American Reacts to the Most Danish Town in America | This American Town is Exactly Like Denmark!!! 

Scandinavien is : Norway, Sweden and Denmark The Nordic is Norway , Findland, Iceland, Sweden , Denmark, Greenland , Farao Island and Åland Islands 😊😊🇩🇰🇩🇰

Yeah the bakery dude was a bit quick to claim Haribo to be Danish, we do eat a lot of it, but it's actually from Germany.

yes its like a Disneyland version of a Danish village from 1840 with modern roads. ( doesn't change the fact that they are proud of their Danish harritage ) a "Danish" village in the USA you haven't heard of is Elk Horn Iowa ( less comercial than Solvang )

I'm sorry Charlie.. if you think the food they serve is Danish... It is not. As a Dane who has visited both the bakery and the that restaurant in Solvang. I / we talked to the same man as in the video, the masterbaker and the mayor. I would say that it is almost an insult to Danish cuisine. IT IS NOT DANISH FOOD. You do NOT serve "apple slices" together with Mediterranean sausage..!!! Medisterpølse is served with potatoes and a thick sauce, as a main course. Apple slices are used as a snack/dessert. But the buildings, the museum, the shops and all the souvenirshops are beautiful.

Translations to some of the writing on the beams in the restaurant:" Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest" means : when the need is greatest the help is nearest. Second quote: "For lidt og for meget fordærver alt" means: too little and too much ruins everything.3 Quote: "Det er svært at spå om fremtiden" means : It is hard to predict the future.Those are the ones I can see,hope it helps :)

Solvang is like the "South Park" or "Family Guy" version of Denmark.

Scandinavia, is Denmark, Norway and Sweden The Nordics, are Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland (fun fact: Scotland has been entertaining the idea of joining The Nordic Union, after Brexit 😊) Solvang, looks like DK in the 1800's and like some of the 'old cities centers' around DK now, but we have evolved since then 😉 I promise ❤ The background music sounds more 'germanized' than DK folk music... but him playing the accordian, was authentic enough 🇩🇰 Dybbøl Mølle is pronounced with 2 syllables, but not quite as distinct as he does...he is not Danish, but he does 'do Danish' very well. The baker is definately Danish, though! The tinned cookies are authentic, Danish import. Huge wheat cookies dipped in chocolate ❤ The braided heart on the wall, is a Christmas heart.. You do not eat sausage and æbleskiver at the same time!!! One is a lunch meal, the æbleskiver are a Christmas eat with warm mulled wine ✨️ hello from Denmark 🌸

The cookies at 13:55 are "Havreflager" which literally means "Oat flakes". They're cookies made with coarse oats, butter, sugar, syrup, vanilla, etc. Then dipped in or brushed with melted chocolate. And they're absolutely delicious.

17:17 is a "julehjerte" (christmas heart), they're a favourite to make yourself to decorate your tree and also windows and walls with, made from paper you interlace, on top is a "nisse" scandinavian mythical creature, mostly similar to elves, but not the same, and around is of course 2 flags (Danes and also the rest of the nordics are VERY fond of the national flags, but it is not seen as a nationalistic symbol as in most countries, rather a festive symbol), and then there's a lot of pine branches and sheaf (many people still buy sheaf to put up for the birds) 17:36 "Hvor der er hjerterum er der husrum" = "when theres a place in your heart theres a place in your house". 2nd "Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest" = "when the need is greatest, the help is the closest". 3rd "For lidt og for meget fordærver alt" = "too little and too much spoils (the soul/spirit/ethics/decency)" 4th one I can't make enough out of to recognise. 5th is "Den der gemmer til natten, gemmer til katten" = "He who saves for the night, saves for the cat" (literally meaning that if you leave out food, the cat will eat it) 6th is "ligeved og næsten, slår ingen mand af hesten" = "almost and nearly doesn't knock anyone off the horse". 7th is "en fugl i hånden er bedre end ti på taget" = "one bird in the hans is better than ten on the roof". They're all old danish proverbs/sayings

The only Danish town in the US? Nooooot really! Try Elk Horn in Iowa! They are holding on even more to their Danish heritage than in Solvang! ´Hell ... In one of the shops in Elk Horn you can even buy Remoulade! Doesn't get any more Danish than that! ^^

Hahaaa. This town looks like somebody in 1900 vomited switzerland, netherlands and denmark all over, later somebody made it a very american themepark, all plastered with lego and fake nostalgia. What a weird plastic-replica of our country, why the silly clothes, I have never ever seen that kind of clothes here? Pastries seem legit.

8:49 the round tower in Copenhagen has that spiral ramp for the horses, doesn't it?

As a Dane in Denmark its funny to se that town. The picture of the red and white heart is actually a model of a Christmas decoration you weawe yourself. Then you put candy inside it, for the kids

Means Sun Meadow in Danish, as Swede i can be wrong tho.

The Danish flag "Dannebrog" according to legend fell from the sky on this day, June 15 1219 during The Battle of Lynsanis in Estonia. Btw Solvang is more like Denmark 60 to 70 years ago than Denmark today.

There are quite a few videos about Ribe., the oldest town in Denmark. That should be interesting to compare!

Solvang was once a town with a lot of Danes.. I’m Danish and been in Solvang.. it’s more like an amusement park today..

Except that Dybbøl Mølle is 5 times larger :D "Rundetårn" (the round tower) is also a lot bigger, and with a spiral ramp (no stairs) going to the top so you can drive a carriage up. Funny, the majority of the comments are from danes :) (Dane here! :D )

Well Haribo candy is actually German . But yes we have a lot of it in Denmark as well .😂 If Californien is so far away from you , you might as well go to Denmark 🇩🇰😂😂😂

Did you know Denmark had a province called Lolland? I lolled when I found out on holiday once. =D Beautiful beautiful country!

I visited Solvang when I was in the US years ago. I was I the US for a month and it was about after three weeks in the US that we visited it. I was very funny to see danish names on the shops, and all the roads and squares were named after danish cities. Also, they sold danish stuff. Us Danes always go a little bit nuts, when we see something about our country in other countries (Just look at the comment section of this video for an example😀). But, the resemblance quickly disappears and seems a little touristy. Also, the foods and many other things are very americanized, which I am not against, the city is after all in the US and it would be unlikely that they didn't assimilate a bit. But, it would be a mistake for someone to visit Solvang and think they have experienced Denmark. But, it was definitely interesting to visit as a Dane and they seem really proud of their heritage. It is a good taste of Denmark, but not a full picture.

13:20 Typical danish translation lol :D "Consistency" :P Bc he translated from "konsistens" and thought it would be the similar meaning in english. He means it has to have the right texture. That snap he shows is what he means specifically.. The cookies having "consistency" (being consistent) to one another is an obvious :P

Been there a couple of times... It's charming, in a weird way. 😉 I have several family members who live in the states, and my uncle took my wife and I there a few years ago, as he said..: "You're gonna puke from laughter, but be kind, they're good people" 😊 He wasn't wrong, I was like being in a Pseudo version of what somebody who's never been too Denmark, think Denmark looked like in a 19th century fairytale 🤣 Anywho. It was a nice visit. When people realized we all were Danish they started asking us about our heritage, linage and all that. Which was quite fun, because my family is about a 1000 years old, and I know we've got members on just about every continent. We actually ended up meeting an older gentleman who, if I did my research correctly, is a VERY distant relative of mine 😊 It was a nice couple of days. A bit cliché and the cuisine was not really Danish, the candy "Haribo" is also German, not Danish.. But, it was a really nice visit and we're actually going back again next time we're visiting the US.

Bjarne Riis was just as innocent as Lance Armstrong

All the text at 17:30 is old sayings/life lessions. "Når nødden er størst er hjælpen nærmest", meaning when your are in trouble there is always help. It is a play on the word Nød="nut" meaning both the one you eat and having problems. There is also "Den der gemmer til natten gemmer til katten" = "He who saves (food) for the night, is saving it for the cat", meaning "finish your plate !"

You should visit Denmark on the prairie: Elk Horn in Iowa (there are videos about it here on youtube too of cause). They also have a windmill - that's an original windmill which actually was situated in the town where I was born Nørre Snede and then moved to Elk Horn. Fun fact: every year in Nørre Snede (the danish village) there's an annual town party called Præriefesten - "The Prairie Party" - so Elk Horn and Nørre Snede are kind of related...

Danish butter cookies in cans are actually made in Denmark for export, but still industrial made cookies, so though they are original and of a fairly good quality as can be when it's not a local bakery, i's not 100% right, but still of a fairly good quality that everyone can relate to, kind of like LEGO's.

That city looks NOTHING like any danish cities. Og ja, jeg er dansk 😀

looks like a village in Denmark if you visited 70 years back

13:49 those are called Havrekager.. or more specific Havregrynskager which means oatmeal cookies! Greetings from Denmark

Elk Horn - Iowa is another Danish city in the USA and they are similar in many ways, and it is definitely also worth a closer look...

At 14:01 I think it's sweet oatmeal cookies, and they are crunchy. When I get those, I can never stop at one.

Denmark is a part of Scandinavia ... it's Denmark, Norway and Sweden. If you are english speaking you often include Island and Finland. Vaniljekranse (Vanilla cookies) and æbleskiver are a christmas thing here in Denmark. We do not eat æbleskiver with sausage, we eat them with jam and/or sugar to a cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate. The red heart is also a christmas thing, we hang them on our christmas trees. And to be honest, I don't get a feeling of Denmark except from Dannebrog, the copy of a mill and the small copy of Runde Tårn (Round Tower) maybe, so maybe one should visit it to get that feeling.

It’s not in anyway like Denmark, it’s a kitsch version of what Denmark used to be

17:16 the heart is et julehjerte, a Christmas heart. you weave them of paper. traditionally you hang them on the Christmas tree with pebernødder inside

Still looks more "American" than Danish to me, but what do I know.

Solvang means sunny field in danish 😉 I watched a program about this town and thought it funny that their version of Danish breakfast was medister( a very big round sausage) and æbleskiver ( a donut kind of thing with a little slice of apple. ) Traditionally we only eat these foods at Christmas time 😉

The houses look more German or Dutch than Danish. And the mill is in no way the same size as the original (I live very close to it), but a nice touch with both that and the round tower.

The heart in the frame is a traditional danish christmas decoration that we put on our christmas trees. H. C Andersen made a lof these himself and I even think he invented them. But its common in Denmark that families around christmas time gather around and make them out of paper

i would love to visit this town and setting them straight, they are not making the food right or the combining of the medister or æbleskiver with the right things, i would love to learn them the right cooking and to combin thing!!

As a Dane who has actually been to Solvang it would say it is a very american touristed place, but there was a danish restaurant which served authentic food as you get in Denmark. Also the rye bread at the dansih bakery was really good.

There is an other Danish town in USA: Elk Horn in Iowa. It's not so far away as California. They sell all sorts of Danish goods there too. Try "pålægschokolade", thin layers of chocolate you eat on a crisp roll ("rundstykke") with a generous layer of Danish butter and some pålægschokolade. YUM. (Too much cholesterol, but every once and a while you may indulge yourself. LOL).

It is because what is now known as Skåne in the southern tip of sweden was called Scania by the romans. The southern tip sweden has been home to the danes for a long time, it is only relatively recent it became part of sweden. So there is a geographical Scandinavian peninsula and a cultural/political Scandinavia. The fins are a whole different migration into Finland from the Ural region in Russia later on that is why they have a different language roots than the rest of Scandinavia. Where as Scandinavian languages is rooted in the germanic language branch.

Elk Horn in Iowa is really danish too ❤😊

The cookies you so is called “havreflager”, it is a type of oatmeal cookies…..there a very thin and very sweet, and very tasty

at 17:35 one reading on the seiling says: Det er svært at værne om fremtiden = its hard to preserve the future.

Scandinavia can mean two things, the Scandinavian Peninsula, and the Scandinavian People. Most people will assume you mean Scandinavia as a culture, meaning Norway Denmark and Sweden, as we all speak similar north germanic languages and all share a lot of common culture.

"Æbleskiver" is probably best described as "Soft waffle balls with cooking apples in the dough"

17:05: It's a paper cut heart for the Christmas tree

This is as accurate representation of of Denmark, as an Applebee’s is of America 🇺🇸🇩🇰😂

Elk Horn in ( i Think ) Iowa is Danish to. There is videos on RU-vid about it 😊

Those cookies We call Havregrynskager its a type of Oatmeal cookies. the picture with the heart is a Christmas heart one red cut-out and a white and the you knot or fold them in between each part to make a heart. The texts on the beams are Danish proverb Like too many cooks spoil the food but in Danish obviously

Most Danish town in USA is Elk Horn in Iowa 🤷 Theres several Danish towns in USA, but Elk Horn is without doubt the most Danish.. they even have a copy of the little mermaid. Solvang is more or less just a tourist place now, while the other Danish towns like elk Horn isnt.

The text on those restaurant beams is in Danish. Danish idioms and sayings. Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest. When the need is the greatest, help will be the closest.

Yes, Denmark is a part of Scandinavia. I'm not entirely sure why, but it could be argued that the Scandinavian pinensula streches down to Denmark, just a small bit of water seperating. Or it could be for historical reasons, parts of southern Sweden used to be a part of Denmark... The houses seems a bit off to me, the idea of wood and clay combined is that the wood makes up the structure and the clay is just to fill up the gaps, it looks to me that it's mostly decorative there, possibly made of concrete, so no real need for the wood. The heart thing is a typical Christmas decoration thing, made from two sheets of paper with different colors, you hang it in the Christmas tree. It's kind of like a basket and you put candy in it

Well Haribo is a German Company who specializes in West and Northern European candy

Solvang is like a Disneyland version of Denmark 😂

Hello Charlie you should try Elkhorn in Iowa It's all so a Danish City that's Closer To You

As a dane travelling a lot. The outside have this view of 1950s Denmark. All of Europe isnt really that different anymore at all.

Scandinavians are the northern most of the Germanic people. We are Sweden, Denmark and Norway

"Når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest" - When the need is biggest the help is nearest. ;)

The story that white storks deliver babies and bite the mother’s leg, explaining her confinement after childbirth, became widespread during the 19th century when sexuality was repressed in prudish bourgeois European society - (Michael Simon, folklorist, University of Mainz, Germany).

The roads are way to wide. It doesn't really have that cozy vibe of a small town here in Denmark. Looks interesting though.

In regards to the whole “is Denmark part of Scandinavia” A couple of points; First and foremost - there is a difference between the geographic Scandinavia and the cultural one. While it is true that the peninsula is a certain area - there are still many areas outside the peninsula which are culturally Scandinavia or influenced by it, including Islands like Iceland, the Faroese Islands etc. It is my understanding that Finland, despite having some swedish-peoples, are actually a different culture compared to the rest - their language is not similar to the rest etc. So I think this is why we have a tendency of not being very “large” in including Finland, but including Denmark which is very culturally similar to Sweden and Norway. Furthermore, history needs to be taken into account. When you state that Denmark is not a part of the peninsula, this is solely based on the modern borders. But if you look back in time, Denmark has very much been a part of the peninsula. Much of the southern Sweden was Danish until relatively recently (Copenhagen, the Capital, is litterally as close to Sweden as possible) - Norway was a part of Denmark for many, many years - and Denmark also lead the Calmar Union, which encompassed the whole Peninsula. So Denmark has almost always been a significant presence on the peninsula - something which is now continued through the many organisations and cooperation between the countries.

Denmark sweden and norway are skadinavia , language is understand between these thre country , the nordic country is skandinavia finland iceland greenland and faro islands.

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Looks very danish But the Bread roads make it look a little to seperate

We have american diners in Danmark. They look about as american as this looks danish:)

Love how the founders of Solvang likely tried to get far away from Denmark and then their legacy is this themepark of weird xD Love it though. Im Danish. The others in the comments getting all irate about food and going on about "Insulting yada yada" dont pay attention. They live off of microwaved thai boxes. I dont care much about the US as on the movies, but I fkn LOVE these weird niche things y'all do. Its so weird, and its so fun :D

We got æ ø å You ain’t got the æ ø å 😅 Size Matters! 😂

Solvang does not remind me of Denmark in any way.

Alle the cakes is 100 danish from around 1600

the danish villages in rural areas are much more beautyful than Solvang. sorry to say !😇🤩

Scandinavia is Denmark, Sweden and Norway: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TsXMe8H6iyc.html

Well Well Fun facts - But what a silly place - a crossbreed between a themepark and a museum - LOL I dont think he has been to Denmark ( Im Danish )

Scandinavian is Denmark Sweden and Norway and maybe sometimes Finland but when you are talking about Scandinavia you are talking about Denmark Sweden and Norway

This is so cool, you really gotta go to Solvang, it is a beautiful place. Have been there for a visit couple years ago and really liked it. Lots of bakeries there actually :)

Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway & Sweden - Its the "cultural" Scandinavia. Scandinavian Peninsula: Finland, Norway & Sweden - its a geographical area, and Denmark is not on that peninsula.

Any similiar Norwegian towns?

just come to denmark man

That architecture has nothing to do with Denmark.. This looks like a tourist trap gone haywire.. From a dane 😅

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tip from The Netherlands.. watch Dutch soccerfans invade Hamburg

I am danish…. It doesn’t look anything like 😂

Number of storks in Denmark 2024: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vIZ8pEUSpCo.html

There is nothing Danish about Solvang it is like a caricature of a mix Northern European countries, but more Dutch and German than Danish. It is just another tourist trap.

well, that city doesn't remind me of Denmark 😅🙈 not at all actually. Scandinavia = Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Sol = Sun

ohhhhh oyu hit the soft spot of a Dane "Denmark is not on the Scandinavian peninsula" the Danes first settled in what is now the southern part of Sweden the area called Skåne (old name Scania ) where Malmø is and along to coast toward Norway called Halland and Blekinge , Danes later spread to modern day Denmark but kept Skåne, Halland and Blekinge until it was lost in a war in 1648 we have not recovered yet!!! anyway it was the original land of the Danes for thousands of years, that said Scandinavia for us Scandinavians is really not about a peninsula we rarely ever if ever use that term, it's about language, history and culture and also a "pan Scandinavian movement" in the 1800 where is was decided to have sort of a cooperation among the 2 countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden , Scandinavian languages are a branch of Germanic languages developed from old Norse and if we are patient and speak clearly we can understand each other, Icelandic is very close to old Norse that is cool!, however Scandinavians can't understand that anymore, Finnish language is not a Germanic language it is a Uralic a small group of language that have survived being surrounded by Germanic and Slavic languages Uralic languages are :Estonian, Hungarian, Finnish

No its not.

This is much prettier than the real thing. Greetings from 🇩🇰

As a Dane i must say, wtf is this.... what horror movie is this??? Dont comper this place to Denmark, thats like saying north koria is like Amerika.

Why do americans continue to say things wrong even after they hear the correct pronounciation? It is not solWang but solVang

Dear Charlie. Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland together form Scandinavia Sweden and Norway together is an peninsula of Scandinavia.

Solvang probably looks like Denmark as Denmark looked like sometime in the late 1800s but it definitely does not look anything like Denmark today. Apart from that, Solvang is ok. Denmark is the peninsula of Jylland and a lot of islands among which are Sjælland, Fyn, Bornholm, Læsø, Samsø, Als, Lolland, Falster, Amager, Langeland and many more and then there is of course Greenland and The Faroe Islands.

As a dane. i RESPECT the hussle. But at the same time... all Danes do is complaining, especially any danish topic abroard. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE btw Denmark, Norway and Sweden is the Scandinavian peninsula.

Finland faroviceland norway denmark sveden is nordisk contryes