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Lifestyle & Habits   Copenhagen

Lifestyle & Habits, Copenhagen

 25 Reviews  On the Hop on Hop off bus tour we learned about the garden allotments. In Danish culture the allotment garden has become a symbol of blue-collar culture - with all the positives and negatives... 

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Street Life   Copenhagen

Street Life, Copenhagen

 14 Reviews  Check this out! Domestic household articles neatly arranged on attractive stands. The prices are clearly visible I hope ;) It looked good enough to eat ;) You're supposed to use 'good' brushes for... 

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Beer.   Copenhagen

Beer., Copenhagen

 9 Reviews  Not just Carlsberg. There are many different Danish beers, do try them! My favourite is Tuborg. You can look out for Christmasbeer during the right time, and also Easter Beer. There are many different... 

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Food.   Copenhagen

Food., Copenhagen

 8 Reviews  La Glace dates back to 1870 and is famous for the delicious cakes and chocolate. I liked to have breakfast there, but actually lots of people decide to go there at "tea time". It seemed also very... 

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Language   Copenhagen

Language, Copenhagen

 5 Reviews  Every Danish person we spoke to whether it was in hotels, shops, restaurants or on the street, spoke perfect English. After our first day in the city we stopped asking people if they speak English... 

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Smoking   Copenhagen

Smoking, Copenhagen

 2 Reviews   The Danes' attitude to smoking is generally quite liberal and according to the statistics 34% of the population are smokers. But if you walk through the streets it looks like almost everybody is... 

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Holydays and celebations   Copenhagen

Holydays and celebations, Copenhagen

 5 Reviews  Like most places in the western world, most Danes celebrated Christmas is in one way or another. The biggest moment of Christmas, for Danes, is the evening of Dec. 24th! That’s when families all... 

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Festivals and events   Copenhagen

Festivals and events, Copenhagen

 7 Reviews  Friday night of week 41 – middle of October – is The Culture Night in Copenhagen, and in some locations across Denmark as well. The date varies, but in 2007 it will be on October 12th. All sorts of... 

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Bikes   Copenhagen

Bikes, Copenhagen

 10 Reviews  Ok, so now we have already established that bikes are a big deal in Copenhagen, and here are some rules for good biking behavior: 1) Bike on the right side and let others overtake on the left side.... 

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Toilets   Copenhagen

Toilets, Copenhagen

 4 Reviews  I must admit that Danish cleanliness is up there with the best of them. Copenhagen could not be described as spotless, but they make a pretty good fist of things. Even in the dodgier fast food chains... 

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Ice Cream   Copenhagen

Ice Cream, Copenhagen

 2 Reviews  Danes Love Ice Cream! When you come here you should try and find an ice cream shop (shouldn't be too hard). The best way to go is get 3 scoops, guf (a strawberry goo type stuff), flodeskum (whipped... 

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Royal Guard   Copenhagen

Royal Guard, Copenhagen

 5 Reviews  I prefer the Royal Guards in Copenhagen when looking at them against other regiments around Europe. They go about their business, marching to and from the Amalienborg Palace through the streets on a... 

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Christmas Decorations   Copenhagen

Christmas Decorations, Copenhagen

 3 Reviews   December in Denmark is dark, so the Danes like to make lights throughout the city. Copenhagen is decorated with thousands of Christmas lights, accentuating the special Danish holiday atmosphere. At... 

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A Favorite Custom!

by lmkluque

It seems not uncommon to be served 'Bitters' for breakfast on special occasions. This was a really nice surprise for me. Sometimes we'll have a champagne brunch, but alcohol is not usually served with breakfast. I stayed in a couple of homes while in Danmark so had a glimpse of life as lived in this part of the world. One of the most impressive aspects was to realize that guests are treated royally and for this self sufficient American, such treatment is greatly appriciated and fondly remembered.

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Danes don´t say please.

by cachaseiro

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.No please is needed.

The danes can be quite sensitive.

by cachaseiro

The danes are very sensitive about critisizm towards their country.They tend to spend all day complaining about it, but if any foreigner says one negative word they will flip all over the place.So remember:Don't tell a dane that 60 procent income tax is too high :O)Don't tell him 25 procent vat is too high :O)Don't laugh at the danes when they all wait for the read man to go green at the pedestian crossing, even though there is not a car in sight :O)And last of all.Don't tell them that they could benefit from being a little more international :O)

The Danes - Very honest and law abiding people...

by lbhspatriot

I am from Poland and people in my country are raised with tales of uprisings, strikes and constant battle for freedom against -really-any power and authority. So imagine it is for me to enter a world of law abiding citizens, honesty and ... well it is heaven! People in Denmark act not only like they wouldn't brake any law or regulation but llike something like this would never cross their mind. And they expect the others would feel the same way. For example, you should pay for elextricty at the campgrounds but they expect you to tell that you used it. At most campgrounds they couldn't even tell by themselves if you used it or not. I've been to museums where they never checked if we had tickets... Some might call in naive to trust the human nature so much, but I respect their way of lives. The best thing was when we got pulled by police in Copenhagen - not because we did something wrong...

Friendly Vikings!

by lbhspatriot

People in Denmark are very friendly... I wouldn't believe that statement before I went there. I always imagined the Danes as "typical" Scandinavians; cool, controlled and well kept to themselves. But this is not the case! People in Denmark are extremely polite, friendly and helpfull and that doesn't diverse much between the big cities and small towns. Everywhere you go you will be greated with a smile and treated with respect, doesn't matter where you come from or what language you speak.

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Christmas Trees

by grayfo

Denmark is the world’s largest exporter of Christmas trees and produces 6 to 7 million of the 50 million Christmas trees annually used in Europe. Nordmann (or Caucasian) fir is the most popular Christmas tree grown in Denmark.

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Hylleblomst

by la_beba

This flower drink is delicious!!!if you are in Denmark, you must ask for a hylleblomst! It's served iced, or warm... we tried it warm at "Mette Søgaard Hansen" in Roskilde, as we waited for the rest of the VT crew to show up the first night of our trip; and it was delicious!(better than tea!)Some might find it too sweet, but it was really yummy, I truly enjoyed it!not sure what kind of flower it is, but I think they also use this juice to mix it up with ice cream, for sundaes? shakes?You can partly see it here, in front of Claus (the drink peeking through - with a couple of straws on it) - that's the only time I was able to capture it :o)

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Danish hot dogs

by la_beba

Danish hotdogs were better than New York hotdogs! The Danish hot dog features a long, thin bright-red sausage, similar to a foot-long hot dog in the USA They steam the hot dog sausage and the bread is warmed in either an oven or toaster. Ketchup, mustard and remoulade sauce (I did not know what that remolade sauce was... until I tried it in the hotdogs from Roskilde) and that is followed by a sprinkling of either raw or toasted onion (mmmmmm, gives it a yummy sweetness!) and a layer of cucumber salad, marinated in a sweet vinegar sauce as you see on the picture

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Æbleskiver

by marielexoteria

The best way I can describe what Æbleskiver are is like a pancake made into a little ball and fried. Danes eat these yummy "apple slices" with strawberry jam and powder sugar and glögg (se my Sweden page) to drink to them. They're so good!Traditionally they used to have apple bites but nowadays they shine for their absence (hehe, no offense), if you do them the "modern way".Æbleskiver are eaten usually during Christmas.

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Smørrebrød - my favorite type of sandwich

by globetrott

Smørrebrød is a special kind of Danish sandwich : first of all it is mostly made of dark, whole-wheat-bread and it is covered with fish, meat and/or vegetables, pickles etc. 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...------Smørrebrød are not really cheap, but tasty and filling !

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