Prince Frederik is now King Frederik as the Queen stepped down early this year... Robe Trotting have ALOT of good content about denmark so keep watching :)
As a Norwegian, I'm quite envious of all the stunning architecture (especially all the castles), parks, avenues, etc. Yes, we have gorgeous nature over here, but the "human made" outdoor stuff in Denmark is unrivaled.
And i envy your nature more than anything, I'm an outdoorsy person and it's getting difficult finding new places here to explore 😂.. And I do think that Oslo have some great architecture as well...😊
@@CPHLiving21 Agreed, I travel to Norway sometimes just to get that nature, haha... It is my favorite place (apart from The Faroe Islands, of course).... LOVE Norway
I have heard other people say this, but it always astounds me. How can you be surprised that there are beaches in Denmark? I can think of nothing more Danish than a sandy beach. They are everywhere.
I guess many people, who may think of the Scandinavian countries as very similar to each other, will just imagine the Danish coastline looks the same as the images they may have seen of the Norwegian fjords or even the Swedish rocky islands?
Well, if we are talking about famous Danish actors, then obviously Mads Mikkelsen and his brother Lars Mikkelsen ( Grand Admiral Thrawn, but also known from The Witcher, Sherlock and as the Russian president in House of Cards), just as the highest paid actress in Hollywood Scarlett Johansson is a Danish-American citizen and likewise Viggo Mortensen, Connie Nielsen (The Devil's Advocate, Rushmore, Mission to Mars, Gladiator, One Hour Photo and Queen Hippolyta in the DC superhero films Wonder Woman and Justice League among plenty of other films), Jesper Christensen (the Spectre villain Mr. White who survive to be in 3 James Bond movies and get to bump off Mads Mikkelsen), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (the assassin Mr. Gray who keep trying to bump off Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons), Amanda Collin ('Mother' in the HBO Sci-Fi series Raised by Wolves), Claes Bang (The Northman and as Count Dracula in the 2020 TV series Dracula) and so the list goes on.
They glassed pretty quick over famous Danes. I could mention Mads Mikkelsen, Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), Viggo Mortensen, all actors, Lars Ulrich (Metallica founder and drummer), Victor Borge, Leslie Nielsen (comedians), Hans Christian Ørsted (discovered electromagnetism), Ole Rømer (discovered the speed of light), Tycho Brahe (revolutionized astronomy) and many more.
The Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen invented the tape recorder - in c. 1899? - an early version using steel wire instead of plastic tape with magnetiseable particles - for obvious reasons.
what i love the most, is to see 2 guys not born Danish, talking so proudly about my contry. thanks, and i have seen a lot of the videos they have put out on youtupe, nice guys
To be honest, as a Swede, i would recomend Denmark more than Sweden. Why? More relaxed atmosphere, while Sweden is a more highspeed working type of society and people are a bit cold during workhours, Denmark has a more relaxed feel to it. The food and beer is also better in my opinion. And its a bit more south so the climate is a bit more stable. Sweden is better for winter in the north (Southern Sweden only has rain during winter) Denmark is better in the summer.
Yeah, if someone is looking for a white xmas, there's a much greater chance amongst our more northern brothers. Statistically, our chance is 7% iirc. And the reason we have so many beaches is because we have no mountains, apart from on the island of Bornholm. Edit: our weather resembles that of the UK much more, because of the gulf stream, and lack of larger land masses.
@@dgh25 😄 costa Kalundborg... especially this particular week... we haven't had this kind of late summer for almost 80 years. But have to say that this is not normal.
@@darkheart9044 true, true... but Norway and Sweden also have lots of coast, but a rather large amount of it is either cliffs or rather rocky "beaches"... the coastline of DK is much more sandy.
The English Royal family has danish influence all the way back to its begining. William the conquer 1066 was of danish heritage ( his Norman father & grandfather identified themselves as Danes ) and even in current time - Queen Elizabeth’s husbond - Prince Phillip was a danish Prince.
@@frankhermansen243 Yes, and Rollo came from Normandy. The part of France nordic vikings got for not causing trouble in the rest of France. Normandy means "Les Normands" - people from the North.
@@lonejensen5798 yes the france king convinced him to join after paris had been set on fire, and he got the coast parts (normandie) so the vikings wouldn't attack through the rivers again.
This video is a bit outdated. Queen Margrethe II abdicated on 14 Jan of this year after exactly 52 years on the throne so Frederik X is now the King of Denmark.
Wienerbrød/Danish pastry is a Danish invention. In Vienna, they call it a Kopenhagener. What got imported from Austria was the croissant, which was invented in Vienna. It got adjusted to Danish taste in Denmark, by adding sugar and more butter. And by adding jam, custard or frosting.
@@klausolekristiansen2960 or marzipan in the croissant 🥐 like 7-11 have/had not sure if they still do, haven't been in one for years now. But that one was sooo gooooood 🤤😂
Well, its a truth, but not a complete one. It WAS the Viennese bakers who opened up Denmark to sugared bread with such things as marzipan and iced glazing and the like, jam probably being a Danish addition to that new thought and easily adopted by the new bakers. Note that these socalled Kopenhageners all have jam in them. Before they came, making any kind of sweet cakes or bread was virtually unknown in Denmark. I understand your pride in Denmark, being one myself, but it is a fact that cannot be disputed that the sweet types of bread were ushered into the common Danish contience and liking by the Viennese bakers during the bakers strike.
fun fact in Austria Danishes are called "Dausher plunder" or "Kopenhagener plunder" so Austrians don't agree it's an Austrian thing they see it as a Danish thing, yet you constant see Danes and others tell the story about how it's not a Danish thing, the corret way to explain it is that the Austrian bakers made a certain kind of bread made by very thin layers of dough with butter in between , similar to the dough of a croissant , we don't know if they stuffed it with anything, when the Austrian bakers left people kept asking for them, and then Danish bakers started to make pastries that way and it developed from there into different pastries , so more like a cooperation between the Austrian way and the Danish that explains why you can't get them in Austria and if you find something similar they call it Copenhagener or Danisher
Not exactly thousands. To be EXACT, Denmark comprises of 1419 islands, 443 of them are are named, and "only" 78 of them are inhabited. Fyn, Sjælland and Amager are all part of the named islands.
Frederik is now King Frederik X. And Queen Mary a peasant - 🤣🤣🤣 Re gay marriage: the first couple to get married was two elderly men who combined their names Axel and Eigil to a new sur name Axgil. Before the wedding they had been together for 40 years (that's a long engagement 😊)
Both our countries have King's now, how strange lol! That's so lovely. If they were already a elderly gay couple, they must have lived through the most troubling times.
@@dwaynesviewmost people in denmark has always been pretty liberal about gays, the law not so much, but the commons didnt care as long you was low key about it.
Dane here and they are a little wrong on some things, but in general a good information video. What goes the end about alcohol we do have check when people needs to buy alcohol or cigarettes. You need to be 16 to buy beer or wine and 18 to buy stronger stuff. What goes for your comment of us being more like Britain than Norway/Sweden I disagree though you could look into history back to the viking age and see how big an influence we had on Britain and that will explain some of your thoughts for sure :D
@@heinedenmark Danes are always drunk, hardly an excuse. They negotiated and decided to follow the equidistance principle for maritime boundary. A perfectly normal practise between nations. So, nothing was given.
Mike and Derek are a great source of tidbits about Denmark, in English, with the perspective of a couple of Americans moving here to live and work. They live in Copenhagen, so they've had plenty of time to figure out what is worth a visit. And they're quite thorough when it comes to research/history, I think when they skip some details, it's simply to keep their videos more RUclips friendly. Oh, and Mike is better at pronunciations than Derek 😋 but at least he's trying. I follow them for the perspectives, as I'm a native in Denmark. And they're good at making interesting content.
@@stellabogfeldt yeah, I follow them too, they provide a more family focused perspective. And since they started out as a travel-vlog, they're showing more of the Denmark that's not Copenhagen. And when they finally go to show something, like how our taxes work, they go to great lengths to explain. They're not the same "compact format" as Derek and Mike, some may not have the patience for that. But yeah, a lovely family, also providing another American perspective on Denmark. And of course Maya speaks Danish well, she started in Danish school in 7th grade I think it was, now she's ready for uni, if that's what she wants.
@@BenjaminVestergaard I never compared them to Derek and Mike at all, for a reason, they aren't the same or provide the same contents. I only wrote what I have seen about them and asked if you had seen them 🙈🤭 So no comparison on the two channels at all. And just coz Maya started in the Danish school in 7th grade doest mean that she would be good at Danish, that also has to do with her will and commitment to learn. Just like het mom is okay, but her dad isn't that good coz he doesn't have to speak Danish at his work place. So I think Maya has done great and she passed her Collage with 12 highest grades possible and she did talk about going to uni, just don't remember what she wants to study tho. And you mentioned something that made me giggle a bit, you made it sound that if you like Traveling Young that maybe Derek and Mike would be the same people's cup of tea 🤭🤭 But the difference is exactly why you can follow both, coz it's not the same content 😁 I know what you meant, it just sounded a bit like I just wrote 😉 I hope you have a lovely day.🌹
@@stellabogfeldt aw I'm not dismissing Maya's achievement, it's very well done, expecially as the old folks at home can't correct her (as in "that doesn't sound right"). I just meant that it helps to be young and surrounded by native speakers, while also having classes 3-4 days a week. Miranda does very well on pronunciation for sure, but I haven't heard her put a longer sentence together. Josh doesn't need it much, I can totally understand if he doesn't do more than necessary 🙂 Most educated jobs in DK doesn't care about Danish, unless you have customer contact or have strict rules written in Danish, such as foodstuff regulations. My own opinion is that if you're fluent enough in English, don't worry so much about your Danish, and certainly not about pronunciation. Yeah 😄 maybe I made it sound like you can't be interested in both... that wasn't my intention. As a Dane that has travelled quite a bit, I got interested in what foreigners really think of DK, and English speaking immigrants are the easiest for me to understand. All I meant is that the Robetrotters put an effort into serving bite sized vids with more tempo than the Youngs, people with a shorter attention span may prefer that format. The Youngs, on the other hand, is more likely to have a live table talk from home, or try to livestream from Tivoli. That's closer to the slow-tv genre. For that the Robetrotters have a more organised podcast, which is also worth a watch. Anyway I love both channels, and I remember that they all have appeared on both channels, they know about each other. 😊 also wishing you a lovely day of course.
A lot of these facts surprised me as well. As a Swede, I obviously knew a few of them, having visited Denmark a bunch of times, but not all. I've actually never been to Copenhagen, living in Gothenburg it is easier for me to take the ferry to Fredrikshavn (in northern Denmark, Copenhagen is in the south), but going there for Pride is now on my bucket list.
Gråbrødretorv (Grey Brothers Square) is prnounced more like "gruh brir thre torw". Frederik is king now, Margrethe passed the throne recently. "Bakken" just means "the hill" "Centralhjørnet" means "Central Corner", and I heard that it is supposed to be a joke name, bc a corner is usually not a center.
I don't usually comment but finding out you were gay after feeling you seem very genuine and open minded about everything you watch made me wanna comment and just say you seem like such a wholesome man to hang around with With that being said I just gotta say I appriciate you, much love from Umeå, Sweden
We have a french employee in our company, who learned fluent danish in less than a year, i always take him as a standard for how dedicated you should be, if you move to another country on a permanent basis.
Did you really say that “they have beaches in Denmark?”. Almost every country has beaches, except for the countries surrounded by other countries of course.
It is probably the distance to a beach that is interesting. Denmark is a country of mostly small islands, so no one lives more than 52 km from the sea.
Fun to hear you say, Denmark is actually a lot closer to Britain than you thought. So true man! Danes and Brits share the same dark sarkastic humour, that is often troublesome for other ppls to fully comprehend. Swedes are the orderly Scandinavians (read The Germans). Norway are the funny Scandics - bordering silly. Danes are just bunkers man! We're raving bunkers. Give us a shout, when you go to CPH. Will happily show you places and stuff. Greetings from CPH...
Hello! I have been to England many times. I Love England. Especially the countryside and all the little villages and pubs. Also love London which I think is a big city with many small villages (neighborhoods). You have preserved all the old houses and made them modern in the inside. I think Denmark is a lot like England. Many people actually say that. I live in Sweden but like to go to Denmark as it is not far from where I live. 2.5 hours by train and you are in Copenhagen. I think you will love Denmark. What is special about Denmark and food are various small sandwiches (It's called Smörrebröd). Eat it with a "Tuborg" and "En lille en" That is, a beer and a schnapps Have fun in Denmark.
Denmark was also the first country in the world to legalize pornography. 😅 First time watching your vids - and damn you are easy on the eyes and ears. I like that you listen instead of talking all the time as some do. And you are right there are many similarities between the UK and Denmark - even the humour is the same... So come visit us. We'd love to see you make a video about your Danish experience...
Well copenhagen is called the Capital of scandinavien ( sweeden , norway and denmark) . In summertime it’s filled with drunk sweedish and norwigens 😂😂 and they are very welcome . ❤ so are you. Disney was inspired of Tivoli ( he loved it ) and created Disneyland from the inspiration 😊 that you did’nt know 😂😂❤❤🇩🇰🇩🇰🍻🍻
Rosenborg slot is truely very beautiful. I am danish and pass by Rosenborg castle everyday on my way to school, ill never find it boring to look at! Another thing... Not getting asked for ID would be a lie, Ive been asked for ID plenty of times. I feel like they are guessing our age at this point lol. Cause they dont ask for ID from my friends, they appear older than me, when infact im 2 years older.
Also our princesses are both foreigners but they dont speak a little bit better, thats an insult. The Americans in Denmark that i know would need to live in Denmark for 200 years to sound anywhere near what Mary or Marie does. They're closer to Sandi Toksvig from QI thanthese guys. Sandi is not the only dane in England thats well known, you had a guy on Antiques roadshow in the 90s, he was just like a dane as well. Both have kept their danish alive whilst living in England, i did the same with English when moving to Denmark.
Danish pastries evolved from Vienesse pastry, and so visiting Wien, you´ll find it hard to find the comparison today. Same goes for the Wienerschnitzel and Wiener-sausage.
My own long description short of Denmark is that it’s a simpler version of England; only we drink coffee instead of tea (and sometimes even at the oddest times, day or night).
Yes Denmark and UK is very similar in a lot of ways. Much of english is actually old norse, like cow (ko) is norse and beef (boef) is french. But especially I think about english influence during and after WW2, where everything was inspired from the UK/US culture (not like before WW2, where it was inspired by Germany).
Derek and his Husband Michael have been living in CPH now, for 7 years. There Danish has improved 😀 Born and mostly raised in CPH, these two guys taught me a lot about my own City and our History! There research is top notch ! I've checked ! He said in the "EU". Norway is not part of the EU ! Yes! The UK was the largest producer of Oil in the EU, before Brexit! Dude..., come on 🤣 ! You should have been taught much of this in School.....☺! I do like your react though 👍❤ 👍 !!
Our beaches are beautiful and it actually can get just as warm in Denmark as in the south (France, Italy etc) especially in may, june and august. It gets hot in july too, but the last few years it’s rained alot so for anyone considering visiting our country in july, you had better bring swimwear AND an umbrella😁
"u have beaches in Denmark? i didnt know that" Denmark only has 0.2% of it's border being land, the part connecting Denmark to Germany, with the last 99.8% being water, so yeah, we have beaches... in fact, we have so many beaches, u can take every single person living in Denmark, and they can have a 1 meter wide beach space for your self, from where the water starts, to wherever it ends inland... small correction to the Danish pastries... Danish and Austrian bakers came together, when they all came to Denmark, taking the best they had, and mixed it with the best we had, making the Danish pastery what it is today, but we call the base dough that we use for most of it, 'vinerbrød', translation, Vienna bread, but in Austria, after they came back home, they took the base bread with them, and called it 'Kopenhagener plunder', translation, Copenhagen bread, so we honour their help to us, by naming the bread after their Capital, and they honour our help to them, by naming their bread after our Capital... the Danish flag, is the oldest continuous flag in the world, not the oldest over all...
Some call us the "Latinos" of Scandinavia/The Nordics. But we are much closer, culturally with the Nordics than the south - we are not loud in public (unless we are drunk) and we also liked it when corona ended and the 2 meter rule stopped, so we could go back to 5 meters in distance to others xD
LEGO of course is from Denmark. Been to Legoland with amazing Lego buildings, astles and many other things. An amusement park too. The most famous danish musician is Lars Ulrich of Metallica.
There are alot of similarities between Britain and Denmark. Maybe it’s not do surprising considering all the vikings that first raided, then settled in Britain. Lot’s of english words, road names and such are actually danish words🇩🇰
@@dwaynesview True, the Norwegians mainly settled in Ireland and Scotland but there were Danes in Ireland as well from around 849 Ad and they came as conquers. The Danes back then was much more organized compared to the Norwgians, raising large armies in which there would obviously also have been both Norwegians and Sweds as there was ties (for good and wores) across Scandinavia, but Denmark was the "political powerhouse" at that time.
Once Denmark owned Sweden and Norway and England, but at one time pledged to German Barons.... but we got it back. We have a lot of British brotherhood and I'm so sorry Brexit put a big gap between our brothers and sisters on the British isles. Please come and visit us, I believe you'll love it. Have you heard of the Danelaw in your history lessons? Our languages are very similar and a lot of places in England have Danish origins.... Welcome to Denmark brother🤗
As a Dane I can say that their pronunciation is actually good. Many people have a hard time pronouncing Danish words, but It can be done better than they do. If you ever go to Denmark, make sure to do your homework. The video is 3 years old, so some of the comments about modern day isn't true anymore, plus there is a lot to learn about Denmark. They only cover like 5% of the interesting facts about Denmark. Just wanted to correct you on what you said at 19:06 Denmark has a age restriction on buying alcohol same with cigarettes. But many sellers are bad at checking id. You can't just buy it.(According to the law) Btw. the fact that many people don't know that Lego is from Denmark, annoys many Danes. It also annoys many Danes that people say that the plural of Lego is Logos, even though it's Lego (One Lego, more Lego).
Jeg må skrive på dansk - men disse videoer har fortalt mig at LEGO kommer af Leg Godt - - Jeg har altid troet at LEGO var latin for Jeg Leger - - kan du gøre mig klogere??
@@anne-mariesindruprix4792 navnet LEGO kommer fra leg godt, vil anbefale dig at se videoen LEGO Historien. Bare søg her på RUclips og der burde være en video uploadet af LEGO Gruppens officielle RUclips kanal.
The UK? haha we ruled the UK before it became a kingdom infact it was because of Danish Vikings breaking the smaller kingdoms within england that made it possible to unite all the UK. They are supposed to check the age before selling the alcohol 16 for light alcohol and 18 for hard alcohol but rarely is it controlled as young people just get a buyer if they are denied. You should properly watch a video on the Danelaw when Danes set up shop in UK
Their video is very generalizing, and clearly made by someone who lives in Copenhagen (København) or Zealand (Sjælland). In West Jutland (Vestjylland) we typically don't go to the beach - it's very cold and windy, maybe there are two good days a year, but we rarely go out there. Their Danish is not very good - and yes, part of the reason I say that is that we Danes are very critical of people who speak our language. The sentence he said at the beginning was okay and I understood him, but other words I needed the subtitles to understand what he said. We are quite hysterical when it comes to language, and constantly correct each other, so I don't write it to be mean, but in order for me to say that someone is good at Danish, it must sound pretty close to a native speaker. (sorry if it sounds mean - trying to be honest) I have always had the winter bath - and maybe know one or two who have tried it - so no, not a HUGE one of Danish culture. I'm still quite surprised that people don't know Lego is Danish, but more that other countries have it to. I don't want to comment on it all, but I will say; It makes me quite angry how they make it sound quite different from the rest of the country, but hey, if you want the same experiences they are talking about, Copenhagen is my best bet. I think this dane is better to tell about how it is in Denmark: ruclips.net/user/shortsHiLqAH-bvk4?si=N6dH2i-if3fRLW18 (this is a short) he explains the culture better if I may say so.
You have to make two trips Dwayne to Copenhagen - winter and summer. In the winter, You have to try Gløgg in Centralhjørnet. A spicy hot wine, with a lot of alcohol 😁 In the summer, you buy some lunch and wine or beer and go eat by the harbour or in a park.
Hahaha, I was in the navy as a young conscript, and I got picked for NCO school a few months into my service. So, to celebrate the last day with my buddies, we went to town in Copenhagen, and I was in uniform (the typical sailors galla dress) and I remember waking up in front of another gay bar, where a couple of guys were hanging out of the window and making gestures and inviting us inside. Now, I don't mind that people are gay or what they have of sexual preference, but I did sober up quite fast that morning and went back to the base with a funny story to share.
Similarities to England... I'd say that to me it's probably the sense of humour. Most Danes doves sarcasm and dark humour - it's no surprise that "Faulty Towers" was really big here - seems we very much laughter of the same things
Thanks for the great presentation of my country. I can tell you that Viggo Mortensen, Connie Nielsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Sven-Ole Thorsen and Scarlett Johansson are also Danes. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is also known for her beautiful decoupages. She has chosen to step down as reigning Queen and her son King Frederik the 10th of Denmark is now regent.
If you want to see the decoupages , you must see the movie "Ehrengaard" - she co-produced it and made the costumes - our former Queen. She also illustrated the Danish book-versions of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" under the name INGAHILD GRATHMER - Dronning Margrethe II of Denmark.
It's quite a stretch to call Scarlett Johansson "danish". She is US born, has NEVER lived in Denmark and have never SPOKEN danish. She's as danish as the americans who claims to be Irish because their ancestors emigrated from ireland during the potato famine.
Yeah the Kingdom bit - England pretty much became a Kingdom effectively to strengthen by uniting to be able to defeat the invading Viking Kings that they were paying fortunes to in protection money to. The various small "Kingdoms" that were on the island couldn't defeat them alone, while still fighting amongst themselves and having one side join the Danes to defeat their neighbours etc.
Hi, I'm from Denmark so I can answer your question about the little mermaid. Yes, the little mermaid is Danish, the film comes from Hans C Andersen's fairy tale. Another funny thing we Danes do. We don't fly our flag after sunset, as that means flying for the devil. So every day people take their flags down and up again at sunrise.❤
Denmark was the original colonial oppressor, having colonies spread from north America to India. Centuries before the British Empire. All the other Nordic countries once broke their shackles and liberated themselves from the Danish yoke. Iceland was the most recent, about a generation ago.
the only law on alcohol in denmark is that you are not allowed to buy alcohol under the age of 16 for alcohol under 16,5% and anything above that you need to be 18, you also arent allowed to buy alcohol for underage people. so you can drink alcohol at any age, but not buy it
The wienerbrød may origins may be from veinna but most of the stuff made today and called a danish is from here and not back in vienna. Also Tivoli gardens is the second oldest not 3rd 😅
As a Dane I can say that, they might not nail the pronounciation, then I personally find it funny in a sweet way, when folks try to speak our gutteral language. But, I can highly recommend you to come visit us. We'll welcome you with open arms. :)
I don't think that guy could have found a placce in Copenhagen with a harder name to pronounce than Gråbrødre Torv. Yes he did not even come close, but hats off for trying.
Hi, I have seen some of their videos and I, as a Dane, think they are doing a good job. As to their pronunciation in Danish are ok, but the Danish language is hard get right as a foreigner. Many Danes enjoy themselves with foreigners who try to speak Danish and come up with the classic Danish language tests: "Rødgrød med følde" translated: Red porridge with cream. You pas the test if Danes isn't laughing their asses off. ;D
By that, Norway isn't a Part of the EU, and that is why, as Norway Produces much, much more Oil and Gas than Denmark! Norway only has joined The Schengen Border-deal, which allowes Free Internal Traffic and has a Trade Deal with the EU. But in the "Kingdom of the Blind", the One-Eyed is King, and that is why Denmark wins with a very moderate production of Oil and Gas! It was the Border and internal, Free Trade that Britain decided to leave, and make their own Rules! But what they sell to the EU must comply with EU Rules and most Industri in the UK can't afford just make Products for internal trade, so they still must make goods according to EU rules, and with a lot of more problems and control for Export to the EU!
Our Crown Prince, who is now King, was told by his parents, that he could not marry a Dane - not sure about the oil thing. I also think Norway is most producing
I didnt know where he was even though ive been to gråbrødre torv many times.. we rarely understand English speakers speaking danish. I follow some Americans that live in Cph and i never understand where they've been when the husband speaks.... But English speakers are alwas 99% wrong when trying to pronounce danish words.. but how can we not have the oldest kingdom when we have a longer history than most places ? The flag is the oldest as well...
Prince Frederik is now
King Frederik as the Queen stepped down early this year... Robe Trotting have ALOT of good content about denmark so keep watching :)
As a Norwegian, I'm quite envious of all the stunning architecture (especially all the castles), parks, avenues, etc. Yes, we have gorgeous nature over here, but the "human made" outdoor stuff in Denmark is unrivaled.
I love that, cause as a Dane I envy you the Norwegian nature.
Bergen is gorgeous though! And I think all your mountains weigh up more than plenty for the lack of renaissance castles ehehe
And i envy your nature more than anything, I'm an outdoorsy person and it's getting difficult finding new places here to explore 😂..
And I do think that Oslo have some great architecture as well...😊
Otherwise, I thought Norway is more beautiful both in architecture and landscape (as a Dane), but thanks 🙂
@@CPHLiving21 Agreed, I travel to Norway sometimes just to get that nature, haha... It is my favorite place (apart from The Faroe Islands, of course).... LOVE Norway
I have heard other people say this, but it always astounds me. How can you be surprised that there are beaches in Denmark? I can think of nothing more Danish than a sandy beach. They are everywhere.
I guess many people, who may think of the Scandinavian countries as very similar to each other, will just imagine the Danish coastline looks the same as the images they may have seen of the Norwegian fjords or even the Swedish rocky islands?
No mountains. Tons of coast line. What's to expect? 🤣
Denmark also shares a landborder with Canada
Well, if we are talking about famous Danish actors, then obviously Mads Mikkelsen and his brother Lars Mikkelsen ( Grand Admiral Thrawn, but also known from The Witcher, Sherlock and as the Russian president in House of Cards), just as the highest paid actress in Hollywood Scarlett Johansson is a Danish-American citizen and likewise Viggo Mortensen, Connie Nielsen (The Devil's Advocate, Rushmore, Mission to Mars, Gladiator, One Hour Photo and Queen Hippolyta in the DC superhero films Wonder Woman and Justice League among plenty of other films), Jesper Christensen (the Spectre villain Mr. White who survive to be in 3 James Bond movies and get to bump off Mads Mikkelsen), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (the assassin Mr. Gray who keep trying to bump off Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons), Amanda Collin ('Mother' in the HBO Sci-Fi series Raised by Wolves), Claes Bang (The Northman and as Count Dracula in the 2020 TV series Dracula) and so the list goes on.
They glassed pretty quick over famous Danes.
I could mention Mads Mikkelsen, Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), Viggo Mortensen, all actors, Lars Ulrich (Metallica founder and drummer), Victor Borge, Leslie Nielsen (comedians), Hans Christian Ørsted (discovered electromagnetism), Ole Rømer (discovered the speed of light), Tycho Brahe (revolutionized astronomy) and many more.
Viggo Mortensen and Leslie Nielsen are not Danish. They have Danish Fathers but were not born in Denmark. Lets not get ahead of ourselves... :)
@@carstenf279 Men Viggo har tros alt boet og arbejdet i Danmark....
@@carstenf279Don’t forget Scarlet Johansson in that category… 😊
The Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen invented the tape recorder - in c. 1899? - an early version using steel wire instead of plastic tape with magnetiseable particles - for obvious reasons.
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what i love the most, is to see 2 guys not born Danish, talking so proudly about my contry. thanks, and i have seen a lot of the videos they have put out on youtupe, nice guys
To be honest, as a Swede, i would recomend Denmark more than Sweden.
Why?
More relaxed atmosphere, while Sweden is a more highspeed working type of society and people are a bit cold during workhours, Denmark has a more relaxed feel to it.
The food and beer is also better in my opinion.
And its a bit more south so the climate is a bit more stable.
Sweden is better for winter in the north (Southern Sweden only has rain during winter)
Denmark is better in the summer.
Yeah, if someone is looking for a white xmas, there's a much greater chance amongst our more northern brothers. Statistically, our chance is 7% iirc.
And the reason we have so many beaches is because we have no mountains, apart from on the island of Bornholm.
Edit: our weather resembles that of the UK much more, because of the gulf stream, and lack of larger land masses.
The south Europe equivalent of Scandinavia ;)
@@dgh25 😄 costa Kalundborg... especially this particular week... we haven't had this kind of late summer for almost 80 years. But have to say that this is not normal.
@@BenjaminVestergaard well Denmark is a peninsula, with smaller islands around it..that is why we have so many beaches..and your reason, too, ofc
@@darkheart9044 true, true... but Norway and Sweden also have lots of coast, but a rather large amount of it is either cliffs or rather rocky "beaches"... the coastline of DK is much more sandy.
The English Royal family has danish influence all the way back to its begining. William the conquer 1066 was of danish heritage ( his Norman father & grandfather identified themselves as Danes ) and even in current time - Queen Elizabeth’s husbond - Prince Phillip was a danish Prince.
its funny, just before the victory in england, he was called William the Bastard......he's blood line goes back to Rollo
@@frankhermansen243 Yes, and Rollo came from Normandy. The part of France nordic vikings got for not causing trouble in the rest of France.
Normandy means "Les Normands" - people from the North.
@@lonejensen5798 yes the france king convinced him to join after paris had been set on fire, and he got the coast parts (normandie) so the vikings wouldn't attack through the rivers again.
@@lonejensen5798Rollo originally came from Denmark, and was given Normandy as a peace offering.
If you fly to Copenhagen and take the train to the central station (like 20 minutes) you have Tivoli just outside the station.
This couple have really nice content, been watching them for years.
This video is a bit outdated. Queen Margrethe II abdicated on 14 Jan of this year after exactly 52 years on the throne so Frederik X is now the King of Denmark.
Wienerbrød/Danish pastry is a Danish invention. In Vienna, they call it a Kopenhagener. What got imported from Austria was the croissant, which was invented in Vienna. It got adjusted to Danish taste in Denmark, by adding sugar and more butter. And by adding jam, custard or frosting.
Ty, somebody gets it, been saying it for 20 years...
@@klausolekristiansen2960 or marzipan in the croissant 🥐 like 7-11 have/had not sure if they still do, haven't been in one for years now. But that one was sooo gooooood 🤤😂
@@stellabogfeldt You can still get them.
@@klausolekristiansen2960 cool
Well, its a truth, but not a complete one. It WAS the Viennese bakers who opened up Denmark to sugared bread with such things as marzipan and iced glazing and the like, jam probably being a Danish addition to that new thought and easily adopted by the new bakers. Note that these socalled Kopenhageners all have jam in them.
Before they came, making any kind of sweet cakes or bread was virtually unknown in Denmark. I understand your pride in Denmark, being one myself, but it is a fact that cannot be disputed that the sweet types of bread were ushered into the common Danish contience and liking by the Viennese bakers during the bakers strike.
fun fact in Austria Danishes are called "Dausher plunder" or "Kopenhagener plunder" so Austrians don't agree it's an Austrian thing they see it as a Danish thing, yet you constant see Danes and others tell the story about how it's not a Danish thing, the corret way to explain it is that the Austrian bakers made a certain kind of bread made by very thin layers of dough with butter in between , similar to the dough of a croissant , we don't know if they stuffed it with anything, when the Austrian bakers left people kept asking for them, and then Danish bakers started to make pastries that way and it developed from there into different pastries , so more like a cooperation between the Austrian way and the Danish that explains why you can't get them in Austria and if you find something similar they call it Copenhagener or Danisher
So what you're saying is that Austria and Denmark has an "No you!..😏 No you!☺️ kinda situation going on with pastries?! 😅🤣😂
Swedes go with the Danish on the concept and call them Wienerbrø!
@@SteamboatW ja vi gør
Typically, we Danes never take credit publicly, think of Skype, 365, Lego etc. 😉😏🇩🇰
@@christina1764 Jeg gør det hele tiden min ven
“You have beaches in Denmark? 😳”
This made me crack up. Denmark is literally surrounded by water and has thousands of islands.
Not exactly thousands. To be EXACT, Denmark comprises of 1419 islands, 443 of them are are named, and "only" 78 of them are inhabited. Fyn, Sjælland and Amager are all part of the named islands.
"Robe Trotting" does a great job making videos about Denmark. So now that you've discovered our beautiful country keep the reactions coming 🙂
Denmark is just fantastic. Greatings from Sweden!
So is Sweden. Greatings from a dane that had many hollydays in Sweden :)
I totally agree! Love Denmark. Greetings from Norway!
@@trudejensen8512 Couldn't have better neighbors. Don't tell Sweden but we like Norway just a tiny bit more. :P
@@Kimfakkel I heard that : )
Thx Sweden that's mighty nice of you, hope you guys can deal with home issues, but feel free to be inspired😉
Frederik is now King Frederik X. And Queen Mary a peasant - 🤣🤣🤣
Re gay marriage: the first couple to get married was two elderly men who combined their names Axel and Eigil to a new sur name Axgil. Before the wedding they had been together for 40 years (that's a long engagement 😊)
Both our countries have King's now, how strange lol!
That's so lovely. If they were already a elderly gay couple, they must have lived through the most troubling times.
@@dwaynesviewmost people in denmark has always been pretty liberal about gays, the law not so much, but the commons didnt care as long you was low key about it.
Dane here and they are a little wrong on some things, but in general a good information video. What goes the end about alcohol we do have check when people needs to buy alcohol or cigarettes. You need to be 16 to buy beer or wine and 18 to buy stronger stuff. What goes for your comment of us being more like Britain than Norway/Sweden I disagree though you could look into history back to the viking age and see how big an influence we had on Britain and that will explain some of your thoughts for sure :D
Norway is a huge oil producer, but they are not members of the EU, he said Denmark is the largest in the EU....
And we gave the body of water to Norway, years later they found oil
@@NeoTheDead You did not GIVE anything. The borders follow international maritime laws.
No. The borders were negotiated. Sadly by a drunk(Per Hækkerup)on the Danish side@@okklidokkli
@@heinedenmark Danes are always drunk, hardly an excuse. They negotiated and decided to follow the equidistance principle for maritime boundary. A perfectly normal practise between nations. So, nothing was given.
@@okklidokkli ok autist kid👍
Mike and Derek are a great source of tidbits about Denmark, in English, with the perspective of a couple of Americans moving here to live and work.
They live in Copenhagen, so they've had plenty of time to figure out what is worth a visit. And they're quite thorough when it comes to research/history, I think when they skip some details, it's simply to keep their videos more RUclips friendly.
Oh, and Mike is better at pronunciations than Derek 😋 but at least he's trying.
I follow them for the perspectives, as I'm a native in Denmark. And they're good at making interesting content.
I watched the channel Traveling Young, they documents their life in Denmark and their daughter Maya has become good at Danish.
Have you watched them?
@@stellabogfeldt yeah, I follow them too, they provide a more family focused perspective. And since they started out as a travel-vlog, they're showing more of the Denmark that's not Copenhagen.
And when they finally go to show something, like how our taxes work, they go to great lengths to explain.
They're not the same "compact format" as Derek and Mike, some may not have the patience for that.
But yeah, a lovely family, also providing another American perspective on Denmark.
And of course Maya speaks Danish well, she started in Danish school in 7th grade I think it was, now she's ready for uni, if that's what she wants.
@@BenjaminVestergaard I never compared them to Derek and Mike at all, for a reason, they aren't the same or provide the same contents. I only wrote what I have seen about them and asked if you had seen them 🙈🤭
So no comparison on the two channels at all.
And just coz Maya started in the Danish school in 7th grade doest mean that she would be good at Danish, that also has to do with her will and commitment to learn. Just like het mom is okay, but her dad isn't that good coz he doesn't have to speak Danish at his work place.
So I think Maya has done great and she passed her Collage with 12 highest grades possible and she did talk about going to uni, just don't remember what she wants to study tho.
And you mentioned something that made me giggle a bit, you made it sound that if you like Traveling Young that maybe Derek and Mike would be the same people's cup of tea 🤭🤭
But the difference is exactly why you can follow both, coz it's not the same content 😁
I know what you meant, it just sounded a bit like I just wrote 😉
I hope you have a lovely day.🌹
@@stellabogfeldt aw I'm not dismissing Maya's achievement, it's very well done, expecially as the old folks at home can't correct her (as in "that doesn't sound right").
I just meant that it helps to be young and surrounded by native speakers, while also having classes 3-4 days a week.
Miranda does very well on pronunciation for sure, but I haven't heard her put a longer sentence together.
Josh doesn't need it much, I can totally understand if he doesn't do more than necessary 🙂
Most educated jobs in DK doesn't care about Danish, unless you have customer contact or have strict rules written in Danish, such as foodstuff regulations.
My own opinion is that if you're fluent enough in English, don't worry so much about your Danish, and certainly not about pronunciation.
Yeah 😄 maybe I made it sound like you can't be interested in both... that wasn't my intention.
As a Dane that has travelled quite a bit, I got interested in what foreigners really think of DK, and English speaking immigrants are the easiest for me to understand.
All I meant is that the Robetrotters put an effort into serving bite sized vids with more tempo than the Youngs, people with a shorter attention span may prefer that format.
The Youngs, on the other hand, is more likely to have a live table talk from home, or try to livestream from Tivoli. That's closer to the slow-tv genre.
For that the Robetrotters have a more organised podcast, which is also worth a watch.
Anyway I love both channels, and I remember that they all have appeared on both channels, they know about each other.
😊 also wishing you a lovely day of course.
This video are going a bit old now, but the Queen abdicated so Fredrik is king now.
Our differences from Norway and Sweden have a lot to do with proximity to Germany.
A lot of these facts surprised me as well. As a Swede, I obviously knew a few of them, having visited Denmark a bunch of times, but not all. I've actually never been to Copenhagen, living in Gothenburg it is easier for me to take the ferry to Fredrikshavn (in northern Denmark, Copenhagen is in the south), but going there for Pride is now on my bucket list.
Gråbrødretorv (Grey Brothers Square) is prnounced more like "gruh brir thre torw".
Frederik is king now, Margrethe passed the throne recently.
"Bakken" just means "the hill"
"Centralhjørnet" means "Central Corner", and I heard that it is supposed to be a joke name, bc a corner is usually not a center.
I don't usually comment but finding out you were gay after feeling you seem very genuine and open minded about everything you watch made me wanna comment and just say you seem like such a wholesome man to hang around with
With that being said I just gotta say I appriciate you, much love from Umeå, Sweden
I am just happy someone want to learn abit of danish :) Think most of us Danes know danish can be pretty hard to learn.
We have a french employee in our company, who learned fluent danish in less than a year, i always take him as a standard for how dedicated you should be, if you move to another country on a permanent basis.
These guys made a video on how DK beat Mc'Donalds. It's pretty cool. You should take a look.
Watch some more of their video's, they have made some really great ones about Denmark. They are very informative.
Norway is not in EU
And UK left EU, so the competition inside EU isn't that big for producing oil.
Did you really say that “they have beaches in Denmark?”. Almost every country has beaches, except for the countries surrounded by other countries of course.
It is probably the distance to a beach that is interesting.
Denmark is a country of mostly small islands, so no one lives more than 52 km from the sea.
Bornholm have beach on top 20 in the world
Much has changed in Denmark since that video was made
You are very good informed, and talk SO NICE ABOUT MY COUNTRY. THANK YOU💜
Fun to hear you say, Denmark is actually a lot closer to Britain than you thought. So true man! Danes and Brits share the same dark sarkastic humour, that is often troublesome for other ppls to fully comprehend. Swedes are the orderly Scandinavians (read The Germans). Norway are the funny Scandics - bordering silly. Danes are just bunkers man! We're raving bunkers. Give us a shout, when you go to CPH. Will happily show you places and stuff. Greetings from CPH...
As a Teenager I always went to Denmark to drink 😂
Hello! I have been to England many times. I Love England. Especially the countryside and all the little villages and pubs. Also love London which I think is a big city with many small villages (neighborhoods). You have preserved all the old houses and made them modern in the inside. I think Denmark is a lot like England. Many people actually say that. I live in Sweden but like to go to Denmark as it is not far from where I live. 2.5 hours by train and you are in Copenhagen. I think you will love Denmark. What is special about Denmark and food are various small sandwiches (It's called Smörrebröd). Eat it with a "Tuborg" and "En lille en" That is, a beer and a schnapps Have fun in Denmark.
Norway is not part of the EU. If they were they would by far be the biggest oilproducing country in that union.
We dont have the same restrictions on alcohol - so the other Scandinavians come here (DK) to drink and chill. 🥰
Denmark was also the first country in the world to legalize pornography. 😅
First time watching your vids - and damn you are easy on the eyes and ears. I like that you listen instead of talking all the time as some do.
And you are right there are many similarities between the UK and Denmark - even the humour is the same... So come visit us. We'd love to see you make a video about your Danish experience...
Danmark is a fantastic country. You must visit.
If it helps your bubble again, I can add that the Danish bakers changed the recipes after the strike, with adding more sugar and so on.
Well copenhagen is called the Capital of scandinavien ( sweeden , norway and denmark) . In summertime it’s filled with drunk sweedish and norwigens 😂😂 and they are very welcome . ❤ so are you.
Disney was inspired of Tivoli ( he loved it ) and created Disneyland from the inspiration 😊 that you did’nt know
😂😂❤❤🇩🇰🇩🇰🍻🍻
Yes, and by some coincidence, Stockholm calls itself - officially - the capitol of Scandinavia.
Rosenborg slot is truely very beautiful. I am danish and pass by Rosenborg castle everyday on my way to school, ill never find it boring to look at!
Another thing... Not getting asked for ID would be a lie, Ive been asked for ID plenty of times. I feel like they are guessing our age at this point lol. Cause they dont ask for ID from my friends, they appear older than me, when infact im 2 years older.
Also our princesses are both foreigners but they dont speak a little bit better, thats an insult. The Americans in Denmark that i know would need to live in Denmark for 200 years to sound anywhere near what Mary or Marie does. They're closer to Sandi Toksvig from QI thanthese guys. Sandi is not the only dane in England thats well known, you had a guy on Antiques roadshow in the 90s, he was just like a dane as well. Both have kept their danish alive whilst living in England, i did the same with English when moving to Denmark.
Danish pastries evolved from Vienesse pastry, and so visiting Wien, you´ll find it hard to find the comparison today. Same goes for the Wienerschnitzel and Wiener-sausage.
My own long description short of Denmark is that it’s a simpler version of England; only we drink coffee instead of tea (and sometimes even at the oddest times, day or night).
Yeah Denmark was first at same sex marriage, but also the first country in the World to let women vote
Well, it depends... Finland had universal suffrage in 1906 as a Grand duchy and New Zeeland in 1893.
Yes Denmark and UK is very similar in a lot of ways. Much of english is actually old norse, like cow (ko) is norse and beef (boef) is french. But especially I think about english influence during and after WW2, where everything was inspired from the UK/US culture (not like before WW2, where it was inspired by Germany).
Derek and his Husband Michael have been living in CPH now, for 7 years. There Danish has improved 😀 Born and mostly raised in CPH, these two guys taught me a lot about my own City and our History! There research is top notch ! I've checked ! He said in the "EU". Norway is not part of the EU ! Yes! The UK was the largest producer of Oil in the EU, before Brexit! Dude..., come on 🤣 ! You should have been taught much of this in School.....☺! I do like your react though 👍❤ 👍 !!
We have beaches in Denmark???
LOL yeah, what did you think were at the edge of the map? 😄
Our beaches are beautiful and it actually can get just as warm in Denmark as in the south (France, Italy etc) especially in may, june and august. It gets hot in july too, but the last few years it’s rained alot so for anyone considering visiting our country in july, you had better bring swimwear AND an umbrella😁
Before you travel to Denmark, pls know it is very expensive here - just so you don't get a shock when or if you come here
Yeah, I'm beginning to realise, lol! I might have to stay in a hostel while I'm their.
Alex Berger? also has some good observations in his "Denmark 101" series . He's an American, who lived in Denmark a couple of years ago 😊
i love whenever non-danish speakers try and say danish names/words, makes me laugh, but good on them for trying!
Denmark and England are closer than you Think. For a short periode Denmark rules over a pretty Big part of England.
The shops are no longer allowed to sell alcohol to people younger than 16/18 and the risk a fine of around 1100 GBP for the first offence
"u have beaches in Denmark? i didnt know that" Denmark only has 0.2% of it's border being land, the part connecting Denmark to Germany, with the last 99.8% being water, so yeah, we have beaches... in fact, we have so many beaches, u can take every single person living in Denmark, and they can have a 1 meter wide beach space for your self, from where the water starts, to wherever it ends inland... small correction to the Danish pastries... Danish and Austrian bakers came together, when they all came to Denmark, taking the best they had, and mixed it with the best we had, making the Danish pastery what it is today, but we call the base dough that we use for most of it, 'vinerbrød', translation, Vienna bread, but in Austria, after they came back home, they took the base bread with them, and called it 'Kopenhagener plunder', translation, Copenhagen bread, so we honour their help to us, by naming the bread after their Capital, and they honour our help to them, by naming their bread after our Capital... the Danish flag, is the oldest continuous flag in the world, not the oldest over all...
Some call us the "Latinos" of Scandinavia/The Nordics. But we are much closer, culturally with the Nordics than the south - we are not loud in public (unless we are drunk) and we also liked it when corona ended and the 2 meter rule stopped, so we could go back to 5 meters in distance to others xD
The Latinos of the Nordics 😂. So compared to your neighbours, you are more vibrant. But compared to southern Europe, you're more reserved. Got it. 😆
Tivoli is the second oldest amusement park in the world not the third oldest - just to straighten this out 😊
Yeah... Danish day,💪💪💪 what an wonderful thing..... And greetings from Skandinavia Danmark 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
LEGO of course is from Denmark. Been to Legoland with amazing Lego buildings, astles and many other things. An amusement park too. The most famous danish musician is Lars Ulrich of Metallica.
Victor Borge?
I love how you can hear the Danish influence on their American accents!
Their pronunciation sounds fine. They have an accent, but otherwise, easy to understand
There are alot of similarities between Britain and Denmark. Maybe it’s not do surprising considering all the vikings that first raided, then settled in Britain. Lot’s of english words, road names and such are actually danish words🇩🇰
That makes complete sense, it was the danes that invaded England. And wasn't it the Norwegians that invaded Scotland and Ireland?
@@dwaynesview True, the Norwegians mainly settled in Ireland and Scotland but there were Danes in Ireland as well from around 849 Ad and they came as conquers. The Danes back then was much more organized compared to the Norwgians, raising large armies in which there would obviously also have been both Norwegians and Sweds as there was ties (for good and wores) across Scandinavia, but Denmark was the "political powerhouse" at that time.
@@ole7146 The Danish population was also much bigger than the Norwegian.
Denmark and Sweden had similar populations back then.
Once Denmark owned Sweden and Norway and England, but at one time pledged to German Barons.... but we got it back. We have a lot of British brotherhood and I'm so sorry Brexit put a big gap between our brothers and sisters on the British isles. Please come and visit us, I believe you'll love it. Have you heard of the Danelaw in your history lessons? Our languages are very similar and a lot of places in England have Danish origins.... Welcome to Denmark brother🤗
As a Dane I can say that their pronunciation is actually good. Many people have a hard time pronouncing Danish words, but It can be done better than they do.
If you ever go to Denmark, make sure to do your homework. The video is 3 years old, so some of the comments about modern day isn't true anymore, plus there is a lot to learn about Denmark. They only cover like 5% of the interesting facts about Denmark.
Just wanted to correct you on what you said at 19:06 Denmark has a age restriction on buying alcohol same with cigarettes. But many sellers are bad at checking id. You can't just buy it.(According to the law)
Btw. the fact that many people don't know that Lego is from Denmark, annoys many Danes. It also annoys many Danes that people say that the plural of Lego is Logos, even though it's Lego (One Lego, more Lego).
Jeg må skrive på dansk - men disse videoer har fortalt mig at LEGO kommer af Leg Godt - - Jeg har altid troet at LEGO var latin for Jeg Leger - - kan du gøre mig klogere??
@@anne-mariesindruprix4792 navnet LEGO kommer fra leg godt, vil anbefale dig at se videoen LEGO Historien. Bare søg her på RUclips og der burde være en video uploadet af LEGO Gruppens officielle RUclips kanal.
The UK? haha we ruled the UK before it became a kingdom infact it was because of Danish Vikings breaking the smaller kingdoms within england that made it possible to unite all the UK. They are supposed to check the age before selling the alcohol 16 for light alcohol and 18 for hard alcohol but rarely is it controlled as young people just get a buyer if they are denied. You should properly watch a video on the Danelaw when Danes set up shop in UK
Copenhagen is the Nordic countries answer to Amsterdam, in a good way.
They just covered a third of its history..from viking wars around brittania to island and greenland and wars with sweden
Their video is very generalizing, and clearly made by someone who lives in Copenhagen (København) or Zealand (Sjælland). In West Jutland (Vestjylland) we typically don't go to the beach - it's very cold and windy, maybe there are two good days a year, but we rarely go out there.
Their Danish is not very good - and yes, part of the reason I say that is that we Danes are very critical of people who speak our language. The sentence he said at the beginning was okay and I understood him, but other words I needed the subtitles to understand what he said. We are quite hysterical when it comes to language, and constantly correct each other, so I don't write it to be mean, but in order for me to say that someone is good at Danish, it must sound pretty close to a native speaker. (sorry if it sounds mean - trying to be honest)
I have always had the winter bath - and maybe know one or two who have tried it - so no, not a HUGE one of Danish culture.
I'm still quite surprised that people don't know Lego is Danish, but more that other countries have it to.
I don't want to comment on it all, but I will say; It makes me quite angry how they make it sound quite different from the rest of the country, but hey, if you want the same experiences they are talking about, Copenhagen is my best bet.
I think this dane is better to tell about how it is in Denmark: ruclips.net/user/shortsHiLqAH-bvk4?si=N6dH2i-if3fRLW18 (this is a short) he explains the culture better if I may say so.
You have to make two trips Dwayne to Copenhagen - winter and summer.
In the winter, You have to try Gløgg in Centralhjørnet. A spicy hot wine, with a lot of alcohol 😁
In the summer, you buy some lunch and wine or beer and go eat by the harbour or in a park.
Thank you for your nice reaction on Denmark.
I think you are when saying when we are bit like the British. (Just a bit, don't get over exited)
If you love Lego, you have to visit Legoland and Lego House in particular. Situated right next to Billund Airport, easy acces from UK
Hahaha, I was in the navy as a young conscript, and I got picked for NCO school a few months into my service.
So, to celebrate the last day with my buddies, we went to town in Copenhagen, and I was in uniform (the typical sailors galla dress) and I remember waking up in front of another gay bar, where a couple of guys were hanging out of the window and making gestures and inviting us inside. Now, I don't mind that people are gay or what they have of sexual preference, but I did sober up quite fast that morning and went back to the base with a funny story to share.
I'm pretty sure we all call "danish pastry" Vienna bread or wienerbröd(Swedish spelling here) in the Nordic countries
Similarities to England... I'd say that to me it's probably the sense of humour. Most Danes doves sarcasm and dark humour - it's no surprise that "Faulty Towers" was really big here - seems we very much laughter of the same things
Thanks for the great presentation of my country.
I can tell you that Viggo Mortensen, Connie Nielsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Sven-Ole Thorsen and Scarlett Johansson are also Danes.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is also known for her beautiful decoupages.
She has chosen to step down as reigning Queen and her son King Frederik the 10th of Denmark is now regent.
If you want to see the decoupages , you must see the movie "Ehrengaard" - she co-produced it and made the costumes - our former Queen. She also illustrated the Danish book-versions of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" under the name INGAHILD GRATHMER - Dronning Margrethe II of Denmark.
It's quite a stretch to call Scarlett Johansson "danish". She is US born, has NEVER lived in Denmark and have never SPOKEN danish. She's as danish as the americans who claims to be Irish because their ancestors emigrated from ireland during the potato famine.
Yeah the Kingdom bit - England pretty much became a Kingdom effectively to strengthen by uniting to be able to defeat the invading Viking Kings that they were paying fortunes to in protection money to. The various small "Kingdoms" that were on the island couldn't defeat them alone, while still fighting amongst themselves and having one side join the Danes to defeat their neighbours etc.
Hi, I'm from Denmark so I can answer your question about the little mermaid. Yes, the little mermaid is Danish, the film comes from Hans C Andersen's fairy tale.
Another funny thing we Danes do. We don't fly our flag after sunset, as that means flying for the devil. So every day people take their flags down and up again at sunrise.❤
If they haven't got a "vimpel"- kan du oversætte/beskrive en vimpel??
@@anne-mariesindruprix4792 Google translate kunne have gjort det for dig... Det hedder "pennant"
Denmark was the original colonial oppressor, having colonies spread from north America to India. Centuries before the British Empire. All the other Nordic countries once broke their shackles and liberated themselves from the Danish yoke. Iceland was the most recent, about a generation ago.
the only law on alcohol in denmark is that you are not allowed to buy alcohol under the age of 16 for alcohol under 16,5% and anything above that you need to be 18, you also arent allowed to buy alcohol for underage people. so you can drink alcohol at any age, but not buy it
19:15 Thats why Swedish people and Norwegian people come to Denmark for a drinking holidays
The wienerbrød may origins may be from veinna but most of the stuff made today and called a danish is from here and not back in vienna.
Also Tivoli gardens is the second oldest not 3rd 😅
As a Dane I can say that, they might not nail the pronounciation, then I personally find it funny in a sweet way, when folks try to speak our gutteral language. But, I can highly recommend you to come visit us. We'll welcome you with open arms. :)
I don't think that guy could have found a placce in Copenhagen with a harder name to pronounce than Gråbrødre Torv. Yes he did not even come close, but hats off for trying.
Check out, Lucy Brown, 10 things to do on a budget in Copenhagen,, she is James May's "helper" ;)
Hi, I have seen some of their videos and I, as a Dane, think they are doing a good job. As to their pronunciation in Danish are ok, but the Danish language is hard get right as a foreigner.
Many Danes enjoy themselves with foreigners who try to speak Danish and come up with the classic Danish language tests:
"Rødgrød med følde" translated: Red porridge with cream.
You pas the test if Danes isn't laughing their asses off. ;D
No list should be made about Denmark, without mentioning their cinematography
Nice video thx. Regarding the oil, Norway is not an EU-member.
should check out videos with danish inventions. alot of them will shock you.
and you are using a few of them daily XD
By that, Norway isn't a Part of the EU, and that is why, as Norway Produces much, much more Oil and Gas than Denmark! Norway only has joined The Schengen Border-deal, which allowes Free Internal Traffic and has a Trade Deal with the EU. But in the "Kingdom of the Blind", the One-Eyed is King, and that is why Denmark wins with a very moderate production of Oil and Gas! It was the Border and internal, Free Trade that Britain decided to leave, and make their own Rules! But what they sell to the EU must comply with EU Rules and most Industri in the UK can't afford just make Products for internal trade, so they still must make goods according to EU rules, and with a lot of more problems and control for Export to the EU!
Our Crown Prince, who is now King, was told by his parents, that he could not marry a Dane - not sure about the oil thing. I also think Norway is most producing
you sould really see the history of Lego and see how it start it if you do love from Denmark
@Dwayne's view you should react to danish forrest kindergarten
AHahahah! About the pastry. Swedish Meatballs aren't actually Swedish either, they apparently originates from Turkey. :P
The pastry in Denmark are not the same you get in Austria - they have changed/evolved over time.
Frederik is the king now, and he is doing a great job..
How long has he been on the throne? Charles has just inherited the throne, so we have a king now. But he's not been very well of late.
They are King and Queen now
Norway is the largest oil producer, but they are not part of the EU. The EU and Europe are not the same :P Interesting video! Thanks!
I didnt know where he was even though ive been to gråbrødre torv many times.. we rarely understand English speakers speaking danish. I follow some Americans that live in Cph and i never understand where they've been when the husband speaks.... But English speakers are alwas 99% wrong when trying to pronounce danish words.. but how can we not have the oldest kingdom when we have a longer history than most places ? The flag is the oldest as well...
Norway is part of Europe, but not EU.