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 Construction of the new Odense University Hospital OUH has suffered a major new delay and the facility may now not be completed for another 18 months. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240223/major-danish-hospital-construction-gets-18-month-completion-delay Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:31:16 +0100 major-danish-hospital-construction-gets-18-month-completion-delay The new Light Rail (Letbane) in Denmark’s third-largest city Odense will not open until next year. It was scheduled for completion in 2021. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210316/odense-light-rail-in-danish-city-delayed-until-2022 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:07:51 +0100 odense-light-rail-in-danish-city-delayed-until-2022 The Danish government could force people in the Vollsmose neighbourhood in third city Odense to take a test for Covid-19, according to newspaper reports. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210308/denmark-could-force-residents-in-outbreak-area-to-take-covid-19-tests Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:00:15 +0100 denmark-could-force-residents-in-outbreak-area-to-take-covid-19-tests Municipalities in both Copenhagen and Odense will ask staff to work from home in an effort reduce the spread of coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200908/danish-public-sector-employees-to-work-from-home-due-to-increase-in-covid-19-cases Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:23:43 +0200 danish-public-sector-employees-to-work-from-home-due-to-increase-in-covid-19-cases No injuries have been reported after shots were fired in Vollsmose, an underprivileged area of Odense, on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190911/danish-police-conduct-weapons-searches-after-shooting-in-odense-neighbourhood Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:01:41 +0200 danish-police-conduct-weapons-searches-after-shooting-in-odense-neighbourhood International pop sensation Miley Cyrus took a Danish tradition to heart while performing at the Tinderbox festival in Odense on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190701/miley-cyrus-wears-danish-student-cap-at-odense-concert Mon, 01 Jul 2019 16:54:51 +0200 miley-cyrus-wears-danish-student-cap-at-odense-concert One person was deliberately run over with a car after a fight involving several people in Odense, witnesses said on Sunday night. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190408/violent-incident-in-odense-culminates-in-hit-and-run Mon, 08 Apr 2019 14:39:19 +0200 violent-incident-in-odense-culminates-in-hit-and-run Quidditch, magic battles, the Hogwarts Express and hundreds of excited children have been an annual tradition for the last decade and a half at Odense Libraries’ Harry Potter Festival. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180710/the-festival-that-must-not-be-named-danish-harry-potter-event-to-transfigure-over-rights Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:50:38 +0200 the-festival-that-must-not-be-named-danish-harry-potter-event-to-transfigure-over-rights Social media behemoth Facebook announced on Thursday that it will establish a new data centre in Odense, Denmark’s third largest city. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170119/facebook-to-build-new-data-centre-in-denmark Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:39:46 +0100 facebook-to-build-new-data-centre-in-denmark An ongoing conflict took a turn for the worse on Tuesday night when a hand grenade was thrown into a clubhouse belonging to the Black Army gang in Herning. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161214/danish-gang-wars-intensify-with-grenade-attack Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:56:17 +0100 danish-gang-wars-intensify-with-grenade-attack A 41-year-old man who is standing trial this week for a string of arsons in Odense may have gotten away with his crimes if he hadn’t stopped to pleasure himself in public view. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161206/danish-arsonist-done-in-by-need-to-masturbate Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:48:28 +0100 danish-arsonist-done-in-by-need-to-masturbate Odense Mayor Anker Boye lifted the veil on the new Hans Christian Andersen Museum on Monday, promising a new attraction that will do justice to the Danish storyteller’s “great fame and completely unique fairytale universe”. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161101/denmark-to-get-new-hans-christian-andersen-museum Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:54:22 +0100 denmark-to-get-new-hans-christian-andersen-museum The human corpse discovered last week by a Danish Pokémon hunter has been identified as a criminal convicted of attempted murder. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160729/danish-pokemon-corpse-named-as-violent-killer Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:48:39 +0200 danish-pokemon-corpse-named-as-violent-killer Funen Police said on Tuesday that nothing dangerous was found following a threat that targeted the business college Tietgen Handelsgymnasium in Odense. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160329/bomb-threat-shuts-danish-school Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:11:56 +0200 bomb-threat-shuts-danish-school Odense is the third largest city in Denmark and is currently undergoing a huge 30 billion Danish kroner redevelopment, but what defines this up and coming city and why should anyone move there? Here are five good reasons to consider the Odense as the place to be. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160217/5-reasons-odense-denmark-best-city Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:31:15 +0100 5-reasons-odense-denmark-best-city A 21-year-old man with mental problems has admitted to repeatedly stabbing and killing his own mother, police said on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151106/man-stabs-and-kills-his-mother-in-denmark Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:03:29 +0100 man-stabs-and-kills-his-mother-in-denmark A 48-year-old teacher has openly admitted to murdering a random young Odense woman in her backyard because her felt “harassed” by her and others. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150625/denmark-shaken-by-grisly-random-murder Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:22:33 +0200 denmark-shaken-by-grisly-random-murder Officers were assaulted on Tuesday night by young men throwing rocks and a firebomb, Funen Police reported. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150610/danish-police-attacked-molotov-cocktail-rocks Wed, 10 Jun 2015 12:24:30 +0200 danish-police-attacked-molotov-cocktail-rocks In a nearly identical repeat of a 2013 incident, a bomb threat at Odense Station shut down train traffic across Denmark for hours on the year's busiest travel day. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141219/false-bomb-alarm-disrupts-danish-christmas-train-travel Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:42:00 +0100 false-bomb-alarm-disrupts-danish-christmas-train-travel Saying it wants to end things with a bang, the festival announced that it is changing its schedule beginning in 2015. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140903/roskilde-festival-drops-sunday-music Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:09:32 +0200 roskilde-festival-drops-sunday-music