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Earlier this month,  BBC Travel featured an article which focused on the Danish concept of ‘Samfundssind’.

This term can be translated to ‘community spirit’ and is a concept that sits at the base of the danish society. Nonetheless, this term has become more and more relevant during the time of COVID-19 and as a result was assigned the ‘word of the year’ by Dansk Sprognævn (the Danish Language Council) and P1 radio station....

The idea of living locally and creating a community based around living green is a movement we see happening more and more. We strive to find a sense of community and a sense of belonging. Living sustainably gives us a bigger purpose. With this thought in mind we invite you to have a look at GRØNTTORVET, Copenhagen’s new budding district. 

The old wholesale Grønttorv in Valby, which since 1958 has been a trading place for fruit,...

Last monday, we were happy to welcome a curious team of delegates from FRITZ HANSEN to our office in BLOXHUB for an inspirational event on holistic design thinking. The event was based on the ‘Exploring Copenhagen’ book, and was comprised of a lecture on Copenhagen as Eco-metropole and a 2 hours walk and talk along the Harbour Circle.

Interested in finding inspiration from Copenhagen? Then contact us to learn more about how to do it. ...

It is no secret that Denmark is investing in the the energy storage and sector coupling technologies of the future. This year, two large-scale Power-to-X projects have been awarded grants totalling EUR 17.1 million, which will allow us to use green power as fuel for busses, airplanes and ships in the future.

But what is a ‘Power to X’ project? Power-to-X (also P2X and P2Y) is a number of electricity conversion,...

Petersen Tegl was founded in 1791 and is a family-owned manufacturer of specialised brick based in Sønderjylland, Denmark. What makes this company unique is the fact that more than half of Petersen Tegl’s range consists of 100% handmade products. Moreover, the manufacturer is one of the few brickworks in the world that masters the art of firing brick with coal. The process adds vibrant colours in pale and dark shades to the waterstruck brick.

Manufacture of brick for special...

Last Friday we had the pleasure to host EPICLAY on a tour through our innovative city of Copenhagen. 

Epiclay are an international Start-up developed throughout the Build Solutions Project, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union, and are now part of the accelerator program hosted by City Facilitator at BLOXHUB. Their aim is to make urban areas more liveable and healthy by creating a modular green wall system, which can...

Across the bridge from the Royal Theatre in the heart of the historic Christianshavn district in central Copenhagen, visitors are now able to set eyes on Kanalhuset. A former military base, the building dates back to 1754 and now contains 12 boutique hotel rooms, 14 hotel apartments, a bar and a restaurant where chef Kristoffer Josefsson - who has a particularly good eye for seasonal ingredients and a catalogue of recipes from all over the world - serves his meal of the evening every day at...

Now that the regulations concerning COVID-19 have eased and travelling has become something we can consider again, we want to take a moment to celebrate our KICK-OFF TOUR of 2020. In collaboration with Stadt Wien [23 PAX] and Hans Staudinger of ÜBERBAU, we have spent the last 4 days Exploring Copenhagen together with an inspiring group of 23 architects, engineers and high ranking city officials representing 3 branches of the construction directorate of the city of...

Brdr. Krüger was founded in 1886 as a wood-turning workshop by brothers Theodor and Ferdinand Krüger. Today, after 5 generations, the family company has evolved into a self-producing furniture brand that celebrates classic Danish design values while embracing modernity. 

Besides the numerous custom pieces that furnish leading restaurants around Copenhagen, the brand recently decided to showcase their innovative yet timeless designs in a...