Property News · July 23, 2011

Let's move to Nørrebro, Copenhagen


Copenhagen’s Brixton, with that cool Danes exude from their poresWhat’s going for it? It was The Killing wot done it. But it wasn’t Sarah Lund and her jumpers that got me going on the BBC4 series, it was the cool apartments and beautiful streets. Copenhagen is designed to be civilised, and Denmark, we’re constantly told, is the happiest nation in the universe. So that’s it. I’ve had enough of Blighty. Why live in a country whose default setting is David Cameron, when there’s one with pickled herrings on tap? Copenhagen’s City Hall (where Troels’s political machinations took place) has noticed a spike of inquiries by itchy-footed Brits: The Killing Effect, part of a new trend in emigration in which leftier people in their 30s and 40s who’ve had enough of bankrupt Britain are moving to places with cheaper property, higher taxes, ergo better lifestyles (schools, healthcare), and where they speak good English (78% of Danes speak English, more than the British). Much of The Killing was filmed in Nørrebro – Copenhagen’s Brixton, if you like, combining a wide ethnic mix (rare in Denmark) with that cool Danes exude from their pores.The case against Danes wave national flags at birthdays; nationalism can be quite sweet, or it can bubble over into jingoism. Nørrebro has seen its fair share of riots. It’s a bit shabby, occasionally unsafe (but only by safe Copenhagen standards). Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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