Christmas in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 | A Brit Reacts to Tivoli Gardens, Markets & Ice Skating Wonderland

[@Morten_Beck_Knudsen]

"Hygge" is difficult to define, we use it in many different ways. for example, if you've been out to eat with friends, you can say it was "Hyggeligt" (its was nice) or you can say you're going home to "Hygge dig" (being cozy and relaxing) or you can ask someone "Hyggede I jer" (Did you have a good time)

[@warlorddk2070]

Im danish... Its litterally "cosiness" we just use it as a verb too "We should just cosy tonight" saying we have a special word who cant be translated is overcomplicating a simple definition..

[@spyro257]

@@warlorddk2070 i'm Danish too, and there's no clear translation for "hygge" in English, just like there's no clear translation for the English word "please" in Danish...

[@nielsbach3324]

@@warlorddk2070 I'm a dane as well, and I disagree with you. You can go out with your friends to have a few drinks, which could be "hyggeligt". That would not translate to "cosy" in english.

[@citizenVader]

If anything "hygge" is a comforting pastime and involves cosiness, but it doesn't have to be cosi. You can hygge on a motorbike, it's just important to make gains in your mental state of mind.

[@robertpetre9378]

Whenever I think of Copenhagen, I think of Hans Christian Anderson’s stories and traditional Christmas toys made out of wood and tin.

[@KurtFrederiksen]

Why do so many call him Hans Christian Anderson? I don't get it. He's danish not Swedish and his name is Hans Christian Andersen. Did some American publisher misspell his name at some point back in the day or are there some other reason?

[@FenderJaguar66]

Andersen my friend not Anderson.

[@birterasmussen8133]

Well try for yourself 🤓 I find all four seasons have their own special charm ❤🇩🇰

[@mariangram1039]

Come visit the oldest town in Denmark; Ribe. Founded by vikings and a very charming town i Jylland (Jutland). ❤

[@christopherjensen3034]

Tivoli is open every Christmas. Halloween, late spring till late mid fall. It closes at midnight. Fireworks marks the end of the day on Saturdays. Christiania does not have their own government they are part of Denmark, but they have a sort of community council. Buying a place there is limited access to inheritance to the people already living there.

[@thedyslexicwordsmith796]

Dane here, both, summer er is like nothing in Britain, (when it's one of the good ones) winter... Well if you want snow, not the right place, but the atmosphere is contagious and warmth (trust me it's not physically hot) just hits different.

[@julieberthelsen389]

The rule of not taken pictures and videos is mostly because of all the hashis sale in there.

[@kimkruse7370]

Summer Is a Nice Day in Denmark.

[@jandamskier6510]

hahaha. get stuffed

[@fampetersen8406]

In one of your videos you asked: is hygge also something about sex? Yes, it can be about sex. If a guy fx asks his girlfriend: shouldn’t we go home and hygge? With a glimps in the eye, it means sex. Hygge is about making you and your sorroundings feel good, and obviously what makes me feel good doesn’t necessarily make you feel the same….therefore hygge is a personal thing, it can be a tradition or something all new. This is why it is so difficult to give one definite answer, when people from other countries ask “what is hygge”. Hygge can be almost anything. Some people love meeting friends for a night of food and a horror movie, I would personally hate that. I love Christmas, but many people don’t like it at all. I hope this explains a little better why hygge is so hard to put your finger on, but the high priority of “hygge” and therefore a high priority of quality of life, is so deeply imbedded in the danish culture today. You will have to come and feel it for yourself.😊

[@warlorddk2070]

"At hygge" verb "To cosy" sure english only have the adjective but "To cosy" as a verb is bassically the litteral translation...

[@MrUberGolfer]

No photos in Christiania due to illegal sales of "soft drugs". However, the infamous PusherStreet has been closed / demolished this year, and an ice skating wrink been installed!!

[@candycrush]

Sold your souls to government and gentrification. PATHETIC!

[@MsBlackdeath13]

That hotel d’angletaire (I think it’s spelled), decorate the front in a new way every year and lots of people go ther during the holidays to see the new decorations. Plus it’s free to go see.

[@citizenVader]

Start with spring and take the seasons as they come.

[@tinalholm6715]

Go to Ribe It is the oldest city/town in Denmark.

[@birgitjantzen1731]

You should try and go to aarhus. I is locad on Jylland in Denmark

[@mettelarsen4479]

Vil du have en storby ferie tager du selvfølgelig ikke til Århus 😂

[@lonestardeluxe3677]

@@mettelarsen4479Hvorfor ikke?

[@luffegasen7711]

Go to Roskilde (Cathedral city and they have a viking ship museum!)m Lejre (Open air museum stretching from the Mesolithic till early medieval times, and some time (Especially in the summer) there will be re-en-actors!), and of course Hamlets home town (acording to Shakespear): Helsingør ... Or Elsinore to you Brits! All three a day trip from Copenhagen! ;)

[@Noblemand]

Every season has its charm. Summer is light and warm (Usually), autumn is great when being in the forrest and watching all thee colourss on the leaves etc., winter(Okay christmas) is wonderfull with all the various stands, lights, treats, and spring watching the fields and flowers blooming, where you really can see the various colours before it all becomes green in green during the summer

[@spyro257]

the area u can't take pictures in Freetown Christiania, is on the street called "Pusher Street", the place where MANY MANY sales took place, of, well, THC products, that has been closed, for the sales that is, but there's still the same rule...

[@bonnie_rabbit749]

Sorry but “the little mermaid guy” was just HILLARIOUS 😂😂 he’s known for much much MUCH more than that. He’s written a lot of the best known fairytales that disney and other well known studios has televised. He’s basically one of the greatest authors of all time. And yes, we honor him very much so! His original childhood home in Odense has also been well preserved and the road named after him. The whole area around his home has actually been preserved and is a well known tourist attraction called “den gamle by” (the old town) where they even still do some of the old traditions back when H. C. Andersen lived, like having the old police guards patrol the town (mostly for show) in the old uniforms. And all this is not to forget the little mermaid statue in Copenhagen. He wrote thumbelina, the little mermaid, the snow queen (the story frozen is based on), the ugly duckling, the princess and the pea, the emperors new clothes, the sandman - and those are only the ones i think you would probably know/have heard about.

[@Rasendebolge]

Copenhagen is just one out of many citys that has Christmas markets and is beautifully decorated. SO STEP OUT OF THAT CITY AND ENJOY THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

[@BetaTestingUrGf]

3:15 "i dont wanna be there at midnight" tivoli looking at their 11-24 opening hours in the weekend 👁👄👁

[@mariafriflet9082]

Hygge can be anything you find nice to do. Hygge is the verb, hyggeligt is the adjective we use for things we find enjoyable and cosy. And it can be pretty much anything. The classics are meeting up with family and friends, cosying up on the couch with someone or playing games and similar, but it will also be used to describe a drunken company Christmas party or going for a long hard hike with friends. Pretty much anything that’s enjoyable, normally with other people, but it can also just be enjoying a book alone in the sun. Even chores can be described as hyggelig if you are a group who spend a day painting house while chatting. So you almost can’t use it wrong, if you enjoyed it, you can say it was hyggelig.

[@robertpetre9378]

Brighton was going to have a Christmas market this year, but because of the terrible weather, I think it’s had to postpone it for now. Hopefully it doesn’t get cancelled.

[@rasmuslampposselt3564]

And the d'angleterre is one of the most luxurious and expensive hotels in Copenhagen.

[@tjaepe1]

And the name means land of England ( due to an english club situated there earlier)

[@EbbeSørensen]

Try Cold Hawaii in Jylland (Jutland) northwestern part of Denmark

[@ninirossau2304]

if you are used to cold weather christmas is magical in Denmark. In Aarhus we have the artisans christmas market that last 4 weeks with different stalls every week. it is 5 min walk from the train station and we have another market 5 min more out. I love christmas just popping over to London on friday to go christmas shopping.

[@LynxLord1991]

If you get the time Julemarked on one of the 1000s of castles or manors might be fun for you like Rosenholm slot, Egeskov slot or gammel Estrup herregård. Well obviously just like UK Denmark is very different in the rest of the country compared to the capital so it really depends on what you are looking for, like say Christmas in oldtown in Aarhus if you wanna walk through time in Denmark

[@rasmuslampposselt3564]

They used to sell weed there (Christiania).... you don't want pictures of that.

[@kraft3898]

Christiania used to have street called "Pusher street". It was ruled by gangmembers and they forbade taking photos. But a couple of months ago Christiania and the police managed to remove all the idiots and this year the street is going to be covered in ice so everybody can ce skate. And Dángle Terre means english earth/ground. Its a very cozy and very expensive cafe/restaurant/hotel :) the Christiania christmas market is worth visiting. Very cosy if you like a really relaxed atmosphere with a bit of a old hippie twist.

[@arvelaeemil]

Hey! Where’s the reaction to Finland’s greatest rap duo of all time, Fintelligens? The duo consists of rappers Elastinen (Elastic) and Iso H (Big H). You should definitely check out their music! I recommend starting with these songs: "Voittamaton", "Kellareiden kasvatit", "Sori", and for a more defiant vibe, a track from "7 veljestä"! When Elastinen and Iso H pursued solo careers, Elastinen found more mainstream success. If you decide to explore Elastinen’s solo music, I recommend starting with his early albums: "Elaksis Kivi", "Anna soida", and "E.L.A.". I hope to see the reaction video of Fintelligens in my feed soon!

[@Marianne-k4u]

You can take pics in some places but not at mariuana marked

[@julieberthelsen389]

That is not true, the rule is acctualy for the hole place, it's because of the gangs in there, sometimes they just attack people filming. So it's acctualy also for your own safety.

[@Noblemand]

About Christiania, it sounds like the original video is relatively old, because the picture part was more like when the infamous pusher street was a thing and the criminals wouldnt end up being pictured doing their illeagal buisnesses. But now that the people of christania got rid of the the marihuhana stands on pusher street it is more like what christania was meant to be

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

Originally Christiania was known for its "illegal Hashtrade" in the named Pusher Street and that was why the No Photo rules. But lately Crime and a few killings became too much even for the people living in Christiania, so with the help of the Police the Traders became thrown out and now the area has changed and has been made into a different Park like area, And to my knowledge it is again allowed to take photos! And the Market in Tivoly is an old happening for years!

[@onlyu2high]

Summer is the best, for Sweden that is..

[@atheos5748]

I think it's easy to get home-blind when it comes to how pretty Sweden is during the winter. All the lights we put up in all our windows along with the snow is quite pretty.

[@onlyu2high]

@atheos5748 yes, you are right. I grew up in Norrland, I live in Östgötland nowadays. I understand that Sweden can be pretty in Norrland when it's winter. Nah I can't stand it, the lights and such. But it's different from person to person! :)

[@lottebuejensen2310]

@@atheos5748 Yes and you get snow ( the light of winter ) so “ hyggeligt” as we say in Denmark . We do have light all over , but it’s not quit the same without snow😢😢🇩🇰🧑‍🎄🎄

[@Zandain]

❤🇩🇰 Scandinavia overall, is great in the summer! Long, long light nights, mild weather.... Scandinavia is beautiful in the winter, too. Snow in Norway, Finland & Sweden, not so much in Denmark anymore ...but we have loads of Julemarkeder or Christmas markets 😉 Tivoli is open until 22.00 November 15th to January 5th Denmark can be 'hyggelig' all year round. Hygge, is spending time with friends & family in complete cozy comfort... My family enjoys to 2 Christmas markets: 1. Kronborg Castle first built as a Customs house in 1420, in Helsingør 2. Esrum Kloster (monastery) built in 1151, in Esrum ❤🇩🇰 Come! ☀️ & ❄️ hello from Denmark 🌸

[@daniellund4334]

Visit us whenever you want to. You are more than welcome 🇩🇰🙏

[@luffegasen7711]

They didn't allow films or pictures in Christiania because of the illegal weed they sold, but Pusher Street was dismantled this year, so now bring those cameras! ^^

[@vibebrockdorff2384]

Mr. Dwayne! You have to go to copenhagen yourselv, becose it is NOT all true what she say. You have to come. We danish hate, when people from other countrys selling us without knowing us. Salute to uk and the farmers. Marry christmas. DENMARK.

[@luffegasen7711]

*SIGH!* This again! Tivoli is the THIRD oldest amusement park in the world Bakken (Also Denmark, 1583) and Prater (Vienna, 1766) is older!. BTW the lake in Tivoli is actually part of the old moat surrounding Copenhagen. The old moat and ramparts was a DO-NOT-BUILT-area until 1843 when George Carstensen was permitted to found Tivoli. That let to dismantling of the old defences of Copenhagen. Today if you look at a map of Copenhagen, find Tivoli and then just follow the parks north and east until you reach Kastellet (The star-fortress north of the medieval part of Copenhagen). Those parks are the remnants of the city's defences!

[@SsAnime1988]

Reason why u can't film some areas at Christiania is several, but 2 big ones is that some areas are a bit private. People live there. :P But that is not the biggest reason. The 2nd and biggest reason is because af the "hash" sale, which in Denmark is illegal. Both to sell and to buy.

[@Fetguf]

Yes Tivoli is open now and have the market every year. Closing hours vary. Friday and Saturday it's at midnight. ohh I forgot. We don't celebrate Christmas, but Jul. So it is kind of pagan all of it. Christianity took away the pagan from the Vikings, but they didn't dared to touch the Jul. You cant take all the photos at Christiania as you wish now. The prohibition was only in one street where "greenery" was sold, and that street is gone now.

[@skodass1]

Hygge is basically sitting infront of a fireplace(or a video of a fireplace because not everyone has access to a fireplace) enjoying each others company with some drink (doesn't have to be alcoholic).

[@rumling81]

Hygge is many thing, not only sitting at a fireplace.

[@EmmaErsblabla]

Christiania 'used to' view themselves as a non-governmental, secular town (like a large hippie commune) within Copenhagen but 'broken free' of Danish society, laws, etc. Then during the 80s especially, when biker gangs started spreading throughout Europe, many of these saw the place as an opportune location to drive not-so-legal business. So for a long time, weapons and drugs of different classes were being sold and handled in the small streets of Christiania, making residents feel unsafe. They had some back and forth struggles for some years and kind of came to the "agreement" between residents and biker gangs, that the biker gangs could sell their stuff in certain streets in the area (the (in)famous Pusher Street or 'green light district') but that neither weapons or hard drugs were welcome. Due to the illegal activity, that's also why they had the "no photos" signs all over. That went okay, not great, for a long time while the Hell's Angels were the biggest active criminal gang out there (there were other smaller ones too, but nothing that filled the space as much as HA for a while) - then by the shift of the millennium, the other criminal groups out there started growing, more came in and tried to claim more of the sales action and area for themselves, to the point where by the 2010s shootings and violent episodes were becoming more and more common out there, between conflicting gangs, locals getting increasingly disturbed by all the violent crime rates, until finally like last year or earlier this year (I don't remember the date lol), the locals reached an agreement with Copenhagen municipality, to 'demolish' Pusher Street by removing the cobblestone pavement (also because there were infrastructure maintenance updates that needed to be carried out), so the rivaling gangs couldn't take up that space to sell drugs there any more (also accompanied by loads of police at first, after many years of regular "raids" to also hinder the drugs sales and illegal activity). And now it seems like it finally took hold? I think the few gangs that still operate in the area are more scattered now, less organised and fixed into one spot (but I'm sure there are still some of them around). The locals, these days, would probably like to call themselves the same anti-authoritarian hippies that founded the area in the 70s, but in all honesty, it's become its own kind of niche that they find extremely prestigious to be a part of and treat it as such (for most people, you can't take residency in Christiania unless you have an 'insider' that can put in a good word for you, usually family of lifetime friends), the locals (at least used to) take popular vote when new residents were trying to move in. The houses there are also for the most part 'home made', so cost is probably closest to just like... How much you need to spend on materials. They have an area of like 15k m2 that they were low-key forced to sell to the municipality a few years ago, which is being converted into apartment buildings I think (for the general public, so seems they probably won't keep Christiania as traditionally secular in years to come).

[@GryLi]

You have to visit come at christmas or in September .

[@trinejonassen7695]

In spring time

[@MrAIRHEAD555]

Regarding photo on Christania its not that its not allowed unfortunately there is some illigal activities there. And some of those people dont like to be filmed.

[@johnpedersen2958]

Christmas happens every year. Are you well?

[@theDanishMermaid]

So when are you comming?

[@anotherelvis]

These christmas markets are run by Germans and eastern Europeans, so the aren't really Danish. But I do like their bratwursts.

[@hanna1234555]

Please visit more than our capital. I cannot state it enough! Copenhagen is great for tourists and people who like the lifestyle. But the rest of Denmark is so much more than our capital! Please do not judge our country only based on Copenhagen! I beg you! Do not be that kind of tourist (The same goes for the rest of Scandinavia.) 🙏🥺 I like you! You seem like a reasonable and kind fellow and I do believe Britain and Scandinavia are like cousins ❤Please do not ruin my image of you by only visiting capitals. If you prefer big city vacations I do not blame you. But then see Aarhus/Aalborg/Odense and I'm sure you will understand why it makes me sad, when people say Denmark then the world thinks of Copenhagen. If you like country living or farming history (remember most Danish Vikings were also farmers so we have a rich farming history) go see Sdr. Bork Vinkingehavn and Hjerl Hede (especially during the summer when volunteers do reenacting)☺ If you like our "flat" nature just go outside the cities 😛

[@ChristianSander1969]

Photography in Christiania is not a problem today.. It used to be, when they were "openly" selling weed and hash, but that has been closed down now.. Hygge can be many things, it can be alone or with family / friends.. I guess the best way to describe it, is a situation where you enjoy life and or company, relaxing and not worrying about tomorrow, problems or other stuff.. Reading a book sitting in a nice chair with a hot drink on the side, can be hygge.. Playing some boardgames with friends / family, can be hygge.. Sitting on a bench with your SO watching the sunset, can be hygge..

[@jettegrottrup2720]

Just never visit in november, january and february……

[@sismofytter]

The reason you are not allowed to take photos and videos in some areas of Christiania is because criminal gangs sell weed there but it's pretty much closed down nowadays 🙂 Christiania have the same laws aso as the rest of Denmark.

[@bjarnedrachmannhakonsen1704]

Hygge is being present in the moment. Its not a danish Thing

[@johannesroed500]

Forkert

[@Drescher1984]

Easy, gangs owns part of Christiania

[@skodass1]

not anymore... with Pusher Street ripped up most of it has moved to Nørrebro, Østerbro.

[@sifrasmussen2315]

@@skodass1 Isn't there still a bit of people selling stuff there? That used to be the reason. You don't want your illegal dealings caught on tape.

[@theforestdweller625]

You need to be RICH as fuck as a tourist if you wanna come to Denmark. As a Dane...DK is a country where there aint much to see. Miley cyrus was told to go see a Gods (Big farm house where a count use to live) We have lots of these old houses. Pamela Anderson was taken to a tiny food shop by some Danish contact person/friend. Most people will tell you to go to Tivoli (ekspensive fair) or go see some old buildings. Denmark is a flat farm country where all the forrest was cut 200 years ago and we dont have any big annmals, exept small Dear. More and more old historic houses are being taken down because young people dont wand to live in the countryside in them. Sweden is a big Rock with trees on it. You really only go there is you wanna fish and be in clean air in the forrest. The citys are werry borring. Norway the same but more historic things relatet to the Viking age

[@atheos5748]

Do not taint your self with such dark knowledge Dwayne. Denmark is a place of unspeakable horrors and guttural gurgling noises. Come back. Return to Swedish matters.

[@jandamskier6510]

tull. tullprat

[@vansting]

You can’t film in Christiania because they don’t want you to do it. Because there is no need to show everything on the net and because they don’t want a bunch of crazy TikTok idiot running around screaming and dancing. They like their privacy and you better respect it or else get thrown out head first.

[@candycrush]

Aussie living in copenhagen and i absolutely dislike this country. Not all that glitters is gold.