Michael Booth
What makes Copenhagen a great city? Its ability to learn from its mistakes
The Danish capital is a regular frontrunner in Monocle’s Quality of Life surveys. But Copenhagen has also made its mistakes. Thankfully, the city continues to learn and grow.
The Amble EV is gearing up to reinvent the way we drive
Bringing together know-how from hospitality, product design and beyond, Amble is a refreshing approach to electric mobility.
Why Danes should celebrate not qualifying for the 2026 Fifa World Cup
The joy of supporting a team that didn’t make the World Cup – Denmark – means that you have an excuse to take the summer off.
The Monocle Design Awards 2026: The most beautiful buildings and architectural design
Eight spaces that caught our eye this year – from a trade school championing craft to a revived waterfront.
Denmark’s politics is all a bit chaotic right now – but Danes like it that way
Following last week’s general elections, Danish lawmakers are locked in the routine negotiations that come with forming a coalition government. The closed-door talks are led by the kongelig undersøger or “royal investigator”, which sounds like a…
Martin Krasnik is the newspaper veteran restoring trust in the media with Denmark’s most resilient title
In the first of our new series featuring editors working to rebuild confidence in the media in the age of free content and misinformation, we meet the cool-headed Dane of weekly title ‘Weekendavisen’.
Denmark has never had it so good. So why are its voters so unhappy?
There’s a paradox (or several) behind the Danes heading to the polls. Think the grass is always greener in Denmark? Think again.
Novo Nordisk’s slimming down is symptomatic of Danish business naivety
We’re not ones for kicking folks when they’re down but things seem to be going from bad to worse for Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk. The drugmaker was once Europe’s most valuable company thanks…
Should Denmark take over the Shetland Islands?
President Trump’s acquisitive gaze has drifted from Greenland, at least for now. Denmark’s pipe-smoking foreign minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, seems to have Jedi mind-tricked the Americans into believing that their military efforts would be…
