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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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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
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
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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A number of places there are rebuilded old houses as those the Vikings used to live in. You can actually pay - for small money - and try living a day or a week one of these places. Also you can TEST yourself in most of what the Vikings did 1000 years ago. Making food, sailing, ... name it ... the way they did way back. Feel free to come and try
Most Danes under the age of 60 or 70 speak at least some English and large numbers of them are fluent. If English doesn't work, the next best bet is German; however, always start out with English. Memories of the war are long, so their response to a German is not always so receptive.
Mathe:28:19History of the Denish flag;...with a Cross on it.THE DANNEBROGBesides being the oldest monarchy in Europe,Denmark has the oldest flag.The first Dannebrog - as the national flag is called -dropped traditionally 'as a sign from heaven above'on June 15,1219,turning defeat into victory for the Danish under Valdemar the Victorious in the Battle of Lindanaes(Lyndaniz)abainst the pagan Esthonians.Tallin /Reval was faunded by Valdemar the Victorious.
Although there is a traditional legend about the DANISH FLAG having fallen from heaven during a battle beetween the Danes and the Baltic pogans in the 13th century, it is afact a crusader's flag.First used in the arms of King Valdemar IV Atterdag(1340-1375) it became known as the Dannebrog literary meanig 'Danish cloth'It was originally square form,but the design become elongeted, and the arm of the cross at the flying end was extended. The flags of the other Schandinavian countries are derived directly or indirectly from this model,so that this distinctive form ofthe cross has become known as the Scandinavian cross.It is seen also in the flags of ICELAND,NORWAY,SWEDEN,FINNLAND.(P.S.In Hungary,Budapest is open a Museum of Flags)
Denmark,Naestved,House of 'Apostles'Meet Jesus and the ApostlesThe half-timbering of the facade of Apostelhuset in Ridder-gade is decorated with a carving depicting Jesus and the 12Apostles, dating from 1510.Note the carvings above and beloweach of the figures,probably symbolising the bliss of heavenand the trials and tribulations of earthly existence.
Bible BibelenPsalm:23:1,2Proverb:25:25Salmernes Bog 63 - Psalm 63Gud,du er min Gud,jeg soger dig,min sjael torsterefter dig,i det torre udpinte,vandlose land.Ja, jeg vill skue dig i helligdomenog se din magt og herlighed,for din troskab er bedre end lived....
Denmark,Naestved,The Fladsa TrollThere is a myth which tells how the beautiful Naestvedlandscape came into being:Once upon a time there lived inFladsa a troll who could not stand the noise of the churchbells in Naestved.So he filled a sack with sand and setout for the town in order to bury the churches.Luckily there was a hole in the sack,so the sand tricled out, formingthe Fladsa hills and the long ridge of Mogenstrup.Today, there is a huge statue of Troll in front of the Munkebakkenhill, made from the last sand,which out of spite,the Trollhurled at the town of Naestved.From the lookout tower youcan get a glimpse of practically all of the magnificent co-untryside of South Zealand.
The Danish flag is also the people's flag, all house-owners with a garden have a flagpole, on which they raise the flag for holidays, birthdays, the first of May or whatever opportunity may arise.
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People will say 'Hey' when greeting you. In Dutch we say that too but not to older people or people we don't know. It felt strange to say 'Hey' to everyone but at least we knew we did right :-)
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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