American Reacts To Denmark 1965 In Color | Looks A Lot Like When I Visited 

Great video! It's very similar today, just more modern as you put it

About history, I think Danes are very proud of their long, living, continuous history - and should be. In Finland we say that continental Europe starts in Denmark and southwards. The houses with white plaster and visible timber in all directions, we call "kors-virkes-hus" - aka cross-timber houses in verbatim translation. That was a middle/central European way to save and use the minimal amount of timber. Timber was expensive, and often imported from the north, and perhaps they had clay and cobbels in abundance. These old building methods are fascinating. I'm so glad that history is your great interest. One day you'll make a visit to Eastern Europe, where they proudly built up their citycenters, after the WW2 bombing had levelled them to dust - in the west the buildings were made in modern design (glass and concrete), but in the East they often used old methods and materials. Very impressive. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u5KJ4eXV59w.html

Bakken - The oldest amusementpark in the world. So that surely was the right place to go =D Tivoli is fun too - If you dont like rides (much) its stil a lovely park, yet loud due to the fun being had.

Many things look the same as in 1965 but people back then were more well dressed and seemed more well behaved.

I was born in 61, so what a nice look back. If you like trains, there is a train museum (biggest in DK) in Odense, in walking distance from H.C. Andersen museum.

They say Bakken is for the Danes and Tivoli for the tourists - is it correct. Nice video you did find, Bryson! I've seen many of the views shown on visits to Denmark.

Love your channel buddy😊 Whenever you find yourself in Denmark again just reach out, I'll show you some of the hidden gems😊

British Pathé has some amazing videos

Thanks for Maine st USA and Denmark 1965 shows off the Northern hemisphere.When are you going to Europe again Bryson.

hehehe no great belt bridge ;)

The man on the roof @8:45 is my oncle from Sønderho, Fanø :)

I can only speak about the boat Hjejlen. And it didn't look good for that one. But it look like it's still running. And The old Town in Aarhus. Den Gamle By are nearl become an amusement park. But thats realy a new and a good way to show how it was in the ol days. They even brew beer as in the old days. But the brewery haven't open every day. But lots of fun in the old town in Aarhus

I was born in 1965. Back then Denmark was like a "village". Everyone shared the same background. Very few rich people - and not many poor people either - the rest, hard working but of modest but adequate means. And of course - everyone was white and christian ;o). People of colour were rarely seen - in fact I was well into my teens before I saw a black person "live". I dont remember any kind of racism. Just curiosity - and probably thoughtless stupid questions.

Video from my childhood. Much has changed in the 60 years since then 😂

"Wonderful" is the adjective connected to Copenhagen for all my life, thanks to this evergreen song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sMbbg0k4Xeo.html

Specifically the chalk washed half-timbered houses with straw roofs are preserved in many parts of Denmark, i live in a pendler town outside of Copenhagen and even we have a few of them. They are also very common on Lolland-Falster in the southern part of Sjælland. Because of that the job and education to building those roofs also persists 'Stråtækker' is what we call it. Generally though it is in many ways the same, like the outdoors lunch/supper tables is still more or less what we do in summer, we do it because the sun doesn't go down until near 11pm. Life is a bit faster now a days even in Jutland, but overall my childhood in the 90s and 00s on my grandads farm was basically that. He was a horse breeder and trainer by trade and farmer by necessity so there was lots of horse carriage riding, he also in his younger days rode and bred horses for the tuborg horsecarriage which used to deliver beer before vans were invented. The horses he bred are called Jutish brewer horses, which are a mix between an old Danish war horse and a British white sock breed, so basically muscle on four legs. He was one of the first peopole to breed the horses on Sjælland. Long story short, it's the same vibe, which is very nice an assault of nostalgia.

A few things have changed especially on the west coast of Denmark. today there is no fishing industry in Esbjerg (literally 0) - the entire harbor has become a European hotspot for the offshore industry - petrochemical and wind - and most of the harbor has been shut off to the public do the safety risks.

You are very welcome, Bryson It was lovely to have you here...😊 Come back any time, we'll go somewhere else special 😉 Great video, DK of my childhood hello from Denmark 🌸

I'm 32 and from Denmark, but deeply fascinated by the history from the 1960's and down. The 50's and 60's probably come out on top as my favorite periods in terms of fashion, design and just the overall impression I have of life back then. The war was over and there seemed to be quite an upswing in wellbeing and a lot of hope for the future among the people in our society. Anybody who actually lived through the periods may wanna correct me here if I'm wrong 😅 Somehow I feel very connected to older periods, even though I wasn't even born back then. I know we tend to romanticize these periods heavily if we watch black and white movies from back then, cause a time like the 1940's wasn't an era of dreams by any means. I guess it's a mental escape for me, longing for simpler times before the modern world went absolutely bonkers 🫠

minor correction. We are not a naton of 500 islands, but rather 1419, 443 are named, 74 are inhabited :)

The old train ferries also doubled as a minelayer, in the event of a war with the USSR.

1965, my birth year - This really made me realise, that I was born i the oooold days! :P

The oldest houses in Denmark, dates back to the 1200s. And I'm not talking about museums, but houses, people actually live in. Although they are of course modern on the inside.

At 6:19 we are almost in a Kentuckian atmosphere, aren't we?

I love Danmark. And now I am curious about the HC Andersen quote.😉

it's weird seeing them showcase the storks so much as if they're just everywhere in Denmark. My entire life there's been a long battle so save what few storks still come here at all

3:07 you need to take into account that this was in 1965, that was not common.

Manu of the houses on Fanø is Well preserved still.

I understood "Bakken" perfectly 👍. And yes, Denmark is still kinda similar to the video. Different hairstyles and bathing suits though 😁 You are more than welcome back to Denmark. We would love to have you, anytime 🤗. Loved your videos from your trip.

and the musik is cool... Ha Ha Ha.

7:45 Hjejlen are still sailing

Fanø!!!❤🌸🌊☀️🪁

Aarhus

In the 1940's and 1950's modernization of city centers some of the old houses where not just demolished to rubble. There was an active effort to preserve some of those buildings and landmarks. Houses, wind mills for grain, barns, fishing houses, small factories and one man workshops like a cobler or barber..... They simply numbered every stone, board, tool, sign, and item. Moved it to different areas and rebuild it just like it once was. Even today families can spend a summer living like they did in the stoneage or the 1800's interacting with visitors and guests coming to learn about the history. That ferry "Hjejlen" is still operating today. Sailing you from the town of Silkeborg to the famous sky mountain en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelbjerget

we have a farm/museum next door that is working like it did hundreds of years ago, so yes in some places it pretty much looks the same.. its not far from Ribe they showed in the video, and that is also worth looking at if you want to see the very old buildings.. copenhagen have burned a couple of times so only old ruins left there more or less. no houses that looks like the old days for example