Visit Denmark - 10 Things That Will SHOCK You About Denmark

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.
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  • @MarkLangdahl
    @MarkLangdahl8 жыл бұрын

    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...

  • @olli408

    @olli408

    8 жыл бұрын

    As a Norwegian, I've never head about that either

  • @Bussigt

    @Bussigt

    8 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @thelittle_kitteh

    @thelittle_kitteh

    7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @reeex87

    @reeex87

    7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @blizmooo

    @blizmooo

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I was pretty shocked about that as well. ;)

  • @LittleRedMonkey49
    @LittleRedMonkey497 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @dozesof

    @dozesof

    5 жыл бұрын

    You were with hospitable people. That makes a difference everywhere!

  • @packidy2281

    @packidy2281

    5 жыл бұрын

    Elsker også dig, og tak for at du besøgte danmark🇩🇰🇩🇰😂

  • @JossieAyame
    @JossieAyame7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @penguingaming2974

    @penguingaming2974

    4 жыл бұрын

    ik right! he is wrong and i know that cuz im dane!

  • @kriss3d

    @kriss3d

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @denmark23

    @denmark23

    3 жыл бұрын

    We do leave babies outside, but never unattended 🙂

  • @kriss3d

    @kriss3d

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @schlurpie

    @schlurpie

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 😅😅

  • @winterxx1555
    @winterxx15557 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @onemansand9542

    @onemansand9542

    7 жыл бұрын

    Winter xx do it its really good out here and fun just do it when its summer

  • @user-dq1hq4of6o

    @user-dq1hq4of6o

    2 ай бұрын

    Don't do it, Denmark is like Venezueia. We are really suffering from communism. Acording to Fox News and the right-wing republicans

  • @TheSaneHatter
    @TheSaneHatter9 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Valjean666dk

    @Valjean666dk

    9 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheSaneHatter

    @TheSaneHatter

    9 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Valjean666dk

    @Valjean666dk

    9 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheSaneHatter

    @TheSaneHatter

    9 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @madsvigan2898

    @madsvigan2898

    9 жыл бұрын

    I Can say it is a good place to live, i come from Denmark

  • @albertesolveigbkgaardmorte9356
    @albertesolveigbkgaardmorte93568 жыл бұрын

    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😂

  • @denniskindberg1075

    @denniskindberg1075

    8 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @muiry3229

    @muiry3229

    8 жыл бұрын

    Det er så rigtigt😭

  • @eiia0228

    @eiia0228

    8 жыл бұрын

    It's so fucking awkward when people don't smile back xD (også dansker)

  • @stylemandrstyle8014

    @stylemandrstyle8014

    8 жыл бұрын

    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😂

  • @linusmahoney

    @linusmahoney

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jeg ved ikke... Når jeg går forbi nogen her på min gade smiler jeg og folk smiler tilbage! Det føles godt :D

  • @bjarkekt6698
    @bjarkekt66987 жыл бұрын

    As a danish person it shocks me that you dosn't have a pin for your credit/debit cards xD

  • @vietanh3790

    @vietanh3790

    4 жыл бұрын

    BjarkeKT stop cringe

  • @jesperboye1301

    @jesperboye1301

    3 жыл бұрын

    BjarkeKT i am form danmark

  • @neilbarnett3046

    @neilbarnett3046

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's only Americans, they are so behind, they still leave a signature in some places. So 1980s.

  • @valenesco45

    @valenesco45

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@neilbarnett3046 Signatures are nice what's your problem...

  • @valenesco45

    @valenesco45

    3 жыл бұрын

    It shocks me too and im italian, i mean a thief could buy everything with your card lol

  • @chapankhan4127
    @chapankhan41277 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kriss3d

    @kriss3d

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ElizaDolittle

    @ElizaDolittle

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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?

  • @kj12351

    @kj12351

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @p.nguyen8136

    @p.nguyen8136

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ehm. The Protestant Church is officially even the State Religion of Denmark.

  • @b.v.nielsen8714

    @b.v.nielsen8714

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@p.nguyen8136 The Evangelical-Lutheran Church. The only people who are mandatory members are the Royal family.

  • @anikatommerup2676
    @anikatommerup26768 жыл бұрын

    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👍

  • @millechristiansen7647

    @millechristiansen7647

    8 жыл бұрын

    yeah it's a lot different in Copenhagen than the rest of Denmark...

  • @bridgetmurphyv

    @bridgetmurphyv

    8 жыл бұрын

    it's pretty much the same thing here in Philadelphia we known for being hated and unfriendly thats not true we are passionate

  • @Groundhug

    @Groundhug

    8 жыл бұрын

    "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

  • @anikatommerup2676

    @anikatommerup2676

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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"?✌🏼

  • @PainX187

    @PainX187

    8 жыл бұрын

    copenhagen is sorta the "new york" of Denmark though that much is true

  • @nmgscp
    @nmgscp8 жыл бұрын

    11th shocking thing: they don't use umbrellas when it rains.

  • @tayyabkhaliq8811

    @tayyabkhaliq8811

    8 жыл бұрын

    so rfhitdhbxdiw

  • @nmgscp

    @nmgscp

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tine Marie Nørgaard well, here is very windy too when it rains. Are you Danish?

  • @nmgscp

    @nmgscp

    8 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @lemsip207

    @lemsip207

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tine Marie Nørgaard Same in Wales and on the west side of England. You wear waterproofs instead or buy a very strong umbrella.

  • @lemsip207

    @lemsip207

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tine Marie Nørgaard Unless it rains gently or without wind as well.

  • @numan2985
    @numan29854 жыл бұрын

    Denmark has everything I love about a country. It is so safe, and quiet. I love it ❤️❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰

  • @BIGFOOT-js2ch
    @BIGFOOT-js2ch7 жыл бұрын

    tavshed er en god ting..

  • @mathildekeller9026

    @mathildekeller9026

    7 жыл бұрын

    hvid dreng 788 ja præcis

  • @justinwashburn496

    @justinwashburn496

    7 жыл бұрын

    hvid dreng 788 ja hr

  • @SsuperA

    @SsuperA

    7 жыл бұрын

    Han tror han ved alt om Danmark

  • @sebtbeatz3926

    @sebtbeatz3926

    7 жыл бұрын

    Jeg synes ikke han siger dårlige ting, der er næsten kun gode.

  • @noahchristensen9826

    @noahchristensen9826

    7 жыл бұрын

    hello silence my old friend i've come to talk to you again

  • @fineaagaardzethsen2476
    @fineaagaardzethsen24769 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MichaelHolmgaard

    @MichaelHolmgaard

    9 жыл бұрын

    Fine Aagaard Zethsen På en måde tror jeg at vi er vant til den, lettere, dårlige service ;)

  • @TheLucaselkjaer

    @TheLucaselkjaer

    9 жыл бұрын

    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. :)

  • @fineaagaardzethsen2476

    @fineaagaardzethsen2476

    9 жыл бұрын

    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)

  • @jacobsensoren

    @jacobsensoren

    9 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @az929292

    @az929292

    9 жыл бұрын

    ***** 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...

  • @jesusmoist
    @jesusmoist8 жыл бұрын

    I'm lucky that i live, was born, and grew up in Denmark, man, i love this place

  • @mwillblade

    @mwillblade

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Lucas Pirvu Is Denmark getting any of the immigrants ?

  • @thebigt3793

    @thebigt3793

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Liger-craft også jeg

  • @oliversanderpersson6473

    @oliversanderpersson6473

    8 жыл бұрын

    +mwillblade Oh yes we do, we even welcome them and give them money to start a new life in Denmark

  • @mariewiinholt5899

    @mariewiinholt5899

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Lucas Pirvu sameeeeee:)

  • @jacobbuchhave9424

    @jacobbuchhave9424

    8 жыл бұрын

    +mwillblade At the time we are getting a lot of immigrants from Syria. Remember, Denmark is a very small country :)

  • @bugxx75
    @bugxx754 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like you only have been in Copenhagen?

  • @kriss3d

    @kriss3d

    3 жыл бұрын

    @stefanie bender uh. Yeah. I think he meant that wolter had only visited Copenhagen here in Denmark. Not other cities.

  • @MajaStrandbergHansen
    @MajaStrandbergHansen7 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ozzyflop6783

    @ozzyflop6783

    6 жыл бұрын

    People in CPH are generally ruder than the rest of Denmark tho, since they're always so busy and stressed

  • @weezfantastic6806

    @weezfantastic6806

    6 жыл бұрын

    Can I visited

  • @Farbautisonn

    @Farbautisonn

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @knogne5073

    @knogne5073

    6 жыл бұрын

    Maja Strandberg-Hansen we don’t even have a word for please

  • @erlandodk

    @erlandodk

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jo vi har. Det virker fint at sige "Undskyld, vil du give mig saltet" for eksempel.

  • @MGC-XIII
    @MGC-XIII8 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @xSayaPinkyx

    @xSayaPinkyx

    8 жыл бұрын

    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. :)

  • @MGC-XIII

    @MGC-XIII

    8 жыл бұрын

    xSayaPinkyx which of the things are so negative?

  • @kdmc40

    @kdmc40

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Burg3rKing

    @Burg3rKing

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Darth Atheist plus, you can't have a title that says DENMARK when it is only copenhagen.

  • @MGC-XIII

    @MGC-XIII

    7 жыл бұрын

    Marius Skjold Knudsen sandt sandt...

  • @Torskekusken
    @Torskekusken9 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @michaelsimonsen2017

    @michaelsimonsen2017

    9 жыл бұрын

    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"

  • @Torskekusken

    @Torskekusken

    9 жыл бұрын

    Michael Simonsen thats right though

  • @knogne5073

    @knogne5073

    9 жыл бұрын

    Bertil Konow "Vil du gerne række mig salten" would come off as a bit rude in Danish I think idk.

  • @Torskekusken

    @Torskekusken

    9 жыл бұрын

    K Nogne Not were I come from

  • @spexis

    @spexis

    9 жыл бұрын

    K Nogne not at all. It's normal to say that, and you actually ask the person. And noone is going to say no?

  • @peppedamp
    @peppedamp3 жыл бұрын

    I live in Sweden, you're so right on your "shocks" about Danmark. 😁

  • @casperchristensen8354
    @casperchristensen83548 жыл бұрын

    The rudeness isnt relevant for all of us, especially once you get out of the big cities.

  • @k.d.rasmussen1205
    @k.d.rasmussen12058 жыл бұрын

    Its not that we danes are rude or ambivalent, its just that everywhere else people are way too nice, and overly polite ;)

  • @OleT967
    @OleT9678 жыл бұрын

    How can you use creditcard without a PIN number...?

  • @woltersworld

    @woltersworld

    8 жыл бұрын

    Just a signature. Very common in the usa for people not to have pin numbers with credit cards

  • @christophermag9999

    @christophermag9999

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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.

  • @gabcham8673

    @gabcham8673

    8 жыл бұрын

    +OleT967 In Australia we have PIN's for large purchases

  • @otto9441

    @otto9441

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Christopher Mag because DK are a safe country and happy :D

  • @malltehenner4164

    @malltehenner4164

    8 жыл бұрын

    +OleT967 How the f*ck it's a lot safer with pin codes xD

  • @paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens586
    @paulthe2mikolajdupontsrens5866 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @iloveluhan9307
    @iloveluhan93077 жыл бұрын

    Denmark is beautiful, it looks so pretty!! Love from Britain!

  • @garyproffitt669

    @garyproffitt669

    7 жыл бұрын

    So how is Britain, I'm from Britain too ;-)

  • @iloveluhan9307

    @iloveluhan9307

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well surely you must know if you're British too :p but from my end it's quite boring, not nice ;(

  • @TrixAreForKicks
    @TrixAreForKicks8 жыл бұрын

    "danes er crazy" YOU ARE CRAZY! SMØREBRØD IS AMAZING!

  • @zachariasplate7350

    @zachariasplate7350

    8 жыл бұрын

    IKR

  • @christianhumlehaagen4431

    @christianhumlehaagen4431

    8 жыл бұрын

    Danes Is crazy ;) maybe smørebrød is amazing but about the Danes spandaver in Denmark, he is right

  • @sebastianmejlhededorfpeter2995

    @sebastianmejlhededorfpeter2995

    8 жыл бұрын

    WERE NOT CRAZY!

  • @themaimlgamer

    @themaimlgamer

    8 жыл бұрын

    Im a dane and i am proud of it!

  • @danielschmidt4064

    @danielschmidt4064

    8 жыл бұрын

    me too

  • @frejafelicia2713
    @frejafelicia27138 жыл бұрын

    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"

  • @woltersworld

    @woltersworld

    8 жыл бұрын

    I love you Danes. Seriously fell in love with the place on that visit.

  • @GrantozBoys

    @GrantozBoys

    8 жыл бұрын

    +woltersworld Oh thanks bro ;)

  • @theforestero

    @theforestero

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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...?...

  • @frejafelicia2713

    @frejafelicia2713

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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☺️

  • @kristerstudsgaard

    @kristerstudsgaard

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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.

  • @mellewilliamson
    @mellewilliamson6 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos. Great insights, awesome personality and well spoken! Thanks for the info! :)

  • @CleopatraDK
    @CleopatraDK4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Juli702e
    @Juli702e8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kylejdahl5358

    @kylejdahl5358

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Julia Malling Maybe he just scares people!

  • @ArtofFreeSpeech

    @ArtofFreeSpeech

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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!

  • @user-vz1xj1ub9t

    @user-vz1xj1ub9t

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Julia Malling thanks for right infomation :)

  • @lunarath1

    @lunarath1

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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.

  • @swampy034

    @swampy034

    8 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @th4t0n3f15h
    @th4t0n3f15h8 жыл бұрын

    #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 )

  • @th4t0n3f15h

    @th4t0n3f15h

    8 жыл бұрын

    btw im dane

  • @gustavrudtarp4342

    @gustavrudtarp4342

    8 жыл бұрын

    Det er jeg også

  • @Lohfert

    @Lohfert

    8 жыл бұрын

    I love the "kartoffelchips and go hygge inside"

  • @Williamerhurtig

    @Williamerhurtig

    8 жыл бұрын

    LOL kartoffelchips and hygge😂😂😂😂

  • @asger7085

    @asger7085

    7 жыл бұрын

    Hygge xD

  • @tiadoran
    @tiadoran5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Ida-hl4cn
    @Ida-hl4cn7 жыл бұрын

    If you are going to Denmark, you need to go to Jylland👍🏻💚😍🇩🇰🇩🇰

  • @thestandingstone2832

    @thestandingstone2832

    6 жыл бұрын

    funny girls in English its called 'Jutland', don't know why

  • @ah.8840

    @ah.8840

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jylland= Jutland. Fyn= Funen. Sjælland= Zealand Island= Iceland. Grønland= Greenland. Færøerne= Faroe Islands. Bornholm= Bornholm

  • @reoccurcat

    @reoccurcat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oliver CDB It’s funny how Bornholm is spelled the same in both languages compared to some of the other words.

  • @Stoicwielded
    @Stoicwielded8 жыл бұрын

    I like that you have been in Denmark in maybe a month and you think you know all about Denmark

  • @hejdk6

    @hejdk6

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Stoicwielded

    @Stoicwielded

    8 жыл бұрын

    +hejdk6 yeah maybe in Copenhagen but that doesn't mean that it is like that in the rest of the world😄

  • @hejdk6

    @hejdk6

    8 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @hejdk6

    @hejdk6

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Gnug215

    @Gnug215

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @travissorenson9554
    @travissorenson95548 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sarahhansen7292

    @sarahhansen7292

    8 жыл бұрын

    We will welcome you with open arms🙆😊

  • @frejneergaard5309

    @frejneergaard5309

    8 жыл бұрын

    We welcome you to ride our public transportation! Just shut up alright?

  • @TheGirlCille

    @TheGirlCille

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sarah Hansen - Not really. Today everyone hates "outsiders" in Denmark LOL *Host* Dansk Folkeparti

  • @CpuAreStupid

    @CpuAreStupid

    8 жыл бұрын

    It's great if you're kinda introverted, but sometimes it can just reinforce it and you might get a little lonely:/

  • @Tudsefryd

    @Tudsefryd

    8 жыл бұрын

    - 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

  • @EricELT18
    @EricELT187 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your experiences and insights.

  • @markusmarkus7590
    @markusmarkus75905 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, very informative, very helpful, i wish you 🍀

  • @sgopal20donut14
    @sgopal20donut148 жыл бұрын

    I burst out laughing when he said 10 lines of remulade at 6:57

  • @sgopal20donut14

    @sgopal20donut14

    8 жыл бұрын

    6:50

  • @fsebastianosf
    @fsebastianosf8 жыл бұрын

    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!!

  • @helenecsiky7191
    @helenecsiky71917 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @sopsilist2030

    @sopsilist2030

    6 жыл бұрын

    ya

  • @francesvansiclen3245

    @francesvansiclen3245

    6 жыл бұрын

    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 !

  • @brigidspencer5123
    @brigidspencer5123 Жыл бұрын

    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.♥️

  • @cakemanzero
    @cakemanzero8 жыл бұрын

    WHAT? Do Americans not remember their own pin? What the hell?

  • @XxJ0nas98xX

    @XxJ0nas98xX

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @christianhumlehaagen4431

    @christianhumlehaagen4431

    8 жыл бұрын

    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 ;)

  • @CrystalblueMage

    @CrystalblueMage

    8 жыл бұрын

    To be honest, I don't remember the PIN for my Master Card either (tho' there is one), only for my DAN-card.

  • @thomasschwartz9132

    @thomasschwartz9132

    7 жыл бұрын

    I am as shoked as you +Turd Of Time

  • @foreigeanneamhspleach
    @foreigeanneamhspleach8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @auca6094

    @auca6094

    8 жыл бұрын

    Denmark can be a great place but when you have lived there in 11 years it's dødssygt

  • @boristecholsson4053

    @boristecholsson4053

    8 жыл бұрын

    Im danish and I finally found someone who likes denmark!

  • @Real_MisterSir

    @Real_MisterSir

    2 жыл бұрын

    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?

  • @foreigeanneamhspleach

    @foreigeanneamhspleach

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @globala3664
    @globala36647 жыл бұрын

    Well, your videos are always interesting and useful. I really like the way to describe things mate. Cheers

  • @creativemel
    @creativemel8 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic info! Thank you :)

  • @user-mt3fk8wk2x
    @user-mt3fk8wk2x8 жыл бұрын

    I'm Danish we Are NOT rude..... But the other things are real 😂

  • @SimonPetersennoer

    @SimonPetersennoer

    8 жыл бұрын

    Compared to the Americans we are. For me they are way to polite

  • @EngeliHeart

    @EngeliHeart

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lastmantis3130

    @lastmantis3130

    8 жыл бұрын

    NOT bad service

  • @linusmahoney

    @linusmahoney

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ja der er noget der hedder "må jeg bede om"...

  • @1MTEK

    @1MTEK

    7 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @tommyfortress7515
    @tommyfortress75159 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @zeratir7873

    @zeratir7873

    9 жыл бұрын

    Tommy Jensen or atleast also visiting Jutland.

  • @tommyfortress7515

    @tommyfortress7515

    9 жыл бұрын

    Jylland. Many farms. As must as i know

  • @zeratir7873

    @zeratir7873

    9 жыл бұрын

    Tommy Jensen Many farms on Sjælland as well.

  • @NielsenTV

    @NielsenTV

    9 жыл бұрын

    Tommy Jensen Jylland is a great place, spiecally up north i would say so

  • @tommyfortress7515

    @tommyfortress7515

    9 жыл бұрын

    I live in region north jylland, was before named nord-vest (danish) but it changed.

  • @joshquill2263
    @joshquill22637 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @oscarjensen8598
    @oscarjensen85987 жыл бұрын

    I don't Think any kids is obsessed with smørrebrød in Denmark it has just become a tradition and because its healthy

  • @vanefreja86

    @vanefreja86

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oscar Jensen and the open face sanwiches we normally have for lunch are lesss layered than smørrebrød.

  • @charlottemuller2233

    @charlottemuller2233

    3 жыл бұрын

    then there obsessed !

  • @absolos6945
    @absolos69458 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @gempanoob

    @gempanoob

    8 жыл бұрын

    københavn er den værste del af danmark haha

  • @mikkelkapper8488

    @mikkelkapper8488

    8 жыл бұрын

    +gempanoob Så rigtig, det er ikke rigtige mennesker der bor i København

  • @lastmantis3130

    @lastmantis3130

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes there Is Jylland and fyn

  • @juicey4165
    @juicey41658 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @k.s.l.7518

    @k.s.l.7518

    8 жыл бұрын

    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 :)

  • @VenomCobrah

    @VenomCobrah

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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

  • @k.s.l.7518

    @k.s.l.7518

    8 жыл бұрын

    Oliver Holmbo Og så forstår man jo sagtens hvorfor han siger som han gør :)

  • @VenomCobrah

    @VenomCobrah

    8 жыл бұрын

    +K.S. L. Ja præcis :-)

  • @annacrisp3886

    @annacrisp3886

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @VladProdigious
    @VladProdigious7 жыл бұрын

    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. :) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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.

  • @kristianlysgaard5204
    @kristianlysgaard52048 жыл бұрын

    Dane here. Good job.. pretty much nailed it. :)

  • @kimandersen6620
    @kimandersen66209 жыл бұрын

    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 :)

  • @will22164

    @will22164

    9 жыл бұрын

    Kim Andersen can't say I don't agree with you ;)

  • @Truth_Plug

    @Truth_Plug

    9 жыл бұрын

    Jutland is fucking boring as hell, go to copenhagen and smoke weed, get drunk, and party

  • @will22164

    @will22164

    9 жыл бұрын

    Awesome ComedyHD so try to get arrested?

  • @Truth_Plug

    @Truth_Plug

    9 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @will22164

    @will22164

    9 жыл бұрын

    Awesome ComedyHD klaaaart.

  • @DanishCamp
    @DanishCamp8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @kor_di

    @kor_di

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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.

  • @DanishCamp

    @DanishCamp

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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.

  • @kor_di

    @kor_di

    8 жыл бұрын

    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 🙂

  • @DanishCamp

    @DanishCamp

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lynild

    @lynild

    8 жыл бұрын

    +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

  • @chintyamultitalentedchanne4839
    @chintyamultitalentedchanne48393 жыл бұрын

    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..☺️☺️

  • @marctved7248
    @marctved72484 жыл бұрын

    1:31 Yes there is indeed something you dont know, but us Danish people will never let that secret slip.....

  • @ethanor

    @ethanor

    4 жыл бұрын

    Quiet, they might catch on if we talk about That-Which-Must-Not-Be-Mentioned

  • @marctved7248

    @marctved7248

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ethanor Oh s*** u right

  • @TKNPaintings
    @TKNPaintings8 жыл бұрын

    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 ❤️

  • @lslsllslslkshvhgdhdjdd4835
    @lslsllslslkshvhgdhdjdd48358 жыл бұрын

    Im Danish but ive never seen a baby Left out side

  • @swampy034

    @swampy034

    8 жыл бұрын

    Neither have I and I'm Danish to

  • @terman282

    @terman282

    8 жыл бұрын

    walk down strøget from spring to autumn and you will see it

  • @LyonQue

    @LyonQue

    8 жыл бұрын

    Bare gå til storbyen, selvom du også der skal lede længe

  • @LyonQue

    @LyonQue

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Kenneth Hansen There are someone, who is racist!

  • @LyonQue

    @LyonQue

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Kenneth Hansen Nazi Pig

  • @MrThemuce
    @MrThemuce7 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!!!!! Bravo and ty :)

  • @NothingMaster
    @NothingMaster4 жыл бұрын

    Really great video, Wolter. Just kidding buddy, nice job as always, Mark. 😀

  • @kurtjensen7264
    @kurtjensen72646 жыл бұрын

    I realize it's a huge culture shock for Americans but it's called minding your own business.

  • @josepartida1711

    @josepartida1711

    6 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @DirectorWestfield

    @DirectorWestfield

    5 жыл бұрын

    As an American introvert, I’d wish more Americans would mind their own damn business. Sometimes I just want to be left alone.

  • @Nistol11

    @Nistol11

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@DirectorWestfield That's actually a great way to put it. Denmark is basically a country of introverts, and we therefore respect each others privacy.

  • @dannydorko7075

    @dannydorko7075

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Nistol11 Seems like there needs to be a middle ground....which is england :p

  • @kriss3d

    @kriss3d

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @CielPhantomhivexSebastian
    @CielPhantomhivexSebastian9 жыл бұрын

    I hope you can do a mini tour on Iceland! That's the one place I'd die for.

  • @woltersworld

    @woltersworld

    9 жыл бұрын

    Ciel Phantomhive going there this summer ;)

  • @CielPhantomhivexSebastian

    @CielPhantomhivexSebastian

    9 жыл бұрын

    woltersworld Wow, thank you for responding! And I'll keep an eye out, as always. Enjoy your 24/7 sunshine! ;)

  • @tanjajensen6520
    @tanjajensen65208 жыл бұрын

    I love this video :D

  • @electronicraisin5956
    @electronicraisin59567 жыл бұрын

    wow the similarities between Copenhagen and Japan are astounding

  • @Aros_DK
    @Aros_DK8 жыл бұрын

    Ï would say that you got a few things right and a few wrong, but other than that this was pretty good

  • @AbdulazizAlmulla
    @AbdulazizAlmulla9 жыл бұрын

    It's very safe place, I forgot my bag in airport bathroom and found it in the place after 2 hours

  • @kentvonessen5244

    @kentvonessen5244

    8 жыл бұрын

    Abdulaziz Almulla Wow really?

  • @kentvonessen5244

    @kentvonessen5244

    8 жыл бұрын

    Abdulaziz Almulla Lucky you

  • @AbdulazizAlmulla

    @AbdulazizAlmulla

    8 жыл бұрын

    kent von essen thank you

  • @dayynish3107

    @dayynish3107

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tip Denmark is really safe. No tornadoes or sandstorms haha:3

  • @Wings_of_foam

    @Wings_of_foam

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Abdulaziz Almulla looked like a bomb

  • @eriktiedgen9442
    @eriktiedgen94424 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @allanjensen8324
    @allanjensen83248 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha funny to hear it from another point of view, greating from Denmark :-)

  • @osteoporosisitself6726
    @osteoporosisitself67268 жыл бұрын

    "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"😂

  • @charlottemuller2233

    @charlottemuller2233

    3 жыл бұрын

    that’s what he said!

  • @kj12351

    @kj12351

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's more like "can you give the salt?", atlest in my house.

  • @marianne3777
    @marianne37777 жыл бұрын

    Hey from Copenhagen!!😘 You can pay everywhere with cash!!!! and it's nice!!

  • @jacobberg5365
    @jacobberg53657 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @francesvansiclen3245
    @francesvansiclen32456 жыл бұрын

    Wolter, you do a great job; wish I could travel with you !

  • @nannanomieelinenielsen1113
    @nannanomieelinenielsen11137 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @hichamlorenzo

    @hichamlorenzo

    7 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @hichamlorenzo

    @hichamlorenzo

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nanna Nomie Eline Nielsen I've been in Hjørring and Hirtshals -and Aalborg people there are very wonderful

  • @shaunpierce4174
    @shaunpierce41747 жыл бұрын

    I have to disagree with you about how friendly (or not) the Danish are. I went there last year for the rock festival in Esbjerg and the people I met were amazing, I made some awesome friends over the 3 days I was there.

  • @stellazonoozi2829

    @stellazonoozi2829

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes...they are nice....JUST...when they are drunk....

  • @frozenpizza8153
    @frozenpizza81538 жыл бұрын

    Great video, spot on...

  • @danner253
    @danner2536 жыл бұрын

    I'm going on a study trip to Copenhagen I can't wait, it sounds so idyllic for a quiet tourist like me

  • @therra1101
    @therra11018 жыл бұрын

    countries are different and yes you might find it strange, but shock is a bit strong

  • @ajwasp

    @ajwasp

    8 жыл бұрын

    No, to the Americans they do get " shocked " often when they come here to Denmark.

  • @GeorgymonF

    @GeorgymonF

    8 жыл бұрын

    +ajwasp I wasn't shocked. I'm an American and I just moved here. If you ever take a visit down to Mexico or India or Japan or something, then you'll be shocked. especially by the food. The Danish people don't know spice if it sat on their faces. The "hottest snack in town" didn't taste spicy at all. every "American bbq burger" or "American spicy sauce" tastes nothing like you'd get in America. And I'll tell you now; if you ever visit a Buffalo Wild Wings and order Mango habanero wings, you will not be able to finish it and probably die of a heat exhilaration and shock. those wings are real spice. The shit-kicking spice that earns it's name. that's REAL culture shock.

  • @ajwasp

    @ajwasp

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Gʀɑʏ Fʊʟʟвʊѕтɛʀ . Ok, your main past time is eating, right ?

  • @GeorgymonF

    @GeorgymonF

    8 жыл бұрын

    ajwasp past time?

  • @ajwasp

    @ajwasp

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Gʀɑʏ Fʊʟʟвʊѕтɛʀ . Sorry for that. It's English. "past time". It means 'hobby', or 'recreation'. What you do in your 'spare time' or to 'pass the time'.

  • @jacobabrams5854
    @jacobabrams58547 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @AndersAndersendark

    @AndersAndersendark

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @robina.jensen6114
    @robina.jensen61148 жыл бұрын

    Spot on Bro. Welcome to Denmark. Look out for crazy bike-riders! :-D

  • @hvaffornaad
    @hvaffornaad7 жыл бұрын

    Yea Denmark is a very safe place to live but U don't wanna be someplaces in the City after 11:00 pm! Nice video keep up the good work😊

  • @chrissddffs
    @chrissddffs8 жыл бұрын

    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:-)

  • @woltersworld

    @woltersworld

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Chris Hansen thanks chris! I loved Denmark. Can't wait to go back with the whole family

  • @williambauer737

    @williambauer737

    8 жыл бұрын

    Jeg fandt den også meget underholdende.

  • @nikolineelisabethegeskovda7821

    @nikolineelisabethegeskovda7821

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Freaky BAUER samme her😂

  • @oliverjacobsen4618

    @oliverjacobsen4618

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sandt nok ;)

  • @Solitide
    @Solitide8 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @teaxelsen

    @teaxelsen

    8 жыл бұрын

    same in Næstved, so try to look outside of Copenhagen (København)

  • @k.s.l.7518

    @k.s.l.7518

    8 жыл бұрын

    It´s not only in Copenhagen, but maybe mostly in Copenhagen :)

  • @Solitide

    @Solitide

    8 жыл бұрын

    K.S. L. 99% is in copenhagen. they have no manners

  • @k.s.l.7518

    @k.s.l.7518

    8 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Solitide

    @Solitide

    8 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Cbr0749
    @Cbr07497 жыл бұрын

    Been to Copenhagen a lot of times and you nailed it. To my own bias i have only lived in Jutland and it is worlds apart from CPH. However if you have a dog and go for a walk you are in for a treat. People a very friendly and a walk usually takes 1-2 hours because you stop and chat with every dog owner and they have these fenced off areas in the fields and woods in and around the cities where the dogs can play and enjoy themselves on their own, while the owners sit on a bench talking with a mug of coffee:)

  • @Milkman4279
    @Milkman42796 жыл бұрын

    My nephew's wife is from Denmark, and this video explains a lot.

  • @helenahedegaard4538
    @helenahedegaard45387 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Dane, living in Denmark, 25 km north of Copenhagen. Side note, I spent 16 years in Vancouver, CA. 3) Babies left outside... my mom did this with me 35 years ago, but because of migration, etc... the Danes don't do this as much anymore. The same thing with dogs, there's an "epidemic" with stealing dogs leashed outside the grocery stores 4) lock your bike! People, especially drunk people going home at night "borrow" bikes without bringing them back. I "left" my wallet on a bench in Elsinore. When I realised this 35 minutes after leaving the bench, I went back, and it was still there, incl. content. I was amazed. 7) Happiest country in the world, yet 1 in 6 are on anti-depressants :(. I'm constantly annoyed at the ambivalence (and rudeness). 8) It's all about the BUTTER! Remoulade is mayo, onion, pickles and mustard, etc. 10) The National Bank wants to be the first cashless society in the World... this pretty much solidifies your statement about cash. Gov. just changed the law regarding cash after 10 pm. Stores no longer need to accept cash after this time. You've been warned ;).

  • @theanrholm846
    @theanrholm8468 жыл бұрын

    1. We do talk. 2. the sirves is just as nice as it is in Usa 3. we are just like u so stop :))

  • @theanrholm846

    @theanrholm846

    8 жыл бұрын

    And it's not every one that ''Rude''

  • @michelecaravella1708

    @michelecaravella1708

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yeah

  • @michelecaravella1708

    @michelecaravella1708

    8 жыл бұрын

    #welovedenmark

  • @flexabe8978

    @flexabe8978

    8 жыл бұрын

    So true

  • @flexabe8978

    @flexabe8978

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Denmark too

  • @artwork79
    @artwork798 жыл бұрын

    haha love your visit denmark tour :) Most of what you are saying are absoloutly true :)

  • @deejayk5939
    @deejayk5939 Жыл бұрын

    Just found out I’m half Danish, fascinated by the country and want to get there one day. It looks beautiful

  • @jardon8636
    @jardon86367 жыл бұрын

    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....

  • @kussi_7056

    @kussi_7056

    7 жыл бұрын

    good speach

  • @jardon8636

    @jardon8636

    7 жыл бұрын

    btw, i am british, obessed by the weather and drinking tea, but i do have danish dna,king sweyn II & ragnar loftbrook :p

  • @kussi_7056

    @kussi_7056

    7 жыл бұрын

    ok thanks for info

  • @Saffron.Aerowyn_07

    @Saffron.Aerowyn_07

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @siljaravens
    @siljaravens7 жыл бұрын

    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... :)

  • @woltersworld

    @woltersworld

    7 жыл бұрын

    +danishsimmer girl (silja birkebo ravnholt) we will definitely go back. Had such a nice time there.

  • @BLACKHOLEGADGETS

    @BLACKHOLEGADGETS

    7 жыл бұрын

    Is Viborg a city without such "rude/direct" people? XD I just wanna know cause I'm hoping to do a course over there!

  • @siljaravens

    @siljaravens

    7 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @justinwashburn496

    @justinwashburn496

    7 жыл бұрын

    Broken Nose you calling me rude? Bicth hek no

  • @CyberGenious24
    @CyberGenious247 жыл бұрын

    hahaha you are amazing .. Thanks for video

  • @VIRGONOMICS
    @VIRGONOMICS4 жыл бұрын

    My cousin is a Dane- man, you nailed it. Thanks .

  • @ericbrufatto5371
    @ericbrufatto53717 жыл бұрын

    "Danish ambivalence." Don't you mean "indifference?"

  • @hardwaregawd2902
    @hardwaregawd29028 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE the way he says remulade :) (most) Non Danish natives just can't danish! :)

  • @memo-uw7km

    @memo-uw7km

    8 жыл бұрын

    "non danish natives just can't danish" det samme med danskere og engelsk :P

  • @hardwaregawd2902

    @hardwaregawd2902

    8 жыл бұрын

    +surtr_112 Jeg har aldrig pralet af mit engelsk :)

  • @lucasmatzen

    @lucasmatzen

    8 жыл бұрын

    Det er bare RIP

  • @Brajuitorul

    @Brajuitorul

    8 жыл бұрын

    Remoulade is a french word....

  • @hardwaregawd2902

    @hardwaregawd2902

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Andrei Tudor I actually didn't know that since I have not ever heard it anywhere Else in the World.

  • @carlfernandes1275
    @carlfernandes12757 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Eilonwy.
    @Eilonwy.7 жыл бұрын

    Everything he's saying is correct when it comes to Copenhagen. I'm from Aarhus. In Jylland you will be met in a different way, people make eye contact and are overall nice to foreigners and to each other. Many of his other points in my opinion counts as true facts throughout the country. Great video! Subscribed =)

  • @eyyaya
    @eyyaya8 жыл бұрын

    I think you feel like People dont smile and so on, on the streets because you where in copenhagen. try Odense or Århus or Aalborg :) specialy Odense ;)

  • @eyyaya

    @eyyaya

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mei Mio good guess

  • @punkychuxx2269

    @punkychuxx2269

    8 жыл бұрын

    True. I'm not from Odense, but people look at me like I'm a maniac because I smile, say hi and even bow at people at times.

  • @vickirasmussen4791

    @vickirasmussen4791

    8 жыл бұрын

    yes come to odense when the building is over

  • @lastmantis3130

    @lastmantis3130

    8 жыл бұрын

    +vicki rasmussen yes

  • @CordovanSplotchVT

    @CordovanSplotchVT

    7 жыл бұрын

    And when you're done cleansing Vollsmose.

  • @ClausEberhard
    @ClausEberhard7 жыл бұрын

    You are absolutely so right in this movie. (Y) Though a few minor details is a bit off, like yes the waiters in Denmark do try to give good service, but as we usually do not give any tips in Denmark because of high salaries (and high taxes), the waiters are more focused on serving as many as possible (again like with the directness and fast forward work "policy") instead of giving extra great service for a few for the extra tips. And there are other minor things a bit off like with hot dogs, where we use yes remoulade but also mustard and tomato ketchup and so on. But all in all a great and very precise description of my country Denmark, and though I do not currently live in Copenhagen myself, I have both family and have also previously lived there and a lot of other places here in Denmark - and now currently live Aalborg. So thank you very much for your absolutely great video about Denmark and Copenhagen. Best Regards Claus Hjortholm Eberhard

  • @DanishRyeBread
    @DanishRyeBread7 жыл бұрын

    Hey IM A DANE!!!!! And this video is hilarious and I can totally see why a tourist see us this way. Tak for videoen, der er nogle gode pointer, specielt med dankort og pinkode!

  • @truckstoptvca5929
    @truckstoptvca59297 жыл бұрын

    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