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 Museums and zoos began reopening in Denmark on Thursday, as the country decided to accelerate its exit from lockdown and health officials said the spread of the new coronavirus was slowing. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200522/danish-museums-and-zoos-reopen-after-political-deal Fri, 22 May 2020 15:07:08 +0200 danish-museums-and-zoos-reopen-after-political-deal A 101-year-old British submarine has been discovered in the Skagerrak sea north of Denmark, by researchers using a 3D scanner and an underwater robot. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190801/101-year-old-british-submarine-found-off-denmark Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:34:25 +0200 101-year-old-british-submarine-found-off-denmark A 30-kilogram wooden monkey by famous Danish designer Kay Bojesen has been returned to the Trapholt museum in Kolding after being stolen in December. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190515/iconic-monkey-returned-to-danish-art-museum-after-theft Wed, 15 May 2019 12:01:32 +0200 iconic-monkey-returned-to-danish-art-museum-after-theft Two characteristic pieces of art have been stolen from the Trapholt museum at Kolding in southern Jutland. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190110/model-monkey-and-rolex-work-stolen-from-danish-museum Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:55:44 +0100 model-monkey-and-rolex-work-stolen-from-danish-museum Just over a year ago, the historic Post and Tele Museum closed its doors on Copenhagen’s Købmagergade. Now the first phase of its replacement, the new communications museum Enigma, has opened in Østerbro. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170110/enigma-denmarks-post-and-tele-museum-gets-a-modern-makeover-in-new-location Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:27:15 +0100 enigma-denmarks-post-and-tele-museum-gets-a-modern-makeover-in-new-location A mysterious stone found by archeology students during a summer dig on the island of Bornholm might be a 5,000-year-old map showing the location of different fields in the nearby area. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161019/danish-archeologists-find-5000-year-old-map Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:11:30 +0200 danish-archeologists-find-5000-year-old-map The estate of American icon Elvis Presley is seeking 1.5 million kroner from the operator of Graceland Randers, but the "professional Elvis fan" told The Local that he's done everything by the book and refuses to be bullied. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150903/elvis-presley-heirs-sue-danish-graceland Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:15:44 +0200 elvis-presley-heirs-sue-danish-graceland See the giant 17-metre sauropod Misty – the star of the Zoological Museum's largest-ever exhibition – get assembled in under a minute in this timelapse video. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140925/video-denmark-gets-its-first-dinosaur Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:58:00 +0200 video-denmark-gets-its-first-dinosaur The Ny Carlsberg Glyptoket will present over 100 works that have added full colour to the classic white marble so closely associated with Western history. See a video showing classic art being getting the full-colour treatment here. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140911/museum-to-expose-white-lies-of-antiquity Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:25:00 +0200 museum-to-expose-white-lies-of-antiquity As a thank you to his Danish colleague, Charles Darwin sent 77 personally identified crustacean species to the Zoological Museum. At the time, they were merely filed away but today – 160 years later – they represent one of the biggest Darwin collections in the world. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140821/darwin-discovery-unearthed-at-copenhagen-museum Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:38:00 +0200 darwin-discovery-unearthed-at-copenhagen-museum