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Best of University Post 2009-2016

Campus

Rejsekort: How to use the puzzling Danish travel card

Here is our guide to getting the most out of the controversial Danish travel card. This includes ways to avoid using it in the first place!

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Opinion

Comment: Sorry, I'm an introvert

I am the kind of person that goes to a party and hides in the bathroom. The kind of person that takes a walk by myself in the lunch break. I am not shy, and I have no social phobias. I am introverted, I recharge on my own. And this is OK.

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Culture

Iconic Danish Christmas songs

Danes get into the holiday spirit with these classic Christmas songs. Here is their translation, and interpretation, by the University Post's Christmas expert

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Science

PhD students are stressed

Three out of four PhD students of all faculties, Danish and international, at the University of Copenhagen report stress in a University Post survey

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International

Al Zubarah - the Pompeii of the Middle East

Twenty University of Copenhagen scientists are living out an archaeological dream in the form of a full-time, decade long excavation of an old cosmopolitan trading hub in Qatar

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Education

Erasmus programme has led to a million babies

At least one quarter of Erasmus students met their current life partner while studying abroad, many of whom went on to have babies. Study of 27-year old student exchange program Erasmus grabs the headlines

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Culture

Michael Haneke interview: Questions are more frightening than answers

His films have audiences crying and throwing up in the cinema: Maker of arresting, controversial film art and Sonning Prize winner talks to the University Post

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Culture

Student experts: 13 Danish books you need to read

We asked three students of Danish and literary history to select the best of Danish literature and explain why

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Culture

Night out at the people's secret kitchen

Cheap food, good company... but no articles or photos please. Far from typical restaurants, this reporter ate well at the Folkekøkken 'people's kitchen', but kept her camera under the table

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Culture

8 creative ways to find accommodation in Copenhagen

They tell us it is all about knowing the right people. Yeah right! This is no use if you are new to the city. Here are eight unorthodox ways to get a roof over your head in Copenhagen. All tested, and they work! (Updated July 2016)

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