Nakskov 1:50

For many years Nakskov was known as one of Denmark’s ‘reddest’ towns. The shipyard and sugar factory defined the town's identity and Nakskov was in many ways an ideal model for a modern town in the welfare state of Denmark. So much so, in fact, that Matilda Mester literal-ly analyses Nakskov as a miniature version of how the relationship between province, politics and proletariat has changed over the years, inspired by the miniature model of the sugar facto-ry that the retired workers enjoy making in their spare time. The result is a loving and attentive local history portrait of a city and the people who have shaped it over the years.