Copenhagen Blog Posts

Dispatch Copenhagen: Pride in pictures

August 2, 2009 / No Comments



Paul Brummitt, GayCities Copenhagen editor, has been blogging from World OutGames, and taking great photos of everything from the swimming competition to the triathelon to cute cops & boys kissing at Copenhagen Pride. Here’s a sampling of his pictures of all the goings on, which turned Copenhagen fro sleepy capital city to one massive international gay party.

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Out on the town: A Waterpolo player’s Copenhagen

July 30, 2009 / No Comments



GayCities Copenhagen editor Paul Brummitt, doing double duty all week as an announcer at World Outgames swimming competition, met up with 28-year old graphic designer Morten, a star waterpolo player, to get the inside scoop on his hometown, Copenhagen and all things aqua. Despite not having even played waterpolo until last September, Morten is now [...]

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Dispatch Copenhagen: World Outgames gets busy

July 29, 2009 / No Comments



Paul Brummitt, GayCities Copenhagen editor, is blogging from World OutGames, through this weekend in the great Northern European city. He is serving as an announcer for swimming competitions.
Just one little story of many in this amazing event called Outgames: A Dutch swimmer, Robert Weyhenke, got disqualified and I was the announcer who read it out. He [...]

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Out on the town: Triathlete Søren Larsen’s Copenhagen

July 28, 2009 / No Comments



GayCities editor Paul Brummitt, serving as a swim official at World Outgames this week, interviewed fellow triathlete Søren Larsen, who’ll be celebrating his 30th birthday in Copenhagen Aqua Arena during World Outgames. The birthday boy was kind enough to share his take on training for the Outgames, and how to have fun in the great [...]

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Dispatch Copenhagen: Outgames opening ceremony

July 27, 2009 / 1 Comment



GayCities Copenhagen editor Paul Brummitt is blogging this week about Outgames, which runs through the weekend.
The opening ceremony in front of city hall was amazing, with all the participants parading in across a long catwalk by country. An official bouquet was presented to Axel Axgil, the surviving half of the world’s first registered same-sex partnership, which [...]

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Out in Copenhagen & San Francisco with Kien Tran

July 23, 2009 / 3 Comments



This is the first of several Q & As with athletes competing in World OutGames, July 24 to August 2 in Copenhagen
Name: Kien Tran
Home: Castro, San Francisco
Hails from: Michigan
Relationship Status: Single 
Favorite City: San Francisco
Spotted on a typical SF Friday night: Moby Dick bar shooting pool
Sports: Softball, track & field-training for 100, 200, 400 and 800 [...]

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Out on the town: Paul Brummitt’s Copenhagen

July 23, 2009 / 1 Comment



 
 
GayCities Copenhagen editor, Paul Brummitt, has had a tough month already. While training for a triathlon–the 1/10 ironman at the World OutGames–he crashed his bike, breaking his wrist. Peeling himself off the road, he biked ten miles, balancing with one arm, to the nearest emergency room. “Must have been the adrenaline,” the British ex-pat writes from his [...]

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