenship test. Would you pass? https://www.thelocal.dk/20240806/quiz-can-you-pass-the-danish-citizenship-test Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:40:41 +0200 quiz-can-you-pass-the-danish-citizenship-test Denmark's National Museum has unveiled what it described as the first "portrait" of a Viking: a miniature 10th-century figurine depicting a man with an imperial moustache, braided beard and  neatly-groomed hairstyle. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250827/denmark-unveils-smiling-figurine-thought-to-be-viking-portrait Wed, 27 Aug 2025 11:39:04 +0200 denmark-unveils-smiling-figurine-thought-to-be-viking-portrait In an accidental find, a 10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered just outside Denmark's second city Aarhus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250617/spectacular-viking-burial-site-discovered-near-aarhus Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:03:05 +0200 spectacular-viking-burial-site-discovered-near-aarhus Two 18th-century shipwrecks off the coast of Costa Rica, previously thought to have been pirate ships, have been confirmed to be two Danish slave ships, Denmark's National Museum has said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250428/danish-slave-ships-wrecks-found-off-costa-rica Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:02:58 +0200 danish-slave-ships-wrecks-found-off-costa-rica Flags will be flown at half mast by the Danish royal palace on Wednesday to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Denmark’s occupation beginning during the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250409/denmark-commemorates-85th-anniversary-of-ww2-occupation Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:27:02 +0200 denmark-commemorates-85th-anniversary-of-ww2-occupation Danish archaeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old circle of wooden piles that they say could be linked to Britain's world-renowned Stonehenge. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250226/archeologists-find-stonehenge-like-circle-in-denmark Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:52:23 +0100 archeologists-find-stonehenge-like-circle-in-denmark A piece of fossilised vomit, dating back to when dinosaurs roamed the earth, has been discovered in Denmark, the Museum of East Zealand said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250127/danish-fossil-hunter-finds-prehistoric-vomit Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:07:58 +0100 danish-fossil-hunter-finds-prehistoric-vomit Denmark was badly hit by the volcanic winter of 536AD, with the resulting crop failures pushing the country's inhabitants to grow more reliable rye, research studies from the National Museum of Denmark have found. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240919/climate-catastrophe-1500-years-ago-in-denmark-may-have-led-to-rye-bread Thu, 19 Sep 2024 18:44:05 +0200 climate-catastrophe-1500-years-ago-in-denmark-may-have-led-to-rye-bread A major new Viking museum could be on the way to Denmark’s second city in the coming years after plans were revealed for a transformative attraction in the Viking-founded centre of Aarhus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240805/aarhus-could-transform-city-centre-with-world-class-new-viking-museum Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:20:59 +0200 aarhus-could-transform-city-centre-with-world-class-new-viking-museum Vikings in Norway lived up to their blood-thirsty reputation, while their Danish counterparts appear to have had a more civilised society, new research has revealed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240802/why-vikings-in-norway-were-more-violent-than-their-danish-counterparts Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:21:57 +0200 why-vikings-in-norway-were-more-violent-than-their-danish-counterparts Denmark spent most of World War II under Nazi occupation and yet 800 Danes took part in the Allied landings in Normandy on June 6th, 1944 -- a little-known fact. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240606/occupied-denmarks-little-known-role-in-d-day-landings Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:01:28 +0200 occupied-denmarks-little-known-role-in-d-day-landings A rare mammoth tusk has been found by a machine operator at a gravel pit in Terndrup, north of Aarhus, in the second mammoth find made at the location. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240522/worker-finds-mammoth-tooth-found-in-gravel-pit-in-denmark Wed, 22 May 2024 11:44:05 +0200 worker-finds-mammoth-tooth-found-in-gravel-pit-in-denmark You've seen their names dozens of times, but how much do you know about the people who gave their names to Denmark's streets? Here's a look at some of the people and faces behind the road names. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240228/the-people-and-stories-behind-some-of-denmarks-common-street-names Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:08:34 +0100 the-people-and-stories-behind-some-of-denmarks-common-street-names Archaeologists in Denmark have found a small knife inscribed with runic letters dating back almost 2,000 years, the oldest trace of writing found in the country, Museum Odense said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240123/denmarks-oldest-writing-found-on-2000-year-old-knife Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:35:36 +0100 denmarks-oldest-writing-found-on-2000-year-old-knife In October 1943 Tove Udsholt, who had just turned three, had fled Copenhagen with her mother to escape the Nazis. She ended up alone, but a small fishing village took her in. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231027/survivors-tale-danish-jewish-girl-recalls-life-in-hiding-80-years-on Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:28:15 +0200 survivors-tale-danish-jewish-girl-recalls-life-in-hiding-80-years-on The iconic Sydney Opera House celebrates its 50th birthday on Friday but its Danish architect, Jørn Utzon,was not at the grand opening half a century ago after a dispute with the New South Wales government. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231020/why-sydney-opera-houses-danish-architect-was-not-present-at-1973-opening Fri, 20 Oct 2023 15:43:52 +0200 why-sydney-opera-houses-danish-architect-was-not-present-at-1973-opening A grave has been removed from the Mindelund memorial park for Danes who were active in the World War II resistance movement, after evidence emerged that the person buried there worked as a guard for the occupying Germans. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231006/mystery-of-guard-who-was-buried-with-resistance-heroes-at-danish-wwii-memorial Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:27:57 +0200 mystery-of-guard-who-was-buried-with-resistance-heroes-at-danish-wwii-memorial Research at the National Museum of Denmark suggests people in the Viking era may have had more home comforts than previously thought. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231005/hollywood-image-of-denmarks-vikings-shattered-by-windows Thu, 05 Oct 2023 13:40:08 +0200 hollywood-image-of-denmarks-vikings-shattered-by-windows