Creative Copenhagen
I’ll shift from our communications focus slightly to share a bit of news that’s made me extremely happy.
As a newcomer to Copenhagen (I’ve been here ten months now) I’m constantly looking for new entertainment and - for better or for worse - find myself comparing Copenhagen to other big cities I’ve lived in: London, Boston, Paris, Washington DC, Moscow.
You can imagine my thrill, then, when I discovered that Copenhagen has reached top-cosmopolitan status! That’s right - it’s now right up there with Paris and Milan. How did this happen? Apparently, in large part due to creative newcomers from abroad. It’s nice to think of Eye for Image’s staff as fitting into this category that’s helping Copenhagen get in a positive global spotlight.
An excerpt from Creative minds are flocking to Copenhagen: “Copenhagen has become a magnet for the creative class e.g. engineers, doctors, designers, researchers and programmers, who are flocking to the Danish capital like never before.”
The article quotes Mark Lorentzen from Copenhagen Business School who argues: “The change in Copenhagen has been tremendous. The capital is now in a class with cities like Milan, London and New York. Highly trained, creative people choose between these cities, and to them Copenhagen has become a place where they would like to live.”
Now I’m even more committed to discovering the creative gems this city holds. After all, the status is recently acquired, so there aren’t as much in-your-face marketing to promote social events as in cities that have had this status for ages. But I think that even in my short time here, there’s been a shift towards an ambiance that resembles other tourism and creativity magnets.
What do you think - is this status award long overdue? Or is Copenhagen still lagging a bit behind the Londons and New Yorks of the world? And finally, do you think the creative class in Copenhagen really is growing? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
