Now it’s finally summer in Copenhagen again and the city shows itself from its most beautiful and welcoming side. The mermaid is sparkling in the sun, Nyhavn is filled to the bursting point, and Tivoli Gardens has opened its 167th season.

The city’s classics are not popular for no reason, but sometimes it’s exciting to move outside the beaten track and visit some of the less crowded places, not on the first page of the tourist guide.

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Judging from the outside the work in a reception might seem a little trivial. It’s certainly true that it doesn’t take a receptionist long to get to know the greeting of new guests by heart and recognize all the returning guests. Still, when you ask a receptionist why she chose to work in this field, she will most likely say that the job is both challenging and unpredictable. How can both be true? One of the reasons is Copenhagen Fashion Week.

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Set udefra kan arbejdet i en hotelreception måske virke en smule trivielt. Man har da heller ikke arbejdet længe i receptionen før man kan sin velkomsthilsen på rygraden og kender alle stamgæsterne. Alligevel siger de fleste receptionister, at de godt kan lide arbejdet, først og fremmest fordi det er udfordrende og uforudsigeligt, og hvordan kan det nu hænge sammen? En af grundene er Copenhagen Fashion Week.

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After years of preparations the UN climate conference, COP15, is finally over, and we are left with a regrettable result – a compromise that satisfies no one. Maybe the outcome was inevitable, who knows, but my thoughts are with the countries not as privileged as we are, who are facing a time where the consequences of the climate changes are about to show its ugly face.

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Efter lang tids forberedelse er COP15 nu endelig overstået, og vi kan kun ærgre os over, hvordan det endte med et kompromis af den type, som ingen rigtig er tilfredse med. Måske var det uundgåeligt, jeg ved det ikke, men mine tanker går til de lande, der ikke er så privilegerede som os, og som står over for en tid, hvor de virkelige konsekvenser af klimaforandringerne vil begynde at vise sit grimme ansigt.

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