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 The Covid crisis and the Danish response has revealed a lot about the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210610/five-things-the-covid-19-crisis-taught-us-about-denmark Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:28:36 +0200 five-things-the-covid-19-crisis-taught-us-about-denmark Getting his Danish citizenship earlier this month has got Danish-American Thomas Knudsen Mulhern thinking about what being Danish actually means. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200615/what-it-does-mean-to-be-danish Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:39:56 +0200 what-it-does-mean-to-be-danish Denmark’s long-running, some might say exhausting, debate on just what it means to be ‘a Dane’ has flared up again thanks to the wording of a declaration approved by parliament. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170213/danes-once-again-discuss-who-is-a-dane Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:39:59 +0100 danes-once-again-discuss-who-is-a-dane Hygge was a contender for the English word of the year, but what was the Danish word that best captured the spirit of 2016? https://www.thelocal.dk/20161216/the-danish-word-of-the-year-is Fri, 16 Dec 2016 14:33:39 +0100 the-danish-word-of-the-year-is Yet another long-running debate on what exactly constitutes ‘Danishness’ has culminated in the definition of the Danes' ten most important values. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161212/danes-define-their-national-values-in-online-vote Mon, 12 Dec 2016 09:53:55 +0100 danes-define-their-national-values-in-online-vote