5 Ways Sweden is DIFFERENT From Denmark - Just a Brit Abroad
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- Sweden and Denmark might be Nordic Neighbours but are Sweden and Denmark really that similar? How does Swedish culture compare to Danish culture and what is different or similar between the different Scandinavian countries. Today, I'm digging into some of the ways that Sweden and Denmark are more different than you might think. But you've got to tell me what you think in the comments below. Are Sweden and Denmark really that different? And why is there a rivalry between the two countries?
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Your wish is my command🧞♂️today, we're talking about the differences between Sweden🇸🇪& Denmark🇩🇰these reflections are ALL based on real conversations I've had with local people since I moved here about what makes Sweden and Denmark different. And I thought I'd share them with you guys today to see if these really are some of the big things that separate Denmark and Sweden🤔let me know what you think in the comments below!
And for my Danish viewers - there's no harm intended with this video! Just a bit of friendly fun to get us in the head-to-head spirit ahead of Sweden's next game in the Euros this evening against Poland🤩⚽️ hope you enjoyed!!
There is a clever characterisation of us and our neighbours when it comes to describing our different skills and it goes like this: " Let the Swedes invent it. Let the Finns manufacture it. Let the Danes sell it and let the Norwegians go skeeing"
hahaha I've never heard that before Stefan! very revealing :') certainly didn't know that Finland had such a reputation as a manufacturing powerhouse either!
I would say, let the Finns design it. Let the Norwegians pay for it.
2 things - Danes never go to Sweden for booze and the prices in Denmark are higher because the salaries are higher meaning the purchasing power is about the same.
That's right. Booze is so much cheaper in Denmark any day of the week. We are happy, remember?
20 years ago the Swedes devaluated their currency (Swedish Krone) with 20% while Denmark kept its currency fixed against the German currency and later the Euro. The Swedish currency never closed that gap; hence, the Danish Krone is 20-25% over Swedish Krone due a stronger economy (income per capita was $63K in Denmark compared to $57K in Sweden, 2021).
As a swede that hasn’t studied a second of danish, I (and probably most swedes) can read danish somewhat fluently. The languages are very similar if you don’t account for pronounciation, but if I hear danish being spoken slowly it isnt very difficult to understand.
Denmark is expensive compared to Sweden because the Swedish currency has dropped massively in value so you don’t get anything fro your Swedish kronor.
Very accurate. I am a Brit who has lived 30 years in Denmark and now 6 years in Sweden. I found it tough working more hours a week, having less holiday and lower wages when I moved to Sweden, but then, the things one does for love! But on the whole the two countries are more similar than they are different and moving here was more like moving from England to Scotland. Most Danes living in Sjælland will understand Swedish since they can see Swedish TV, the reverse is not always the case though. Don't forget that the exchange rate and MOMS contribute to much higher prices compared to Sweden.
really interesting to get a perspective from another Brit, but one who has lived in both countries! but interesting to hear that there's a lot of similarities too! I get the impression you perhaps preferred living in Denmark though?😅
It’s also good to mention that the population of Denmark is half the population of Sweden. Same goes to Norway and Finland.
I lived in Aalborg, Denmark(>3 yearss) and in Lund, Sweden (3 months and before fall). For some reason, I found people at Lund more smiling and happier than those in Aalborg. I think the level of happinness depends on the region.
oh really? how interesting to hear from someone who has experienced both sides! thanks for sharing!
I second this although I haven't been to Lund but other parts of Sweden
You should visit smaller towns in each country to really feel the difference. You'll see the economic difference clearly. A small town in Denmark with, say, 5000 inhabitants has a lively shopping street, a big library with multifunctional purposes, a train station with trains departing at least twice an hour, several sporting facilities including indoor public swimming, and more.
A similar town in Sweden would have a pizzeria, a secondhand shop, an ICA supermarket with local drunkards on the parking lot, and an outdoor football field, as well as a bus station with buses departing a few times a day.
I live in Rhode Island, USA, and I haven't had a chance to go to either place, but I'd love to visit both places.
You are welcome here at any point hope u visit us soon :)
@@FUCKTH-cam123 Thank you! You're welcome here as well.
lmao. 2:02 the picture you showed is actually a meme mocking swedens immigration politics. basically as you can see the word at the bottom is just removed on the swedish side and isnt meant to be an actual example of actual language similarity, it's just us danes being politically incorrect and mocking sweden lol.
oh it is?😆 oops! I had no idea hahaha it was the only photo I could find that showed the differences between some of the words and their spelling! my bad, thanks for telling me😆
for alcohol I'm pretty sure it's the other way around (us Swedes go to Denmark or Germany to buy cheaper alcohol, with Germany being way cheaper but also farther away for a booze trip)
I was in Copenhagen just one day. But it was a sunny Summer day, the weather was absolutely perfect, everything looked nice. A great experience!
I came back and decided to learn a bit of Danish (I'm a language geek, yes I proudly am), with the idea of possibly going back.
I speak German - which helps with the vocabulary -, grammar is not too much of a challenge - except perhaps for all those final -E, -EN, -ENE, ER etc which take a little to get used to.
The real nightmare is pronunciation.
And no, I'm not talking about stød or the soft -d-. Those you learn in time. The nightmare is when you actually need to listen to Danish speakers and understand what they are saying for they slur everything into unintelligibility.
I am convinced that they only pretend to understand each other and they simply infer what the other person is saying by using context and a few recognisable words. ... Just a joke... or maybe not.
what a cool experience! I got a really good first impression for Copenhagen too when I visited - also in the summer and it was blue skies and warm days, just lovely. Interesting to hear that it was the listening that really caused you trouble. I wonder if there's a statistic about in which countries it takes children longer to pick up the language? may well prove/disprove your theory at the end there😉 which gave me a good laugh by the way😂
Nah, Danish isn't as difficult as it sounds, Even the small kids here in Denmark speak Danish, believe it or not :-)
I’ve been learning Danish for several years now, and it is hard. Getting better and reading and writing it, but still have a hard time understanding spoken Danish. I’ve only done a little practice with Swedish, and the most confusing thing is just that some of the letters are pronounced so differently than they look. Norwegian seems a little easier to me than either Danish or Swedish because it seems to look more like it sounds than the others do.
The thing with the Scandinavian languages, in particular Norwegian and Danish, is the great regional variation in pronunciation, accents and actual dialects. I'm from east Jutland myself and I would find it easier to understand a Norwegian from Stavanger than I would with someone from south Jutland who speaks a prober dialect.
We have an exorbitant amount of vowel sounds, even though we have 3 extra vowels in our alphabet that's still not even close to the 70+ sounds when we speak, some of which are rarely found in other languages or even not at all.
Norwegian is basically Danish but with letters and pronunciation that makes more sense.
You are missing the whole of the culture difference that is constantly quoted in both countries. Sweden is supposed to be stuck up an proper in extreme and Denmark is so relaxed in extreme that it is dangerous. Last news of this was the reporter that had sex on live radio in Denmark.
@@JustaBritAbroad it’s ok. Nobody mentiones the war… its not a common topic in discussions. More in the news.
@@hannavictoriamorck5313 - Obviously you've never seen the "Swedish Erotica" videos from the 70's! 😂 "Stuck up and proper" they're not! Along with ABBA, they put Sweden on the world map back then...also responsible for it's reputation as "the sex mad blonde girls capital of the world"! lol.
@UCnM9C7zRPZPZ7F3Bf68mbOA Good that you learn about Denmark and Danes from Swedes, you will only hear the truth.
Did you know that Danes must drink beer at work according to the law.
When you leave a union with Denmark, you risk losing your head. Next time you are in Denmark, say you are from Ireland. Just a tip.
Danish and Norwegian are the same language, but the Danes are never sober so it sounds like two different languages.
@@JustaBritAbroad Sweden -"Easy sex and blondes Capital of the World" yes. Actual reality has been a source of great disappointment in my life! 😂
There are however contraindications to these stereotypes. If you can read through the Danish, I think this, from last spring, is interesting: www.information.dk/debat/2020/04/sveriges-coronahaandtering-understreger-kun-aldrig-vaeret-forbudssverige
Sweden and Norway is much more alike than Sweden and Denmark. Danmark is a much more free country with saner people.
is that so Daniel? what makes you say that, I'm curious🤔
@@JustaBritAbroad I would imagine that it is the long border between Sweden and Norway that has made Sweden and Norway more alike than Sweden and Denmark. Or it might be the fact that both Denmark and Sweden was local powers that fought for the leading role whereas Norway was a Danish colonie.
Denmark has a totally different and more sane political climate, a more deregulated labor market and people are even allowed to buy alcohol in ordinary shops.
@@danielkarlsson156 As a Swede I agree that Denmark's political climate seems way more sane and healthy than ours. When the politicians get away with saying stuff like Swedish people have no culture and are just jealous of immigrants cultures, that's when you know it has gotten really toxic. Also Stefan Löfven is fine if he says things like "En stor migration i kombination med dålig integration belastar samhället." But if Ulf Kristersonn says "Stor invandring i kombination med dålig integration är en belastning för vårt samhälle." It's not fine and he is a racist. Oh and if SD wants to decrease immigration they're Nazis but if Social democrats say it then it's perfectly fine. It's next level mental gymnastics.
@@JustaBritAbroad Probably because Swedish politics is next level mental gymnastics. SD says decrease immigration they're Nazis, but if Social Democrats change their position and wants to decrease immigration they're not Nazis. If Stefan Löfven says something like "Stor migration och dålig integration belastar vårt samhälle." He is fine. If Ulf Kristersson says "Stor invandring i kombination med dålig integration är en belastning för samhället." Media as well as political opponents goes nuts saying he is a racist and calling all the immigrants a burden, even though everyone with half a brain understands the difference between immigration and immigrants.
The reason why Denmark is more expensive is the currency. 1Danish Krona is 1.25Swedish Krona. Regarding language, it depends where in Denmark you are. I have no issue in Helsingör. When working with Danes, we speak English.
you're right Bosse, currency suddenly plays a big role! Interested to hear you have to speak English when you want to work with Danes though - would be so cool to be able to follow each other's languages and not need to switch to English. What's your impression of Denmark?🤗
@@JustaBritAbroad I love Denmark! It's the gateway to the continent. In Scania we always talk about the old days when we travelled to Denmark for cheap shopping. Meat and cheese in particular. Yummie!
That's not really the reason... Or do you think that Japan is more expensive than Sweden because 1SEK is 13 yen?
@@kohwai8321 Japan is very expensive. Friends of mine live in Tokyo and Weymouth. With Sweden vs Denmark I know as a fact that the currency I a major factor. I am from Helsingborg. In the old times we went over shopping. Now Danes are coming over to Sweden.
@@bosse1998 I used to live in Tokyo aswell. Housing is expensive but so is it in any other capital in the world. But almost everything else is cheaper than Sweden.
Yes Denmark is expensive on most regards, but not when it comes to booze compared to Sweden :)
Danish is actually the language that is the one that's closest related to swedish, actually closer than Norwegian is. It's the pronunciation that's very different.
So reading Danish is very easy for me as a Swede. Understanding it spoken is harder, you need to get used to the differences in pronunciation.
really? how interesting - as you say, you would never guess that from the pronunciation!
But Norwegian is using the Danish writing so Norwegian is much closer to Swedish since you can understand what they’re saying.
@@linusfotograf Depends on how you personally define "close".
But officially Swedish is closest to Danish because they both developed from the Old East Norse language, while Norwegian developed from Old West Norse.
Danish and Swedish have more vocabulary in common than Swedish has with Norwegian, although the differences between the three languages are of course not that big to begin with.
Both Norwegian and Swedish are actually danish “dialects”, that has, especially with swedish, developed into their own languages..
Up until 1814 Norway was part of Denmark; hence, Danes understand Norweigans very well when spoken, but Norweigans and Swedes understand each other better than they understand danish. From 1814 to 1905 Norweigan was Swedish and after that independend.
I will simply never forget about Stortorget 1520.
Stockholms blodbad = Stockholm's blood bath. Yes, but only about 80 people from the nobility lost their heads. It can be said that thanks to that, Denmark lost Skåne, Halland and Blekinge. The Kalmar Union, which we then wanted to escape and succeeded in, led to even more wars and so in 1657 Denmark lost about 1/3 of its area.
@@kristerforsman2448 be that as it may, but they are still in debt. Why is Bornholm Danish?
Pay Up, Denmark!
Then maybe we can talk about normalizing our relations 🤔
oooh! I'm sure there's a fair few people lurking in the comments that might not know exactly what you're referring to here!
@@kristerforsman2448 its certainly a really fascinating history and one I'd like to dig a bit further into!
@@beorlingo oooh I hadn't thought about Bornholm! Have you visited? What's it like there?
As you probably know, The language here in Skåne is apprently a mix of both Swedish and Danish in origin. Probably why it's so painful to the rest of Sweden, lol. Even the flag is the Danish red background with the Swedish yellow cross! All down to Skåne being Danish owned and ruled for a while way back when.
Yes! I've actually just recently been down in Skåne recently Dano and I noticed the similarities in the language. Does it mean you're about as likely to understand Danish as you are Skånska?😆 I'm only asking because we've talked about the "limitations" there before in your exchanges at the local supermarket😂
Have you been to Denmark yourself? What were your impressions?🤔🇩🇰
@@JustaBritAbroad - Lol, yeah, both languages are equally pointless when being used on me! 😂
Have flown home and back from Köpenhamn (impressed? lol ) airport and have driven through Denmark to Germany, also going home. Neither trip told me much about the Country other than it's flat to be honest mate.
@@danosverige very impressed😉😅hahaha well I'm glad that one of my reflections in the video is at least proved to be right by your experience of the country hahaha. I'd like to visit and explore a bit more to be honest! I've seen some cool photos!
@@JustaBritAbroad - As a metal detectorist I'd like to visit as it's legal there and illegal "inland" in Sweden! Sucks. 😢
@@danosverige had no idea you were a metal detectorist😅 what are you out there looking for?
Copenhagen is hardly representative of Danish prices.
You'd have to compare with Stockholm prices.
You make a good point! I still got the impression Copenhagen was more expensive than Stockholm. Have you explored other parts of Denmark? If so, it'd be great to hear how you found it price-wise?
Copenhagen is one of the most expensive capitals.
And much more expensive than the rest of Denmark.
Denmark may very well be more expensive than Sweden in general, but I don't think Copenhagen is a good benchmark.
I'm a Dane living on the west coast of Jutland, but I haven't been to Copenhagen in many years, but my experience is that the prices are quite different.
I checked and Copenhagen is much more expensive than Stockholm, and the rest of Denmark.
I tried comparing my town of Esbjerg with Umea, which are roughly the same size, and the overall difference was less than 1%.
www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=Sweden&country2=Denmark&city1=Umea&city2=Esbjerg&tracking=getDispatchComparison
@@Valjean666dk oh right? interesting! Great to get a perspective from a Dane!
@@Valjean666dk less than 1%? how fascinating! sadly I guess Umeå skews the results a bit because its so geographically isolated from the rest of Sweden, all the way up there, but I appreciate its the best comparison we have for size. thanks for linking me up though, I'll take a look!
Dane here. Interesting video but lot of the things you say are not correct. My corrections:
1. Languages are very similar. A Dane, Norwegian and Swedish person would be able to speak their native language and have the other person be able to understand it. It's so similar that some Swedish universities allow you to hand in your work in Danish despite the class being in Swedish.
2. Unpaid lunchbreaks exist in many jobs in Denmark too just like Sweden.
3. The freetown of Christiania is NOT an autonomous region. You claim they can do what they want and they are not under rules or regulations which couldn't be more incorrect. This is very misleading. The same laws applies for Christiania as the rest of Denmark and the Copenhagen Municipality governs them.
4. As for the happiness index it is simply not accurate. Many things don't work in Denmark as opposed to Sweden. Thoughty2 a very famous TH-camr did a great video on Denmark and the happiness report. It's called "The Happiest Country in the World is Hiding a Dark Secret". He explains really well why they score so high and how it is misleading.
Actually, and this may sound a tad baffeling, the Danish language are closer to Swedish than one might think. The difference is the pronounciation, that's why Danish is so hard. But as a written language and grammar, it's closer to Swedish than Norwegian. However, since Norwegian is closer to Swedish in pronunciation, Swedes understand Norwegian better than Danish, when spoken, if that makes any sense. BUT since the Norwegian language is derived from the Danish, Norwegian understand Danes better overall, than Swedes do.
Also a fun fact, Danes have trouble understanding each other - for instance, if you're from Copenhagen and meet someone from a rural area in Jylland, you probably will have trouble to communicate.
Also also, a fun clip that NRK (the Norwegian public service) made about the danish language: th-cam.com/video/s-mOy8VUEBk/w-d-xo.html
is that so Robert? I had no idea it was quite so similar! and so crazy that Danes can struggle with understanding each other that much - its not even that big a country, how would they manage if they had as much space and as many dialects as we do here in Sweden😅
@@JustaBritAbroad It's even more complicated, actually. Norwegian is two standard languages, and has a lot of dialects too. For instance, a Swede would have great trouble understanding Bergen-norsk.
I think this video explains it rather well: th-cam.com/video/onduQjgAj8Y/w-d-xo.html
Wrong. Danish is much closer to Norwegian. Norwegian (bokmål) is a dialect of Danish.
@@RasmusJarlov I wasn't quite clear in my statement, but your statement just confirmes exactly what I meant. Danish is closer to Swedish, than Norwegian is to Swedish, no matter if you take bokmål or nynorsk in consideration. :)
@@robhobsweden I've heard about that actually Robert! Particularly the difference between old and new Norwegian making things more difficult for foreigners to follow😆
Interesting video ❤💯
thanks Mariama! did you learn something new about Denmark?🤩
@@JustaBritAbroad You are welcome yea actually 👍👍🙏🙏
@@mariamajallowsd how fun🙌🏻🤩 I saw you were going to be travelling there soon, so its fun if you've picked up something new ahead of your travels!
@@JustaBritAbroad Yea you are right it was interesting to watch that video thanks you so much 👍👍🙏🙏
@@mariamajallowsd thank you to Mariama! have a great midsommar!
Are you comparing prices in Linköping to Copenhagen?
oh no! I was comparing Copenhagen to Stockholm!
Even though the section between 00:18 and 00:36 seems to have cut out, I'm going to guess that you are wearing a netural T-shirt so you don't offend anyone from Denmark, as Sweden is clearly the better country, correct? ;)
That aside, Denmark is a lovely country and most people are very, very friendly, even though I don't understand them half of the time!
did that section of the video cut out for you? how strange - I've tried it on a couple of different devices and it seems to play just fine for me! or do you mean because I finished the sentence before I said which country was better😆 have you spent a lot of time in Denmark? Any tips on where to explore?
@@JustaBritAbroad Hahah, no, it worked fine, just the fact that you don't admit that Sweden is the better country! ;) Should of made it a bit more clear that I was joking though!
I wouldn't say that I've spent a huge amount of time in Denmark but I do visit every couple of years and can strongly recommend the island of Bornholm, it is wonderful, especially if you like exploring! Fyn is also well worth a visit if you get the chance.
@@lacswe hahaha just thought I should check, because when I first uploaded it, I noticed it wasn't buffering on one of my devices so then when I read your comment I got concerned it was a universal problem... and then I realised maybe in doing so I was falling for the joke!😂
Thanks for the tips wth Fyn and Bornholm! I'll be sure to add them to my list!
I’m preparing for another war with you, brb
In Denmark we have a saying:” Why is Sweden better than Denmark? I don’t know but the Swedish will tell you at every opportunity they get”.
The 40-hour work week in Sweden is very much public sector: for private sector white collar workers it is common for it to be shorter. I have a 37.5-hour week, for example, and I know many others in white collar positions with similar, shorter work weeks. Blue collar jobs I've only done paid by the hour, so I didn't have a fixed number of hours in a week and therefore don't know what is common there for permanent employees.
Another difference is taxation: in Sweden taxation is to a larger extent divided between the employee and employer, while in Denmark more is born by the employee. The salaries are therefore higher in Denmark, but so is the tax rate.
Finally, Denmark is more socially conservative and less open-minded to new impressions.
the narrator claims there are no payed lunch breaks in sweden. Sooooo wrong. We have a lunch break payed for which is normally 1 hour long. Ad a couple of short coffee breaks to that.
I didn't mean to give the impression that lunch breaks in Sweden are never paid, just that its less common. In England for example, like Denmark, most jobs get a paid lunchbreak. Whereas most of my Swedish friends here - and myself included - don't get paid for our lunchbreak, its in addition to our working hours.
Same with fika actually, in some jobs, if you want a fika break you have to take it out of your own time! whereas the impression I get is that the expected working hours in Denmark are lower
On my way to Denmark 2 weeks time
From US , Might be positive bike due to
Geographic landscape, , oh no expensive
Cafes what am I going to do??
Spot on ... speciellt när det gäller Skånska..det är nästan som danska 😂 otherwise they are nice. Hope we can go there som again. 🇸🇪🇩🇰
eller hur?! jag är säkert det måste vara en väldigt fint dialekt men det år så himmla svårt att förstå så jag har ingen chans med danska 😆ahaha! but you're right, the Danes are nice peoplee! I'm really hoping to visit again sometime soon!
Am from skåne and I think my dialect is a mix between Danish and Swedish because we use to be danes. So many words In our dialect are the same or very close to the Danish conterpart 😊🇩🇰
@@dankristiansson367are they Dan? how interesting! do you have some examples of the kinds of words that are the same in Skånska as Danish? so cool! must make it really easy for you to follow and understand Danish then?
For exemple then a swede use the letter t a dane and a skåning would use a d. Like in the word for food. Mat on Swedish and mad on Danish and skånska 😊
@@dankristiansson367 oh really? I really had no idea about that, how cool! its nice that there's similarities between the languages in some way :)
The languages are not so different. It is the pronunciation that makes it hard to understand. And as in swedish, people speak faster than you did in older days. It is also related to english. Many words are very similar but spelt differently.
is that right Marianne? how interesting! I knew Swedish was related to English, but I didn't know it had such a reputation for being faster than Danish to speak, for example!
@@JustaBritAbroad No, not faster than danish but people in genaral tend to speak faster than 50 years ago and that makes you jump over some letters and pull words together.
@@mariannejohansson1361 yeah that's a good point actually, you really notice it in a lot of different languages. Would be quite interesting to know where the trend has developed from to be honest. Like what is it that has resulted in us all getting faster when we talk
Well, they cooperated on Lego Minecraft
Sverige och Danmark har världsrekordet i antal krig mellan två länder.
Är det så Mattias? Det hade jag inte hört! Vad är världsrekordet för något? Nu är jag nyfiken😆
@@JustaBritAbroad Jag tror det är Danmark som förklarat krig emot Sverige flest gånger, med inte så lyckat resultat oftast.
Vi har forgæves forsøgt at lære svensken at opføre sig ordentligt :p
@@Valjean666dk Genom att starta krig?
@@bakatstravarenmattsson3418 Ja.
Er det ikke sådan man gør?
Try comparing Sweden and Skåne.
Christiania (that "no rule area" you mention) is in deep crisis as it is de facto taken over by drug gangs. Christiania might have contributed to someone getting stoned by the drugs bought there, but has never been a contributor to Danish happiness. On the contrary a lot of us have been pissed by them being allowed to just claim the area and be a parasite. But anyway the dream is over now and they are crying for help from the Police and surrounding society. If you look for reasons for happiness it would rather be the Danish combination of mutual trust and being laid-back - plus being quite outspoken, bordering to being rude. Sweden is not totally different, but is a tad more German. I.e. being much more cautious about what you really mean, and focus is always on being very polite - that will say until a sufficient amount of alcohol has been consumed, then they say/do things that even will have a Dane blush. Swedes/Germans usually are quite formal too, and take rules very serious, and as soon as you see a new problem you imediately invent a new rule - and expect that everybody, just like yourself, will start right away to look for loopholes. In Denmark we more take rules as a guideline, but God have mercy on the poor soul that can't behave without reading a rule! Anyway I love my Swedish brothers and sisters - in the end we are far more alike than different, and I find it an independent source of happiness that in these days the Nordic peoples have for the first time in history voluntarily become members of the same alliance - even the right one!
Happy midsummer 🇸🇪🇨🇴
Det samma Raven! did you celebrate?
You're a incorrect regarding Christiania. All Danish laws still apply there. Yes, they do sell cannabis quite openly, but it is still illegal and raids by the police happen from time to time. If anything is really different in Christiania compared to the rest of Copenhagen, it may be the "hippie" lifestyle of the people living and visiting there, but it is by no means a lawless society, as it may sound from your video.
oh right? I was under the impression that there were certain exceptions that were made by the authorities :)
@@JustaBritAbroad Christiania is different from the rest of Copenhagen, for sure, and *usually* the police looks the other way when it comes to cannabis, but it is still as illegal as in the rest of the country and sometimes they do arrest people inside or when leaving the area, if they see or suspect they have cannabis in their possesion. There are no special laws there. They have even set up hidden spy cameras inside to monitor the place. I don't know if it's true, but years ago I heard that the police had rented an apartment overlooking Christiania to film the activity inside. That's maybe why some cannabis selling booths are dressed in some kind of camoflage nets.
Christiania isn't without it's own rules and way of doing things. All hard drugs (cocaine, heroin, psychedelic pills etc) are all unwanted in Christiania and will get you kicked out, perhaps after a few punches by the locals there. And there are rules on who gets to live there and who doesn't, rules on paying a communal tax to keep the area working etc. And the funding thing is partly why Christiania hasn't kicked out the biker-club members selling weed there. Because, despite the heat and trouble they bring, they pay a shit ton of money to keep the place functioning.
@@JustaBritAbroad police used to look away, there was the cannabis trading and hippies, but lately due to violent criminal gangs taking over the trade, the Christianians doesn't want them there anymore, and police look after laws more properly. Also, the hippies once squatted this area, in later years they were offered to privatize the area by buying it from the state, so they did. So it's not the same anymore. The area still has venues, café, even shops and restaurants and it's vibe. But since hippies moved in there around 1970 it's today the most senior residential area. The area is privatized but houses not. You can't buy, sell or inherit property so the old hippiepopulation just got older and older. And now they want a peaceful place rather than gangs shooting each other.
Denmark is better cuz in sweden me and my family of 8 is about to lose their house because of high housing costs
Yeah, don't start running down Pusher Street at Christiania. It sends the message to the dealers that cops are storming the place. And don't film there either as no one wants their criminal acts on camera.
Fun fact: Danish people are actually speaking Swedish. Its just that the Danish are drunk all the time so there is a lot of slurring and gruel in throat. Denmark should belong to Sweden basically. And i am not saying that because i hate Danes. I come from Danish ancestry going back to the 11th century and it only became Swedish in the 17th century when my ancestor and his sons came to Sweden to fight in our proud armies.
Danish is basically speaking Swedish with a mouth full of porridge.
I've heard its like speaking with a potato in your mouth, but porridge is new to me Key😆
Jag förstår både skånska och den danska de pratar i Köpenhamn och Jylland men den danska dialekt de pratar på Ön Fyn nej! lika med Norska ny norsk ja nästan som Svenska men gamnel Norsk nej olik svenskan
Jaså? jag har inte besökt Fyn än så jag vet inte hur dialekten är - vad är det some är skillnaden?
@@JustaBritAbroad En Danska där orden är olik Svenskan ta till exempel ordet Flöde betyder grädde på Svenska.
Ha en trevlig midsommar 😀🇸🇪
Just remember that Skåne really belongs to Denmark ;)
Btw, here's a funny video about the Danish language, it's even funnier for me, a half Dane/Swede with family on both sides. My dad has a hysterical anecdote about trying to find the right car parts at a Danish petrol station.
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haha Skåne certainly has an interesting and mixed history, that's for sure😆thanks for the video link, I'll take a look!
Sounds like a Swede from the north talking about Denmark😆
haha you think so?😅that's the first and only time someone is going to compare me to someone from the north, so I'll take it haha
@@JustaBritAbroad Relatively north. In Skåne people talk about different things about Denmark.
@@aaxxyy oh right? interesting! like what?🤗
@@JustaBritAbroad like work, commute, events, night lives, covid policies (this pandemic time), etc.. Mostly local stuff🙂
@@aaxxyy oh okay, interesting! thanks for sharing!
Sorry, but Swedish people buy booze in Denmark!
Sweden doesn`t actually have Mountains
Mmm rødgrød
Let me tell you why we Danes are so much happier than the Swedes it is because we are not in Sweden XD
Instead of Danish or Swedish People Have to speak in English 😀🇩🇰🇸🇪
Danskarna är ett vettigt folk, men språket är hemskt, värst i norden.
jag kan hålla med att de danskarna jag har träffat har varit jättetrevligt! men som du säger är det otroligt svårt att hänga med någon när de pratar danska😱😆 har du svårt att förstå vad de säger också eller finns problemet bara för utlänningar?
@@JustaBritAbroad Haha, ibland förstår man nåt ord här och där, men oftast hela meningar där man inte fattar nåt. Sen pratar dem ganska fort också, så man ser ut som ett frågetecken.
@@JustaBritAbroad Det är lättare att förstå skriven danska, men när de pratar är det hopplöst haha. Norska däremot har i alla fall jag lättare att förstå :)
@@JustaBritAbroad Som ung fyr (dansk för grabb, killa osv) bodde jag i Danmark. Umgicks bara med Danskar OCH Danskor. Det tog mig några månader att lära och prata hygglig Danska. Efter mindre än ett år blev jag ibland tagen för Dansk.
@@Pia-lm7qi där har jag upplevt också! ibland får jag lite dansk kommentar och de kan ju det mesta men när jag hör språket...😱😱 intressant att det är lättare för dig men norska? Daremot pratar du svenska väldigt bra så kanse det förklarar varför. Pratar du finska som din modersmål då eller finno-svenska (vet inte om man säger så)?
I'm Canadian but got grandparents from both countries. I hate Denmark. I find the people so ignorant. I find the Swedes to be so much better. So much arrogance amongst the Danes
Sounds like you've only been to Copenhagen. People from the rest of Denmark says the exact same thing about ppl from Copenhagen
Bara en Britt, en brud. 🏳️🌈
😆har en bra dag William!
@@JustaBritAbroad haha, hade tråkigt. Tack detsamma! Hoppas du får en glad midsommar!
@@williamavairebelenarci1371 Tack William - du med! Har en utmärkt midsommar :)
Denmark is the nicest part of Germany for sure. I wish they spoke better Swedish though.
hahaha really going in hard with that one Peter😆 as I mentioned in the video, I've not been to Denmark much, but I'd like to explore a bit more!
Help clean up Copenhagen, follow a swede to the ferry