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MINIInternational Green City: Copenhagen

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Copenhagen is the number one most liveable city in the world. That's the bottom line after it came top of the listing in the July 2008 issue of British magazine "Monocle".
The Danish capital is a design metropolis in one of the world's most innovative countries. With its "Meat City" it has spawned a hip new district, and it is hard to match when it comes to the sheer upbeat nature of its inhabitants. By 2015, Copenhagen also aims to become "the world's number one environmental capital". more

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MINIInterantional: Copenhagen City Video

Of course you don't need a bike. But if you visit Copenhagen, the northern capital of design, bring some time with you and go with the flow. There's much to see... read more

MINIInternational: People of Copenhagen

This video gives a guided tour through Copenhagen's hippest sides.And it shows: Copenhagen is one of the most cool, stylish and upcoming cities right now. It offers various creative... read more

Summer delight: swimming in Copenhagen’s clean harbour

Kids and adults can enjoy the summer in the middle of the city thanks to Copenhagen's stylish, minimalist open-air pool in the middle of the harbour basin, designed by the young... read more

Mater makes more: Danish design with a social conscience

These days design buyers want more than just pleasing aesthetics. With its bowls, pitchers or even a classically shaped bar stool, Copenhagen company Mater fully espouses the principle... read more

Drama on the dancefloor: Tomas Barfod and Whomadewho get Copenhagen’s clubland rocking

Dressed in rabbit costumes and skeleton-print wetsuits, Tomas Barfod and Whomadewho have just been wowing the Australians on their recent tour down under. The Copenhagen-based threesome... read more

Wood Wood: From underground to fashion art

Wood Wood became an instant calling card for the Danish fashion scene, on a par with compatriot Henrik Vibskov. Wood Wood turn over millions; their store in Berlin is a don't-miss for... read more

Creative places: Copenhagen’s “Tunnels of Love”

For most Copenhageners, the three pedestrian underpasses near the city's lakes are simply concrete subterranean passages you pass through as quickly as possible. 28-year-old Mie... read more

Fresh blood for Copenhagen’s Meat City

The halls of Copenhagen's Meat City boast a bloody history. Trading in freshly slaughtered meat has a long tradition in the Vesterbro district, but whenever a meat hall closes down,... read more

The new Copenhagen: buildings and parks that welcome people

New buildings in Copenhagen are different from anywhere else. The latest architecture is guided not by the city's image, but by human needs. read more

No fear of these art girls: Ingen Frygt turn trash into off-the-wall pop art.

They know "no fear", which happens to be what their name means: "Ingen Frygt" are Anna María Helgadóttir, Hannah Heilmann and Sigrún Gudbrandsdóttir.... read more

Contents / Editorial / Contributors: Authors, photographers, contributors

Cityscapes: Fun on the waterfront

Streetpeople: Analyst, gallery owner, artist, cineaste, stylist, promoter, musician

Voice of the city: Utopia, inhabited by perfect people

Green city: Clean living; Ritt Bjerregaard, The city is meant for everyone

Talents: Music and fashion for tomorrow

Urbanists: Jonas Hartz, Parallel worlds; Kasper Bech Holten, Captivated by Carmen

Fashion: Wood Wood – From underground to fashion art; Satoru and Kiyoshi Inoue – fashion brotherhood

Art: Ingen Frygt – No fear for these art girls; Superflex – When pop becomes polit-art

Food: It’s all change in the kitchens of the north

CD: It’s the mix that matters

Music: Aura – Sweet child of pop; Whomadewho – Drama on the dancefloor

Architecture: Architecture with a focus on people

Design: Design workshop Mater makes more; The world seen through designer glasses;

Tunnels of love

Special places: Dipping into Christiania and its bathhouse; Fresh blood for Meat City;

Hot Spots: Coffee, culture, clothes

MINIInsert: Passion – Life Ball MINI by Agent Provocateur; Go wild with John

Cooper Works Accessories.; Inside – The Other Night in Kiev; Art – Goethe goes downtown;

Excitement – MINI CHALLENGE goes global; MINI Collection – Onitsuka Tiger for MINI

Prize draw / Subscribe: Competition; MINIInternational on subscription

Bye-Bye / Masthead: Editors; Publisher; Contact

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MINIInterantional: Copenhagen City Video

Of course you don't need a bike. But if you visit Copenhagen, the northern capital of design, bring some time with you and go with the flow. There's much to see... more

MINIInternational: People of Copenhagen

This video gives a guided tour through Copenhagen's hippest sides.
And it shows: Copenhagen is one of the most cool, stylish and upcoming cities right now. It offers various creative spaces for its just as creative habitants forming a perfect platform for developing art and fashion. This talent tolerating or better enhancing city is wide open to all kinds of art and lifestyle, it welcomes young creative people with new ideas and a new way of life... more

Summer delight: swimming in Copenhagen’s clean harbour

Where ships once berthed, people now frolic.

Kids and adults can enjoy the summer in the middle of the city thanks to Copenhagen's stylish, minimalist open-air pool in the middle of the harbour basin, designed by the young architects of PLOT. more

Mater makes more: Danish design with a social conscience

Clear lines: Scandinavian design Mater-style, produced in southern China.

These days design buyers want more than just pleasing aesthetics. With its bowls, pitchers or even a classically shaped bar stool, Copenhagen company Mater fully espouses the principle of corporate social responsibility, or CSR, which companies are embracing to set themselves apart from the competition. more

Drama on the dancefloor: Tomas Barfod and Whomadewho get Copenhagen’s clubland rocking

Dressed in rabbit costumes and skeleton-print wetsuits, Tomas Barfod and Whomadewho have just been wowing the Australians on their recent tour down under. The Copenhagen-based threesome mix disco house, funk and smooth vocals into a futuristic italo disco sound. more

Wood Wood: From underground to fashion art

Wood Wood became an instant calling card for the Danish fashion scene, on a par with compatriot Henrik Vibskov. Wood Wood turn over millions; their store in Berlin is a don't-miss for fashionistas. more

Creative places: Copenhagen’s “Tunnels of Love”

Check out photos of the neighbours on the tunnel wall.

For most Copenhageners, the three pedestrian underpasses near the city's lakes are simply concrete subterranean passages you pass through as quickly as possible. 28-year-old Mie Hørlyck Mogensen, on the other hand, sees in them hidden paradises. more

Fresh blood for Copenhagen’s Meat City

Jesper Elg, founder of avant-garde gallery V1.

The halls of Copenhagen's Meat City boast a bloody history. Trading in freshly slaughtered meat has a long tradition in the Vesterbro district, but whenever a meat hall closes down, creative people swiftly move in. more

The new Copenhagen: buildings and parks that welcome people

The Playhouse between the opera and the old town has become a popular meeting place.

New buildings in Copenhagen are different from anywhere else. The latest architecture is guided not by the city's image, but by human needs. more

No fear of these art girls: Ingen Frygt turn trash into off-the-wall pop art.

The Ingen Frygt artists’ collective display exaggerated sexual characteristics (Untitled, 2007).

They know "no fear", which happens to be what their name means: "Ingen Frygt" are Anna María Helgadóttir, Hannah Heilmann and Sigrún Gudbrandsdóttir. Carefree, self-confident and cheeky, these "art girls" will happily pose with absurd black, curly pubic wigs or with their bodies wrapped in cling film. more

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