It’s nearly time to go Christmas crazy – and what is better than to visit a Christmas market, see the beautiful lights, taste the traditional Danish fare, like Gløgg (our type of mulled wine) or Brunkager, Klejner (Christmas cookies), or the amazing Danish Æbleskiver (small fluffy pancake balls) served with icing sugar, cinnamon or jam. YUMMY. SO to make your life easier – we have compiled a fab list of…
Simply hygge
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The best places for ice skating in Copenhagen
Brrr – the winter has definitely arrived here in Copenhagen. It is freezing cold, so now the Danes are busy planning exactly what to do in the blistering cold. The weather doesn’t stop the Copenhageners from venturing outdoors. ICESKATING is a favourite thing to do,…
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A visit to the pumpkin farm
>>> I just wanted to butt in – and give you a fresh update on the PUMPKIN scenario. Well, Halloween, has surpassed Fastelavn (see these posts) as we spoke about before, and this adopted tradition, has fast become a favourite of little kids and teenagers…
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Weekend shenanigans
Well, finally Spring arrived here in Copenhagen – and what a weekend!! We celebrated not 1 but 2 Birthdays which was lovely. Paul & Audrey – so congratulations to the both of them. I truly enjoyed being outdoors, rummaging in the garden and creating things…
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When a staycation is a good idea!
Reklame/made in collaboration with Hotels.com, but all views are my own. Holiday plans have been postponed for another year. People are still worried about travelling. Many haven’t received their vaccinations yet, and have had to come up with new plans for holidaying this year. To be…
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GÆKKEBREVE – a Danish Easter tradition.
When Easter is approaching, Danish children make and send out Gækkebreve. Traditionally these small letters always included a Vintergæk (Snowdrop/Galanthus) which is where the name stems from. It’s meant to be a letter to ‘tease’ (at drive gæk med) someone by making them guess who sent it.…
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A monday stories – featuring Tweentown
I have been working with AK from the Danish kids designer brand ‘A Monday in Copenhagen‘ for the past few years in connection with my magazine Tweentown. I was therefore thrilled when AK asked me to feature in their ‘A monday stories’ – small stories and…
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Glutenfree Rhubarb and raspberry crumble
Well, well well, it is getting colder, so what do we do to make things a little cozier here in Denmark? We create hygge. Simple hygge is literally staying indoors, with a good book, film, something hot to drink, loads of candles, and of course…
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TWEENTOWN ‘The floral Issue’ now live
Oops, we have done it again. It is actually a matter of having so much gone on inside my head, that I want to share with people, – you guys – and it has become the 5th TWEENTOWN magazine – the 2nd Spring edition which…
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Tweentown Christmas 2018
We are so proud to present you the latest edition of TWEENTOWN magazine – this is our Christmas edition, and also a celebration of the first year of Tweentown. We are humbled that so many of you click in and read our magazine – we…