This American Town is Exactly Like Denmark!!!

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Have you ever heard of SOLVANG before? Dubbed as "America's Danish Town" for its strong resemblance to Denmark, I truly think that this is the best overall small town in America! It is filled with delicious restaurants and cafes, it has stunning architecture, and is loaded with fun boutique shops that will make you never want to leave! And yes... it really does feel like you are in Denmark :)
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[@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky]

I highly recommend adding Solvang to your California bucket list the next time you find yourself in the area! It's really that incredible!

[@kittiesandbotsgemini9892]

Hey drew if you go to the Mexican State of Puebla you need to visit the town of Chipilo which is a Italian Town in Mexico where Italian inmigrants came and they have Italian Food

[@missyoyojojo]

Dean is my dad! So glad you had him to show you the town. He's so dapper!

[@willum4629]

as a dane he is very good at danish like it sounds normal with no accent

[@DocTheNotable]

I have tasted a danish chocolate chip cookie before from what i can remember I can't remember the taste but I assume it was good. Also I like the danish architecture 😄

[@j.d.445]

I'm danish and visited Solvang back in 1988. I was around 15 years old. It's not quite like Denmark, but a fun visit. All the bicycles are missing in Solvang 😊 Loved your visit to the bakery and your enthusiasm 👍

[@mreppen1]

It’s a tourist icon. Been many times, to both Solvang and Denmark. Solvang is no way Denmark, maybe a Disneyland version. Having said that, I enjoyed the video.

[@chdreturns]

​​​​@@YahWinUWinlol been to Denmark and looked at the resturaunts ratings in Solvang and... Yea its not remotely Danish, the Danes actually give a shit about the quality of their food... This is a tourist trap through and through. Everything is based around Copenhagen and not their smaller countryside towns. At least that bakery has Lakrids by Bülow but you can just order those online. Still waiting to pass my full judgement till I actually visit.. But it def looks awfully trashy compared to the real thing.

[@akyhne]

More Danish than the current Denmark? Like WTF! What is that based on?

[@misakitten8835]

why so rude? I mean sure it's attracting tourists but I wouldn't go this far. Actually I find it cute and a bit funny to see how the american and danish stuff is mixed. For sure it's not Denmark 2023 but a lot of these for sure still has the danish spirit. Also Dean is great :) @@chdreturns

[@DocTheNotable]

​@@akyhnehe meant that solvang is not like denmark.

[@ChokyoDK]

The one thing not so Danish about the town is the wide streets and no public transport...

[@ALEXWJ]

True

[@yungchum2073]

This older gentlemen was a delight and seems super cool tbh.

[@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky]

He's a legend!

[@akyhne]

I'm 55.I was born in Denmark, I was raised in Denmark, I've always lived in Denmark, and I've traveled all over Denmark. Solvang looks nothing like Denmark! Not the current state of Denmark, not the state of whatever year, Solvang was built.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

The area was originally inhabited by the Chumash, but as part of the mission system expansion by Spanish missionaries, Father Estévan Tapís founded Mission Santa Inés as he mentioned, in order to relieve overcrowding at Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción since it was located midway between the two. However this community around the mission was abandoned after the US conquered California. Danes wouldn't come to the area until 1910 when Danish-Americans created the Danish-American Colony Company in San Francisco. Later that year, suitable land was found in the Santa Ynez Valley and thus they founded Solvang in 1911 As he mentioned, most of Solvang's buildings were initially built in the Spanish-style, but after World War II, interest grew in the concept of a European timber-style village. The pioneer of the so called "Danish Provincial style" was Ferdinand Sorensen, originally from Nebraska. In the mid-1940s, after returning to Solvang from a trip to Denmark, he first completed Møllebakken, his Danish-styled home, and then went on to build the first of the village's four windmills. A little later, Earl Petersen, a local architect, gave the older buildings a new look, adding façades in "Danish Provincial" style. Buildings in the half-timbered style of Danish rural houses proliferated, creating a new tourist attraction. Even Danish royalty like Prince Henrik paid a visit!

[@steenbronkegmail1]

It appears more like a German or Dutch town than a Danish town.

[@rigsforstander]

Respect from The kingdom of Denmark 🇩🇰

[@Alhem11]

Been there, it's not even close to be like Denmark...😂

[@emmalierosenvingen2642]

the town is very old, it was founded in 1911, so of course its not going to look like how Denmark looks today, but its a very good example of how Denmark looked in the early 1900s

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

This is similar to how there's a Bavarian alpine-style town called Helen in Georgia! Helen was platted in 1912, and named after the daughter of a lumber official. The town was incorporated in 1913. Before becoming a bustling Bavarian Alpine village, Helen was once home to the Cherokee people. Eventually, the area became a logging town. The logging industry kept Helen at the center of commerce in Georgia with the Matthews Lumber Company sawmill leading the boom. By the 1930s, the timber company and the sawmill abandoned the town of Helen, and residents left for other opportunities. The US government created the Chattahoochee National Forest, which brought both tourism and additional lumber opportunities to Helen through the 1950s. Unfortunately, business wasn’t booming, so in 1968, two major local businessmen, Pete Hodkinson and Jimmy Wilkins, found a way to uplift their town after hearing of a nearby town finding success by renovating and updating their downtown storefronts. With the help of local artist, John Kollack, who had previously spent time in Bavaria, this became Georgia’s Little Bavaria. And the vibe fits perfectly with the Blue Ridge Mountains as a backdrop!

[@ringboneri23]

That place is a fucking tourist trap

[@ellenstergaardgravesen1011]

Always make me laugh to see them serve "Medisterpølse" (which didn't really look like a medisterpølse anyway) and "Æbleskiver" together - you would never do that in Denmark. 😂 There's another "Danish" town founded in 1901 in Iowa - Elk Horn. They have a windmill which was moved from my birthplace, Nørre Snede, in Denmark to their town in 1976. Elk Horn is known as "Denmark on the Prairie" - which is kind of funny because the annual town party in Nørre Snede is called the "prairie party"....

[@auraak7702]

Beautiful video,Drew. Truely Danish place in another land.

[@mississippiapple1078]

Thank you!

[@andrewsokulski8922]

This is awesome

[@coastalpaladin5024]

What an amazing little town. The people seem like a delight. I so what to go there now. Go Denmark 🇩🇰!!!

[@akyhne]

Solvang looks nothing like Denmark.

[@grigorkaraoglanyan7517]

Loveeee visiting solvang, best small town ive ever been...best coffee ive bought was from there

[@TiffanyF-420]

You are definitely one of my favorite KZbin channels! I love all of your videos! Thank you for that because sometimes I NEED to relax, and your channels make it a lot easier!

[@freja3187]

Turkish pepper is from Finland :D but it is enjoyed alot in denmark

[@FlyWithVeiga]

This is really cool; idk how you always find these cool places/people

[@stewiesquirrelladventures]

Hey Drew, you should check out a cool little town here in Texas that is a Czech community. West, Texas. They have two awesome gas stations there that are extremely popular with their kolaches.

[@KageKrigeren]

We danes love to complain, especially about the weather. The place reminds me of some of the smaller towns or Old Districts(in the bigger cities), which also have old architecture. I'd defintly visit this if I ever go to California.

[@crillesryggsack2860]

This was interesting 🙂

[@mjdf122]

Drew Binsky back in action

[@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky]

always :)

[@paraskep5080]

I’ve been there before. It’s really cool

[@CentralCoastCaliRaider]

Its funny u come to solvang this place has got real popular with tourist past 5 years. Im a UPS driver in solvang been out here last 10 years..its crazy to see this lil town blow up and get so popular it will be like LA traffic out there during the holidays and parts of summer.

[@ayanahaviv7378]

I’ve been here!!! It’s one of my favorite places in SoCal

[@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky]

Great!

[@ChorizoFungis]

@@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinskyyou have to go to Santa Barbara drew, the beaches, the Spanish architecture, state street (it’s like the strip in Vegas, it’s just this long road with stores, restaurants, everything)

[@lucasbrixen7348]

and the æbleskiver with medisterpølse is not a thing in denmark, we eat both things but separetly, they have never been in a dish together in denmark

[@IStaySt0n3d_OSRS]

wish this video was longer!

[@raymonddunkerley3032]

Definitely a fun place to visit, especially on your way to Santa Barbara or SF from LA.

[@caziontherise]

It was the vanilla cookie from the blue tin that all us African Americans eat and turn the tin into a sewing kit.

[@FaithlessDeviant]

My mothers sewing kit is in those tin cans too here in Denmark lol

[@johnfrancisbaldemoro9772]

Thanks

[@Kamplays1]

This is awesome! I can't wait to go there! Drew was smart to get out of the way and let that old man do his thing! That dude is so cool!

[@CountDankula0]

It's amazing

[@rigsforstander]

Denmark and sunshine must be the best place in the world

[@Kooczsi]

denmark is way better than this shit lollll this place is cultural appropriation at its finest

[@misakitten8835]

Great video thank you. Not sure why the comments have turned this way. I mean it's for sure not Denmark 2023 but it for sure still have the danish spirit mixed with the american. That it caters to tourists is something I'd consider obvious, doesn't make it less danish.

[@kennethhansen4000]

Good video. It was very fun to watch. It looks a bit like a tourist town in Jutland (western Denmark), near the beach. However, the beach is missing... And then there had to be a pølsevogn ( hot dog cart) with cold "Cocio" (coco milk) in the town... Æbleskiver and vaniljekranse (vanilla cookies) are something we eat together, at Christmas time, when we are having "hygge". - not something, we go to a restaurant to eat. Greetings from dk

[@urbanbshvac]

You have to hit up vancouver/Toronto and montreal Canada next summer bro

[@itzgamerz3102]

You should go to Holland Michagan, it is like an old version of the Netherlands

[@JesperSandgreen]

Solvang is Denmark 100+ years ago.. Not at all Denmark today.

[@larspeterthomsen9798]

Æbleskiver and Medisterpølse together? Heresy!

[@nokidding3519]

There is a place very similar to this in Washington it's within the foothills of the Cascades on the east side and I think it'd probably be very similar to this place it's called Leavenworth Washington

[@michaelchen8643]

Yes, in 1911 There was no interstate highway system Many of the roads were unimproved or semi improved and it times were impossible because of weather conditions People build communities and rail because you had a reliable transport system that wasn’t susceptible to damage from flooding or snow This meant that people did not mix and mingle and remote areas and Solvang was one of them It’s very easy for people to speak on English language separated from each other I was about the 1940s this changed the most people spoke English

[@TheNadnerb]

Well now I want to go there

[@josueveguilla9069]

Fun Fact: Boutique is French for "shop/store".

[@akyhne]

In Danish: Butik. And we go down in the 'butik' to 'shoppe' (do shopping).

[@keonroshdieh2497]

I love Solvang

[@nanachan0709]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nanachan0709]

This video made me buy danish cookies 😆

[@mtollund]

Im a Dane, and while on vacation in the US here in summer 2023 I visited the city, and let me tell you, it is just a tourist trap. The city only pretends to be danish, with old "danish" looking buildings, and most of the people I met working in the various shops and restaurants had no similiation to Denmark, while I didnt ask for nationality, most looked latin-american. So while its a weird town to visit, your title is definetely wrong. My family and I were actually really dissapointed with the town, as we expected there to be some parts of the danish culture and traditions.

[@nicolaiolsen8119]

Sausage and Æbleskiver is the weirdest mix I ever heard, and I am danish.

[@ylette]

Warms my heart as a Dane, but I gotta say, this looks much nicer than 99% of Denmark.

[@peterb_nonumbers]

Loved your reaction to the legend that our flag fell from heaven😂

[@rubyartworks3203]

10:42 WTF why you dip da Medisterpølse in da Sennep

[@josueveguilla9069]

AWESOME. LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky]

Thank you!

[@josueveguilla9069]

@@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky My pleasure

[@rabalderbanden7283]

im a dane i get a feeling of denmark looking at this

[@freja3187]

denmark dosent look like that. maybe in the 1800's. the closet would be "den gammle by" (the old city) in Aarhus

[@aarhusnord]

Aarhus, Denmark, here 🇩🇰. Many people are critical, but take it for what it is - a bit like Las Vegas. A sort of idyllisized clone of something Danish-German-medieval Disneyland experience. Of course, it cannot be "Danish" as it is situated in California. But you can buy some authentic Royal Copenhagen porcelain, eat an Æbleskive and get an idea about the Rundetårn/Round Tower. If you want to see what Denmark is really like, there is no way around booking a plane ticket. But as an "appetizer", why be so serious about its "artificial setup"? And ... If you can't or won't go to "real" Denmark, there are also plenty of videos, websites, Google Street Views to check out.

[@Mart9]

I was there in 2022 😊

[@Hansen710]

its not just a windmill its a replica of a national symbol.. dybbøl mølle is a dutch style windmill, its the story behind it that makes it a symbol... that and holger danske is a symbol of our freedom a vang is not meadow it comes from a old viking word that means a small patch that have been used for growing food.. but now the meaning it is kind of like a hyggeligt place.

[@jesperhedegaard-ulstrup6994]

Det er vældig sjov med en dansk by

[@caziontherise]

Ive eaten danish cookies my whole lufe

[@user-ww3is6xx9d]

Oh wow, this place is so cool! Love the architecture!

[@Xerdoz]

Does it also only have glass bottles for ketchup and only miniature beverage cans since every country in Europe is the same, according to him. If he uses the word 'exactly', that implies everything is absolutely the same as it is in Denmark.

[@ecngames8468]

der burte være en lov mod at spise æbelskiver med kniv og gaffel

[@ChoiceDK]

As a Danish person myself, this place really has a special place in my heart. Very exciting video! I'm glad you decided to visit it.

[@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky]

it is really cool isn't it?!

[@ChoiceDK]

It is and I would love to visit. I'd actually choose this place as my hometown if I moved to the US. Many great possibilities since LA is just right next to it.@@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky

[@freja3187]

but over all a cool town tho definetly an american idear of denmark c:

[@MaximDL1410]

Vi elsker Danmark ❤😊

[@Izzy0614]

He sounds like Stan Lee!

[@Excaliburhope]

Go to Poulsbo WA

[@jenserikaugustinussen3833]

That town doesn't resemble anything Danish at all. The only Danish thing was the bakery.

[@raymondlianto9882]

Cool danish town in USA. The cookies look tasty.

[@wncjan]

Nowhere near Denmark. Closest may be Denmark 200 years ago. But nice video

[@user-go6fi5yo9u]

Place I want to visit＋1

[@leonardowynnwidodo9704]

This might be me, but his speech pattern is very similar to Stan Lee’s, and his appearance is similar to Colonel Sanders

[@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky]

hahaha

[@karenhackney9920]

You should visit Frankenmuth, MI and Holland, Mi

[@Ping63ms]

I saw this in geoguessr

[@_-martin-_]

That is no Danish mustard!

[@mortenottosen4938]

we never serve medister with æbleskiver. never never never.

[@MikhailTravels]

Привет 🙋🏼‍♂️ Классное и интересное видео 🔝✅️👍🏻📹🙂

[@ane-louisestampe7939]

Exactly? NO! No! no! They make a huge efford, and derserve a lot of cadeaux for that. But it's a Potemkim Denmark. A nice one 🥰 though

[@dingoo__o8693]

sorry man, but this isn't Denmark.

[@graeker4286]

SUV's and trucks kinda ruins the authenticity lol

[@user-nb5uz8kv5v]

So Denmark share a border with the us

[@Cega82]

No not the us but canada yes

[@Galantus1964]

ohh dear.... just like in Elk Horn... it seems Solvang the walt disney version of Denmark serves, medisterpølse and Æbleskiver in one serving.. blasphemous... americanized danishness.... what's not to hate...

[@hagmann65]

It really isn't...

[@Rojoeee_fan]

🇺🇲🤝 🇩🇰

[@cbjmurer]

No it's not. :-)

[@Official_BahrainiMapper]

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[@Max-0076]

went there with my Danish dad, he was not very fond of it

[@jdm9251]

What are the Danes fond of? A bunch a Debbie downers

[@Chihuahua6]

town in the USA that is just like Denmark

[@DM57262]

There’s a town in the state of Georgia called Helen that is very similar to this place, except everything is modeled after a German village. It’s beautiful there. You should definitely check it out.

[@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky]

cool! similar to Leavenworth in Washington State?

[@DM57262]

@@MoreTravelsWithDrewBinsky I had to look up Leavenworth to see. Yes, it’s exactly like that!

[@marko100skive]

most american thing to say, its nothing beside the flag to do with Denmark

[@LarsPallesen]

It's exactly like Denmark? Ehm ... something tells me you've never been to Denmark if you think that. It's a Disneyland fantasy land.

[@lucasbrixen7348]

i does not at all resemble denmark, im danish and ive been there and its not like denmark at all, not even close. Dean dont even speak good danish

[@mortenottosen4938]

sorry but this doesn't look anything like Denmark

[@damlund1]

It doesn't look like Denmark at all. Danes have never and will never eat æbleskiver and medisterpølse together, that's an American invention and a very disgusting one. A lot of Danes laugh at those people in Solvang and Elk Horn whos have a very distorted picture of what Denmark and Danes are like.

[@faizahmad3660]

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