Can Richard Ayoade Find Out Why Denmark Is The Happiest Place On Earth? | Absolute Jokes 

as a dane the bike instructors english accent was funny as shit

Noel is probably the best person to bring to Copenhagen. Just wide eyed joy at everything going on. It was a true treat seeing you both in my hometown.

Actually Tivoli is the second oldest amusement park in the world, wich inspired Walt Disney to make his theme park, and the oldest is “Bakken” located just north of Copenhagen… so there’s that.

Bike mike nailed the potato danglish. I love it. 😂

I've rarely seen Richard look pleased (including a proper smile/laugh) with his guests on this show. Noel Fielding is one of those rare few.

"our guts full of smurf blood" ... even the auto generated subtitles are funny !

Minor correction: the Danes call danishes wienerbrød, because they were inspired by pastries made by austrian bakers

Richard and Noel are my favorite.

When these 2 get together it's smart and hilarious.

Copenhagen has nothing to do with HC Andersen or LEGO. HC Andersen is from Odense in a completely different part of Denmark, and LEGO is from Billund, also in a completely different part of Denmark

"Slightly goes against the no running rule" I knew it was coming as soon as he mentioned the jogging

12:26 "Fortunaltely, the Danish have a solution so good, they named it after themselves" Fun fact for those who didn't know (I'm sure Richard did) "Danish Pastry" isn't named that by the Danes. They call it "wienerbrød" ("Vienna Bread") *edit* Hmz. I should've checked the gazillion other comments on this same fact :-)

0:59 most of those things have nothing to do with Copenhagen

Noel Fielding on that rollercoaster😂

4:05 I laughed as a Dane, very unlikely you have a guide this awesome, he's going all in flexing with the words :D

I have to say this is one of the best episodes. For some reason.

I normally put on automatic english subtitles, and have to say the different translations of Smørbrød is quite hilarious! 😂

The way you discribed Christiania is spot on!

Great.

I find it hilarious they say Copenhagen is neat, tidy and "tight"? EVERYONE from any other city in Denmark would say it is dirty, messy, chaotic and that people are much more loudmouthed, obnoxious and so on. Interesting how perspectives change depending on where you're from, in this regard. Though I suppose coming in from the UK, where London is many many times bigger than Copenhagen, there would be obvious differences like this as well.

Seeing the montage of them looking for Mike is quite funny as a Dane. They switched the order of some of the clips around, making it seem like they just drove in a giant circle until they found him again😂

12:30 named it after themselves.... I mean sure if Vienna is in Denmark then yeah

Let me just clarify; Mike, the bike man, speaks a Denglish most Danes would cringe at. His accent is so thick, it's almost like he's exaggerating it to sound more funny. To be perfectly clear, Danes at the age from 10-50 speaks more fluently English than any other Scandinavian 😂

My favorite tour of Copenhagen!

The CC is hilarious! Smurf blood hahaha

Love the straight up decision to get Cake for breakfast.

1:00 Sure Copenhagen has A LEGO-store (as does London), but the headquarter and origin of LEGO is still in rural Billund in the Danish Heartland of Jutland. However the hotel is much cooler than the one that I am writing this from.

The automatic subtitles told me: they ate "smurf blood"... 😁

Danish pastry, we call wienerbrød - Viennese bread, or wiener bread, because during a strike, bakeries happened to have to hire bakers from Austria.

As someone living here for last 2 years, their happiness seems entirely fueled by alchohol. And good balance between work and free time with good salaries also helps I guess

I love this, it's like watching somebody else review my home. But Richard really did his research on our traditions. Biking everywhere, Smørrebrød and the little mermaid. P.s. I grew up close to the smørrebrød restaurant. It's hilariously expensive.

I only know of Skt. Peders bakery , because of the great British bake off 🇩🇰☕🙄🥰😊

13.30 you even filmed my old school ahaha, nice one. Det Kgl.Vajsenhus, its the small red building with the arched windows.

Wrong - the danes didn't name the Danish pastry after them selves. In Denmark it's called "Wienerbrød" - it's in all other contries than Denmark it is called Danish.....not in Denmark

Actually Finland was nominated the happiest country in the world in 2023 and five consequtive years before that.

I played my very first piano recital in Rundetårn :)

5:17 Hearing non-Danes try to say "smørrebrød" is the funniest shit ever 😂

They have 4 different parkruns in Copenhagen. On June 5th there is constitution day in Denmark you will have the chance to do some parkrunning on a Friday and you might as well do the normal parkrun on parkrunday the day after.

I want to see more of Mike.

SILD OG SNAAAAAAAAPZ!

Dane here. A few thoughts: 1) Mike the bike guy seemed like a bit of a bell-end, and his accent was frankly ludicrous. 2) The Little Mermaid is notoriously underwhelming. Its small size usually surprises tourists, a bit like the Mona Lisa. 3) Smørrebrød is the tits. 4) Our 'snaps' is very different to the 'schnapps', with has much less alcohol, much more sugar, and is fruit-flavoured, like for example Archers. Very much an acquired taste.

0:48 It's more close to just above 1 mill than just under 2 mill.

Asking Noel if he's eight. That's giving him a bit too much credit. He's going to be 5 forever. lol

Whats the song at 14:40 ?! Please let me know!!

Tivoli is the second oldest amusement park. Where did they come up with 5th?

sipping snaps is a crime in Denmark!

😂😂😂😂😂 Noel and Richard it’s only foreigner that calls our pastry danishes. We call them Vienna bread. I was one of the very drunk 5 year old kids growing up at Carlsberg 😉😂 my father worked there in the 1970’s and quite often they found some very drunk Swedish men hiding everywhere when they were on tour to see Carlsberg. In the hallways and the basement thousands and thousands of beers was stored and quite a few men tried to hide so they could drink into oblivion 😂😂😂😂 I hope you both had a great time in Copenhagen but of cause you can’t compare Denmark to your lovely, beautiful England

TLDR; we pay our taxes with a smile, and we buy actual happines for the pool of money we have collected together

So many Danes in the comment spassing out over being mentioned in media. I guess this is what it feels like to be Iceland.

3:46 You're not supposed to cycle there.

You don't drink snaps with water!!

actually H.C. Andersen was not from CPH But from Odense :D you got it wrong

HE FUCKING LEFT THE TARTAR!? (raw meat one)

Largest Scandinavian city? So did Stockholm sink into the Baltic?

Im Danish, and on behalf of all of Denmark, I apologize for his English.

What about Finland?

Danish pastry is called "Wienerbrød", so I wonder what its called in Vienna?

Denmark is also a champion using antidepressant pills, Richard should find out why, hehe....

I knew they were going to cover Christiania

Richard, im a massive fan of both you and Noel. But no we certainly do not have to thank CPH for Lego nor H.C. Andersen. Lego is based in Billund, Jutland and H.C. Andersen is from Odense, Funen. So we might have Denmark to thank for those things, but not CPH in particular. Come on Richard

you miss out the tatar hehe

All most 2 mil pll 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Hans Christian Andersen was not from copenhagen. He was from Odense and he lives in Helsingør for a while 🤷🏼‍♂️

Hans Christian Andersen isn't from Copenhagen, neither is LEGO. In fact LEGO never had ANYTHING WHAT SO EVER to do with Copenhagen other than it being the capital of the same country they reside in.

Mighty boosh,

Mike the Bike is the sole reason why Denmark is only the next happiest country on earth.

Denmark hasn't been the happiest country in the world for +4 years now. We lost that title to Finland

is the concept to give wrong info lol

theres not 2 million people living in copenhagen, that would be equal to 2 thirds of denmark living in that city alone, its actually little bit under 1 million. Though alot of people around copenhagen work in copenhagen.

DET ER MEGET HYGGELIGT

Smørebrød is translated to Smurf blood - and now I'm not sure we shouldn't call if Smurf blood from now on. En rundtenom Smølfeblod

H.C Andersen is Odense, Sandi IS Copenhagen, LEGO is Billund, Pedalbin is American, PH scale IS copenhagen. So 2 out of 5 :/

as a dane I am worry for the rest of the world

HC Andersen is NOT from Copenhagen but Odense ...

They also smoke à LOT of pot in denmark 😇

Be glad that you aren't forced to use absolutely hopeless, small wheeled English Brompton, folding bikes for this bike tour! If so you would never catch up! And the Mermaid of course is "life size".

A beer and a sausage, 25 euros bargain!!😄

Yeah some of those "facts" definitely weren't studied too deeply....

19:50 The divine name of God written on Rundetårn יהוה not many knows this

Nonsense.. Danes are not happy, they are content. Big difference. Actually we are TOO content.

Richard looks boring in park Tivoli but I bet his inner child was trying to come out

Christiania ❤

1:30 min in and the video is misinformed. Damn. Hans Christian Andersen is from Odense, and Lego is from Billund. So NO we dont have "Copenhagen to thanks for those things". Thats like saying " we have london to thanks for the invention of the x-ray and the pacemaker", meanwhile their both from Birmingham.

These guys haven't bothered to do any research😂 Stockholm is considerably larger with up to 50% more population, and Finland is now the happiest place on earth, not Denmark. (Never was really, and I sincerely doubt Finland is now!)😅

Centralized Decentralized government + Social Democracy i think is the main reason, but huge fan of the government model Denmark has. I feel Norway and Sweden relies too much on centralization compared to Denmark

I agree, close christiania. And i am Danish.

I love Copenhagen but come to think of it, hotel receptionist was incredibly rude, then at the museum guards yelled at me for assuming free entry with City pass meant I can skip the line, then I tried to enter a bus and the driver yelled at me and demanded to know where I'm from for not knowing you have to enter through first door (no sign said that). Then my train to Stockholm (purchased online) got cancelled and I wasn't notified, picture me waiting alone at train tracks outside the building while inside it said 'Cancelled' on the board. Maybe I'm a masochist.

Your wrong Hans Christian Andersen he was born on Island of Funen in city of Odense, all though he lived most of his adult life in Copenhagen, you can’t give Copenhagen all the credit for that. Your also wrong about Lego it was created by the carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen who lived in central part of Jutland in the city of Billund. So again nothing to do with Zealand ore Copenhagen. There is something you British need to understand, Denmark is not only Copenhagen. Just like England is not only London. Around 4 million Danes live outside Copenhagen you should try to go to Jutland ore Funen you will find out Denmark is much more than just Copenhagen.

København is the smallest capital in Skandivia.. Lots of fake newz or incorrect trivia...

Repeat upload for likes

It’s 1 of the Highest ranked country in anti depressants

You need to fact check things before you post them, a lot of false information in this video

This is great. Asde from the fact Denmark is not and never was the happiest place in the world, ofcourse.

I think it's time now to say to all from outside Denmark, "openfaced sandwich" is for me at least, an insult, from now on I will travel the world and ask for a closed face smørebrød with a meat ball, just saying........

The thing is; you went to visit Copenhagen, not the actual Denmark. I'll be pleased to give you a tour of Jutland and show you what the real Denmark looks like, cause Copenhagen is just the capital city of Denmark, the central part of Denmark is very different.

The amount of misinformation in the video, is insane!

Oh my goodness, such bad research. 👎🏻

It's not sunny enough to be the happiest city ! Why on Earth does that not factor into these dumb equations, it is scientifically proven that sunny days make us happier.

How shallow, flimsy and unfun...

jokes aside, denmark is listed as one of the happiest countries in the world because if you complain you become outcast, probably the least effecient country when it comes to democracy as it's not really a democracy when majority of the parties all are of the same breed and the majority people of the countries people are too silent to for anything to be done about it. Denmark has freedom of speech and expression, but still when people protest against the popular opinion in denmark they get arrested, all against human rights and danish laws. Denmark is still a lovely country and people in denmark are mostly friendly (all countries have their hooligans and bigots) but to live in denmark requires a certain self control and self denial + the ability to keep your opinions to your self unless it is of the same as the popular opinion in the country at that given time. next there of, denmark is a very capitalistic country with "paid benfits" going to the doctor in denmark is "free" but medicin is not (usually medicin is really expensive in denmark and the price can change drastically from one day to another) you do get to use emergency hospitals "for free" and denmark also has "free" education. i'm putting "free" in quotations, as in denmark you also pay the low amount of minimum 37% of your salery in taxes so nothing in denmark is free and also, you don't get paid that much to live on when attending education/school, you get paid just enough to pay for a 1 room flat, most have to work to earn money to actually live, for transport and food. If a job isnt available for you, you can LOAN money from the government with a fixed rent, and almost everyone in denmark ends up with a debt on their education LOAN that they pay off the rest of their lives besides the minimum 37% in taxes. So no, nothing in denmark is free and most of what you pay for, most people don't use it or need it and still people complain about people who do need it and look down on people who are in need of help. what i want to say with this message is, that denmark and the people of denmark are lovely, if you come as tourist and have money (they love that, as do all tourist countries) but living in denmark is something completely different, under the lovely surface of "happy society" is a dark and grey everyday feel that causes many people in denmark to be depressed, while being depressed is also an illness and is there for something you need help with and people tend to not wanting to be one of those that needs help because they are kind of looked down upon, so many people in denmark are depressed, but lies about it, not just to others but to them selves in order to stay "happy" / fitting in. And luckily you still got lovely people in denmark who are aware and who do try their best to make a difference in their everyday life trying to make communities so people can come together and not feel alone. It's a split country, but happiness is not achieved, but no doubt it's a goal many people try and reach for denmark.