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But for some reason she has been replaced.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/gallery\/pancakes-city-hall\">See pictures from City Hall party here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Hougaard knows how to the please the crowd: Who wouldn\u2019t like to hear that their presence is of great value to the city?<\/p>\n<h2>Pancake talk<\/h2>\n<p>The banquet hall is packed. Most came in pairs and groups, with just a few individual attendees embracing their refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>After the speeches the time has come: The whole crowd hustles outside the hall to the 1,200 pancakes. <\/p>\n<p>Around the buffet, representatives of the city\u2019s sports clubs and expat-organisations fight for attention. They want to tell the newcomers about their activities and services. <\/p>\n<h2>Unexpected interest<\/h2>\n<p>Was everyone here for the pancakes? The inside-look at City Hall? The opportunity to meet Lord Mayor? 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But for some reason she has been replaced.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/gallery\/pancakes-city-hall\">See pictures from City Hall party here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Hougaard knows how to the please the crowd: Who wouldn\u2019t like to hear that their presence is of great value to the city?<\/p>\n<h2>Pancake talk<\/h2>\n<p>The banquet hall is packed. Most came in pairs and groups, with just a few individual attendees embracing their refreshments.<\/p>\n<p>After the speeches the time has come: The whole crowd hustles outside the hall to the 1,200 pancakes. <\/p>\n<p>Around the buffet, representatives of the city\u2019s sports clubs and expat-organisations fight for attention. They want to tell the newcomers about their activities and services. <\/p>\n<h2>Unexpected interest<\/h2>\n<p>Was everyone here for the pancakes? The inside-look at City Hall? The opportunity to meet Lord Mayor? We ask Mette Justesen, who is in charge of today\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIf I put myself in their shoes, I would as a newcomer &#8211; student or not &#8211; take advantage of all the networking opportunities possible in the beginning. I have studied abroad and know first hand how important finding a new network is,\u00ab she says.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly many newly arrived internationals want to grasp the chance to mingle with the other internationals inside the City Hall. Too many, in fact:<\/p>\n<p>There are already 400 people on the waiting list for the next Welcome Reception on November 23rd.<\/p>\n<h2>Never mind the rain<\/h2>\n<p>We leave the City Hall, the last guests stand in groups at the entrance, discussing plans for the evening. It\u2019s raining but nobody seems to care.<\/p>\n<p>The organisers would be happy to hear of this waterproof attitude: It seems the newcomers are well on track to becoming Danish.<\/p>\n<p>uniavis@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":44,"name":"Campus","slug":"campus","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1547,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11493,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Welcoming08_reception_City_Hall_28_Sept_2009_photo_Marie_Czuray.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40277,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25129\/revisions\/40277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}