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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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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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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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
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
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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Danish nationalism is felt in the bordering area with Germany, that is, southern Denmark. more than a century ago.. with numerous wars with Germany, Denmark lost quite a big territory ... and won back (though the former was more frequent and significat) left the Danes there, nurturing some of their old customs. Still in many places in southern Denmark, Christmas tree is decorated with small Danish flags alongwith angels and presents!
You're bound to meet a few rude people. Beware of this fact before entering the country and it won't surprise you! Even so, and especially if you come from nice-people-all-over Germany, do keep in mind that the majority is nice. Sooner or later you'll find yourself surrounded by nice people!
The famous MERMAID is a MUST of course...she dates from 1913 and is the very emblem now of Danmark.Amalienborg Palace: When the queen is in residence you can watch the changing of guards (accompanied by a band) at noon.he Carlsberg Brewery is worth a visit: you are shown around and can taste the quality of the product.Frederiksborg Castle is one of the finest Renaissance palaces situated on three islets in a small lake.How about the VIKING SHIP in Museum Roskilde? MOST WORTHY OF A VISIT: see my ROSKILDE page.The Big Round Tower (Rundetarn) nice to climb.STROGETis the pedestrian precinct and has the most exquisite shops: nice to go shopping or at least windowshopping! There is so much more to visit that you really must have a DENMARK guide (booklet) to make a choice of what is of consequence for you.now, please, go to the 6 TRAVELOGUES ^c* , top right of this page, because there is much...
Disclaimer: Folks, in any case no offence was meant by me with this tip. Itýs just for a bit of fun. And, besides, I guess youýd like to know what youýre not actually allowed to do while in Denmark. Iýve put similar sections to pages of countries where Iýve been, and for those where Iýve not (hopefully yet) been the Funny Laws section is available under the continent name. What about the Americas and Oceania? I guess Iýll just put them into a travelogue on my homepage hereýThese funnies are actual laws, and they are still binding to anyone. Mostly they come from the site www.dumblaws.com , or are from one of our humor magazines here in Russia. Enjoy!- If a horse drawn carriage is trying to pass a car and the horse becomes uneasy, the owner of the car is required to pull over and if necessary, cover the car. - Attempt to escape from prison is not illegal, however, if one he is caught he...
or Sankt Hans as the evening is called in Denmark.In Denmark we also have our traditions for this evening...Normally there are bonfires all over the country with people getting together singing, drinking - sometimes with speaches.A really cosy tradition - especially if the rain is not pooring down as it sometimes ends up with!! On the bonfires we often have a doll that looks like a witch - because we say that this is the evening to send the witches off to Blocksbjerg (Germany). It is an old tradition and unfortunately I dont know why we send the witches off to Blocksbjerg and not some other destination in the world!
In Denmark Christmas is held on the eve of December 24.In many families it is a tradition to go to church in the afternoon - and the churches are always packed this day.Afterwards there are the Christmas dinner at home (flaeskesteg, kartofler, brunede kartofler and so forth)...The tree is a big part of the Danish tradition - because most families have the tradítion of dansing around the tree singing Christmas carols just before opening the presents.Here is a photo of my family' tree last year - with all the decoracions!
Denmark is so unbelievably quiet. Especially during holiday or even on sunday there are no people on the streets and all small towns look like they were deserted. It's even hard to find some cafe that would be open.
It is a Danish custom that when one of the roalties have birthday we greet them by showing up at Amalienborg castle - where they have their residence - to wave to them and shouth "Hurra"...On the picture you can see the royal family at the Queen Margrethe's birthday the 16th of April 2003.Together with her - from the left: the furture king Frederik, prince Joakim, his wife princess Alexander with their two sons Nicolai and Felix - then the Queen and at behind the Queen her husband, prince Henrik.
in Denmark we speak danish! Danish i say !Not german or english or whatever you can come up with. When i talk to people online quite a few think Denmark is some place in Africa, the capital af Sweden or near the North Pole..A person I talked to online( wont reveal nationality) believed me when I told him we have to wear guns in the streets to scare off the polarbears :-))so we speak danish. Its related to swedish and norwegian , and of the germanic language family..saying that then most danes speak english , and some of them speak german.. we have english in school from 4th grade and german from 6th. I dont really speak german but I understand a great deal..if you need any danish glossery feel free to mail me
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 synonymsLuckily, we didn't have to use near-synonyms like coziness,...
Hilton Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen
10 Reviews and 788 Opinions Wannabe location..close to airport and steps to subway train..this property is only for business...
Best Western Hotel Knudsens Gaard Odense
1 Review and 19 Opinions A cosy 4 star hotel. We were glad we stayed here for the night. They have very friendly personnel....
Hotel Royal Århus
2 Reviews and 23 Opinions I went on a tour to Europe last year with my family. It was a great trip we had. While going to...
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Q: Hi everybody!I'm going to come in Denmark next August and I need some advice by the most experienced danish! I'm certainly going...
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