Weird Danish Things to Foreigners Living in Denmark

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In this video we look at traditions and experiences in Denmark that confuse foreigners and even seem weird to visitors during the summer. Derek is joined by none other than himself, but from 2017. The "old Derek" has a lot of strange reactions to things that seemed really weird at first after moving to Denmark from the United States.
Now, in the end - none of these things are "weird" - they're just different. Danish culture is beautiful and fun to learn about, and it would be really boring if we were all the same! That said, there are still a lot for surprises for people who move to Denmark or travel to Denmark and see these unique traditions and experiences.
Here are some of the things about living in Denmark that surprised 2017 me and explanations from 2023 me based on all that I've learned from living with the Danes.
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@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

🗺 Don't forget to download our Copenhagen summer guide and our other Copenhagen guides: ☀ Summer guide: www.thatch.co/guide/3d66jdjt5he4f/ ➡ All guides (free and paid): www.thatch.co/@robetrotting ➡ WATCH NEXT: Why There's No Air Conditioning in Scandinavia - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b8opRcdjDug.html 🛒 SHOP our CPH Guides For Your Trip: www.thatch.co/@robetrotting ⭐ CHEAPEST Way To Book CPH Attractions: bit.ly/3GRWfIg 💳 BUY A Copenhagen Card (80+: attractions & transport): bit.ly/43JOdLt 🚋 Buy Danish Train Tickets Online: www.publictransport.dk/ 🚲 BIKE WITH DONKEY REPUBLIC: www.donkey.bike/download-app/ and use promo code ROBETROTTING for 15% off 💸 SEND MONEY INTERNATIONALLY? Get a FREE transfer up to 500 GBP with Wise: wi.se/robetrotting 📺 VPN NEEDS: Try NordVPN Risk-Free for 30 days - nordvpn.com/robe 👕 MERCH SHOP: robetrotting.myspreadshop.net/

@DuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDucks 11 месяцев назад

Did you know that sankthansaften is now illegal in Denmark now?

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

@@DuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDucks No... because that's not true...

@DuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDucks 11 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting my mom said that it’s illegal but I don’t know if it’s true so i just wanted to see if you knew that. But I don’t know if it’s true or not

@Viljaava2024 11 месяцев назад

@@DuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDuckshi

@DuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDuckDucks 11 месяцев назад

@@Viljaava2024 hi

@Insert_Bland_Name_Here 11 месяцев назад

These things all make us Danes seem certifiably insane. Especially the annual witch-burnings on Saint Hans' Eve. I've tried explaining that tradition to some friends from other countries, and they genuinely seemed to think we're insane.

@Pchlster 11 месяцев назад

"Oh, we still burn witches. Well, not real witches... we know witches aren't real. No, but we put on a straw witch on a bonfire so the witches will go to Germany. We celebrate this on Sct. Hans Eve... no, we have no idea who that is or why."

@charismahornum-fries691 11 месяцев назад

It is definitely an experience trying to explain that one.

@kyotahellbound1780 11 месяцев назад

Fastelavn... beating barrels filled with black cats. In effigy, we are not inhumane.

@Lucky-je6zc 11 месяцев назад

@@kyotahellbound1780 fastelavn er mit navn boller hved jeg have hvis jeg ikke boller får så laver jeg balde

@CeeJayDK 11 месяцев назад

I think we could and probably should take out these effigies. I sure wouldn't miss them. For Sankt Hans, it's the bonfire and the singing that are the good parts. And watching graduated students burn their old homework reminds us all just how good it feels finally to be done with all that shit. Have you ever had a nightmare where you were late to turn in a paper and were stressed out about it, only to wake up and realize that it was only a dream and you graduated and NEVER have to go through that again? It's such an amazing feeling of relief. For Fastelavn we also don't have to have effigies of cats on the barrels, and I've already noticed that many don't.

@LarsRibe 11 месяцев назад

This was fun to watch as a Dane 😂 Never thought of this stuff being "odd".

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it - it’s definitely unique and “odd” in the best possible way 😀

@rasmusmadsen7691 6 месяцев назад

Hej

@laurakastrup 11 месяцев назад

Actually about the graduation caps: you can see which study you graduated from, from the colour of the band HTX (the science studies) are navy blue HHX (economics) are royal blue HF (2 year studies) are light blue STX (the version where you just continue your grade school but expand it) is red/maroon (it’s the one I graduated from last year heyo) EUX (usually they have a skill trade but also a condensed version of the STX) is Grey Hairdressers wear Pink SOSU helpers (they’re in the nursing industry but are not nurses) wear light purple SOSU assistants (again they’re in the nursing industry but are neither helpers or nurses) wear dark purple Purple and yellow hats are for the new generation of daycare workers It’s very interesting. Almost all of the different studies have their own colour. My hat was black with a maroon band because I had 5 different A levels

@nielsmarckmann3897 11 месяцев назад

Don't forget International Business with a band of flags!

@RS-fy9hb 11 месяцев назад

The weirdness of Denmark is what makes it charming as a country. I was born and raised in Faroe Islands and moved here to Jylland at 16 ish (25 now, cinnamon and all), and I also seem to remember having a culture clash and having to learn a bunch of things about the culture, so I just count my blessings that I didn't have to learn the language at the same time 😅. But I really enjoyed getting to know the traditions, and celebrating them with my family, and especially drawing similarities between my former home country and Denmark, and telling people about what we used to do when I was a kid :D.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Perfectly said! It's only weird until you ask questions, get to know the traditions and their background, and jump into them when and how you can. We feel really fortunate to now have two sets of "weird" cultural experiences :)

@sole129 11 месяцев назад

You may not speak perfect danish, but you know to put a lot of feeling in the word Nej:)

@jetteramsey9292 11 месяцев назад

I am Danish,thanks for making me smile!❤️🇩🇰

@annelisbethstavland6762 11 месяцев назад

Denmark must be one of few countries where you can drink in public. In Norway this is illegal, except of course in an outdoor restaurant

@esteb6544 11 месяцев назад

I moved to Copenhagen two weeks ago and your videos have helped me a lot. Keep it up guys!

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

So glad to hear they’re helping! Thanks for watching and welcome 😃😃😃

@leamichaelsen2437 11 месяцев назад

Welcome to Copenhagen @egej1989 i hope you like it here and forgive us if we’re sometimes a little rude or weird. It’s not on purpose, I promise!

@MaximusMeridiusDK 11 месяцев назад

Welcome to Copenhagen 👍😀👍

@Galantus1964 11 месяцев назад

Welcome 🙂

@johannessondrup6207 11 месяцев назад

Welcome to Denmark.

@MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen 9 месяцев назад

Fun fact: my grandfather's (and maybe my father's) generation back in the Faroe Islands _did_ play a version of kongespillet (kasta kongar) with bones! Granted, sheep bones, so slightly less grizzly :)

@Periodmodelshipbuilding 11 месяцев назад

Summer solstice in Denmark is on the 23 of June and the longest day of the year is on the 21st of June. After the 21st it gets darker. In winter time the sun sets 15:30 and it only begins to get light at around 8-ish in the morning.

@klausolekristiansen2960 7 месяцев назад

Summer solstice the longest day. We celebrate it a couple of days later, just like we do winter solstice.

@MaximusMeridiusDK 11 месяцев назад

"So what do you do on summer solstice?" "We burn witches" "WHAT!!!!" 😂😂😂😂 I never thought about how it would sound to foreigners, if a dane would try to explain Skt. Hans evening.... But that was hilarious 😂😂😂 And your danish is really getting better, sorry my english isn't that good 😉😉

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Your English is SO good! And yeah, it's a funny thing that you don't notice if you grow up doing it - kind of like hiding Easter eggs, isn't that a weird thing if you had never seen it before 😀😆🇩🇰

@MaximusMeridiusDK 11 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting - well - when you grow up (anywhere I guess), traditions are just the normal standard.... No matter how weird they are. It isn't until you grow up and start looking at things with "from the outside", that you realize how weird some traditions are.... Like - WHO decided it should be tradition to drink SNAPS at jule- and påskefrokost??? (Let's be honest, snaps is very much an acquired taste... And the first time you try it, you WILL get drunk 😂😂)

@SteamboatW 11 месяцев назад

It's better than we do in Sweden: "we jump around a flowery pole like frogs - mocking french people. ... and then we drink!"

@MaximusMeridiusDK 11 месяцев назад

@@SteamboatW - we drink too 😂😂 We are danes after all 😉😉 Maybe we could make a joint tradition, where we jump around a flowery pole, with a witch on top, then set fire to it and mock the french... All while drinking of course 💪😀👍

@mortenmj 11 месяцев назад

@@SteamboatWyou forgot about your fermented fish. Please whatever you do, keep them on your side of the border😂 But last time I attended midsummer in Lund, the moonshine was great and the cultural exchange was to shift between Danish and Swedish drinking songs. That was hilarious🎉

@tan89284 11 месяцев назад

I just got back from a visit to Denmark. The summer heat has increased since I lived there 20 years ago. This year, Danes had a good 4 weeks or so of just sun and heat every day, which is very unusual, and much longer than just a "weekend". My uncle in Fyn said he had to hose water his garden just to keep it alive. My best friend from my school days in Denmark said the weather has changed a lot since I left 20 years ago, the snow is like slushy drinks now, not much snow anymore and the summer months are warmer. It was so hot this year, that they had to cancel the fire and burning of witches at every Sank Hans celebration around Denmark, which was a shame, but understandably, safety comes first. In Australia, any fires or bon fires or any fire at all, is completely banned every year around summer, so I get that completely. As an Australian too, the lack of air conditioning was unbearable, heat in Denmark is like the sticky humid heat you get in Thailand. Heat in Australia is dry and humid but not sticky.

@_Raguel 11 месяцев назад

As i always say, denmark seems to be perfect example of global warming. We aint the cold north anymore, sadly. And the heat is definitely getting worse by the year, in my experience

@katrinetroelsen 10 месяцев назад

climatechange is real (but not manmade) but this is hysteria. we still have snow on a very regular basis. the winter 21-22 was filled with snow. the year before lakes were frozen solid and people skated on them. june was warm this year and since then its been cold and rainy. please stop buying into the insane fearporn.

@emilposselt5607 11 месяцев назад

Elsker den måde du siger "nej" på 🤩

@TainDK 11 месяцев назад

Well done Derek - I love how you spoke to your past self in this - especially the continuation of "wow you're really good at Danish" hahaha - though it isn't far from the truth, to your past self, you really are miles ahead in our language. Hope you had fun making this, it was fun to watch (as always, a nice break coming by your channel =)

@Zandain 11 месяцев назад

Great video, Derek! Love the 'duet interview' of you, before and now! Very imaginative! 🤔🤗 and who knew, that you would feel so in sync with Danish ways, after only 5 years? 👍 hello from Hundested 🌸

@rallethepro 11 месяцев назад

Awesome video! As a dane living abroad its really cool to watch these videos! Makes me remember all the wierd things we do in Denmark🤣

@katrinetroelsen 10 месяцев назад

vidste du at enkeltdyner er et skandinavisk koncept? jeg er tourguide og det fortæller folk mig :D

@Nygaard2 11 месяцев назад

Celebrating that you got smarter should be more common in all countries!

@saranissen6210 11 месяцев назад

This was another fun video to watch. Great idea with the double Derek 😆😁

@gschock201 11 месяцев назад

Another very cool video, and I also really liked the concept with the you from the past. 😉👍 Are there still some Danish traditions that you simply can’t get used to? 😏

@whchen.11 10 месяцев назад

I am so happy to found my way to your channel!!😊 feeling much better (optimistic) to get through the transition of moving here for study in less than a month.

@RobeTrotting 10 месяцев назад

Really excited for you and glad you found us - hope we can make your transition a little easier and wishing you lots of success and happiness in Denmark!

@lenellesunboxings6795 11 месяцев назад

So glad your back. Great video!

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@3goldfinger 11 месяцев назад

Had a camp fire last Saturday night here in Australia, remembering all the good times in Denmark.

@QuadHealer 11 месяцев назад

Hilarious and loving view on Danes. Thanks for making me smile 😊

@NocturnalPyro 11 месяцев назад

I gotta say I recently found your channel and being a dane most the things you talk about are things that interest me a lot, been watching a lot of your videos on things about Denmark from the POV of americans moving to Denmark.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

That’s so great! Really happy that you found us 😊

@FINNSTIGAT0R 12 дней назад

Finland has s student cap too, because we like to boop into the Scandinavian parties and traditions as well 🥳

@boltz3332 11 месяцев назад

im sitting here, a dane, who just finished his last exam (yesterday) and got his "studenter hue" and wacthing you explaining things about danish culture. (even thing i did not know). and i am loving it. nice video, keep up the good work. hav en fantastisk dag :D

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Tillykke 😃🇩🇰 hope you’re having the time of your life celebrating!

@leamichaelsen2437 11 месяцев назад

I loved this. It was so much fun! And we ARE a little weird! But fun too. And summer in Denmark is the best.❤

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely - the "weird" parts of any culture are the fun parts! :)

@henriks.pedersen4938 11 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting As I once learned "I'm not crazy, I'm an airplane"

@christianbender6877 11 месяцев назад

:D I love when you do these skits/fun edits.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Thank you 😊 glad you enjoyed this one - it was interesting to learn how to edit it properly

@christianbechhenriksen898 11 месяцев назад

Love your videos. I got a cool idea for a future video. Since now "Dragespringvandet" the dragon fountain is reestablished at Rådhuspladsen - I would like you to do a video of fountains and their history around Copenhagen :D

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Cool idea! We could do some shorts on that for sure, but maybe a whole video.

@tabbymrp 2 месяца назад

I lived in Norway, even though we had air con, we used the wood burners through-out the winter. When it is cold, fetch the logs

@pouleichel2760 11 месяцев назад

nice one Derek.. your Danish is getting better.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Thank you, glad you enjoyed this one. And my Danish is… still rough but I can joke about it haha

@Debbie338 11 месяцев назад

I want a bone set! This was very informative. Your videos are getting really creative, too.

@ane-louisestampe7939 11 месяцев назад

My thought too! Instantly wondering: Can I get hold of a cow carcass? 🤣

@vampitwine 11 месяцев назад

fun video :)

@ieet 11 месяцев назад

Great video. I like the guy from the past

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Haha, he means well - I may bring him back for a video at Christmas

@Bjarne_Duelund 11 месяцев назад

Nice 😄

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Thank you 😊

@Pladderkasse 11 месяцев назад

Aaaaaaaand...I'm off again to do some more outdoor drinking. I love summer...the entire weekend.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Me too! :)

@SuiGenerisAbbie 11 месяцев назад

You two look in finest fettle, here! Life is obviously agreeing with you. My favourite videos, from anybody, are always culture contrast ones.

@M.Trollberg 10 месяцев назад

Thanks again for an inspiring and entertaining video. ❤ A small thing though, the longest day and Sankt Hans is in June, not April😊

@RobeTrotting 10 месяцев назад

Glad you liked it. And the comment about April is that where I come from in the US, the longest daylight of the year is the same amount of daylight as Denmark has in April - if that makes sense. I know the entire northern hemisphere has the longest day of the year on the solstice in June.

@jenssejerjohansen6277 9 месяцев назад

Try to look at Danish weddings traditions. Ie. the first dance is always the music for the waltz from the ballet "A folk tale" (1854) by the Danish composer Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890). While dancing the couple is surrounded by the guests. They slowly getting closer towards the couple in time for them to kiss at the end of the Waltz. The dance must be danced before midnight.

@kosten82 11 месяцев назад

Students wearing the studenterhue can get some discount in many shops and stores and online as well

@sebastianbagergaardrasmuss3918 11 месяцев назад

Hahaha cool - is the 2017-derek really Mike (the mimics...)

@jonasholm-mw5bn 11 месяцев назад

It would be cool if you ever made a video about carnival in Aalborg. It’s too late for this year, but it’s in late may

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

I’ve heard that’s a blast! We were in Aalborg a couple years ago and loved it, we shot a video there too. We would probably do that if we had some kind of sponsorship to help with the costs and time involved - that’s why we film almost entirely in Copenhagen, so we can sleep at home for free and not have to travel haha 😊

@shadowz9106 11 месяцев назад

When I see a Studentervogn, I think one year back to when I was out on that thing. Fun, I had so much fun doing it. I almost took my third year twice for the rides xD

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

It looks so fun 🤩

@Gwenx 11 месяцев назад

The bands can change colors depending on what you majored in and if you got 12 in almost every class you'll get the black band, there is also one with flags on for having at least x amount of languages! So many types haha! Personally i did not go to the gymnasie so i never got a hat or a party, but i do wave to them! Though our neighbor had like 3 fucking kids that graduated 3 years in a row.. The summer was long and annoying as they also have a big yard to party in..

@SvampeMat5334 7 месяцев назад

I just hear party music on my birthday that we are not playing i am like thats normal thats from the party trucks in the city so i go into my room i just se a gaming computer standing playing music i didint realize😂😂😂

@Sigart 11 месяцев назад

When I and my sister did studenterkørsel aside form top-ups for beer and other liquors and snacks, my mom had also prepared toothbrushes ("stolen" from her school dentist) and coffee. As I'm not having children I can't continue this tradition and I have no idea if my sisters will with their children. I just thought everyone should know that that move made her _immensely_ popular for the 10 minutes everyone was there.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

That’s a genius move that only a mother would think of ❤️😃

@Sigart 11 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting Yes, indeed. XD

@hassegreiner9675 11 месяцев назад

How do you know you're not having children? I'm physically incapable of making a woman pregnant and yet I have two great kids - grown now - and six grandchildren.

@Sigart 11 месяцев назад

@@hassegreiner9675 I don't want any.

@BjornSeverinLarsen 6 месяцев назад

It is basicly impossible to get into the winter bathing place in Aalborg. So I think the winter bathing is atleast as popular is it was.

@AB-80X 11 месяцев назад

No idea what you guys do for the Solstice, but you should stop by Reffen. Tons of people, food, party and fun. Also, working a few bars during the Pride this year, so a beer on me if I see you guys in my bar 🙂

@chrisu1250 11 месяцев назад

awesome video! did u think about such a video in 2017? Or how did u do it? :D

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

I actually shot the 2023 version first and then filmed the 2017 version and put them together while editing the video :)

@dreclay11 11 месяцев назад

American in Denmark. Staying in Aalborg the shout out is lit haha

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

We love Aalborg! Haven't been in a couple years, but you should check out the Rebild Festival for July 4th if you're available. It's pretty close to Aalborg and the biggest July 4th celebration outside of the States! 😀

@Nora_meow99 11 месяцев назад

Love Denmark ❤

@TheSteFanden 11 месяцев назад

Haha! "We burn Witches." That was a perfect delivery! Hilarious! Completely deadpan: "We burn Witches." Yeah!

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Haha, thanks 😀 it was a pleasant surprise, I didn't realize how deadpan I was about it until I edited this and put them over each other LOL

@evamayakornstad2576 11 месяцев назад

I'll like to invite you to join the new old tradition - Julebukkeløbet. Its all the creatures of the dark comming together to party on the longest night of the year, singing and dancing to get the sun and the light back. Its on Strøget in København. Its 16 of december at 5 pm

@baronbamse1040 11 месяцев назад

3:33 "Smile and wave boys, smile and wave"

@drumstick74 11 месяцев назад

Everything is so dry right now, so they say a lot of Skt.Hans bonfires will have to be cancelled. One place I think they might get a 'green light' is in Christianshavn, where they put a bonfire on a structure on the water in the canal itself. :)

@johndododoe1411 11 месяцев назад

The main concern is embers blowing away in a wide radius, so putting the bonfire on the water has little effect .

@drumstick74 11 месяцев назад

@@johndododoe1411 Ok

@bogganalseryd2324 11 месяцев назад

You should try living in northern sweden , here its light 24/7 at the moment

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

No thanks haha 😆 but I do enjoy visiting Lapland in the winter

@bogganalseryd2324 11 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting Haha yeah that's way preferable, we do have hot summers here, but they are short And the midnight sun make you all jetlagged , we use blackout curtains and that kinda helps but your body still senses it's light outside at midnight in some way, your circadian rhythm gets all out of whack.

@ejemima 11 месяцев назад

Yes, Sankt Hans eve is a cozy tradition, with the singing around a bonfire, but not when we're having a draught 😉 This year wasn't the first time, we haven't been able to have bonfire on Sankt Hans. We are mostly a country that gets a lot of rain, however, every once in a while, we have years with dry Spring and Summer, which causes fire bans.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

There were still a lot of beach and water-set bonfires in Copenhagen but I remember 2018 when we couldn’t even do those 😔

@Rocket_Brothers_Gaming 11 месяцев назад

Im from Denmark, and holy cow.. It was so funny to listen to! 😂 And.. Yeah.. You are actually not bad at danish, but it still sounds pretty funny when you speak danish! AND NO! The longest day in Denmark isnt in April! Its the 21 June! Your welcome!

@emilbovbjerg 11 месяцев назад

He wasn't saying the longest day was in April, just that "past Derek" would have the longest day of his life by that point, in April. As far as I understood.

@glimt1808 10 месяцев назад

*you’re welcome! Og han siger ikke, at den længste dag i Danmark er i april. Han siger, at allerede i april passerer dagslængden dét niveau Derek er vant til hjemmefra og pointen er så, at den vil tiltage yderlige i længde over de næste cirka to måneder. You’re welcome!

@Rocket_Brothers_Gaming 10 месяцев назад

@@glimt1808 Nååå, okay tak ;D

@sssiso 11 месяцев назад

I always find it funny that Sankt Hans is my half birthday, i like it for more than one reason, but one of them is the fact that its easier to remember when i have half a year left to my birthday

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

That’s convenient to break up the year for you 😃🇩🇰🥳

@sssiso 11 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting very much😁

@johndododoe1411 11 месяцев назад

So you're a Christmas child? The name comes from St. Johannes the Baptist born half a year before Jesus .

@sssiso 11 месяцев назад

@johndododoe1411 yeah december 23rd is my birthday:)

@sie7995 11 месяцев назад

“Who are they burning over there?” 😆😆😆👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@michaelgask 11 месяцев назад

I really like wide-eyed 2017 Derek. But 2023 Derek has all the knowledge. Interesting. I'm not going to try nude harbour swimming anytime soon, but these traditions don't sound weird, just different and interesting. Thanks for sharing. Btw, you might like to warn 2017 Derek about Covid. 😬

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Haha, I thought about making a joke like that, but it seemed too dark 😂

@michaelgask 11 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting oh dear. So you left it to me 🙈

@GoforKrogh 11 месяцев назад

Not only is it bad luck to wear a studenterhue before you've taken the last exam. It's also said that if you wear it without being done, you will never become a student

@alexanderkiss3650 11 месяцев назад

Love your gyes!

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

❤️

@kirschrot77 7 дней назад

1.22 shot film is of Vienna, Austria not Denmark

@mariehm86 11 месяцев назад

I don't know if you'll find this out when researching studenterhuen but I'll just say it here. The black studenterhue has 2 versions - one for those with more A-level (Highest level in Gymnasium) than "needed" this one is hard like the white counterparts. I personally got a Black model based on the ones traditionally worn all through higher education as you told. It was also black, but is not limited to more A-level than 2 subjects. I don't know if it has changed - but when I graduated it was mostly for students with A levels in history or others that wanted to honor the history of the cap (as I did as my dad was a historian).

@johndododoe1411 11 месяцев назад

I graduated high school under the old system with only a small selection of fixed level combinations such as "languages - classic" (perfect for future historians and priests), "languages - modern", "languages + society" etc. and for the other half of academic pursuit "math + physics" (STEM hardcore) "math + nature" (more for future doctors, biologists etc.), "math + society" etc. Then they changed it into lots of elective course levels, with every university course setting its own entrance requirement combinations .

@mariehm86 11 месяцев назад

@@johndododoe1411 I was started on the first year of the new system - so that must be why it changed. I also took the black 18-something in remeberance of my dad who was a historian before he died when I was 12.

@J9KELUCKY 11 месяцев назад

as a guy who was born in denmark its not that weird when u get used to it and learn the launguge and then u should get cumfortbal

@adrianpallis4568 10 месяцев назад

The studenterhue is actually remains of the same tradition as the americans getting the cap when they graduate college, both being the academic uniform at university, the difference is just in denmark you get the hat at graduating highschool so you have the hat before you start university, offcourse nobody wears it while going to university.

@Vee-jc1qh 11 месяцев назад

"Long ass sunlight" 🤣 a classic American expression. Any chance someone can translate that into Danish? Keep up the fun and informative reports. Cheers.

@SarnonGold777 11 месяцев назад

Literal translation except changing Long and ass around for better flow : Røv lang solskin. Another translation which I would rather use for the context: Røv lang dag. Which would translate back into english as long ass day. The latter saying is more commonly used to refer to a long or exhausting work day, but with the right context can be used to refer to the longer days during summer.

@Vee-jc1qh 11 месяцев назад

@@SarnonGold777 Mange tak for your reply. Our daughter lives in Copenhagen whom we regularly visit and will pass your message to her. We're Scottish and lived temporarily in the USA where we learned many new sayings and trying to add some Danish. Hej Hej 🤗

@a1ch838 10 месяцев назад

As a dane this is the best thing ever

@lainightwalker5495 11 месяцев назад

a ceiling fan is amazing. can totaly recomend.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

I wish they were more common and available

@mickpalmer6213 11 месяцев назад

Remember when you do the student hats, the first ones where all black with a red ribbon, only the ones from gymnasium got them, and if was only for the rich to go there. 😊

@victoriasunivers 11 месяцев назад

Older you: So what happens on the summer solstice in Copenhagen? You now: We burn witches… Older you: Say what!? *Ad starts playing*

@MistaLiir 7 месяцев назад

Im watching this as a DANE ;) .. hope you like it over here now ;)

@speedy387 11 месяцев назад

Not weird, Danish 😁

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely - it would be so boring if every culture was the same. That's kind of the message behind this video; at first it seems confusing seeing all of these things, but they're really cool experiences and traditions 🇩🇰😀

@Phiyedough 11 месяцев назад

USA is the weird country!

@steffensegoviahelbo5065 11 месяцев назад

I'm sure the saying " it is the best weekend in the year" is the optimistic people. I've heard that as "the best day of the year" too

@evagelert2315 11 месяцев назад

So much like your channel and thank you for a fresh angel on the things 😊👍 And while I was watching this one I just realised how politically incorrect the Sankt Hans is 😆

@the-boring-username 11 месяцев назад

Glædelig sankthans!!🔥

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Same to you 😃

@Ladydianaofwales 11 месяцев назад

I love in Denmark

@Ladydianaofwales 11 месяцев назад

I mean i live in Denmark

@jonesso11 11 месяцев назад

this video has literally been years in the making

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Heheh, six years 😆

@SteamboatW 11 месяцев назад

Swedish witches fly to blåkulla at easter... I wonder if there's any connection between brocken - blåkulla?

@SteamboatW 11 месяцев назад

Ehh.. I checked Wikipedia, and they say "blåkulla" originally was a swedish variant of blocksberg/brocken in Sachsen-Anhalt. So, that was quite a good guess, I guess. ;-)

@JohnnieKirkegaard94 11 месяцев назад

dude i love the slightly scruffy beard :) somehow it is making you look alot less rounded or maybe you lost weight! you are looking awsome

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Thank you so much. I tend to fluctuate easily depending on my habits, but I have been making some changes 💪

@JohnnieKirkegaard94 10 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting whatever you are doing you are shining ;) all the best love from our little danish/polish family

@scekkel 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, the thing about every single person having done thing... That is not true, but it is a lot of fun for us, who have done thing.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Yeah. I should have said “many” 🤷🏻‍♂️

@esbeng.s.a9761 11 месяцев назад

Some easy to spot with studenterhuer. 1 if there is a triangel cut into the sun protecter, they puked 2 if a box is cut into the sun protecter, they drank 24 beer in 24 hours. 3 if their cross is upside down, they kissed someone of the same gender 4 if the sun protecter has removed, they has been tovthe hospital because of to much alcohol 5 if their is bitemarks in the sun protector it is meant to mean good luck in life 6 if studenterhuen is rotarded means that you have been up 24 hours There are so many

@tatalsaba 11 месяцев назад

Sadly, due to the recent drought, we won't be burning the witch this year, too bad, it's kinda like a communal barbeque in some areas.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, 2018 was really bad too

@vassternich1 11 месяцев назад

Were did Mike go?

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Nowhere, don’t worry 😉 he just has a lot of work travel before summer holiday starts - so filming has been harder for him.

@maxfriis 11 месяцев назад

Wish you would have mentioned the singing. People sing together regardless of skill. It is common at the summer solstice and it has roots to protests toward the German occupation during WW2. It's also very common at Christmas and often used as a substitute for a speech at parties. Singing together is a thing in Denmark and probably more common at an amateur level than most other places.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

I guess I wouldn’t have found singing all that weird, or maybe just not something I see in public more than other places. Although Estonians sing a whole lot haha.

@ellamarbjerg9154 10 месяцев назад

As a dane the way you say 'hue' makes me laugh 😂

@RobeTrotting 10 месяцев назад

🙄 cool, laugh at me. Makes me really want to learn Danish.

@davidpax 11 месяцев назад

Surprise! The Danish supreme court has just ruled that you are allowed to use other flags than Dannebrog in Denmark. Reversing a law that goes back more than 100 years. 🇺🇲

@sontaron7 11 месяцев назад

Which is nice means I can now fly my Ohio and Grand Union Flag which I'll be Danish about and fly for Birthdays etc.

@kriss3d 11 месяцев назад

@TrobeTrotting are you guys attending the bonfire ( if we're fortunately enough to be allowed that ) this year ? The amager beach have the best bonfire parties where they burn a closet instead of a witch ( to symbolize getting out of the closet thing) Its arranged by the LGBTQ+ and usually have things like a disco and people dressed up and alot of stuff there.

@larissatom6910 11 месяцев назад

Where is the place at 9:21

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Kalvebod Bølge

@larissatom6910 11 месяцев назад

@@RobeTrotting thank you

@TigerSira 11 месяцев назад

@RobeTrotting If you want to be better at danish pronunciations i believe I can help... I have autism, live in Copenhagen (born and raised in Denmark) and have a good understanding of where we pronounce different words... pronunciation can come from nose, throath, chest or stomach... Or a combination... Of course I wouldn't take money but would just like to help because we really do use weird sounds here in Denmark 😅 so i would kind of explain and show where/how we make the sounds to say fx "rød grød med fløde" 🙂

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

Oh it’s fine - I am only joking and making fun of myself a bit. I actually don’t want to get better, I own how bad I am, even after lessons.

@isakgamingpro7302 10 месяцев назад

I live in Denmark

@ZeroiusProduction 11 месяцев назад

Regarding studenterrundten, here in Esbjerg, we have a tradition, not sure if the copenhagen folks does this as well, but we have this roundabout where all the folks run naked around, usually the women have more clothes one unless they're frisky and don't give a single f, but the lads let it all hang out and run around that sucker while everyone is hunking their horns and congratulating them, it's weird as I live so close I can always hear whenever the students jump off that and do their run.

@melma2753 11 месяцев назад

On the Saint Hans witch: Its not uncommon to fill the effigy/witch with small fireworks - so she "screams" as she burns :) This year unfortunately due to drought and firehazard, no bonfires were allowed in all of Jutland.

@RobeTrotting 11 месяцев назад

They still had them here