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 Today is April 1st, and we all know what that means. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170401/five-hard-to-believe-non-april-fools-stories-from-denmark Sat, 01 Apr 2017 11:00:00 +0200 five-hard-to-believe-non-april-fools-stories-from-denmark Amorphophallus Titanum, also known as Titan’s Penis, is blooming again at the Botanical Gardens of Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160601/copenhagens-stinky-penis-flower-rises-again Wed, 01 Jun 2016 12:36:18 +0200 copenhagens-stinky-penis-flower-rises-again A 37-year-old man from Mern was given a suspended 14-day jail sentence for masturbating in an area Burger King drive-thru, local media reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160311/danish-man-had-a-thing-for-masturbating-in-burger-king-drive-thru Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:06:52 +0100 danish-man-had-a-thing-for-masturbating-in-burger-king-drive-thru A 48-year-old man from the Copenhagen suburbs was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday for trying to kill his wife with a frozen litre of milk. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150511/man-imprisoned-for-trying-to-kill-wife-with-frozen-milk Mon, 11 May 2015 18:37:15 +0200 man-imprisoned-for-trying-to-kill-wife-with-frozen-milk Two young swans are on a rampage in a northern Zealand town... or something like that. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150204/dane-calls-cops-over-aggressive-swans Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:22:00 +0100 dane-calls-cops-over-aggressive-swans Police in southern Jutland have been helped out by an unlikely source: a Google Street View photo that shows two men carrying out an unsolved theft from 2012. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150121/google-street-view-catches-danish-thieves-in-action Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:18:00 +0100 google-street-view-catches-danish-thieves-in-action A school leader on the island of Funen 'punished' two young boys for forgetting to wear Santa hats by making them get in the underwear in front of the school and joking that he would cut their penises off. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150108/young-boys-forced-to-undress-in-front-of-whole-school-assembly Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:30:00 +0100 young-boys-forced-to-undress-in-front-of-whole-school-assembly Police in the eastern Jutland town of Fredericia got more than they bargained for when they approached a homeless man causing a scene in the streets. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141231/danish-police-nab-missing-man-after-30-years Wed, 31 Dec 2014 11:25:00 +0100 danish-police-nab-missing-man-after-30-years Once having no roof over his head, a 37-year-old man can now afford to buy a house and much more after winning 3.6 million kroner. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141104/ex-homeless-man-rich-denmark Tue, 04 Nov 2014 13:48:29 +0100 ex-homeless-man-rich-denmark Classically-trained musicians perform after eating the world's hottest peppers because... well, why not? https://www.thelocal.dk/20141103/video-denmarks-red-hot-chili-orchestra-goes-viral Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:23:00 +0100 video-denmarks-red-hot-chili-orchestra-goes-viral The state-funded Danish Council for Independent Research has earmarked 2.5 million kroner to a PhD project that will look into the 'under-earthlings' rumoured to inhabit the island of Bornholm https://www.thelocal.dk/20141028/denmark-funds-research-underground-trolls Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:31:00 +0100 denmark-funds-research-underground-trolls A 61-year-old Danish tourist has been banned from Ireland after his self-admitted "bad idea" – stealing money from a church collection box. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141022/danish-tourist-banned-from-ireland-for-church-theft Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:39:00 +0200 danish-tourist-banned-from-ireland-for-church-theft A 25-year-old man led his pet pony to a public beach and then killed it in a “painful and abominable" way as his buddy filmed the whole thing. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141015/two-men-sentenced-to-jail-for-beheading-pet-pony Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:08:00 +0200 two-men-sentenced-to-jail-for-beheading-pet-pony Video of a man telling his sons that he's won 15 million kroner has racked up over two million views in just two days. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140924/danish-father-tortures-his-sons-in-best-possible-way Wed, 24 Sep 2014 18:34:00 +0200 danish-father-tortures-his-sons-in-best-possible-way A bus driver's decision to set a 10-year-old boy off by the side of the road after arguing with a classmate has led to his dismissal. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140916/driver-fired-for-kicking-special-needs-kid-off-bus Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:18:00 +0200 driver-fired-for-kicking-special-needs-kid-off-bus A house in the Aarhus suburbs is home to as many as 200 bats, and with their protected status the homeowner is left with few options for their removal. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140911/danish-womans-house-overrun-by-bats Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:06:00 +0200 danish-womans-house-overrun-by-bats A study from the Natural History Museum of Denmark and the Smithsonian finds that ancient eskimos are not related to modern Native Americans or the Inuit of Greenland. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140829/dna-shows-arctic-groups-isolation-lasted-4000-years Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:27:00 +0200 dna-shows-arctic-groups-isolation-lasted-4000-years A taxi customer didn't let a three-day, 1,803km journey or a 29,226 kroner bill stand in the way of his dream of seeing Rome. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140818/danish-man Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:11:00 +0200 danish-man The Tuesday ferry journey between Hirsthals and Langesund, Norway was anything but ordinary due to an apparent scorpion sting that forced the vessel to turn around. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140729/boy-scorpion-ferry-denmark Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:30:00 +0200 boy-scorpion-ferry-denmark Ho ho hot! The annual World Santa Claus Congress came to Copenhagen in the midst of a July heatwave. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140722/in-pictures-santas-descend-on-copenhagen Tue, 22 Jul 2014 22:56:00 +0200 in-pictures-santas-descend-on-copenhagen