was looking for someone to point that out... Was shocked by the placement of those pins 😂😂 *EDIT* how do you even get Billund - whoch would, had it not been for Lego, have been an otherwise pretty insignificant small town - right, and not Copenhagen, you know, the fricking capitol of Denmark 🤦♂🤦♂🤣🤣
Eyyy Danish historian here - the Scandinavian crosses likely came from the knights templar, who also participated in the battle where Dannebrog 'fell from the heavens'. The Norwegian flag is based on the Dannebrog, hence the strong resemblance. As for Iceland during the viking era, it was its own distinct kingdom then, with its own viking traditions and very, very strong warrior groups, so trying to conquer them back then was a futile endeavour!
How to drive every Danish person insane with one single video 😂 I get that this was their first video attempt, but man my brain struggled a couple times watching this haha
To be honest, we do have words for please: "be om" or "bede om", however, we almost only use it when we sit at the dinning table and ask for something, like salt. so "can I please have the salt" would be something like "må jeg bede om saltet". "be" and "bede" also means pray.
yea we have a lot of phrases for asking for things/favors etc, just not a singular word that directly translates to "please". You could say "vil du have noget imod /would you mind" etc.
@@dockingtroll6801 Men det er ækvivalenten i forhold til hvor det bliver brugt. "Vær så venlig" eller "venligst" ville nok være en mere korrekt oversættelse. Ligegyldig hvad, så har vi ord for det.
@@Pyladin Pointen er stadig at der ikke på dansk findes et tilsvarende ord. Ja vi kan konstruere os rundt om det og lave en sætning der i store træk siger/gør det samme, men ikke med eet ord.. Prøv med "Can I have that, please" eller endnu bedre "May I have that, please"... men alt om alt, det er en video lavet af en amerikaner til amerikanere og de ved meget meget lidt om verdenen udenfor USA så lad dem blive imponerede over hans "viden og evner til at udtale danske ord" og lad os sidde i baggrunden og grine ad ham, lidt ligesom med alt andet amerikansk....
Many Americans, for some reason, do not know that Denmark was cofounder of NATO and thus have been a NATO member from day 1. Regarding Carlsberg. The founder of Carlsberg cultivated, invented and patented the yeast that made it possible to brew beer that could last a long time and gave a consistent product. Before that beer could only be produced locally and often the production was instable and parts of the early production had to be thrown out. Speaking of yeast. It was a Dane that invented the yeast that made the production of human insulin possible saving millions of lifes and preventing millions from losing their eyesight due to diabetes.
If you look at the map at 7:29, you can see that Skåne - the southern Sweden - was once part of Denmark. That's also why Copenhagen was chosen to be the capital of Denmark. It was the center of the country. Now it lies a bit awkward, on the edge of the country.
Denmark and The Netherlands are practically copies: both monarchies, the same system of government, about the same surface area, both have a border with Germany. Denmark has a third of the population and GNP of The Netherlands.
It is true aboutthe pastry. It originates from Austrian bakers. However … they “only” brought the recipe for the basic “butter dough” here. The refinement, purification and evolving into the vast amount of different vienerbrød (danish) has been done by bakers since that introduction.
Exactly. We call it Wienerbrød because it is inspired by the dough recipe brought by the Viennese bakers during the baker shortage, but the rest of the world knows them as Danish because we evolved the recipes to what they are today. Sort of similar to how the French got their initial croissant ideas from Turkish bakers - hence the halfmoon shape
While we don't have a word directly translated as "please", we do often use "thanks" ("Tak") as a substitute for it. (For example: "Will you pass the butter, thanks?" / "Vil du række smørret, tak?")
Im also from denmark and when i read this i just noticed that they where right about us with just expecting to be nice since we say thanks before it's even done😅😅😅😂😂😂😂
THAT WAS SO COOL xD I love how much you learned in such a short amount of time! :D Yeah all our flags are derived from Dannebrog. The legend goes that we were losing the battle at Lyndanise in Estonia and the flag fell from the sky, the red color symbolising blood and the white cross (Christianity was all the rage back in 1219, ya know) symbolized purity. As for the Vikings, they weren't around long, but it seems that way because of the impact they had on world history along with their relative hype in modern pop culture. Also a lot of both foreigners and Danes sometimes can't tell the difference between the Bronze age and the Viking age, or simply has forgot or wasn't taught. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but they are self governed since 1979. Don't learn from their sense of geography though x3 They showed Bakken and Tivoli as being on a totally different landmass than Copenhagen, around and in which they are placed x3
You can compare the short Viking age to the even shorter age of the Wild West. So many movies and books about the ages, do you think it would spand much much longer.
Also the Viking age didn't just spawn out of nowhere and then just cease to exist immediately. Much of the Viking culture already existed before the Viking unifications, exploration, settling, pillaging, and trading. The 250 year period was simply just a distilled culture with greater unison.
Yes it is a small country, but still bigger than Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. The reason of the short distance to the sea is, that Denmark is made of 1 peninsula (bordering Germany) and about 450 Islands whereas the biggest of those is where the Capital Copenhagen is located. The total coastline of Denmark is about 8000 km.
German and french is taught as third languages in prime school. Turkish, arabic and other languages from the middle east, is only spoken here due to a hugh influx from there to europe, durring the 60's up to today.
Good video! I like to watch videos of my own country. I sometimes learn something new. And sometimes I am just amused by the wrong facts and reactions. But the fact that he does not even know where Copenhagen is located is funny to me. Copenhagen is on the eastcoast of the island Sjælland (zealand) with Sweden as a neighbour. Not in Jylland (Jutland) where he said. With that said, I stil enjoy the videos. Keep it up and learn more about the worlds diversity.
I love how he did his research 🤣🤣 Bluetooth is danish and it is named after the viking, not the other way around and our capital is in the other side of the country by the boarder to Sweden
Ehh... no, it´s Swedish. Ericcson mobile center in lund came up with the first drawing of it, then it evolved togheter with other companies, lik Nokia, Intel etc. The name came from the book "Röde orm" after someone read it.
@@perkia164 Still Harald Bluetooth was not just some book edition, he was a real Danish king, -but he was married to a Swede (if that is a comfort to you).
@@johndododoe1411 Bornholm has only ever been Swedish for 8 months, during 1658, where they conquered it from Denmark, only for the island to rebel and remain semi-independent until 1660 where they officially became part of Denmark again
There is a chross in the flag, its a symbol og christianity. The flag was given to the danes in a war. A bishop was praying,and then the flag came from heaven. The danes won the war
We maybe live in a small country... But we think, I know! We play a big part of the world... I'm just saying LEGO, Vestas (Windmill), Maersk (Shipping Company, who played a big part under WW2). Now our Men football (soccer) team ranked 10 in the world... Maybe we are small... But have a lot influence
Cool video, and nice to see your point of view on my country.The two amusementparks are placed wrong. They are both placed in Copenhagen on Zeeland, and not in Jutland as shown in the video. The ocean is a great part of most danes lifes.
"Danishes" are not from Austria, but the bakers who originally immigrated from Wienna, obviously were XD We call it Wienese bread because of the bakers' inheritance.
It is more like a variant of some paestry made in Vienna that was adapted when some bakers went to Denmark and there was some shortages of goods. The first Wienese bread were likely a croissant made differently, and it tasted good so it stuck around. Many Danish people then travelled to the US and sold the paestry, so they were called "Danishes" because of that.
Bakken the amusement park north of Copenhagen was more of a faire/marketplace until the late 1800's and got its first "rides" around that time. Because of the long history since 1583 it has a very unique model of amusement park, as it is completely free to enter and has not fence surrounding it. The various plots where there are more faire like attractions and food/drink shops are owned by individual families and just need to be a pay a fee to the amusement park. Because of the open are it hosts a variety of events that has nothing to with the amusement park itself, like a circus tent where they perform comedic theater inside, and various concerts and outdoor theater after the rides have closed.
I see "the sound" is the English name for Øresund (??) In modern danish, "Øresund" does kind of sound like it means "ear-healthy" 😂 However the name is two old words, put together in a name. So therefor the words had different meanings, then today. Øresund actually means: "Ør(e)": Graveled beach. "Sund"= name for a small body of water. So the "Graveled beach body of water" 😆 Why that has translated to "The sound" in English, is most likely just because "sund", sounds like "sound"(?) -That's my guess, at least..
Yes the viking era wasnt longer, but before the viking era it was the same for many hundreds of years just without the boats. The Romans also wrote about their struggles with the tribes from north specifically the danes. The boats are what made them vikings, when christianity came after those 250 years, it all gradually came to an end and the high european middle ages began
The Romans had struggles with the Germannic tribes from about year 25-50. Not the danes, as Denmark didn’t excist back then. The northern part of the Roman Empire was way further down in Germany. But it most likely that the nordic tribes in what became Denmark propably dealt with the romans, trading fur and amber, but we shall up to around 515 befare the danes are mentioned as excactly danes
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 When i say specifically the danes i mean specifically the tribes located IN the area that is Denmark today….. Its just an easier way to describe it bro… Im talking about the cimbrians and teutons. Two of the many tribes residing in what is now Denmark. They fought the romans like crazy and thats before year 0.
@@DanskRoesti First of all, Denmark as one United country did not exist until a couple of centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire. There no longer was a Roman Empire to conquer Denmark by that time. Unless you are referring to the Holy Roman Empire, But that is an entirely different story, and a sore one of that for Denmark. Second, the Romans didn’t reach the Scandinavian territories. Simple as that. They had to get through Germania first, but kindda gave up going further north, considering these populations to be savages and barbarians. At the time the Romans fell, Denmark was Living in the Iron Age, and was experiencing a community that was very closed off on itself and not open to trade with other countries. It was also a period of human sacrifices to the Gods and horrific executions, so the Romans might have been right about Them being barbarians. And third, there was no invasion of Denmark. The Holy Roman Empire were the first to try to influence Denmark politically when it finally was United as one country and in one specific Way, they succeeded, but not by military conquest. By religion. In those same years Denmark became a country, it also became Christian. Thanks to, you guessed it, the Holy Romam Empire. They wanted the Viking raidings to stop and they believed making Them Christian would help. It didn’t. Now the Vikings just raided and conquered in the name of God. Roman coins, weapons and gear have all turned up in Denmark, and the big picture seems to be high-level gift exchanges and diplomacy between Rome and the Danish tribes. I’ve encountered at least one expert who claims that there was at least one chiefdom, centered on Zealand, that was formally a Roman client state-not ruled directly from Rome, but allied with it, kept friendly with Roman gifts, and providing manpower for the legions. According to him, men from Denmark served in Marcus Aurelius’s forces during the Marcomannic Wars in 166-180.
Tivoli was pointed out, as it should be grounded in Aarhus..wich are the second "biggest" city in Denmark..However Tivoli is on the island called Sjælland were our capital Copenhagen is to be found, on the east port to Sweden but Aarhus has also an amusementpark called "Friheden", or just "The freedom"
Great video, but a little imprecise. Also, would probably be great to inform your audience about why the Kingdom of Denmark is so insanely rich with one of the highest GDP per capita in the world: It used to be industrial and food product exports (which are still significant), but the last 25 years it has been pharmaceuticals from three major, global players: NovoNordisk, LEO and Lundbeck.
5:52 while the viking age was "only" 250 years, the age before, the iron age, had a lot of the same characteristics as the viking age. a warrior centric pagan culture with lots of fighting and raiding. just so happened that raiding was more internal, raiding the town over for food. the viking age is tracked from when we first started raiding outside of scandinavia until we became christian and stopped.
More importantly, the Norman culture grew from scandinavian viking-culture. The Normans later created kingdoms in southern Italy and more famously England. Denmmark has existed as an entity since 930 when it arose from Viking culture and seeing as it exists in the same form today as it did then, one could argue that the viking-era hasn't finished, yet.
The amusementpark was placed on the wrong Island on the map... Other famous danes: Viggo Mortensen/actor, Connie Nielsen/actor, Nicolaj coster Waldau/ actor, Søren Kirkegaard/writer,producer of Lego, Lars Ulrich/ drømmer from Metallica....+ alot of other people.
Fun fact: Carlsberg invented the yeast used for pilsners around the world in all other types of beer. Why didn't they patent the yeast? Because the inventors felt like it was too good not to share with the world. Hows that for confidence? "We invented this great thing that we plan to live on selling... and here is the recepy if you wanna make your own brand and become competition..." and centuries later they are still on top of the game!
Denmark doesn't own Greenland - it's "just" in our kingdom. Greenland has its own rule and autonomy - however Greenland is under the "care" and "protection" of Denmark meaning we basically help them economically and patrol their waters to ensure their security. They on the other had have 2 of 179 seats in parliament, which doesn't sound like a lot - however considering they only have a population of 50.000-ish it's actually better representation than the Danes them selves have since for it to be even there would need to be 236 seats in our parliament. Anyway that's why we were reluctant to sell it to Trump... well... one of the reasons at least... We simply can't because we don't own it and do not rule over it!
They forgot to include the whole of the napoleon period and the many wars/battles that took place in southern jutland. The location of both of the amusement parks are completely wrong compared to the pin on the map.
The only battles that took place in the Napoleonic Wars were the Bombardment of Copenhagen (The british bombarded Copenhagen and stole our entire fleet!) which forced Denmark out of neutrality and join France. There was a short war with Sweden, which ended when Russia took Finland from Sweden. Bernadotte and Russia made a pact that Sweden would get Norway once the war was over. Danish navy-crews sailed on french ships during the war and a small danish army operated in northern Germany (currently Poland), but didn't help with the invasion of Russia. There were no battles on danish soil as you suggest. Only Copenhagen and Marstal saw any action and that was more akin to terror and theft than actual battles.
@@h.rolandj.9195 Yeah but the fact that we had the second largest fleet in the world was a huge factor we profited off the both of them. When the bombardment happened we decided to join napoleon against England. As a consequence to that we ended up losing Norway to Sweden. Its quite important. The battles that I am referring to are not from the Napoleon period it's the ones that took place in southern Jutland back in the Slesvig, Holsten period just as example you can take "slaget ved Dybbøl Mølle"
Denmark IS small. You can cross the country (not including Greenland, Faroes and Bornholm) in seven hours by car and still have time for a "pølse" somewhere along the highway. To me personally this has been wonderful since I have wanted to explore the country, have had jobs in all parts of the country, and I have still been "close to home".
When they showed the amusement parks they didn't get the location of copenhagen right. It's at the other end of the country to the right.. And Walt Disney was actually inspired by Tivoli Gardens, when he made the Disney amusement park.
10:00 Oddly they placed the two amusementparks wrong on the maps. Tivoli is in the capital of copenhagen onour biggest island "Sjælland"... and Bakken is right outside copenhagen near a town called Lyngby, where I live. Bakken has a huge place in my heart. I work out there as an electrician each year before their opening. so has my father and grandfather, so I feel a huge connection to my family and our construction tradition when I am out there! :D
Not sure how old this video is, but Denmark actually officially as of recent has 2 land borders. One with Germany, and one on Hans island west of Greenland. Google whiskey war to learn more.
They showed Bilund (LEGO) the right place, but Bakke and Tivoli was placed in the wrong side of Denmark. Also Iceland was a part of viking possessions as was Ireland (ruled by Danish king untill 950 AD)
It is misleading to say that we don't say "please" because we don't need to beg for help. We use the words "gerne" and "bede" to express the same idea. "Gerne" means, roughly translated, "kindly" or "gladly", while "bede" means "beg", "pray", or "request". "Jeg vil gerne bede om en pakke [insert cigarette brand]" is how you commonly ask for a pack of cigarettes in the store. Translated directly, it means: "I would kindly request a pack of [insert cigarette brand]." Although that might sound ridiculous in English, it's totally normal in Danish, and I used this phrase myself before I quit smoking. So while we don't have a snappy word like "please", we have polite phrases using other words to the same effect. There is moreover much that we borrow from English in our casual speech, and the word "please" definitely makes it into many casual conversations.
Øresund is more correctly translated to "Ear" (Øre) and "waters" or "water passage" (Sund - actually also means "healthy" ... Danish is a weird language). I'm guessing it's called that because the island of Sjælland looks a bit like a head and it's placed in the ear area - however that one I actually never looked into but think I was told it as a child. Just to let you know how weird Danish is: Word: "Så" (Saa) Meanings: Past sense of "see" To "sow" and also "then" or "and then" or "so" Which means you can make a grammatically correct sentence like this: Så så vi ham så på hans mark. Which means: Then we saw him sow his field. Another one which can be REALLY hard to grasp is a word which pronounced in one way, however spelled in several different ways with each having a distinct meaning: Vejr: Weather Værd: Value Hver: Each Vær: Be It's really strange however Danes just know this and don't even think about it normally 😀
Forleddet ør(e) betyder en 'gruset strandbred', efterleddet 'sund' betyder et 'smalt farvand'. Navnet betyder altså "Det smalle farvand ved den grusede strandbred" Som i alle andre sprog, så består dansk også af ord med flere betydninger. Selvom du teknisk set har ret i dine udtalelser, så tager du samtidig også grueligt fejl af betydningen og oversættelsen af "Øresund" - "The narrow fairway by the rocky shoreline"
Why they forgot Bornholm I don't get. It gives us a water boarder to Poland, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and White Russia. But whom is counting? 😂😂😂
should check out the video called : 10 Incredible Danish Inventions and Discoveries. youre gonna be surprised how many of those inventions you use daily
The 85% members of the church is kind of misleading. You have to actively sign out of the "membership", and most people don't bother doing that. If you ask Danes about our belief in God, it will be 50% or less that are actually religious.
The whole “in danish there’s no word for please because we think helping is something you should just do” isn’t all true. When you in English say please we just say thanks “Tak” so an example “can I have a muffin please?” We would say “can I have a muffin thanks ?” Another example “yes, please” we say “Ja, tak” which means “yes, thanks”
there are also errors in this video for example, the island of Bornholm is part of Sweden somewhere in the video and other times Danish territory And Bakken and Tivoli have their home in Zealand and then there are many other companies who also belong in Denmark Maersk, novo nordic, vestas,, danfos grundfos and it is located on Bornholm is Jensen (low size washing machines in large sizes Espersen, Beck Pack Systems the last two have something to do with fish
The word own implies theres a part that isnt free They dont own greenland. Theyre a part of the "Rigsfaelleskab" - They have autonomous ruling and garanteed seats in the parlaiment, nomatter how many votes the runners recieve.
The video has the geographical wrong about the capital Copenhagen. It places it in Jutland, but Copenhagen is actually on the east coast of Zealand (a whole other island than Jutland). Therefore the placements of the amusement parks are also wrong
A lot of the Empires in history actually only lasted from a few decades, to a few hundred years. One of the Empires to break the rule, was the Roman empire, which lasted for more than a thousand years.
-They pinned Copenhagen wrong on the map. And Bakken, is actually a few kilometers NORTH of Copenhagen. Ah, if they only take Jutland from being Denmark, that explains it. The two islands to the right on the map, Fyn (Funen) and Sjælland (Zealand), are also "Denmark" even as far as the little island on the other side of Sweden, called Bornholm. Try Geography Now on Denmark. That's a bit more accurate
I'm sure you are aware of the channel Geography Now. It seems like these guys have more or less copied their recipe. Nothing wrong with that, but Geography Now has a bit more information in my opinion if you want to some suggestions. Perhaps you've already watched a few of them. Also, Iceland is the little one, Greenland is the huge one, might help you with your confusion!
I do not speak Dutch but I am guessing 'hoe gaat het' means 'hvordan går det' meaning 'how goes it' ~ 'how is it going' ~ 'how are you doing' - all should have ended with a ? though ;) (unless I am completely wrong)
We have 3 more letters in our alphabet. After Z its æ ø å. You spell a "island" with 6 letters, and in Denmark we just type ø. You spell a "creek" with 5 letters, and we just type å. Sorry! Cant come up with anything more right now! Great channel by the way mr. Charlie West
Sorry I can't.. Nope, i need to point this out.. The little dot (island) that the video pointed out to be sweden, is actually also a part of denmark.. its an island called Bornholm, and its under Denmark, not Sweden as the video pointed out..
I enjoyed your you video. This is my first time seeing your channel but I found the sound to low. I had no problem hearing you when you talked but I could hardly hear what they were saying on the video
I love how they confidently says that the 2 amusements parks are placed near cophenhagen and then procceeds to place them on the wrong island😅
10:20
I loved that they place the two amusement park in the wrong place. Some dane must have laughed his/her ass of 🙂
det er super :D
Dane here…indeed laughing my a** of 🙈😂 They just placed Tivoli Copenhagen in f-ing outlaw-Auning 😂
Poor guys. It's their first video, give them a break 🙂
10:23 sorry that's not Copenhagen. That is Randers!!!
Copenhagen is on Sjælland.
And that is Juteland
was looking for someone to point that out... Was shocked by the placement of those pins 😂😂
*EDIT* how do you even get Billund - whoch would, had it not been for Lego, have been an otherwise pretty insignificant small town - right, and not Copenhagen, you know, the fricking capitol of Denmark 🤦♂🤦♂🤣🤣
I love your user name
i know right i live in denmark i laughed when i noticed that
vil nærmere sige ryomgård og havndal, men langt fra århus og københavn
@@msiig6476 ah okay jeg kommer ikke selv fra området af men tak for den lille information
I’m from Denmark and the amount of pain I have felt in this video is alot
I think I died watching it.
@@Chaos_incubus Yup
then you cant take much of anything..
@@Weise1001 i thing that they mean because it was funny because they placed the 2 amusements parks in the wrong place
@@idastrmvig3300 prob right
Eyyy Danish historian here - the Scandinavian crosses likely came from the knights templar, who also participated in the battle where Dannebrog 'fell from the heavens'. The Norwegian flag is based on the Dannebrog, hence the strong resemblance. As for Iceland during the viking era, it was its own distinct kingdom then, with its own viking traditions and very, very strong warrior groups, so trying to conquer them back then was a futile endeavour!
And also. It wasn't the national flag back then, it was the kings flag. Normal people or even the nobles were allowed to use it.
How to drive every Danish person insane with one single video 😂
I get that this was their first video attempt, but man my brain struggled a couple times watching this haha
😂😂
To be honest, we do have words for please: "be om" or "bede om", however, we almost only use it when we sit at the dinning table and ask for something, like salt. so "can I please have the salt" would be something like "må jeg bede om saltet".
"be" and "bede" also means pray.
yea we have a lot of phrases for asking for things/favors etc, just not a singular word that directly translates to "please". You could say "vil du have noget imod /would you mind" etc.
Be om er faktisk at spørge om eller "spørge for", og har ikke meget med please at gøre....
@@dockingtroll6801 Men det er ækvivalenten i forhold til hvor det bliver brugt. "Vær så venlig" eller "venligst" ville nok være en mere korrekt oversættelse. Ligegyldig hvad, så har vi ord for det.
@@Pyladin Pointen er stadig at der ikke på dansk findes et tilsvarende ord. Ja vi kan konstruere os rundt om det og lave en sætning der i store træk siger/gør det samme, men ikke med eet ord.. Prøv med "Can I have that, please" eller endnu bedre "May I have that, please"... men alt om alt, det er en video lavet af en amerikaner til amerikanere og de ved meget meget lidt om verdenen udenfor USA så lad dem blive imponerede over hans "viden og evner til at udtale danske ord" og lad os sidde i baggrunden og grine ad ham, lidt ligesom med alt andet amerikansk....
@@dockingtroll6801 😃👍
Venligst er jo ordet...men vi bruger det ikke rigtigt mere. Jo, flyt dig venligst, men det er hvis kun når man er irriteret.
Many Americans, for some reason, do not know that Denmark was cofounder of NATO and thus have been a NATO member from day 1. Regarding Carlsberg. The founder of Carlsberg cultivated, invented and patented the yeast that made it possible to brew beer that could last a long time and gave a consistent product. Before that beer could only be produced locally and often the production was instable and parts of the early production had to be thrown out. Speaking of yeast. It was a Dane that invented the yeast that made the production of human insulin possible saving millions of lifes and preventing millions from losing their eyesight due to diabetes.
If you look at the map at 7:29, you can see that Skåne - the southern Sweden - was once part of Denmark.
That's also why Copenhagen was chosen to be the capital of Denmark. It was the center of the country.
Now it lies a bit awkward, on the edge of the country.
But atleast it's not on Bornholm, it would be akward, but a very beautiful place for a capital.
Same with Stockholm, when it was made capital it was pretty much dead center of the realm.
Denmark and The Netherlands are practically copies: both monarchies, the same system of government, about the same surface area, both have a border with Germany. Denmark has a third of the population and GNP of The Netherlands.
It is true aboutthe pastry. It originates from Austrian bakers. However … they “only” brought the recipe for the basic “butter dough” here. The refinement, purification and evolving into the vast amount of different vienerbrød (danish) has been done by bakers since that introduction.
Exactly. We call it Wienerbrød because it is inspired by the dough recipe brought by the Viennese bakers during the baker shortage, but the rest of the world knows them as Danish because we evolved the recipes to what they are today. Sort of similar to how the French got their initial croissant ideas from Turkish bakers - hence the halfmoon shape
The reason that everywhere in Denmark is close to the ocean is not only that it's small, but also that it consist one peninsula and a lot of islands.
lol, those map pins for the amusement parks are amazing xD They could only have been more wrong if they'd put them somewhere near Nuuk on Greenland xD
alle ved, at hovedstaden ligger på lolland
@@Mikkel-of-Lolland. og sagde at Öresund er dansk xd
Greenland = very big. Iceland = much smaller. Faroe Island = very very small. Geography now completed
While we don't have a word directly translated as "please", we do often use "thanks" ("Tak") as a substitute for it. (For example: "Will you pass the butter, thanks?" / "Vil du række smørret, tak?")
Im also from denmark and when i read this i just noticed that they where right about us with just expecting to be nice since we say thanks before it's even done😅😅😅😂😂😂😂
Svend Tveskæg - The correct translation of [ tve ] is "split in 2" or "double up" or "double sided". - Nothing to do with fork :)
I'm surprised how often in videos like these, they often unintentionally leave out Bornholm when highlighting Denmark on a map
Sooooo many errors in that video about Denmark 😂 I’m Danish btw. But loved your reaction 🤜🏼🤛
Pølse is the danish word for sausage. Red or not. They use the same word in Norway and Sweden as well. A Hotdog is a Hotdog.
THAT WAS SO COOL xD
I love how much you learned in such a short amount of time! :D
Yeah all our flags are derived from Dannebrog. The legend goes that we were losing the battle at Lyndanise in Estonia and the flag fell from the sky, the red color symbolising blood and the white cross (Christianity was all the rage back in 1219, ya know) symbolized purity.
As for the Vikings, they weren't around long, but it seems that way because of the impact they had on world history along with their relative hype in modern pop culture. Also a lot of both foreigners and Danes sometimes can't tell the difference between the Bronze age and the Viking age, or simply has forgot or wasn't taught.
Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, but they are self governed since 1979.
Don't learn from their sense of geography though x3 They showed Bakken and Tivoli as being on a totally different landmass than Copenhagen, around and in which they are placed x3
You can compare the short Viking age to the even shorter age of the Wild West. So many movies and books about the ages, do you think it would spand much much longer.
Also the Viking age didn't just spawn out of nowhere and then just cease to exist immediately. Much of the Viking culture already existed before the Viking unifications, exploration, settling, pillaging, and trading. The 250 year period was simply just a distilled culture with greater unison.
Yes it is a small country, but still bigger than Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. The reason of the short distance to the sea is, that Denmark is made of 1 peninsula (bordering Germany) and about 450 Islands whereas the biggest of those is where the Capital Copenhagen is located. The total coastline of Denmark is about 8000 km.
Copenhagen is known as Nysted in Danish, and it is situated on the largest island in the world, Lolland.
Already dated at 3:20, Denmark now has land border with Canada.
No, but the kingdom of Denmark does
German and french is taught as third languages in prime school. Turkish, arabic and other languages from the middle east, is only spoken here due to a hugh influx from there to europe, durring the 60's up to today.
April 9 1940 was my grandfather birthday he turn 5 that Day
10:23 I don’t know if they just placed them randomly, but that’s not at all where they or the capital are
"Tivoli-Garden" isn't in Jutland, but in Copenhagen, it's like saying that The big apple is in New Jersey
Good video! I like to watch videos of my own country. I sometimes learn something new. And sometimes I am just amused by the wrong facts and reactions.
But the fact that he does not even know where Copenhagen is located is funny to me. Copenhagen is on the eastcoast of the island Sjælland (zealand) with Sweden as a neighbour. Not in Jylland (Jutland) where he said.
With that said, I stil enjoy the videos. Keep it up and learn more about the worlds diversity.
I love how he did his research 🤣🤣 Bluetooth is danish and it is named after the viking, not the other way around and our capital is in the other side of the country by the boarder to Sweden
Ehh... no, it´s Swedish. Ericcson mobile center in lund came up with the first drawing of it, then it evolved togheter with other companies, lik Nokia, Intel etc.
The name came from the book "Röde orm" after someone read it.
@@perkia164 Still Harald Bluetooth was not just some book edition, he was a real Danish king, -but he was married to a Swede (if that is a comfort to you).
We now have a border with Canada as well
No, Greenland does and the kingdom of Denmark does. Not Denmark
Bornholm gets labeled as Sweden, but it's actually a Danish island.
Reconquered after loosing Scania.
@@johndododoe1411 Bornholm has only ever been Swedish for 8 months, during 1658, where they conquered it from Denmark, only for the island to rebel and remain semi-independent until 1660 where they officially became part of Denmark again
Yes Denmark technically owns Greenland but it's also an Independent Nation that still falls under the Danish government, it's a bit wierd to explain.
A bit like Hawaii or Gibraltar.
No, Denmark does not own Greenland
There is a chross in the flag, its a symbol og christianity. The flag was given to the danes in a war. A bishop was praying,and then the flag came from heaven. The danes won the war
We maybe live in a small country... But we think, I know! We play a big part of the world... I'm just saying LEGO, Vestas (Windmill), Maersk (Shipping Company, who played a big part under WW2). Now our Men football (soccer) team ranked 10 in the world... Maybe we are small... But have a lot influence
Denmark actually shares a border with Canada as well, we have a small island in the ocean that Canada owns half of
Cool video, and nice to see your point of view on my country.The two amusementparks are placed wrong. They are both placed in Copenhagen on Zeeland, and not in Jutland as shown in the video. The ocean is a great part of most danes lifes.
Bakken is located in klampenborg. Zealand yes. Copenhagen no.
Tivoli is in Copenhagen.
and the small island of Bornholm is not swedish.. as shown in the grafik
KUDOS, I like, that you are so openminded. Trying to gather Information before jumping to any conclusons.
"Danishes" are not from Austria, but the bakers who originally immigrated from Wienna, obviously were XD We call it Wienese bread because of the bakers' inheritance.
It is more like a variant of some paestry made in Vienna that was adapted when some bakers went to Denmark and there was some shortages of goods. The first Wienese bread were likely a croissant made differently, and it tasted good so it stuck around. Many Danish people then travelled to the US and sold the paestry, so they were called "Danishes" because of that.
im from denmark and the part whare they say the regions have different language is not true. they have different dialect but not different languages
And we are not different ethnic groups either
The cross in the flag is representative of Christian countries. I believe there are about 14 flags with a cross.
Most coat of arms from back in the day also had a cross on it, which is likely were most of the country flags originate from.
Bakken the amusement park north of Copenhagen was more of a faire/marketplace until the late 1800's and got its first "rides" around that time. Because of the long history since 1583 it has a very unique model of amusement park, as it is completely free to enter and has not fence surrounding it. The various plots where there are more faire like attractions and food/drink shops are owned by individual families and just need to be a pay a fee to the amusement park.
Because of the open are it hosts a variety of events that has nothing to with the amusement park itself, like a circus tent where they perform comedic theater inside, and various concerts and outdoor theater after the rides have closed.
You mean it didn’t have a rollercoaster in 1583?
@@OP-1000 Heh, I mean that it is much closer to like a medieval faire than an amusement
Thanks a lot for the Video you have done a great work 👍👍👍👍🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
I see "the sound" is the English name for Øresund (??) In modern danish, "Øresund" does kind of sound like it means "ear-healthy" 😂 However the name is two old words, put together in a name. So therefor the words had different meanings, then today. Øresund actually means: "Ør(e)": Graveled beach. "Sund"= name for a small body of water. So the "Graveled beach body of water" 😆
Why that has translated to "The sound" in English, is most likely just because "sund", sounds like "sound"(?) -That's my guess, at least..
Yes the viking era wasnt longer, but before the viking era it was the same for many hundreds of years just without the boats. The Romans also wrote about their struggles with the tribes from north specifically the danes. The boats are what made them vikings, when christianity came after those 250 years, it all gradually came to an end and the high european middle ages began
The Romans had struggles with the Germannic tribes from about year 25-50. Not the danes, as Denmark didn’t excist back then.
The northern part of the Roman Empire was way further down in Germany.
But it most likely that the nordic tribes in what became Denmark propably dealt with the romans, trading fur and amber, but we shall up to around 515 befare the danes are mentioned as excactly danes
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When i say specifically the danes i mean specifically the tribes located IN the area that is Denmark today….. Its just an easier way to describe it bro…
Im talking about the cimbrians and teutons. Two of the many tribes residing in what is now Denmark. They fought the romans like crazy and thats before year 0.
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First of all, Denmark as one United country did not exist until a couple of centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire. There no longer was a Roman Empire to conquer Denmark by that time. Unless you are referring to the Holy Roman Empire, But that is an entirely different story, and a sore one of that for Denmark.
Second, the Romans didn’t reach the Scandinavian territories. Simple as that. They had to get through Germania first, but kindda gave up going further north, considering these populations to be savages and barbarians. At the time the Romans fell, Denmark was Living in the Iron Age, and was experiencing a community that was very closed off on itself and not open to trade with other countries. It was also a period of human sacrifices to the Gods and horrific executions, so the Romans might have been right about Them being barbarians.
And third, there was no invasion of Denmark. The Holy Roman Empire were the first to try to influence Denmark politically when it finally was United as one country and in one specific Way, they succeeded, but not by military conquest. By religion. In those same years Denmark became a country, it also became Christian. Thanks to, you guessed it, the Holy Romam Empire. They wanted the Viking raidings to stop and they believed making Them Christian would help. It didn’t. Now the Vikings just raided and conquered in the name of God.
Roman coins, weapons and gear have all turned up in Denmark, and the big picture seems to be high-level gift exchanges and diplomacy between Rome and the Danish tribes. I’ve encountered at least one expert who claims that there was at least one chiefdom, centered on Zealand, that was formally a Roman client state-not ruled directly from Rome, but allied with it, kept friendly with Roman gifts, and providing manpower for the legions. According to him, men from Denmark served in Marcus Aurelius’s forces during the Marcomannic Wars in 166-180.
Tivoli was pointed out, as it should be grounded in Aarhus..wich are the second "biggest" city in Denmark..However Tivoli is on the island called Sjælland were our capital Copenhagen is to be found, on the east port to Sweden but Aarhus has also an amusementpark called "Friheden", or just "The freedom"
People also call Friheden, Tivoli Friheden, that was probably the cause of the error.
Great video, but a little imprecise. Also, would probably be great to inform your audience about why the Kingdom of Denmark is so insanely rich with one of the highest GDP per capita in the world: It used to be industrial and food product exports (which are still significant), but the last 25 years it has been pharmaceuticals from three major, global players: NovoNordisk, LEO and Lundbeck.
5:52 while the viking age was "only" 250 years, the age before, the iron age, had a lot of the same characteristics as the viking age. a warrior centric pagan culture with lots of fighting and raiding. just so happened that raiding was more internal, raiding the town over for food. the viking age is tracked from when we first started raiding outside of scandinavia until we became christian and stopped.
More importantly, the Norman culture grew from scandinavian viking-culture. The Normans later created kingdoms in southern Italy and more famously England. Denmmark has existed as an entity since 930 when it arose from Viking culture and seeing as it exists in the same form today as it did then, one could argue that the viking-era hasn't finished, yet.
Fun fact: the Island in the mid, also called "Fyn" it as big as New York
your back!😊
The amusementpark was placed on the wrong Island on the map...
Other famous danes: Viggo Mortensen/actor, Connie Nielsen/actor, Nicolaj coster Waldau/ actor, Søren Kirkegaard/writer,producer of Lego, Lars Ulrich/ drømmer from Metallica....+ alot of other people.
Fun fact: Carlsberg invented the yeast used for pilsners around the world in all other types of beer. Why didn't they patent the yeast? Because the inventors felt like it was too good not to share with the world.
Hows that for confidence? "We invented this great thing that we plan to live on selling... and here is the recepy if you wanna make your own brand and become competition..." and centuries later they are still on top of the game!
Not just the recipe, but the actual unique species of yeast. They still have a service handing out samples for competitors to get up to speed.
The Bakken and The Tivoli Gardens are placed around and in Copenhagen on Sjælland, not in Aarhus, Jutland....
Denmark doesn't own Greenland - it's "just" in our kingdom. Greenland has its own rule and autonomy - however Greenland is under the "care" and "protection" of Denmark meaning we basically help them economically and patrol their waters to ensure their security. They on the other had have 2 of 179 seats in parliament, which doesn't sound like a lot - however considering they only have a population of 50.000-ish it's actually better representation than the Danes them selves have since for it to be even there would need to be 236 seats in our parliament.
Anyway that's why we were reluctant to sell it to Trump... well... one of the reasons at least... We simply can't because we don't own it and do not rule over it!
They forgot to include the whole of the napoleon period and the many wars/battles that took place in southern jutland. The location of both of the amusement parks are completely wrong compared to the pin on the map.
The only battles that took place in the Napoleonic Wars were the Bombardment of Copenhagen (The british bombarded Copenhagen and stole our entire fleet!) which forced Denmark out of neutrality and join France. There was a short war with Sweden, which ended when Russia took Finland from Sweden. Bernadotte and Russia made a pact that Sweden would get Norway once the war was over.
Danish navy-crews sailed on french ships during the war and a small danish army operated in northern Germany (currently Poland), but didn't help with the invasion of Russia.
There were no battles on danish soil as you suggest. Only Copenhagen and Marstal saw any action and that was more akin to terror and theft than actual battles.
@@h.rolandj.9195 Yeah but the fact that we had the second largest fleet in the world was a huge factor we profited off the both of them. When the bombardment happened we decided to join napoleon against England. As a consequence to that we ended up losing Norway to Sweden. Its quite important. The battles that I am referring to are not from the Napoleon period it's the ones that took place in southern Jutland back in the Slesvig, Holsten period just as example you can take "slaget ved Dybbøl Mølle"
I was crying by the danish pronunciations 😭😭
Same😭😭😂😂😂😂
What country is the largest producer of rubber tires...? 🤔
Denmark - think of LEGO. 🤣🤣🤣
Denmark IS small. You can cross the country (not including Greenland, Faroes and Bornholm) in seven hours by car and still have time for a "pølse" somewhere along the highway.
To me personally this has been wonderful since I have wanted to explore the country, have had jobs in all parts of the country, and I have still been "close to home".
Another fun fact, Denmark have roughly 7000 km of coastline, and 70 km of boarderline
When they showed the amusement parks they didn't get the location of copenhagen right. It's at the other end of the country to the right.. And Walt Disney was actually inspired by Tivoli Gardens, when he made the Disney amusement park.
10:00
Oddly they placed the two amusementparks wrong on the maps. Tivoli is in the capital of copenhagen onour biggest island "Sjælland"... and Bakken is right outside copenhagen near a town called Lyngby, where I live.
Bakken has a huge place in my heart. I work out there as an electrician each year before their opening. so has my father and grandfather, so I feel a huge connection to my family and our construction tradition when I am out there! :D
Hi. Just a note from Bornholm (The little Island down right of Sweden) Greatings from Bornholm :)
Not sure how old this video is, but Denmark actually officially as of recent has 2 land borders. One with Germany, and one on Hans island west of Greenland. Google whiskey war to learn more.
The Mosque at 4:34 is actually located in the city I live in
They showed Bilund (LEGO) the right place, but Bakke and Tivoli was placed in the wrong side of Denmark. Also Iceland was a part of viking possessions as was Ireland (ruled by Danish king untill 950 AD)
It is misleading to say that we don't say "please" because we don't need to beg for help. We use the words "gerne" and "bede" to express the same idea. "Gerne" means, roughly translated, "kindly" or "gladly", while "bede" means "beg", "pray", or "request". "Jeg vil gerne bede om en pakke [insert cigarette brand]" is how you commonly ask for a pack of cigarettes in the store. Translated directly, it means: "I would kindly request a pack of [insert cigarette brand]." Although that might sound ridiculous in English, it's totally normal in Danish, and I used this phrase myself before I quit smoking. So while we don't have a snappy word like "please", we have polite phrases using other words to the same effect. There is moreover much that we borrow from English in our casual speech, and the word "please" definitely makes it into many casual conversations.
Øresund is more correctly translated to "Ear" (Øre) and "waters" or "water passage" (Sund - actually also means "healthy" ... Danish is a weird language). I'm guessing it's called that because the island of Sjælland looks a bit like a head and it's placed in the ear area - however that one I actually never looked into but think I was told it as a child.
Just to let you know how weird Danish is:
Word: "Så" (Saa)
Meanings:
Past sense of "see"
To "sow"
and also "then" or "and then" or "so"
Which means you can make a grammatically correct sentence like this:
Så så vi ham så på hans mark.
Which means:
Then we saw him sow his field.
Another one which can be REALLY hard to grasp is a word which pronounced in one way, however spelled in several different ways with each having a distinct meaning:
Vejr: Weather
Værd: Value
Hver: Each
Vær: Be
It's really strange however Danes just know this and don't even think about it normally 😀
Forleddet ør(e) betyder en 'gruset strandbred', efterleddet 'sund' betyder et 'smalt farvand'. Navnet betyder altså "Det smalle farvand ved den grusede strandbred" Som i alle andre sprog, så består dansk også af ord med flere betydninger. Selvom du teknisk set har ret i dine udtalelser, så tager du samtidig også grueligt fejl af betydningen og oversættelsen af "Øresund" - "The narrow fairway by the rocky shoreline"
Why they forgot Bornholm I don't get. It gives us a water boarder to Poland, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and White Russia. But whom is counting? 😂😂😂
should check out the video called : 10 Incredible Danish Inventions and Discoveries.
youre gonna be surprised how many of those inventions you use daily
We might not have “please” but We have “be om” and We oftenly just use “please”. Danes use many english frases, such as, “yes”, “nice” and f*ck
Weeelll effectively we are "connected by land" to Sweden - since we have a bridge between the two so it's no longer "just" a maritime connection.
This is a old video, they have a landboarder with Canada.
We export 3 major things.... Food, design and knowhow.
The 85% members of the church is kind of misleading. You have to actively sign out of the "membership", and most people don't bother doing that. If you ask Danes about our belief in God, it will be 50% or less that are actually religious.
Actually you have to sign in with an elaborate procedure called babtism. I never did, and so didn't have to sign out either.
yea basically pronouncing Øresund and Dansk in swedish is great
The whole “in danish there’s no word for please because we think helping is something you should just do” isn’t all true. When you in English say please we just say thanks “Tak” so an example “can I have a muffin please?” We would say “can I have a muffin thanks
?” Another example “yes, please” we say “Ja, tak” which means “yes, thanks”
Ok, I have to step in, the small island south of Sweden, belongs to Denmark and is called Bornholm, it's where i live
there are also errors in this video
for example, the island of Bornholm is part of Sweden somewhere in the video
and other times Danish territory
And Bakken and Tivoli have their home in Zealand
and then there are many other companies
who also belong in Denmark
Maersk, novo nordic, vestas,, danfos grundfos and it is located on Bornholm is Jensen (low size washing machines in large sizes
Espersen, Beck Pack Systems the last two have something to do with fish
Funny how all tourists go to Tivoli and pay the tip of a moonrocket to get in, when you can go into Bakken for free .
3:20 they give bornhold to sweden xD
The word own implies theres a part that isnt free
They dont own greenland. Theyre a part of the "Rigsfaelleskab" - They have autonomous ruling and garanteed seats in the parlaiment, nomatter how many votes the runners recieve.
The video has the geographical wrong about the capital Copenhagen. It places it in Jutland, but Copenhagen is actually on the east coast of Zealand (a whole other island than Jutland). Therefore the placements of the amusement parks are also wrong
TIVOLI spellt Back Woods plus an e is I lov(e) it.
the tivol9i placement is wrong! both of the gardens is in sealand not jutland!
dont do false gps!!
A lot of the Empires in history actually only lasted from a few decades, to a few hundred years.
One of the Empires to break the rule, was the Roman empire, which lasted for more than a thousand years.
And the islamic/Ottoman Empire.
600 years vs 2100 years@@johndododoe1411
-They pinned Copenhagen wrong on the map. And Bakken, is actually a few kilometers NORTH of Copenhagen. Ah, if they only take Jutland from being Denmark, that explains it. The two islands to the right on the map, Fyn (Funen) and Sjælland (Zealand), are also "Denmark" even as far as the little island on the other side of Sweden, called Bornholm.
Try Geography Now on Denmark. That's a bit more accurate
What do you learn in school in America ..
I'm sure you are aware of the channel Geography Now. It seems like these guys have more or less copied their recipe. Nothing wrong with that, but Geography Now has a bit more information in my opinion if you want to some suggestions. Perhaps you've already watched a few of them. Also, Iceland is the little one, Greenland is the huge one, might help you with your confusion!
Another easy way to remember it, is that Iceland is green most of the year and Greenland is mostly covered in ice year round. ;)
As of 2022 we share boader whit Canada, do to Hans island, (Hans ø) between Greenland and Canada.
Hallo charlie hoe gaat het
I do not speak Dutch but I am guessing 'hoe gaat het' means 'hvordan går det' meaning 'how goes it' ~ 'how is it going' ~ 'how are you doing' - all should have ended with a ? though ;) (unless I am completely wrong)
When they pinned the amusement parks on the wrong island at least do your research
i really like that copenhagen have moved so much🤣
The viking area lasted at leasing 300 to 400 years
We have 3 more letters in our alphabet. After Z its æ ø å. You spell a "island" with 6 letters, and in Denmark we just type ø. You spell a "creek" with 5 letters, and we just type å. Sorry! Cant come up with anything more right now! Great channel by the way mr. Charlie West
If we get lost in a sentence you spell the filler Eh Uh. We spell it æh.
Poor Bornholm, not includued in the graphic, if anyone asks its the small island just under Sweden in the baltic sea.
Sorry I can't.. Nope, i need to point this out.. The little dot (island) that the video pointed out to be sweden, is actually also a part of denmark.. its an island called Bornholm, and its under Denmark, not Sweden as the video pointed out..
The two amusements parks are both placed wrong on the map, though ;)
Honestly im only a member of folkekirken because I can't figure out how to get out of that deal.
I enjoyed your you video. This is my first time seeing your channel but I found the sound to low. I had no problem hearing you when you talked but I could hardly hear what they were saying on the video
3:22 ahem... Denmark is also connected by land to Canada
its funny with the areal photo of copenhagen it shows its stilll a natural naval fortress!