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 A fur coat boutique on Copenhagen’s upmarket Strandvejen fell victim on Thursday to a thief bearing a resemblance to Shakespearian actor Sir Ben Kingsley. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191025/sir-ben-kingsley-lookalike-steals-fur-coat-from-exclusive-danish-boutique Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:05:15 +0200 sir-ben-kingsley-lookalike-steals-fur-coat-from-exclusive-danish-boutique 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 Confidential data on 20,000 residents in Gladsaxe, a municipality in central Zealand, were saved locally on a computer stolen that was recently stolen from the town’s city hall. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181211/computer-with-data-on-20000-people-stolen-in-denmark Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:13:39 +0100 computer-with-data-on-20000-people-stolen-in-denmark A high-value vodka that was stolen from a bar in Copenhagen earlier this week has been found at a construction site on the outskirts of the city – with its contents emptied. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180105/stolen-worlds-most-expensive-vodka-bottle-found-empty-on-danish-building-site Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:21:11 +0100 stolen-worlds-most-expensive-vodka-bottle-found-empty-on-danish-building-site A bottle of vodka claimed to be worth over a million euros was stolen from a collection in Copenhagen in the early hours of Tuesday, says the owner of the collection. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180103/worlds-most-expensive-vodka-stolen-from-copenhagen-collection Wed, 03 Jan 2018 10:09:03 +0100 worlds-most-expensive-vodka-stolen-from-copenhagen-collection Five men who hired luxury rental cars in Barcelona and Paris and drove them to Denmark are to go on trial in Copenhagen, accused of fraud and theft. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171030/luxury-cars-driven-from-barcelona-to-denmark-in-fraud-and-theft-case Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:56:44 +0100 luxury-cars-driven-from-barcelona-to-denmark-in-fraud-and-theft-case Patrols from three different Danish police regions pursued almost halfway across the country a car in which suspected supermarket thieves were travelling. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171027/supermarket-thieves-escape-danish-police-after-cross-country-chase Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:55:25 +0200 supermarket-thieves-escape-danish-police-after-cross-country-chase A Belgian tourist coach that was stolen in Copenhagen in August has been found near the town of Helsingør, 50 kilometres north of the Danish capital. https://www.thelocal.dk/20171016/danish-police-make-arrest-after-finding-missing-tourist-bus Mon, 16 Oct 2017 11:48:33 +0200 danish-police-make-arrest-after-finding-missing-tourist-bus Copenhagen police are searching for a Belgian tourist bus that was stolen almost two days ago. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170831/denmark-belgian-tourist-bus-stolen-in-copenhagen Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:33:41 +0200 denmark-belgian-tourist-bus-stolen-in-copenhagen Danish auction website Lauritz.com unintentionally sold a painting that is included in a list of stolen works. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170328/danish-auctioneer-sold-stolen-painting Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:12:05 +0200 danish-auctioneer-sold-stolen-painting A Romanian thief was working at the behest of national authorities when he stole construction equipment from Danish firms, a report in the trade journal Tidsskrift for Kriminalret has revealed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160314/romanian-police-ordered-thefts-in-denmark Mon, 14 Mar 2016 10:02:56 +0100 romanian-police-ordered-thefts-in-denmark A Polish man who stole jewellery worth more than half a million euros ($555,000) from Chinese TV star Liu Tao's hotel room in Denmark was jailed for ten months on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160225/polish-man-jailed-for-robbing-chinese-tv-star-in-denmark Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:02:06 +0100 polish-man-jailed-for-robbing-chinese-tv-star-in-denmark UPDATED: A Polish national admitted to stealing cash and jewellery totaling millions of kroner from Chinese celebrity Liu Tao during her stay in the Danish capital. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151208/chinese-tv-star-theft-of-millions-in-copenhagen Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:11:22 +0100 chinese-tv-star-theft-of-millions-in-copenhagen UPDATED: Police are searching for two men who posed as tourists and brazenly stole a bust worth as much as $300,000 from the Copenhagen museum Glypoteket in broad daylight. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150820/copenhagen-art-museum-theft-rodin-bust Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:43:18 +0200 copenhagen-art-museum-theft-rodin-bust A new study revealed that 17 percent of Danish residents have at one point stolen someone else's bike, costing insurance companies 200 million kroner each year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141021/every-sixth-dane-has-stolen-a-bicycle-report Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:17:17 +0200 every-sixth-dane-has-stolen-a-bicycle-report The number of burglaries has decreased since last year, but Denmark still trails only Greece for the highest number of break-ins. The Danish Crime Prevention Council tells The Local that Danes need to get better at securing their homes and helping their neighbours. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140813/denmark-still-among-the-break-in Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:13:00 +0200 denmark-still-among-the-break-in A rule of thumb says that only thefts with a value of more than 100,000 kroner get investigated by Copenhagen Police. In 2013, 95 percent of all reported thefts were merely noted down in a journal. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140721/most-thefts-go-uninvestigated-in-copenhagen Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:07:00 +0200 most-thefts-go-uninvestigated-in-copenhagen As tourists flock to Tivoli and the Little Mermaid, a band of organised criminals follows and attempts to either trick, or outright steal, money and valuables from Copenhagen's guests. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140707/copenhagen-battles-growing-pickpocketing-problem Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:26:00 +0200 copenhagen-battles-growing-pickpocketing-problem