Visit Denmark - 10 Things That Will SHOCK You About Denmark
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- Thinking of visiting Denmark? Heading to Copenhagen on vacation? Well here we go through ten things that might leave a traveler a little perplexed, befuddled or straight up shocked when then visit Denmark.
Filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark
Copyright Mark Wolters 2015
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The thing that as a Dane shocked me the most about this video is that you can actually get a credit card WITHOUT a PIN. I've never heard of that before...
As a Norwegian, I've never head about that either
Same. I mean what if if someone steals their card? Wouldn't they be able to just use it, forge the signature, and get away with it?
most of Europe have the same standards and systems, I've lived in quite a different places and never come across any country that don't use pin in EU.
It has been here for a while now - like all of 2016 atleast. The catch is, that if you buy more than a few hundred DKK you'll be asked for your pin number anyway.
Yeah, I was pretty shocked about that as well. ;)
I'm from a town in England and used to be in the local youth theatre which went on an exchange trip to Denmark. We went to Svendborg to live with the members of their local drama group. We got to live 'danishly' for 10 days.
I cannot begin to tell you how amazing, wonderful and life changing it was. The contrast between how they live their lives and how we do, is so different! It's as though we had gone to a different planet.
I don't notice the atmosphere that surrounds us in England, but in Denmark, you could cut the feeling of love, happiness and contentment with a knife. I can safely say I experienced a bit of heaven on earth.
Denmark Jeg elsker dig!
You were with hospitable people. That makes a difference everywhere!
Elsker også dig, og tak for at du besøgte danmark🇩🇰🇩🇰😂
Erm... I went to Denmark for a month last year and everyone was so friendly! I have never experienced so many friendly people anywhere on earth (and I've traveled a lot). I had old ladies chatting to me on my entire train journey to and from Slagelse and Roskilde (I was staying in Copenhagen but traveled all over Zealand). I also never saw anyone leaving babies unattended.
ik right! he is wrong and i know that cuz im dane!
That's different. If you're a foreigner. Especially from America then the usual rules of not talking to strangers don't apply. We will happily help you if you ask. But other Danes wouldn't just talk to random strangers.
We do leave babies outside, but never unattended 🙂
@@denmark23 Welll in the sense that we can sit inside in a resturant or cafe while they sleep we do. I did with my kids.
i thought danes are cold and will be snobbish, and as an introvert, i thought it was great. but then when i went for a hike, people were greeting me 😅😅
My grandmother came from Denmark, she died last year when I was away in the military. I would really like to visit Denmark some day.
Winter xx do it its really good out here and fun just do it when its summer
Don't do it, Denmark is like Venezueia. We are really suffering from communism. Acording to Fox News and the right-wing republicans
Overall, this sounds like a good country for me: no need to make eye contact, no need for needless conversation, peace and quiet, outdoorsmanship, bicycles, and no fundamental need to be "interested" in other people on a social level.
Why is this appealing? Because I have Asperger's. your description makes it sound like the whole country has it: fine by me!
Nick Hentschel
Compared to most others, it can seem like a country(all of Scandinavia really, afaik) full of introverted people.
But that entirely changes once they get to know people, and especially when alcohol gets involved.
Most Danes hold their alcohol well, and few become unpleasant when they're drunk, in my experience.
Valjean666dk Sounds perfect. I'm beyond just being introverted, you see: i have Asperger's, and this vid makes it sound like my symptoms are a way of life in Denmark!
This country sounds positively therapeutic for me.
People generally are very respectful of others personal space. Some foreigners mistake it as hostility. But Danes are mostly very friendly, when you get to know them.
If someone invades your personal space, it is most likely someone asking for charity, or pushing religion.
Valjean666dk "If someone invades your personal space, it is most likely someone asking for charity, or pushing religion."
In either case, I can ignore them even harder, with a clear conscience!
I Can say it is a good place to live, i come from Denmark
I'm lucky that i live, was born, and grew up in Denmark, man, i love this place
+Lucas Pirvu Is Denmark getting any of the immigrants ?
+Liger-craft også jeg
+mwillblade Oh yes we do, we even welcome them and give them money to start a new life in Denmark
+Lucas Pirvu sameeeeee:)
+mwillblade At the time we are getting a lot of immigrants from Syria. Remember, Denmark is a very small country :)
I have been living in Denmark over half of my life and I love it. For me, Denmark is the paradise god has promised in the holy books.
Thank you for the kind words. We don't consider it that big a deal really. But then again. We aren't religious here so. But yes. Which is why we wish for Americans to enjoy the same benefits we have
@@kriss3d there are many Americans who are absolutely convinced that you are a socialist country. Also, even though Denmark is not a religious country, are there churches? Are there church-goers? Is there religious freedom?
@@ElizaDolittle Yes we have churches ( over 2000 ), some was made in the 1100's and some are very new. Mostly old people are church-goers. It's a free country, so you can pick any religion you like, or you can pick non of them.
Ehm. The Protestant Church is officially even the State Religion of Denmark.
@@p.nguyen8136 The Evangelical-Lutheran Church. The only people who are mandatory members are the Royal family.
Denmark has everything I love about a country. It is so safe, and quiet. I love it ❤️❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰
Most Danes are not rude, and if I'm walking past a person, I will smile at them. Yet some of the Danes might not do this, as we're all pretty awkward😂
jeg har lagt meget mærke til at de, i de små byer, om det er i sønderjylland eller på sjælland, er vildt morgenvenlige og hvis man låser øjne vil de 99/100 hilse
Det er så rigtigt😭
It's so fucking awkward when people don't smile back xD (også dansker)
jeg er også dansk og der er næsten ik noget af det han siger der passer ps man smiler da til søde piger de smiler altid tilbage til mig ivertfald😂
Jeg ved ikke... Når jeg går forbi nogen her på min gade smiler jeg og folk smiler tilbage! Det føles godt :D
the "rudeness", "impoliteness" and bikes is Copenhagen. If you go basicly anywhere else than Copenhagen will it be diffrent. I have been in Copenhagen and I notice the same things as you, but almost anywhere else, are their not at all as many bikes and a lot more kindness. Dont call a hole country impolite for how they are in one city. I live on the other site of Denmark and it is totaly diffrent here👍
yeah it's a lot different in Copenhagen than the rest of Denmark...
it's pretty much the same thing here in Philadelphia we known for being hated and unfriendly thats not true we are passionate
"Don't call a hole in the country impolite" - Incredible how you managed to both bash the impolite people, and behave very impolitely in the same sentence :P
+Jan Frederiksen Sorry, maybe I am wrong there cause I am Danish (funnely enough😂), but I see many amrican/english speaking people write like that. I guess I should have Said "please dont Call a whole country impolite"?✌🏼
copenhagen is sorta the "new york" of Denmark though that much is true
tavshed er en god ting..
hvid dreng 788 ja præcis
hvid dreng 788 ja hr
Han tror han ved alt om Danmark
Jeg synes ikke han siger dårlige ting, der er næsten kun gode.
hello silence my old friend
i've come to talk to you again
As a danish person it shocks me that you dosn't have a pin for your credit/debit cards xD
BjarkeKT stop cringe
BjarkeKT i am form danmark
That's only Americans, they are so behind, they still leave a signature in some places. So 1980s.
@@neilbarnett3046 Signatures are nice what's your problem...
It shocks me too and im italian, i mean a thief could buy everything with your card lol
I would say that we are really really REALLY polite! We do say: "please" etc.
We have good service in the restaurant, maybe you went to the wrong ones? And we do talk on the streets with our friends, just not with strangers.
Fine Aagaard Zethsen På en måde tror jeg at vi er vant til den, lettere, dårlige service ;)
Fine Aagaard Zethsen
Generelt er den service, man får i Danmark væsentligt lavere end mange andre steder. Jeg tror, det bunder i, at de fleste får fuld løn for at betjene folk, modsat USA, hvor meget af deres løn består af drikkepenge. Sekundært tror jeg, at vi i Danmark ikke har den store tradition for service(folk går ikke så meget op i det), og folk ligesom er blevet vant til det.
Til gengæld er jeg enig med dig i, at vi som udgangspunkt er flinke. Jeg vil dog sige, at der er findes folk, som også er ligeså direkte, som han nævner i det i filmen oven for. :)
Lucas Elkjær Ja selvfølgelig er der nogen, der ikke er så flinke, men generelt er vi.
Selvfølgelig har tjenerne nogle dårlige dage eller noget andet, der gør, at de ikke lige har den store lyst til at være på og friske. Hvis jeg får dårlig service, så siger jeg det, selvfølgelig på en pæn måde, og mere indirekte. :-) Men alt i alt synes jeg, at servicen er god (y)
Fine Aagaard Zethsen Nok det han kommer ind på med at vi er mere direkte. For at være helt ærlig vil jeg hellere have en tjener der kommer direkte til sagen end en der begynder og spørge ind til alt muligt.
***** We are actually very independently and creatively thinking people, we just follow the law because we are respectful and don't want anarchy - things would go mad in our society if everyone just started doing whatever they wanted without thinking about anyone else because they don't like some of the rules...
Damn people are so butt hurt in this comment section. The guy wasn't trying to be rude. He was simply describing his stay and what he noticed here.
Get your panties out your butt!
I guess it's because it's a shame that he makes it sound like this is a definite presentation of the country as opposed to his own experience. I am absolutely willing to believe that he might have experienced the things he is mentioning, but it's saddening to have negative representation that is not accurate. :)
xSayaPinkyx which of the things are so negative?
He's not trying to tell people what he's noticed. In some videos he's telling you what you will like and dislike. He's telling you what will shock you. These are the worst kind of video you should watch before visiting another country. I have travelled to over 100 countries as well as 42 US States. I couldn't t even find many similarities between LA and San Francisco, except they are in the same state. Go 50km outside London and its totally different. Tallinn is totally different to tarts, only similarity is they are both in Estonia. I could go on and on. Wolter has no clue.
+Darth Atheist plus, you can't have a title that says DENMARK when it is only copenhagen.
Marius Skjold Knudsen sandt sandt...
Me and my fiancé are going to move and live in Denmark. Oh how I love that country. It’s great feeling to be Nordic. Love you Danish people
The rudeness isnt relevant for all of us, especially once you get out of the big cities.
11th shocking thing: they don't use umbrellas when it rains.
so rfhitdhbxdiw
Tine Marie Nørgaard
well, here is very windy too when it rains. Are you Danish?
Tine Marie Nørgaard Jeg er glad for at møde dig her. Jeg boede i København en ganske lang tid siden, og jeg har stadig venner der. Jeg elsker dit land! Knus og kram, kaere Tine Marie!
+Tine Marie Nørgaard Same in Wales and on the west side of England. You wear waterproofs instead or buy a very strong umbrella.
Tine Marie Nørgaard
Unless it rains gently or without wind as well.
Its not that we danes are rude or ambivalent, its just that everywhere else people are way too nice, and overly polite ;)
I don't know who you've met, but we say sorry, excuse me, please, thank you and things like that. We do ask if we need help with for example navigation. At least a lot does. You might just haven't noticed when we actually do interact with each other. Like, we're not rude lmao
People in CPH are generally ruder than the rest of Denmark tho, since they're always so busy and stressed
Can I visited
Depends on who You meet. People in Copenhagen are generally more standoffish than those of say Funen or Southern Jutland.
But we tend to say "Tak" (Thanks) everytime we get the chance. However non-locals are not expected to know this, nor expected to say it. Having said that, saying "Tak" gets you a long way with the locals.
The service here is non-existant unless you are a regular. If you are a regular, you will find that you are treated to more hospitality and more service, but it takes a while for people to warm up to you.
Maja Strandberg-Hansen we don’t even have a word for please
Jo vi har. Det virker fint at sige "Undskyld, vil du give mig saltet" for eksempel.
I live in Sweden, you're so right on your "shocks" about Danmark. 😁
I know that us Danes don't talk a lot to each other but at my table at home we are polite and says "will you please pass me the salt"
I love you Danes. Seriously fell in love with the place on that visit.
+woltersworld Oh thanks bro ;)
+Freja Felicia So,it's a cultural thing...hardcore...statuesque in public,or,on the streets..But..calm,emotionally receptive,and sweet,in private,with family,and friends-schoolmates of family...?...
+Gemeral dis you're wrong, look from childhoods people have learned not to talk to strangers. So when we're in public by ourselves we don't talk. But if I'm with my friends we will make everybody on the street hear us having fun. It's a case about strangers, it's not like we don't want to, we were just teached another way. I'm sorry for my English I'm a 12 year old dane☺️
+Gemeral dis Have you been in Denmark? it is simple.. we are polite, calm and social. The only difference between you and us, is we are raised with manners, respect and peace. We have no reason to talk to a stranger, when we have nothing to talk about in the stores.
If you go to a bar or discotheque and go to a stranger with a beer or a jug, then they will talk with you and laugh with you. so yes, we do stick to our own shit, but are willing to laugh with you if you are, if not then we are private. we don't have the same amount of bullies, even though it is about to get a little bit higher. we do love pigs and eat a lot of it, which is ironic considering our current situation ;) but yes, we are cultural in our own way. We have a black humor that may hurt other people, but again when we are with friends we are nothing that comes close to what he said ;) like +Freja Felicia said, we are taught another way. when we are with friends, and specially girls, we do make some noise ;) I don't go over to a tourist and ask "do you need help, because you look like you are lost, or is this just how you look?", if the tourists needs help, then I am more than happy to help, but after that I'll keep my nose to myself again.
I burst out laughing when he said 10 lines of remulade at 6:57
6:50
Sounds like you only have been in Copenhagen?
@stefanie bender uh. Yeah. I think he meant that wolter had only visited Copenhagen here in Denmark. Not other cities.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and insights.
We do say: would you please pass me the salt. (In danish of course). I don't know where you got that fact from, but it's wrong.
We are mostly direct. We don't ask for permission, but assume that a person will take this action for us.
"Hold that door open for me, thanks"
"Pass me the salt, thanks"
Michael Simonsen thats right though
Bertil Konow "Vil du gerne række mig salten" would come off as a bit rude in Danish I think idk.
K Nogne Not were I come from
K Nogne not at all. It's normal to say that, and you actually ask the person. And noone is going to say no?
#6 "how much they love being outside"
i say "ha!" and grab my blanket and kartoffelchips and go hygge inside. :D
(still true doe, just not for me:D )
btw im dane
Det er jeg også
I love the "kartoffelchips and go hygge inside"
LOL kartoffelchips and hygge😂😂😂😂
Hygge xD
The PIN/credit card point was extremely helpful. Thank you!
As an aside, I don't think smiling and laughing is necessarily a sign of happiness, so it shouldn't seem unusual that people in the happiest nation wouldn't do it. I think people smile or laugh out of joy as a break from suffering. Genuine happiness probably looks like the ambivalence you described.
Thanks, very informative, very helpful, i wish you 🍀
I'm Danish we Are NOT rude..... But the other things are real 😂
Compared to the Americans we are. For me they are way to polite
yes we are. Compared to america, we are "rude" :) when i was in america, i felt they were being "fake" in their politeness when going to stores etc. Always asking me how my day was EVERYTIME i entered a store. No we arent rude to people or try to be. But not as polite as fx america.
NOT bad service
Ja der er noget der hedder "må jeg bede om"...
The video is for an American audience where politeness is interpreted differently. American culture has a largely dominant type-A complex that can be hell for its own introverts; a place where quietness and not outgoing with strangers is viewed as rude, or worse, a disability.
"danes er crazy"
YOU ARE CRAZY! SMØREBRØD IS AMAZING!
IKR
Danes Is crazy ;)
maybe smørebrød is amazing but about the Danes spandaver in Denmark, he is right
WERE NOT CRAZY!
Im a dane and i am proud of it!
me too
I love your videos. Great insights, awesome personality and well spoken! Thanks for the info! :)
I was in Denmark in 2019 and found the Danes very friendly, warm and helpful. Even the customs officer was warm, friendly and welcoming which shocked me after going through so many almost rude customs officers. Many asked to become Facebook friends. They made good on sending me the many candid photos that they took of me. We are all still in touch and I have been asked many times when do I intend to visit again.♥️
You are so wrong about some of these facts. People in Denmark are very polite and we DO make eye contact on the street.
I hate being outdoors and so does a lot of my friends.
A thing you are right about is the safety. But seriously, the Danes who leave their children outside are crazy.
+Julia Malling Maybe he just scares people!
+Julia Malling That was absolutely my experience, re: the people making eye contact and being polite. And the talking? I think he must have avoided the bars/pubs. Or maybe learning a little Danish goes a long way, but I never wanted for much in my visits, and company and courtesy least of all!
+Julia Malling thanks for right infomation :)
+Julia Malling Obviously we're still 5.6 million people, so these facts don't cover all of us. But i do think that we enjoy the outdoors a lot compared to many other countries in similar climates, like the UK.
Thanks +Julia cause I am danish to and we are very polite and in the trains do we actually talk to each other sometimes. and if you get schussed in the train it's because that there's parts of the train where you can chose t sit and so there is somewhere in the train where you are not allowed to talk
How can you use creditcard without a PIN number...?
Just a signature. Very common in the usa for people not to have pin numbers with credit cards
+woltersworld In France and Germany and probably in the rest of Europe all credits card have pin number. It's way safer, so that if someone steal your credit card he can't use it.
+OleT967 In Australia we have PIN's for large purchases
+Christopher Mag because DK are a safe country and happy :D
+OleT967 How the f*ck it's a lot safer with pin codes xD
Denmark is beautiful, it looks so pretty!!
Love from Britain!
So how is Britain, I'm from Britain too ;-)
Well surely you must know if you're British too :p but from my end it's quite boring, not nice ;(
Well, your videos are always interesting and useful. I really like the way to describe things mate.
Cheers
I envy Denmark's introverted nature... Here in the U.S people will talk to you for any reason at all and I am not a fan! Went to Finland and I loved it there and I hope to live in Denmark one day.
We will welcome you with open arms🙆😊
We welcome you to ride our public transportation! Just shut up alright?
Sarah Hansen - Not really. Today everyone hates "outsiders" in Denmark LOL *Host* Dansk Folkeparti
It's great if you're kinda introverted, but sometimes it can just reinforce it and you might get a little lonely:/
- in a very quiet, introvert way, of course... Actually we'll walk by you, MAYBE size you up very quickly, but walk by you. That's us. *lol
I like that you have been in Denmark in maybe a month and you think you know all about Denmark
Well, being Danish and having studied cultural intelligence, much of what he sais is absolutely correct, of course he doesnt mean it as an insult, but it is all compareative, comparet to others we are reserved, compared to others we are rude, compared to others it is quiet. Furthermore, he has never claimed that he knows everything about Denmark, he gives a very accurate representation of what he has experienced being in the country, and even if you disagree with what he sais because you are Danish, alot of people from other cultures will experience things in the same way that he does.
+hejdk6 yeah maybe in Copenhagen but that doesn't mean that it is like that in the rest of the world😄
Indicating that Denmark is the entire world, im not from Copenhagen anyways, live in a town near Aarhus, doesnt change that he's mostly right
Elkiz, even if you dont have the ability to look at your own country from the outside, and you refuse to educate yourself in culture and how the country would be experienced by someone inside of our nation, that doesnt mean that what you say is correct, he is predominantly right, even if you dont want to believe it.
He doesn't say that he thinks he knows everything about Denmark. He is talking about things that will shock you coming there. And as far as I'm concerned, he's pretty spot on. At least when it comes to Copenhagen.
Fantastic info! Thank you :)
Service in the capital varies. I believe that an american would feel like Denmark have bad service because a danish server is doing their job in a way that serve a danish persons needs for privacy. When we get our food we like to be left alone. We want to be invisible and not having a server hover around us. Plus in America the servers pay is basically held hostage by the costumer, where in Denmark we pay our servers a decent wage. I can't recall any other job where you have to fear not getting paid because you weren't doing a 100% job every single minute of your shift or the costumers simply wasn't in a good mood that day. Of course a place like America have an impossibly high standard for service compared to Denmark, when those who serve you fear not getting paid.
I am in love with Danmark and I went last summer. When I saw the little mermaid I was not dissapointed. I've seen people be dissapointed. It was perfect in my eyes. Take me back.
Edit, 4 years later, October 2020: Nobody is reading this but I came here to say that in just over a year, I will be moving to Denmark. This country has been my childhood obsession for many years, even before i posted this comment in 2016. Jeg er ikke god til dansk, men, prøver jeg hver dag. Hvor længe har jeg læst dansk? i seks år, tænker jeg.
Denmark can be a great place but when you have lived there in 11 years it's dødssygt
Im danish
and I finally found someone who likes denmark!
There are still a few of us reading :) Did you manage to go through with moving here? If yes, how's it been so far?
@@Real_MisterSir haha well when I said “just over a year” I really meant 2 years. My plan was to attend university there.
However, over the course of time, plans started to change. It turned into moving there in 2023 for university and now it has turned into moving there in... 2027 at the earliest, as I have decided to study a different course in a university in my home country.
Kinda sucks. I was over in Copenhagen back in November and wahhh the place is just as beautiful as it always was. While over there, I bought myself a book in Danish, as well as a Danish dictionary, so I’ll be able to improve my Danish.
Now, I’m studying for my very important exams to get into university. I’ll be taking a gap year then, so I’ll have a free year to just study Danish and do whatever. Then, throughout my time at university, I will study Danish at home and gradually improve. I do also want to learn other languages during that time though.
It’s strange how plans change over time. Even if I don’t end up living in Danmark, I will always have a love for the place, and I will always be travelling there.
Thank you for bringing me back to this comment. It’s interesting to see how my plans have evolved over time. I’ve planned on moving to Copenhagen for university since 2014, and I only decided a few months ago that this was no longer my plan. In the end, I think it would be better to arrive in Danmark with a university degree, and the ability to enter into a better paying job, that requires a certain skill level, instead of having to deal with the pressure of university, the pressure of studying the language, and the pressure of being in a new country, all at once.
I don’t deserve to be in Danmark yet. I need to study harder and work harder and earn my place there. And I’m ok with that. I’m ok with having to work for a few more years before I can move there.
So, I will study hard for my exams, I’ll get a place in university at home, spend a gap year studying Danish and other stuff, go to university for 4 years, and maybe in 2027 arrive in Danmark? Wow that’s a long time away.
im an italian guy from milan studying and denmark, and yeah im again fascinated by how well you tackled all the salient peculiarities of this nation (as you did in italy) my congrats!!
two more things that shoked me are: you call university teachers by first name and toilets are the same for men and women
really enjoyed ur videos!!
Dane here. Good job.. pretty much nailed it. :)
Hahaha funny to hear it from another point of view, greating from Denmark :-)
Sorry we don't wear our feelings on the outside of our clothes.. :) like Americans.
you are saying we are not polite.. are you kiddin me? spend more time here.
Hmm I´m from Jylland and would agree whit you, except I visited Copenhagen many years ago and I was chocked how many rude and cold people there was, if you asked someone on the street for something most people just looked at me as I was an alien or something. So I think it depends very much where you are in Denmark :)
+K.S. L. Det samme skete for mig da jeg boede i Odense i 1.5 år (er fra og bor i Roskilde) alle folk på gaden derovre er sindssygt uhøflige, de maser sig frem for at komme først ud af bussen og siger ikk tak når man holder døren og alt muligt, jeg kunne næsten ikk gå uden for en dør uden at blive vildt irritabel og have lyst til at springe byen i luften xD
Oliver Holmbo Og så forstår man jo sagtens hvorfor han siger som han gør :)
+K.S. L. Ja præcis :-)
Altså jeg vil mene at danskerne er ret uhøflig.
Jeg bor i sønderjylland nu, men jeg kommer faktisk fra storbritaninen. Jeg er ved og blive rasende over hvor lidt folk siger undskyld osv her i landet.
Much of tuem are not shocking. Mostly true and great! Im a danish myself, it recommended to not visit copenhagen. Try visit *jylland* its great!
Tommy Jensen or atleast also visiting Jutland.
Jylland. Many farms. As must as i know
Tommy Jensen Many farms on Sjælland as well.
Tommy Jensen Jylland is a great place, spiecally up north i would say so
I live in region north jylland, was before named nord-vest (danish) but it changed.
So intertaining...and precious as you are share knowledge of your journey traveling....and the most i like it ..the way of you delivery and explaination so relax and fun.....that sometimes make me happy and laugh..☺️☺️
Great video, spot on...
I know Denmark is a small country. But please don't make it sound as if Copenhagen is the entirety of Denmark. I don't live there myself, but I know, since I grew up here, that most of us in the northern regions certainly do smile, strike conversation on the street and apologize, should we have caused an inconvenience.
københavn er den værste del af danmark haha
+gempanoob Så rigtig, det er ikke rigtige mennesker der bor i København
Yes there Is Jylland and fyn
Dude next time you come to Denmark you have to go to Jutland ind Danish Jylland. The peoble are alot better beahaven then peoble from Copenhagen :)
Kim Andersen can't say I don't agree with you ;)
Jutland is fucking boring as hell, go to copenhagen and smoke weed, get drunk, and party
Awesome ComedyHD so try to get arrested?
Infectious gamers(dansk) Nej din idiot, inde på staden er du i sikre hænder ;) Og alle ved at Jylland er mega kedeligt, virkelig alle på sjælland griner af jer :D
Awesome ComedyHD klaaaart.
Mark I absolutely love watching your videos. They are extremely helpful. Keep up the great work man!!! Best wishes to you and Jocelyn and the kids for 2017!
Really great video, Wolter. Just kidding buddy, nice job as always, Mark. 😀
It's so fun to hear this when you're Danish 😂 A lot of these things are just like... "Well yeah of course???" 😂 But great video and glad you liked Denmark ❤️
WHAT? Do Americans not remember their own pin? What the hell?
A lot of Americans don't even have a pin number. You don't use your pin number when you pay in the US, often you just write your signature, but sometimes you have to enter your zip code.
I'm from Denmark, I was In US for 5 month I only used my pin number then I was in Walmart or Giant Eagle ;)
To be honest, I don't remember the PIN for my Master Card either (tho' there is one), only for my DAN-card.
I am as shoked as you +Turd Of Time
If you are going to Denmark, you need to go to Jylland👍🏻💚😍🇩🇰🇩🇰
funny girls in English its called 'Jutland', don't know why
Jylland= Jutland.
Fyn= Funen.
Sjælland= Zealand
Island= Iceland.
Grønland= Greenland.
Færøerne= Faroe Islands.
Bornholm= Bornholm
Oliver CDB It’s funny how Bornholm is spelled the same in both languages compared to some of the other words.
Nice video!!!!! Bravo and ty :)
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Yes there is indeed something you dont know, but us Danish people will never let that secret slip.....
Quiet, they might catch on if we talk about That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Mentioned
@@ethanor Oh s*** u right
Very on point with all of your points! :p Except the rudeness. I think it's a Copenhagen thing not to ask politely for stuff and say thank you.
+Fortune Finder As I wrote under Sofie comment, I agree with Mark. Maybe like most of you in the first touch with other you're polite, specially to those who looks like Danish or other Scandinavian in time people comes from other countries. And here's a point, often if you notice, that someone is not Danish and comes from poorer or "less educated" countries like you like to laugth a lot from the UK or the USA people, you politely discriminate tchem like when you have a talk with stranger and you notice that he's an American, the Czech or other nation, you in general use to break a talk and slowly you leave a person giving a fucking reason like oh, I'm late or sth like this... It's not good to do such thing.
+Baeskord 95 You could not be more wrong. If someone is a foreigner I'll be much more polite than to any of my fellow Danes and I'll be much more aware if I can help them in some way.
You know, I've such feeling about Danish since my expectation about Danes behavior - which I hoped would be similar to Icelandic or somehow to German - met with a kind of disappointment in reality. Yes, I know that you have very different habit than for instance Italian or Croatian has, but this huge careless you meet with sometimes when you try to have longer discussion, this distance you often keep to stranger, it's seems to be common. And this being direct - this makes foreigner confused. Maybe you're different. You would be evenement. If still I'm wrong, I'm open for different point of view 🙂
Baeskord 95
If what you're saying is, that it is hard to become good friends with a Dane, then you are right. But that has nothing to do with discrimination. Danes have a hard time becoming good friends with Danes. Danes socialize with a lot of people on average but it's hard to build a solid friendship.
+Fortune Finder that is so true. We talk with SO many people in general, but mostly they are Nice/good aquaintances or perifial friends and not real close friends, and we are more likely to talk if our roads cross and we have time, than to actually take time out and make an appointment to see people who we are not close friends with.
This does in fact have nothing to do with the origin of the other person, we are actually much more interested in outsiders, and this have everything to do with the fact that we are probably too "busy" Living our own lives, or too bad at making friends
wow the similarities between Copenhagen and Japan are astounding
Wolter, you do a great job; wish I could travel with you !
I'm half Danish and half Italian and I go to Denmark every year because my father lives there but like...Italy is a fucking mess and every time I get to Denmark my soul gets purified lmao
ya
Helene- Italy is a wonderful mess- two different cultures to be sure; like night and day ! I prefer Italians myself as I like being friendly and open with people ! Danes can be spooky !
"In denmark they say give me the salt instead of please pass me the salt. Thats probably why they have so many World leading companies"😂
that’s what he said!
It's more like "can you give the salt?", atlest in my house.
I love this video :D
I live in a very small town Gl.Rye (you should visit it) and every one in this town knows each other. This is a great example of why Denmark is such a happy country!
Im Danish but ive never seen a baby Left out side
Neither have I and I'm Danish to
walk down strøget from spring to autumn and you will see it
Bare gå til storbyen, selvom du også der skal lede længe
+Kenneth Hansen There are someone, who is racist!
+Kenneth Hansen Nazi Pig
You really did make some of the best points about Danish culture in this video.
I completely agree with your take on Danish Pastry. It's the best. Germany has something equally great, but the two countries have somewhat different national pastry specialties, so the Danish pastry is unique and there's only one place you'll find something almost equally danish in the US: A small town in California famous for this very reason, I forgot the name just now (it's some Danish sounding name if I remember correctly), but it should be easy to look it up.
Also about Danish food: You forgot their pork liver paste (in Danish it's called 'leverpostej'). There's also the pork meatballs called 'frikadeller'... Don't ask me what that word means, I have no idea. :)
I also agree about the eeriness about the Danish silence. Silence permeates Danish culture in more ways than any non-Dane can imagine, and though I've lived here for most of my life I've never gotten used to it. Most Danes themselves don't notice it because they've grown up with it, it's part of their native character, if you will, and I probably only do notice it because I've been an outsider in this country all of my life, since the day I was born, in fact (but that's a different story).
You're right about the public transportation system, they will leave on time, sometimes right under your nose, even if you've been running to catch the bus at the last second some buss drivers will leave anyway and be smug about it on top (but they're the very bad examples). On the other hand you're wrong about the public transport being on time if you're talking about the bus system. Trains are mainly on time, but buses most certainly are not. I have on more than one occasion waited almost two hours past schedule, and waiting between 5 to 20 m in past schedule is not uncommon at all.
Thanks for making and sharing this video, I think it was a very nice treat. :)
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P.S. Allow me to share something that most people and even the Danes themselves don't know about Denmark:
Denmark is not the happiest country int he world!
Why not?.. Because of either one or both of the following:
1. - Danes do not believe in the existence or possibility of happiness.
2. - Danes do not understand the concept of happiness, they don't know what it means.
These are not my claims, they are what Danes have told me again and again for as long back as I can remember (sometime during my teens when I first began asking people if they are happy, what they think about happiness, what happiness means or what it is to them personally, and if they considered happiness to be an important element/part of life).
I have lived in Denmark through most of my life and I am very sure about my claims regarding Danes and Happiness because I have conducted an ongoing study about this very subject consisting mainly of questions and answers (listed in parenthesis in the passage above) taking place between myself and more or less every individual Dane I get to talk to, and my research has been running over a span of almost three decades. Granted, my study has been done on a purely personal basis without any support or funding (I'd never have been given funds to make a real empirical study due to various factors, one being the fact that I have no official degree in anything), but I can assure you that my findings are nevertheless _very_ consistent.
I loved your video. :D So funny. ;) Not an accurate picture of Denmark, But only being in Copenhagen for a bit how could it be. Still a great video though I laughed a lot. Mostly cause most of the things you are talking about I have experienced completely differently. :D
haha love your visit denmark tour :)
Most of what you are saying are absoloutly true :)
I don't Think any kids is obsessed with smørrebrød in Denmark it has just become a tradition and because its healthy
Oscar Jensen and the open face sanwiches we normally have for lunch are lesss layered than smørrebrød.
then there obsessed !
1. We do talk. 2. the sirves is just as nice as it is in Usa 3. we are just like u so stop :))
And it's not every one that ''Rude''
Yeah
#welovedenmark
So true
I'm from Denmark too
hahaha you are amazing ..
Thanks for video
I totally agree with number 2
Hey from Copenhagen!!😘
You can pay everywhere with cash!!!! and it's nice!!
I hope you can do a mini tour on Iceland! That's the one place I'd die for.
Ciel Phantomhive going there this summer ;)
woltersworld Wow, thank you for responding! And I'll keep an eye out, as always. Enjoy your 24/7 sunshine! ;)
so on point! And i am Danish myself!
I'm going on a study trip to Copenhagen I can't wait, it sounds so idyllic for a quiet tourist like me
i remember going to the beach with a couple guys and they just straight up changed in front of me lol dans are so laid back
a lot of towns in denmark practice winter bath, good for the health. young and old strips naked and run into the ocean. We are pretty chill about our bodys fat or thin.
I realize it's a huge culture shock for Americans but it's called minding your own business.
As an American “minding your own business” is unheard of
I wish it were more like that here
People think you’re upset if you’re not smiling
It’s very annoying
As an American introvert, I’d wish more Americans would mind their own damn business. Sometimes I just want to be left alone.
@@DirectorWestfield That's actually a great way to put it. Denmark is basically a country of introverts, and we therefore respect each others privacy.
@@Nistol11 Seems like there needs to be a middle ground....which is england :p
@@josepartida1711 really? Id love to visit usa but I couldn't live where yiu can't shop in peace.
I can take a walk through the most busy part of the entire Denmark. The long pedestrian street. And get bothered by nobody.
Tourists are very welcome to talk to us or ask for directions or advise and such. We gladly help. But in stores and such, none of the clerks will address you unless you ask them for something. Generally people are assumed to not ranting to be bothered.
Just found out I’m half Danish, fascinated by the country and want to get there one day. It looks beautiful
The funny things is that I heard from friends visiting the US that americans are so open and friendly. To me, as a dane, makes me want to visit your great country. DK is a small country and I believe we sometimes feel lonely.
It's very safe place, I forgot my bag in airport bathroom and found it in the place after 2 hours
Abdulaziz Almulla Wow really?
Abdulaziz Almulla Lucky you
kent von essen thank you
Tip Denmark is really safe. No tornadoes or sandstorms haha:3
+Abdulaziz Almulla looked like a bomb
hehe. spot on with several things, some of the things might be more in the "big city" than your average dane, but overall you're right about what you say:-)
Som dansker fandt jeg denne video ganske underholdende:-)
+Chris Hansen thanks chris! I loved Denmark. Can't wait to go back with the whole family
Jeg fandt den også meget underholdende.
+Freaky BAUER samme her😂
Sandt nok ;)
You right about the biking in Copenhagen is extreme
Sounds great.
Ï would say that you got a few things right and a few wrong, but other than that this was pretty good
the danish are not rude, they are direct, in comparison the "americans are too loud and brash", the "british always complaining and saying sorry 1.000 times when they really don't mean it"....
danish are in northern europe, they are not as reserved as the swedish or british, shockingly direct- but they are the happiest country in the universe, voted by tourists,expats not just danish...
do not take someone being direct as not friendly, its just without the endless "courtesty and politleness of the britsh or the brashness of american's, or the reserved nature of the swedish....
good speach
btw, i am british, obessed by the weather and drinking tea, but i do have danish dna,king sweyn II & ragnar loftbrook :p
ok thanks for info
That being said....there is no reason or excuse to be ASSHOLES to people who never done you any harm. If Denmark is the happiest place on earth, then this so-called directness is so contradictory! I'd tell any European if they have a need for trying to fix people, they should start with the one in the mirror. At the end of the day, you never know what a person is going through. It is likely that they realise their own issues & throwing them under a bus is not at all helpful.
My nephew's wife is from Denmark, and this video explains a lot.
Just wanted to say i'm married to a Dane 22 years, we visit his family twice a year to Ikast and it is true what he say's about the Danes as we Brits have our way about us so does every European country, we are all different and that's a wonderful thing, not negative. Take from it what you want it's his opinion. I tease my husband and say it's like the old series the waltons when we go to his home town so old fashioned. In fact we are going to the Island of Fur next week, now that will be like going back in time i'm sure lol!!
people not being polite and stuff only happen in copenhagen. bad service only happen in copenhagen. go to a city like aalborg and people will smile and have eye contact and be polite
same in Næstved, so try to look outside of Copenhagen (København)
It´s not only in Copenhagen, but maybe mostly in Copenhagen :)
K.S. L. 99% is in copenhagen. they have no manners
YourAvgGamer Right.. I actually agree whit almost all the things he said and I´m sure he´s list would be very different if he had been somewhere on Fyn or Jylland or just further from Copenhagen.
K.S. L. I'm not saying he is wrong, I'm just saying he is a stupid american for saying that all danes is like that. That would be the same saying that all americans is retarded
Denmark invented lego.
+IDontUseMySpacebar Yes Lego was invented in Denmark..
The Crab Gaming I knew that.
+IDontUseMySpacebar No it was not. Lego was invented by a dane. That is no invention of a country.
+IDontUseMySpacebar And is the sole producer of it. Otherwise it's a scam product from China :p
The silence sounds wonderful (no pun intended). :)
its so funny to hear you talk Danish :D xD
"Rumalade!" XD
You should go to the little villages , you will learn that Copenhagen and other "big" city's is the only places there are like this... :)
+danishsimmer girl (silja birkebo ravnholt) we will definitely go back. Had such a nice time there.
Is Viborg a city without such "rude/direct" people? XD
I just wanna know cause I'm hoping to do a course over there!
yes I would say so... I have lived there for some time, so I should know, caouse if you are open, other people would mostly also me
Broken Nose you calling me rude? Bicth hek no
My cousin is a Dane- man, you nailed it. Thanks .
Hi walter this is to tell you that I really enjoyed your presentation on Denmark I really like the way you speak with such enthusiasm when I visited Denmark I hardly noticed the things that you mentioned to me but thank you for informing me and I will keep us in mind when I do visit Denmark next time thank you and God bless today tomorrow and from forever from Carl Fernandes Mumbai India
The thing about our ambivalence (I'm a dane) really bothers me. I'm hurt that you've had that experience and that this thought is what you are left with. You must have been very unlucky and met some horrible people. I myself work at a butcher inside of a supermarket called Kvickly, this specific one located in a town called Albertslund (around 10 kilometers from Copenhagen). We have been given the honorary title of “best service in the country”, and honestly I don’t think anyone leaves the store thinking that they haven’t had an amazing experience. I'd love for you to pay a visit in Kvickly Albertslund if you decide to return to Denmark. I personally take great pleasure in stopping tourists on the street asking if they want me to take a picture of them together in front of public attaractions like “The little mermaid”. I think that it is sad that people have this vision of the danes, most of us are actually quite nice people.
Nanna Nomie Eline Nielsen Hello and good evening- from my experience I would like to say that danish people are the most wonderful and friendly people in the world - oh God they are amazing
Nanna Nomie Eline Nielsen I've been in Hjørring and Hirtshals -and Aalborg people there are very wonderful
Its not the cashier that wont accept your card, but the machine.
Atleast here in the west. If the machine doesnt work.. well the cashiers cant do magic.
Danish people are so kind and lovely
Whenever my mum and I travel to Denmark we visitor ringkøbing and the people there are so kind
Denmark is awesome that's why I want to move to Denmark with my mum
so true !