There isn't a single person here in Denmark (at least from the people i have met through 36 years here in denmark) who thinks we "own" Greenland and the Faroe Islands. We always say they are a part of us. We don't own them, they are their own people, with their own history and life. They are a part of us, not owned by us. Not in the mind of the regular dane, at least. When we also talk about our Scandinavian brothers and sisters. We like to talk s*** about each others, but it's like siblings love. We can talk bs about each other, but that doesn't mean others can. That's just how it is🙂

@jonaswox

3 ай бұрын

not to forget how greenland would have been a hole in the ground without financial support in the billions monthly.

I'm thankful for being born and raised in Denmark. Of course as I grew up I started learning good and bad things about other countries, and I was shocked every time. I simply couldn't imagine people paying for healthcare, paying for school, working 50 hours a week just to put food on the table, some having to steal to survive and so on... We're very lucky, and I know that now. I'm thankful that I can live with my parents and get 2000kr (250£) a month from the government just because I'm studying. I almost never worry, because there simply isn't any reason why I should. Great video! I really enjoy watching people from different countries discover our happy and worry-free lifes. Fun fact: We're a small and meaningless country, and we have to speak other languages to get around in the world. That's why we start learning our second language, English, at around the age of 8-9, and our third language, German, at the age of 10-11. After 10 years of "ground-school", you can choose between a bunch of different educations. The most common is Gymnasium, which is the one I chose. Here I'm learning French, as the fourth language... 😅

@EmmaNguyen-mg5xq

Жыл бұрын

Do Danish learn chinese since i saw many Germany start learning chinese?

@tanjabajlum8090

Жыл бұрын

@@EmmaNguyen-mg5xq I guess that you can choose it at some schools when you're older, but in the mandatory school you can not... Maybe some super expensive schools offer Chinese lessons, but it's definitely not a thing for the normal student.

@TainDK

Жыл бұрын

@@EmmaNguyen-mg5xq Not as a default - but at the Gymnasium (or the like) where you are able to pick up a 4th language - Mandarin CAN be one at some places - usually the languages we can chose from as a 4th language are European, so that's the default, but there are places that offer the opportunity to learn Mandarin - i Dont know how common that is as I only found a few places during a quick google search. It is possible to get a BA in Chinese at 2 of the 4 universities, where Mandarin is also taught.

@mr.nobody1081

Жыл бұрын

@@EmmaNguyen-mg5xq dont learn mandarin, whatever company you end up working for will make you handle chinese supplier communication, and ANYONE in logistics or production knows that is an absolute nightmare.

Denmark is a fantastic place to live in. I´m Swedish and I love Denmark. If you say Denmark is the best, I will agree. So are Finland, Norway, and Island. Even Sweden is a good place when we get control of imported criminality!

@KenKobayashiRasmussen

5 ай бұрын

Denmark used to always look up to Sweden, because way back Sweden was more visible in the US and therefore also in movies, tv shows. Sweden always led the way , but Sweden has unfortunately become Scandinavias laughing stock in the past 30 years. We all love and support Sweden, but they really do need to get control over the situation again, we miss the Sweden of the past🙏🏻

Beer, Booze & Bacon may shorten our lives, but we also die happy. 😊❤️🇩🇰

@donquixote1502

Жыл бұрын

Glöm inte majonnäs/leverpastej blandningen! 😂

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

@@donquixote1502 If we should list list all the things we do, eat and drink, that shorten our lives, it would take the rest of the year. 🤣 Remember: It's not about the destination, it's all about the journey. Live like you mean it, every second of the rest of your life. 😊❤️🇩🇰

Hi :) I think that the video you were watching was a little bit old, i mean, before the pandemic, 'cause of Denmark did came through the pandemic much better financially and with regard to infected / dead from/with corona than other countries. :)

the low life length mainly caused by a high number of tobacco smokers, large alcohol comsumption and not so perfect eating pattern.

happiness for us is more or less how content we feel about our current situation.... content is the right word

Denmark here... Europe and the world are living in troublesome times, but my electricity bill (for a very nice and modern 95 m2 house in the outskirts of the 2nd largest city) has risen from around £40 to around £60 a month, the heating bill (£51 a month here in January 2023) on the other hand has slightly fallen, but my suppliers neither use oil or gas, only renewables. My wages on the other hand is up to £31 an hour before income taxes (which is less than 30% because I only work part-time), the house mortgage is just around £364 a month + a £172 private homeowners cooperative community association fee (which include property taxes, a homeowners' insurance, outdoor/external maintenance and renovations, including, windows, roof, private community roads and sidewalks, snow plowing and salt spreading service, trash & garbage disposal service), so £536 all included, btw in a 30-yo house that was partly renovated last year (new 3-layer windows, new doors, new red tile roof, new garden shed), but that was just before the interest rates went up, but still were at an all-time low. So accumulated cooperative homeowners fee savings and a change of a few loans practically paid for all of the improvements back then. As for some more context, (now switching to $) then even an unskilled McD burger flipper earn a minimum $22 an hour around here + 6 weeks' fully paid vacation a year + holydays, paid sick leave, paid maternity leave and a pension scheme. Personally I have worked part-time in Denmark as a night watch, no degree required and only 3 days of training (at full pay), had some previous experience so wages ranged from $26.5 to $37.5 an hour depending on the day of the week and if it was on a holyday. Working part-time, you are still entitled to 6 weeks' fully paid vacation a year + holydays and a pension scheme. In Denmark we produce 3 times as much food as we can possibly consume, and there are vastly more pigs in Denmark than there are people, on average a population of roughly 6 million people, while and average of 13 million pigs live (their fairly short life) on farms, but that is obviously not the full truth, because so many pigs get slaughtered during a year, so the pig farms in Denmark produce approx. 28 million pigs annually. In the UK food prices are around half of that in the USA and Denmark, and they pay no VAT sales taxes on food at all, but on the other hand they also earn around $1,000 less a month on average after taxes in compared to Denmark, and even if you correct this in accordance with the purchasing power parity (PPP), they are still around $850 short after taxes a month, so that would buy you a lot of groceries and plenty of other stuff. Another advantage of earning more an hour on average but then paying a fairly high 25% VAT sales tax is that the government has a "tool in the toolbox" to cut prices by up to 25% from one day to the next, if prices start skyrocketing and spin out of control for some unexpected reason. not that it has been deemed needed so far here in Denmark. You could say that higher average wages usually would also keep prices higher, but the 25% VAT then kicks in and keep prices lower than they otherwise would be. Special discounts are also very much part of the shopping experience in Denmark, so when Supermarket's in the US probably take advantage of Holydays to make more money, it's actually the other way around in Denmark, because this is where the special discounts really kicks in. Just adding some Rema1000 Christmas prices in Denmark, all prices below include 25% VAT, notice that eco-organic is really not that much more expensive: 500g = 1.1/Ibs Kellog's cornflakes $2.84 1000g = 2.2/Ibs sugar $1.14 1000g salt $0.44 1000g flour $0.64 800g 2/Ibs sandwich bread $1.87 1000g oatmeal, $1.42 to $3.64 (top of the line/best of the best) 1000g Basmati Rice $2.12 to $2.69 (eco-organic) 1000g parboiled Rice $1.97 1000g regular rice $1.97 1000g Spaghetti $1.53 to $2.83 (eco-organic) 1 liter (0.264 gallons) 3.5% fat Milk $0.71(special Christmas discount) 200g Danish Lurpak butter $1 (most expensive brand, but special Christmas discount) 10 barn eggs $1.42 (special Christmas discount) 300g Original Danish Tulip Bacon $2.84 (special Christmas discount) 1000g clementine's $0.85 (special Christmas discount) 2000g oranges $1.42 (special Christmas discount) 1000g Potatoes $1.18 to $1.56 (eco-organic) 1000g onions $1.28 to $1.89 (eco-organic) 500g tomatoes $1.56 to $2.84 (eco-organic) 1000g carrots $0.85 or $1.56 (eco-organic) Pepsi Cola 1.5 liter (0.4 gallons) $1.33 500g Christmas sausage $1.7 (special Christmas discount) 1000g Pork roast (pure meat, no bones), $4.11 500g minced pork meat 8-12% fat $2.84 (special Christmas discount) 500g minced beef 4-7% fat, 8-12% fat or 15-18% fat, they do not sell minced meat with 20% fat in Denmark $4.96 (8-12% fat) Food prices make no sense unless you also look at the income after taxes, but this I have already earlier covered above.

@TainDK

Жыл бұрын

260 DKK an hour - for unskilled work... Where do i Apply? =D (i earn 170 an hour with an adduction, PAU)

@agffans5725

Жыл бұрын

@@TainDK ... It's actually up to 289 DKK, working as a night watch.

Wow you quality of this videos are amazing you need more subscribers

It is true that life expectancy are lower in Denmark by a couple of years. I think it is because many Danes likes to live life with good wines and other alcohols and good food. I am sure if we lived like nuns and monks we would live longer ;)

@tigerofcopenhagen2225

Жыл бұрын

Haha This! ;) 👍

One thing as a Dane I've often thought about whenever people praise my country like this. Is that it's not the state that makes Denmark a good place to live. Well only partly. Its not like you get money thrown at you just for coming here, and its not like the streets are paved with gold. We do have Healthcare and some kind of safety net, although its not what you think. To get use of that safety net you have to lose everything. And what you get is barely survivable..... No what really makes Denmark good, is the mentality of people.. you say hi to the Boss like any other person and small talk. No one really think they're above other people. A good work life balance. Coherence. And then the unique landscape and climate.

I am a retired member of the community here in Denmark. I am very fortunate (luck has nothing to do with being a good country) to be born and raised here. Especially the welfare system, combined with the unionized crafts, have made it possible for me to enjoy a very good quality of life, even though I had to retire early. Being a small nation makes it more like a gigantic town here. We are all definitely aware of what is happening in every corner of the country, and we just want to improve rather than impress. Even the richest person in Denmark will you could see go to the same bakery, in almost the same tracksuit as the other people every Sunday morning.. There's no caste system or a sense of dominant behavior because you earn more, or you were born to wealth. We all depend on each other.

TY for watching about Danmark

@allaboutscandinavia9779

Жыл бұрын

The Faroe Islands and Greenland do not belong to Denmark, they are part of Denmark, they have autonomy and I think that is what confuses people, if they wish they can become independent at any time.

@a.westenholz4032

Жыл бұрын

I think it's because to our modern perceptions of the nation state, it is somewhat incongruent. It is more like the conglomerate state, a concept people aren't used to dealing with these days. I kind of like the conglomerate framework, which allows for high level of autonomy, yet also to act as one to mutual benefit. It is respectful.

During my working life, the last 20 years in one company, I normally had 6 weeks of vacation, which I could select as wanted, as we 7 people negotiated among ourselves, working all year round. I also took long weekends for extreme sports, from Thursdays. And, Maersk is based in Denmark. If not the largest, then one of the largest shipowners in the world. Also, we could have been born in Yemen!

its very fun in denmark but threre is the ups an downs.

Denmark saw its HDI increase, so it dropping 6 places was because others improved more. The key factor is Danish health has issues. We live one or two years less on average than in the neighboring nordic nations. Why is anyones guess, but elder generations had a high consumption of alcohol, tobacco and meat. So to good a life reduces life expectancies perhaps.

I have made similar comments on other videos, but here it goes. It's not really relevant to distinguish Denmark from Sweden, Norway, and Finland. We are basically the same. Denmark is better in some ways, Sweden in other ways, and Norway and Finland in other ways. It's basically like saying that NYC is better than LA, or that Liverpool is better than Manchester. We all have tax funded health care and education, we all have around five weeks of payed vacation and unlimited amounts of sick days. There is a huge safety net for taking care of people in trouble, sometimes abused TBH but still. Most of us are if not fluent in English, pretty close to, and most knows a fair bit of German, French, and/or Spanish. I get a bit offended when Denmark or Norway, or Finland is projected as the best country, but I think I would react the same if someone would say that Sweden was the top dog. We Nordics have our quarrels and jokes about each others, like siblings. I think we actually may be closer than England, Wales, and Scotland

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

I think you've pissed off som 350.000 people from Iceland, not mentioning (?) them while talking about Nordic people. Just saying 😊👍❤️🇩🇰

@matshjalmarsson3008

Жыл бұрын

@@b.v.nielsen8714 Sure I could have mentioned Iceland, Greenland, the Fareo islands, and why not Montana while at it. I was thinking Scandinavia and for some reason i added Finland, since they are our brotherland

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

@@matshjalmarsson3008 "We Nordics have our quarrels..." I guess you forgot Minnesota too. 🤔

As a dane i would say that every country is good in their own right. Its like ice-cream and pizza. Both thing are amazing, just in their own way

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

Just no pineapples on the pizza. Disgusting. 😊🇩🇰

tbf, the scenery of denmark falls very short even compared to the UK. xD We are a very flat country, with the highest point being like 300'something meters. if u exclude Greenland and the Faroe Islands, yeah... then we dont have much to brag about.... Besides from everywhere or every point in DK u are, u less 40 km from the ocean, with sandy beaches, in which ever direction u choose etc.... xD

@rickybuhl3176

Жыл бұрын

yeah, our 'partners' have the postcard views but at least we're well located for visiting nice places lol. As you mention though - the beaches are blessed with particularly good sand - our silent land-grab from Norway and Sweden ;)

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

The beaches are very handy, when we decide to board our longboats, and go kicking som British butts. 😊❤️🇩🇰

@KristineBacher

11 ай бұрын

@@b.v.nielsen8714lol

we rank nr 10 in HDI because of fatty hardy foods like the UK, aswell as a very HC drinking culture which even tho legal age is 16, usually starts around 13-14 years of age. xD We rowdy

Hello It's fun to follow how you, as an American, look at Denmark. I am Danish and I agree that we are one of the best countries in the whole world to live in. As I said, we have free health care, I have e.g. just got a brand new hearing aid for both my ears for free, very modern. In a previous video it was said that we in Denmark pay 60% in tax. It is not true that all Danes pay 60%. it depends on how much you earn. in addition, all Danes have a personal deduction, that is to say that an amount is deducted from their salary on which no tax has to be paid. Hope you will enjoy your holiday in Denmark and that you have a wonderful experience. very good day to you. 😊

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

You didn't read the title? "BRIT reacts to..."

Giggity Edit: Basically we've decided that we'd rather die from good food and drink, than from cheap premade paff and White Lightening. Yes, the result is the same heart disease but the journey was more pleasant.

@b.v.nielsen8714

Жыл бұрын

My man !!!! Who wants to live forener? 😊👍❤️🇩🇰

Der er det bedste på grund af John Dillermand🤣

@Mike-zx1kx

9 ай бұрын

I really do not think it would have been allowed to fly in many nations and I am proud it does here. All nations should have a tv program for kids with a boy that have a long and diverse dick LOL. It truly makes me proud in these woke times internationally.

i dont think its the best but denmark is definately very good and comapred to something like UK and USA i would definately choose any scandinavian nation first. comapred to population usa has equal (sometimes higher sometimes lower gdp than denmark). BUT the problem is that usa is only rich because of those big monopolies and top 1% everyone else is doing on average WAY worse than somewhere like denmark. Countries like denmark are rich despite not allowing those inhumane and corrupt methods of having a handful of people and companies earn billions by abusing the poor. If america had to play by the same rules as us they would be WAY poorer because their wealth is based entirely on abusive buisness practices and horrible workers rights and horrible human rights issues. Imagine if everyone in america had to be paid a minimum of 36.000 dollars per year for ANY job. That minimum salary is even higher than you think because it is based on a person working a full danish work year which has about 200 hours less of work than an american one. and has benefits on top of that. Then imagine if companies all had to follow the union guidelines. imagine not being able to just fire people for no reason? and if you eventually fire someone for a valid reason you then have to given them 3 months notice. If you are a company that fires under suspicious reason you will be fucked hard by workers rights through unions. UUh or how if people who work for you have to do overtime then they are paid their normal salary for those hours and up to +50% for stuff like nights, holidays, weekends and normal overtime depending on the type of job. My gf forexample gains almost 20% on top of her monthly salary because parts of it is night shifts. they made it a set amount rather than having to calculate each month but it is still an increase of 20% of her monthly salary just because she has SOME regular night and weekend shifts. Also imagine how much poorer the big american buisnesses would be if they had to actually run by danish methods of safety and health! No more use it until proven unhealthy but rather prove it is healthy in multiple non biased independent studies before it can ever be commercially used. Then also imagine american buisnesses paying taxes.... at all. We have high taxes on people and buisnesses that raise with income so super monopolies are heavily taxed and you cant just easily get around it through convinient loop holes. Then also imagine prises on goods and services being regulated so forexample big pharma cant just dictate their own insane prices. The fact that countries like denmark manage to be equally as rich as america per population is insane when you considder this. America is like a bankrobber bragging about making more money than someone following the law. You may praise those big american companies and billionaires but remember they are only able to do what they do because you allow them to litterally profit off of modern slavery, horrible health effects from their product and general bad buisness practices and workers rights. As well as cheating their way out of taxes. Also the normal non millionairs have very little opportunities in america.... they are locked in place. SURE there are no rules stopping them but there arent any here either. THe difference is that here the entire system is made to enable you to live out those options where as in america is the opposit. as a last note i will say that it is incredible to me how america isnt richer than it is. it is generally (sometimes slightly lower sometimes slightly higher) equal to denmark in how rich it is compared to population size.... BUT in denmark theres pretty much nothing but water and farms as our natural money makers. America has coal, countless metals, oil and about half a continent worth of resources yet somehow earn almost nothing from it. If we look at money being earned per square meter of land then denmark is thousands of times higher than usa and if we look at money earned per ton of natural resource being extracted/farmed then denmark makes almost 100 times more money. America is a good example of barely scraping the bottle of their economic barrel. If denmark had over 330million people and half a continent worth of land and resources.... the story would be VERY different. The problem is that america isnt good at making money. Its good at allowing a few people abuse the system to make shit tons and then leave everyone else behind in the dirt. In 2019 the social security administation (SSA) annual wage statistics found that half of american WORKERS made less than 34.250 dollars. Litterally less than the minimum wage for a full time job in denmark. If we then considder that almost 50% of americans dont take part in the job marked then it means that an absolutely enormous amount of americans earn very little money. Obviously we dont count the elderly and the children but it is still incredible. The problem in america is that there are many people living in poverty and very few living in extreme luxury. In denmark thats just not the case. our rich are much less rich but we have pretty much no poverty at all. If you dont earn any money and dont have huge funds in your bank account then you will be given money by the state. This amount is between 1100 - 2300 usd per month until you find a way to better sustain yourself. If you have a reason for being unable to work then you get pension or like myself flexjob where you work the hours that you can and then get an extra boosted income from the government to put you close to a normal workers income in your field. This means unless you actively go out of your way to make yourself poor then you litterally cant live in real poverty. In america people like to pretend homelessness is a personal choice. they want to do drugs or drink and thats why they are homeless but a study in 2018 showed that about 1/3 americans who go bankrupt do so due to medical debt and that is the leading reason after unexpected unemployment as the cause of homelessnes. Also the majority of homeless people were found to have developped drug and alchohol issues AFTER they found themselves unable to support themselves. It was not the cause but rather a symptom. A method used to cope with your life falling appart. In denmark pretty much the only way you generally find yourself falling through the cracks is if you refuse to show up once per month at the local unemployment office. take this from someone who went through this sytem himself. I was on unemployment for about 4 years while being treated by doctors and psychiatrists until i was diagnosed with aspergers and ocd. Those 4 years all i had to do was to show up once per month and let them know my situation hadnt changed. Others who are unemployed because they just cant find a job generally have to send our a few applications as well but otherwise its the same monthly requirement. No other fuss.

Actually i would say life expectency should never be in the top for a country. So our position there is jsut fine. Because we all know how BORING it is to be healthy and not taking risks. Also if you improve on that list, i honestly think you would fall in other list like life quality / happiness. Again because its boring to be super healthy.

450 islands in denmark

@prebenviggofejr1414

Жыл бұрын

yes some very small -try to find and count them on the map inside the border -DANMARK!!