Category Archives: Day-to-day

Lady in White. Queen Margrethe’s 40th jubilee. Photo of the Week #145

This weekend Queen Margrethe II celebrates her 40th jubilee with pomp and circumstance. I am not a firm believer in the monarchy and find it rather terrible that anyone should be born different from the rest of us. Plain wrong. … Continue reading

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Heart of Darkness

Today was the shortest of the year. I have really felt it, the darkness. The last two years Denmark has been covered in snow at this time and, apart from all the trouble, snow really brightens your day – literally. … Continue reading

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December Darkness. Photo of the Week #142

A soft darkness has taken over our lives in these Northern parts. But when it’s like this it has its advantages. /anna

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Phew, not yet… Photo of the Week #141

A year ago this was the view that met me from the National Gallery in Copenhagen. I am grateful that snow in November does not seem to be happening this year. One giant *phew* there! /anna

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Finalizing the guide. Photo of the Week #140

This week I went to Vienna in order to finalize an audio guide for the museum I work in. We are opening an exhibition next week and I did a specific guide for that. “Vienna?” you may ask – but … Continue reading

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Book trading, dahlias, quince and 1Q84. Photo of the Week #139

I’ve had two paper bags of books sitting on my bedroom floor for months waiting to be gotten rid of. And how do you do that in a decent way? It feels wrong to throw books away somehow, and yet, … Continue reading

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Thank you, Steve

via dean trippe /anna

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First female Prime Minister in Denmark

96 years ago women gained the right to vote in Denmark. And yesterday we elected a female Prime Minister. Something to celebrate! Here she is – Helle Thorning-Schmidt. She’s a social democrat, she’s been the leader of the party for … Continue reading

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Election Day in Denmark. Photo of the Week #137

Finally the day has come – the day we’ve all been waiting for: Election Day. Hooray! Hooray for two reasons – Danish politicians have been campaigning for at least all of 2011 and we are tired and bored with them, … Continue reading

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Macaroons before the storm. Photo of the Week #134

On my sister’s birthday two weeks ago we had these wonderful French macaroons after a fabulous dinner. And then hell broke loose in the form of water pouring, pouring, pouring from the sky drowning Copenhagen completely. The most dramatic cloudburst … Continue reading

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