Report: Copenhagen expensive but hospitable
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Report: Copenhagen expensive but hospitable
DAILY POST o 14 C 8 MAY 2015 Pollen count: Moderate Pollen count: None WORLD WIDE Lava lake at Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano hits record amid eruptions NSA phone data collection ‘illegal’, US court rules Report: Copenhagen expensive but hospitable The city is working to overcome value for money challenges ISTOCK WEATHER The Copenhagen Post | cphpost.dk A NEW REPORT from Copenhagen’s service project NICE (New Innovative Customer Experiences) has shown that while the Danish capital is one of the most expensive cities to visit, it is among the best when it comes to hospitality and communicateing across language barriers. The report compares the experiences of tourists in Copenhagen compared to over 30 European cities. “Copenhagen has several challenges when you look at value for money, but it does have a strong position in Death penalty DANE CARL-ERIK Jensen is currently in a Taiwanese prison, charged with trying to smuggle 1,500 grams of heroin out of the country. He faces the death penalty if convicted. When he appears in court later this year, he will be provided with a lawyer. If found guilty, it is likely he will be sentenced to death. Some 48 people have been killed in the past 15 years, including 17 in the last three. terms of hospitality, a general sense of security and the ability of locals to communicate across language barriers,” Olivier Henry Biabaud, the head of TCI Research, told Wonderful Copenhagen. “It is essential Copenhagen keeps building on these parameters and continues developing and innovating in order to provide the tourists with more and better experiences. That will ultimately leave the tourists with the feeling that the quality is better reflected by the price.” READ MORE AT CPHPOST.DK DENMARK Randers loves its sex toys W HEN IT comes to sex toys, no place in Denmark uses them as avidly as Randers, according to figures from the national statistics holders Danmarks Statistik and the sex toy shop Sinful.dk. The figures showed that, people in Randers in Jutland buy 2.09 times more sex toys than the national average. Jordrup (2.07) on Funen and the island of Rømø (2.04) finished second and third respectively. The top 10 was rounded  up by last year’s winner Uggerløse, which dropped down to fourth on this year’s list, Knebel, Aarhus North, Copenhagen South West, Bøvlingbjerg, Aalborg East and Gørløse. This year’s big jumper was Eskebjerg in Zealand, which shot up from 532nd last year up to 27th this year, while sex toys were least popular in Marselv on Funen, which ranked 591st. The finding are based on the last 100,000 orders from Sinful.dk READ THE REST OF THESE STORIES AT CPHPOST.DK EVENTS Feberhavnen May 2-17; A-Salen, Gamle Scene, Kongens Nytorv, Cph K; tickets 100kr; kglteater.dk In plague-ridden Copenhagen, dancers are kept alive with a neverending dance. Cabaret Det Kongelige Teater, Gamle Scene, Cph K; Until May 29; tickets: 50kr -1,180kr Amid the hedonism of 30s Berlin, repressed bisexual Cliff Bradshaw, finds himself sharing lodgings with firecracker Sally Bowles.