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5/17/2013
Follow Capital of Children on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
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5/13/2013
Watch two videos from the Scholastic Chess National Finals where 450 pupils from Jylland and Fyn competed at the checkered plates. The National Finals also had a visit from X-factor star Mohamed Ali.
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5/6/2013
The Capital of Children is set to go football crazy during the summer holidays when the ‘Laudrup & Høgh Street’ tournament hits town on Wednesday 10 July.
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4/17/2013
Playing in the national finals requires discipline and respect, even when checkmate is achieved. It is a remarkable sight to see a hall of 450 young chess-playing students in almost complete silence!
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4/8/2013
More than 700 students, parents and volunteers are preparing for a fantastic day of chess, friendship and live music at the Lalandia Billund sports hall Friday 12 April, 2013.
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4/7/2013
Circus lovers can come on a special ‘behind the scenes’ tour of Circus Dannebrog, when it visits ‘The Circus Place’ on Kærvej in Billund.
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3/11/2013
After a second place at the Danish Eurovision contest, the 19 year-old performer Mohamed Ali is giving a lunchtime concert for those attending the chess tournament.
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2/19/2013
There was a whole lot of hacking, chopping and cutting going on during this year’s winter holidays as more than 150 children became ice sculptors for the day.
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2/15/2013
Seven out of Billund Municipality’s nine schools recently participated in a scholastic chess day, an event that proved so successful the game will now be used as part of the school curriculum.
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2/1/2013
It’s a great chance to try something new in Billund. We hope the town’s children and young people will come and join the activities in the centre of town during their winter holidays.
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1/16/2013
Capital of Children Company (CoCC) was looking for an energetic and enterprising manager to help build our new Knowledge Center in Billund city center, which will consist of researchers from both home and abroad.
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12/22/2012
The Children’s Capital is set to host this year’s Education, Learning, Styles, Individual Differences, Network (ELSIN) Conference between June 18-20, 2013.
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12/21/2012
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12/11/2012
This page exists unfortunately only in Danish
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11/20/2012
The track "Children Are Children" was performed for the first time during the Convention’s birthday party at the Capital of Children.
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11/6/2012
The celebration in Billund, the Children’s Convention’s 23rd birthday party will be the largest ever in Denmark.
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11/2/2012
Capital of Children Company turned the lights out in the old Town Hall, with the corridors and hallways lit only by the glowing faces of dozens of pumpkins.
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11/1/2012
Capital of Children Company is looking forward to hosting another meeting with shop owners to exchange news and ideas about all that has taken place since the first meeting.
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10/20/2012
Billund Natten will feature many offerings. Among other things, the Old Town Hall will be decorated with hundreds of carved pumpkins with candles inside
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10/19/2012
A total of 40 children aged 6-16 from Belarus are coming to Billund during the autumn school holidays
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10/1/2012
H.M. The Queen and H.R.H. The Prince Consort were on an official visit to the Municipality of Billund on Monday, September 3, 2012
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9/13/2012
1,400 balloons were launched into the sky as Capital of Children and 900 local residents celebrated the grand opening of the Company Town Route and three new playspots
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8/29/2012
Join us at the official opening of the Company Town Route and three brand-new and exciting playspots in Billund's town center
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7/26/2012
180 scouts from Billund municipality are currently telling participants at a large scout camp about the Capital of Children.
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6/26/2012
Twenty children from Billund created seven unique cartoons at a recent animated film festival
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6/15/2012
Citizens ignored a national football team match and chose instead to hear our news and come with great ideas of their own.
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6/12/2012
The retailers in Billund have lots of great ideas for making their stores child-friendly.
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5/25/2012
Come and hear how development of Billund into the Capital of Children is progressing
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5/24/2012
The Board of Directors has decided to nominate Michael Hjortlund to the chair.
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5/7/2012
180 scouts from different scout groups in Billund Municipality will represent Capital of Children when they take part with 35,000 other scouts in this summer's international jamboree
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4/23/2012
At Capital of Children we listen to what children have to say and Capital of Children will set up a Children's Council with pupils from schools in Billund Municipality.
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3/2/2012
Capital of Children Company has got off to a great start. CEO Mette Thybo has begun her tour of the schools, childcare institutions and companies in Billund Municipality
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2/8/2012
Mette Thybo, CEO of Capital of Children Company, has unveiled the Capital of Children logo. The logo reflects the project's colossal ambitions and local anchorage.
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12/22/2011
Together Billund Municipality and the LEGO Foundation have appointed Mette Thybo (50) CEO of Capital for Children Company. She will begin work on 10 January 2012.
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12/12/2011
In a joint feature, Ib Kristensen, mayor of Billund Municipality, and Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, Chairman of the LEGO Foundation, describe their vision to make Billund the Capital of Children, the children's capital city.
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