Denmark

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“EARLY ONE DARK April morning a few years ago I was sitting in my living room in central Copenhagen, wrapped in a blanket and yearning for spring, when I opened that day’s newspaper to discover that my adopted countrymen had been anointed the happiest of their species in something called the Satisfaction with Life Index, compiled by the Department of Psychology at the University of Leicester. 
 I checked the date on the newspaper: it wasn’t 1 April.”

 Michael Booth, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia

Lamppost in front of the spire of St Nicholas Church, Copenhagen, Denmark

Colourful buildings on Nyhavn, Copenhagen, Denmark

Frederik V statue at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen

Tales from Denmark

Faroe Islands, The Sheep Islands - in a Nutshell

National Geographic recently voted the Faroe Islands the world's most appealing island community, out of 111 island destinations worldwide.

National Geographic recently voted the Faroe Islands the world's most appealing island community, out of 111 island destinations worldwide.

Faroe Islands - For Off the Scale Scenery

The scenery of the Faroe Islands  today is nothing short of breath-taking, with soaring mossy peaks, waterfalls, patches of huge yellow buttercups

The scenery of the Faroe Islands today is nothing short of breath-taking, with soaring mossy peaks, waterfalls, patches of huge yellow buttercups

Denmark - A Day Tour of Copenhagen and a Stolen Purse

 Højbro Plads in Copenhagen - where there are more statues and views of the Christiansborg Palace (now seat of the government) and stock...

Højbro Plads in Copenhagen - where there are more statues and views of the Christiansborg Palace (now seat of the government) and stock exchange (with a great twisty spire) and more building works and cranes.

Denmark, The Happiest Country in the World - in a Nutshell

International surveys often rank Denmark as one of the happiest places in the world based on standards of health, welfare, and education, maybe because...

International surveys often rank Denmark as one of the happiest places in the world based on standards of health, welfare, and education, maybe because the Danes have a special word "hygge" for that cosy feeling of togetherness

Greenland, Land of the Midnight Sun - in a Nutshell

 Most of Greenland is in the Arctic Circle, so almost eighty percent of the land mass is covered by the second largest ice...

Most of Greenland is in the Arctic Circle, so almost eighty percent of the land mass is covered by the second largest ice sheet in the world and glaciers.

Greenland - The Coldest Place I've Ever Been

 We loop in over Disko Bay and the  ice fjord, huge glistening icebergs sailing beneath us. It’s a spectacular Greenland welcome.

We loop in over Disko Bay and the ice fjord, huge glistening icebergs sailing beneath us. It’s a spectacular Greenland welcome.

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