Forget about trying to pronounce anything in Danish 'cos it will invariably sound nothing like what it is meant to. But that's ok, because the locals all understand and speak English and can usually work out what you are looking for. We arrived here on a Saturday morning and were delighted to learn that the Copenhagen Jazz Festival was in "full swing". Bigger names, like Branford Marsalis, were playing in the larger indoor venues, but the general public could listen to trad, modern, dixie, cool jazz bands at various squares during the day and evening. Mainly folks our age and older eating and drinking or just standing around listening - good atmosphere and entertainment. Running parallel to the Jazz festival, on the weekend, was the Roskilde music festival for the younger set - we saw some
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