Exploring Kolding, Denmark during the Christmas season. Koldinghus and downtown Kolding!!

During our long weekend we drove out to Kolding Denmark to check out the Koldinghus, enjoy downtown Kolding, and we also stumbled on a cool light festival. We had a fantastic time, especially with the Christmas excitement in the air!
Kolding, Denmark - goo.gl/maps/86...
Koldinghus - www.koldinghus...
Kolding Light Festival - k-l-f.dk/en/

[@Thomgxx100]

Hi ! Great video. The special thing about Kolding is that the town in fact is the old border town between the Kingdom of Denmark and the old Danish duchy of Schleswig (Not to be mistaken with the old German duchy of Holstein having the Danish king as its duke until 1864). Entire Kolding is in fact a 1849 battlefield area from the April 23 1849 battle, where the Danish army was defeated by a Prussian backed Schleswig-Holstein army. E.g.The old red house from 1589 was itself a scene of heavy fighting, and by looking closer, you would be able to see walled in canonballs and bullet traces on the building extorior. Sønderborg and Dybbøl / Duppel (The peninsular is called "Sundeved") you drove through is comprising the great battlefields of 1848 and 1864. You can go visit "Historiecenter Dybbøl Banke" in Sønderborg which is a Danish War of 1864 theme park that comes highly recommended. Many Danish Schleswigers who fought at the 1864 battle, later emigrated to the USA.

[@TravelinYoung]

Wow, that is very interesting. Thank you for sharing. I always have an issue where I visit somewhere and then learn a lot more about it after I've left! I will go back for sure and walk through with different eyes. I will also make sure to visit the area you mention. I'd like to learn a bit more about the Danish War of 1864, especially since it was happening at the same time as the American Civil War. Super fascinating. Thanks again!

[@anderseriksen2282]

@@TravelinYoung Hej, start with the movie 1864, or go all the way back to Danevirke, then you will get an idea of what had happend in the "borderland" between Denmark and Germany over time, if your not in for the hole bloody movie - here is a bit then: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3THmpRpoZyHmZY Warning: Its not for children - after seeing it - you know whats it like GOING BERSERK Best Wishes to you all - and a Merry Christmas

[@TravelinYoung]

@@anderseriksen2282 Sweet, I will check this out, thanks!

[@Drystin]

If you appreciate the old danish architecture you should visit Ribe, it’s in the southern part of Jylland. It’s a shame Denmark is closed, or else you could stay at the old hotel Hotal Dagmar in the center of Ribe right next to the Ribe cathedral. Ribe is the oldest danish town. It was founded by Vikings in the 700.

[@TravelinYoung]

Yes, Ribe is high on the list. Just need to find the best time when things open up again. I also want to go on an oyster hunt.

[@LulleH1982]

@@TravelinYoung I would recommend you guys to visit Ribe in the summer. I'm from Kolding and love this video🙂

[@constancedevan6413]

I really enjoyed the castle and your comments. I am your second cousin, Josh, your Mother and I are cousins. Your grandmother and my Dad were brother and sister. Your Mother sent me your KZbin sight. I love keeping in touch with family.

[@quizzina-50]

Have you been visiting Bornholm? The Øresunds bridge, and a ferry from Ystad! - dont go if it is very windy, otherwise you will get afraid of sailing as well, since it is always a bit of a 'bumpy' sea! Bornholm is so beautiful, and somehow different from the rest og Denmark 😊

[@TravelinYoung]

We did visit there at the end of the summer in 2019. I need to go back as things had started to shut down fro the season and we were doing this channel yet. It is a wonderful place, I agree!! Maybe next year we can go during one of the long weekend in May.

[@coldane2]

As always, love your videos. I'd love to see videos where you explain how life in Denmark is compared to USA, what things do you miss, what things don't you miss, what are better/worse, things you dont understand about Denmark ....and so on, have a Merry Xmas, looking forward to your next video !

[@TravelinYoung]

Great idea, that is a good topic during the break and while we can’t really get out and about. Thanks and Merry Christmas to you also! We appreciate you watching!

[@naggdehck2069]

Denmark is like Sweden just on more female hormones and soy latte..

[@naggdehck2069]

Trust med, you are not Missing out in anything..

[@charmeskolen5719]

@@naggdehck2069 but Denmark is not as sick as sweden is. Right now😉

[@Totaldane]

Pretty sure, it was'nt built to fend of Germans - in part technically because Germany did not exists at that point and in part because The Danish king Valdemar the conqueror had recently established his authority over the two duchy'ses Schleswig/Holstein that now make up northern Germany. SO it would be more correct to say, that Koldinghus was built in order for the King to launch attacks against rebels opposing his rule from the southern provinces and to fortify the power of the kingdom. Incidentally, taking Schleswig/Holstein would lead Denmark through a series of wars for the next 600 years, eventually reducing the country from a European power to a small and poor peasant state on the outskirt of Europe.

[@HenrikSkov-DK]

Cool that you saw the light festival by accident. Hope you liked the city. Born and raised there/here :)

[@jackmeeellleee4896]

It looked very cold when you all were in Kolding. There is an Indian restaurant Desi Indian Taste in Kolding that makes really good food. I was last down in Kolding the year before last. The age and scale of Koldinghus are quite impressive. Den blå bistro is another eatery in Kolding that I would recommend. We used to travel to Kolding in order to celebrate Easter with a friend as the friend's mom lives down there. Then the Covid Pandemic changed life, but we hope, that with good luck, and continued social distancing, and then a vaccination, we will survive to take up our lapsed Kolding Easter tradition this or next year.

[@145Nudel]

Love your cardigan, Miranda 😍👏 Gifts for the dog is a must. Remember how offended my brother got when their dog got way more Christmas gifts than he did 😆🤣

[@lopaisate]

Thank you! Its one of those sweaters thats so ugly it's amazing 😂.

[@aloneman1844]

I have no idea why I'm watching you but you are a lot of fun😂😂

[@TravelinYoung]

Haha, we’ll take that :).

[@ReginLyngs]

Thank you for showing my home town, soo many places that reminded me of my upbringing, if I recollect the door you saw is actually a door to a "hemmelighed" (secret translated) the medival indoor toilet. And the reason for the open spaces inside the house is because for several years the house was neglected after a fire. The reason it was restored was actually H. C. Andersen, he thought the house should be rebuilt.

[@TrekkieGrrrl]

I SO hear you about the Great belt Bridge. It's a nightmare. I've been over it ONE time (yes, really, I had a hysterical breakdown and FORCED hubby to take the ferry when we returned ...), and I hope I'll never have to do it again. I can go over it by train, because the train goes underground instead of going across that scary, far-too-high part. Next time, take the train ;)

[@franksrnsn]

As a resident of Kolding I do like this video a lot. Koldinghus is one of my favorit places in Kolding, and if you should come back, I can recomend Trapholt museum with modern art and a lot of danish design history.

[@adrianpallis4568]

The rason why Koldinghus looks like that was Spanish troops burning the place down during napoleonic era. I had a girlfriend here and my self being from Copenhagen, Kolding impressed med because although its the same size as Fredericia, Vejle and Horsens, it feels much bigger.

[@anjajacobsen9739]

Please, visit Odense. I love the town.... The shopping streets: Like Kolding - modern meet old days (U shut visit Tapperi Stræde.... Old buildings. The city is a home of our author Hans Christian Andersen (there is museums about the author, in the streets - U see statues about he's fairytales, a garden nearby our the author). The Zoo is great - my favorite in Denmark. In summertime there is a flower festival and story telling of HCA fairytales. I like that U are visit other places than Dopenhagen. I love Jylland (the greatest ireland - Skagen and Silkeborg is my favorites).

[@liskofod8711]

When it all opens up you shoul visit the Viborg area, eating at Brygger Bouwer, and visit Mønsted Kalkgruber (Lots of bats)Have fun 💕

[@TravelinYoung]

Cool, thanks for the tip!

[@juliamorales6620]

What!! A door with no door knob or handle. How does that work?

[@MrFtoudalk]

Have you tried frikadeller yet? Awesome Danish staple food. And you can use the leftovers on bread with red cabbage, pickles or agurkesalat. Some will even smear remoulade on them...

[@TravelinYoung]

For sure, I have! It is pretty common for lunch in the work canteen, being a Danish staple food :). It is okay, I wouldn't say it is my favorite, but I do prefer it over fish.

[@JensThestrupToft]

Jylland is only forgotten about by people from Sjælland. Just thought I'd mention that. :-)

[@andersruff2982]

You need to see Frilandsmuseet and the old city in Århus

[@kariner4297]

You missed the cannonball stuck in the wall on the back side of the red building from 1589😉

[@TravelinYoung]

Ha yeah, we read about it later and noticed it in some of the footage I got from the back. Reasons to visit Kolding again :).

[@Stphn77]

hi im a new sub to your channel, and love your videos. it would be an honor to show you around the city of Randers. I love your videos, because i find it interesting to see how you are fitting in in the danish life. Love from Randers :-)

[@TravelinYoung]

Thanks for watching! Sounds interesting, we plan to get to Randers and north of Aarhus next year for sure!

[@Stphn77]

@@TravelinYoung you can add me on facebook if you like it´s Stephan P. Larsen

[@nickbjergjensen1182]

Koldinghus is NOWHERE near the oldest build in Denmark :) the problem with dating our oldest buildings is real thou.. remember youre in europe.

[@kristiankruse3964]

Sadly you came the year were the light festival was almost non existing, because of corona. It usually absolutely lights up the entire town

[@TravelinYoung]

I could tell that it wasn't like usual. But we really enjoyed Kolding, so I suspect we will be back again :).

[@kristiankruse3964]

@@TravelinYoung when all this covid is over, come to the light festival, find me on Facebook l and I'll see if we can't show you a bit more of kolding, or just reply to this post, so I'll see it

[@TravelinYoung]

@@kristiankruse3964 cool, thanks!

[@Met1989]

If you gt to go to Northern Jutland, you could visit Gjøl (on the way to the beach in Blokhus or Løkken) - home of the world famous Gjøl trolde (Trolls). There is a museum (contact them (Søren) and I'm sure they will take you through the history of the troll) but not much else but it's at nice place to visit in the summertime and hopefully the Inn on the harbor will open again after Covid.

[@KC-re1de]

Hi guys. Your videos are so helpful! I was born in Kolding Denmark but moved to Canada when i was young. I don't have any family here and I'm always torn between if I should stay in Canada or move to Denmark where I'm still a citizen. In your opinion, do you think it's worth moving to Denmark (overall)? Is it too much tax and not worth it? Etc? Another silly thing I worry about too is the modesty there? Im not a fan of x rated stuff out in the open. Anyway, overall do you think it's worth to move there? Your videos are very helpful especially since it's from a North Americans perspective!

[@TravelinYoung]

It depends a ton on the person for sure. We are very happy that we moved here, so for us it has been worth it.

[@jespermayland571]

Is Brisket Danish?

[@TravelinYoung]

We got him in Denmark but he was bread in Hungary.

[@blueeyedpunk]

I doubt American food will turn Danes away. Although your candy I often feel is very artificial in the taste. I have plans for going to the US. I kinda feel I need to visit multiple times because I want to visit every part of the US to experience the difference in nature,culture,mentality and food. Btw do you know what rocky mountain oysters are?

[@TravelinYoung]

Haha yeah, but I've never had them nor do I plan to.

[@blueeyedpunk]

@@TravelinYoung Haha 😄 So it won't be some of the American food you present 😂

[@birthekristensen813]

I love Kolding. But IT is a crazy town by car😏 you missed Trapholt. IT is a museum for art and design.

[@TravelinYoung]

Reason to go back :).

[@ghydda]

Also, book a room at Hotel KoldingFjord www.koldingfjord.dk - it is an awesome place with a truly great history behind it.

[@sontaron7]

Did you see the "actual size" Transformer in Kolding?

[@TravelinYoung]

We missed it!

[@sontaron7]

@@TravelinYoung it's cool at an auto dealership near the mall but would only bother lf you are already going near the place

[@Jonesc]

Not really the theme of the video, but I've been wondering how you guys keep up with Danish news and what news outlets you use for that.

[@TravelinYoung]

Colleagues at work are super helpful with the important stuff. Some folks on Facebook translate the corona news for other expats, which is also very good. A ton slips through the cracks though of course and I wish I could understand more. Google translate helps a lot when viewing sites like Politiken, to at least get the context for news that isn't necessarily high level. You make the correct observation though that it is challenging and we miss a lot. That become very apparent when COVID started as it took hours or a day or so to fully grasp changes in restriction rules.

[@Jonesc]

@@TravelinYoung Yeah I'd imagine that it would be difficult to stay up to date with news. There should definitely be easier ways for foreigners to know what's going on. Love the videos by the way! It's cool to get an American family's view of Denmark.

[@coldane2]

@@TravelinYoung I recommend reading thelocal.dk

[@TravelinYoung]

I have read that at times as it is in English. I just haven't paid for it so there are limits to what I can read.

[@akashassmuk]

Are there many bridges in USA?

[@TravelinYoung]

Some, but not many of this size. It never bothered me to drive across a bridge until I got here. I think it is a combo of the height, length, and wind does me in.

[@akashassmuk]

@@TravelinYoung I get it :D I one drov over Brooklyn bridge that was big. I did not drive myself, but still cool.

[@jespermayland571]

Just so you know, the d in Kolding is silent and the o should sound more like the o in "bored"!

[@Lauraphoid]

Ye, it’s almost pronounced like ‘calling’

[@bertramlehn478]

Omg i live in Kolding😀

[@TravelinYoung]

Great city!

[@lugatzmajr4714]

It is pronounced almost the same way U would pronounce Calling (the letter d in Kolding is numb), but with a short o-vowel - like the short a-vowel in the name Callas...

[@jespermayland571]

Did you know, that the Gestapo had their headquarters in Koldinghus stables during the Nazi occupation?..?

[@wackydk]

You should try the Øresund bro (bridge) to Malmø, then you get underwater aswell (tunnel) :D

[@TravelinYoung]

Ha yeah, I've driven over to Malmo a few times. That scares me a bit as well, but there is something about the Great Belt bridge (maybe it was the train accident that happened right after I moved here) that makes me sweat bullets. :)

[@wackydk]

@@TravelinYoung The crosswinds at the pillars and be tricky if you're in a lightweight vihicle for sure. You guys sure do come around! Me and my family was at Koldinghus this summer, fantastic place, can be hard to find your way around though! They were giving fencing "classes" when we visited, sure was fun.

[@TravelinYoung]

@@wackydk I agree, it is a huge maze and we kept struggling to find the spots to visit next. But that felt like part of the charm at the same time. Fencing would be amazing to see, would feel like it is right out of some Bond movie. We are definitely trying to see as much as we can, though that will slow down in the near term. The gusts as you pass the pillars are killer. You can typically feel the car drift if there is any wind at all. I do handle it better at night cause then it doesn't feel like you are driving up into the sky before you cross the middle.

[@jandamskier6510]

JOSHUA GO BY TRAIN!

[@adamkruse2612]

Hi pls visit Køge in one of your next vlogs. It would be awesome

[@TravelinYoung]

That would be great! We have it on our list to go to Køge, Stevns Klint, and vallø slot. Perhaps also the beaches outside of Køge. I just need to find the best day/weather. Might be the spring.

[@adamkruse2612]

@@TravelinYoung oh that would be awemazing. In Køge you need to see the market center, the street, the biggest normal Church In Denmark, The river of Køge, the beaches, the harbour and the round viking fortress. Maybe early summer/mid summer is a good time to Go. Anyway love Your vlogs

[@TravelinYoung]

@@adamkruse2612 thanks for the advice, and for watching! We had a quick brunch in Køge back in May when we were on our way back from a long weekend in Lolland. I was impressed and decided then we needed to come back for real! This vlog is a good motivator :).

[@sismofytter]

Try æbleskiver with vanilla icecream :-)

[@TravelinYoung]

This sounds great and will happen over the holiday :).

[@TravelinYoung]

Got around to doing this and I’m never going back. It was very good!

[@sismofytter]

@@TravelinYoung yep 🙂 it's like pancakes with ice cream. I always buy 3-4 bags for the freezer so that I can have them the rest of the year too 😁

[@TravelinYoung]

@@sismofytter haha, I have a couple bags still. I noticed they still had some at Netto yesterday, I may try to grab another bag tomorrow if so :).

[@sismofytter]

@@TravelinYoung Hopefully at a lower price 👍

[@floro7687]

"Christian dend anden han sidder på Koldingehuus, med Riddere og Svender han drikker god Ruus"

[@melanieenge]

I live in Kolding

[@tonnyfyhn3633]

did you know all graduated kids gather around Koldighus and get drunk

[@hmbp100]

let me teach you how to swim, you live in dk there is water all over.