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Private-equity pastry and the decline of bodegas: How Denmark is changing

Published: May 31, 2015, 12:22 p.m.

Every country changes, and so does Denmark. When I hold\xa0How to Live in Denmark events, people often ask me how Denmark is changing, or has changed since I got here fifteen years ago. I could name a hundred things, but the first one that always comes to mind is food and drink.

Shotglasses are out, snaps and\xa0Gammel Dansk\xa0is out, fine wine (almost always bought on sale at the supermarket) is in.

The small food stores that used to be on every corner in Denmark \u2013 the \u2018p\xe5l\xe6g\u2019 or sausage shop, the fish shop, the dairy shop \u2013 are out. There used to be an odd type of Danish store called a\xa0kolonial, which sold canned goods and dry goods, basically stuff from the old Danish colonies in Africa, India and the Caribbean.

That\u2019s out too. Supermarkets are in.