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 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260425/inside-denmark-does-copenhagen-need-to-combat-overtourism Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:09:37 +0200 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 the latest government negotiations and why she loves this time of the year in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260418/inside-denmark-why-i-love-denmark-in-the-spring Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:07:29 +0200 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, our new editor Becky Waterton asks if we’re any closer to getting a new government. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260411/inside-denmark-has-anything-actually-happened-since-the-election-last-month Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:10:57 +0200 inside-denmark-has-anything-actually-happened-since-the-election-last-month The Local Denmark’s Editor Mike Barrett says goodbye, before running through the current standings after Denmark’s general election this week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260328/inside-denmark-mikes-last-week-at-the-local-plus-election-latest Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:16:48 +0100 inside-denmark-mikes-last-week-at-the-local-plus-election-latest 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260321/inside-denmark-which-election-policies-could-tip-the-scales-in-2026 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:12:41 +0100 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, why Denmark has released emergency oil stocks as the energy minister says supplies remain ‘stable’ amid the war in the Middle East. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260314/inside-denmark-is-the-war-in-the-middle-east-affecting-denmark Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:22:36 +0100 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, a huge debate about (relatively) early retirement. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260307/inside-denmark-why-pensions-are-again-a-social-democratic-election-strategy Sat, 07 Mar 2026 10:08:08 +0100 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, the emergence of wealth tax as a major election issue. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260228/inside-denmark-why-is-wealth-tax-suddenly-a-hot-election-topic Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:06:31 +0100 inside-denmark-why-is-wealth-tax-suddenly-a-hot-election-topic 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? https://www.thelocal.dk/20260221/inside-denmark-would-cutting-international-development-aid-benefit-denmark Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:08:22 +0100 inside-denmark-would-cutting-international-development-aid-benefit-denmark 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? https://www.thelocal.dk/20260214/inside-denmark-could-great-prayer-day-make-a-surprise-comeback Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:03:36 +0100 inside-denmark-could-great-prayer-day-make-a-surprise-comeback 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260207/inside-denmark-is-the-danish-language-getting-too-cringe Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:10:44 +0100 inside-denmark-is-the-danish-language-getting-too-cringe 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260131/inside-denmark-how-is-denmarks-new-letter-service-getting-on Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:20:22 +0100 inside-denmark-how-is-denmarks-new-letter-service-getting-on 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260124/inside-denmark-how-can-danes-talk-about-the-news-with-their-worried-kids Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:19:04 +0100 inside-denmark-how-can-danes-talk-about-the-news-with-their-worried-kids 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260117/inside-denmark-the-week-the-danish-police-quit-x Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:19:39 +0100 inside-denmark-the-week-the-danish-police-quit-x 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20260110/inside-denmark-why-the-snow-suit-is-at-the-heart-of-danes-love-of-the-cold Sat, 10 Jan 2026 11:18:15 +0100 inside-denmark-why-the-snow-suit-is-at-the-heart-of-danes-love-of-the-cold 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20251220/inside-denmark-where-does-eu-discrimination-ruling-leave-non-western-housing-residents Sat, 20 Dec 2025 11:05:12 +0100 inside-denmark-where-does-eu-discrimination-ruling-leave-non-western-housing-residents 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. https://www.thelocal.dk/20251213/inside-denmark-why-im-worried-ill-never-be-granted-danish-citizenship Sat, 13 Dec 2025 11:36:03 +0100 inside-denmark-why-im-worried-ill-never-be-granted-danish-citizenship Why is the central bank talking about property prices in Copenhagen and what sets the Danish housing market apart from other countries in Europe? Our column Inside Denmark looks the stories we’ve been talking about over the past week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20251129/inside-denmark-why-the-central-bank-is-talking-about-copenhagen-property-prices Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:16:46 +0100 inside-denmark-why-the-central-bank-is-talking-about-copenhagen-property-prices Our weekly newsletter looks at some of the stories we’ve been talking about most in Denmark. This week, disastrous local elections for the Social Democrats and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20251122/inside-denmark-how-do-the-social-democrats-come-back-from-local-election-rout Sat, 22 Nov 2025 11:13:10 +0100 inside-denmark-how-do-the-social-democrats-come-back-from-local-election-rout Has the US-Denmark standoff over Greenland changed in character? Why does the UK government think Denmark's immigration and asylum policies will help it politically? Our weekly column Inside Denmark looks at some of the stories we've been talking about this week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20251115/inside-denmark-will-copying-denmark-work-for-the-uks-government Sat, 15 Nov 2025 11:13:45 +0100 inside-denmark-will-copying-denmark-work-for-the-uks-government