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 […]
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 […]
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.
El Puerto Tango Collective is an Argentine tango community in Copenhagen. Every Tuesday evening there are classes and social dancing, and it is a place where locals and internationals meet. More information: elpuertotango.com.
CPH City Toastmasters holds its meetings in English, and guests are welcome. The club meets on the third floor of Vesterbro Bibliotek og Kulturhus. After the meeting on 10 December, it meets again from 7 January 2027, and there is more on the club's Toastmasters International page.
Kennedy's Irish Bar on Gammel Kongevej in Vesterbro holds a traditional Irish music session every second Thursday, from 18:00 to 21:00. All are welcome, whether you want to bring an instrument and join the session or just listen. There is no entry fee. Follow the pub on Instagram (@kennedys.irish.bar) for updates. Details: ICAD event page.