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Scandinavien is : Norway, Sweden and Denmark
The Nordic is Norway , Findland, Iceland, Sweden , Denmark, Greenland , Farao Island and Åland Islands
😊😊🇩🇰🇩🇰
and Svalbard XD
Someone who know.
@@guydellagi4372 Who is wrong?
@@guydellagi4372 I see sorry to ruin it
And there´s "Northern Europe" on top of that. According to Wikipedia. The UK and others are part of Northern Europe ! I didn't know that 😲😲
Yeah the bakery dude was a bit quick to claim Haribo to be Danish, we do eat a lot of it, but it's actually from Germany.
I also hear they say Haribo is German. I think what he is trying to communicate is, that he buy and ship them from Denmark. Haribo Produktion do have a factory in Denmark, so these exact backs of candy may very well have been produced in Denmark.
Haribo was merged with a danish company (sukkervarefabrikken) in 1935 so a lot of the haribo selection is actually danish or at least danish in its origin.
But i think the matador mix is a danish thing.
Ohh yeah, i heard that now. Missed him saying Haribo is German, the first time around. Only heard this is Danish candy 😁
I was born and raised on a farm only 200 meters behind the mill.. Dybbøl Mølle.. And we used to bake all the cookies in the video and many different cakes from The Sønderjydsk Kaffebord. The southernjutland coffeetable.
They started it up after the southern parts were lost to Germany in the great war of 1864, which took place on the battlegrounds around the mill. It was shot down twice in two different wars against the germans.
After the war it was forbidden to speak danish, to fly our flag, to gather in groups. Our boys and young men were forced to fight on the German side in Worldwar one in Russia and France as canon feed! It lasted until 1920 when we got the chance to vote ourselves back to be danish again and we did🇩🇰👏🏼
We could however gather in what we call a forsamlingshus, a gathering house, where they danced, they did plays, and they invented the coffeetable with an exact amount of cakes, and you had to try every one of them.
There were 7 kinds of danish pastry, 7 different kinds of layer cakes, 7 kinds of cookies 7 kinds of other pastry cakes, and many more. To gi with all that cake, there was enormous pots of coffee.. And as it was also forbidden to drink alcohol, they just put snaps in the coffee and soon everybody was jolly and sang and danced😁
The snaps thing id called a kaffepunch. You put a nickle in the cup, then pour on coffee until you don’t see it no more. Then pour in schnaps until you see it again!! That’s a real kaffepunch 😁
I still make sønderjysk kaffebord on occation and it’s considered rude and insulting to the hostess, if you don’t try at least one of the each, whenever the trey passes around the table😂
I would very much like to go to Solvang some day❤️
yes its like a Disneyland version of a Danish village from 1840 with modern roads. ( doesn't change the fact that they are proud of their Danish harritage ) a "Danish" village in the USA you haven't heard of is Elk Horn Iowa ( less comercial than Solvang )
I'm sorry Charlie..
if you think the food they serve is Danish...
It is not.
As a Dane who has visited both the bakery and the that restaurant in Solvang.
I / we talked to the same man as in the video, the masterbaker and the mayor.
I would say that it is almost an insult to Danish cuisine.
IT IS NOT DANISH FOOD.
You do NOT serve "apple slices" together with Mediterranean sausage..!!!
Medisterpølse is served with potatoes and a thick sauce, as a main course.
Apple slices are used as a snack/dessert.
But the buildings, the museum, the shops and all the souvenirshops are beautiful.
Måske er jeg bare lidt for tilgivende, men jeg ville ikke sige, at det er en krænkelse. Jeg ser mere på det som en anden måde at nyde den samme mad på.
Yep, having been there as well, Solvang doesn't feel very Danish at all. It's like a fairy tale lie about what Denmark was 100 years ago. That said, it was a fun visit, but I doubt I'll be returning if I go LA again.
Solvang is like the "South Park" or "Family Guy" version of Denmark.
Solvang was once a town with a lot of Danes..
I’m Danish and been in Solvang.. it’s more like an amusement park today..
Translations to some of the writing on the beams in the restaurant:" Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest" means : when the need is greatest the help is nearest. Second quote: "For lidt og for meget fordærver alt" means: too little and too much ruins everything.3 Quote: "Det er svært at spå om fremtiden" means : It is hard to predict the future.Those are the ones I can see,hope it helps :)
I can also see a "lige ved og næsten, slår ingen mand af hesten" = Just about and almost, doesn't knock a man of his horse. "En fugl i hånden er bedre end 10 på taget" = one bird in hand is better than 10 on the roof.
Pretty sure I saw a part of "hvor der er hjerterum er der husrum" = Where there is heart room (love, kindness) there is home room (hospitality, help)
"Den der gemmer til natten, gemmer til katten" : "Whoever saves something for night, saves it for the cat" - "Skade, at Amerika ligge skal saa langt herfra" : "It is a shame, America is so far from here"
17:17 is a "julehjerte" (christmas heart), they're a favourite to make yourself to decorate your tree and also windows and walls with, made from paper you interlace, on top is a "nisse" scandinavian mythical creature, mostly similar to elves, but not the same, and around is of course 2 flags (Danes and also the rest of the nordics are VERY fond of the national flags, but it is not seen as a nationalistic symbol as in most countries, rather a festive symbol), and then there's a lot of pine branches and sheaf (many people still buy sheaf to put up for the birds)
17:36 "Hvor der er hjerterum er der husrum" = "when theres a place in your heart theres a place in your house".
2nd "Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest" = "when the need is greatest, the help is the closest".
3rd "For lidt og for meget fordærver alt" = "too little and too much spoils (the soul/spirit/ethics/decency)"
4th one I can't make enough out of to recognise.
5th is "Den der gemmer til natten, gemmer til katten" = "He who saves for the night, saves for the cat" (literally meaning that if you leave out food, the cat will eat it)
6th is "ligeved og næsten, slår ingen mand af hesten" = "almost and nearly doesn't knock anyone off the horse".
7th is "en fugl i hånden er bedre end ti på taget" = "one bird in the hans is better than ten on the roof".
They're all old danish proverbs/sayings
As a Dane in Denmark its funny to se that town. The picture of the red and white heart is actually a model of a Christmas decoration you weawe yourself. Then you put candy inside it, for the kids
The only Danish town in the US? Nooooot really! Try Elk Horn in Iowa! They are holding on even more to their Danish heritage than in Solvang! ´Hell ... In one of the shops in Elk Horn you can even buy Remoulade! Doesn't get any more Danish than that! ^^
never heard Elk Horn Iowa so I just googled. the pictures I saw didn't remind me of Denmark at all, but looked like a typical American spot
@@StefanSJensen hvis du er dansker så gå ind på DRTV og find programmmerne om Elk Horn og den danske vindmølle de fik fragtet over sten for sten...
spise med price har osse lavet programmer fra byen, slå dig løs min ven og bliv klogere :)
The UK? Denmark is not part of the UK.
@@TheFootballpunditer haha ups i meant dk sorry 😅🙈😂 I’m danish so I know 😅, but thanks anyway 👍🏻
@@StefanSJensen are you a pastry?
It's really funny how, even though it was founded by Danes, this place looks like a theme park based on Denmark, much like the British Village Niji-no-Sato and the Netherlands themed Huis Ten Bosch in Japan. I think it's because everything almost looks too newly painted and pristine, and some things that are obvious faux facades. It's cute though, and a bit silly
Scandinavia, is Denmark, Norway and Sweden
The Nordics, are Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland
(fun fact: Scotland has been entertaining the idea of joining The Nordic Union, after Brexit 😊)
Solvang, looks like DK in the 1800's and like some of the 'old cities centers' around DK now, but we have evolved since then 😉
I promise ❤
The background music sounds more 'germanized' than DK folk music... but him playing the accordian, was authentic enough 🇩🇰
Dybbøl Mølle is pronounced with 2 syllables, but not quite as distinct as he does...he is not Danish, but he does 'do Danish' very well.
The baker is definately Danish, though!
The tinned cookies are authentic, Danish import.
Huge wheat cookies dipped in chocolate ❤
The braided heart on the wall, is a Christmas heart..
You do not eat sausage and æbleskiver at the same time!!!
One is a lunch meal, the æbleskiver are a Christmas eat with warm mulled wine ✨️
hello from Denmark 🌸
I take it you're a Dane!
I grew up in northern Germany and was always confused about definitions of Scandinavia... In geography, Scandinavia is the peninsula covered by Norway and Sweden, right???
@@la-go-xy The peninsula and the region share a name, but is not a complete overlap, because it's not only about geography but also about history and culture, it'd be like cutting out NRW from Germany and saying it's not German for some arbitrary reason.
The heart at the wall: you need two folded pieces of paper and weave the strands through each other so that you get a bag.
the Baltic states also want to join the Nordic countries
@@vrenak yes in old times before 1648 southern Sweden the area of Skåne,(Scania where the name Scandinavia come from) Halland and Blekinge was part of Denmark, it was actually where the Danes first settled before spreading to the Islands and Jutland, it's why Copenhagen is located where it is, seems odd if you don't know the history that the capital is not more in the center
13:49 those are called Havrekager.. or more specific Havregrynskager which means oatmeal cookies! Greetings from Denmark
Det kunne ligeså godt være florentinere - de bliver bagt med hasselnødder og knaser dejligt. 🙂
Lige præcis. Det er florentiner
@@hw-art Fedt, tak for info. :)
8:49 the round tower in Copenhagen has that spiral ramp for the horses, doesn't it?
yes
The spiral ramp was so the king C4 could drive to the top in his horse carriage and not have to walk alle the way up
So they could get books up to the library and instruments to the instrument place. using horses
Yes. Runde tårn. However Fruens kirke, have a spiral staircase on the outside of the spire.
@@brostenen Det er Vor Frelsers Kirke på Christianshavn 🫣
1:33 the wooden frames of the buildings are made with what's called "bindingsværk," directly translated to "binding work." It's called that because you "bind" the wood together with methods that don't need nails or screws in the modern sense. The nails are of wood, made on site for the exact purpose.
There are quite a few videos about Ribe., the oldest town in Denmark. That should be interesting to compare!
It is because what is now known as Skåne in the southern tip of sweden was called Scania by the romans. The southern tip sweden has been home to the danes for a long time, it is only relatively recent it became part of sweden. So there is a geographical Scandinavian peninsula and a cultural/political Scandinavia. The fins are a whole different migration into Finland from the Ural region in Russia later on that is why they have a different language roots than the rest of Scandinavia. Where as Scandinavian languages is rooted in the germanic language branch.
The cookies at 13:55 are "Havreflager" which literally means "Oat flakes". They're cookies made with coarse oats, butter, sugar, syrup, vanilla, etc. Then dipped in or brushed with melted chocolate. And they're absolutely delicious.
That was my gues to. ❤❤
They are baked a bit more than the ones bought in stores but it makes them so delicious.
Perhaps a bit of "natron" there too.
God sommer til alle!
Summergreetings!
Eller florentinere. De bliver bagt med hakkede nødder i stedet for. Smager fantastisk! Normalt ser man havreflager uden shokolade, men florentinere *med* chokolade.
17:16 the heart is et julehjerte, a Christmas heart. you weave them of paper. traditionally you hang them on the Christmas tree with pebernødder inside
You should visit Denmark on the prairie: Elk Horn in Iowa (there are videos about it here on youtube too of cause). They also have a windmill - that's an original windmill which actually was situated in the town where I was born Nørre Snede and then moved to Elk Horn. Fun fact: every year in Nørre Snede (the danish village) there's an annual town party called Præriefesten - "The Prairie Party" - so Elk Horn and Nørre Snede are kind of related...
17:50 "For lidt og for meget fordærver alt" - Too little and too much, corrupts everything. Words of wisdom, at least for me as Dane.
The heart in the frame is a traditional danish christmas decoration that we put on our christmas trees. H. C Andersen made a lof these himself and I even think he invented them. But its common in Denmark that families around christmas time gather around and make them out of paper
All the text at 17:30 is old sayings/life lessions. "Når nødden er størst er hjælpen nærmest", meaning when your are in trouble there is always help. It is a play on the word Nød="nut" meaning both the one you eat and having problems.
There is also "Den der gemmer til natten gemmer til katten" = "He who saves (food) for the night, is saving it for the cat", meaning "finish your plate !"
There is also "Ligeved og næsten slår ingen mand af hesten", which translates to "Nearly and almost, does not knock a man of is horse." I guess its related to jousting in that you almost hit him, but didn't knock him of his horse?. You say it to someone, exclaiming that they almost did something.
I also see
"En fugl i hånden er bedre end to på taget" which I believe works in English "A bird in hand, is better than two on the roof", ie, You can dream of getting something better but it is risky, so its better to go with what you know you have.
Elk Horn - Iowa is another Danish city in the USA and they are similar
in many ways, and it is definitely also worth a closer look...
Denmark is a part of Scandinavia ... it's Denmark, Norway and Sweden. If you are english speaking you often include Island and Finland.
Vaniljekranse (Vanilla cookies) and æbleskiver are a christmas thing here in Denmark. We do not eat æbleskiver with sausage, we eat them with jam and/or sugar to a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate.
The red heart is also a christmas thing, we hang them on our christmas trees.
And to be honest, I don't get a feeling of Denmark except from Dannebrog, the copy of a mill and the small copy of Runde Tårn (Round Tower) maybe, so maybe one should visit it to get that feeling.
Only thing is no matter what language you speak you should not includie Iceland and Finland in Scandinavia, they are Nordic.
@@GuinevereKnight I know, what I meant was, that english speaking often include Island and Finland
@@lindacdk6740 Yes, and a lot of people in the Nordics as well. Its obviously confusing, but that doesn't mean they are correct if they include it. Its wrong no matter what. Would be good if people from the Nordic region would know and help out whenever this is used wrong, so we don't add to it.
Or gløg :P
@@RappyTheOne Åh ja, selvfølgelig - det glemte jeg (sikkert fordi jeg ikke rigtig bryder mig om det selv)
at 17:35 one reading on the seiling says: Det er svært at værne om fremtiden = its hard to preserve the future.
The text on those restaurant beams is in Danish. Danish idioms and sayings.
Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest. When the need is the greatest, help will be the closest.
Danish butter cookies in cans are actually made in Denmark for export, but still industrial made cookies, so though they are original and of a fairly good quality as can be when it's not a local bakery, i's not 100% right, but still of a fairly good quality that everyone can relate to, kind of like LEGO's.
As a Dane who has actually been to Solvang it would say it is a very american touristed place, but there was a danish restaurant which served authentic food as you get in Denmark. Also the rye bread at the dansih bakery was really good.
At 14:01 I think it's sweet oatmeal cookies, and they are crunchy. When I get those, I can never stop at one.
My thought also
it depends what type you want for that cookie, the traditional one is the one with orange taste and then the chocolate part
"Æbleskiver" is probably best described as "Soft waffle balls with cooking apples in the dough"
There is an other Danish town (actually two) in USA: Elk Horn and Kimballton in Iowa. It's not so far away as California. They sell all sorts of Danish goods there too. Try "pålægschokolade", thin layers of chocolate you eat on a crisp roll ("rundstykke") with a generous layer of Danish butter and some pålægschokolade. YUM. (Too much cholesterol, but every once and a while you may indulge yourself. LOL).
Means Sun Meadow in Danish, as Swede i can be wrong tho.
not wrong, the word vang is old enough to predate danish and swedish languages diverging.
Vang = Meadow or field. It is in placenames here. It comes from "Vangebrug" - an old form of agriculture where a village's fields were divided into large units, called 'vange', which were cultivated jointly by the village's farmers.
17:05 t is a drawing of a braided paper heart that we use as a Christmas decoration, it was invented by author H. C. Andersen, who you probably know from The Little Mermaid...
I think the guy is referring to the salmiakki by fazer..
Btw, the round tower was built by king christian the fourth as a way to discover comets in the 1600. Fun fact is that there are no stairs, it like walking up a hill in like a twirling way..
Well Haribo candy is actually German . But yes we have a lot of it in Denmark as well .😂
If Californien is so far away from you , you might as well go to Denmark 🇩🇰😂😂😂
Haribo merged with a Danish licorage company early on ( 1935 in Fakse?). That is where the Danish connection comes from! They still also have production facilities in Denmark.
I visited Solvang when I was in the US years ago. I was I the US for a month and it was about after three weeks in the US that we visited it. I was very funny to see danish names on the shops, and all the roads and squares were named after danish cities. Also, they sold danish stuff. Us Danes always go a little bit nuts, when we see something about our country in other countries (Just look at the comment section of this video for an example😀). But, the resemblance quickly disappears and seems a little touristy. Also, the foods and many other things are very americanized, which I am not against, the city is after all in the US and it would be unlikely that they didn't assimilate a bit. But, it would be a mistake for someone to visit Solvang and think they have experienced Denmark. But, it was definitely interesting to visit as a Dane and they seem really proud of their heritage. It is a good taste of Denmark, but not a full picture.
Those cookies We call Havregrynskager its a type of Oatmeal cookies. the picture with the heart is a Christmas heart one red cut-out and a white and the you knot or fold them in between each part to make a heart. The texts on the beams are Danish proverb Like too many cooks spoil the food but in Danish obviously
Hahaaa. This town looks like somebody in 1900 vomited switzerland, netherlands and denmark all over, later somebody made it a very american themepark, all plastered with lego and fake nostalgia. What a weird plastic-replica of our country, why the silly clothes, I have never ever seen that kind of clothes here? Pastries seem legit.
Det er folkedragter. Du kan se dem hvis du går til folkedans og lign. men ja du ser det bestemt ikke i gadebilledet mere
Tøjet bliver båret til traditionel folkedans..
Those clothes are legit local danish clothes, and its not ment to be Denmark, it's ment to be a homage to our beautiful country to which I think it does a great job ^^ Good job over there! But people with a bit of Danish culture knows those clothes ;) They are often used to dance "Folkedans" or Old timer dances XD And to celebrate local areas and festievals like on the Islands of Fanø and Bornholm. However not often seen the big cities so I guess some of the youngsters are clueless.
Did you know Denmark had a province called Lolland? I lolled when I found out on holiday once. =D Beautiful beautiful country!
We have a city called helvede that actually means hell
Elk Horn in ( i Think ) Iowa is Danish to. There is videos on TH-cam about it 😊
Scandinavia is Denmark, Sweden and Norway. And we are 3 independent countries, but can almost understand each other.. Danes find Swedish difficult and the other way around but we get by.
There is also a danish town in Texas called Danevang
13:20 Typical danish translation lol :D "Consistency" :P Bc he translated from "konsistens" and thought it would be the similar meaning in english. He means it has to have the right texture. That snap he shows is what he means specifically.. The cookies having "consistency" (being consistent) to one another is an obvious :P
The Danish flag "Dannebrog" according to legend fell from the sky on this day, June 15 1219 during The Battle of Lynsanis in Estonia. Btw Solvang is more like Denmark 60 to 70 years ago than Denmark today.
more like 150 ears ago
@RasMosi Dannebrog is the oldest flag still in use. there are older flags out there, the raven banner is one ( an older danish flag ) but it is not in use anymore.
Elk Horn in Iowa is really danish too ❤😊
Picture is like a christmas picture with the heart.
That architecture has nothing to do with Denmark.. This looks like a tourist trap gone haywire.. From a dane 😅
The houses look more German or Dutch than Danish. And the mill is in no way the same size as the original (I live very close to it), but a nice touch with both that and the round tower.
It’s not in anyway like Denmark, it’s a kitsch version of what Denmark used to be
Bjarne Riis was just as innocent as Lance Armstrong
Hello Charlie you should try Elkhorn in Iowa It's all so a Danish City that's Closer To You
Scandinavia can mean two things, the Scandinavian Peninsula, and the Scandinavian People. Most people will assume you mean Scandinavia as a culture, meaning Norway Denmark and Sweden, as we all speak similar north germanic languages and all share a lot of common culture.
Yes, Denmark is a part of Scandinavia. I'm not entirely sure why, but it could be argued that the Scandinavian pinensula streches down to Denmark, just a small bit of water seperating. Or it could be for historical reasons, parts of southern Sweden used to be a part of Denmark...
The houses seems a bit off to me, the idea of wood and clay combined is that the wood makes up the structure and the clay is just to fill up the gaps, it looks to me that it's mostly decorative there, possibly made of concrete, so no real need for the wood.
The heart thing is a typical Christmas decoration thing, made from two sheets of paper with different colors, you hang it in the Christmas tree. It's kind of like a basket and you put candy in it
Actually there's also the small town of Elk Horn, Iowa, founded in 1901 by Danish immigrants.
It has an image of "Denmark on the Prairie".
BTW, no Dane would ever eat sausage with æbleskiver and jam. They're two different meals.
Guess it's been americanized. Lots of Americans can't get their food fat enough.
i would love to visit this town and setting them straight, they are not making the food right or the combining of the medister or æbleskiver with the right things, i would love to learn them the right cooking and to combin thing!!
Solvang means sunny field in danish 😉 I watched a program about this town and thought it funny that their version of Danish breakfast was medister( a very big round sausage) and æbleskiver ( a donut kind of thing with a little slice of apple. ) Traditionally we only eat these foods at Christmas time 😉
Not field. Field is an open area, and can be anything from an open area with grass in nature, to a cultivated piece of farming land.
Vang means cultivated farm land. And is an old viking word.
17:31 on the ceiling beams, it says from the one closest to the camera
Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest = When the need is greatest, help is closest
For lidt og for meget fordærver alt = Too little and too much spoils everything
Den der gemmer til natten gemmer til katten = Whoever saves something for night, saves it for the cat
Ligeved og næsten slår ingen mand af hesten = Just about and almost, knocks no man off the horse
En fugl i hånden er bedre end ti på taget = A bird in the hand is better than ten on the roof
it's Danish sayings
Danish. Live in Copenhagen and have been to Solvang❤ ! Maybe back in 1911, when the town was founded, it was how small town Denmark looked like. For the last 40+ years it´s just been a cute and nice tourist trap! If you come to real Denmark, expecting that..., your gonna be disappointed 🤣 ! Traditions are good, but Solvang has been Americanized. Today Solvang has little or nothing to to do with the real deal 🇩🇰😀🇩🇰
That city looks NOTHING like any danish cities. Og ja, jeg er dansk 😀
the day to day no. but they did as you see in the video and i have lived in a house like that too..
I think its cool and some of the buildings could easy fit into Denmark a few generations back. Og ja, jeg er dansk
Det ligner lidt nogle steder I århus og vejle ^^ Og ja jeg er også dansk, jeg tror ikke du har set alle steder I landet :P Så måske kunne det være du skulle udforske dit eget land lidt :D Jeg har selv boet I bindingsværks huse der ligner flere af dem der bliver vist.
@@martinjacobsen2992 yep me 2 i like the new gen hehe.
Maybe you should go outside more if that's what you think
I,m from Norway, and I like your Reaction videos.
As a dane travelling a lot. The outside have this view of 1950s Denmark.
All of Europe isnt really that different anymore at all.
17:05: It's a paper cut heart for the Christmas tree
Been there a couple of times...
It's charming, in a weird way. 😉
I have several family members who live in the states, and my uncle took my wife and I there a few years ago, as he said..: "You're gonna puke from laughter, but be kind, they're good people" 😊
He wasn't wrong, I was like being in a Pseudo version of what somebody who's never been too Denmark, think Denmark looked like in a 19th century fairytale 🤣
Anywho. It was a nice visit. When people realized we all were Danish they started asking us about our heritage, linage and all that. Which was quite fun, because my family is about a 1000 years old, and I know we've got members on just about every continent. We actually ended up meeting an older gentleman who, if I did my research correctly, is a VERY distant relative of mine 😊
It was a nice couple of days. A bit cliché and the cuisine was not really Danish, the candy "Haribo" is also German, not Danish.. But, it was a really nice visit and we're actually going back again next time we're visiting the US.
Haribo started as a merge between a german and a danish factory. It´s still produced in Denmark too, you know.
Well Haribo is a German Company who specializes in West and Northern European candy
This is as accurate representation of of Denmark, as an Applebee’s is of America 🇺🇸🇩🇰😂
looks like a village in Denmark if you visited 70 years back
Uhmm.... NO.
Scandinavians are the northern most of the Germanic people. We are Sweden, Denmark and Norway
There is nothing Danish about Solvang it is like a caricature of a mix Northern European countries, but more Dutch and German than Danish. It is just another tourist trap.
I liked this presentation of Solvang, which have been shown i national television in Denmark. Of course the cusine have been customed to the American taste, the cusine in denmark have also change a lot since 1911, surely not all to the better because of economic reasons. But I get the feeling of cosiness, "hygge" which Denmark is all about. Thanks Charlie, I hope you take a tour to Solvang og to Denmark some time.
The roads are way to wide. It doesn't really have that cozy vibe of a small town here in Denmark. Looks interesting though.
Dear Charlie
Thanks for your reaction to this video … although I had a hard time not getting annoyed by the music in the background that was so NOT Danish … ;-)
As a Dane I personally was there in 2005, with my ex-wife and our kids.
Friends living in California took us there on a day-trip.
I must admit that it was an interesting experience and a very nice place to visit, even though of-course it‘s a very Americanised version of Denmark … and not really refecting the 2024 Denmark 🇩🇰
I think you should go visit Solvang, Charlie, but then also hop on a flight to the real thing = flying to København (Copenhagen) to compare both places for yourself.
But come in late Spring, or during Summer or in early Autumn, as the weather in Denmark is NOTHING like Southern California year round … ;-)
Solvang can be translated to “Sunfield”. Vang is and old name for fields owned in commen of a village
Most Danish town in USA is Elk Horn in Iowa 🤷
Theres several Danish towns in USA, but Elk Horn is without doubt the most Danish.. they even have a copy of the little mermaid.
Solvang is more or less just a tourist place now, while the other Danish towns like elk Horn isnt.
This calls for a comparison video. Which Danish town is the Danishest?
@@anotherelvis Thats a great idea 😅 but in all fairness it would have to be a Dane evaluating it.. or maybe a handful of Danes 🤔
Dybbøl Mølle in Denmark is where I often go hiking 🙂
Still looks more "American" than Danish to me, but what do I know.
Helt enig = agree
Solvang is like a Disneyland version of Denmark 😂
Scandinavia is a cultural region, not a geographic region.
The Scandi nations are Denmark, Norway, and Sweden -and are such due to having tied cultural roots throughout history with derived languages and at some point even been under a common monarch rule. Everything outside of DK-NO-SE (Scandinavia) is referred to as Nordic Countries, which include the Scandinavian countries as well as Finland and Iceland (and ofc Greenland and Faroe Islands by proxy due to them being under Danish Kingdom rule).
We got æ ø å
You ain’t got the æ ø å 😅 Size Matters! 😂
… great reply … size matters … even though the song you’re referring to is by a Norwegian group 🇳🇴
I wouldn't call the round tower of replica it's more like a copy a bad made one but I can see they tried so good for them I guess, I'm Danish by the way and that phone box isn't a phone box It's a guard post
Denmark sweden and norway are skadinavia , language is understand between these thre country , the nordic country is skandinavia finland iceland greenland and faro islands.
17:23 actually that isn't Danish but French i believe.
"Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest" - When the need is biggest the help is nearest. ;)
Haribo candy is a german company
A lot of people Think it’s danish because we eat so much of it. But it’s not danish
Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Finland had never been part of Scandinavia.
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The cookies with chocolate is an oat cookie
Solvang does not remind me of Denmark in any way.
That was what i think to? It doesnt look like the denmark i know
Lidt a la Herlev Bygade måske 😅
@@oleolsen1073 eller Tivoli
Danish architecture has changed over time. If you compare with Den gamle by i Århus, there are similarities.
Let's give them some credit for trying.
@@anotherelvis Can't see it in any way reminiscent of the old town in Aarhus.
The story that white storks deliver babies and bite the mother’s leg, explaining her confinement after childbirth, became widespread during the 19th century when sexuality was repressed in prudish bourgeois European society - (Michael Simon, folklorist, University of Mainz, Germany).
the danish flag isn't seen as sacred but is treated with a high level of reverrence, for example the flag is never allowed to touch the ground EVER!!!
the danish villages in rural areas are much more beautyful than Solvang. sorry to say !😇🤩
In regards to the whole “is Denmark part of Scandinavia”
A couple of points;
First and foremost - there is a difference between the geographic Scandinavia and the cultural one. While it is true that the peninsula is a certain area - there are still many areas outside the peninsula which are culturally Scandinavia or influenced by it, including Islands like Iceland, the Faroese Islands etc.
It is my understanding that Finland, despite having some swedish-peoples, are actually a different culture compared to the rest - their language is not similar to the rest etc. So I think this is why we have a tendency of not being very “large” in including Finland, but including Denmark which is very culturally similar to Sweden and Norway.
Furthermore, history needs to be taken into account. When you state that Denmark is not a part of the peninsula, this is solely based on the modern borders. But if you look back in time, Denmark has very much been a part of the peninsula. Much of the southern Sweden was Danish until relatively recently (Copenhagen, the Capital, is litterally as close to Sweden as possible) - Norway was a part of Denmark for many, many years - and Denmark also lead the Calmar Union, which encompassed the whole Peninsula. So Denmark has almost always been a significant presence on the peninsula - something which is now continued through the many organisations and cooperation between the countries.
The modern usage of name dates back to the pan-Scandinavianist movement in the mid-19h century. And at that time Finland was occupied by Russia.
But words change over time, and in the long run it makes sense to redefine Scandinavia to include Finland and Iceland, or perhaps we should just stop using the word Scandinavia.
Looks very danish But the Bread roads make it look a little to seperate
Solvang. Yeah … it is not the most danish town. Solvang is n american version of what Denmark is. Mixed with a lot of Walt Disney farirytale stuff.
Most of the people with danish ancestry in the town, lives on the memories and tales of what it used to be.
Architecture is Denmark anno 1850 or older. And then in typical US style … exaggerated with plastic and other tackiness.
Going to a small village in Denmark, you wouldn’t believe Solvang is anything other than it is: an american town founded by danes.
This is some 5-6-7th generation americans, trying to keep their ancestry alive.
He actually has a bit of a Danish accent
Me: danish.
Also me: Im going there now.
Æbleskiver and sausages? thats some of the weirdest ive ever seen XD
Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway & Sweden - Its the "cultural" Scandinavia.
Scandinavian Peninsula: Finland, Norway & Sweden - its a geographical area, and Denmark is not on that peninsula.
As a Dane i must say, wtf is this.... what horror movie is this??? Dont comper this place to Denmark, thats like saying north koria is like Amerika.
We have american diners in Danmark. They look about as american as this looks danish:)
Love how the founders of Solvang likely tried to get far away from Denmark and then their legacy is this themepark of weird xD
Love it though. Im Danish. The others in the comments getting all irate about food and going on about "Insulting yada yada" dont pay attention. They live off of microwaved thai boxes.
I dont care much about the US as on the movies, but I fkn LOVE these weird niche things y'all do. Its so weird, and its so fun :D
also - when/if a storck is found nesting somewhere.
Its literally national headlines.