I bring the average down a bit at a measly 172

As far as i know Denmark is ranked 3rd, when it comes to average height. Netherland ranks 1st and Montenegro is 2nd.

humble bragging

Depends on gender. If I am among male friends i would be considered average (though at taller end of average), but female friends would consider me tall. I feel like you have to at least 188-190 cm to be considered "tall" because that is certainly above the average.

Im short and blonde. As a guy I often feel that im on the short side with my 173 cm.

true that :D

It is a great quote because it also uncovers the underlying reason why foreigners find it so difficult to learn Danish. Trying to use it incorrectly is just bafflingly hilarious to Danes. They will rather switch to English than keep a conversation like this :D

And birthdays... don't forget birthdays xD

@@DanishHellhound and their neighbours birthdays

People in Denmark, USA or any other country liking their national flag is called nationalism. Nationalism is defined as "identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations" (1st link below). It also encourages the homeland pride in national achievements such as culture, ethnicity, religion, politics, languages and traditions national narratives to promote the singular national identity and solidarity. National symbols such as flags, national anthems, flags and national narratives are also highly important to nationalism. Nationalism is often similar to patriotism (2nd link below). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotism

@@michaeleverett1479 You don’t think there’s a difference between when it’s used as a celebratory gesture and when it’s a political symbol? Because I think there’s a duality in Denmark where the flag used for both.

@@michaeleverett1479 Except Dannebrog isn't just a "national flag" - that's the whole point. Its a celebratory symbol. Kids assiate it with birthday parties. grownups associate it with birthdays. Everyone associate it with celebration and christmas. its even on our public transport when someone in the royal family has a birthday. It's only doing football it's used as a national symbol, and even then it has nothing to do with "nationalism", but more just proudness of being from denmark and showing support for the team. The view of the American flag cannot be compared to that of Dannebrog. The "stars and stripes" is patriotism, a 100%, and only that. Do two google image searches: 1. "Fødselsdag" (danish word for birthday)

Hey there! Dane here. Did you know of our country's "war" against each other, where our military go to this island between Canada and Greenland and take down the other country's flag, replace it with our own and leave a bottle of alcohol for the next country's military to come patrol the island and repeat the "tradition". I love these kinds of friendly disputes between countries.

Will do soon 😂😉

I grew up camping when I was a kid and I'm dane, nature are the best if you need a ace to be yourself and relax too

What a small world when u mentoined Calgary. My father-in-law frequently visits the areas as his second “family” lives there.

Hey Tom! I've been to Copenhagen a few times and love Danish culture. Is the Danish Canadian Club a good place to connect with Danish speakers and allow me to practice my Danish?

😁😁😁 you must have spent a lot of time in Denmark, my friend. Thanks for your evaluation. I would say, It isn't that bad in Sweden eather. I love sailing in Bohuslän and to enjoy the sunset on the rocks with some swedish equals and a few cool Danish beers from the keelson 👍

@@jrgensenbo2999 I have spent a lot of time in Denmark, true. I have also had some Danish girlfriends and have learned all the "bad/nice" words. :) Socially, I find Denmark to be much better than Sweden. One just have to watch out in Copenhagen and Helsingör (as a Swede), those towns have experienced way too many drunken Swedish youngsters. If "trapped" as a Swede, just mention something about Greenland, and all Danes will gallop in the other direction. The only thing Denmark can´t really provide is the wildness. I am used to fish where ever I want and not paying anything for it. If I ask a Dane for a forest, they will point to five trees that looks like a park to me. No one can get lost in a Danish "forest". In Sweden, you better watch out. :D

Joker Vienna; og jeg bor i den sydlige del af Jylland. Her har vi intet imod svenskerne ..... så ingen fare for at blive "rullet" i en baggård her. 😁 Jeg må gi' dig helt ret med hensyn til den svenske natur. Og allemandsretten, hedder det vist. Det er også én af grundene til, jeg gerne tager til Sverige. Dog helst til Jeres skærgård. 👍 Vi har dog også ødemarker i Danmark. Har du været på den jyske hede? Og ved de vidtstrakte landområder bag ved vestkysten i Jylland? For slet ikke at snakke om den 300/400 km lange strand ud mod Vesterhavet? Skriver til dig på dansk denne gang - vi er jo skandinaviske brødre 👍😉

As a dane i can say i think sweden is great and swedish people are awesome :)

"En lille en" haha ja den er god! Husk også lige én til det andet ben!

im glad you included that last part cause dear lord if EM football hasn't brought the nationalists out in everyone rn XD

that is a good way to put it, assoiating Dannebrog and nationalism with christmas and christianity. though i think the comparrison would be lost on other people than danes. because someplaces christmas and christianity has been completly disassosiated from each other. maybe you could have said: "Dannebrog does not have much to do with nationalism. in the way that an old tradition no longer has much to do with its origin."

@@lizjizz9397 I would call that patriotism, not nationalism. But that’s just my opinion.

@@charismahornum-fries691 fair thought! i just like to say nationalism to further dramatisize my sentence. :p

@@plopgoot5458 Christmas and Christianity have nothing to do with each other :D Christmas originate from Jul (in Danish) Yule (Islandic) and is a tradition from when we believed in Odin and the other Scandinavian Gods. we did not want to get rid of jul as we converted to Christianity, but they forbid us to call Odin Odin, so he became Julemande (Christmas man) and later in other countries became Saint Nickolaus or Santa Clause. yep it where Odin that came with presents for the kids, his gray cape then became brown, then green and late Coca Cola made it red. also the eight reindeer where Sleipner, a eight legged horse with a bloody mouth, it where changed by an English songwriter into eight reindeer and Rudolf who had a red nose instead of a bloody mouth :D so yep our flag is not as much nationalism, as it is more just tradition.

日本に行きたい

Thank you :) I hope you will get to travel here someday

See... I want to do it the other way around...

Japan just like all of the other monarchy countries are true laughing stock of the world stage. It's sickening how a large majority of the Japanese people worship their monarchs as some sort of god-like figure who can't do anything wrong. History evidently proves that all monarchies ruled their people just like a dictatorship with barbarism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism and autocracy while millions were murdered in the process. To top off the monarchy's violence, secrecy, wastefulness, anti democracy and racism, there have been countless of movements around the world across the left to right political spectrum to abolish the monarchy. Monarchies have made lots of enemies since their inception. The left wing Marxists, Socialists, Communists and the right wing Capitalists, Conservatives are turning their backs against the monarchy. Future of the monarchy is bleak as they're gonna face ongoing protests from an angry public. Support for a republic around the world is set to grow as time further progresses. I'm afraid there's nothing you monarchist sycophants to stop the inevitable rise of republicanism. Down with the repressive monarchy and live the republic dream!!

@@michaeleverett1479 bro shut up

also some danish women, as I'm taller than most tall guys.

You met drunk people

@@JustAnzia You really must be tall then.

We know that Copenhagen and Denmark in general can be confusing to foreigners. So while we expect that other Danes won't talk to us on the street. This rule don't apply to foreigners and tourists in particular.

I'm from Denmark and have visited Netherlands before and apart from the language our culture seems so similar in many ways! Also both countries are remarkably flat but still has some absolutely gorgeous environments, green everywhere! :) I still miss The Netherlands sometimes, and if not for your language being seemingly as crazy sounding and difficult to learn as Danish I would actually probably love to live there. And I was even lucky enough to experience Kings Day haha that was an experience I won't ever forget - what an awesome culture y'all got down there! Please don't ever let populist reactionary garbage politicians ruin yet another beautiful culture and nation.

@@tinorichardnielsen9008 Even in sports we have simularities (football, handbal (allthough you are always better), cycling, sailing).

@@uuuuNB Indeed, Dutch is also a difficult language. And we understand the word Hygge, its the same as Gezellig. No other country knows that word and what it means. And we love beer. Lol Kingsday, one of those days we also have our flag out.

@@renevw5812 Not in football, your teams is always among the best in europe. Maybe our national team in periods are better. What I really like about Holland is the same laid back attitude and humor as we have in Denmark.

Practically they're equally bad. The fastest way to get traffic through would be to utilize the space available, merge as late as possible, and then get on with business, but there are always ones to f... it up, either by speeding, overtaking on the shoulder as you say, etc. I found it worked very well in Seattle around 20 years back. Signage would be put up to tell people to line up for an upcoming merge... went quite seamless usually. Guess it might have a little to do with the Nordic temper.

Personally, I absolutely LOVE a Danish accent. It is a wonderful accent and usually so mild most Americans would not even know you are not American. I only know from many years of traveling there, living there and having many friends from there. When I hear it in the states I always speak to the person in my best Danish (which isn’t that good) they usually have no idea where I am from with my weird accent lol.

Absolutely! :D

Double morals ! ..it means,we like you,because we ARE BETTER THAN YOU ?. more HANDSOME, than you, RICHER, thank you , PRETTIER/TALLER/BLONDER etc , than you ,..therefore WE LIKE YOU 1 .

If you don't eat 100 grams of these per day, you'll never learn Danish properly media.harald-nyborg.dk/media/cache/product/10552_516910.jpg

@@simonbannow3905 Sjovt :-)

@@simonbannow3905 Haha

jeg også, vil du lærer sammen?

Well, I think you're doing a stellar job so far! Du er på rette spor. Held og lykke med den videre læring af det danske sprog. If you're ever to learn a language, if not fully then just a little more than the usual, then I suggest hearing songs in Danish. Or watch TV shows in Danish with English subtitles if you're not feeling too sure about your skills. When I was a kid back in the 80's and cartoons were on. I would have to sit and listen to the English speaking cartoons. I found it to be very exotic. Now I'm 43 and I still can't pronounce "Three" over "Tree" the 'Th' sound gets me every time.. I probably can't say a whole lot of other words correctly either. At least I have to deal with the Æ Ø and Å-letter in the alphabet. Those I can speak and read to perfection.

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I would love to visit Denmark, remarkable people, culture and country. 👍🇬🇧😀

That goes under “Janteloven”.. - We are raised from birth to not brag about our achievements - doesnt mean we cant celebrate it and feel proud! But dont go around showing off.. we are taught that no matter how much money, how much power in a job, how much we win by - we are still just humans like our neighbor! Which in the end makes us equal!

As a Danish person I 100% agree with you, and I don't understand why there's people who don't like Janteloven. I don't see it as "oppressive" but rather as some kind of societal/cultural guidelines to make sure society didn't encounter too many issues regarding inequality. I see it as a way to tell people to cooperate, to understand that everyone has something they can contribute with and we should work as a collective together and not exploit each other for personal gains, to make sure that we are all equal. To make sure it is more difficult to create a personality cult into an authoritarian leader because it is deeply culturally ingrained into people that it is seen as a very negative thing to portray yourself as superior and that we most likely need to find the solutions as a collective. Matter of fact, I see American influence as a direct consequence to the way people feel less positive about Janteloven than they perhaps should. Personally I hope Janteloven never dies. The individual while of course treated with respect and dignity should never be lifted above the collective and get status as superior. I mean for gods sake our politicians live among common people and not in closed of territories or bunkers or whatever, even though everyone with half a brain still knows that there is inequality it's still nowhere near what other countries are suffering under. Mexicans would fucking laugh us in the face when Danes complain about our oh so corrupt society. (Not saying there's no corruption in Denmark because it certainly exists, but the issue is way bigger than any individual nation as I believe the whole foundation of the capitalistic system as we know it is deeply flawed and corrupt but that's a whole other discussion). I mean the language used in Janteloven is actually kind of harsh, and I wouldn't go as far as to say "You should not think that you can do anything" or "You should not think that you're just as much as us", but I am still very grateful how it has affected our society and I think we should all appreciate it and be proud of Janteloven. The idea that we need to behave like a group, a society, a civilization working together for greater prosperity and not a bunch of individuals exploiting as many as possible to reach "the American dream", is in the end a very good thing and partly what made our welfare system possible. Please don't hate Janteloven and think it is way outdated, when in fact we can still learn so much from it albeit we should of course look at it from the modern perspective. I don't want more American cynically capitalistic influence over our culture and especially not the "the individual means more than the collective" mentality!

​@@uuuuNBThe main reason a lot of Danes hate Janteloven is because they think it's meant to keep them down, because they ever only hear half of it. The other half, stating: You are also no less than others, know your worth, is left out. It is the basis for a level playing field and equality. Just often gets left out.

The best licorice I have ever tasted was from Denmark and The Netherlands. I especially love salt licorice and double salt licorice.

Not true. You must be mxing up here. Norwegians don't eat liquorice, it's exclusively a Danish thing.

Australian culture is very similar in this respect - we "bag out" our friends but it's all in fun

You apparently also love smelling your own gas...

Yet English is closer related to Norwegian due to the pronunciation of the words :p

Maybe it's because the danes /Northmen settle, and dominated Normandy around the year 841 😉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy

Amazing! I’m also half french, half danish, living in France and planning to move to Denmark to study medecin in Copenhagen! Have been in efterskole for 1 year, but am also kinda afraid to not find the good friend who I really can be confident with 🤷🏻‍♂️

Je me disais la même chose ! French Canadians and Danes do have a LOT in common !

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy

I was the smallest in my Delling too, 170. But puff as fuck, my nickname was amagerdrengen, apparently I speak with a bit of Amager dialect.

176 is not small. I'm 170. Try that.

@@Momoa786 Denmark… I'm Danish lol

What kind of liquorice do the Dutch like? In Denmark we basically only eat salty liquorice. The sweet kind is just super boring 😁😎🙏

you are not dutch hamza ahmad???

Denmark is probably the most hospitable country for Americans to visit, if Danes are kind to you they really mean it.

There is a good comradery between Danes and Italians that is unlike the good friendship we have with other Europeans.

I think I meet you somewhere????

@@Dannyboy314 do we?

Copenhagen City Hall, wedding and a big ship?

I forgot to mention how beautiful your sister was that day, she was shining.

@@Dannyboy314 2016 yes! Mi sister wedding

They tend to favour the sweeter or saltier kinds though. I've yet to find any foreigner who likes Super Piratos, Dracula or Tyrkisk Peber. 😂

@@imajinallthepurple ah, that may be true, the ones with a refreshing kick inside. Anyway one piece of Finnish candy I would love to see Fazer send to Denmark is their chocolate bars, especially the salty caramel kind I tried on board a Finnair flight some years back.

@@imajinallthepurple tyrkisk peber is delicious. I’m Norwegian btw

@@imajinallthepurple Tyrkisk Peber comes from Finland, not Denmark!

@@anonymousforever Nah, it originates from Denmark. Look it up

"Solvang" translates closely to "Land of Sun". Sol = Sun, while "Vang" isn't used often in Danish but is a rare word for soil or grassland. Hope that sheds some light on the naming behind Solvang :)

Thats not right. Theres a definition for overweight and fat. Its just that there had to be made ekstra categories because the US broke the scale soto speak.. BMI over 25 is overweight, over 30 is obese and so on.

you’re right. I’ve noticed a difference in what americans think is skinny/fat. I remember this american lady refer to herself as “skinny” and to me she was not skinny.. not fat or anything but more like medium sized/curvy. And also I’ve seen Americans use this phrase “midsize” which to me is pretty much always “large” lol Also Americans seem to use “healthy” as a word for “a bit chubby” which kinda annoys me as a skinny person because you can be skinny and healthy

@@Leviathandk BMI is rather inaccurate. Let's say you work out for muscle gain and you put on 10kg of muscle. That extra weight could push you over 25 BMI, but obviously more muscle doesn't make you overweight.

@@CHRoOMAX True. BMI is not a very good tool on an individual level. But works fine on a large scale.

Haha, and that's probably the one type of licorice we don't eat here.

we dont really call the red one Licorice :D and we got 4+ general types of licorice (not counting the red one) Swedish licorice Sweet licorice Salt licorice Salmiak licorice

@@32Loveless50 isn't salt and salmiac the same?

@@evikokonou7883 nope. salmiak is Ammoniumklorid salt is Natriumklorid

Ja så det forstår man ikke en skid af.🇵🇱

danes love showing off, but they don't do it like in other cultures by speaking highly of themselves or of their family members, they just point out that they bought a new apartment, or a house or a second car, or boat. so it's more like they show really big expenses they've made, not smaller purchases like a new tv, phone or a laptop. when i bought my first car, it was a small car, but i still bought cake to celebrate a big milestone in my life, the danes commented: why did you buy a small car, aren't you going to have childreen in the future, this is a car more suited as a secondary car, i thought you bought a big car. so yeah, was completely shit on.... maybe it was because those danes worked at a bank and most of them earned tons of more money than me and expected that i was earning tons, which i wasn't...

Not really, but everyone knows, that everybody else hate when you do...

I'm very curious where you live? I've both lived in rural areas and in big cities (well as big as Århus gets), and there's a vast difference between how much people interact with strangers depending on where you live. I had the exact same experience as you in my little hometown in the southern part of Jylland, however in the cities people don't talk with each other and often have 0 contact with even their neighbors. Now I don't even know the name of any of the people who live in the same house/block I do, and we barely say hello when we rarely walk past one another.

@@uuuuNB I live near Sorø(won't say exactly where as of privacy reasons). It's a much different atmosphere than other big cities.

I guess you could say my grandma was a "swarthy German" and she was also part French Canadian and Welsh.

Dark haired brown eyed Danes go back thousands of years, we're not quite sure from where they came. Your blonde hair became darker, yes it's called aging. When I was a child my hair was practically white, in my 20's it became light brown. Now what hair remains on my head is back to white.

Tell me about it. 100% Dane but same height as you.

En lille der kilder er bedre end en stor der kradser.😆😆😆😆🇩🇰