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Danish design for International Criminal Court

New building for ICC will feature rows of towers and unified base that will blend with the natural surrounding area

Århus-based architecture firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen has secured the contract to design the new headquarters of the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

The architecture company is also behind well-known buildings in Denmark, such as the Aros Art Museum in Århus and the Black Diamond building that houses the Royal Library in Copenhagen.
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Ole Worm: the man who studied Unicorns

Ole Worm: the man who studied Unicorns

Avid collector Ole Worm created Denmark’s first museum showcasing world exotica in the 1...

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Oscar for Danish short film

Oscar for Danish short film
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Gospel great Etta Cameron dies

Fans remember Danish gospel singer for her moving performances and popular European concer...
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Jelling Stones get designer cases

Jelling Stones get designer cases
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Danish hunk gets new US shot

Actor tries his luck again with American television in a series based on the fantasy books...
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The boy who circumnavigated the globe in 44 days

The boy who circumnavigated the globe in 44 days

His sisters called him ‘Phileas the sissy’. But for two months in 1928, 15 -year-old P...

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Take a trip to the acid palace

Take a trip to the acid palace

Psychedelic artwork mixes with rococo fittings as the crown prince embraces an unusual mod...

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Man of letters:?how the å came to prominence

Man of letters:?how the å came to prominence

In January 1948, a Social Democrat and classically schooled academic altered  the way Dan...

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Chef found butchered in kitchen

Chef found by fellow employees with multiple stab wounds in kitchen of city restaurant

Staf...
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From revered to reviled: fur throughout the ages

 From revered to reviled: fur throughout the ages

Animal fur is back in vogue after a checkered past as a clothing material  but for how lo...

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Fashionistas gather

Fashionistas gather
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Roskilde Festival sales off to record start

A new ticket payment plan introduced primarily for students has been a big success for fes...
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Fifth of brides propose

Wedding website follows the trends in popping the question and finds brides are less incli...
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Duo wins Danish ‘Eurovision’

Duo wins Danish ‘Eurovision’

Wind machines, big hair and even bigger ballads were the order of course for Saturday’s ...

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Art museum linked to world’s most expensive sculpture

Lousiana Museum owns one of the original Giacometti sculptures that recently sold for a r...

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The bodega: where everybody knows your name

The bodega: where everybody knows your name

Copenhagen’s bodegas offer a glimpse of the old school beer drinking haunts of Denmark

Fo...

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The Angel of Death and the seven dwarfs

 The Angel of Death and the seven dwarfs

Israeli authors launch Danish version of English book ‘In our hearts we were giants’ d...

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Sonning Prize goes to German author

Hans Magnus Enzensberger is considered one of Germany’s most acclaimed contemporary writ...
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Danes do their bit for Wiki

Danish users of Wikipedia site donate individual sums amounting 200,000 kroner to keep the...
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Stolen gold horn found in the Netherlands

One of Denmark’s most important cultural works was found at a Dutch auction after being ...
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Failing the grade

A lack of international schools, especially those offering the International Baccalaureat...

 

Home sweet home?

Take part in the on-going debate over the quality of life for foreign professionals in De...

 

A gift in a time of crisis

The national government owes it to the rest of the country to promote growth in Greater C...

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