Brit Reacts to 14 THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT DENMARK

[@WitchyGeek]

Queen Margrethe also made the only illustrations for Lord of the Rings that was accepted by Tolkien. She read them as a young woman and decided to make some illustrations for them that she sent to him under a pseudonym, so he wouldn't know who she was. He loved them and accepted them for use in later publications of Danish and British editions.

[@pinkpeber]

Helms deep is in Jylland so ;)

[@lasserasmussen3898]

@@pinkpeber er det filmet i jylland? eller bare inspireret af ?

[@pinkpeber]

​​@@lasserasmussen3898Inspireret læs om Tolkien og Djursland det ret spændende :D

[@pinkpeber]

​​@@lasserasmussen3898mange steder er inspireret fra Jylland .. e.g. Isengard vs Isgård

[@mereteanTG]

@@pinkpeber Yeah - Tolkien was fascinated by Jylland, even though he never visited the area. There's actually a Tolkien train l Djursland.

[@kimmern999]

As a Norwegian, I'm quite envious of all the stunning architecture (especially all the castles), parks, avenues, etc. Yes, we have gorgeous nature over here, but the "human made" outdoor stuff in Denmark is unrivaled.

[@CPHLiving21]

I love that, cause as a Dane I envy you the Norwegian nature.

[@magnusarvid1-2-9]

Bergen is gorgeous though! And I think all your mountains weigh up more than plenty for the lack of renaissance castles ehehe

[@timo6069]

And i envy your nature more than anything, I'm an outdoorsy person and it's getting difficult finding new places here to explore 😂.. And I do think that Oslo have some great architecture as well...😊

[@creativeeverydaylife]

Otherwise, I thought Norway is more beautiful both in architecture and landscape (as a Dane), but thanks 🙂

[@zejzild]

@@CPHLiving21 Agreed, I travel to Norway sometimes just to get that nature, haha... It is my favorite place (apart from The Faroe Islands, of course).... LOVE Norway

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

I have heard other people say this, but it always astounds me. How can you be surprised that there are beaches in Denmark? I can think of nothing more Danish than a sandy beach. They are everywhere.

[@papaquonis]

I guess many people, who may think of the Scandinavian countries as very similar to each other, will just imagine the Danish coastline looks the same as the images they may have seen of the Norwegian fjords or even the Swedish rocky islands?

[@dgh25]

No mountains. Tons of coast line. What's to expect? 🤣

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

First one must realize that there is a country in the world called Denmark , It is a monarchy - it is very old - very small - the majority of the inhabitants speak English - .Originally we are Vikings - - maybe the many movies will help making our existence known?

[@terri1150]

i had to lol a tad at that one too tbh ;D

[@veronicajensen7690]

fun fact in Austria Danishes are called "Dausher plunder" or "Kopenhagener plunder" so Austrians don't agree it's an Austrian thing they see it as a Danish thing, yet you constant see Danes and others tell the story about how it's not a Danish thing, the corret way to explain it is that the Austrian bakers made a certain kind of bread made by very thin layers of dough with butter in between , similar to the dough of a croissant , we don't know if they stuffed it with anything, when the Austrian bakers left people kept asking for them, and then Danish bakers started to make pastries that way and it developed from there into different pastries , so more like a cooperation between the Austrian way and the Danish that explains why you can't get them in Austria and if you find something similar they call it Copenhagener or Danisher

[@spindemissen]

So what you're saying is that Austria and Denmark has an "No you!..😏 No you!☺️ kinda situation going on with pastries?! 😅🤣😂

[@SteamboatW]

Swedes go with the Danish on the concept and call them Wienerbrø!

[@lasseehrenreich5502]

@@SteamboatW ja vi gør

[@christina1764]

Typically, we Danes never take credit publicly, think of Skype, 365, Lego etc. 😉😏🇩🇰

[@lasseehrenreich5502]

@@christina1764 Jeg gør det hele tiden min ven

[@Upe-f9c]

Denmark is just fantastic. Greatings from Sweden!

[@fakkel321]

So is Sweden. Greatings from a dane that had many hollydays in Sweden :)

[@trudejensen8512]

I totally agree! Love Denmark. Greetings from Norway!

[@fakkel321]

@@trudejensen8512 Couldn't have better neighbors. Don't tell Sweden but we like Norway just a tiny bit more. :P

[@Upe-f9c]

@@fakkel321 I heard that : )

[@0cosmic]

Thx Sweden that's mighty nice of you, hope you guys can deal with home issues, but feel free to be inspired😉

[@the.Danishlady]

what i love the most, is to see 2 guys not born Danish, talking so proudly about my contry. thanks, and i have seen a lot of the videos they have put out on youtupe, nice guys

[@vampitwine]

Prince Frederik is now King Frederik as the Queen stepped down early this year... Robe Trotting have ALOT of good content about denmark so keep watching :)

[@akyhne]

They glassed pretty quick over famous Danes. I could mention Mads Mikkelsen, Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), Viggo Mortensen, all actors, Lars Ulrich (Metallica founder and drummer), Victor Borge, Leslie Nielsen (comedians), Hans Christian Ørsted (discovered electromagnetism), Ole Rømer (discovered the speed of light), Tycho Brahe (revolutionized astronomy) and many more.

[@carstenf279]

Viggo Mortensen and Leslie Nielsen are not Danish. They have Danish Fathers but were not born in Denmark. Lets not get ahead of ourselves... :)

[@g8etdane]

@@carstenf279 Men Viggo har tros alt boet og arbejdet i Danmark....

[@Sonderborg75]

@@carstenf279Don’t forget Scarlet Johansson in that category… 😊

[@Bjowolf2]

The Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen invented the tape recorder - in c. 1899? - an early version using steel wire instead of plastic tape with magnetiseable particles - for obvious reasons.

[@anotherelvis]

Brigitte Nielsen

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

Wienerbrød/Danish pastry is a Danish invention. In Vienna, they call it a Kopenhagener. What got imported from Austria was the croissant, which was invented in Vienna. It got adjusted to Danish taste in Denmark, by adding sugar and more butter. And by adding jam, custard or frosting.

[@JesperSandgreen]

Ty, somebody gets it, been saying it for 20 years...

[@stellabogfeldt]

@@klausolekristiansen2960 or marzipan in the croissant 🥐 like 7-11 have/had not sure if they still do, haven't been in one for years now. But that one was sooo gooooood 🤤😂

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

@@stellabogfeldt You can still get them.

[@stellabogfeldt]

@@klausolekristiansen2960 cool

[@Jens-Viper-Nobel]

Well, its a truth, but not a complete one. It WAS the Viennese bakers who opened up Denmark to sugared bread with such things as marzipan and iced glazing and the like, jam probably being a Danish addition to that new thought and easily adopted by the new bakers. Note that these socalled Kopenhageners all have jam in them. Before they came, making any kind of sweet cakes or bread was virtually unknown in Denmark. I understand your pride in Denmark, being one myself, but it is a fact that cannot be disputed that the sweet types of bread were ushered into the common Danish contience and liking by the Viennese bakers during the bakers strike.

[@agffans5725]

Well, if we are talking about famous Danish actors, then obviously Mads Mikkelsen and his brother Lars Mikkelsen ( Grand Admiral Thrawn, but also known from The Witcher, Sherlock and as the Russian president in House of Cards), just as the highest paid actress in Hollywood Scarlett Johansson is a Danish-American citizen and likewise Viggo Mortensen, Connie Nielsen (The Devil's Advocate, Rushmore, Mission to Mars, Gladiator, One Hour Photo and Queen Hippolyta in the DC superhero films Wonder Woman and Justice League among plenty of other films), Jesper Christensen (the Spectre villain Mr. White who survive to be in 3 James Bond movies and get to bump off Mads Mikkelsen), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (the assassin Mr. Gray who keep trying to bump off Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons), Amanda Collin ('Mother' in the HBO Sci-Fi series Raised by Wolves), Claes Bang (The Northman and as Count Dracula in the 2020 TV series Dracula) and so the list goes on.

[@DemonDamien]

Also Frank Hvam in one epiosode of Game of Thrones as the first person Samwell meets at the Citadel.

[@malovela]

​@@DemonDamien Yeah. He has the perfect face for a hostile medieval monk. :D

[@miellac]

“You have beaches in Denmark? 😳” This made me crack up. Denmark is literally surrounded by water and has thousands of islands.

[@eidodk]

Not exactly thousands. To be EXACT, Denmark comprises of 1419 islands, 443 of them are are named, and "only" 78 of them are inhabited. Fyn, Sjælland and Amager are all part of the named islands.

[@tevlar]

To be honest, as a Swede, i would recomend Denmark more than Sweden. Why? More relaxed atmosphere, while Sweden is a more highspeed working type of society and people are a bit cold during workhours, Denmark has a more relaxed feel to it. The food and beer is also better in my opinion. And its a bit more south so the climate is a bit more stable. Sweden is better for winter in the north (Southern Sweden only has rain during winter) Denmark is better in the summer.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

Yeah, if someone is looking for a white xmas, there's a much greater chance amongst our more northern brothers. Statistically, our chance is 7% iirc. And the reason we have so many beaches is because we have no mountains, apart from on the island of Bornholm. Edit: our weather resembles that of the UK much more, because of the gulf stream, and lack of larger land masses.

[@dgh25]

The south Europe equivalent of Scandinavia ;)

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@dgh25 😄 costa Kalundborg... especially this particular week... we haven't had this kind of late summer for almost 80 years. But have to say that this is not normal.

[@darkheart9044]

@@BenjaminVestergaard well Denmark is a peninsula, with smaller islands around it..that is why we have so many beaches..and your reason, too, ofc

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@darkheart9044 true, true... but Norway and Sweden also have lots of coast, but a rather large amount of it is either cliffs or rather rocky "beaches"... the coastline of DK is much more sandy.

[@pentti3715]

This video is a bit outdated. Queen Margrethe II abdicated on 14 Jan of this year after exactly 52 years on the throne so Frederik X is now the King of Denmark.

[@ethanor]

And Mery is the Queen now.

[@mrhyde3103]

Denmark once had the largest fleet in the world and owned a majority of islands in the indian ocean called the Danish West-Indian islands. They also owned a big chunk of Britian and even had a king there at one point. Denmark has always been a small country but the ambitions were always huge. Today they are huge in parts of the world were no one knows the name of the country. Its a beautifull country and has a lot to offer.

[@jackieolsen7707]

The English Royal family has danish influence all the way back to its begining. William the conquer 1066 was of danish heritage ( his Norman father & grandfather identified themselves as Danes ) and even in current time - Queen Elizabeth’s husbond - Prince Phillip was a danish Prince.

[@frankhermansen243]

its funny, just before the victory in england, he was called William the Bastard......he's blood line goes back to Rollo

[@lonejensen5798]

@@frankhermansen243 Yes, and Rollo came from Normandy. The part of France nordic vikings got for not causing trouble in the rest of France. Normandy means "Les Normands" - people from the North.

[@frankhermansen243]

@@lonejensen5798 yes the france king convinced him to join after paris had been set on fire, and he got the coast parts (normandie) so the vikings wouldn't attack through the rivers again.

[@ingeabrahamsen4684]

​@@lonejensen5798Rollo originally came from Denmark, and was given Normandy as a peace offering.

[@emfi-n9u]

This couple have really nice content, been watching them for years.

[@AHVENAN]

Norway is a huge oil producer, but they are not members of the EU, he said Denmark is the largest in the EU....

[@NeoTheDead]

And we gave the body of water to Norway, years later they found oil

[@okklidokkli]

@@NeoTheDead You did not GIVE anything. The borders follow international maritime laws.

[@heinedenmark]

​No. The borders were negotiated. Sadly by a drunk(Per Hækkerup)on the Danish side@@okklidokkli

[@okklidokkli]

@@heinedenmark Danes are always drunk, hardly an excuse. They negotiated and decided to follow the equidistance principle for maritime boundary. A perfectly normal practise between nations. So, nothing was given.

[@runerune-_-9727]

​@@okklidokkli ok autist kid👍

[@vansting]

If you fly to Copenhagen and take the train to the central station (like 20 minutes) you have Tivoli just outside the station.

[@malovela]

... and it's delightful. :)

[@LasseStaldMadsen]

Denmark also shares a landborder with Canada

[@imajinallthepurple]

And the world's funniest war. 😂 The Liquor War aka the Whisky War raged from 1973 to 2022. The point of contention was a tiny rock island in the Arctic called Hans Island (Seriously - it's literally just a flat rock.😅). The two countries would regularly visit the tiny rock, replace the other country's flag with their own, and leave a letter saying "Welcome to the [Country's name] Island", and a bottle of their national liquor for the "opponent." The Danes would leave Danish schnapps and the Canadians would leave Canadian whisky. It was resolved by splitting it down the middle so to speak, much to the dismay of the soldiers "patrolling" the island, I'm sure. 😂

[@LasseStaldMadsen]

@@imajinallthepurple Australia losing a war against emus is a lot funnier. But I get you^^

[@klausjohansen150]

Kingdom of Denmark not the staten Denmark!

[@malovela]

@@LasseStaldMadsen I was just about to write the same. :) ... but the Liquor War must be number two.

[@ellenstergaardgravesen1011]

"Robe Trotting" does a great job making videos about Denmark. So now that you've discovered our beautiful country keep the reactions coming 🙂

[@adwelltaizen]

The first electricity-producing wind turbine was invented by the Danish physicist Poul la Cour in 1891... Loved when i went to the philippines, and part of a daytour was seeing a windmill... jawwwwnnnn, everyday stuff right there XD XD And some other stuff from Denmark: Magnetic storage of sound A piano string, a coil, an iron core, a battery and a microphone. Valdemar Poulsen (1869-1942) did not have to use more before he was able to present the so-called phonograph in 1898 - an invention that made it possible to store sound. It became the direct forerunner of the tape recorder and the hard drive. The speaker Peter L. Jensen (1887-1962) stood in front of the city hall in San Francisco in 1915 and watched 75,000 people. They all looked expectantly at the box he brought with him - the world's first speaker - which was presented for the first time in public to colossal cheers. The ostomy bag Nurse Elise Sørensen (born in 1904) came up with an idea that was both simple and brilliant: You took a disposable bag, equipped it with adhesive and attached it directly to the body - it was no longer necessary to use cumbersome bandages to get faeces out of side of the body.

[@XpiRai]

Dane here and they are a little wrong on some things, but in general a good information video. What goes the end about alcohol we do have check when people needs to buy alcohol or cigarettes. You need to be 16 to buy beer or wine and 18 to buy stronger stuff. What goes for your comment of us being more like Britain than Norway/Sweden I disagree though you could look into history back to the viking age and see how big an influence we had on Britain and that will explain some of your thoughts for sure :D

[@carolinekofahl8867]

Frederik is now King Frederik X. And Queen Mary a peasant - 🤣🤣🤣 Re gay marriage: the first couple to get married was two elderly men who combined their names Axel and Eigil to a new sur name Axgil. Before the wedding they had been together for 40 years (that's a long engagement 😊)

[@dwaynesview]

Both our countries have King's now, how strange lol! That's so lovely. If they were already a elderly gay couple, they must have lived through the most troubling times.

[@sabrinajrgensen9113]

​@@dwaynesviewmost people in denmark has always been pretty liberal about gays, the law not so much, but the commons didnt care as long you was low key about it.

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

Mike and Derek are a great source of tidbits about Denmark, in English, with the perspective of a couple of Americans moving here to live and work. They live in Copenhagen, so they've had plenty of time to figure out what is worth a visit. And they're quite thorough when it comes to research/history, I think when they skip some details, it's simply to keep their videos more KZbin friendly. Oh, and Mike is better at pronunciations than Derek 😋 but at least he's trying. I follow them for the perspectives, as I'm a native in Denmark. And they're good at making interesting content.

[@stellabogfeldt]

I watched the channel Traveling Young, they documents their life in Denmark and their daughter Maya has become good at Danish. Have you watched them?

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@stellabogfeldt yeah, I follow them too, they provide a more family focused perspective. And since they started out as a travel-vlog, they're showing more of the Denmark that's not Copenhagen. And when they finally go to show something, like how our taxes work, they go to great lengths to explain. They're not the same "compact format" as Derek and Mike, some may not have the patience for that. But yeah, a lovely family, also providing another American perspective on Denmark. And of course Maya speaks Danish well, she started in Danish school in 7th grade I think it was, now she's ready for uni, if that's what she wants.

[@stellabogfeldt]

@@BenjaminVestergaard I never compared them to Derek and Mike at all, for a reason, they aren't the same or provide the same contents. I only wrote what I have seen about them and asked if you had seen them 🙈🤭 So no comparison on the two channels at all. And just coz Maya started in the Danish school in 7th grade doest mean that she would be good at Danish, that also has to do with her will and commitment to learn. Just like het mom is okay, but her dad isn't that good coz he doesn't have to speak Danish at his work place. So I think Maya has done great and she passed her Collage with 12 highest grades possible and she did talk about going to uni, just don't remember what she wants to study tho. And you mentioned something that made me giggle a bit, you made it sound that if you like Traveling Young that maybe Derek and Mike would be the same people's cup of tea 🤭🤭 But the difference is exactly why you can follow both, coz it's not the same content 😁 I know what you meant, it just sounded a bit like I just wrote 😉 I hope you have a lovely day.🌹

[@BenjaminVestergaard]

@@stellabogfeldt aw I'm not dismissing Maya's achievement, it's very well done, expecially as the old folks at home can't correct her (as in "that doesn't sound right"). I just meant that it helps to be young and surrounded by native speakers, while also having classes 3-4 days a week. Miranda does very well on pronunciation for sure, but I haven't heard her put a longer sentence together. Josh doesn't need it much, I can totally understand if he doesn't do more than necessary 🙂 Most educated jobs in DK doesn't care about Danish, unless you have customer contact or have strict rules written in Danish, such as foodstuff regulations. My own opinion is that if you're fluent enough in English, don't worry so much about your Danish, and certainly not about pronunciation. Yeah 😄 maybe I made it sound like you can't be interested in both... that wasn't my intention. As a Dane that has travelled quite a bit, I got interested in what foreigners really think of DK, and English speaking immigrants are the easiest for me to understand. All I meant is that the Robetrotters put an effort into serving bite sized vids with more tempo than the Youngs, people with a shorter attention span may prefer that format. The Youngs, on the other hand, is more likely to have a live table talk from home, or try to livestream from Tivoli. That's closer to the slow-tv genre. For that the Robetrotters have a more organised podcast, which is also worth a watch. Anyway I love both channels, and I remember that they all have appeared on both channels, they know about each other. 😊 also wishing you a lovely day of course.

[@TroelsNybo1st]

Our differences from Norway and Sweden have a lot to do with proximity to Germany.

[@henriklarsen8193]

Gråbrødretorv (Grey Brothers Square) is prnounced more like "gruh brir thre torw". Frederik is king now, Margrethe passed the throne recently. "Bakken" just means "the hill" "Centralhjørnet" means "Central Corner", and I heard that it is supposed to be a joke name, bc a corner is usually not a center.

[@MadsHasserisOlesen]

in denmark, it's called "winerbrød". it's danish recipe but it was named after the baker from wienna, to thank them for the work, during the strike.

[@haraldsdalify]

I'm Danish, and I learned some new things. Lovely video

[@SteamboatW]

This video are going a bit old now, but the Queen abdicated so Fredrik is king now.

[@lasserasmussen3898]

generally its up to the parrents to deside when their kids can drink, 16 is just the age of wich you can buy alcohol ( up to 16.4) 18 years for higher %, smokes and nightclub entrance after midnight

[@fakkel321]

I am just happy someone want to learn abit of danish :) Think most of us Danes know danish can be pretty hard to learn.

[@eidodk]

We have a french employee in our company, who learned fluent danish in less than a year, i always take him as a standard for how dedicated you should be, if you move to another country on a permanent basis.

[@jameskavanagh4315]

If you’re gonna live in the country, then learning the language is a priority. Learn the language quickly, then you learn the culture and its people quicker.

[@susanlyngfeldtlarsen9050]

You are very good informed, and talk SO NICE ABOUT MY COUNTRY. THANK YOU💜

[@DennisDithmar]

Fun to hear you say, Denmark is actually a lot closer to Britain than you thought. So true man! Danes and Brits share the same dark sarkastic humour, that is often troublesome for other ppls to fully comprehend. Swedes are the orderly Scandinavians (read The Germans). Norway are the funny Scandics - bordering silly. Danes are just bunkers man! We're raving bunkers. Give us a shout, when you go to CPH. Will happily show you places and stuff. Greetings from CPH...

[@ingerandersson5437]

Hello! I have been to England many times. I Love England. Especially the countryside and all the little villages and pubs. Also love London which I think is a big city with many small villages (neighborhoods). You have preserved all the old houses and made them modern in the inside. I think Denmark is a lot like England. Many people actually say that. I live in Sweden but like to go to Denmark as it is not far from where I live. 2.5 hours by train and you are in Copenhagen. I think you will love Denmark. What is special about Denmark and food are various small sandwiches (It's called Smörrebröd). Eat it with a "Tuborg" and "En lille en" That is, a beer and a schnapps Have fun in Denmark.

[@objektivone3209]

Much has changed in Denmark since that video was made

[@mikaelhultberg9543]

A lot of these facts surprised me as well. As a Swede, I obviously knew a few of them, having visited Denmark a bunch of times, but not all. I've actually never been to Copenhagen, living in Gothenburg it is easier for me to take the ferry to Fredrikshavn (in northern Denmark, Copenhagen is in the south), but going there for Pride is now on my bucket list.

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

Lidt korrektion til en svensker: - Vi tænker ikke Danmark som èt land - men som en samling øer - når vi skal beskrive lokalisationer dvs. Nordjylland, Vestjylland, Midtjylland, Østjylland og Sønderjylland - - det samme på Fyn og Sjælland. Fyn og Sjælland ligger midt i Danmark - lidt sydligt måske - men København er ikke i syd. København er på Østsjælland . Og så må jeg jo ikke - som de fleste gør - glemme Bornholm, som er øst for resten af landet - der iøvrigt rummer mange øer, som jeg ikke har nævnt - "ingen nævnt, ingen glemt". Grønland og Færøerne hører til i Rigsfællesskabet. Göteborg ligger på højde med Skagen. Og så fik jeg vist også brugt de 3 danske versioner af ä, ö og ä. 🥰

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

Å - sorry - Det findes jo i Umeå - se næste opslag 😀

[@memoblom2112]

Norway is not part of the EU. If they were they would by far be the biggest oilproducing country in that union.

[@dgh25]

Yeah Denmark was first at same sex marriage, but also the first country in the World to let women vote

[@SteamboatW]

Well, it depends... Finland had universal suffrage in 1906 as a Grand duchy and New Zeeland in 1893.

[@dundvig]

These guys made a video on how DK beat Mc'Donalds. It's pretty cool. You should take a look.

[@ProGamingCake1]

I don't usually comment but finding out you were gay after feeling you seem very genuine and open minded about everything you watch made me wanna comment and just say you seem like such a wholesome man to hang around with With that being said I just gotta say I appriciate you, much love from Umeå, Sweden

[@gitteherdinandersen6117]

I lived in England for half a year back in the 90´s, I have travelled in Scotland quite a bit the past twenty years, and I can honestly say that the similarities between Great Britain and Denmark are huge. Life in general, and the humour in particular.

[@irishflink7324]

Norway is not in EU

[@cynic7049]

And UK left EU, so the competition inside EU isn't that big for producing oil.

[@BommeltjeNL]

Did you really say that “they have beaches in Denmark?”. Almost every country has beaches, except for the countries surrounded by other countries of course.

[@lonejensen5798]

It is probably the distance to a beach that is interesting. Denmark is a country of mostly small islands, so no one lives more than 52 km from the sea.

[@larshansen4557]

Bornholm have beach on top 20 in the world

[@Pernilla.G]

As a Teenager I always went to Denmark to drink 😂

[@emiled_denmark]

Fun fact Prins Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Father to the English king was born as Prince of Greece and Denmark. So even your king is comes from the Danish royal line 🎉

[@letmetellyouastory2293]

Her Majesty actually abdicated last year (on New Years Eve) so we have a new King now, King Frederik X and a new Queen, Queen Mary ;-)

[@spyro257]

"u have beaches in Denmark? i didnt know that" Denmark only has 0.2% of it's border being land, the part connecting Denmark to Germany, with the last 99.8% being water, so yeah, we have beaches... in fact, we have so many beaches, u can take every single person living in Denmark, and they can have a 1 meter wide beach space for your self, from where the water starts, to wherever it ends inland... small correction to the Danish pastries... Danish and Austrian bakers came together, when they all came to Denmark, taking the best they had, and mixed it with the best we had, making the Danish pastery what it is today, but we call the base dough that we use for most of it, 'vinerbrød', translation, Vienna bread, but in Austria, after they came back home, they took the base bread with them, and called it 'Kopenhagener plunder', translation, Copenhagen bread, so we honour their help to us, by naming the bread after their Capital, and they honour our help to them, by naming their bread after our Capital... the Danish flag, is the oldest continuous flag in the world, not the oldest over all...

[@willbhav]

Thank you for your nice reaction on Denmark. I think you are when saying when we are bit like the British. (Just a bit, don't get over exited)

[@sifrasmussen2315]

Watch some more of their video's, they have made some really great ones about Denmark. They are very informative.

[@omega1231]

On Denmark being the EUs largest oil producer, first of all Norway isn't a member of the EU so that's why they aren't the first because they would be by quite a margin. It's also raw oil, not refined oil. We have barely any if any at all of domestic oil refineries. So while we are self-sufficient in raw oil, we basically have to trade it for refined oil making us only technically self-sufficient. Denmark is almost entirely energy independent, both gas, oil and electricity from renewable energy (Denmark is the largest producer of wind turbines, companies like Vestas are Danish) the only snag is that in terms of oil especially, we have no domestic production of refined oil. The Norwegian state oil company 'Statoil' was also huge in Denmark, and still is but under another name (Circle K).

[@molly9518]

We dont have the same restrictions on alcohol - so the other Scandinavians come here (DK) to drink and chill. 🥰

[@discolizard712]

i love whenever non-danish speakers try and say danish names/words, makes me laugh, but good on them for trying!

[@mereteanTG]

Btw - famous bands you might not know are Danish: Lukas Graham, and Volbeat where a professor sometimes is guest lead singer.

[@MyyllLing]

Rope Trotting are so Nice and always taking so nicely about Denmark. I watch their videos and feel so proud. Love them and enjoyed your reaction, you should come visit sometime.

[@lonestardeluxe3677]

If you love Lego, you have to visit Legoland and Lego House in particular. Situated right next to Billund Airport, easy acces from UK

[@captaincobolt9350]

Since you're British you might find it interesting that there is quite a lot of viking blood in England. Back when they vikings... "visited" quite a few also settled. When the English finally were strong enough to defeat the hold the vikings had, the vikings lost their power but had been there for so long that they were basically assimilated, so the vikings stayed as Englishmen.

[@SmokyGirl]

Hi, I'm from Denmark so I can answer your question about the little mermaid. Yes, the little mermaid is Danish, the film comes from Hans C Andersen's fairy tale. Another funny thing we Danes do. We don't fly our flag after sunset, as that means flying for the devil. So every day people take their flags down and up again at sunrise.❤

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

If they haven't got a "vimpel"- kan du oversætte/beskrive en vimpel??

[@eidodk]

@@anne-mariesindruprix4792 Google translate kunne have gjort det for dig... Det hedder "pennant"

[@FreyaNaja]

My own long description short of Denmark is that it’s a simpler version of England; only we drink coffee instead of tea (and sometimes even at the oddest times, day or night).

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

Isn't it our food as such that are different? I don´t know about it - but it looks more old fashioned ??

[@goldodev]

As a Dane I can say that their pronunciation is actually good. Many people have a hard time pronouncing Danish words, but It can be done better than they do. If you ever go to Denmark, make sure to do your homework. The video is 3 years old, so some of the comments about modern day isn't true anymore, plus there is a lot to learn about Denmark. They only cover like 5% of the interesting facts about Denmark. Just wanted to correct you on what you said at 19:06 Denmark has a age restriction on buying alcohol same with cigarettes. But many sellers are bad at checking id. You can't just buy it.(According to the law) Btw. the fact that many people don't know that LEGO is from Denmark, annoys many Danes. It also annoys many Danes that people say that the plural of LEGO is LEGOs, even though it's LEGO, since it's a company not a item. Acording to them you also always need LEGO with something else for example LEGO bricks.

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

Jeg må skrive på dansk - men disse videoer har fortalt mig at LEGO kommer af Leg Godt - - Jeg har altid troet at LEGO var latin for Jeg Leger - - kan du gøre mig klogere??

[@goldodev]

@@anne-mariesindruprix4792 navnet LEGO kommer fra leg godt, vil anbefale dig at se videoen LEGO Historien. Bare søg her på KZbin og der burde være en video uploadet af LEGO Gruppens officielle KZbin kanal.

[@jameskavanagh4315]

Jeg har altid forstået det som “ leg godt “ 🤷‍♂️

[@goldodev]

@jameskavanagh4315 @anne-mariesindruprix4792 Ifølge LEGO firmaet selv, er navnet LEGO oprindeligt en sammensætning af ordene "leg" og "godt".

[@Kade0407]

Queen Mary came to visit my school once with the now King Frederick

[@TainDK]

Some call us the "Latinos" of Scandinavia/The Nordics. But we are much closer, culturally with the Nordics than the south - we are not loud in public (unless we are drunk) and we also liked it when corona ended and the 2 meter rule stopped, so we could go back to 5 meters in distance to others xD

[@dwaynesview]

The Latinos of the Nordics 😂. So compared to your neighbours, you are more vibrant. But compared to southern Europe, you're more reserved. Got it. 😆

[@Hallreaver]

A few other things that weren't mentioned in this video.. Denmark invented the sports - Handball and Curling 😁 The band "Inferno" is also danish 😁 Debuted in 1997 - One of their, most likely, most known songs around the world would be "From Paris to Berlin" Just a few extra things to the list 😁

[@MsEngelby]

I don't think that guy could have found a placce in Copenhagen with a harder name to pronounce than Gråbrødre Torv. Yes he did not even come close, but hats off for trying.

[@lottebuejensen2310]

Well copenhagen is called the Capital of scandinavien ( sweeden , norway and denmark) . In summertime it’s filled with drunk sweedish and norwigens 😂😂 and they are very welcome . ❤ so are you. Disney was inspired of Tivoli ( he loved it ) and created Disneyland from the inspiration 😊 that you did’nt know 😂😂❤❤🇩🇰🇩🇰🍻🍻

[@SteamboatW]

Yes, and by some coincidence, Stockholm calls itself - officially - the capitol of Scandinavia.

[@Cyraneth]

Just a detail, but: While Denmark was the first to allow same-sex unions, it took a while before there were any same-sex marriages. I believe another country managed to snag that title.

[@ragnarmyhr7238]

As oil producing countries, Norway is not a member of EU. So Denmark can be the largest producer in EU.

[@ebbhead20]

Also our princesses are both foreigners but they dont speak a little bit better, thats an insult. The Americans in Denmark that i know would need to live in Denmark for 200 years to sound anywhere near what Mary or Marie does. They're closer to Sandi Toksvig from QI thanthese guys. Sandi is not the only dane in England thats well known, you had a guy on Antiques roadshow in the 90s, he was just like a dane as well. Both have kept their danish alive whilst living in England, i did the same with English when moving to Denmark.

[@SteamboatW]

Denmark was the original colonial oppressor, having colonies spread from north America to India. Centuries before the British Empire. All the other Nordic countries once broke their shackles and liberated themselves from the Danish yoke. Iceland was the most recent, about a generation ago.

[@klausjensen6310]

Denmark is the reason why Norway has a royal house

[@marialouisesnderskov6921]

What surprised me the most is that Himmelbjerget is in fact NOT the highest point in denmark… 😳 I have been sleeping in class

[@bobmcsnark]

I love how you can hear the Danish influence on their American accents!

[@SsAnime1988]

The Little Mermaid is indeed a H.C. Andersen, BUT they have of cause changed it A LOT. :D The original is much, much more tragic.

[@lindacdk6740]

Before you travel to Denmark, pls know it is very expensive here - just so you don't get a shock when or if you come here

[@dwaynesview]

Yeah, I'm beginning to realise, lol! I might have to stay in a hostel while I'm their.

[@Noblemand]

The shops are no longer allowed to sell alcohol to people younger than 16/18 and the risk a fine of around 1100 GBP for the first offence

[@ingridsvensson2419]

Danmark is a fantastic country. You must visit.

[@Tanaka20]

As a Dane I can say that, they might not nail the pronounciation, then I personally find it funny in a sweet way, when folks try to speak our gutteral language. But, I can highly recommend you to come visit us. We'll welcome you with open arms. :)

[@annahart69]

There are alot of similarities between Britain and Denmark. Maybe it’s not do surprising considering all the vikings that first raided, then settled in Britain. Lot’s of english words, road names and such are actually danish words🇩🇰

[@dwaynesview]

That makes complete sense, it was the danes that invaded England. And wasn't it the Norwegians that invaded Scotland and Ireland?

[@ole7146]

@@dwaynesview True, the Norwegians mainly settled in Ireland and Scotland but there were Danes in Ireland as well from around 849 Ad and they came as conquers. The Danes back then was much more organized compared to the Norwgians, raising large armies in which there would obviously also have been both Norwegians and Sweds as there was ties (for good and wores) across Scandinavia, but Denmark was the "political powerhouse" at that time.

[@fastertove]

@@ole7146 The Danish population was also much bigger than the Norwegian. Denmark and Sweden had similar populations back then.

[@kimmern999]

Norway is Europe's largest producer of oil and natural gas, it's just that Norway isn't part of EU.

[@jenat82]

I am a Dane. I lived in the west mids for 6 years. I brought over my alu bike.Too scared to use it. Don't get me wrong, I fell in love. Do you need an outsider to tell you what a gem you are sitting on?

[@MilluMArt]

Their pronunciation sounds fine. They have an accent, but otherwise, easy to understand

[@emiliemartin9999]

Born in Denmark, the most kind counthy in the world, come to Denmark to visit - and come here with a visa, you are in for a treat- it is an amasing country - and our beaches is the best. Injoy you holiday here. We all speak english z3

[@Wildcard61]

Denmark and England are closer than you Think. For a short periode Denmark rules over a pretty Big part of England.

[@Fudi.Geek.]

If it helps your bubble again, I can add that the Danish bakers changed the recipes after the strike, with adding more sugar and so on.

[@LynxLord1991]

The UK? haha we ruled the UK before it became a kingdom infact it was because of Danish Vikings breaking the smaller kingdoms within england that made it possible to unite all the UK. They are supposed to check the age before selling the alcohol 16 for light alcohol and 18 for hard alcohol but rarely is it controlled as young people just get a buyer if they are denied. You should properly watch a video on the Danelaw when Danes set up shop in UK

[@boandersen8239]

We have beaches in Denmark??? LOL yeah, what did you think were at the edge of the map? 😄

[@sanne46]

Thanks for the great presentation of my country. I can tell you that Viggo Mortensen, Connie Nielsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Sven-Ole Thorsen and Scarlett Johansson are also Danes. Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is also known for her beautiful decoupages. She has chosen to step down as reigning Queen and her son King Frederik the 10th of Denmark is now regent.

[@anne-mariesindruprix4792]

If you want to see the decoupages , you must see the movie "Ehrengaard" - she co-produced it and made the costumes - our former Queen. She also illustrated the Danish book-versions of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" under the name INGAHILD GRATHMER - Dronning Margrethe II of Denmark.

[@eidodk]

It's quite a stretch to call Scarlett Johansson "danish". She is US born, has NEVER lived in Denmark and have never SPOKEN danish. She's as danish as the americans who claims to be Irish because their ancestors emigrated from ireland during the potato famine.

[@Lisanont]

Rosenborg slot is truely very beautiful. I am danish and pass by Rosenborg castle everyday on my way to school, ill never find it boring to look at! Another thing... Not getting asked for ID would be a lie, Ive been asked for ID plenty of times. I feel like they are guessing our age at this point lol. Cause they dont ask for ID from my friends, they appear older than me, when infact im 2 years older.

[@vansting]

Copenhagen is the Nordic countries answer to Amsterdam, in a good way.

[@RandomTheThing]

the only law on alcohol in denmark is that you are not allowed to buy alcohol under the age of 16 for alcohol under 16,5% and anything above that you need to be 18, you also arent allowed to buy alcohol for underage people. so you can drink alcohol at any age, but not buy it

[@KHValby]

Derek and his Husband Michael have been living in CPH now, for 7 years. There Danish has improved 😀 Born and mostly raised in CPH, these two guys taught me a lot about my own City and our History! There research is top notch ! I've checked ! He said in the "EU". Norway is not part of the EU ! Yes! The UK was the largest producer of Oil in the EU, before Brexit! Dude..., come on 🤣 ! You should have been taught much of this in School.....☺! I do like your react though 👍❤ 👍 !!

[@snaz76]

Danish pastries evolved from Vienesse pastry, and so visiting Wien, you´ll find it hard to find the comparison today. Same goes for the Wienerschnitzel and Wiener-sausage.

[@AssemblerGuy]

Regarding 10:25 -- where do you think the modern wind turbine was invented? It was pretty much Denmark's response to the oil crisis back in the 1970s, just like the Brazilians went for biofuels.

[@ErlingL]

Similarities to England... I'd say that to me it's probably the sense of humour. Most Danes doves sarcasm and dark humour - it's no surprise that "Faulty Towers" was really big here - seems we very much laughter of the same things

[@ethanor]

-The Danish flag is the longest RUNNING flag. There are many flags older than it, some are used today, but they stopped using that flag for some reason at a point. Ours, we have used since we got it. -There's no legal drinking age in Denmark. You have to be 16 to buy alcohol top to 16.5%. Anything stronger, you have to be 18 to buy. If you as an adult give alcohol to someone who is not old enough to buy it themselves, then you are responsible for any negative results it may bring. But there's no legal drinking age. I tried my first beer at 4. Didn't like it.

[@finnjrgensen5631]

Denmark is also the first country in the world to legalize pornography. It may not be what we are most proud of, but now it is here, we take it. We are probably most proud that it could become legal. I apologize for the grammar.

[@jeppehannibal7821]

As you said hes talking about the European Union when he says that Denmark is the largest producer of oil. Norway does indeed produce significantly more, but its not part of the EU.

[@creativeeverydaylife]

Their video is very generalizing, and clearly made by someone who lives in Copenhagen (København) or Zealand (Sjælland). In West Jutland (Vestjylland) we typically don't go to the beach - it's very cold and windy, maybe there are two good days a year, but we rarely go out there. Their Danish is not very good - and yes, part of the reason I say that is that we Danes are very critical of people who speak our language. The sentence he said at the beginning was okay and I understood him, but other words I needed the subtitles to understand what he said. We are quite hysterical when it comes to language, and constantly correct each other, so I don't write it to be mean, but in order for me to say that someone is good at Danish, it must sound pretty close to a native speaker. (sorry if it sounds mean - trying to be honest) I have always had the winter bath - and maybe know one or two who have tried it - so no, not a HUGE one of Danish culture. I'm still quite surprised that people don't know Lego is Danish, but more that other countries have it to. I don't want to comment on it all, but I will say; It makes me quite angry how they make it sound quite different from the rest of the country, but hey, if you want the same experiences they are talking about, Copenhagen is my best bet. I think this dane is better to tell about how it is in Denmark: kzbin.infoHiLqAH-bvk4?si=N6dH2i-if3fRLW18 (this is a short) he explains the culture better if I may say so.

[@jameskavanagh4315]

Og vestjysk er så nemt at forstå?? Jeg har boet 30 år i Jylland. Vestjysk er den dialekt jeg har største problem med 😄🤷‍♂️

[@creativeeverydaylife]

@jameskavanagh4315 Vestjysk kan bestemt være svært at forstå, særligt hvis folk mumler 😅 men mange yngre taler nu rigsdansk her ovre 😉

[@jameskavanagh4315]

Jeg ved det😄. Vi har venner som bor lidt syd for Thisted. Men deres ældre forældre 😱😱. Jeg mangler en tolk 😂

[@creativeeverydaylife]

@jameskavanagh4315 haha ja 🤣 forstår også kun halvdelen af hvad min svigerfar siger som taler vaske ægte vestjysk 🤣

[@rickybuhl3176]

Yeah the Kingdom bit - England pretty much became a Kingdom effectively to strengthen by uniting to be able to defeat the invading Viking Kings that they were paying fortunes to in protection money to. The various small "Kingdoms" that were on the island couldn't defeat them alone, while still fighting amongst themselves and having one side join the Danes to defeat their neighbours etc.

[@hjalmarolethorchristensen9761]

Yeah... Danish day,💪💪💪 what an wonderful thing..... And greetings from Skandinavia Danmark 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@allanjensen31]

19:15 Thats why Swedish people and Norwegian people come to Denmark for a drinking holidays