7 Crazy Facts About DENMARK We Can't Believe

[@RobeTrotting]

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[@martinandroid]

Swearing is possibly a sign of intelligence. You can look it up.

[@Bjowolf2]

Bad influences from mainly American (!) movies and TV-series + some types of "music" - many Danes seem to think that this F-word is a common part of ordinary civil English in the US - everyday conversations for instance 🙄 - , so they also want to sound cool, but screw up completely in their attempt.

[@fastertove]

@@Bjowolf2 "Fuck" doesn't have anywhere the same meaning in Denmark. Don't think is is about being cool any more. It isn't gangster to say "fuck", it is mostly just used as a filler word. It is such a integrated part of the Danish language that even my 70+ mother uses it, perhaps due to subtitles being overly polite and translated it to something neutral like "for søren" meaning "Dang it" :). Yes, overexposure has likely lead to numbness. Using "fuck" is of course not proper etiquette or business language, especially dealing with foreigners, kids learn this in school at a young age, but is generally not frowned upon here. Besides Danes are pretty casual about hurtful language or political correctness in general - not least compared to our Scandinavian brethren and of course the US. "Fuck" is of course a word related to sex, something we can't have! It isn't censored in Denmark, same goes for nudity, which in itself interesting when compared to American tv.. It is really not about, what was said, that is important in Danish culture, but the intend it was uttered in. If the Anglosphere don't appreciate the way we integrate their words - they can "fuck off" (pun intended). Interestingly, the Danish way of using "fuck" isn't dissimilar to how it is used on the British Isles. Social hierarchy is more of a thing over there, so you are more likely to hear it from regular people rather than those more posh. If you go to more rural areas, you will likely hear much harsher language than just fuck :). Cheers!

[@Bjowolf2]

@@fastertove Well, maybe so - but it started that way. And most (younger) Danes don't even seem to realise that it's very problematic using it abroad in business or in work situations - home or abroad - , where English is the official language. People will (usually) think that you are rude and lack manners, and maybe you will lose a contract over that, or be seen as unreliable or unpleasant in your work situation among your colleagues. So Danish people should at least be aware of this potential conflict, if they do want to make a good impression with their business partner or their boss and their colleagues. Cheers 😉

[@fastertove]

@@Bjowolf2 Words change meaning. I was about to write a longer text, but then it dawned on me, that this really isn't important. If it is, I'm sure that some of the well-mannered Americans will raise a finger and explain the dumb Dane how to be polite. This all seems a little like nitpicking, rather than a real world problem. Again, most young people are taught this is school. But, yes, many will likely forget it again since the meaning is different in Danish, and this information without any real value likely won't store well (cognitive learning). They would rightfully think: "Why should I care, I don't have a business?" :) If they later enter higher education like a business school, they will likely be retaught if the education finds it relevant. Sure there will always be awkward programmers, or whatever, what isn't aware, but that wouldn't really be problematic. Of topic: Is "awkward" a weird word, or is it just me? :)

[@sebastianbagergaardrasmuss3918]

Guys - please - stop worrying and apologizing about danish pronunciations. Just do it! Go for it. We hear you :*

[@RobeTrotting]

We'll try - we're both pretty self conscious

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Danes will often be the first to tell you how difficult their language is to pronounce. Kids have a very hard time with it.

[@hansaronthomsen6745]

Yesss omg danish kids sound broken when they are 3 and american/english kids sound like academics 🤣

[@blackstormfire]

@@RobeTrotting i know how you feel, i am a dane, but moved to sweden for 3 years ago, i know the langauge but i avoid to use swedish because i know my pronunciations are like making a swede to say " rødgrød med fløde" :) just remeber to pratice. I noticed when i am home, i go and speak out loud everything i do in swedish. that has helped me a lot. :) but you are doing really good just keep up the good work :)

[@Jonassoe]

@@RobeTrotting A funny thing I've noticed is that English speakers can never pronounce Y in Danish. They always pronounce it as I or U - that is, unless they attempt to pronounce a Danish word that has U in it. Then it always comes out as Y :D (as when you pronounced "ugenummer" in the video).

[@spyro257]

in Denmark we call it wienerbrød, which translates in to Viennese bread, or Vienna bread, and in Austria, they call it Kopenhagener Gebäck, which translates in to Copenhagen pastries, so we are crediting each other, for the pastries we have today...

[@RobeTrotting]

That's a sweet (no pun) way to handle the name :)

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

@@RobeTrotting But it is a pun and that's just fine 😀

[@LiLBitsDK]

@@RobeTrotting no no the american versions drowned in sugar is sweet 😛no clue how you can eat that stuff, I was so dissapointed and felt like I got a sugar poisoning lol great to be home so I can get my kanelsnegl med brun glasur :D

[@anderslarsen6009]

The name came because the danish bakers striked and they got some bakers from Wien to do the job and they made the Wienerbrød.

[@Bjowolf2]

@@RobeTrotting more like a bun 😂

[@danskehans]

For a Dane most of what you mentioned was something we have taken for granted for a very long time. Here is a good tid-bit for you: Ever wondered why Danish bacon is so famous? It is leaner than most other bacon because about 75 years ago a little piglet was found with an extra set of ribs and the result was, of course, a longer and therefore leaner pig. They bred it and today all Danish bacon pigs are longer than any other pigs. It's true!

[@allenculpepper9553]

I am a fan of navneloven. I think preventing people from giving their kids stupid names is a great idea.

[@runeodin7237]

Agree, but today the law has been diluted to the point that there are plenty of stupid names you can use.

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Kartoffel Hansen isn't so bad. If your kid is vegan... 🤪🥔

[@Ava_the_Furry_wolf]

@@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131 or their mom is the Danish version of vegan teacher 🤷‍♀️😂

[@cedric182]

Camel is not stupid. I know.

[@SebbeDK]

Regarding the whole Himmelbjerget/Ejer Bavnehøj/Møllehøj thing, "The Tim Traveller" made an excellent video on the whole timeline of it a couple of weeks ago. Definitely worth a watch. :)

[@RobeTrotting]

Yes, we did see that video!

[@kristoffortie5601]

And all 3 of them are only 3km apart, like in the same street... Cycled by them last summer. nr.1 & 3: a 400m walk from tower to farm. 😀

[@MortenAastad]

That was a fun film Sebastian 😊

[@saralink9093]

@@kristoffortie5601 no Ejer Baunerhøj, møllehøj and Ydinge skovhøj is close to each other. Himmelbjerget is further away and only 147 m High

[@kristoffortie5601]

@@saralink9093 I never mentioned Hjimmelberget. The nrs 1, 2, 3 (by height) I used refer to those 3 hills you name and described in the Robe trotting video. Not the comment by Sebastian

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

Fun fact video. I love those. You both have geek minds and its just so much fun.

[@michaelgask]

Another really interesting video... always learn a lot. 🌟 Plus, cute "first weekend in Denmark" pic of you two. Enjoy your weekend.

[@stinegregersen6553]

You guys don’t have to feel bad about not learning Danish super duper fast!! We also gotta remember that learning a new language gets significantly harder for people after puberty. Kids just automatically have an easier time learning languages 😌 I think that’s also why kids who grew up speaking two or more languages can speak them all without any kind of accent

[@MortenAastad]

Que my various attempts at learning a 5th language as an adult… sigh.

[@simonbach3618]

I as a Dane was surprised to know that Brasil diden´t use week numbers i diden´t even think it was rare, since for us it is so practical.

[@Keira15true]

*eyetic* its not (kind regards a fellow dane lol)

[@svendemadsen8275]

Great job guys, been enjoying your videos all day ). In terms of crazy facts, you might wanna look into the myth/legacy of where & when the Danish flag fell from the sky.

[@RobeTrotting]

That’s so cool, really glad that you found us. We DO have at least one video where we discuss the heavenly flag delivery in (checks notes) Estonia 🇪🇪 😂

[@joenthesaorgian]

Thank you for your nice & entertaining videos, that are also, by far, the most well-informed and informative set about Denmark to be found on you-tube, IMHO ...

[@MegaDragon3n]

You don't even need to use a website to get the week numbers, both Android and iOS calendars support showing the week numbers, so you can always have it handy whenever you're arranging something (assuming you write it down in your electronic calendar 😂).

[@anneuldahl]

Growing up, one of the elder ladies living near by had 13 first names! But that's probably a rare case. Great video as always, I love the simple but helpful graphic editing ❤️

[@RobeTrotting]

Oh wow! That’s a lot of names, but sort of cool! Thanks for watching and the kind words 😃🇩🇰

[@katanasteel]

It reminds me of the old saying: "kært barn har mange navne", her parents must have 'loved' her 😅😅

[@EFJoKeR]

Thank you boys, for yet another great video...

[@RobeTrotting]

Our pleasure! So glad you enjoyed it Jesper, thanks for watching! :)

[@konzack]

There was a famous (in Denmark) game show host on Danish Television in th 1980s who's name was Per Wiking. But Wiking was his surname.

[@RobeTrotting]

Oh nice! Very cool name - a bit jealous.

[@persimonsen8792]

@@RobeTrotting The mayor in Odense, long time ago, was named Anker Boye (translate, if you wan't )

[@MIB_63]

Usually Danish calenders include the week number so it's easy to use and quite practical in my opinion.

[@sjokomelk]

You can also enable it on your phone and in the Outlook calendar on your computer. Norwegians use it all the time too. 😀

[@MrFtoudalk]

You guys are so funny! I believe Himmelbjerget (when I went to school in the 60s) was officially 147 m, without the tower and Ejer Bavnehoej was 149 m. However, walking up Himmelbjerget was mush more taxing because of the steep incline. Also the fact, that Himmelbjerget is on the bank of a lake made it seem taller tahn the other places... you can take a trip by river boat (Hjejlen) from Silkeborg, it's not too far and quite scenic!

[@RobeTrotting]

Oh neat to learn that, we haven't been to Himmelbjerget yet, but that makes a lot of sense that the lake would add to the perspective of additional height :)

[@ingajohannsdottir1180]

And you really should park in Silkeborg and take the riverboat the first time you visit Himmelbjerget - and not drive, like I did... the drive is totally flat and I (age 17 and from a country with mountains so high they block out the sun for months of the year) was NOT impressed when I couldn’t find anywhere that looked remotely like a hill😂

[@Bjowolf2]

Hjejlen [yigh-len] is actually supposed to be the oldest still working paddle steamer in the World. This is in a very beautiful part of DK called "Søhøjlandet" with the river Gudenåen leading into these lakes (Hjulsø etc.) at the foot of Himmelbjerget and then a very cosy trip into Silkeborg. This is a great trip by canoe, if you ever feel like doing that. 😉 The bird hjejle = (Europ.) golden plover ( Yes, I did have to look that up 😂)

[@uffemikkelsen2428]

Mount Heaven 😂

[@ninaelsbethgustavsen2131]

Ah yes. The Danish Alps.....🤣 Love from Norway 🇧🇻

[@lorrainegilmer4555]

I remember being in the car with my mom, brother and grandparents. We were driving to KBH from Roskilde. I had a Danish comic book and I asked my mom if she wanted to hear me read it and she said yes. My morfar, who spoke no English asked my when I learned how to read Danish and mom told him she had no idea. I learned by reading subtitles and mormor helped me with Danish and my cousin with English because she was just learning it in school.

[@bi0530]

Guys, that stone on Mollehoj is obviously an old millstone from a grain mill (in keeping with the hill's name). It is not made of concrete, but probably granite.

[@naitsirk32]

Q: With your 6 years living here, does your relationship soon reach the point where most of it has been living in Denmark? Must be such a milestone when that happens!

[@RobeTrotting]

Yes, we actually passed that milestone a few years ago - it was really nice, and Denmark has been a big part of our relationship. That's a big part of why it was important for us that we were married here :)

[@Lemonz1989]

The national registry in the Faroe Islands (where I'm from), shows I have an ancestor from the 12th century called Víkingur, lol. It's literally just Viking in English. His daughter was called Inga Víkingadóttir (Inga Viking's Daugther).

[@RobeTrotting]

That's really cool! :)

[@markvilstrup4121]

That Mette joke was ON point. Very Danish! 🤣

[@lijojake]

Interesting facts and good humour.

[@RobeTrotting]

Thank you

[@sebastianbagergaardrasmuss3918]

Mike - Mette... hahaha!! 😂😂😂😂 aaaaand the pronunciation of Ejer Bavnehøj - AMAAAZING!! Well done.

[@Escviitash]

Grats, Mike, you nailed the pronunciation of Ejer Bavnehøj.

[@kukipeas]

Cool video! Thanks guys!😄

[@shubiduanu]

Ugenr is just pronounced ugenummer (nr being the abbreviation for nummer). Also, I think another reason that we don't have that many different names is the history of how names were given back in the days. Let's say a man named Peter got/had (yes, I saw that video, too 😆) a son that boy would be named "something" Peterssøn (Peter's Son), for instance Niels Peterssøn. Then when Niels has a son, too, he (if he was the first born) would often be named after a grandfather, Peter, or another close relative followed by Nielssøn. Daugthers used to be named after the mother (centuries ago, though), so Peter's daughter could be named for instance Maren Annasdatter (if Peter's wife was named Anna). Another funny name bit is that many names have both a male and a female version, like Peter/Petra, Niels/Nielsine, Jens/Jensine, Frederik/Frederikke, Bent/Bente etc.

[@KHValby]

I just LOVE ❤ your educational videos abut my country. So many things I wasn't aware of. And always very entertaining 👍! After one of your "life in DK" vlogs, I always - mostly - feel a bit Smug 😆 (sorry Jantelov).

[@Raztiana]

Denmark and Sweden are basically siblings. We have been fighting forever. But now it's about sport instead of actual war.

[@RobeTrotting]

A much better way to get our the aggression haha

[@bjarkekjersidelimkilde573]

Ahhh Its only people east of Storebælt who would consider Sweden as a sibling 🙂

[@sidewind131258]

@@bjarkekjersidelimkilde573 Bork bork, we do not have siblings that gets drunk as a skunk with only 4-5 FF'er, the sweedes are weak drinkers 😁😁

[@kbhprinsesse]

And the Eurovision Song Contest ;)

[@petergriffin6999]

Then lets play a game for skåne Halland and blekinge!!

[@kalmarunions2115]

Wait I can call my child 'Awesome-Human' nice

[@RobeTrotting]

It’s the perfect name and #goals 😂

[@phillipbastrup7123]

If it's a boy, you can also name him, Awesome-Ninja

[@Donnah1979]

Bror og Søster er også godkendte navne 🥴

[@peternque]

Awesome jura Jazz og blær is all real names. Yeah, and that includes “og”

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

I just commented this. And, then I deleted my commentary because someone had already said such.

[@murkywters]

We have laws regarding names because we are fundamentally a nation based on trust. So, knowing five or six different “Casper’s” or “Henrik’s” makes us trust the next Casper we meet easier.

[@RobeTrotting]

🤔

[@thomassimonsen3183]

big thank you here from Denmark love you videos🤩🤩🤩

[@steveharris7189]

Another important fact about names is that if a guy is called Tom, you can't call him Tommy, Thomas or anything else. In English-speaking countries you can "bend" ( as they say in Denmark) a name to something else like I've shown above, depending on your relationship with that person.

[@klaushougaard]

Det er rigtigt at for ca. en generation siden gjorde man det ikke. Men i løbet af de sidste ca. 25 år er der mange unge der forkorter lange fornavne - så Katrine f.eks. kaldes Kat og Christine - Chris

[@sebastianwittenkamp2738]

Det er rigti’ du

[@sasusakufangirl]

Fun fact about the week number thing: Week 6/the week before the winter holiday is a week where schools focus more on sex ed (mainly in the older grades) while focusing on boundaries, abortion, different genders and sexualities, dilemmas you might face as a teenager, how to protect and respect boundaries online and so on and so forth. I think it was the NGO "Sex og Samfund (Sex and Society)" that introduced it and every year they make new teaching materials that are free to download (I think Amnesty does something similar but I'm not entirely sure). Of course it's because the number 6 is pronounced like "sex" in Danish - we love a good pun XD.

[@IlyaIlya-ef4nz]

😱😱

[@janandersson9411]

It’s not who won the most wars, it’s who won the last.

[@RobeTrotting]

Good point haha

[@metteandersen3564]

Oh by the way - the concrete marker at Møllehøj, is an old mill-stone from an “anciant” mill on a hill😂

[@Joy-tl1bk]

Love your videos - Always positive and entertaining. Thank you ❤

[@RobeTrotting]

Glad you like them! Thank you for watching 🤩

[@HeatherLipinski]

Love the video and as some who loves gnomes and lives outside Philadelphia (MontCo), love your Eagles gnome. Fly, Eagles Fly!

[@RobeTrotting]

So cool! Go Birds! Derek is from MontCo too :)

[@Keira15true]

Lmao i was like you offending them calling them gnomes wtf !?? 😮 Is it the beard? Are they small?🤔 Until i noticed 😂

[@PopeyeDK]

In many calendars in mobile phones and PCs, it is possible to turn on week numbers in the settings, and since most people nowadays always have a mobile phone on them, the information is close at hand.

[@annabjork4254]

To shed some more light on the war with Sweden: one of my favourite (Swedish) podcasts is about history, and one of the two hosts is quite knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the early modern Swedish monarchs and the wars they fought. And even he sometimes has to say "well it happened during ONE OF the wars of the 1600s."

[@lifetv960]

Either you are a Christian and you follow the prophet that the Lord Jesus-Christ has sent in your time or you remain home. You cannot be a Christian today unless you are a disciple of Kacou Philippe, the prophet that God has sent for your time. [Ed: The congregation says, Amen!]. As at the time of Noah, you could not be a Christian unless you were a disciple of Noah the prophet that God had sent for your time. You see? Stop to be Catholics, Protestants, evangelicals and Branhamists. Stop to follow the devil and come to God through His living prophet. Because John 6:28 says that the work of God is to believe in him whom He has sent.

[@ninapjust7165]

There are nine vowels in Danish. We consider Y a vowel. That is a crazy fact for you. All the letters you can "sing" a-e-i-o-u-y-æ-ø-å

[@WuffieGG]

7:42 The correct pronunciation of "ugenr" is "ooo-eh-nommer" if you were ever curious but it's great that you keep on trying to pronounce the Danish words. It ain't the easiest language in the world. You're doing an amazing job of telling the world about how Denmark works from an "outside perspective" and it warms my heart. Greetings from a Dane.

[@RobeTrotting]

Thanks 😊

[@Vizzaman]

you can get the kalender on your phone to show week numbers in settings

[@FrederikPedersen-gq6nh]

Great video

[@DKPhysio]

Love your videos 👌

[@AxelQC]

Our work goes by pay period numbers, which is 2 weeks starting the beginning of the year. So I guess to get the week number, you just double the PP number.

[@FoxyOnyxSheep]

Damn, there is only 2 people in Denmark with my name, awesome! ^^ How did I not know about that website before, that's so cool xD

[@sciexplorer5649]

Unfortunately, Google still can't get the week numbers right in the Android calendar, even though the principles are well defined in ISO 8601...

[@peterc.1618]

I've never heard week numbers used here in the UK but my diary has them; this is week six. With our tax year starting on 6th April it would probably be more helpful for businesses to know what week number of the tax year a week is.

[@sciexplorer5649]

@@peterc.1618 Your diary is right, but the calendar on android mobiles states it is week 7 and there is no setting to change this in the same way you for example can change the first day of the week to be Monday. I work in a global company and many colleagues abroad seem to welcome using week numbers for planning as many tasks are often repeated on a weekly basis rather than monthly or quarterly, e.g. in agile project management etc. Your tax year then start in the middle of week 14 and it would probably be fairly easy for businesses to deal with this, but changing the week numbers to reflect the start of the UK tax year would mean that these would not correspond to other week numbers such as the ones in your diary.

[@peterc.1618]

@@sciexplorer5649 I have worked in places where the working week started on Sunday, and even in one place where it started on Saturday. Until the late 1980s Sunday would be the first day of the week on all calendars but the standard is now that the week starts on a Monday. For many years now I've been paid 4-weekly rather than monthly, and the number of the week (in the tax year) I get paid appears on the payslip. It's probably useful for HMRC to know which week of the tax year the pay relates to. As for Android, all I can say is that Windows still, after all these decades, doesn't change Favorites to Favourites when a user chooses English (UK). 😀

[@HonorJerk]

Fun fact. Jensen means Jens søn (son) Andersen means Anders søn(son). Its the same for most name ending in "sen" hence why u see it so much.

[@RobeTrotting]

It's a cool way to pass on a family name :)

@@RobeTrotting it’s called a patronymic name, used at many cultures. Iceland still uses them as they were originally used.

[@jakdk]

@ Also in the Faeroese Islands. Also in Iceland "Daughter" is also still in common use. It still is in the rest of the Old Danish Realm, but not so much anymore. Hansdatter, Hansdottir... etc.

[@Jeppe-Covid1959]

I had a friend with the surname Klint. He applied for the surname Eastwood. It was denied.

[@RobeTrotting]

Ha, that is a shame, would have been a great name! I guess it's a good rule to have in place for some more extreme names.

[@steveharris7189]

@@RobeTrotting True fact, I knew a guy whose surname was Down, his first name was Bent, his brother was Neil and his sister was Eider

[@MTMF.london]

@@steveharris7189 Nah, you're taking the piss! I'd change my name officially if I were named any one of those!!

[@Jeppe-Covid1959]

The croissant is also austrian. The famous fluffy variant is from 1906.

[@RobeTrotting]

Ah, I didn't know that. I always assumed French.

[@MTMF.london]

You may have a fight from the French. The origins of croissant may have been Austrian but the modern day croissant made with puff pastry is thoroughly French.

[@Jeppe-Covid1959]

Ach ja,,, who invented "butterdej" , I do not know..,

[@Jeppe-Covid1959]

About the surnames. Most people in Denmarks real surname is a ...sen name, but they like to use their last middlename. My niece has a son called Otto. Her husbands surname is Prause and hers is Kjøller-Hansen. I don't know why they get annoyed when I call him: Otto Ritter von Köhler und Prause.

[@Jeppe-Covid1959]

In Austria its called ein Kipfel. Ask for en giffel in your local bakery, and you will get the origin of the croissant (crescent).

[@LiLBitsDK]

another fun video and I am pretty sure most danes don't give a fudge about which pile of dirt (hill/mountain) is the highest... generally speaking our country is pancake flat...

[@RobeTrotting]

Haha that’s true, the concept is kind of lost when you’re not really here for the mountain climbing 😂

[@dallesamllhals9161]

12:55 Oh My 😲 NICE one 🤣

[@secretindeath]

You can change most electronic calendars to show the week number

[@SteamboatW]

They propably thought "Viking" was too Swedish for Danish tastes... We have had it for more than a hundred years in Sweden.

[@RobeTrotting]

Haha, that would turn people off I guess haha

[@Barbarra63297]

We live close to Himmelbjerg, it was a big hill lol. Very pretty land though!

[@iberiksoderblom]

I literally plan most of my life by week numbers 😀

[@RobeTrotting]

Haha, I guess we may get there eventually 🙈

[@jakdk]

@@RobeTrotting Just remember the five "Major" weeknumbers: 7, 29,30,31,42... Winterbreak, Summerbreak, Fallbreak. 🙂

[@DNA350ppm]

Again interesting - I got to compare the three Nordic countries I know the best! I'm also fairly familiar with Germany and Norway. I enjoy that very much to get your perspective! Now "vecka 8" is coming up in southern Sweden, that has had many names, from ski-week, to sport-week, to just become week number 8, because winter weather is not guaranteed. The logic behind that, is that the date of the first Monday will shift from year to year, but the week number is a constant. It is simpler than having Good Friday after certain fullmoons after xyz, which I never learn to remember - the week numbers are helpful for events that come up for the same week every year. Mostly schoolrelated as you mentioned. Then we have number 44 (in southern Sweden again), when all cosy holiday cottages and train-tickets are booked and cost much more (busy season), because it is "autumn-holiday" in schools, which earlier (long ago) was potatoe-picking-up week in Finland at least, when homesteads still were important.

[@lhl2500]

The "monument" at Møllehøj is actually an old mill stone, used to mill grain into flour.

[@Whurana]

I added a name to the list this year when I applied to get the name of my grandmother as a middle name, and it was approved by familieretshuset. My great grandmother made it up, and then the priest deliberately misspelt it when my grandmother was baptised .

[@nochan99]

TIP: Most phone operating systems like android and ios and computer operating systems like apple and windows have settings to show week number in their built-in calendars. Also many productivity software like microsoft office and google worplace will have this. Bonus tip: you can also set the first day of the week to be Monday like a sivilized human being xD

[@r.w.h.1535]

My experience with Danish names, the first and last names are typically fairly common Danish names. Middle names however are a mix of vowels and consonants in odd random orders that sound something like the combination of a simultaneous cough and the sound of a brick hitting the floor.

[@RobeTrotting]

😂😂😂

[@Terraoblivion]

Not just are Danish pastries wienerbrød in Denmark, the classic round one with filling in the middle is a spandauer, which means "from Spandau" which is a suburb of Berlin.

[@RobeTrotting]

Ah, cool to learn this! Thank you :)

[@lbernau]

No no no.. you got it all wrong. A Spandauer is of course named after the great 80's popband Spandau Ballet.. 🙂

[@runeodin7237]

The funny thing is that in Vienna, the pastry we call wienerbrød (Vienna bread) is there called Kopenhagener (Copenhageners)😄

[@lindahansen45]

Dane here; You´re doing very well guys 🌹

[@mkhjyt]

If it's any consolation: I'm full-blooded Dane, and lived in Denmark from birth and up until a few years ago. I've always hated the week number system :D

[@RobeTrotting]

That does help 😂 thank you haha. It’s a little puzzling that it’s so prevalent though.

[@djernis]

I have this feeling that the week numbers only exists because of workplaces... I'm 39 and i have to look it up everytime... I have a general idea of wich quarter of the year it MIGHT be in but cannot fathom the reason for anyone to say "Oh let's have a meeting on Wednesday in week 27!" I mean come one just tell me the date you absolute donkey! :D

[@DNA350ppm]

Agreement from me - I was annoyed until I realized what a clockwork society Sweden was, and that it was natural for them. And who am I to suggest improvements on the best country in the world? 😀

[@NygaardBushcraft]

great video.. just wanted to mention that when you talked about the name Viking you showed footage of a greek Trireme, not a viking longship.. not that it matters just wanted to mention it.

[@MsBlackdeath13]

A good trick when it comes o learning languages (for me at least) is to find music and try to sing a long. You get the words, how the sentences can be structured and if it’s danish with extra letters it’s a good way to learn how to pronounce it. Or you can watch children’s tv. I learned a lot of my German through watching a lot of German children’s tv as a child/teenager.

[@treefrog1018]

Me: *wants to move to Denmark* Derek: Week numbers! Me: *pauses video* It's week 6 right now!

[@RobeTrotting]

It’s easy now but by august I’m just lost with the week numbers 😂

[@Matt-lc8qt]

I must say I'm very surprised to learn that other countries don't use week numbers.

[@Brian__LL_Cool]

That´s another Mette/matter ;-) Good one !

[@bjarkih1977]

The week number thing is also in Sweden. Not easy for foreigners moving there. BTW 'Víkingur' (Viking) has been a name in Iceland for a long time.

[@dennisbohman3848]

In .se The name "Viking/Wiking" goes back to the time when we plunder the world and guarded the middle east as hired guns =) Tho according to the secure source of wisdom aka wikipedia it had had a renessans in the 1800´s.

[@ralfchristophersen6521]

About Møllehøj. It's a round concrete foundation with an old millstone on top.

[@RobeTrotting]

We realized that when we went into the photos - a very appropriate tribute :)

[@metteandersen3564]

It’s really easy to add weeknumbers to your phone calender. 😊

[@RobeTrotting]

Even easier to say the date which is already in my phone calendar 😂

[@Kemachris]

I love the story of the highest point aswell, all of these beautiful places and historical value, and then it turns out it's actually just in the backyard of some random guys farm :D

[@Phiyedough]

I had assumed that Finnish was harder to learn than Danish but that is mainly because Finnish tends to be compared to Hungarian and Hungarian is claimed to be the second hardest language in the world (hardest being Mandarin).

[@kokoshneta]

Such claims are mostly bogus. Finnish, Hungarian and Mandarin are no harder to learn as a second than any other language - the key to all of them is what your first language is. As a first language, most languages are fairly evenly matched - kids get to roughly the same stages in learning them at roughly the same time. Danish is an outlier primarily because of the messed-up vowel system.

[@thedanishcatgirl3205]

Well I do know one thing Finnish certainly sounds like gibberish to me. Also iirc Tolkien was inspired by Finnish when creating his Elvish

[@Zandain]

'the name thing' It used to be, that if you didn't have a first name for your child after 6mo. then it would either be Christian/Frederik for a son, depending on which of the names represented the ruling King or Margrethe, if it was a girl I knew it all, but fun to hear which of all the quirky-ness you guys find, odd hello from Hundested 🌸❄️

[@Donnah1979]

I've read that unnamed boys would be named Mads?

[@RobeTrotting]

Oh that bit I do remember hearing at one point, so interesting! Thanks for watching :)

[@kirstenclement2332]

It is not true. Unnamed children have never got there first name by the authorities. They go to the police, and the parents get penalties untill the child gets its name.

[@kristinehansen4665]

I'd call it sky mountain. Himmel also means sky.

[@fremadboy]

Always love your videos! It't great to hear an honest opinion about Denmark, without being either too amazing or ridiculously harsh (think moving to UK for better weather!) The name Kamel though, I think is because foreign names are beginning to get registered too, and Kamel is an Arabic name. So I don't mean to be *that fun guy at parties* but I don't think it's because of the Camel, people named their kids that lol :D

[@harasen_haras5]

We've got a lot of places with the word "mountain" in them really

[@RobeTrotting]

Yeah, that’s actually true - kind of ironic but I guess it’s all relative to the rest of the landscape 😊

[@NocturnalPyro]

4:48 I knew this already but my name is like 1/5,857mio basically I'm the only one in Denmark and possibly the entire world with my exact name, which is kinda insane when you think about it. I mean it makes sense cause my last name is a somewhat rare original danish name but my middle name is literally one of the rarest names in Denmark, basically only two families have the name. Same goes for literally everyone in my family with my middle and last name.

[@bolsen1981]

12:54. That was a good joke. I liked that.

[@brittamikkelsen26]

So... if you changed your names to Danish, how big of an argument would you have over Viking Jensen? Oddly enough the first private I met at Annapolis was a private Jensen, which I thought was funny. I love how much you dig into our history ❤️

[@AbsSolut]

Dane here, had a swedish work mate here, he refused to learn danish,,, guess what i had to do :D

[@kbhprinsesse]

Hey guys! Have you thought about making a video of all the crazy Danish titles English and American films and tv series' were given once upon a time? For instance, the early 1980's sitcom with Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari, "Bosom Buddies", was translated as "Sissies in heat"!

[@traver1965]

Idea. Go out of your apartment. Throw a dice. If it is a even number go left else go right. Do that for every corner you meet. And report back what you are observing. You to really needs an outdoor life. If you live in a boring place it is okay to throw the dice in the center of Copenhagen. Just a random idea of doing random stuff in a random way

[@EleonoreWang]

I do not think Norwegian has only 17-19 sounds. - and in addition to "sounds" we have "tonem" - two different melodies inside the words, Swedish also has this, but Danish has "glottal stop".

[@alexanderkiss3650]

love your Guys..

[@deathkampdrone]

Haha! NAMES! Never would have thought there was much difference in the department. If you guys want to see a silly case, you should look up the story about a danish mother who insisted on naming her newborn son "Christophpher" with double "ph" instead of "ff". It was all over the news when I was younger. Can't remember how it ended, but it was such a first world problem I could not believe it :D

[@MTMF.london]

The French also used to have a law about allowing only 'French' names for the babies. I think they had to change it after many immigrants from former colonies started arriving after WWII and most of them from the Arab Maghreb/North Africa regions and wanted their children named according to their tradition.

[@peterc.1618]

@@MTMF.london When Kevin Costner's fame was at its height, a lot of French babies were called Kevin. Having six months to register a birth is quite a long time, here (UK, or at least England) it's six weeks.

[@MTMF.london]

@@peterc.1618The trouble with naming your kids after celebrities and movie stars is that the names become too ubiquitous and become uncool in a decade or so when they are at school. In the US, registering a birth is done automatically at the hospital by the attending nurse or midwife. If it's an at-home birth, the parents have 10 days to register the birth of their child. Apparently it takes up to 30 days to process and issue a birth certificate.

[@peterc.1618]

@@MTMF.london Absolutely, lists of the top ten boys and girls names are published annually and show a strong preference for certain names, e.g. after Prince William was born a lot of boys were given the name William.

[@deathkampdrone]

@@MTMF.london Yeah, either that or the kid will simply have a hard time making its own name in the world, because everybody thinks of somebody else when they are introduced to the name. "Here's your valet, her name is Cher". Tough one.

[@sebastianbagergaardrasmuss3918]

In the world of teachers week numbers are used like constantly!

[@StipersxD]

Have you tried eating stegt flæsk med persille sovs?

[@Barbarra63297]

I think it's interesting that here in Danmark, family histories rely on church records. I would guess the majority of surnames are like Jensen, Rasmussen, Hansen, and all those names ending in 'sen' simply mean 'son' of Jens, son of Rasmus, son of Hans, etc., etc. If for any reason church records are destroyed the history is destroyed also.

[@RobeTrotting]

Yeah, it's so interesting that the church plays that role in record keeping of names - basically that you get a birth or baptism certificate and they have equal weight.

[@persimonsen8792]

@@RobeTrotting It's an old nordic tradition. On Iceland and the Faroese Islands they also use it for daugthers. Like Hans' daugther is Hansdottir. Fun fact.

[@steveharris7189]

In English and in Swedish it's "son" In Norwegian it's "sen"

[@Barbarra63297]

@@steveharris7189 Yes, 'Sen' here in Danmark. :)

[@pouleichel2760]

"the reason why is another Mette" LOL -- great one

[@jaynorris3722]

I love the way the Danish language sounds. Sad truth is, what I hear doesn't come out of my mouth. I've given up trying to read it. It is one bugger of a language to learn for sure no matter how sexy and beautiful it sounds.

[@dennisbohman3848]

Try a bowl of porrige in the throat and it will be just perfect. *teasing* the "little" one in the south =)

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

Week numbers, just choose the setting "week number" in your calendar on your iphone, and you will be able to see what week it is in the left side of the screen.

[@RobeTrotting]

OR… just use dates 😂

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

@@RobeTrotting true, but even I as a Dane have to get used to the fact that week numbers are a thing, so might as well make it easy for yourself and just have it in your iPhone calendar to start with, no need to look it up on some webpage

[@SenshinDk]

As a Dane with two first names living in the US, you run into some trouble. They always think my second first name is my middle name.

[@swagbag1835]

"Name your dog - dog. And name your baby - human. Also Camel.." 😂❤ Thanks

[@kimkurt76]

Actually the highest point in the kingdom of Denmark is Gunnbjørn Fjeld in Greenland which is 3700 meters above sea level.

[@RobeTrotting]

Yep, and we were talking about Denmark proper

[@LuciusFaith]

still right guy sounds so danish! did he do it to fit in!?

[@mrinkogni2305]

Week numbers seems to be not known or used in many countries - but many of the email/kalender frontends like Outlook, Mail/Calendar (Apple) etc supports week numbers to be shown in the calendar views - so week numbers are not totally unknown 😳

[@RobeTrotting]

They aren’t widely used elsewhere and many Danes don’t really keep up with or enjoy using them 😂