Denmark - The State of Happiness
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- They are judged the happiest people on earth, with the world’s best energy system, a GDP per capita almost a third higher than Britain, more bikes in daily use than the Netherlands, a swim just 15 mins away from every Copenhagen resident and state-run TV that changed the face of drama with Borgen, the Killing and the Bridge. Yet Denmark is small (with about half the land mass of Scotland's with roughtly the same population). It has less oil/coal/gas to fuel its economy and lost an empire - just like Britain. Yet the Danes have bounced back to become the modern, eco-leaders of Europe. How did they do it?
Music from “Skyklokke” by Henriette Ambæk Flach official web www.gofolk.dk / henriette.flach
Borgen Theme performed by L'Orchestra Cinematique · Halfdan Nielson ℗ 2015 MD - Chapel Music Halfdan E Music Aps Music Publisher: Amplitude Editions Musicales
Samso Drone Footage by Simon Selmer - / @simonselmer1370 - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Denmark is one country which actually pays postgraduate (master's degree) students approx USD$1000 per month as an allowance to continue their higher education.
Even PhD students get stipends to do research. It's like doing a full-time job.
What a fantastic country!
Yes indeed!!!!
shit no....i pay the taxes....i dint care if people got a PHD...i want nurses, polices....we lack all sort of skilled workers
@@user-jz2dz7hw7u You clearly didn't take a higher education.
It’s an investment. Denmarks main business is research and all large sectors are based on having a highly educated workforce.
I'm a New Yorker, and I spent 7 months there in the 1980's. Even when Danmark was having problems, it was still one of the greatest nations I ever experienced. Tak Danmark 😊
That’s good to hear Kenneth
By the way I am Bryna I have been reading your comments I and I love your sense of humor. I really want to know more about you. Can you send me your gmail so I can officially introduce my self to you.
@@BrynaLuciverge he commented just one time? Are you some kind of stalker?🤣
Americans pay very high taxes, just by another name: Health insurance premiums, social security payroll taxes, college tuition, childcare, auto expenses (due to lousy public transit), high cost utilities. If you add this up for a typical American, our true tax rate would likely be 40-55%. The Danish get universal health care, childcare, retirement, free college, great public transit and subsidized heat -- all paid for by their taxes. Will the US learn from this and improve our society? Probably not, because we're so arrogant and think we're "freer" than everyone else. How free are you if you can't afford healthcare or retirement?
You are so right!!
Healthcare in Denmark is shit. If you are sick your doctor will tell you to aet better when in fact you have cancer. And then you wait months and months to get to hospital. And the schools are free but that makes many students less motivated. We need to work until. We are 74. But we are lied to by our government all the time that we have the best of everything and no one questions it.
Just for fun i tried to add every tax together, that the average american pays (with the help of chatgpt, so ofcourse there might be mistakes) what i found was that when you add all those taxes together its not that far from what i a as dane pay (Usa tax 35%) my single tax is 38%.
@@1Atzek Do you have kids? My own calculations for US parents in urban areas (for childcare / daycare, increased medical costs, college costs (amortized over time), driving kids everywhere and supporting a kid's automobile due to lousy public transit) come to a more than 50% effective tax rate.
@@balkangetaway The most common cause for personal bankruptcy in the US is medical debt. In the US, if you go bankrupt, you can end up homeless. Many people don't even go to doctors for fear of the cost. When you're sick or have an accident, the private insurance companies attempt to deny you coverage on technicalities. Are you saying Denmark is worse than all this?
As an American, I always find it so silly that people in the US freak out over Danish tax rates but like...we also pay high taxes, the only difference is that we don't know where it goes and we get only a fraction of the amenities and resources that Denmark provides to its citizens. Just watching this is so depressing because Americans (again, as an American) are conditioned to immediately reject this lifestyle :( we're so unhappy lol
The biggest economy in the world that provides its citizens with nothing. Only propping up perpetual wars, spying on its people, feeding its citizens with GMOs and a whole list of other things
It goes to fund wars everywhere. There are two right now sucking over $100 billion that could be spent improving your society. Sad but true .
Correct.
We don't dress for the ride, we dress for the destination. Bravo girl
Documentary about happy Denmark. Always recorded in the summer :D
and all of denmark looks like Nyhavn
Yeah the 7 weeks of it or so I think haha. Still had to wear a light jacket when I was there in June.
How do you measure happiness 🤦🏽♂️
@@Sky-blueteam you ask people if they have the fundamentals sorted, if they think they have a future, if they think they have safety.. Theres a lot of features that must be present before we can even talk about happiness - theres not one parameter to meassure, its the total of a lot of different factors
Yes, how does one swim and ski in the dark 20-hour winter day?
Every politician in Scotland should be made to watch this. This has to be our future.
Every Politician in America should watch their politician speak describing how they work together in politics for a common good.42:45
I´m 60 now. As a 15 year old I went to an "Efterskole", specializing in Gymnastic´s. And Yes! It was the BEST year of my life.., to this day 😊 ! I screwed up a lot (made some bad choices) and got punished a lot (fair).., but still., never regretted that year of my life, neither would I want to forget it! All Because I learned SO much I could take with me, growing older!
I´m a better person - today - for what I learned back then 👍😊👍 !
Efterskole is definitly one of the best experiences a young person can have. Im so gratefull i had 2 years at efterskole!
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My son is 17 now. He crewed up, completely changing to a bad boy….I am feeling I am a failing parents. Whatever I shows him, he will do the opposite…..
First and foremost thank you for a wonderful program and I have lived in Denmark half of my life and I can confirm everything in this video is true Denmark is a great country and surely is one of the best countries to live in❤️
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@@REBECCA12341 what is your issue ? why are you saying "Suicide not allowed" to so many posts ? 1: its a very distasteful comment 2: it has absolutely nothing to do with what the comment is about
Where do you live now ?? Why you didn't stay there !!....If I knew this, when I was younger, I could had chosen to moved there.
Dane here. The ability to trust each other and the wish to be trustworthy runs deep. Saves a lot of problems. A little help at the right is a lot better than a little help given further down. It might not make all that difference. Danes want everybody to succeed. Not just danes but other countries. That is a win-win situation.
If one wants a piece of "the danish happiness" I think a good place to start would be the kindergartens. Really seeing the child and supporting development of personality and interrelations with the other kids is what those years are for in the kindergarten I think. Alphabet and numers are learned by playing.
Happy, independent kids with good relations will strive to be happy and do well as adults.
PS: Hoejskole and efterskole is not free though it is subsidised.
Do you use Zendium toothpaste? Is this better than US toothpaste? Denmark is listed as best oral health and I saw they have different toothpaste 🤷🏼♀️
Trust is by far the most important factor to a succesful society...in a proper family there is trust. Same thing.
The Nordic countries are more or less the same when it comes to trust.
Cheating or lying is a big NO NO...
I guess in most countries in the World, people are much more egoistic...not a good recepie.
I think trust within a society is one of the hardest things to acquire...Maybe impossible😢
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South African here , I can just see a local politician looking at the Denmark model and thinking , "but where's my grift going to come from ?"
As a dane I would rather use the word CONTENT. It's more precise. And I enjoed your video as it, in many ways, are more telling about our country than a lot of other videos I've seen. Good job, and Skotland will always be welcome to join the nordic countries. Think you will learn more from us than from the british.
yes i would also say that content is more correct than the word happy.
Happy is correct, Content is something else.. Happieness has 2 words in danish. Lykke and glad.. And in this case it´s glad = happy. Content means tilfreds in danish, that´s got nothing to do with happy or glad.. Lykke or lykkelig is the fairytale version of happieness, = rare kind, u have sometimes, but not a daily thing
Britain is run by masochists
@@lailana3325 .. I would use the word glad instead of happy, because happiness is an elusive feeling, while being generally glad about not having to worry too much about most things, is not.
As a fellow dane i'd confirm that.
I'm so envious that Dane have such a harmony society and a excellent government. I hope one day I can see the scenery of Denmark with my own eyes.
Mee too ...
Try getting a high placed corporate job in Denmark, like expats hold in Singapore and New York. Taste of the pudding is in eating.
Dont come to Malmö then, you will realize how much of it is a lie (to sell an agenda 2030).
37% income tax is not high for the value it gives.
The rest are social security contribution, which is also TAX; as it is paid by one for the collective.
Copenhagen/Denmark, and pretty much ALL the Scandinavian ( /Nordic ) nations, really do seem to have successfully got a handle on just how to effectively and suitably go about doing things and achieving meaningful results: in just about every way and sense, they clearly demonstrate what it actually means to *truly* be enviably sophisticated, progressive, modern, contemporary, livable, civilised, well-functioning, *¨developed¨* countries. ~Marvellous video, this 😊❤💖
Trust...it is all based on trust❤
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In Denmark we have only one resource, the workforce. The state cannot afford to have disabled peoble, therefore free healthcare, free education.If you loose your job, you will be trained for another job and you will be paid for that. All your workl-life, you have the possibility to further education. So a well educated and trained workforce is a major factor for succes for the nation.
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Excellent programme, Lesley 🏴👍
Let’s get Scotland independent! 🏴
well none of us will be anywhere near independent as long as we are part of EU , EU is centralization of power, and around 70% of all laws are decided in Brussels, I would however love cooperation between free independent nations on trade, knowledge and peace
So what's so different in the UK with 6 years of independence? Honestly question, im asking as an eastern european living and taxing in the UK for 15 years...@@veronicajensen7690
NO.
@@veronicajensen7690 Ridiculous😂😂😂
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I was there two weeks ago. It's really amazing to watch how nice the surroundings are and how pleasant everyone is. I would love for the opportunity to live there. Coming back again in the Summer next time :)
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@@REBECCA12341 What on earth are you yapping about ?
@@KurtFrederiksen Lately it has been like four months of it.
@@KurtFrederiksen You're obviosly living in southwest Jylland ... Copenhagen got 3 days of rain in the entirety of June, and the most sun since 1920.
This is an excellent documentary! Thank you, it captures Denmark perfectly.
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Being a Dane and watching this is like studying an outdated text book on a subject you really know. You smile at how simplistic everything is described. Lots of things are recognizable and somewhat correct, but described bluntly without nuance and in its ideal state. Denmark is not this ideal little pradise. We have a lot of huge challenges; our old citizens dont get the care they have paid their taxes a whole life to get because there are too many old, too little money and too few care workers. Many of our young have serious mental issues stemning from abuse of and on social media. Our education system is in shambles from top to bottom. To say nothing of the problems all other countries in the West also struggle with; immigration, environmental issues, city gentrification, achieving energy supply stability, etc. On top of it all we have run out of good people who wants to run for political office and are only able to recruit poor leaders with limited intellects. The best candidates prefer the quiet, well paid life in the private sector away from the prying eyes of the ever present tabloid media. No, Denmark is not as straightforward idyllic as portrayed here. Nothing rarely is. On a few days during summer it is pretty cool, though….
Whilst you're quite correct, all of the above-mentioned is also true of the UK and quite a bit worse than here. Yes, it's idealised, but we're still better off than the country she's comparing us to.
The SNP love to cherry pick anything that seems to work in other countries, particularly Scandinavian countries. They have reduced Scotland to a what is akin to a third national country..drug deaths, nhs, education, ship building… the list is endless…their only “success” is handing out baby boxes for new babies..thankfully the Scottish people are waking up to the debacle the SNP have created and hopefully the situation will change soon..
As a Scot I would instinctively agree with you. Very well put.
PS A pity it is such a badly made film with that loud, tacky music obscuring much of the dialogue
Do you use Zendium toothpaste? Is this better than US toothpaste? Denmark is listed as best oral health and I saw they have different toothpaste 🤷🏼♀️
@@user-fi3fj8dn5s Nice try mr Zendium bot. Really weird marketing strategy btw. Not a fan.
Whatever model you choose - we hope you remember that you will be happily and warmly welcome into the family of the Nordic countries ❤
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Denmark looks like if The Netherlands had a scandinavian child. Greetings from NL.
Denmark is waaay older than the NL
@@LasseStaldMadsen Yeah i wasnt serious, it just reminded me of NL.
Both are equally racist. Albeit NL is worse. I would favour a rich racist DK over a poor racist NL
We are racist with a good reason
@@gieljanstouten Every racist thinks their racism to be legitimate. Your reason is that you, as Nordic Caucasian, is a superior breed of humanity: exactly what Nazis believed in.
I am from Myanmar and wow, they have more than everything we can only dream of. Rich, beautiful, clean and safe.
You are perhaps gilding the lily just a little bit,but as an expat Brit who left his depressed town in northeast England in 1969 to live in Denmark,I can only say that Denmark is absolutely the best place in the world to live.
Very insightful documentary on Denmark! Thank you.
if the population is below 10m and a somewhat homogenous there's seeming more content and solidarity within a country
As an American, I really enjoyed seeing how a country I know very little about functions. This was fun to watch and very eye-opening.
The little boy keeps getting hit.
I started watching the videos. Of Elise Burch and have enjoyed her sharing Denmark with us.
I have always loved The Danes.The Sweeds. The Scottish.
Those countries.
In Denmark we have seen an increasing government budget surplus. It went from a small $613 million budget deficit in 2020 (because of the covid-19 crisis) to a surprising $8.4 billion surplus in 2021 and a just as surprising $18.4 billion surplus in 2022. The full 2023 figures have not yet been released, but is shows a $9.9 billion budget surplus in the first 3 out of 4 quarters of 2023, despite a huge increase in military spending's and billions worth of military aid for Ukraine.
Novo Nordisk Wegovy money is filling the coffers in the new budget. :D
@@MacDaddy8200 .. Well, higher wages in general also = more taxes for the government, not least including a 25% Vat sales tax on everything. So when Corona and Russia made the prices go up, it automatically generated more money from taxes.
But you are kind of right, because Denmark's biggest export is biotechnology and pharmaceuticals (from Novo, Lundbeck, LEO Pharma, Orifarm, ALK-Abello, Bavarian Nordic, William Cook and so forth) , in 2nd place is food that now has become more expensive everywhere, not to forget that the worlds 2nd largest container shipping company Maersk made their largest profit ever last year, and LEGO is always doing great no matter how expensive it is.
The Corona virus did not change this at all, because when people were told to stay at home, then pharmaceuticals and LEGO is what would spring to mind, as some kind of comfort and enjoyment.
@@agffans5725 he is not kind of right, if it weren't for Novo Nordisk the Economy in Denmark would not be great, it would be like EU in general down the tube due to sanctions on Russia and somebody decided to blow up Nordstream , so now EU have to buy expensive energy from USA and most of what they still buy from Russia (and that is a lot)is through other countries who also earn on the transit so EU countries can hide they still buy from Russia-stupidity at it's worst
@@veronicajensen7690 .. Novo Nordisk may be a huge company but they "only" paid a bit more than $1.2 billion in taxes in 2023, so even if they did not exist, there would still be a huge budget surplus, as written above.
Btw, Denmark do no longer need to buy any gas (or oil), because the Tyra gas field has now been renovated and is finally up and running as of this year. Not only will it cover all of Denmark's use of gas, but also make room for export of more gas through the Norwegian + Danish gas pipeline to Germany and Poland.
@@veronicajensen7690 .. As for Russia, it's not so much about the present sanctions, but that their gas is now being totally out-phased in Europe and also replaced with other sources of renewable energy, and not only for the time being, so even when the war in Ukraine come to an end, so will the Russia export of gas to Europe, and this export is lost for good and will never return, because Europe have lost every kind of trust and credibility they may have had in Russia in the past.
So no more future import or export deals and no foreign investments in Russia, after they have confiscated foreign investments and companies.
Am seeing your video here in Nairobi,Kenya the few visits to Denmark,Copenhagen and Arthus cities I enjoyed the descipline by road user and very kind Danes and cleanliness in Copeñhagen
Amazing documentary!
I found that the roots of my family tree began here more than anywhere they have extracted DNA from thousands of years old cemeteries. Its thrilling to know where my story began thousands of years ago!!
Thank you for this very informative video. I learned a lot and enjoyed it.
Love love love this!!!! Brilliant watch 👏🏴
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Share this with all your American friends and family!
Share this with all your American friends and family!
Such an informative channel. I'm new her and I already love your content. Niice. Keep up the spirit.
I love these videos of how Scotland an be inspired by her northern neighbours!
I really enjoyed watching this program and it gave me a great urge to hopefully visit Denmark this year!
I really also thoroughly enjoyed the first three films about the Faroes, Norway and Iceland.
Maybe next country will be the Isle of Man? Not too far away!
Love this video it contains so many relaxing footage and useful perspective
Think that starting school at 6yrs old with kindergarten beforehand is a great idea. Puts less stress on the child.
They are lucky for their happy land. I used to travelled there for many times (supported me by Danish family) , Jylland, the north as well as in Copenhagen. i would like to come back again.
Ville ønske at man kunne fjerne eller sænke lyden på musikken. Jeg har svært ved at forstå det hele i den larm.
Du kan slå undertekster til.
Hello sanne
To ride without a helmet here in Copenhagen is insanely stupid! Things go wrong really fast and there are many tragedies. The biggest cause of accidents is from other cyclists. Especially tourists on electric bikes who have not a clue to the written and unwritten rules.
Statistics, please!
Jeg kører i lastbil hver dag. Min psyke bliver påvirket af cyklister der ikke overholder regler og maser sig frem ved lyskryds, hvor der ikke er plads for eks.
De kan hurtig være i den blinde vinkel, fordi de ikke har tålmodighed. De gør utilsigtede ting og sætter os andre på en stor prøve indimellem.
En cykelhjelm er pis' ligegyldig når du ligger kvast under 12 ton.
Mange turister holder ikke til højre på stien. Flere kører på modsatte sti i samme retning, men det gør danskere også. Turister kører i nogle tilfælde uhensigtsmæssigt. De lokale kører vanvittigt.
Specielt i Kbh er det slemt. De lever med livet som indsats hver dag. Fordi man har forkørselsret, betyder det ikke man kan cykle som det passer en.
Jeg vil ikke leve med et liv på samvittigheden, fordi de selv er skyldige i MIN "forseelse".
I have never seen a tourist cause a serious bike accident - and I've been living in Copenhagen for nearly sixty years.
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Very informative and quality documentary. This is true journalism! Greetings from Indonesia! :)
Amazing doc and insight.
What a great documentary movie. Well done
I just love the buildings and their colours.
As a Dane, I would use the word glad instead of happy, because happiness is an elusive feeling, while being generally glad about not having to worry too much about most things, is not.
Btw, the word 'glad' has the exact same meaning in Danish as in English, so it's a word we share.
@@agffans5725 Engelsk har mange ord de har fra os pga vikinger ;)
Do you use Zendium toothpaste? Is this better than US toothpaste? Denmark is listed as best oral health and I saw they have different toothpaste 🤷🏼♀️
Or maybe content is more the word. As you suggest, happiness is not a perpetual state of being and I can tell you in January and Februar er jeg ikke så glad. 😄
@@agffans5725 Thanks for the Clarification. I Agree that happiness is Not Perpetual.
I love Denmark I been visiting that country since 2011 and this year and I love the people the culture and theirs characters…I wish I can live and work to the home care in Denmark.
This was a really great video, very informative. Can we expect more videos like this about different Scandinavian countries?
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Good job. I really enjoyed watching that.
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@@REBECCA12341 What?
It's a great documentary. I have acquired knowledge from it and your presentation is very good.
Well done! Thank you!
Wow, I feel so inspired.
efterskole is very underrated, you get grown up quickly and can easily feel you've got an advantage to peers who didn't go.
It depends on who you are really. I have friends who have flopped in life because of efterskole.
@@be8w Probably not because of going to Efterskole, they would probably have flopped either way, saying it's because of going to a specific school is a pretty harsh accusation
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They are blessed.
Peace with respectable neighbours. Rich. Lots of land. No need to fight.
It starts with strong leadership. You step out of line you'll be dealt with. In America we have too many foolish laws....everyone feels they are entitled, legal system is biased & literally in a mess. As a result, our values are in decline
If Denmark is so desirable, why is it not a hotspot for skilled migrants from leading universities across the globe, like New york, London, Singapore, even Zurich are?
@@val-schaeffer1117 it is a place that is very desirable, thats why its listed as one of the best places to live. If you have a child, that is raised without any manners, nor to have respect or given that sense of entitlement, guess what eventually happens to that society as a whole? Unskilled and indiscipline amongst its labour force. Denmark doesn't have that problem. As a matter of fact, like other disciplined highly skilled countries like Holland, China or Singapore, they provide skilled labour to places lacking....
@@forward_ever_ever2595 Then why are there ZILCH skilled migrants in this honeypot Denmark? You are ONLY as good as you are DIVERSE.
You sound like somebody that has never been to Danmark before or somebody that has never been out of it. Which of the two is correct?
Yes, surely cause I have been there several times.. So I am still happy in COPENHAGEN.
During 25 until 27 May we (My thai freinds from Bangkok & I) have felt good in COPENHAGEN along ISLAND BYGGE Pier welking to City. Thank you for the video clip
Best Wishes from STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN 💕✌🎁♥
Very interesting, watching from Kingston Jamaica 🇯🇲 👍
Excellent 👌 worldwide people should stand up for happiness and change for the better. We can all learn a lot about this video.
Golden ticket to immigrate educated people refugees to Denmark!
I am a 51 year old Dane ,and went on efterskole for 3 1/2 year ,and to be honest it was the best years in my life .and i learnt ,soo much more from it in personality snd alot of other stuff
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Interesting. But consider putting the music volume down and speech up. It’s way, way too loud.
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As a Dane, I'd very much welcome Scotland in the Nordic cooperation. We're nearby, we're similarly sized and hold similar values(Not to mention, quite some genetic and linguistics overlap). Join our family! There's plenty sibling rivalry, but we've got each other's backs - always.
I really enjoyed this. I now understand how we are so connected to the Nordic people in every way. Thank you for such a uplifting and informative program 🏴🇦🇺👌
NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN SCOTLAND SHALL ALWAYS REMAIN IN THE UNION 🏴🇬🇧
Do you use Zendium toothpaste? Is this better than US toothpaste? Denmark is listed as best oral health and I saw they have different toothpaste 🤷🏼♀️
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Thank you very much for sharing such extraordinary information about Denmark but what I have found intriguing is about the amount of population cycling which is another amazing way of reducing pollution
Thank uou for a nice film. Not everything might be quite as rosary, but it is not the worst place to live and thrive. As a Dane and a Nordic citizen I would love Scotland to become a part of the Nordic cooperation, the Nordic Council and such. We do have so much on common. Also mentally, culturally. But I understand you have some distance to go before this can be realized.
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40% is high taxes.
In the States, I pay 33% & don't get crap back for it. But at least a handful of billionaires, the auto industry, and military contractors are happy.
Enjoyed seeing this with a crowd at the Cameo. I find it poignant as it might have been a society I could have participated in had my Dad taken up dual nationality after WW11, his mother was Danish. Keep up the good work on showing us the possible.
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@@42apprentice Have you visited the country?
Fascinating. Especially for a progressive liberal American; nice to know there are other cultures out there. We are still a puritan and capitalist society; a dog eat dog world, sadly. And the extreme opposites are becoming worse and worse. I like the many party system that forces everyone to cooperate.
@patriciacashman5553 Hello
Yes, Definitely! Especially the Dog eat dog System.
First of all; I simply love Scotland, not in the way our Vikings did, but with a bit of shame liking that many of your sayings are still a reminder of our “visit”. As a now pensioned wine & spirits manager for 48 years, I’m also deeply in love with your whisky - even if I was almost expelled from Islay driving around the island by Jim the famous master blender at Bowmore. After counting several thousands of sheeps pissing and seeing the muddy water in the small rivers, I dared to ask him, if they did’nt consider to slaughter them to preserve the islands famous 7 or 8 distilleries. Jim almost drove me down to ferry, when I said that. In retrospect, the sheeps pissing might be the secret behind Scottish whisky🤪
I was very pleased and proud of your review of 🇩🇰, which made me think that I should be more humble about all the things I take as granted living in paradise. I sincerely hope that some scottish politicians will get some inspiration from watching your experiences in Denmark😎
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I’m immensely disappointed that they didn’t discuss the most important distinguishing feature in Danish society and economy: Worker Unions.
Lots of countries have welfare programs, good education, and functional politics, BUT only Denmark and Iceland have a Share of employees who are members of a trade union higher than 2/3 (66%).
This is, in my opinion, the only reason for our prosperity and all other positive effects lead directly or indirectly back to our high Unionization.
I suppose there's only so much to include in a short film on TH-cam. I bet they discussed whether or not to Include the trade unions.
She probably knows about the trade unions strengths in Denmark.
Lesley has worked with many people regarding Scandinavian culture. I believe she has various academic qualifications regarding Scandinavian culture.
She made films about Iceland Norway and the faro islands also, check them out.
Absolutely the Unions in the USA are constantly under attack from corporations putting shareholder profits of the rich over the well-being of their workers.
Great documentary, thank you for the work you have put in. It’s wonderful and sad for me to watch. In Slovakia ( and most of Europe) the system is very similar, but the results aren’t there. That’s mainly because the missing cooperation and common goals. The society is way more divided in value streams, which blocks any progress. It’s quite saddening to me, as I find the culture and society harder to change then laws and system. It gives me a bit of pessimistic outlook on the future of the country I live in. But I also see a positive example in the Island way of doing things, slowly transforming society by looking for improvements they would feel directly, over time getting the buy in for the bright future.
amazing video
It's well thought city , futuristic, you guys are looking very young and beautiful ❤️
Great and interesting information thank you
Thanks Lesley. 👍👍😊😊
Should we change the word 'taxes' to 'costs' ?
As mentioned below the US has high costs in health insurance, university costs, etc, it's just taxes by the backdoor, but without the benefits of collective systems.
Nice video ❤
The change of framing at 1:56 💗
I loved this program you have made, i learnd a lot
Excellent fiilm. (as per all the other 'Nation' films Lesley has made) As per the 'World Happiness Reports' (see their website), which are extensively researched every year, Denmark and Finland have now been the 'happiest and fairest' countries in the whole world for the last 3 years in a row (and before that , were always hovering around the top 5 countires for over a decade) Both nations have the same size of population than Scotland, yet both don't have as much resources than Scotland does.
The main difference is, under UK / Brit Nat rule, Scotland has all it's resources, wealth and tax taken away from us and then 'filtered' through the 'UK Treasury' and UK Government, who then hand us back some 'breadcrumbs' every year and then tell us to 'get on with it, and stop moaning about a lack of democracy'
And all this happens in Scotland on top of the fact we can't even choose the governments we want or need. As an example, Scotland hasn't voted for a Tory government since 1955 (yes that's 69 years ago) yet we get Tory governments forced upon us time after time. And now the Labour party has become that 'right wing' it now looks like how the Tory party looked when the 'right wing' voters in England voted them into power in 2010.
The Tories are now that 'right wing' they resemble UKIP, All in all Scotland can cure all this injustice , and it will be done by Scotland becoming fully independent so the people of Scotland get to choose what ever political parties and policies we both want and need.
And yes, the way most people think about life in Scotland is very similar to our Nordic neiaghbours. Most believe in 'egalitarianism' and understand how much better it worlks.
As human beings in general, we are by Mother Nature's design , beings of 'community' . This is the environment we all work best in (and it's a hugely important environment for children to grwo up in , and thus become responsible adults with a strong sence of comminity and of nature itself too.
We look forward to becoming independent very soon , and we'll happily take up that open invite by our Nordic neighbours to join the Nordic Council and work alongside them all.
These reports are just nonsense and don't measure actual happiness at all.
"Denmark stands among the top countries with most antidepressant users, with around 9% of the population prescribed these medications in 2021."
@@cyberfunk3793 Yeah, that's because we have free healthcare. Imagine the ten lower countries, if they were to give antidepressants to their population.
@@carstenhansen5757 Free healthcare exists in practically every other EU country as well, that don't have as many people diagnosed with depression per capita.
@@cyberfunk3793 That's not true. If you do not have a job, you're in trouble in some EU countries.
@@cyberfunk3793 you must have been so happy when you found that little piece of negativity, well done and I hope you are now as happy as a Dane.
very well made documentary
Very nice.
Inspiring!
Dog not allowed ect
I would love to visit Denmark.
Stop that background music, I can't understand people talk.
Suicide not allowed
@@REBECCA12341are those just voices in your head? Do you need hearing aids? Everything sounded crystal clear.
Dont exchange happiness with satisfaction. Or just basic satisfaction.
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Awesome documentary!! Yes, hope to see Scotland back in EU too!
We love you back ❤,,,, best regards from 🇩🇰
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To me its not a problem ,,,,,🎉
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@@mikkeljacobsen6846 drugs alcohol pork not allowed
@@REBECCA12341 drink and eat all you want ,,,, its your body /your responsibility
Beautiful country wonderful people.
If Denmark is so desirable, why is it not a hotspot for skilled migrants from leading universities across the globe, like New york, London, Singapore, even Zurich are?
@@val-schaeffer1117 I don't know. I was in the US military when I visited it in the early 1980s
Quality content mam,,,,,,love from india❤😊
That cute boy at timestamp 14:57 kinda hurt himself. I hope he is fine. Loved this video
I noticed that he didn’t get all hysterical or that no one ran over to cottle him.
No skyscrapers, no luxury brands, no ostensity, and no ostentatious = Happiness
This excellent documentary highlights the failure of hyper capitalism and lack of a collective consciousness. If the UK, US, Canada and New Zealand were less individualistic (ie obsessed with personal wealth) they too could have a more democratic society which gives everyone, young and old, rich or poor, a better fairer quality of life.
There are two types of people that think Denmark is the best- those that never been there - and those that never been out of it to know any different.
Thank you Sue for this great video. I think the problem is because everything in America sques towards youth who just say-- give me the latest.
IT things finally began to sque towards older women , ie even 40 & up , we would finally get elegance in women's fashion once again😊 Thx
Oops. My phone messed up. The above comment refers to SueMe podcast😊
CAN WE GET MORE VIDEOS ABOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. AS WELL AS SWEDEN AND SWITZERLAND. WALES. SCOTTLAND. THE NEVERLANDS.
ETC.
It's real simple. Leave the Low tier democracy of the UK and focus on getting the highest representative democracy in the world and the world is your oyster.
Best from Denmark.
Excellent program. I lived in Denmark for 3 years in the 1980’s.
Still remember their wonderful sense of humour, I guess the only downside was the language.
Ken, if only they spoke Gaelic eh!
Well we did try and influence you with the angles first and the danelaw second, but it seemed you were more keen on the 3 (dane-gene) invasion from Normandy. So we have tried on the language part but it didn't stick.😉
Well if you speak scots(not gaelic or scotis english) it's half danish
@@MichaelKaa-dx2hj naw it isnae
did you try to learn Danish?
Really enjoyed looking at Danish life. C'mon Scotland, get the keys to your own front door for once and for all. Ditch Wastemonster.
Then you have to grow some balls and have an indy-ref2, and then say goodbye to the wankers in London
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The intro (fiddle) music should be pleasantly in the background, not so loud that you cannot hear what people are saying.
I left depressed after living there for two months
Too soon, too soon.
@@kimsrensen3628 Okay. If you spent the same amount of time in the Philippines, you would have gained heaps of friends already
The vegetable store is very easy for buyer.❤❤
What an advanced society. Well done Denmark.
Like the idea for 15 to 16yr olds, to help them find their way in life. Could have done with that when I was that age. Instead of a careers teacher asking me what I wanted to do, I had no idea at that age
Inspiring, and it obviously works at different stages of young people's development. A lot to think about. And regarding the working years, Marx said his theory wouldn't work , and pure socialism has its flaws too. But Denmark is doing something right with its industries and income and it seems its people have an invested interest in their country's ongoing wellbeing, their environment and their fellows.
The elementary school teacher pays 37% tax PLUS 8% tax - which she forgets to mention :)
This began so long ago. The politicians, the kindergarten teacher, the "efterskole" supervisor, etc, THEY are why this is happening. The seeds were sown in the 60ies and 70ies. Sometimes revolutions DO pay.
When they stay non violent. Though our leaders weren't that bad historically.
@@dragon723.Suicide not allowed
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Tribe of Dan is living it up