This article originally appeared on VICE Denmark
When the first rays of sunshine reach Copenhagen halfway through April and the temperature reaches highs like 16°C, the same thing happens every year: the streets fill with white bellies over khaki shorts and white socks in sandals, making their way to the beaches and fields along the Lakes in Copenhagen.
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But we’re deep into August now, so soon the Danes will have to wait for almost a year before the city is once again filled with the scent of after-sun lotion on skin turned a deep and painful shade of red. To celebrate the last days of Danish summer, photographer Sarah Buthmann went out with her analogue camera to document some sweaty Danes during a heatwave.
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