Denmark

Scandinavia isn’t perfect

11/02/201414/03/2017 thomas 7 Comments

In the past couple of days, Denmark seems to have got (in-)famous for slaughtering a giraffe in public and feeding

14/01/201414/01/2014 thomas 13 Comments

The following is a reworked and updated version of this old blog post: At the moment, the main reason why

08/08/201308/08/2013 thomas 3 Comments

If you read Norwegian texts from the period when Norway was ruled from Copenhagen (1397–1814), you don’t get the impression

14/07/201322/07/2013 thomas 3 Comments

When people discuss proposals such as the Common Weal, you often hear complaints that taxes would have to be sky-high

08/07/2013 thomas 2 Comments

I wasn’t going to write anything about Salmond waving the Saltire after Andy Murray’s victory, but the reactions — especially

05/06/201304/06/2013 thomas 0 Comments

Today is Constitution Day (Grundlovsdag) in Denmark. Possibly because Denmark has been an independent country since times immemorial, the country

23/05/201323/05/2013 thomas 9 Comments

Scandinavia is often mentioned by people campaigning for Scottish independence (more frequently than Ireland, which really is a bit odd).