January 15, 2005 saw the opening of the Copenhagen Opera house at Dokøen in the Copenhagen Harbour.

Just a few of the world-famous people and products that originated in Denmark.

The Danes have a word that's hard to translate, and no foreigner can hope to pronounce, but it's as Danish as pork roast and cold beer. It's hygge, and it goes far in illuminating the Danish soul.
The closest we can come phonetically is "hooga," if we try forming our mouths for "ee" while saying "oo." It doesn’t translate directly into any other language but we can illustrate it in action.

Radisson SAS Royal Hotel was created by the architect Arne Jacobsen whose 100th birthday was celebrated intensively during all of 2002. The architect created the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen as his "Gesamtwerk" - example of an all-encompassing design idea.

Culturally speaking, Denmark has been scurrying after other countries for a number of years. Now, however, it seems that a feeling of national pride has once more emerged among many Danish initiators. No longer are people looking over their shoulder at New York, Paris, London or Stockholm... not all that much, at any rate! Instead, the gaze has been turned inwards - and this searching for something which is nationally distinctive has caused originality to blossom once again. This applies to architecture, design and art craft, where Denmark already has a proud tradition. But also within such areas as clothes design, the visual arts and gastronomy Danes are making their mark on the international stage.