@@disKoverwithKatieandAndrew If you ever come back, I'd recommend you ally yourself with a Dane to show you around, tell you what the signs say and how to pronounce the words. I've watched quite a few "coming to Denmark" videoes lately, and only 2 of them had that, and they seemed to get so much more out of their stay here. Also, they could tell you more places of interest to check out. If you cant get that, I'd recommend going to Fredericia in Jylland (Jutland), just across the bridge from Fyn (Funen). I often went there with my parents, as a kid. Theres a lot of old history in, and around, the city and right behind the trainstation, there is an amusement park called Madsbyparken with free entry. Admittedly, it's mainly for families with children, but there are still things to see for adults. If you want to see beaches we have almost the entire western coast accessible, although the waters can be a bit wild. For calmer waters I would recommend places like Langeland, also a lot of nature to see there. Sorry if I ranted a bit, but it's just so nice to see someone come here and go outside of Copenhagen 😄
_"Hjortepølse"_ -> Deersausage (Venison-sausage). _"Råvaren er fra fynske jægere"_ -> The raw ingredient is from Funen hunters (The deer meat is provided by hunters from the Danish Island of Funen).
Thank you. At last someone leaves Copenhagen. sadly you did not go further away. Denmark has soooooo much to offer nature wise. We Danes don't think that happiness is not found in a store.
"How is this not in the tiktoks when we were looking for places to come?" Honestly, most of Denmark looks like this, you can drive to any older town and see areas like this in the older parts of town. These areas are generally not marketed to tourists because they are seen as offering nothing particular or special. That said Roskilde is marketed to tourists and have a lot of tourist attractions and is a wonderful city. Køge and Roskilde are both large towns, with Roskilde even having a small university and a large student population. Both are popular places to live for people commuting into Copenhagen for work and studies as well. I would say that Roskilde and Køge are both examples of normal city life in Denmark and how most Danes living in towns and cities live, but they are not quite examples of village or rural life in Denmark, I would probably head further west for that experience.
"Fika" has no meaning in danish. Isn't it like a swedish word for an afternoon break with coffee and a cookie/cake or something? But I guess we'd consider that a type of "hygge" in Denmark.
yeah, no "fika" in denmark.. we just invite people to "kaffe" (litterally just translated to coffee, but is refering to pasteries, cake, tea and coffee) or sometimes "eftermiddagskaffe" (afternoon coffee). its the same type of meal tho (in the same way afternoon-tea is to fika).
15:04 The cake is a "Kajkage" - Kaj cake. Kaj is a frog from a Danish children's show called "Kaj & Andrea" - Andrea being a parrot. :) It's a pretty common cake to see in many Danish bakeries.
@@disKoverwithKatieandAndrew Occasionally you will encounter the much rarer Andrea cake. (basically the same, but with her blue colours instead. and a beak)
How crazy! I got this video recommended. and i used to work in the bakery you visited in Roskilde! It have been family owned for the last 40 years. It got rich history with the locals. The regular costumers have come for many years some even as kids with their parents. Very unique of you to visit not only Copenhagen🇩🇰. Great video☺️ Ps. “Romkugler” is made out of the leftovers from the days batch of “danishes”, Cocoa powder and rum essence. So no alcohol😉
Now you've done it! Every young American couple on vacation here will now be swarming our cozy smalltown Denmark, which we thought we were having for ourselves! 😄
The cathedral is a must when you visit Roskilde. It is on the UNESCO world heritage list beacuse of its architectural and royal history. I went to high school right next to it and loved going in there in some of my lunch breaks ❤
Køge is by no means a village. Much too big xD bit I love, love, love seeing some tourists actually not just seeing Copenhagen and thinking they've explored all of Denmark. Go to Jutland next time! We have loads of awesome sites!
And the metal Lady on the bench is local, Lise Nørgaard, a very famous journalist and author who died not so long ago, 105 years old! She participated in the making The Danish Drama Series: "Matador", which has been sold all over Europe for its Qualities and its fine Story Line, following the Danish Society through many years, till after the war.
Great thanks for treating us/Denmark so nicely, and more thanks for moving out of Nyhavn, Copenhagen😊! A little hint: Google Translate is a big help when looking at signs, menus etc. in a foriegn language😊
@1:20: "A cute little village"? Ha ha, I am sure the Køge citizens will be delighted to know that their major Danish city is in fact a cute little village. HA HA. I must remind them next time I'm in Køge.... HAH HAH! That said, I like Køge, lots of history, and they have managed thank God to save a lot of their old buildings. Thanks for sharing
the Cathedral in Roskilde you passed is where most Kings and Queens of Denmark is buried, it's quite a sight the Cathedral itself was build in 1180 AD , in Roskilde there is also a Viking ship museum
Roskilde, which developed as the hub of the Viking land and sea trade routes over a thousand years ago, is one of Denmark's oldest cities, from the 11th century until 1443, it was the capital of Denmark, by the Middle Ages, with the support of kings and bishops, it had become one of the most important centres in Scandinavia.
Dane here 😀Try Bornholm ( Denmark) ♥️ I promise you've never ever seen an Island like this. Or if you go to the mainland Jylland- go to the west coast. Its very very viking-land' ish... Its very beautiful and rare
Amazing you got to see Køge. It’s one of my favourite towns in Denmark, and Saturdays in Køge are just amazing 😊 And you guys bloopers at the end is just to funny 😂
Must subscribe to your channel, tourists who go the extra mile (literally) for an experience are worth following. Thanks for visiting Denmark, you make good videos.
Nice to see tourists go outside of CPH and explore the country a bit. Odense isn't very touristy, though. There's a few hotspots in town, but most tourists go and stay in the capital. There's also a lot of small and beautiful villages that a lovely to visit, especially during summer or Christmas time. The sausage was a deer (true deer) sausage, sourced by local hunters. :)
Should visit the Viking Village near Risby on Sjælland, in 2017-2019 they built a 140m long bridge, only using tools that would've been available back then, that is a smaller copy/reconstruction of one built in Jylland that was 760m long and 5m wide which was built under King Harald Bluetooths rule roughly year 980 (Bluetooth the technology is named after Harald, and the Bluetooth icon is HB in runes.)
Hah, the baker where you got the Romkugle is my local baker. I live like 5 minutes walk from there! Pretty good, and VERY reasonably priced compared to Copenhagen bakeries.
Drop by Korsør on your way to Odense, it has some of the oldest streets in Denmark, and a big old fort, as well the great belt bridge, I recommend driving to the beach and enjoy the view of the bridge before crossing it 😊
The reason that the stores are only open 5 hours on a sunday, is because that is enough. Everyone is of work, so there is no need for stores to be open more. As for romkugler, there is NO RUM in them! The recipe is leftover cage mixed with raspberry+cocopowder+rum essence The rum essence is just the taste of rum, the alcohol percentage in a romkugle is no more than 0.1% or else they could not sell them to kids
If you like old stuff, Kalundborg on the westcoast of Sjælland, has the largest collection of middle age buildings in northern Europe, + a very nice church. Kalundborg is also Copenhagens "sister city". 2 brothers founded Kalundborg and Copenhagen (København, in danish) They are both from the late 1160´s. Kalundborg was also the "capital" of Denmark in periods, before Copenhagen became it.
Oh man I hope you visit Odense the 18th or 19th October for the Festival of Magic! It is a really fun yearly tradition with loads of things to see and do, good food, tasty treats, games, drinks and more.
Hehe, they originally called it Harry Potter festival, but had to change it because nobody thought it might infringe on copyright laws and then Warner Brothers poked the politicians and say no usage of that name, typical Odense
This is probably too late but you guys should visit Dyrehaven north of Copenhagen. There's a nice castle, Eremitageslottet, and a pretty big forest/royal hunting grounds with different types of deer and views of the ocean. It's also where the worlds oldest amusement park, Bakken is located, so a combination of the amusement park and the forest is great :) Would highly recommend it next time.
Odense (O-then-seh) not O-dense 😅 Few Danes would have a clue to where you're going if you say it like that 😋 Køge is a bit difficult because of the Ø, but it's not an oo sound and the g is soft, the easiest would probably be Ko-jeh/Koe-jeh (soft J, not said like a singular J)
Køge is a very difficult name to pronounce for non-nordic/germanic people, especially since the "ø" doesn't have a directly equivalent sound in English. The closest you'd get is like how you pronounce the first "e" in "Jersey", but a bit deeper/closer to an "o". And then the "ge" is sorta kinda like "eh" at the end. This is still a bit off from the actual pronunciation, but it's the closest I think you'd get without hearing a Dane pronounce it for you :D
Nice to see tourist videos outside Copenhagen, I wouldn't call those small cities in Denmark though, Køge is the 18th and Roskilde is the 10th biggest city in Denmark. It would be cool to see a similar video with going around some cities in Jutland and Funen (apparently what Jylland and Fyn is called in English)
I think the ideas you have at the end are related to urban planning. In the US a lot of people live in the suburbs, they're not going to drive to the stripmall to hang out, when you could drive somewhere nicer if you're getting in the car anyways. The people you saw probably live around the corner and just wanted to get out while the sun was out. This is pretty common all over Europe, because the towns are older and not based around cars.
Normally we call Rumkugler the "gulvopfej" (lit. floorsweep) of the bakeries. It is a bunch of cakes and pastries that are close to being not able to be sold, just mashed together with some rum essence. They're dense AF, but so good
About romkugler, theres varies ways people make those. But when I was at a bakery once and helped making those. It was by taking the older weinerbread that hadn't been sold the day before and jam and cream was removed, then it was put into a mixer and rum essence was added (no alcohol) I think one more thing was added but I can't remember. Maybe some suger to make it stick together. Then roll the into small balls and add sprinkles
Thanks for sharing this video from my country 🇩🇰😊 Did you know that american actor Jeremy Strong from “Succession” is married to a danish woman and spent their summer vacation in their summer house not far from Roskilde? 😃 This summer Bradley Cooper and his daughter spent their vacation with Jeremy and his family. They also spent a day in Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen with Matt Damon and his family. It’s all over the internet ☺️
You guys are so sweet! If you would like to have a local who also likes to go off the beaten path as a tour guide of sorts on another visit, hit me up! I also love to stray from the tourist-beaten path, and I've lived multiple places on Zealand and have family all around the country, so I know a lot of good places to go. For starters, my step mom has a gallery in one of those side alleys in Køge -- thought for a moment you were outside it, but looks like a different alley after all. I also think the trust sale may have been a friend of mine's! All in all a fun video which I enjoyed a lot, thank you. :)
Normal is not like target. They mostly have comsetics, combined with different stuff for the household, candy etc. It is super popular here in Norway. Norway has more Normal stores than Denmark, even though it is a Danish owned company.
There's two things that I want to say. 1st. you have only seen one part of our country, try going to the other parts towards the west. 2nd. From what I can remember, "rumkugle" is a lot of leftover cakes and other things from the baker, mixed together, with rum extract added, which is what gives that flavor, no real rum is in the mix. (Google says that "rumkugle" is "rum ball" in english).
when i was younger my favourite thing my mom could make was Romkugler (the rum chocolate things you tasted) though some people use actual rum, most people will use rum essance, essnetially its just the taste without percentages.
It's so nice to see tourists actually taking the plunge and venture out from Copenhagen. I was born and raised in Copenhagen, but I always recommend my foreign friends to consider taking the chance of seeing something else than only Copenhagen. While there is plenty to see on Sjælland, I always recommend tourists to try out especially Jylland.
Drive to the west Coast in jylland, there is a reason 50% of our tourists go there and live in the cozy summerhouses. Its better to go there when the temperature is more, but i like your idea of visiting smaller places. Could also visit the 4th or 5th biggest city, its not really super touristy
Go to Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, the buriel grounds for the royal family of Denmark. Billund, LEGO’s hometown Yes LEGO is danish. In Ebeltoft is HDMS Jylland.. Go to Jelling Church, there is the runic Stones which is the baptism certificate of Denmark.
Dane here - never ever heard of the word 'fika'. I think it might be Swedish :). Hygge is also (as far as I'm aware) a purely Danish term :) Good town choices when staying on Sjælland by the way. Køge and Roskilde are old towns with massive history!
@@JesperSandgreen I am aware that Vikings used the bottom of Roskilde Fjord where they visited as starting point to trips going very long distances, from now Turkey over British isles etc. I have not seen anyone being able to reject that it should not include America or Iceland, Greenland etc.If you can then please enlighten me.
Romkugler are usually not made with rum but with rum essence, so there is no risk of drunk driving ;-) But with that being said, there may be some quality romkugler that MIGHT be made with proper rum. But as mentioned elsewhere. Romkugler used to be made from day old bread(Unsold pastries for instance) but that may not apply anymore due to the regulations from higher places due to the "healt hazard" it could be with bad bread etc. But something else that used to be made from old bread is something called studenterbrød(Students bread) that was so cheap that even the students could affod it(WAY back before students got paid for attentding an education)
Brand products are priced differently across the EU, due to differences in income level mostly. Normal imports brand items from other EU countries, and resells them cheaper. Because of the EU common market they can do this legally, without paperwork, beyond what they'd normally have to do.
I would lime to Think that the honesty system works somwhere in the States, but we also sometimes have trouble with this but most is feeling that it has to function.😊
Romkugler is very Danish, but do you know how they are made ? Old unsold cookies is churned in a mixer with rum and water to get the moisture correct, and then rolled in coconut-chokolat, each local area have their versions!! You missed "Kirkestræde " in Køge, which is just off the square where the market was(google streetwiew)!!
@@allanjensen31 no cakes with cream allowed though.. nor any bread or rundstykker.. but most pastries yes though rarely just the ones from "the day before" they usually save up for 3-4-5 days in the fridge then make a huge portion all at once
It's obvious No cake with cream and no bread but Thanks for the input and maybe in small towns they have to wait 34-5 days but in big cityes like Copenhagen they can make them Everyday I work in a couple of bakery and I know a few Bakers
7:32 just a fun fact about the church you heard it was used in a famous and popular Danish TV Series from 1978 to 1981 called Matador It's a story of a little town on Sjælland called Korsbæk in 1929 to 1947. When the second episode was aired there was 3.6 million danish people watching it and the population was only 5 million. It has been on TV 6 times and the last time was in 2006 and I still has 1.5 million watching Myself I have watch it about 30 times and I'm still loving and that is the same with other Danes There is a Facebook sites where people Maybe have seen it a 100 Times+ . It comes with English subtitles and I recommend seeing it if you are curious about What's happening Denmark en 1929 to 1947 the character And Town is fictional but the times is real like like pre Second World War enduring Second World War And couple of Year after Second World War. I would recommend recommend you watching it You won't regret it
Not all the romkugler are made with rum, but the real ones are. Looks like you found a real bakery. :) Interesting fact, if you like the romkugle taste.. Stroh rum mixed with cola inexplicably tastes almost exactly like them. Wish I could still drink, I miss those!
Denmark scoring high with happiness has also a lot to do with a high GDP per capita, low corruption and few natural disasters - no volcanoes, earthquakes or tornadoes.
And honestly, I do hope you have visited our Famous Collection of Viking Ships! Several of the ships in the harbor are exact Copies built based on the Originals in the Museum. Also the "largest ship ever found", which was found here, and which is not in the Museum, but is exhibited, what is left of it, in The National Museum in Copenhagen. But it is preserved from bow to bow! By that, because of the rising water in the - "Fiord" they will built a new and more "Viking like" Museum, a little higher up!!
6:06 Deer sausage. This item/source is from funen hunters. You in Køge. So its not local meat as someone else said in the comments. Fyn is the "middle island" Odense is located on
Don´t worry about driving after eating romkugler. Usually, it is only rum essence. And in that type of bakery, I am 99% sure it is :) Usually only fint the real deal in the "posh" romkugler. The ones, that bakeries make in order to participate in the early, national competition of "Best Romkugle in Denmark" :D
@@M0rket and believe it or not, the Danish Folk Dance tradition is seing more and more kids join these last few years. They will definitly also be subjected to folk music 😅
Nice to see a tourist exploring smaller towns and not just the larger cities.
Denmark is more than just Copenhagen. 😅
Nice to see people going outside of Copenhagen - there are so many interesting places you could visit in the rest of Denmark!
We would love to see even more!
Please visit Nørrebro in cophagen , its different😊@@disKoverwithKatieandAndrew
@@disKoverwithKatieandAndrew If you ever come back, I'd recommend you ally yourself with a Dane to show you around, tell you what the signs say and how to pronounce the words. I've watched quite a few "coming to Denmark" videoes lately, and only 2 of them had that, and they seemed to get so much more out of their stay here.
Also, they could tell you more places of interest to check out. If you cant get that, I'd recommend going to Fredericia in Jylland (Jutland), just across the bridge from Fyn (Funen).
I often went there with my parents, as a kid. Theres a lot of old history in, and around, the city and right behind the trainstation, there is an amusement park called Madsbyparken with free entry. Admittedly, it's mainly for families with children, but there are still things to see for adults. If you want to see beaches we have almost the entire western coast accessible, although the waters can be a bit wild. For calmer waters I would recommend places like Langeland, also a lot of nature to see there.
Sorry if I ranted a bit, but it's just so nice to see someone come here and go outside of Copenhagen 😄
_"Hjortepølse"_ -> Deersausage (Venison-sausage).
_"Råvaren er fra fynske jægere"_ -> The raw ingredient is from Funen hunters (The deer meat is provided by hunters from the Danish Island of Funen).
Yeah no wonder it was nice, you don't find those types of sausages just anywhere!
That explains the price 😀
@@Barl3000 its in danish kroner ( our currency) so it isnt 90 dollars it is 90 kroner
@@thatradiodemon-xp3qo and 1 usd is 6,79 dkk so 90 dkk is 13,25 usd
Taler i dansk/ danish 😂
Thank you. At last someone leaves Copenhagen. sadly you did not go further away. Denmark has soooooo much to offer nature wise. We Danes don't think that happiness is not found in a store.
Romkugler did traditionally have rum in them, but usually not anymore. These days its usually Rum essence just to get the taste right.
Disgusting!
"How is this not in the tiktoks when we were looking for places to come?"
Honestly, most of Denmark looks like this, you can drive to any older town and see areas like this in the older parts of town. These areas are generally not marketed to tourists because they are seen as offering nothing particular or special.
That said Roskilde is marketed to tourists and have a lot of tourist attractions and is a wonderful city.
Køge and Roskilde are both large towns, with Roskilde even having a small university and a large student population. Both are popular places to live for people commuting into Copenhagen for work and studies as well.
I would say that Roskilde and Køge are both examples of normal city life in Denmark and how most Danes living in towns and cities live, but they are not quite examples of village or rural life in Denmark, I would probably head further west for that experience.
@@NATIK001 Ærø, with 3 wonderful towns, Søby, Marstal and Ærøskøbing.
"Fika" has no meaning in danish. Isn't it like a swedish word for an afternoon break with coffee and a cookie/cake or something? But I guess we'd consider that a type of "hygge" in Denmark.
Not Danish at all
@@Ikkeligeglad yeah its Swedish)
@@lurkiandanti367 I know
The forbidden hygge
yeah, no "fika" in denmark.. we just invite people to "kaffe" (litterally just translated to coffee, but is refering to pasteries, cake, tea and coffee) or sometimes "eftermiddagskaffe" (afternoon coffee). its the same type of meal tho (in the same way afternoon-tea is to fika).
15:04 The cake is a "Kajkage" - Kaj cake. Kaj is a frog from a Danish children's show called "Kaj & Andrea" - Andrea being a parrot. :) It's a pretty common cake to see in many Danish bakeries.
Cool!
@@disKoverwithKatieandAndrew Occasionally you will encounter the much rarer Andrea cake. (basically the same, but with her blue colours instead. and a beak)
How crazy! I got this video recommended. and i used to work in the bakery you visited in Roskilde! It have been family owned for the last 40 years. It got rich history with the locals. The regular costumers have come for many years some even as kids with their parents. Very unique of you to visit not only Copenhagen🇩🇰. Great video☺️
Ps. “Romkugler” is made out of the leftovers from the days batch of “danishes”, Cocoa powder and rum essence. So no alcohol😉
You were in Roskilde and did not enter the cathedral, where all our former monarchs are laid to rest? You will have to com back 😃
Bilka is the equivalent to Target. They are much bigger than Kvickly :)
Nice! Thanks for the info
There's 40 kings and queens burried in Roskilde church and Queen Margrethe's mausoleum is already in place.
Now you've done it! Every young American couple on vacation here will now be swarming our cozy smalltown Denmark, which we thought we were having for ourselves! 😄
I loved the out take with the well kept garden... Oh, it's a cemetary 😂
The cathedral is a must when you visit Roskilde. It is on the UNESCO world heritage list beacuse of its architectural and royal history. I went to high school right next to it and loved going in there in some of my lunch breaks ❤
It the burial Church of the royal family, the oldest grave is Harald Bluetooth, the newest is King Frederik the 9.’s, our current Kings grandfather
What a nice couple you two are. Warm welcome to Denmark. Please come again.
Thank you, we would love to!
Køge is by no means a village. Much too big xD bit I love, love, love seeing some tourists actually not just seeing Copenhagen and thinking they've explored all of Denmark. Go to Jutland next time! We have loads of awesome sites!
And the metal Lady on the bench is local, Lise Nørgaard, a very famous journalist and author who died not so long ago, 105 years old! She participated in the making The Danish Drama Series: "Matador", which has been sold all over Europe for its Qualities and its fine Story Line, following the Danish Society through many years, till after the war.
Great thanks for treating us/Denmark so nicely, and more thanks for moving out of Nyhavn, Copenhagen😊! A little hint: Google Translate is a big help when looking at signs, menus etc. in a foriegn language😊
I love seeing my home through your eyes😊
@1:20: "A cute little village"? Ha ha, I am sure the Køge citizens will be delighted to know that their major Danish city is in fact a cute little village. HA HA. I must remind them next time I'm in Køge.... HAH HAH! That said, I like Køge, lots of history, and they have managed thank God to save a lot of their old buildings. Thanks for sharing
the Cathedral in Roskilde you passed is where most Kings and Queens of Denmark is buried, it's quite a sight the Cathedral itself was build in 1180 AD , in Roskilde there is also a Viking ship museum
Roskilde, which developed as the hub of the Viking land and sea trade routes over a thousand years ago, is one of Denmark's oldest cities, from the 11th century until 1443, it was the capital of Denmark, by the Middle Ages, with the support of kings and bishops, it had become one of the most important centres in Scandinavia.
romkugle was originally made with the scraps of all the leftovers in the bakery. With rum.
Try driving for: The Marguerit Route - The Daisy Route, follow the signs with a white flower
Dane here 😀Try Bornholm ( Denmark) ♥️ I promise you've never ever seen an Island like this.
Or if you go to the mainland Jylland- go to the west coast. Its very very viking-land' ish... Its very beautiful and rare
Amazing you got to see Køge. It’s one of my favourite towns in Denmark, and Saturdays in Køge are just amazing 😊
And you guys bloopers at the end is just to funny 😂
Køge and Roskilde were good choices on sjælland both fairly large and worth a travel and also very old cities from back to medieval times
Must subscribe to your channel, tourists who go the extra mile (literally) for an experience are worth following. Thanks for visiting Denmark, you make good videos.
Haha “I find broken toasters” that really got me 😂
Btw I’ve bought salami from that guy at the market too - I can confirm they are good
Nice to see tourists go outside of CPH and explore the country a bit. Odense isn't very touristy, though. There's a few hotspots in town, but most tourists go and stay in the capital. There's also a lot of small and beautiful villages that a lovely to visit, especially during summer or Christmas time.
The sausage was a deer (true deer) sausage, sourced by local hunters. :)
Should visit the Viking Village near Risby on Sjælland, in 2017-2019 they built a 140m long bridge, only using tools that would've been available back then, that is a smaller copy/reconstruction of one built in Jylland that was 760m long and 5m wide which was built under King Harald Bluetooths rule roughly year 980 (Bluetooth the technology is named after Harald, and the Bluetooth icon is HB in runes.)
You make the cutest tourist videos!
Hah, the baker where you got the Romkugle is my local baker. I live like 5 minutes walk from there! Pretty good, and VERY reasonably priced compared to Copenhagen bakeries.
It was delicious!
Odense is definitely worth a visit ❤️
We made it to Odense the next day, we just didn't film that one :)
@@disKoverwithKatieandAndrew was it worth it?
The "massive lake" at Roskilde is a fjord - part of the ocean. Salt water you know?
Drop by Korsør on your way to Odense, it has some of the oldest streets in Denmark, and a big old fort, as well the great belt bridge, I recommend driving to the beach and enjoy the view of the bridge before crossing it 😊
i love this
The reason that the stores are only open 5 hours on a sunday, is because that is enough.
Everyone is of work, so there is no need for stores to be open more.
As for romkugler, there is NO RUM in them!
The recipe is leftover cage mixed with raspberry+cocopowder+rum essence
The rum essence is just the taste of rum, the alcohol percentage in a romkugle is no more than 0.1% or else they could not sell them to kids
6:11 it's deer meat provided by hunters on the island of Fyn.
If you like old stuff, Kalundborg on the westcoast of Sjælland, has the largest collection of middle age buildings in northern Europe, + a very nice church. Kalundborg is also Copenhagens "sister city". 2 brothers founded Kalundborg and Copenhagen (København, in danish) They are both from the late 1160´s. Kalundborg was also the "capital" of Denmark in periods, before Copenhagen became it.
We will have to check them out!
Spændende by 😂😂 fyldt med Carmen curlers 🎉Yee haw !
Oh man I hope you visit Odense the 18th or 19th October for the Festival of Magic!
It is a really fun yearly tradition with loads of things to see and do, good food, tasty treats, games, drinks and more.
Hehe, they originally called it Harry Potter festival, but had to change it because nobody thought it might infringe on copyright laws and then Warner Brothers poked the politicians and say no usage of that name, typical Odense
This is probably too late but you guys should visit Dyrehaven north of Copenhagen.
There's a nice castle, Eremitageslottet, and a pretty big forest/royal hunting grounds with different types of deer and views of the ocean.
It's also where the worlds oldest amusement park, Bakken is located, so a combination of the amusement park and the forest is great :)
Would highly recommend it next time.
Odense (O-then-seh) not O-dense 😅 Few Danes would have a clue to where you're going if you say it like that 😋
Køge is a bit difficult because of the Ø, but it's not an oo sound and the g is soft, the easiest would probably be Ko-jeh/Koe-jeh (soft J, not said like a singular J)
Hiii dane here, the sign says: " deer meat, from hunters at Fyn" :) nice to see your vidioes ;) also Fikka is Swedish ;)
Køge is a very difficult name to pronounce for non-nordic/germanic people, especially since the "ø" doesn't have a directly equivalent sound in English. The closest you'd get is like how you pronounce the first "e" in "Jersey", but a bit deeper/closer to an "o". And then the "ge" is sorta kinda like "eh" at the end.
This is still a bit off from the actual pronunciation, but it's the closest I think you'd get without hearing a Dane pronounce it for you :D
I usually explain it like this.. Try to say "ehh?" in English, but make your mouth round like you're whistling. It.. Almost works 🤔
6:06 looks like a deer-salami although the sign just says "deer-sausage"
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Nice to see tourist videos outside Copenhagen, I wouldn't call those small cities in Denmark though, Køge is the 18th and Roskilde is the 10th biggest city in Denmark. It would be cool to see a similar video with going around some cities in Jutland and Funen (apparently what Jylland and Fyn is called in English)
I think the ideas you have at the end are related to urban planning.
In the US a lot of people live in the suburbs, they're not going to drive to the stripmall to hang out, when you could drive somewhere nicer if you're getting in the car anyways. The people you saw probably live around the corner and just wanted to get out while the sun was out.
This is pretty common all over Europe, because the towns are older and not based around cars.
Normally we call Rumkugler the "gulvopfej" (lit. floorsweep) of the bakeries. It is a bunch of cakes and pastries that are close to being not able to be sold, just mashed together with some rum essence. They're dense AF, but so good
About romkugler, theres varies ways people make those. But when I was at a bakery once and helped making those. It was by taking the older weinerbread that hadn't been sold the day before and jam and cream was removed, then it was put into a mixer and rum essence was added (no alcohol) I think one more thing was added but I can't remember. Maybe some suger to make it stick together. Then roll the into small balls and add sprinkles
the salami was a deer that was hunted on fyn
Thanks for sharing this video from my country 🇩🇰😊
Did you know that american actor Jeremy Strong from “Succession” is married to a danish woman and spent their summer vacation in their summer house not far from Roskilde? 😃
This summer Bradley Cooper and his daughter spent their vacation with Jeremy and his family.
They also spent a day in Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen with Matt Damon and his family.
It’s all over the internet ☺️
Nice to see experience outside the normal tourist traps 👍👍👍
Had a giggle at the village comment :)
I love to follow you two on your visits here in Denmark. You are clever Tourists. And grab the Danish spirit very Well. ❤❤❤❤
You guys are so sweet! If you would like to have a local who also likes to go off the beaten path as a tour guide of sorts on another visit, hit me up! I also love to stray from the tourist-beaten path, and I've lived multiple places on Zealand and have family all around the country, so I know a lot of good places to go. For starters, my step mom has a gallery in one of those side alleys in Køge -- thought for a moment you were outside it, but looks like a different alley after all. I also think the trust sale may have been a friend of mine's!
All in all a fun video which I enjoyed a lot, thank you. :)
Normal is not like target. They mostly have comsetics, combined with different stuff for the household, candy etc. It is super popular here in Norway. Norway has more Normal stores than Denmark, even though it is a Danish owned company.
There's two things that I want to say.
1st. you have only seen one part of our country, try going to the other parts towards the west.
2nd. From what I can remember, "rumkugle" is a lot of leftover cakes and other things from the baker, mixed together, with rum extract added, which is what gives that flavor, no real rum is in the mix. (Google says that "rumkugle" is "rum ball" in english).
when i was younger my favourite thing my mom could make was Romkugler (the rum chocolate things you tasted) though some people use actual rum, most people will use rum essance, essnetially its just the taste without percentages.
It's so nice to see tourists actually taking the plunge and venture out from Copenhagen.
I was born and raised in Copenhagen, but I always recommend my foreign friends to consider taking the chance of seeing something else than only Copenhagen.
While there is plenty to see on Sjælland, I always recommend tourists to try out especially Jylland.
Translation: The meat you ate is Deer Sausage provided by hunters from Fyn :-D
Drive to the west Coast in jylland, there is a reason 50% of our tourists go there and live in the cozy summerhouses. Its better to go there when the temperature is more, but i like your idea of visiting smaller places. Could also visit the 4th or 5th biggest city, its not really super touristy
Go to Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, the buriel grounds for the royal family of Denmark.
Billund, LEGO’s hometown
Yes LEGO is danish.
In Ebeltoft is HDMS Jylland..
Go to Jelling Church, there is the runic Stones which is the baptism certificate of Denmark.
Dane here - never ever heard of the word 'fika'. I think it might be Swedish :).
Hygge is also (as far as I'm aware) a purely Danish term :)
Good town choices when staying on Sjælland by the way. Køge and Roskilde are old towns with massive history!
Romkugle my favorite backery item as a child
Romkugle is basicly "old" kage and pastry mixed with jam and rom essens. so a little bit of everything with rom
Actually, the supermarket that resembles a target / wallmart the most is called "bilka".. those are very big.
You should visit places like Roskilde, Bornholm, Helsingør, Århus, Esbjerg, Ålborg and I could come with more places
Salami with deer meat, from local hunters
The "Lake" you are standing at are the the sea, its a fjord called Roskilde fjord.
Yep. There´s actually a real possibility that the Vikings that reached America took off from this very spot,
@@Mike-zx1kx no... Cause it was norwegian vikings, living in Greenland......
@@JesperSandgreen Do you have any substantial evidence for this claim?
@@Mike-zx1kx Learn history, Should be common knowledge...
@@JesperSandgreen I am aware that Vikings used the bottom of Roskilde Fjord where they visited as starting point to trips going very long distances, from now Turkey over British isles etc. I have not seen anyone being able to reject that it should not include America or Iceland, Greenland etc.If you can then please enlighten me.
The markets in denmark is only in the summor time tho :)
You need to check out some of the smaller towns on Fyn. Like Faaborg and Svendborg
Romkugler are usually not made with rum but with rum essence, so there is no risk of drunk driving ;-) But with that being said, there may be some quality romkugler that MIGHT be made with proper rum.
But as mentioned elsewhere. Romkugler used to be made from day old bread(Unsold pastries for instance) but that may not apply anymore due to the regulations from higher places due to the "healt hazard" it could be with bad bread etc.
But something else that used to be made from old bread is something called studenterbrød(Students bread) that was so cheap that even the students could affod it(WAY back before students got paid for attentding an education)
Brand products are priced differently across the EU, due to differences in income level mostly. Normal imports brand items from other EU countries, and resells them cheaper. Because of the EU common market they can do this legally, without paperwork, beyond what they'd normally have to do.
I would lime to Think that the honesty system works somwhere in the States, but we also sometimes have trouble with this but most is feeling that it has to function.😊
Romkugler is very Danish, but do you know how they are made ? Old unsold cookies is churned in a mixer with rum and water to get the moisture correct, and then rolled in coconut-chokolat, each local area have their versions!! You missed "Kirkestræde " in Køge, which is just off the square where the market was(google streetwiew)!!
It's not only cookies. but cookie and all the other pastry in the Baker That's not sold the day before that is used to make Romkugler
@@allanjensen31 no cakes with cream allowed though.. nor any bread or rundstykker.. but most pastries yes though rarely just the ones from "the day before" they usually save up for 3-4-5 days in the fridge then make a huge portion all at once
It's obvious No cake with cream and no bread but Thanks for the input and maybe in small towns they have to wait 34-5 days but in big cityes like Copenhagen they can make them Everyday I work in a couple of bakery and I know a few Bakers
@@allanjensen31 i worked as a baker in a major bakery in Aalborg so :D
@@allanjensen31 you do know they sweep it up from the floor, too!
it is great to see someone not staying in KPH and geting outside to the i would say better small towns (im From Køge)
Dane here.
Great video :)
BTW I'm pretty sure there is no actual rum in the romkugle - they're using rum essence.
Go to Holbæk next :)
7:32 just a fun fact about the church you heard it was used in a famous and popular Danish TV Series from 1978 to 1981 called Matador It's a story of a little town on Sjælland called Korsbæk in 1929 to 1947.
When the second episode was aired there was 3.6 million danish people watching it and the population was only 5 million.
It has been on TV 6 times and the last time was in 2006 and I still has 1.5 million watching Myself I have watch it about 30 times and I'm still loving and that is the same with other Danes There is a Facebook sites where people Maybe have seen it a 100 Times+ .
It comes with English subtitles and I recommend seeing it if you are curious about What's happening Denmark en 1929 to 1947 the character And Town is fictional but the times is real like like pre Second World War enduring Second World War And couple of Year after Second World War. I would recommend recommend you watching it You won't regret it
Now that you love Køge, add Ribe to your list if you ever come here again. Similar vibe - even more cute.
Not all the romkugler are made with rum, but the real ones are. Looks like you found a real bakery. :)
Interesting fact, if you like the romkugle taste.. Stroh rum mixed with cola inexplicably tastes almost exactly like them. Wish I could still drink, I miss those!
Denmark scoring high with happiness has also a lot to do with a high GDP per capita, low corruption and few natural disasters - no volcanoes, earthquakes or tornadoes.
Woaw, some found Denmark beyond Copenhagen 😂
As a dans I love how they pronounce Køge😁 Also theres no alcohol in Romkugler, There is rum extract tho
Most small Danish towns look like Køge 🥰
6 minutes into the video you sampled venison (wild deer) sausage that hunters from Funen had culled.
And honestly, I do hope you have visited our Famous Collection of Viking Ships! Several of the ships in the harbor are exact Copies built based on the Originals in the Museum. Also the "largest ship ever found", which was found here, and which is not in the Museum, but is exhibited, what is left of it, in The National Museum in Copenhagen. But it is preserved from bow to bow!
By that, because of the rising water in the - "Fiord" they will built a new and more "Viking like" Museum, a little higher up!!
Wasa , i Sverige ❤
@6:06 that's venison meat, coming from wild deer, that hunters hunted...
6:06 Deer sausage. This item/source is from funen hunters.
You in Køge. So its not local meat as someone else said in the comments. Fyn is the "middle island" Odense is located on
@8:00 Tøxens school was HQ for the german troops in Køge during WW2
Its a salami made on, deer Meet, its why it so expencive. and the deer is shot by a hunter living on the iland Fyn were the city Odense is on.
Don´t worry about driving after eating romkugler. Usually, it is only rum essence. And in that type of bakery, I am 99% sure it is :) Usually only fint the real deal in the "posh" romkugler. The ones, that bakeries make in order to participate in the early, national competition of "Best Romkugle in Denmark" :D
Must be the first time Køge has been called a hidden gem😂 couldn't name a more average danish town if I tried.
You should visit Egeskov castle on Fyn you 2 would love that place :)
Ha ha, guys, listen. There is not actually that much rum in those romkugler. I think you would have to eat a thousand to get slightly tipsy! :D
But go easy on the traditionel folk music. It’s a few hundred years outdated and just as foreign for a Dane as it is for you! 😅
For some Danes, maybe. ;) Go see Sorten Muld, if you get the chance.
@@M0rket and believe it or not, the Danish Folk Dance tradition is seing more and more kids join these last few years. They will definitly also be subjected to folk music 😅
you should have gone north.. true treasures.
Romkugler is survival food. Made from yesterdays Danish, rom, coco, raspberry marmelad. 👍🇩🇰. Go vind.