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Copenhagen’s Nyhavn port features colourful medieval houses.

My city is now the world’s most liveable – apart from the 171 days of rain a year

With $11 coffees, an unfriendly culture and casual racism that would likely make 1960s Australia blush, this world-beater is not without its flaws.

  • Lisa Martin

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The hubs fit together like Tetris.

At this antisocial hostel, rooms fit together like Tetris blocks

If you’re looking for an affordable stay in one of the world’s most expensive cities, this hostel offers a great price – and solitude.

  • Natasha Bazika

Everyone knows Ibiza, but this quaint town has better beaches

Avoid the crowds and head to these five European summer destinations instead.

  • Craig Tansley
Danish Princess Isabella

Danish princess reveals 18th birthday portrait. One detail sets it apart

The daughter of Australian-born Queen Mary and King Frederik X has caused a stir online after posing for a strikingly modern photograph that breaks with royal protocol.

  • James Rothwell
A Swedish teenager was hiding out in Australia after his parents tried to prevent him from falling in with gangs - but he allegedly spent his time recruiting hitmen from a home in Sydney’s west.

Teen accused of hiring hitmen revealed as Swede living in Sydney’s west

A 15-year-old boy accused of recruiting hitmen for the Scandinavian underworld was living with family in Sydney.

  • Perry Duffin
At a media event in Greenland, Mette Frederiksen switched to speaking in English to make a direct appeal to the US.
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Danish PM addresses US on Greenland

At a media event in Greenland, Mette Frederiksen switched to speaking in English to make a direct appeal to the US.

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Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,

‘You cannot annex another country’: Danish PM makes direct appeal to US after Rubio meeting

Mette Frederiksen was addressing the media in Greenland with the territory’s incoming leader when she suddenly switched to speaking in English.

  • Rob Harris
US Vice President J.D. Vance speaks at the US military’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on Friday.

Vance attacks Denmark in ‘aggressive’ visit to Greenland

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US should take over Greenland and has not ruled out the possibility of using military force to do so.

  • Benedict Smith
Anti-American protests in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland last week.

‘What is the national security adviser doing in Greenland?’

Greenland’s PM is furious that Donald Trump is sending Mike Waltz and J.D. Vance’s wife to the island, which he has vowed to take over “one way or the other”.

  • Maya Tekeli, Jeffrey Gettleman and Maggie Haberman
A woman arranges campaign posters in Nuuk, Greenland.

The ‘orange guy’ wants Greenland – but what do Greenlanders want?

Voters brushed snow from their coats before finding a seat in the packed community hall. Then, with the world’s media watching, a man in a black and grey jumper stepped forward to the mic.

  • Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen, Maya Tekeli and Jeffrey Gettleman

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