Shepard Fairey’s art on Jagtvej (Copenhagen) was not welcomed with a lot of enthusiasm.
Wrong place, wrong message and most of all wrong sponsor?
Can very well be, but come on, “yankee hipster go home” and beating up the guy afterwards?
Your lack of originality is pretty embarrassing.
You used to get extra money for playing in Scotland because it was so dangerous.Francis Rossi
The skyline of NYC. View from the container terminal in Newark, NJ
The first time that I’m NYC without snow or rain and this time I have to work. Good that I always plan a few extra days in case the schedule of the vessel changes.
Tenor Madness in Copenhagen
New apartment and in dire need of some furniture.
Will soon have to take a day off for reading emails. Replies can not be guaranteed.
Me: yes hallo
Lady: Hi good evening I'm working for survey company X
Me: okay and what can I do for you?
Lady: we are performing a nationwide survey and are trying to interview as many Danes as possible
Me: but I'm not a Dane
Lady: damn!
Me: I'm sorry?
Lady: so you are not Dane?
Me: nope, that's what I said, but more than half of my income is going to the Danish state so start with your questions and I will be happy to answer them for you.
Lady: where are you from?
Me: the Netherlands
Lady: so you are not a Dane?
Me: nope but I have a Danish drivers license
Lady: what is the Netherlands?
Me: gotta go now - Adios
Belgium has quite some special bars
A lot has been said about the Danish school system which is funded through taxation rather than tuition fees. Many people (not the least in the rest of Europe) consider it as an example system - education “free of charge” can only lead to a well educated society.
But although loads of money is spent on education, Denmark belongs to the bottom of the EU when it comes to the number of young people with an education after primary school. EU Commission’s recent recommendations put the finger on the Danish educational policy tenderest point: adolescents.
EU Commission’s recent recommendation to the Danish economy marks the country’s largest education-policy fiasco in fluorescent yellow: In 2009, only 70 percent of adolescents/young adults between 20 and 24 years finished a training or education.
The EU average is 78.6 percent.
To make matters worse, Denmark is only three places from a bottom position in the EU when it comes to youth education.
Yep that hurts in a country with almost no resources except “knowledge”.
Next stop: Frederiksberg
After 3 months on Østerbro and 6 months on Vesterbro it is once again time to move on.
Looking forward to move to an area of the city which is completely new to me - and to be somewhere for a longer period.
L.S. Lowry (1887-1976) “The Football Match” - 1949
![It’s getting more and more clear why the Danes are so keen on having permanent border-control back.The best way to get the foreigners out of the country is by banning their beloved food.Marmite stinks, no question, but I fear that the next step will be a total ban on peanut butter.
Spread no more: Denmark bans MarmiteAccording to the advert, you either love it or hate it. As far as Marmite goes, the Danish government hates the stuff. That at least is the conclusion that many foreigners have drawn following a ban on the sticky brown yeast extract.
The sales ban enforces a law restricting products fortified with added vitamins. Food giant Kellogg’s withdrew some brands of breakfast cereal from Denmark when the legislation passed in 2004, but until now Marmite had escaped the attention of Danish authorities.
“What am I supposed to put on my toast now?” asked British advertising executive Colin Smith, who has lived in the country for six years. “I still have a bit left in the cupboard, but it’s not going to last long.”
Aside from inconveniencing foreigners, the ban has meant a serious economic loss for some. “Marmite was our most popular product,” said Marianne Ørum, who with her Scottish partner owns Abigail’s, a Copenhagen store selling foodstuffs from Britain and South Africa.
Ørum said that the order, which came by telephone from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, was not entirely unexpected as they had previously been ordered to stop selling Australian Vegemite. “What is at issue here is that people in Denmark are not allowed to eat what they want to eat, even if it is perfectly legal to do so under EU law,” said Ørum.
Marmite is not the only product to have fallen foul: Horlicks, Ovaltine and Farley’s Rusks are similarly proscribed.
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It’s getting more and more clear why the Danes are so keen on having permanent border-control back. Spread no more: Denmark bans Marmite The sales ban enforces a law restricting products fortified with added vitamins. Food giant Kellogg’s withdrew some brands of breakfast cereal from Denmark when the legislation passed in 2004, but until now Marmite had escaped the attention of Danish authorities. “What am I supposed to put on my toast now?” asked British advertising executive Colin Smith, who has lived in the country for six years. “I still have a bit left in the cupboard, but it’s not going to last long.” Aside from inconveniencing foreigners, the ban has meant a serious economic loss for some. “Marmite was our most popular product,” said Marianne Ørum, who with her Scottish partner owns Abigail’s, a Copenhagen store selling foodstuffs from Britain and South Africa. Ørum said that the order, which came by telephone from the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration, was not entirely unexpected as they had previously been ordered to stop selling Australian Vegemite. “What is at issue here is that people in Denmark are not allowed to eat what they want to eat, even if it is perfectly legal to do so under EU law,” said Ørum. Marmite is not the only product to have fallen foul: Horlicks, Ovaltine and Farley’s Rusks are similarly proscribed.
The best way to get the foreigners out of the country is by banning their beloved food.
Marmite stinks, no question, but I fear that the next step will be a total ban on peanut butter.
According to the advert, you either love it or hate it. As far as Marmite goes, the Danish government hates the stuff. That at least is the conclusion that many foreigners have drawn following a ban on the sticky brown yeast extract.
Sergio Cerchi
There are these rare occasions that I start Windows XP in a virtual machine because I want to check something.
Closing VMWare after 5 minutes of waiting has become part of my routine.
