Denmark Explained! 

*Update* - When rendering the video the amusement parks somehow changed position. They’re located in Copenhagen, which are located on Sjælland and nothing else 😅 Also I forgot to color Bornholm, this beautiful island is definitely a part of Denmark (I’ve even been there) 🇩🇰❤️

As a dane, I couldn’t stop laughing when they confidently placed Bakken and Tivoli on Jutland😂😂 but great video anyway! Love the way things are explained simply and with illustrations😍

Some clarifications and trivia: 1. Danish language does not have a singular word that directly translates from "please", but structuring phrases with a combination of a few words to achieve the same meaning exists and are used to the same degree and frequency. For example the phrase "bede om" literally translates to "beg for", but in common speech it holds the same value and intention as "please" in the context of requesting something from someone. There are dozens of ways to achieve this meaning with different words for a generally more nuanced depiction of what you are asking for, whereas "please" is a less nuanced all-encompassing word that simplifies things a lot, but also loses some of the depth. 2. The Y in "Hygge" is pronounced pretty similar to Ü in German. But definitely not as "U" :D 3. The "Danish", known here as Wienerbrød (Viennese bread), has a more complex story than that. There was a time many decades ago where Danish bakers went on a strike, and to fill the demand a lot of Viennese bakers were hired to fill the gap. These bakers brought with them their local dishes. After the strike, the Danish bakers took note of the Viennese pastries, and evolved the recipes to what they are today. So it is more of a Danish-Viennese collaboration, but they are called Viennese bread to give credit to the original inspiration for the derived Danish recipes. If you visit Denmark and ask for a "Danish", nobody will know what you mean. This is a foreign concept that we have no part in :D 4. "Bakken" translates to "The hill", and quite literally is a hill within the national forest of "Dyrehavsbakken", in the outskirts of Copenhagen (easily accessible by train). It used to be a place where merchants and amusement vendors would set up their shops and people would visit to buy things and have a good time. With time, it grew into a more established location and would offer a full-time experience for visitors and tourists to this day. This is also why all the individual stands and fairs are still privately owned to this day, and the whole place is free to visit (but tour bands are paid ofc). In comparison, Tivoli is a paid-to-enter amusement park that runs the land and decides what changes are made etc. 5. "Pølse" just means sausage. It's not really what the hotdogs are called, it's just the term that is used for all sausage-related food similar to hotdogs sold at these stands. They will often be sold at a "Pølsevogn", meaning sausage cart, that will be set up in specific locations, but can be towed behind a car after closing hour. It's more of a specific location pop-up thing :) 6. Aragorn is Danish (Viggo Mortensen), and Scarlet Johansson is half Danish (from her Danish father), hence the Scandinavian surname. 7. Google Maps is originally a Danish technology, which in 2004 together with an Australian based team pitched the idea to Google and was acquired into their digital suite. 8. There are no mountains nor cliffs in Denmark, besides one single island named Bornholm (not counting Greenland and Faeroe islands). The former cliffs and rocky terrain was crushed by the glaciers of the last Ice age and left a mostly chalk, clay, and sand filled ground with hills and lakes. In comparison, Norway and Sweden are covered in large extend by mountains and cliffs.

1:48 - The small island next to "SUB" at the bottom right of the screen is the island of Bornholm - belonging to Denmark. 3:45 - The name of the Danish flag is - Dannebrog - The flag is usually believed to originate from the Danish Crusade period in the 12th-13th centuries. However, the first documented use is in Valdemar Atterdag's coat of arms from the second half of the 14th century. A well-known myth about the origin of the flag states that the flag fell from the sky during Valdemar Sejr's battle at Lyndanisse in 1219 against the Estonians. The earliest versions of the legend, however, place this event in a battle at Fellin in 1208. These are two accounts from the beginning of the 16th century from the theologian and chronicler Christiern Pedersen and the monk Peder Olsen, respectively, which are probably based on the same, now unknown , source. 7:52 - The needle points to the town of Bjerre in Jutland. The world's oldest amusement park Bakken "The Hill" is located in Klampenborg Dyrehave 8 km (5 miles) north of Copenhagen, which is on Sjælland (Zealand), the island on the right in the picture.. 7:59 - The arrow points to the town of Auning, which is also in Jutland. TIVOLI garden is located in the heart of Copenhagen, on the island of Sjælland (Zealand), which is the island on the right in the picture. - Fun Fact: Denmark has over 400 named islets, of which 72 are inhabited. There are 8,593 kilometers (5340 miles) of coast in Denmark, of which 4,616 kilometers (2868 miles) of the coast are Natura 2000 areas, corresponding to 54 percent.

Bornholm is also part of Denmark located in the Baltic sea 😃

You mention Bakken and Tivoli.....and their names pop up over Juthland aprox on the location of Århus on your map....I am not sure if you wanted to point out the location of the place with your markers, but Copehnagen is located on Sjælland to the far east and that is also where Bakken and Tivoli is....Tivoli right in the center of Copenhagen

Apparently the capital of Denmark has been moved to Randers - taking Bakken and Tivoli along for the ride… 🙄🤭😂

The name Dane has been known since the end of the 4th century, when people in the Ostrogothic kingdom with its center in Ravenna took an interest in them. The Danes appear in the Greek historian Prokopios (danoi), who emphasizes the height of the Danes, and in the Gothic historian Jordanes (dani). After that, it is found regularly in the sources, i.a. the Frankish sources. The Frankish bishop Venantius Fortunatus mentions the Danes in a eulogy from 568, and the bishop Gregory of Tours mentions the first known king of the Danes in connection with an event that took place between the years 511 and 516.

I think its incredible to think about that Denmark is home to the biggest shipping company in the world (Maersk) and we are a major insulin manufacturer (Novo Nordisk).

Thanks for all the nice feedback guys! I’ve just made a new episode, about the Netherlands. Would be awesome if you checked that out as well! ❤️ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8OTuc_2JGEE.html

As a Dane I appreciate youre sharing our history, values, knowledge and culture to the world. Its just sad when you make so many mistakes all over.

Really nice animations, and you obviously by now know the small details that weren't right. But let me tell you this. From all the videos I've seen trying to explain Denmark. Yours is the one coming closest and the best by far! Good job!

You got the difference between the Nordics and Scandinavia! Sweet! You’re prononciation is probably far better than your realize! Also Søren Kirkegaard is considered a global giant in philosophy! Great video!

The fact that this is this channel’s first video, and it’s so high quality is absolutely amazing! Keep the good work up!

Thanks for making a video about Denmark. I know it's hard to get EVERY little detail right, which might slightly offend someone if you miss something. Regardless of that, I like this series and the quick rundown. You've earned yourself a new subscriber :) Keep it up! -Your average Danish Joe

Thank you so much!!!! It means a lot for us danes to get praised and talked about. We are such a "small" country.

As a dane, i can point out small mistakes/misinformation, like the liberation of denmark was mostly completed may 4.th, but little island Bornholm was liberated in the 5th by the soviets, and thats why Denmark was partially under soviet occupation, and a little more on info about dannebrog and how it fell down fron the sky in a fight in Tallin. And you could also have mentioned the treaty of Roskilde, were Denmark lost Skåneland. And also, nice work and good luck being the succesor to Geography now

You misplaced Bakken and Tivoli, it's closer to Copenhagen. We also have a land border with Canada, it's called Hans Island.

Thank you!! Love this. Will be looking forward to the next one!!!

I like how you covered both my home countries in the first and fourth videos you made, glad you guys know how to pick countries right!

2:27 The little island that's marked as Swedish is Bornholm and it's actually Danish 😄

Two extremely important points in history for Denmark are also: The bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807 by the British. It’s the first ever bombardment of a civil population. After they took our fleet (which was one of the strongest at the time), and Denmark never recovered its former military strength. The second Schleswig war in 1864. The german army annihilated the danish army. From this point on, Denmark ran a much more isolationist foreign policy, and went from a medium power state to a small state.

Its wild seeing how much your channel has grown since those 200 subs (when i joined) man, keep going, and keep up the good work!

thanks man its really nice to have someone to explain your own country : )

It is fun to hear an other country's take of Denmark, but I must correct You on one small thing! The Viennese Bakers did not just go to Denmark for adventure! They came because Bakers in Denmark/Copenhagen was striking due to labour dispute in 1850!

Copenhagen is not in Jutland 🤣 Switch Bakken & Tivoli Gardens to Sjælland, where Copenhagen actually is...you know where the bridge connects to Sweden? You sort of forgot the island of Bornholm, in the Baltic. After May 9th, 1945, it was actually occupied by the Soviets, until April 5th, 1946! The Soviet Union wanted to keep it as an anchor and pathway out of the Baltic! Other than that, well done from a Dane!

Geart video man! i really enjoyed watching this as a dane myself. Thank you for making this :D

AMAZING VIDEO❤ as a dane i love to hear people loving the country just wish you had talked a bit about bornholm

Having lived in Dk, I appreciate your video because it lessen the "home sickness". The Danes are one of the nicest, kind hearted and generous people and my time in Dk changed me for the better. It has been almost 6 years since I left København but I left my heart there.

I think is the best country in the world! High quality of design and architecture... amazing buildings.. quality of life.. I love Denmark 🇩🇰! I have been to one month ago and I am mesmerized!

Thank you so much for making this awesome video about my country ❤ As pointed out elsewhere, Bakken and Tivoli are located in Copenhagen on Zealand (da. Sjælland), but despite that I really enjoyed watching it 🤗👍

Just found this channel and already watched second video. Really nice short explanations of different countries. I love learning flags, cities, territories, states and such so nice to have even more information about countries.

Denmark having the oldest amusement park in the world called Bakken. Walt Disney visited Tivoli (the second oldest amusement park) in Copenhagen to get inspiration and ideas for how Disneyland should look like. Several times before the opening in 1955, Walt Disney Tivoli visited when he was very captivated by the mood and atmosphere in the amusement park in the middle of Copenhagen, which he would like to copy.

As a Dane, I have to say that you need to check again where Copenhagen is placed. You have placed Bakken and Tivoli in Aalborg 😄 Aaaand our flag is called "Dannebrog" - without the "en" in the end 😁 Otherwise super nice video! Fun to see! ❤️

Thank you for covering my country!

Amazing, I enjoyed it a lot😄

Fun fact: Many well known danish products have "purveyor to the royal danish court" written on it. For example Tuborg beer. But there is a second large brewery with more humour: Faxe (it is named after the town "Fakse", but spelled differently). They write "purveyor to the danish people" on their bottles.

Just wanna told you that I'm thankful for your work. I'm a French Erasmus student and I will go to Danemark for 6 months. I was pretty stressful about working here but I feel like it's a secure and interesting country to visit!

Enjoyed this video and some of the captures of the value adds and gems of Denmark. I think it would have been interesting to talk about their multi party system, their social welfare system, and some of the other industries and sectors that give them economic positioning. Would have enjoyed its recognition of the companies Novo Nordisk and the Danish Design Center. A little on public transport--how Danes get by across all these islands would have been nice too. Overall thought, I thought the illustrations, narrations, and history were incredibly rich, unique, and informative. Denmark is one of my favorite countries, therefore Bravo. ❤ Look forward to your other videos!

This video is so nice, thank you for the well and entertaining video! ❤

This video was amazing! Especially since this is your first video, the production of this video is amazing! It’s also amazing that my country was the first video! :D If you keep uploading, I can easily see you become famous! ❤️💪

What has the island of Bornholm done since you do not think it belongs with the rest of Denmark?

It's always fun, to hear a foreigners take on your home country! And i gotta say, your pronounciation, while not "on point", is actually pretty good! Thanks for a interesting watch!

Love that I found this channel ❤

Danish has no one word that cover all uses of English "please". That does not mean that that you do not need to be polite. In many cases we use "tak", meaning "thank you" where English would use" please". "Ja tak", "yes please". "Te eller kaffe? Te, tak". "Tea or coffee? Tea, please." In some cases you can use "venligst", literally "friendliest" but usually better translated "kindly". These days you often see it placed where "please" would go in an English sentence, which annoys many Danes. For example, you see absurdities like "Venligst luk døren". It should be "Luk venligst døren", literally "Close friendliest the door."

Your story is not correct. You have completely omitted that the Danish border went down to Hamburg in Germany. The whole part up to Kolling was lost when Bismark needed to train his army with France. Then in 1864 Denmark lost the war against Germany and 1/3 of the country. Even some of the best farmland. This meant an upheaval of the Danish self-understanding and of the slogan "What is lost outwards must be gained inwards". This meant that large parts of the peninsula of Jutland were made ready for the production of agricultural products. At the same time, they began to educate the lower part of the population so that they could read and write. Concentration thoughts began and grew. First with shops, Brugsen "so the working class could get cheap food so they made a profit for other activities. Since then agriculture became a cooperative movement and quality products were exported first to England then to Europe and now to the whole world. The Danes were brought up to democracy via When the employers and workers made their first agreement in 1899 where each party respected the other party, the foundation for modernized Denmark was laid. It was completed with the first major social reform and economic agreement among the political parties in 1933. Same day as Hitler took power in Germany, so Denmark began its welfare state the same day that Germany was heading for its downfall.

I enjoyd this vidio and fr the way you said danish words had me cracking up man🤣 keep up the good work (im a dane)

I am from Denmark, and your pronouncing of the words were suprisingly good

That video is actually REALLY good! Subbed 🤤

🇩🇰Denmark has the fifth largest trading fleet in the world, although we are a small country!🇩🇰

Very informative. I liked it alot. Greetings from Denmark

How could you forget "Maersk" The worlds biggest company within "Transport and logistics". Also the pump producer "Danfoss" and Arla, a dairy products company.

I'm from Denmark, and i'm sure just about everyone in the country can understand at least basic english! Nice vid bro

you missed that Bornholm is a part of Denmark

Good video. These are also the things I talk about when people ask about my country.

Loved this video. I'm on holiday in Denmark right now

Greenland and the Faroe Islands are not Denmark. But the same with Denmark, they make up the Danish kingdom. Greenland and the Faroe Islands have their own parliament and have autonomy over their internal affairs. Abroad, they have partial autonomy.

Always fun to hear people speak of our beloved country :) I agree with some comments about Smørrebrød which is a big deal here. And that Soren Kierkegaard is worth a mention. I also think that Hans Christian Ørsted is very important to mention, as he discovered electro magnetism. Without that we wouldn’t be able to harness wind power :)

Great Vid

Nice little vid. :) As a Dane myself I had a good time listening to your pronounciations of our language. :P That said. Tveskæg doesn't mean forkbeard, but roughly translated it means "two-beard" or "double-beard" ^^. But nice vid.

The island under Sweden that you marked as Swedish is Danish. It's called Bornholm and is known as the most wonderful vacation island of Denmark. It's also the only place in Denmark where you can find a waterfall. When you mention the Tivoli garden, you say it is in the capital (and it is) but you place it in Jutland/Jylland when the capital is on Zealand/Sjælland (the eastern side of the country). - In Jutland there is an amusement park called Tivoli Friheden (Tivoli Freedom). - Bakken is also on Zealand/Sjælland Other things you could have mentioned: - A fun fact you could've used about Tivoli could've been that the amusement park was Walt Disney inspiration when he was developing Disney Land/world. - Janteloven/the law of jante is very much in the Danish culture. It basically means that you don't put yourself on a pedestal or treat others the way you want to be treated. - Denmark is one of the flattest countries in the world (no mountains). - In school we learn both English and German (some private schools teach French instead of German). - Education and health care are covered by taxes so the individual does not have to pay. - When you mentioned the battles between Denmark and Sweden, it would also have been relevant to mentioned the battles between Denmark and what we know as Germany today, because the two countries have fought for Jutland several times. There was a big battle in 1864, where Germany won most of Jutland. Denmark was only reunited with Jutland in 1920 an that reunion is celebrated every year. - From 1 January 2020, 74.3% of the population was registered as a member of the Danish Church (not 85%). - A good advice if you meet a Dane, never ask "how are you doing?" unless you're close, because it's a very personal question to ask.

I am a Dane and as other wrote you forgot Bornholm. Thanks for sharing this amazing video to the world, Denmark is still great 😊 Also Rugbrød/smørbrød if more famous than our red hotdogs 🙈

thank you so much you are making this video because I am from Denmark😊❤🎉

I'm New to the channel and love all the great information. I would love to see a video on my favorite country in the whole wide world and that country is Switzerland. I've always been in love with this Majestic land, for its beauty leaves you breathless. The Swiss Countryside with those gorgeous Alps come on there's No other topographic like this one, plus another quite amazing and beautiful thing it's the Swiss flag with that iconic white cross on that regal red. In fact I have Switzerland in my All important bucket list of things to see and experience. Thanks Again for your cool videos, I Thoroughly Enjoy All of Them.🇨🇭👍

A brand new geography channel, i really hope you grow up to be one of the best! We'll support you from the beginning! Already subscribed! (Also, did i just hear our famous pastry is created in Austria and Denmark took it? Nonsense! We swedes made it! Scandinavia and Iceland, we need some extra soldiers... 🇧🇻🇫🇮🇮🇸🇸🇪 ⚔ 🇩🇰🇦🇹) ( Also, that was a complete joke, don't get offended guys. You know that we can fight against anything Denmark, even wienerbröd :) )

not to be that guy but... at 2:27 you put the island Bornholm in the swedish territory and not danish. Copenhagen is also not in Jutland but on Sjælland.

I see many comment talking about the incorrect placement of Tivoli and Bakken on the map but I don't see anyone saying how you forgot to mention the danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted, the man credited for discovering electromagnetism, which is used for things like wireless charging.

i love that you love the country denmark as much as i do because i live in denmark. i love living here even tho we don't get much attention but this video gave denmark attention. i love the video it was fantastic

Very very good, but you made The island of Bornholm Swedish. Back in the time when Denmark lost southern Sweden, the people of Bornholm chose to remain danish.

Loved the video, I am proud to be a Dane my self. I would love to see more video's France is a good one :-)

Awesome job ! I am ashamed about all those of my fellow countrymen (danes), that mention the pins - even though you have pinned the mistake as first comment. So, you can add, that danes have triggerfingers when it comes to “correctness”. The video have a good length. It keeps you catched to the end. You come around our history well. You can´t get it all summoned down to a 3-5 min contribution. You really did a lot of research - respect. Thanks a lot for starting with our country. Wish your channel the best. Raz

i love how you pronounce all the words im from denmark btw and this was amazing

I speak Danish. I speak German. I speak English. I speak Hebrew. AND I SPEAK RANDERS🏍🍺

English: it's amazing I'm from Denmark and this video tells a lot about my country. keep making such videos. I liked and subscribed. Dansk: det er fantastisk, jeg er fra Danmark, og denne video fortæller meget om mit land. fortsæt med at lave sådanne videoer. Jeg kunne lide og abonnerede.

3:11 As a Danish native, I've never meet a native that speaks Arabic or Turkish. We learn English and German or French in school. Most schools let students decide rather to learn German or French, but some schools has German as an obligatory language. Every Dane speaks Danish, English, and German or French.

Nice presentation. Interresting history. Amazing country. Well done!😁👍

As a Dane, I think this was a very good video. Some tiny errors here and there, but a generally great video. Keep up the good work!

Great production quality. Fingers crossed that you will catch on! Speaking of religion then Denmark is pretty secular despite the state-Church.

Great video! 🇩🇰

Nice video. For your fun fact; Denmark also share border with Canada ! There have been border disputes over Hansø, an island off Greenland. And the outcome was that it was shared.

Great video! I love the editing, it’s really fun to watch! As for tips, I’d love to see some more language related content! How about including some basic phrases in the videos, like “yes”, “no”, “good morning” and probably “one beer please” would be a good one too! lol I bet some middle eastern country is coming next!

The flag is actually just called Dannebrog, or said in danish: Flaget hedder egentlig bare Dannebrog

I couldn’t stop saying the word on the danish every time he said it too it was so hard😂 but i understood what you were saying it was good pronounced and that’s coming from a daner itself

As a dane from Jutland you made my day when you placed billund correct and placed copenhagen in jutland 😂😂 But beside that one your presentation was one of the best I have seen so far including the once made from danish people on youtube 👍👍

Bakken and Tivoli Are NOT IN JUTLAND 🙈🙈🙈

You listed the island of Bornholm in The Baltic Sea as being Swedish. Well, Bornholm is Danish so there is that. The Danish flag is called DANNEBROG. There is a little more to the history of Carlsberg. In reality, Carlsberg could have been dominating the beer industry worldwide completely as a monopoly. The reason is that Carlsberg developed the type of yeast for beer production that is used by all breweries in the world today. Back in the day, beer had a relatively low lifespan. The development of the yeast type from Carlsberg changed that and instead of keeping it to themselves, they freely gave the yeast spores to anyone who wanted it for free so all beer production around the world today is based on this yeast type.

I am from Denmark and I was so happy to hear this!

Rumour has it, there is video footage of parts of Denmark that are not in Copenhagen.

Great video! Another important war to mention is the war of 1864, where Denmark fought Prussia and Austria over the region Slesvig. DK suffered a humiliating defeat which, combined with having given Norway their independence in 1815 and losing our naval power to Britain in 1805, remodeled our perception of who we are - if we aren't a power to reckon with, then who are we? This led to our non-involvement in the world wars and our national identity - we are a small but "hyggelig" nation :)

I would like to mention that, as far as i know, Denmark has the oldest continuing royal family line, with the first Danish king and queen being Gorm the old and Thyra Dannebod, father and mother to King Harald Bluetooth. On that note, there is much speculation on why he was called bluetooth. The most common theory i notice is that he was obsessed with blueberries, which i find completely bonkers. I would much rather believe it was due to the colour of his teeth, which were black. Reasons for this was Vikings didnt have seperate names for blue and black. I would like to think it was due to them often looking over and into the ocean and seeing the two colours ''being the same''. Another reason being tales that suggest, in their first interaction, the vikings gave the African people the name 'The Blue Men'.

very good video.

Holy fuck! Okay so I live in Denmark. And I was walking home from school while watching this video (I go to a school called Esajasskolen). And I'm at the time stance 3:43 when I see the exact Mosque in the video to my right. And I look at it and think "Nooo, surely not, right?" So I stand there for like 2 minutes looking up and down at the mosque and my phone. Until I finally decide to search up "Mosque Denmark" and find the exact image used for the video. Idk, just a cool expirence I wanted to share with you guys. Also forgot to meantion how amazing the quality of this video is! Great job man.

Seeing this video, made me proud that u had all the fact right, until 7:47 :D Copenhagen is not placed where you marked it on our map

As a historian, I really like this video. I've never come across similar accuracy, and although it was somewhat fast paced and perfunctory, you nailed every bit right. Kudos! Especially impressed by the geographical accuracy

I loved it as a danish person, but one thing, when you put the location on Tivoli and Bakken you located it in AARHUS which is a town in jylland and is not in copenhagen, copenhagen is close to sweden. But appart from that AMAZING VID I LOVE YOUR CONTENT

as a Dane when you said that in 07:02 i had never really thought about it, but it is right, we don't have a word for it but we use 2 word for it instead "bed om" which is basically saying please but its rarely used when commonly speaking to people in Denmark

Not sure if someone else mentioned it but I think that if you mention Niels Bohr, you also have to mention H. C. Ørsted, his research and discoveries also has some kind of impact on everyday life around the world today.

I like this. Its interesting watching this as a dane and laughing at the way you pronounce our words. I think you deserve a bit more credit 🇩🇰🏳️‍🌈😅

Great video I would have mentioned the Oresund (sic) Bridge and the fact that there are more bicycles than people in Denmark Also the Royal Family is the oldest continuous line of succession in Europe Keep up the good work!!

I am danish and i was so close to die of laughing of the way u sayd the names keep up the good work!