It’s a Snow Wonderland/ Snow Hell in Denmark (and most of Northern Europe) right now– depending on whom you talk to. Thousands of families have celebrated their Christmas Eve together with strangers in a gym hall on military bunk beds as their further journey was clogged with several tons of snow. That sure takes a […]
Author Archives: Anders Arhoj
December 15, 2010
Skankynavia: Danish XXXmas Snacks
This weekend two designer friends Louise Gaarmann, Tina Ratzer and I threw a “julestue” (directly translated: “christmas livingroom”) which is sort of a Christmas market with things to buy and stuff to snack on– but in my apartment and not in a local store. It was an experiment and I was biting my teeth beforehand. […]
December 8, 2010
Skankynavia: Dinner Party with Gay Alien Cats
Ok, so this is a post where everything went wrong. I thought I was going to report on a dinner party with nice pictures of Scandinavian kitchenware, but then the snow storm arrived, people cancelled and the host’s apartment was way too dark to take any real nice photos. But hey, I tried and we […]
December 1, 2010
Skankynavia: Foodshop No. 55 (CPH)
Last night there was a big snow storm here in Copenhagen. At some point I looked out the window and saw huge lightning flashes across the horizon. Never experienced this combination before, it was beautiful and intense. And so due to all the sudden snow everything is moving in a snow-slow pace. Most planes out […]
November 24, 2010
Skankynavia: Hot Dog-Off! (CPH)
Being a single gay nerd means the only sausage you’re gonna get is down at the hot dog stand. Eating a ho tdog is part of being Danish– or at least it used to. The fast food army of America and the growing health awareness has overturned the old wiener kingdom, and now eating a […]
November 17, 2010
Packaging Whore: Faggy Foods
They’re all around you, The Fags. With their pastel-coloured yachts and pink-powered investment banker dating services. They’re also best friends with Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow, giving them advice on what to wear and whom to date (they also advise Cher on her live show outfits, but we don’t talk about that). I belong to the […]
November 10, 2010
Skankynavia: Sunday Forest Lunch
It’s Sunday, and the weather is fantastic. I’m biking through Dyrehaven (north of Copenhagen) to visit some friends, and have a direct view across the treetops with no highways, 7-Elevens or skanky suburban straight people in sight. The air is clean and all you hear is the wind in the leaves. And, of course, the […]
November 3, 2010
Skankynavia: Tivoli Eating Aesthetics, Part 2: Candy Colours (CPH)
PREFACE Tivoli Eating Aesthetics, Part 1: Munchin’ in the Dark Oh what sweet temptations lie there in the window, luring you in, exploding like fireworks in your braincells and making you feel… giddy. Candy speaks to all ages and cultures–Â in one form or another we all have a set of sweet teeth to be […]
October 27, 2010
Skankynavia: Mushroom Hunt Fail
I love mushrooms. They’re strange, beautiful, alien creatures and usually a common motif in my own work. They are such a contrast– cute, but deadly; delicate, but powerful. I also love eating them although that happens not so commonly. In contrast to the Tokyo supermarkets being full of many different freshly wrapped shrooms ready for […]
October 20, 2010
Skankynavia: Autumn Apples of Summerbird (CPH)
Fall has reached Copenhagen, the leaves are clogging the streets, days are getting shorter and darker and my sugar addiction has reached new levels. Some say the reason why supermarkets of Scandinavia are so crowded with candy and cakes, is because the constant darkness and cold forces our bodies to require more sugar to stay […]