26-year-old Kathrine works as a back-office employee in the insurance industry. In the future, she dreams of an outdoor kitchen, a rottweiler, and cleaning help every two weeks.

He played soccer and spent his weekends in Jomfru Ane Gade. She was a scout and wanted to save the snow leopards. He lives for the small victories in everyday life. She lives for the bigger picture. We spoke with Per Frederiksen about not being born wi…

Asbjørn Lómstein, 23 years old, lives in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, and is taking a gap year, working in an after-school care program and as a laborer in a masonry company. In his free time, he plays music. Here, he talks about being the older brother in a …

A wave of exclusive fitness centers has opened in Copenhagen. One of them is Barry’s in Indre By. Here, members pay 2,000 kroner a month to train under nightclub lighting and wash their hair with celery-scented conditioner. And to unwind with others, g…

Tadej Pogacar was so dominant in his first two Tour victories that he rode like a man who didn’t need a team. That approach led to his first major career defeat. An expert believes that Jonas Vingegaard, in the Dauphiné, tried to get Pogacar to revert …

Eighteen years ago, I moved from New Delhi to Denmark—almost by chance—and exchanged my fate and reality as an Indian woman for a completely different and much freer one.

Jannick Raunow, 48 years old, lives in Copenhagen and works as a cloud architect, film producer, and actor. He talks about being the youngest in a sibling group of »around« five.

Anni Wolff Frederiksen is 14 years old and lives in Ørby in North Zealand. She is the younges of five siblings. And she’s probably a bit spoiled, if she says so herself.

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A Canadian father took matters into his own hands and developed a gene therapy for his son, who suffers from a rare disabling disease. The plan was for two Danish boys with the same disease to receive the gene therapy in the U.S., but that fell through…