
Coworking blog


PAU Barcelona visits Republikken
PAU Barcelona visited Republikken: A Creative Hub in the Heart of Spain’s Coworking Scene, and our Twin in European Creative Hubs Network. The co-working industry has seen remarkable growth and transformation over the years, with Barcelona, Spain, emerging as a…

How co-working equals stability when everything else is changing
Going under the radar for a couple of years Fiona emerged at Community Breakfast and shared a story that most can relate to. A Scots-woman to the roots Fiona brought Scottish whisky for Community Breakfast which kind of states that…

When personal freedom kicks powerpoints to the curb a new life begins
Moving up in the corporate hieracy Bob Massarczyk realised that doing PowerPoints 80 percent of the time was not what he wanted for himself anymore. Bob Massarczy is freelance web engineer and loves his job. With his big round piercings he…

Killing your darlings and leaping when the time is right –The case and journey of Stilleben
By Helena Trampe “Republikken Talks” explores how entrepreneurs and businesses can overcome, modify and comply with the restrictions a pandemic releases. “Republikken Talks” asked Stilleben to share how they got through Covid-19 and how they aspire to keep shop in…

Bloom, from being in the spotlight two days a year to becoming a 356 days experience
“Republikken Talks” examines and shares how different businesses and entrepreneurs overcome and adapt to a world post the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. From Bloom — festival on science and ideas — festival leader Svante Lindeburg discussed the positive impact Covid-19 had…

More than a festival, Metal giant Copenhell expands out of lockdown
2020 was hard for most businesses due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many had to adapt, some had to close, and others had to reinvent themselves. But what if your business is a four-day music festival, which only takes place once…

Using Expertise Beyond the Festival Site — The Case of Roskilde Festival
By Yoko Inoue The largest music festival in Denmark, Roskilde Festival, maybe one of the businesses hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the event’s cancellation made fans and volunteers hang their heads, the organizers had to find a way…

Finding Talents that I Didn’t Know I Had — The case of Kile Kommunikation
By Yoko Inoue Kile Kommunikation is one of those small companies that suddenly lost their income source when the pandemic hit. But Rebekka Knudsen, Founder of Kile Kommunikation, used the occasion as a time for reflection and managed to create…

Challenge Turned into a Great Change — The Case of Blue Lobster
By Yoko Inoue — a Republikken member On September 2, we hosted the first round of “Republikken Talk”, a series of talks where 10 selected people would share how they have been responding to the pandemic by rethinking their business…

How did you survive the COVID-pandemic? Case of Gehl Architects
By Yoko Inoue — a Republikken member Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, businesses around the world were forced to adapt to the new normal. As Republikken values sharing knowledge to support the growth of people and companies, we…

The Value of Republikken’s Community
When I started my company in January I knew I needed to find a place to work away from home, which the Corona Crisis has proved on multiple levels since. But after being at Republikken for six months, my reasons…

People with a Passion: Monique Hartmann
Tell us about your work For the past 30 years, I have worked as a psychologist specializing in personal development. I have helped companies, municipalities, hospitals and NGOs improve their working environments, mainly through leadership training. I would choose the…

People with a Passion: Elliot Frost
Tell us about your work I am a freelance copywriter working for a digital marketing company based in London. What I do mainly is content marketing for various companies in IT, finance, AI, construction, food, e.t.c. It involves lots of…

People with a Passion: Charlotte Rønje
Tell us about your work My company’s name, JamiiPay, means “community pay” in Swahili. We are a fintech company offering digital platform and app, which registers people’s saving activities in Ethiopia. The purpose is to create their credit histories so…

People with a Passion: Yoko Inoue
I was once a journalist for a Japanese newspaper. In 2015, I was a foreign correspondent in Washington D.C. Very exciting days, but then, I found out that I was pregnant. My Danish husband insisted to move to work-life-balance heaven—Denmark.…

People with a Passion: Agnete Bjerre-Madsen
Tell us about your work I am the founder of Moons and Junes, an underwear brand under the tagline; “No underwire, no padding, no BS”. We underestimate how many women compromise their comfort and health for these underwires. For many…

People with a Passion: Troels Plenge
Tell us about your work I love to work on projects where I meet other people and I find our values are aligned. I spend most of my time working on co-creating ideas and building things with lots of different…

People with a Passion: Jim Forrest
Tell us about your work I’m a digital strategist representing a major app design and development studio of 250 people based in Silicon Valley East, U.S.A.. We have offices in Boston, New York, Chicago and Houston, and now a satellite…