In Denmark, almost everybody buys or makes Advent candle decorations. The tradition is very hyggelig – and you burn one candle every Sunday leading up to Christmas. If you do it right – you’ll end up with 4 candles, all different shape Everyone looks forward…
Simply hygge
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Royal Smushi Café COPENHAGEN
Read moreIf you ever visit Copenhagen, I would thoroughly recommend a visit to the Royal Smushi Café. The café is one of the prettiest places in town, and the coffee is great too. For lunch, they serve the famous Danish ‘Smørrebrød’ (open-sandwiches) in bite-sized bits of delight.…
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Out and about – Fætter Fætter – Toast extraordinaire
Read moreI love toasted sandwiches with everything yummy and scrumptious inside. I am fully aware that they are probably not the healthiest option when it comes to lunch, but it is one of the tastiest. We used to have a panini press when I grew up, and…
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Visiting Rudolph Tegners Museum
Read moreWe love to explore in our family. As far as I am concerned, if you see something new every day, you will broaden your horizons, and learn something you didn’t know. That is a day well spent if you ask me. My girls are as…
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TIVOLI – probably the best amusement park in the world
Read moreCopenhagen has the oldest amusement park in the World, and it is called Tivoli gardens. If you think fairground rides, candy floss and rollercoasters you are right, but Tivoli gardens is soo much more. When I was a child, Tivoli was only open in the summer season; from…
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Homemade Pumpkin Seeds
Read moreSome of the best and most hyggelig food is food you make yourself, with no effort and with minimal cost. When we carved our pumpkins for Halloween we had many pumpkin seeds left, so I decided to turn them into something yummy and healthy: Spicy pumpkin seeds. …
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Pumpkin carving for Halloween
Read moreWhen Denmark adopted the Halloween tradition, we also adopted the Halloween pumpkin carving. It has been a fun thing to do for the last few years, and we end up with some pretty cool and scary looking pumpkins. This year we also made a grown-up…
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D.I.Y conker animals
Read moreIn addition to fruits and berries, autumn also means conkers! When the horse chestnut trees start to drop their prickly green fruits we go out and collect as many as we can. The children love peeling off the skin and finding a shiny brown conker…
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Sticky cinnamon buns
Read moreOne of my favourite flavours, when I bake, is cinnamon. Cinnamon reminds me of autumn, leaves falling off trees, golden sun-rays and warm sweaters. When we go to the bakery here in Denmark, I always pick a cinnamon Danish without a doubt. Usually, when you…
