Archipelago

"Amager is a great place. Amager is number one.” So says Kurt Helmann Jensen ("Kurt like Kurt Russell"). And he should know. For one thing, he's a self-proclaimed "Amarkaner" — a...

Danish "song kindergartens" hit the right notes, while a 19th-century prison provides an unsettling location for an overnight stay. In this episode, we visit Trekroner Børnehus, a...

Two Danish institutions have discovered eye-catching ways to go green. From Greta Thunberg’s school strike to the Fridays for the Future movement, there’s no shortage of children ...

In the bleak midwinter, the sun scarcely seems to rise in Denmark at all. Is it any wonder, then, that the Danes are so obsessed with good lighting? That Denmark has produced many ...

“Those who wish to relive their lives, never lived them in the first place.” The words of Karen Blixen — the acclaimed Danish writer whose life story is the basis of a brand-new b...

Meik Wiking is one of the world’s leading happiness experts. The founder of the Happiness Research Institute, he’s also the author of two New York Times bestsellers — The Little B...

We kick off season two of Archipelago with a very special guest indeed. Naja Marie Aidt has been described as “one of the most intelligent writers of the contemporary literary worl...

We end season one with a bang — on the little known Danish island of Pornø. To mark half a century since Denmark became the first country to legalise visual pornography, we take ...

Once a foodie wasteland, Copenhagen is today a major gastronomic destination. It is, of course, the epicentre of New Nordic cuisine — the culinary movement that championed hyper-l...

We try to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Why are the Danish so crazy about chairs? Why are there so many Danish chairs? And does the world really need any more o...

CPH:DOX is one of the world’s largest documentary film festivals — and a highlight of Copenhagen’s cultural calendar. In this episode we talk to the directors of two films that wer...

Episode two is about two Danish companies that have developed creative ways to employ people who often struggle to pick up work. First we meet People Like Us — a brewing company ru...