William Scharff – The Poetic Rebel is a special exhibition at Randers Kunstmuseum, marking 140 years since the Danish painter’s birth. Exhibition texts are in Danish and English. Opening hours are Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–16:00 (closed Mondays). On the last Thursday of each month (except July and December) the museum stays open until 20:00, with free admission […]
Fancy trying Irish dancing? Dark Green School of Irish Dancing runs a class for complete beginners aged 16 and over at DGI Byen (Spejlsalen) in Copenhagen. Lessons are on Thursdays from 19:15 to 20:00. The fee covers the whole season, from Thursday 27 August to Thursday 10 December 2026, with a break for the autumn […]
Københavns Folkeuniversitet runs a guided reading of James Joyce's Ulysses over eight Tuesdays, from 20 October to 8 December 2026, from 16:15 to 18:00. The course is taught in Danish and led by ph.d. Mathias Hindkjær Overgaard. Ulysses retells Homer's Odyssey as a single day in Dublin. The course looks at the novel's inventive language […]
That Theatre Company, Copenhagen's English-language theatre, stages Marie Jones's comedy "Stones in His Pockets" at Krudttønden. The premiere is on Saturday 31 October at 17:00, and the play runs until 28 November. Show times: Monday to Friday at 19:30, Saturdays at 17:00, and extra matinees on Wednesdays at 13:00. There are no shows on Sundays […]
Le Chéile – Making Communities is an exhibition on shared ideas in Irish architecture today, featuring Níall McLaughlin Architects, Clancy Moore Architects and Cotter & Naessens Architects. It fills the main event space at CAFx – Copenhagen Architecture Forum from 5 November to 22 December 2026. The opening is on Thursday 5 November from 16:30 […]
Spanish singer, songwriter and trombonist Rita Payés plays Store VEGA with fellow Spaniard Lucía Fumero on piano and guitar. Payés blends jazz, bolero, bossa nova and pop in romantic, melancholy songs that draw on her Catalan roots. She grew up with two performing musicians as parents, played in the Sant Andreu Jazz Band as a […]
Dublin rock band Fontaines D.C. play Royal Arena on Sunday 8 November at 20:00. It is their biggest indoor show in Denmark so far, following a sold-out K.B. Hallen concert in 2025 and a set on Roskilde Festival's Orange Stage. Fronted by Grian Chatten, the band made their name with the post-punk albums Dogrel, A […]
Studieskolen in Copenhagen runs paid Danish courses for foreigners at six levels, from complete beginner (A1) to advanced (C1). A new round starts about every six weeks. Besides regular classes there are conversation-only classes, faster crash courses, online classes and courses that prepare you for the official Danish tests. The courses are aimed at people […]
A relaxed chess evening open to players of all nationalities, held in English at International House Esbjerg.
Amager Toastmasters holds an open club meeting in English, and more than three quarters of its members are expats. Guests are welcome, it is free, and you register on Meetup. The meeting is in room 12 on the second floor of Skolen på Islands Brygge.
Let's meet: International Café is a monthly get-together in English at Solrød Bibliotek og Kulturhus, the library and culture centre in Solrød Strand. It is for internationals living in the area, and for Danes who have lived abroad themselves and know what it is like to start over in a new country. The idea is […]
Speak to Lead Toastmasters holds its club meetings in English, and more than half of its members are internationals. Guests are welcome to simply turn up, and it is free. The club meets in Kultursalen on the first floor of Kulturstationen Vanløse, and there is more on the club's website and on Meetup.