I'm a Dane living in Denmark AMA

[Iamdanish]

Just that really 😀 will try my best to answer your questions.

What do most Danish people have for breakfast on a normal working day?

havingto
I think they start in 1. Grade that is 6/7 years old. And then German or French from grade 5 or 6.
But all interaction with games online, a lot of television etc. Is in English so they are in contact with it all the time.
Re. SN kids, of course there are challenges, but I don't think the focus is specifically on language learning problems. But all the problems education wise, if that makes sense.

Landry
I wouldn't know 😂. To us it is a way of living, something we don't think about. I am not quite sure what it is we do that others don't.
It is not a question of decorations, but when we get together we spend a long time dining and afterwards stay in the living room with coffee, cake, candles and wine talking and having fun, setting the world straight, generally having a nice time and that can go on for hours and hours 😀.

Landry
Actually I don't think brits would think our style decoration wise is very hyggelig. We worship light/sun so we tend to have white walls, and cool colors for floor and furniture.

Demelza
This will hopefully explain.

www.thelocal.dk/20150623/denmark-sankt-hans-aften

Jsmith

Yoghurt, toast, porridge.
In my family we have a slice of rye bread with cold cuts. It is the Danish version of rye bread.

Please will you take back Sandi Toksvig and send us Mrs Kinnock.

Millytant

Oh my... We don't "know" Sandy in Denmark 😂. Her father was well known when I was very, very young. I only know off her from BBC brits television, but I quite like her in QI.

Mrs. Kinnock as you call her was our prime minister and is called Helle thorning schmidt and has in her own right been much more powerful than her husband. When she was prime minister she wasn't more popular than your Teresa may 🙄.

Denmark can be seen as a bit traditional in its ways. How are gay people treated in the rural towns and villages?

Why are Danes so obsessed with liquorice? I was once tricked into eating what I thought was a delicious chocolate truffle only to find out it was revolting cocoa dusted liquorice ball. I'm still angry at that person. And at Denmark.

I always think Denmark must be a wonderful country to live in. But then I remember the appalling intensive pig farming. Why does such a civilised place not improve the conditions in pig farms?

And, on a lighter note, what is your summer weather like? How warm does it get on average?

Sorry if this has been covered already, as you were referring to a few policies with different names. Last year a lot of people were talking about a new law that was passed regarding mandatory daycare for children of ethnic minorities in certain neighbourhoods. What are your thoughts on this?

Llande
Tough one, as in most places, the closer you are to a capital city the better. I think/hope it is getting better in rural Jutland. But I don't know.

Quintella, ha, ha I hear you. I like some kinds of liquorice, but I'm not a fanatic. However, if someone tricked me with CHOCOLATE I would be furious, too. We have always eaten it, and tourists either love it or DON'T. It's in fashion atm so liquorice ice cream, liquorice chocolate you name it. Not to my liking.

Why not post in the AMA section?

bibbity
I don't know, but am totally with you. It is purely politically motivated to export as much as possible 😢. My dd is a vet. student and she is furious. Even the vets don't have a say re. the farmers 😤.

Summer: Good years 22-25 c and glorious weather.
Not so good years 18-20 c and rain.

@bluebells you'll need to fight me first

Joy
Depends on your interests. We have a lot of castles in Zeeland, beaches. Funen has h. c. Andersen and all of funen is very pretty. Don't know much about Jutland but pretty sites there, too.

kiwi
I don't know if the law was passed. But some places are so badly integrated that children started school without having basic skills in Danish, and therefore had great difficulties. That was what the politicians acted on, whether it is true?

Bartho
Because I'm an idiot, didn't find the AMA section 😀.

Luckily these clever, nice, great posters found me 😁.

Just taking a break, should be doing things in rl. I will be back 😀.

I'm going to be in Denmark on my own with my kids in the summer. In England there are websites where you can book babysitters to look after them occasionally - is there an equivalent in Denmark please?

Hej Iamdanish,

Hvad mener københavnerne om dem at bor i jylland? Og hvis man taler dansk som en jyskeman, synes sjællænderne at man er ikke så klog?

And apologies for the appalling Danish

Upthepong, I've lived here 13 years (in Copenhagen) and there's definitely some stigma that a strong Jutlandic accent doesn't sound so... 'educated.'

It's actually a lot easier to understand when you're trying to learn Danish though (although those from the middle island, Fyn, are the easiest in my experience!)

Ooh, so many questions...

I once did a work placement in Denmark and also had a holiday there but this was quite a while ago, before social media was big. I thought everyone looked clean and well dressed, but not much makeup or high fashion and more emphasis on practicality (think slightly cropped trousers and sturdy boots that you can cycle in). Was my impression right and is it still like that?

What does (no idea of spelling) “tak for dem” mean? I thought maybe it means “thanks for that”.