A tiny church in Denmark celebrates community and coziness within 12 walls — one for each apostle

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The latest addition to the Copenhagen skyline is a tall, 12-sided wooden building proudly bearing the sign 'Denmark's First Tiny Church .'
The 76-square-meter (818-square-foot) construction was unveiled Sunday in the Nordhavn — 'North Harbor' — district on the outskirts of Copenhagen. After months of construction, it's now an outpost of the local Evangelical-Lutheran Hans Egedes Church.

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