A Passion For Denmark.

luka

luka

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Privacy is the key element of Danish manners. One should not be interested in other people’s salary, house or property. Danes do not show their emotions in public considering it as the sign of weakness.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

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luka said:
Danes drink a thick brown drink called Gammel Dansk with their rugbrød and coffee most mornings. They also believe that Gammel Dansk can cure some common illnesses. It is strong, bitter liquor made of 29 herbs, spices and flowers but the recipe is kept a secret.
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I bet it's really, really, really, really, really disgusting.
 
luka

luka

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Location: Northern Europe

Founded: 8th century

Capital city: Copenhagen

Territory: 42,925 km2

Population: 5.7 million

Language: Danish (English and German widely spoken)

GDP per capita: $ 46,976

Currency: Danish krone

Government: Parliamentary monarchy
 
luka

luka

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Both the mainland portion and the islands are lacking any prominent mountains or even large hills – the highest point of elevation is just 171 meters above sea level and average elevation measures a modest 31 meters. That also means that few obstacles exist to shield you from the wind, which can be a serious issue when it’s cold outside.
 
luka

luka

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Your public behaviour will be closely watched and it isn’t beyond the realm of possibility that you might receive a lecture if you fail to observe proper form. You should almost always avoid being too loud or boisterous, since this runs contrary to Danish instincts and might be seen as self-serving disturbance
 
luka

luka

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When attending a meeting or a social occasion, you should always greet all of your hosts individually, shaking their hands firmly and cordially while maintaining safe physical distance.
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
luka said:
Your public behaviour will be closely watched and it isn’t beyond the realm of possibility that you might receive a lecture if you fail to observe proper form. You should almost always avoid being too loud or boisterous, since this runs contrary to Danish instincts and might be seen as self-serving disturbance
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I stayed a few days in Helsinki in a friend of a friend's flat. After a few days there all the bins inside were filled with rubbish and we wanted to empty them to the correct place, but we hadn't been told how to access the communal bins so, eventually I put the stuff into some bags and went to the street and I was putting a carrier bag full of rubbish into a waste-paper bin when someone approached me and gave me a bollocking for not putting in my own home bin (to which I had no access).
I was also told off several times for crossing the road when the red man was showing even though there were no cars in sight in either direction. Hundreds of Finns standing by the side of road waiting to get permission from the traffic lights took major exception to my radical free-thinking.
Also, you have to go outside bars to smoke, but you can't take your drink out. This is rigorously enforced by bar staff, other drinkers, and passers by.
Also, we went to a festival and we had these backstage passes which meant we could hang around... well, backstage, obviously (not with the artists but with the staff and so on) and get out of the merciless Finnish summer. Again, the act of going to the toilet with more than one person or doing anything that looked as though you might be breaking the law, was brutally clamped down on by the other backstage people, no need for any security or anything like that.
So, if Denmark, is anything like Finland I can well believe the above.
@Mr. Tea please don't communicate the above to our Finnish friend who made the above trip possible but in my experience Helsinki is the only place I've ever visited that I've really hated. Horrible weather, horrible bars, a few nice buildings which were all built by Russians, no possibility of purchasing alcohol after 11pm - and all of these rules not only obeyed, but enforced by a nation of self-righteous snitches. And to cap it all off, everything there costs four times the price that you would pay to do it in the most expensive part of Tokyo or Monaco.
Oh yeah, and the supermarkets are filled with the worse and most depressing food ever, under these weird strip lights that seem to be designed to make it look as bad as possible, even though there is really no need for that.
 
Slothrop

Slothrop

Tight but Polite
So. The Spear-Danes in days gone by
and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness.
We have heard of those princes’ heroic campaigns.
 
mixed_biscuits

mixed_biscuits

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luka said:
Danes drink a thick brown drink called Gammel Dansk with their rugbrød and coffee most mornings. They also believe that Gammel Dansk can cure some common illnesses. It is strong, bitter liquor made of 29 herbs, spices and flowers but the recipe is kept a secret.
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Sounds like this:

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entertainment

entertainment

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i remember i asked a part of the fanclub at a party why I should listen to this when I could listen to Dillinja and I suddenly felt like it was the spirit of dissensus speaking through me

 
entertainment

entertainment

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luka said:
Danes drink a thick brown drink called Gammel Dansk with their rugbrød and coffee most mornings. They also believe that Gammel Dansk can cure some common illnesses. It is strong, bitter liquor made of 29 herbs, spices and flowers but the recipe is kept a secret.
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lovely
 
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