Stories: Denmark

Stories connected to Denmark.

• The audience picked how the opera would unfold.In a 2015 Danish production of Mozart's Così fan tutte, director Annilese Miskimmon let the audience select b…
• The territorial rivals left each other drinksCanada and Denmark disputed Arctic Hans Island, sometimes planting flags and leaving bottles of alcohol. The…
• Hygge is not restricted to blankets and cold weatherDanish and Norwegian hygge concerns pleasant, comfortable and familiar experiences. Although often associated…
• Seven pieces came from a quantum-mechanics lecturePiet Hein devised the Soma cube in 1933 during a quantum-mechanics lecture by Werner Heisenberg. Its seven di…
• The Lego founder’s range included a wooden duckLego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen moved from woodworking and household goods into wooden toys. By 1935 his r…
• Borge read the marks as sound effectsPianist and comedian Victor Borge’s Phonetic Punctuation routine added exaggerated sound effects for periods,…
• Daldøs turns its pieces within a boat-shaped boardNordic daldøs uses a boat-shaped board with three rows of holes. Its spatula-like pieces initially stand acro…