5 things we Love and 5 things we hate about Denmark!
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- We talk about the top 5 things we love about Denmark since moving here and the 5 things we don't like.
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Hedges are great for nature, for birds to shelter in safely when waiting their turn for the feeder for example. As a Brit who has spent a lot of time in DK I think the country and it's people are wonderful, they have a great sense of humour [very similar to the British, often dark], they're very sociable people and I love their beer and food. Denmark, keep on being great!
For any Americans wondering about the recycling center
Imagine a landfill, but without the food waste, without the smell, and everything is sorted into containers so it can be recycled, and the space outside of the containers is just clean pavement/tile
But do remember how much you pay in Taxes here in Denmark...for being in a wonderful world
@@kenboje971 Do remember that, after having to pay for health insurance, college funds and paying off debt and that housing is comparably aprox. 40% cheaper in Denmark; the average dane has on average more liquidity than their American counterpart. (37% of Americans can't pay an unexpected $400 expense)
@@Lorentari I'm not allowed to answer🔥
@@kenboje971... And if you fall over in the street and need an ambulance nobody asks about ypur money, they just get you treated first... Even if you are a tourist and need rescue at sea etc.
And I do not think anybody here is homeless with a fulltime job.
Maybe some people should stop worrying about the taxes...
@@kenboje971 With all of the deductibles in Danish taxes, there are some US states that sometimes end up higher than the danish taxes.
One thing I like about recyckling centres is that, if you smile nicely and live in Jutland, you can find spare parts here. I once broke a glass shelf for my fridge - so I went to the Recycling centre, opened a few fridges and....yes, they had a spare.
And when you live in an apartment building, you hardly ever have to go to the recycling places. The apartment buildings are required to have containers for recycling. For plastic, cardboard, glass, fabrics, metal, paper, batteries, paper, foodwaste, small electronics, “dangerous” waste like paint, etc, etc, etc
I got a parking ticket in December on Ørebakken, the steepest hill in Helsingør. It had been snowing, and even though I had winter tires on, I couldn't drive up to my customer with their computer. So I stopped at the end of their driveway for 10 minutes. DKK 510,- in fines, and now I am fighting with "Parkeringsservice Helsingør" (strange name by the way, because there is no service at all). Now I have sent them a link to your video, and asked them to check 6 minutes and 50 seconds into it, because, as we discussed over the family dinner this evening, your description is so precise on what it is all about; that we in Denmark general believe, that people do not do harmful things on purpose, and that these parking fines is the total opposite off this believe.
Love the recycling too , my daughter was at Copenhagen University for a year and I remember the janitor stressing that everything was separated into different bins boxes etc - it’s taken so so seriously
Your politeness is actually quite cute! 🙂
Regarding the final issue, the messages in E-Boks tends to be alarming for other subjects as well.
I live on disability pension (førtidspension), and I sometimes gets letters in E-Boks that start by saying "Your pension is changing", or "We have reassessed your pension".
This typically just means that they have raised it for inflation, or that they have double checked their calculations, but it is pretty nervewracking every time.
Not to mention the messages always comes late in the evening.
@@tobimobiv1 Do you know you will loose your ,, Folkepension" if you didn`t worked longer then 10 years in denmark ?
I love everything is digital here, soooo much better than were I lived (Netherlands). I can at least take action immediately and I can see my info completely. I do get letters that start with "YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, OR IT"S JAIL TIME!" basically, had to get used to that a bit, but it kinda falls mute as everyone gets that and I doubt it ever is practiced. :) It's an aspect I don't like about any government, because it basically targets those who are super anxious or don't understand much.
One thing I love: You guys!
Such a fun list, and the points were fun to hear. Love ur style and view.
A beautiful way to explain ones relationship with Denmark. "Five things we love, plus beer" :)
I tend to agree with you on the fish thing though, and im sorry to hear you have so much trouble with the immigration system.. It really need a overhaul.
Thanks for you input on our culture. However I personally like looking at hedges more than fences. I calming and love all the small birds that lives in the hedges. It is also nice to have something green during the long time where there is no leafs on the trees
I lived in the US for 25 yrs and I miss shopping and Target so much
Hedges/fences are actually a mandatory thing. They are not needed, but if just one of your neighbors wants a fence or hedge on the border between them and you, you have to cover half the cost.
There are also rules of how high the fence or hedge must be.
So fun hearing your views. Great show. I am Danish living in an other country. Funny how enjoy doing my hedge in my House in DK but yes I don”t miss the 10 buckets for waste❤️
Comments as a Dane:
Hedges - I have seen all the american fences and I find them cold and unpersonal, but I get the thing about maintaining them.
Parking tickets - I know a guy that lives in Odense and never pays for parking, as the fine, when he gets caught is lower that the amount he otherwize had to pay. Therefor a lower ticket will not helpe.
Migration / Work visa - Unfortunately we have a foreign policy that is dictated by a few politicians that have their entire polity build on the fear of strangers.
As a dane I love to hear others view on Denmark and that includes your take on us. Thanks.
Honorable mentions in both categories would for me be Digitization: Almost everything can be done online; car registration, doctors appointments, passports, moving places. This also ties into why i hate it... if you aren't the most IT savvy person you will suffer for it (as a former homeless person I can relate to people living on the streets and there you can easily lose your phone, ID etc and once you do... your down shitscreek).
i got a parking ticket in Oslo Norway at 1.30AM !! whilst parked in a Cul-de-Sac on a Sunday Morning because I parked less than 5M from the junction. Which had no markings to show you. Google translate struggled to translate the wording from the Ticket!
Thank you for the video - it’s always interesting hearing your perspective on things. I think I’ll be more appreciative of recycling centres from now on. Considering complaining is a national pastime among Danish people, I think your list of ‘hates’ were rather mild. And I’m looking forward to the Danish summer as well!
You guys get garden stuff picked up??? Lucky you. We have to bring it to Genbrugsstationen ourselves (Lolland-Falster). That was actually quite a chock to me when I moved here two years ago.
I love how you slag off hedges and being honest about the things you don't like in Denmark. I love Miranda's laughter @9:10 . Good job, and thanks for sharing
6:50 I COMPLETELY agree on this one. A couple of years back I have to pickup a package at a grocery store and I was in there for UNDER 5 minutes. When I got out a "nice man" told me that my parking meter wasn't working (the batteries had depleted) and I looked and said "Oh, thank you" and then he continued to hand a ticket. I was furious.
Ah yes parking wardens a hated species in all the world I suspect.
Parking tickets... don't get me started! It's BIG BUSINESS in Denmark. Copenhagen is a complete nightmare. It's not for the faint of heart.
The hedges is because we love the natural things
Just to let you know: The recycling centres are not free. They are paid for (at least partially) by owners of housing in the municipality you live in. If you rent your housing it is most likely a part of your base rent.
But it is free in the sense that you don't have to pay at the station, to get rid of your stuff.
As a native: I agree on all 10 points, maybe except for not being able to buy everything in the same place. I certainly buy my bread at a bakery, my cheese have to be in a special shop so much better ( and more expensive)
Considering how expensive fish actually is, having at least one day at the workplace cantina, would be a treat.
Also remember, two of the big pillars of Danish industry is farming and fishing. So pork and fish will always permeate Danish cuisine.
You guys need to add some descriptive b-roll, for instance of the recycling centers. It's much easier than trying to describe, what is a foreign concept to some.
The weirdest thing immigrating here (and I'm an EU citizen so that already makes it easier, go figure), was getting my mitID. I was walking through the steps just fine, everyone was super friendly, but I had to get that mitID to actually take care of a lot of stuff. I was required to take along someone who has a mitID as a witness. I was like "huh?", I had all my ID stuff which is enough to identify me anywhere in the world, but nope, I needed a witness. I luckily knew someone who was so kind to join me, but if you don't know anyone, it makes no sense whatsoever. :)
I fully agree on those fish-dishes - I loathe them
I totally agree on your No 1! Being Danish with a Danish adult son who needed to leave this country to be with his Korean wife! Danish immigration rules/laws sucks!
Nice to see leverpostej did not make the list :)
Oh and im a dane, and i dont eat fish at all, so you at not alone there.
Best way to deal with the winter dark is a daylight alarm clock. Getting a dose of daylight to start off the day is a good way to get energy and keep the body on the right schedule.
Why would one prefer a fence to a green hedge which - depending on the hedge - can bloom, changes colors with the season, provides a home to birds and hedgehogs and pleases the eyes? Work?
More common to see trees and shrubbery planted along a yard fence-line in USA. I grew-up in suburban Maryland and there were a couple hundred things planted along the backyard fence-line, from mountain laurels to crape myrtles to hollies and other small trees. As a kid, not having front yard hedges added to neighborliness, made it easier for the mailman, and meant I could often cut four yards across at the same time for pocket money (the fifth yard had a hedged driveway). Why are you hauling away trimmings? Run the lawn mower over them to mulch it and put in a compost pile along with your vegetable peels, eggshells, and such.
The parking ticket thing is part and parcel of the pettiness and jealousies of Janteloven, nothing to be done, Danes are passive-aggressively vindictive like that.
hihi... was that really what you hate, I was just nervous that you would come up with something much worse. But you love Denmark and that's great. Nice that you love the way the Danes, through 100 generations, have shaped the country we call Denmark and the way we live. As for fish, remember that no matter where you are in Denmark, there is only 30 km to the sea, so we eat fish in all possible ways. For many 1000 years it has been what we survived on. and if you have too many cardboard boxes, it's because you shop too much online... ;) spend time in the small shops, and you'll keep the wheels turning there too. And as for January, light sterin candles in the windows, also out in the garden, give the birds outside some food, snuggle under the blankets and enjoy the fact that the hedge won't be cut until 6 months from now ;) Thank you for your always wonderful way of telling about your life here in Denmark, I love that you love it. And I am a faithful follower.
The hedge is better to keep the noice down from your neighbour, that's why, but yes they are a lot of work, you can trim it once a year tho.
And parking tickets, I think we all hate them, but they are to avoid most to park in the way, coz it was a problem, specially in the bigger cities. And the size of the tickets have been smaller, but has increased so many times coz people simply ignored it all the time, so the more expensive it is, the less people have parked where they shouldn't.
It's just sad when people like you or turists come here and doesn't see it and gets a ticket.
Hope it gives a perspective of why it's there 😁
And the recycling stations are good, just remember that they are only for delivery of your old things, not to pick up things from there, coz that's illegal.
Coz you never know the reason why it was thrown out. And the toilets are mostly coz they stopped working and they then needed a new one. 😁
You must visit Sorø on 28 January at 5 - 10 pm and experience a beautiful light festival in the city and park.
it will help you through the last part of the dark season😊
My beloved grandfather grew up in Soro before he immigrated to the US. Please tell me more!
@@triciabyrne7761 search at kyndelmisse Sorø👍
There are lots of places in Denmark that use fences.. usually the solid partition kind more often than the chain link type. we have rattan-style fence that you can't see through between our apartments up near Helsingor.
You don't have supermarkets where you live? I can't remember ever being in a grocery store or supermarket that doesn't sell toiletpapir while other basics.
Toilet paper wasn’t the best example, we for sure have toilet paper at grocery stores. But if I want something a grocery store doesn’t have AND toilet paper I would need to go to more than one place. It doesn’t take long to find yourself needing to go to 3-4 stores where in the us we could go to just one. At times that is charming but occasionally it is frustrating if we are in a rush.
You aren't a true Dane if you haven't cussed EasyPark to hell and back at least a handful of times 😂
Interesting to hear about your loves&hates. I don't understand the one about Small shops? If you need quick shopping - just go to the supermarket. But if you want to know about the goods and the person who sells the goods, the small shop will be able to result in increased quality for your family. Both in terms of the goods, but also in terms of human contact. And in Denmark, this personal meeting is just about to become a scarce commodity. As you may know, we don't even have to physically go to the supermarket to shop. You can have it ordered and delivered via the internet. Like in Everything via the net!
Hindbærsnitter is my favourit as well with 8-10mm icing on it.
As an Englishman who moved to DK 30 years ago, I can understand your point of views. But!….. all your hates will slowly go away after being in the danish culture for a longer period. I moved from London to a little town with no more than a 500 people in it. A big culture shock. But I’ve never regretted a single day of it. Be focused on learning the language, very important. It’s easy to get lazy as an English speaker because most Danes are excellent at speaking English. But don’t be fooled, they will accept and love you even more if you can master the language. Only then, will you really understand the danish way.
By the way, I hate big shopping malls. Used to love them when I was young, but hate them now.
Parking tickets…🤔. Hate them too, it’s just a money making machine. But in the other side, if you park where your supposed to park, then it’s not a problem. Follow the rules, and your be fine👍😂😂. That’s very danish🤷♂️.
Once you get danishey(🤷♂️😂). Your never wanna leave.
Great vid guys.
Ones in Denmark we got a parking ticket 500 DK , called them when back in Florida called . Then told to forget it. So saved $ 100. Yahhhh.🇩🇰🇺🇸🇩🇰🇺🇸❤️
Nice, I suspect in a lot of cases they send the bill to the rental car company who then forwards to you. That has happened to me with speeding tickets at least :). Every time I drive in France!
Also. I feel like you can get almost anything you need in Bilka. But i get it's not the same size as Target or Walmart
I SO MUCH understand your hate of the immigration system!!!!! A lot of Danes do as well.
Sadly, I think it depends who you ask. I'm sure you can find someone who doesn't think it's strict enough.
your right about the things that are bad in denmark, and that is why we love beer and make the best beer in the world
Haha, Nice!
As a Dane, I really love to get your perspectives on living in Denmark 🇩🇰🙂
And.... I totally love hindbærsnitter too🤣
🇩🇰Velkommen 🇩🇰
Danes also hates parking tickets!
I think many People miss the small stores. Many towns are becomming ghosttowns because all the small shops are gone. Instead we now have a Brugsen, an Aldi, netto or something like that. Often over crowded. The small shops often had a bigger sortiment. They were specialists in their fields. Especially in the hollidays like Christmas it was much more cosy to walk from shop to shop and there would be music and All the Windows and streets were decorrated...
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I know you dont want to discuss politics, but I would like your opinion on what positive traits etc. danes in general could learn from the US and americans and vice versa. I would say danes could maybe learn about openness towards strangers (inclusiveness) and being serviceminded...
Some information about your hate object No. 2 Fish. Why is fish a that common dish in Denmark? The reason is that fish was the cheap way of getting meat. Look on the country, a small country with a very long coastal line. This gives a vast opportunity for fishing. There was on top of that a number of large rivers with plenty of fish. The most common fish was herring, and it was possible to store it for a prolonged time if salted. Salted herring was a very large export factor in the medevial time and even later on. This is as well the reason for all these weird servings of herring. Fish was the cheap way of getting protein outside the bigger cities. Salmon that is very common nowadays was in old day a very expensive fish. Nowadays you keep them in big nets, in the ocean. This makes it much less expensive.
If you cannot come to an agreement with your neighbor - hedges are the standard. It is the authorities way of saying - "You both lose!"
Ha-ha, love you guys: 4 minutes about the good things and 10 on the hate stuff 🙂 You need to do a video about KOLONIHAVE - That's a danish summer thing! You're welcome to my place (I'll gladly serve fiskefrikadeller and homemade hindbærsnitter). The invitation is open if we can figure out how to arrange it.
And by the time Americans where building the Civil War warships, "Merrimac" and "Monitor", we in Denmark was building the much more impressive and - design vice, nice looking: Fregat Jutland, which is still to be seen in a "drydock" in Ebeltoft, in Jutland!
And it actually also fought very well against The Austrian/Prussian Fleet, at the "Battle of Helgoland", in 1864, so that several of the A/P ships had to be scrapped after the fight, and at first sought protection in English waters, not to be bullied any more! 😊
Denmark was the first country to have an armoured ship with turrets outside the US. da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panserbatteriet_Rolf_Krake
Haha - we've got cake day at the same day as fish day to sort of balance things out 😄. It Wednesday, by the way.
Try to find help for your hedges in your local area. Maybe through FB. It shouldn't be very expensive.
Parking fines are hated by everybody.
I don't like cold fish.
As long you have a job and only been in "prison" once, I don't think you should worry about visa and all that crap. Remember, we need hands here in DK, very badly indeed. Short-staffed everywhere.
Hahaha ha I love this . The truth served with some humor is always appreciated 😄 (I’m danish)
Hedges are good for biodiversity! And birds! Mostly birds:p
Can you make a detailed video on the recycling centres in Copenhagen and the process to drop stuff there ? Thanks!
OMG lol you really don't get that part of danish culture :D the journey around the "little stores" is a big part of being danish, and we love it, hahaha. you still are very very american - also Denmark is a coastal country were most of us eat what is locally produced - especially fish! YUMM!! And also a reason why we live longer than americans!
Like these videos with listing things. Top 5 etc…
As a Dane I REALLY also like our cake and pastries. Haven’t found any similar good abroad and I’ve tried a lot! And yes - hindbærsnitter are the best. I even baked my own when I lived in Canada for 3 years cause I missed them + quality of baked goods…
Think many of us welcome the long Christmas season cause it’s full of light and events, like the Christmas markets, you guys also did a video on, hanging out with friends and the whole darkness is lit up for 1-2 months before boring January begins…
Hate hedges, would hate to own a house with one, love how green they are when others have them!! Expanding nature :)
Hindbærsnitter for life!
Not a fish guy either. I'll give you that one for free.
Well, your "hate"-list aren't really that bad. I actually did expect a much more harsh list.
But welcome to out little and wonderful piece of the Earth. :)
Hedges...but they're so so much prettier than fences 🤷😄
Parking tickets and the fees are way out of proportion, it has become a major revenue for the city and the companies. There are many stories over the years of unjust tickets, simple because they are on some form of commission, also the hourly price kept going up for years until the government put a lid on it. I hate both the fees and the tickets too!
we as Danes agree 100% with you about the 5 things we hate ourselves😅 and yes why must we be forced to eat fish (I love fish) but no one in a canteen can figure out how to cook fish properly🤮😂
Being safe would probably be my Like #1, Not having to fear getting ill would be my #2, living in a democracy, not in a democrazy, would be my #3, having a reasonable work/life balance would be #4, Having access to information on radio, TV or other - not completely governed by money is also in there somewhere. Byt being happy about Christmas and recycling is.. well also okay I guess...
An American is only safe when they have a loaded gun in their arms.. They are not allowed to have that here, so here it is very unsafe for them ;)
Lol, the state of our healthcare, democracy and public TV is atrocious these days, not much to celebrate there.
I don’t get the hate about small stores? it seems that you would be able to get most things at Kvickly/Føtex/Bilka and only need to visit a pharmacy or a Natas/Normal for very specific items, and on Fyn some
of our grocery stores now have pharmacies in them. Must be the same at Sjælland.
Yeah im from Denmark and i also love christmas its just the holiday. And if you haven't learned the word yet you need to know Hyggeligt if you dont know its kind of really cosy and its my favorite word. But another fact Halloween isnt that huge in Denmark but its because Fastalavn is a kind of danish Halloween. love your videos
Fine! Then we Danes just may leave before the last 5! And as our friends from the east used to say. "Trust is fine, but Control is better!" And the hedges. I formerly lived in a house with a small garden, mostly clay and very hard!! So I dig a hole in the clay and filled it with clippings, compressed it and filled it on top. In a short time it became fine loam soil, intended for gardening, and much more soft than the clay had originally been.
LOL " That's because I got a new one". I'm dual Danish/American I feel so seen 😂 that it's not just me who feels the fear in e-boks
Being a month into living in Norway I feel so many of these things. I can't speak to the parking tickets here (no car yet!). I also can't talk about dealing with UDI (the immigration here) but so far things are good. Also happy to get back into a normal routine to catch up on my TH-cam ;-)
Congrats! I hope things continue to be good with you and the fam!
E-boks letters is the worst. Everytime I get the notification I just want to scream "LEAVE ME ALONE!" regardless of what the letter may contain.
I expected taxes to come up on the hate list.
Personally I gladly pay my taxes because of the services that we all benefit from, here on Denmark 😊
What you benefit? For example if you are sick or without job when you contact your jobcenter / kommune they are treating you like a .💩 😢
SO agree on the parking issue. :-( Sorry about your fish disgust - to each his own. ;-) Re. hedges: love hedges, HATE cropping them so I'm opting for bushes instead. Small shops: I grew up in a village so I love them. :-) Immigration lawa: I'm afraid it's not only the immigration rules and laws that change regularly - a lot of systems and regulations change as soon as something in the government changes (be it a new minister or a new government). It's annoying, but probably unavoidable in a democratic system with so many different parties.
9:44 Interesting one to be on the dislike side. I think it is on my top 5 things I like about Denmark. Im not a fan of the shift towards big stores. The small stores and small local convenience stores are what make me feel like its hyggeligt. I dont want these monopoly conditions in Denmark. These small stores creates great social, cultural and hyggelig value to a small community that exist within a bigger city like Copenhagen. Perhaps just one Danes perspective on the topic. Thx for the video :)
*Edit*
- I totally agree with number one. Sadly over decades, our politicians have made it really hard for immigrants to settle here. And they keep changing it, as you point out. It's a shame :(
To be honest, I prefer cutting a hedge once every year to paiting a fence every 10 years.
If it was only once a year I’d agree, last year we had to cut it 3 times.
I dislike the work too so I hired a guy who comes twice a year to take care of it and remove the off cut. Easy and I can deduct the cost (well some of it) on my taxes
Im danish i hate seafood. I have never worked a place where if you told the canteen you do not eat seafood they would not serve you something else. Talk to the ladies. Tell them i really cant eat fish and if its permenant they will save something for you from another day. Its really not a problem
I agree... and I miss US shops here too... I'm a Dane ;-)
Did I miss one point you hate ??? The danish dark winter days 😂😂
A great thing is if you could go on holidays from December 25 and a month ahead somewhere it’s warm and bright.
Uhhhh I love hedges and absolutely hate fences 😂😂😂 but I guess it’s because I’m used to hedges from childhood.
However I absolutely loves the front garden on American houses. With the small fences ♥️♥️ it looks so sweet but again you won’t get any privacy.
Most places I have worked have had fish day and cake day on the same day. Usually Wednesday.
Good insight on the conflict between ”trust and parking-tickets” - as a no car, not parking-problems-person I haven’t thought about it like that. I think you’re right - and that you + Danes should follow parking-regulations :-D
Hi,
I have to comment on the fish-day ... yes ... it is normal in Denmark at least one day when fish is served (btw, the salmon in cream souse you mentioned - is quite good where I work), one day with the cake as a dessert, one day with chicken and one day with classical Danish food (krebinetter, frikadeller, flæskesteg .... ) - or everything mixed around due to an Italian theme week or so. But generally all in all pretty good - and we have some cold dishes too (smørrebrød - that we can do our selves).
But the bigger the cantina ... well quality and taste disappears - and then you go to the "Flæskesteg" - place 😁
we have cake day on fish day, to keep us going.
though a couple of my colleagues will go for takeout at least once a month on fish day
I thought the 5 things you didn’t like were weak. There are huge stores in Denmark - not sure where you are but hyperstores are there in the country
I would highlight the fact that healthcare and education is free. Accessible for all ♥️
Why don’t you go to Føtex of Bilka?
You mean that week of summer XD Fish is very important part of our culture so it does not surprise me but it sounds like a KBH issue we bring our own food any where I have worked in Jylland
your number five is my number two, we have about 100 meters of hedges and they have to be cut twice a year...... I'm traumatized by just the thought and would like a fence but it's sooooo expensive.
I am a Danish citizen, born and raised in Denmark, and must admit you are right about the aliens agency, my wife is Thai, and the trouble that has been involved. the system and I manage it in DANISH.... and am confused on a high level. fortunately, through my wife, we got a permanent residence permit ten years ago now, but the fact that the rules were changed constantly and with retroactive effect. yes, it was a total stress factor, as a Dane I am embarrassed by the way we meet foreigners in the system, it is simply not fair.
my number one is, I love my Danish nature. for me, the country Denmark is my clear number one. raised by the North Sea a few km away from rubjergknude lighthouse, in lønstrup. and now live by Limford, yes the festivals are cool but the nature in Denmark is cooler. because the country is smaller because everyone knows someone who knows someone who you also know. and that is almost always the case, and it gives a sense of security, a feeling that all of us Danes are related to each other, yes, the feeling that you are at home when you land in Denmark after having been abroad, and you must eventually have that too. now you have lived here for a few years, because my wife clearly says she has it after we have been visiting Thailand for a month or more.
Regarding the parking ticket system, yes, it is something the devil has created in anger. great anger.
from my (limited) experience with company canteens, they don't prepare the dishes like I do at home. Often strange combinations, especially in salads
I asked for specific this video a little while back. Thank you for your opinions and i totally get it :) All the stuff your "hate" Goes for the native danes.
But actually if you have good nabours you can come to an agreement to make a wooden fence, but it can only (like hegdes) be maximum 180cm (5,9-6 feet tall) Mostly people use it more as a thumb rule than being stict about it.
Parking has gone nuts totally agree on that.
Back in the days when i grew up in the early 80s it was very common for danes (in the middelclasses) to have a fish day, a soup day, every week.
I think that us having the smaller shops was to keep a town alive. Many places specially in middle big cities (100k) pop, when they open a mall, the smaller bussiness are closing and struggles.
I was interested what you think from being newcomers on how we handle crime and homeless people? whats your thoughts? ofc from your observance.
Beer is the thing that smooths out a lot of the rest! ;)
I think that the Nordic countries have a lot on the plus side, and that is one of the reasons you stay (and learn to cope with bad things). It's a different way of thinking, a different way of living, and, most certainly, a different way of being taxed.
I fully agree on the stores not being fully equipped with all your needs, and you have to hunt down another specialty store to get that one thing you really need. It was a lot better some 20 years ago, and now it 's a diabolic mess or you just resign and find it on the Internet.
A love/hate relationship. Wow, you guys really hitting the core of danishness. Congratulations, it's the magic ingredient that allows you to be happy yet annoyed enough to press on and be open to change. It also inoculates you against the doctrine of cultural exceptionalism.
Welcome to the "liguster mafia." Living in suburbs, the hedge is kinda the pride of every address, especially from the public side. You will be judged on the hedge. It's been the cause of many private civil wars, there's actually a older movie called "nabokrigen/neighbourwar" it's the Danish equivalent of "the Burbs" just a little older, meaner and the basic knowledge pool for any household in Denmark.
After the hedge comes the flagpoles, if you have a flagpole just 1 inch longer than your neighbours, expect to be scrutinised in perpetuity, the pettiness will inexorably be whispered and it will end in court or the old art of duelling is invoked, suddenly a southern vibe that you definitely know from the television drama north and south (yes the one with Patrick Swayze) will rush over at least one of the combatants.
You would not believe what kind of shenanigans we Danes are prepared to do to undermine our own people in the name of gardening and public order in suburbia.
Regarding the shopping, we do have Bilka in Denmark, thats probably the closest you get to Walmart/Target, theres one in Hillerød, one in Fields and one in Ishøj, whichever is closest to your home
Yeah, problem is driving that far takes as much time as visiting multiple stores. We never lived 10 more than minutes from a Target, so that has been an adjustment.
@@TravelinYoung another good reason for not living in Copenhagen 😆😆
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I totally agree with you on parking tickets, it feels like the PEO is getting payed commission for each ticket they write 😡
If you want to go to a big store that has almost everything, go to Bilka 😃
It's not a small business. It just doesn't make sense for europeans to build a massive building in the middle of a city and drag a highway straight trough it so that people could buy a car, toilet paper, and make a new passport.
Also, you can go to a mall, which will usually have drugstore and a groceries store. More than that, you don't really need and can just be delivered to you in a week or so.
as for the "food" preferences, I will refrain from commenting. But just so you know, fish has a lot of useful vitamins and fats that people, especially living in darkness for 6 months, might need.
Interesting considering IKEA is a European/Scandinavian company - it’s build on the premise that it should be big and should bring people out in cars.
@@TravelinYoung tomatoes and oranges. you don't need to buy furniture 3 times a week. that's why it's outside of the city. You don't go to ikea for errands, and if all shops would be like that, the amount of pollution would make every city unlivable while cars would circle around looking for parking. It's ..anti-human.
but there's a video about Victor Gruen, The Man Who Invented, Then Hated, Shopping Malls, right here on youtube :D
@@assaqwwq we talked about targets which are not at the end of highways (also not malls) but rather located in places your travel past frequently anyway. I’ve also never gone to one 3 times in a week. Americans have different shopping habits.
Funny enough malls in Denmark are always packed with people and have grocery stores in them causing people to go more often.