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PAYING FOR OTHERS One of the themes of this blog is that the Danish welfare state is increasingly unaffordable. Another set of figures jus...

HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT "When I was a kid, we always used to go to the cinema on 26 December," said the head technician at the loc...

iPHONES I got an iPhone for Christmas. It wasn't in fact a present, my wife simply changed her mobile telephone subscription. She, my ...

MIDNIGHT MASS Danes are no longer particularly religious, but they do still tend to go to church at Christmas, as a social event. 16.00 pm...

HIGH PRICES Denmark is a high wage, high tax, high price society. I have always known that, but sometimes it helps to know just how high. ...

LUKKELOVEN (3) It's amazing how quickly supermarkets have taken to the freedom given by the liberalisation of the lukkeloven ("cl...

A LAZY DAY (3) The vagaries of the calendar mean that there is an extra day to prepare for Christmas this year. I did have plans for that ...