Living Danishly with Helen Russell

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Fields of gold, Florence syndrome and screens in Scandinavia

Fields of gold, Florence syndrome and screens in Scandinavia

Taking your culture vitamins, Mozart in a maze and why banana pancakes aren't just banana pancakes (they're medicine), plus Denmark's screentime problem

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May 03, 2024
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It’s literary festival season and by the time you read this, I’ll be driving through fields of gold on my way to the next one. Oil seed rape flower is blooming in Denmark and rural Jutland is now carpeted in yellow.

Oil seed rape flowers aka most of rural Denmark come may

Every year, after a brutal winter (that now lasts until April, apparently) I forget…

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