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Is cooking art? Denmark is chewing over the divide between meal and masterpiece
From El Bulli to The French Laundry, the techniques used in ambitious kitchens show that the line connecting palate and palette has never been closer.
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…
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.
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…
Amid the chaos unleashed by Trump, Greenlanders are taking a pragmatic approach
When Monocle Radio’s team arrived in Nuuk last Monday, anything seemed possible. Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, was warning his fellow citizens to prepare for the possibility of invasion by the US. Denmark, of…
What does Trump want with Greenland? Nothing short of full annexation
Maduro who? It has been a little over (checks calendar) two weeks since Donald Trump’s raid on Venezuela and yet you would be forgiven for struggling to remember the full details of the US’s…
Denmark 2026 forecast: Diplomacy, downfall and Donald Trump
Looking back on 2025, it is hard not to conclude that the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has played a good hand badly. It’s an assessment that applies as much to her own political…
Dutch coalition collapse leaves politics all at sea as Schoof seeks a new course
As tall ships sailed into Amsterdam, Dutch politics ran aground: the shock resignation of NSC ministers has left prime minister Dick Schoof’s fragile cabinet in crisis and Europe questioning the Netherlands’ reliability.
This modern Danish summerhouse is a masterclass in timeless design
Visitors driving into Rågeleje, a resort town north of Copenhagen, are greeted by pastel-striped beach huts against a backdrop of the Kattegat sea. A country road that turns away from the coast leads to…
Summerhouse rules: Scandinavian nuances and where the smart money is spent
The annual shift of Scandinavians to their summerhouses has begun. How the nationalities choose to holiday is subtly revealing.
