Denmark: History and Culture news

Thousands of LEGO fans from all over the world have got a new book that can help them to make LEGO-construction far more creative. “The Lego Ideas” (the name of the book) is so popular that currently is on the 3d place in the list of best-sellers in Amazon.com.

The museum Den Gamle By (The Old Town) in Aarhus opens special courses for children, teenagers, and grown-ups with an immigrant background.

Literary editors of the Danish newspaper Berlingske named 10 best non-fiction books in 2011 in Denmark. Among them are the following: “The Limfjord” by H.E. Nørregård-Nielsen (Denmark), “Ghita” by L. Kongsgaard, “Memoirs” by T. Lindgren (Sweden), “Moonwalk with Einstein” by J. Foer (USA), “Hippie I” by P.O. Knudsen (Denmark), “Poul Schlüter. It was not so bad” by K. Strand (Denmark), “Jerusalem” by S.S. Montefiore (UK), “The Man Behind the Hero” by N.Barfoed (Denmark), “Apprenticeship. Life story” by P. Bastian (Denmark), and “The Girl from Auschwitz” by M. Vestergaard (Denmark).

Georg Arthur Jensen (August 31, 1866, Raadvad, Denmark – October 2, 1935, Copenhagen) was a Danish silversmith.

Danish cinema was a big winner at the 24th European Film Awards in Berlin on Saturday night, with Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ leading the way. It took home the top prize of best film along with awards for cinematography and production design.

It’s not mind control, but new technology out of Denmark comes close: Senseye is working on eye tracking software that lets your eyes control your phone.

Anti-euro sentiment has never been as high a new poll conducted by Megafon released today revealed. Some 65 percent of Danes are against adopting the single currency, while only 24 percent would cast a ballot in favour if a vote were held tomorrow.

The proposal created by Danish firm BIG architects is one of three shortlisted submissions for the St. Petersburg Pier International Design Competition (Florida, USA). The masterplan will organize and harmonize a variety of individual events along a network of paths, merging to form the iconic pier structure which will gradually flow into the waters of tampa bay.

Danish architect Bjarke Ingels won the award in the Housing category at the World Architectural Festival (WAF) with his residential building project  8House (Danish: 8TALLET), DR.dk reports, citing Berlingske online.