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Fossilized sea urchins named thunderstones was in the old days believed to origin from lightning. Lightning arising from the wheels of Thors chariot when he was riding across the road in the sky. The thunderstones was carried as amulets in the believe that it was a used lightning and as lightning was assumed not to be able to strike twice you would be protected against the wrath of the Gods.
If you see one walking around with a amulets like this there is a good chance that this person is a believer of the old Nordic Gods.
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 Smørrebrød by globetrott
Mostly there is no majonaise.
Mostly you may get Smørrebrød in bakeries or also a few "Smørrebrød-shops" like one that I remember close to Tivoli in Copenhagen. Some of these places are open only in the morning for a few hours and mostly you may eat these great sandwiches right away at small standing-tables or you take them home.
My favorite kind of Smørrebrød is the one with liver-pate, it comes with pickles and tastes delicious, it is the one on the bottom to the right of my picture, it is a pity that the pic looks so lousy (still a scanned slide and using the flash was no good idea eighter...
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Smørrebrød are not really cheap, but tasty and filling ! Leave a Comment
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Talking to a Dane it’s a good idea to know where he/she is from in the country. As people from Jutland has the custom to make understatements or under act what they tell you as well as some from Copenhagen are more prone to exaggeration.
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 ole tonny and jan doing their
favorite hobby by cachaseiro
many foreigners are suprised to see how danes brag about how drunk they were last week (the girls brag about it too) but most danes need a few drinks to open up as they are quite shy when sober. Leave a Comment
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See people in their traditional costumes and merchants, farmers, hat-makers etc. at work in the open-air-museums like "Den Gammle By" in Aarhus. These museums are open like small villages during the evening and night, and you may take a walk through them freely and without restrictions. During the day - according to the opening-hours - the doors of the museum will be locked again and you have to pay some entrance-fee, BUT you also get to see the people in their costumes, working and selling their merchandise in the old houses of the museum. Leave a Comment
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When walking in the side-streets of Ribe or any other old village in Danmark, take a closer look at the large variety of great and colorfull doors. There seems to be a competition among the many house-owners to have the most beautiful entrance-door, while the faceds of the houses are mostly alike in red bricks. Leave a Comment
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The changing of the guards in Amalienborg Slot is a nice event for the tourists and it takes place every day at noon in front of Amalienborg Palace. Dont expect a big ceremony like in Bukingham Palace, it starts quite un-spectekular, when some soldiers get out of a side-wing and start marching towards the collegues on duty.
All of the ceremony is over after 4-5 minutes, you may approach the soldiers, or march behind of them, like some children did, while I saw the ceremony last time...
Something that you should know : they look cute and friendly, BUT they also have a machine-gun and are more than just a funny touristattraction. They will shout at everyone, trying to sit in front of the palace etc. Pics can be taken of them and sometimes they even will show something like a smile ;~) Leave a Comment
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You may see Dannebrog, the Royal Danish Yacht mostly in Aarhus during the summer-season, when Queen Margarethe II is living in her summer-residence closeby. The royal yacht was built in 1931 and shows the danish crown in front of the ship. It is considdered to be one of the official "residences" and is mostly used to visit remote places of Danmark like Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
I saw Dannegbrog twice in Aarhus, docked at a special pier next to the commercial port, always with some soldiers in front of the ship to guard it.
Photographs can be taken from a distance without problems. Leave a Comment
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This might come as a big suprise to many, but the word "please" does not excist in danish.
When you have a conversation with a dane and it would be obvious to use the word please, a dane might not do so.
That is in most cases not because he/she is unpolite, but because we don´t do that when we talk to eachother in daily life.
so remember:
when you are at a bar you just: "could i have a beer" and that is it. Leave a Comment
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The Danish Art of Hygge
The Danes have a word that's hard to translate, and no foreigner can hope to pronounce, but it's as Danish as pork roast and cold beer. It's hygge, and it goes far in illuminating the Danish soul.
The closest we can come phonetically is "hooga," if we try forming our mouths for "ee" while saying "oo." It doesn’t translate directly into any other language but we can illustrate it in action.
Gather the family and invite over a couple of good friends. Push the sofas and chairs up close to the coffee table. Douse the electricity and light some candles. Better yet, light a fire in the hearth.
Serve plenty of food and drink. Raise a toast or two, or three, and feel the warmth flow around the table. Look at each other until you see the candlelight shimmering in each other’s eyes. You've got hygge!
No synonyms
Luckily, we didn't have to use near-synonyms like coziness, fellowship, security, reassurance or well-being. They just don't add up to hygge. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Hygge didn't originate in the Danish language but in Norwegian, where it meant something like "well-being." It first appeared in Danish writing around the end of the 18th Century and the Danes have embraced it like a fat baby. Leave a Comment
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