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Annette
07-24-2005, 5:21am
Okay, so... since I'm kinda lazy I thought this could be a more fun way if introducing my country than just me writing about Denmark.
When you think of the country Denmark what do you think then? Tell me and then I can maybe elaborate on what you come up with or tell you whether it's right or wrong.
Big Swede
07-24-2005, 12:44pm
Beer!
Lego!
Danish pastry with chocolate in the middle! :p I ate one this Thursday, when I actually was in Denmark :]
Long beautiful beaches (shores) that I haven´t seen myself in real life..
I think of Lego, Carlsberg, Jan Molby (ex-Liverpool player), the Laudrup brothers, the mermaid, Copenhagen, Annette, butter, bacon and Helena Christensen........not in that order! :D
UllaCountryGal
07-24-2005, 1:18pm
em i think of all my relatives. I think about my dad being stopped for speeding on the Helsingør motorvej. I think about long warm summers. I think about Copenhagen and Ny Havn, and one of the most famouse Tivolis in Europe. I think about Queen Margaret, Kim Larsen, The Olsen gang, and i think of the language
I forgot also:
C'mon Barbie lets go party!
AQUA!
http://www.thefirstcut.net/aqubar1.jpg
ka-ching
07-24-2005, 3:40pm
I forgot also:
C'mon Barbie lets go party!
AQUA!
http://www.thefirstcut.net/aqubar1.jpg
:biglaugh::biglaugh: That was hilarious!
I forgot also:
C'mon Barbie lets go party!
AQUA!
http://www.thefirstcut.net/aqubar1.jpg
That song was annoying.
Big Swede
07-24-2005, 4:04pm
I forgot also:
C'mon Barbie lets go party!
AQUA!
AQUA did a great song called Turn Back Time which is on the soundtrack to the movie Sliding Doors featuring Gwyneth Paltrow
So they could do "real" music if they wanted to :p
Not to forget.....
Dr Jones, Jones, calling Dr Jones, Dr Jones, Dr Jones wake up now!
http://www.aeroplanerecords.com.au/images/artists/a/aqua_doctor_jones.jpg
UllaCountryGal
07-24-2005, 4:10pm
oh yeah remember Aqua, i have 2 of their cd's, but didnt the girl in it die from drug use or something?
I forgot also:
C'mon Barbie lets go party!
AQUA!
http://www.thefirstcut.net/aqubar1.jpg
:funny: I remember them, what a load of crap :funny:
oh yeah remember Aqua, i have 2 of their cd's, but didnt the girl in it die from drug use or something?
I don't think so, but I think they did break-up. She's actually a classically trained singer from what I heard, pity she didn't use it.........I saw her on a TV show, like before they were famous or something and she looked quite normal, not bad looking actually ! She might even be Norweigian. Why am I even talking about this? :huh:
lol! Lene isn't dead. She went solo after the group decided to split.
The first thing I come to think of is beer! I don't know how many times we've been over to Denmark to get cheep beer, lol!
UllaCountryGal
07-24-2005, 4:46pm
oh okey, i just recalled me and my friends discussing this when we were 9
When you were 9? That was 8 years ago..They released their first album in 97, I think ;)
Well.. It doesn't matter :P
SHe's not dead, tell your friends that :D
UllaCountryGal
07-24-2005, 4:58pm
yeah i was 9 in '97, that's 8 years ago
We are the cartoon heroes LOL
Big Swede
07-24-2005, 5:46pm
I don't think so, but I think they did break-up. She's actually a classically trained singer from what I heard, pity she didn't use it.........I saw her on a TV show, like before they were famous or something and she looked quite normal, not bad looking actually ! She might even be Norweigian. Why am I even talking about this? :huh:
Yes Lene Nyström is from Norway and are nowdays trying to pic up a solo career, not doing that well though..
Except for all the wierd haircuts, clothes and all the makeup she is really gorgeous. :p
http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/494/1063642949lene29lv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/4069/lenenystrom0073pq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Oops, guess we slipped away from Denmark a bit :p
shania-little
07-25-2005, 2:36am
I forgot also:
C'mon Barbie lets go party!
AQUA!
http://www.thefirstcut.net/aqubar1.jpg
OH yes LOL! :p I remember them indeed! ;)
Shaniabomber99
07-25-2005, 2:57am
Aqua...I remember them lol :)
Carley
I also remember those aquas :p
Annette
07-25-2005, 5:33pm
Beer!
Lego!
Danish pastry with chocolate in the middle! :p I ate one this Thursday, when I actually was in Denmark :]
Long beautiful beaches (shores) that I haven´t seen myself in real life..
Beer... because it's good beer or because it's cheap for you?:p
Oohhh, that's good stuff! :] You can't get that anywhere else. Tried to find a pic so you could see what it is that we are talking about... but couldn't find a good one.
The beaches... you know, I never think of how lucky we are here that almost no matter where you live you live kinda close to a beach. Nothing like taking a walk at the shores in the western Denmark where the North Sea is:up: The landscape there is beautiful.
Annette
07-25-2005, 5:43pm
I think of Lego, Carlsberg, Jan Molby (ex-Liverpool player), the Laudrup brothers, the mermaid, Copenhagen, Annette, butter, bacon and Helena Christensen........not in that order! :D
Here we go... beer and Lego again:p I guess Lego is one of the most popular things to ever come out of Denmark. In fact a whole city, Billund, came into existence around the Lego factories. Also in that city is the biggest airport in Jutland (the peninsula).
The little mermaid is Denmark's landmark and probably one of the most popular turist attractions. Unfortunately, the little mermaid is very unlucky. She has lost her head two times, lost an arm and and been overturn from the stone she's sitting on. But each time she has alwyas been fixed again.
http://hvanilla2.web.infoseek.co.jp/koebenhaven/image/koebenhaven24.jpg
http://www.schrag.net/baltic/mermaid.jpg
Copenhagen... the capitol. I'm from Jutland.. there's always a bit of a friendly rivalry going on between us from Jutland and those from Sealand.
Butter and bacon... Never knew Danish butter was so famous, but I have on more than one occasion seen Dansh butter in other countries. Lurpak butter. And I know we export bacon to the English.
Annette
07-25-2005, 6:04pm
em i think of all my relatives. I think about my dad being stopped for speeding on the Helsingør motorvej. I think about long warm summers. I think about Copenhagen and Ny Havn, and one of the most famouse Tivolis in Europe. I think about Queen Margaret, Kim Larsen, The Olsen gang, and i think of the language
Do you have a lot of relatives in Denmark?
Long warm summers... I think that depends on where you are from. Here we don't consider the summer to be long and warm, but I guess coming from Iceland they are if you compare.
Nyhavn: Nyhavn is part of the original Copenhagen Harbor all the way back to the founding of Haven, as Copenhagen was then called, in the 12th century.Today, old sailing vessels and the Harbor Canal Tour boats are the only boats observed, contributing to the unique atmosphere in Nyhavn.When in Nyhavn, the Danes really get into the typical Danish term "Hygge" - we relax and forget all about the worries of our life. Now it's time to have a good time in the company of friends. That's all that matter.
Source and pics (http://www.copenhagenpictures.dk/nyhavn.html)
The tivoli in Copenhagen is one of the most famous in Europe? I didn't know that... I've never been there lol!
Queen Margaret.. or Margrethe as she is called in Danish. I think most Danes are proud of our royal family..even those who say they are not, I believe are deep down.
The Royal House (http://www.kongehuset.dk/english/)
From the left: Crown prince Frederik, Crown princess Mary, Prince Henrik, Queen Margrethe, Prince Joachim, Princess Alexandra (was married to Joachim but are now divorced.) and their kids Prince Nikolai, and on Alexandra's arm Prince Felix.
http://i2-images.tv2.dk/s/98/253098-c6e4053de9c9a797355be8035196c0d7.jpeg
From the left: Crown prince Frederik, Prince Henrik (the Queen's husband) Prince Joachim, and sitting down Queen Margrethe
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~torkko/margar.jpg
Annette
07-25-2005, 6:05pm
I forgot also:
C'mon Barbie lets go party!
AQUA!
http://www.thefirstcut.net/aqubar1.jpg
Probably the most popular Danish band ever!
Annette
07-25-2005, 6:07pm
AQUA did a great song called Turn Back Time which is on the soundtrack to the movie Sliding Doors featuring Gwyneth Paltrow
So they could do "real" music if they wanted to :p
That was actually a really good song! :D
Big Swede
07-25-2005, 6:39pm
Beer... because it's good beer or because it's cheap for you?:p
Oohhh, that's good stuff! :] You can't get that anywhere else. Tried to find a pic so you could see what it is that we are talking about... but couldn't find a good one.
The beaches... you know, I never think of how lucky we are here that almost no matter where you live you live kinda close to a beach. Nothing like taking a walk at the shores in the western Denmark where the North Sea is:up: The landscape there is beautiful.
Both! :p But mostly because it´s good beer, not that I´m much of a beer drinker myself, but anyway :p
They have so called "Danske Wienerbrød" in Sweden too, but they aren´t as good as real Danish ones :D
I have to do a real trip to Denmark some day and see those places..
That was actually a really good song! :D
Lene used her real voice for that song, and Søren and the other guys made the music more serious. :up:
That's a cool thread, we should do one for each country represented on the forums.....:up:
Kristian
07-26-2005, 2:31am
I forgot also:
C'mon Barbie lets go party!
AQUA!
http://www.thefirstcut.net/aqubar1.jpg
That's something I had chosen to forget :p
Kristian
07-26-2005, 2:34am
I think of Annette when I think of Dänemark, and I think about cookies, Lego, Schmeichel, etc :p
Annette
07-26-2005, 5:09am
Cookies? The kind Per also mentioned or?
Shaniabomber99
07-27-2005, 6:52am
Ohhh I forgot Australia's very own Princess Mary married Danish Prince :)
Carley
Annette
07-27-2005, 6:58am
Yep! Good you mentioned that...because I forgot:p Did you hear that she's pregnant?:D
Shaniabomber99
07-27-2005, 7:11am
Yep! Good you mentioned that...because I forgot:p Did you hear that she's pregnant?:D
I forgot too until today :p....Yeh I heard she's pregnant :)
Carley
Annette
07-27-2005, 7:56am
Cool... hope it will be a girl :D We got too many princes:p
Shaniabomber99
07-27-2005, 9:13am
I hope it's a girl too :)
Carley
Annette
07-27-2005, 10:25am
I'm actually shocked that none of you think of Hans Christian Andersen or the vikings... Guess I will have to educate you a bit on those topics:p When I dig up some info in English...too lazy to translate:p
Shaniabomber99
07-27-2005, 10:40am
Will be waiting then Nettie
Carley
Ooops how could I forget Brigitte Nielsen? :funny:
http://www.e-famosos.com/contenidos/fotos/brigitte_nielsen/brigitte_nielsen_2.jpg
Annette your country has a lot of explaining to do....... :funny:
FinnFreak
07-27-2005, 12:48pm
...I knew about H.C. Andersen... ;)
"In the English-speaking world, the stories of The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid and The Princess and the Pea are cultural universals; everyone knows them, though few can name the author."
...then there's Tycho Brahe, astronomer & Niels Bohr, physicist...
...and perhaps a technical term named after a Danish king:
Bluetooth - Harald Blåtand (Harold I Bluetooth in English), King of Denmark and Norway from 935 and 936 respectively, to 940 known for his unification of previously warring tribes from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Bluetooth likewise was intended to unify different technologies like computers and mobile phones with the use of wireless personal area networks via a secure, low-cost, globally available short range radio frequency.
...and about musicians - how about Lars Ulrich of Metallica..? ;)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Ulrich.jpg
...or the old favorite from the band Mercyful Fate:
http://gothic-girl.weblogger.terra.com.br/img/king-diamond003.jpg
King Diamond (Kim Bendix Petersen)
John - :p
Michael and Brian Laudrup, Morten Olsen, Elkjer Larsen, and if I remember well the goalkeeper called Rasmussen.
Lars is from Denmark I did not know that.
FinnFreak
07-27-2005, 3:04pm
yep:
Lars Ulrich
Born: December 26, 1963
From: Gentofte, Denmark
Personal: Married, 2 Children
Instrument: Drums
Vitals: Green eyes, blonde/brown hair, 5'7"/1.7 meters tall
The oft-seen and heard dynamo of Metallica, when it comes to arranging all matters from songs to business, Lars is always at the epicenter. Indeed, constant activity has been a hallmark of Ulrich's life. As a child he saw his father Torben run a small jazz club in Copenhagen (sax player Dexter Gordon is Lars' Godfather) before following the family on the professional tennis circuit where Torben became an established figure.
Lars was nearly 10 when the sounds of Richie Blackmore and Deep Purple blew his little socks off at one of the first gigs he ever attended. It began a theme which has been recurrent in his life -obsession with a band- and having bought the 'Fireball' album, he began a Deep Purple love affair which continues to this day. At 13 his grandmother bought him his first drum kit, yet percussion vyed with tennis for priority. When the family moved to Newport Beach, CA in the late '70's, the seeds of priority scattered themselves in his field: girls, rock'n'roll and the occasional funny cigarette were all keys in turning Lars from the wooden raquet to full metal racket. He got so excited about metal music that he jammed a bit with a young lad called James Hetfield before taking a teenage trip to England during June of 1981 to see his newly beloved Diamond Head. He thus managed to finagle living with them for a while before returning to So Cal and the tape-trading he enjoyed with the likes of Metal Blade Records Brian Slagel.
Slagel was looking for bands to record cuts for an album he would release on the label (their first release). Lars got a slot but had no band. Remembering the less-than-awesome yet energetic jams with young Hetfield, Lars called him up and told him about the album. James listened. And thus was Metallica conceived.
These days, some 80-odd million albums worldwide later, Metallica might have undergone enormous collective and individual changes, but the essence of Ulrich remains. He is at once a loyal, attentive and determined person, one who locks in for the long-haul and one who's skin can achieve great thickness. He's also, in recent years, become even more comfortable saying exactly what he believes in regardless of the consequences (as evidenced by his willingness to be the band spokesperson on the Napster issue).
Music now shares the front seat with Lars' wife Skylar and two sons Myles and Layne as well as his thriving interests in art and film. Busy? Of course. But would Lars have it any other way? The proof is there for all to see...
http://www.metallica.com/Band/lars.asp
John - :)
I'm sure he's got divorced, I remember reading he was selling his house because he didnt want any memories of her or something.
Yeah he has...
22 Jul 2004 After being spotted out on the town with Danish actress Connie Nielsen, Metallica tub thumper, Lars Ulrich, has issued an official statement announcing that he and his wife, Mrs. Ulrich, are getting divorced.
The official statement reads as follows:
"Lars and Skylar Ulrich are getting divorced after seven years of marriage. The couple has been quietly separated since March. They will share custody of their two children."
http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/article.asp?ID=8165&type=NWS
scotsman4shania
07-27-2005, 5:57pm
I'm actually shocked that none of you think of Hans Christian Andersen or the vikings... Guess I will have to educate you a bit on those topics:p When I dig up some info in English...too lazy to translate:p
I think of Hans Christian Andersen , and the Vikings! :angel: :supwink:
And everything else that was mentioned.. :funny: :p
especially LEGO! :love: :cool:
Thanks for the info John.
UllaCountryGal
07-27-2005, 6:36pm
Do you have a lot of relatives in Denmark?
Yes I do have lots of them, my grandpa's brother moved there and had a family there, and the sons of that man spoke icelandic as kids, but they are danish nontheless, but with icelandic citizenships and so are their boys. They can't go the the army that way. The whole clan was here actually for family reunion, last week. they are like 40 ppl all together.
Long warm summers... I think that depends on where you are from. Here we don't consider the summer to be long and warm, but I guess coming from Iceland they are if you compare.
having been in Denmark in summer time, I thought it was one of the best weathered summer I have experienced in Europe(If I dont count Spain and Italy)
Nyhavn: Nyhavn is part of the original Copenhagen Harbor all the way back to the founding of Haven, as Copenhagen was then called, in the 12th century.Today, old sailing vessels and the Harbor Canal Tour boats are the only boats observed, contributing to the unique atmosphere in Nyhavn.When in Nyhavn, the Danes really get into the typical Danish term "Hygge" - we relax and forget all about the worries of our life. Now it's time to have a good time in the company of friends. That's all that matter.
I have tryed that, sitting in Nyhavn, and it was so nice and cosy, sitting on the pier, looking at the boats and chatting to people.
Queen Margaret.. or Margrethe as she is called in Danish. I think most Danes are proud of our royal family..even those who say they are not, I believe are deep down.
I have also heard that ppl gather outside the palace in Copenhagen(I'm to tired to remember the name of it) on the queens birthday and say " Kære dronning kom nu frem, ellers går vi aldrig hjem" and then she comes out to the balcony and waves
oh and another two things that I suddenly recalled are sausage( spegepølse) and Gammel Dansk. Both things are smuggled in to this coutnry right and left from Denmark. I have once been stopped in the custom over here with 2 spegepølser( they were both taken away and I had to pay a fee)
Kristian
07-28-2005, 2:07am
Cookies? The kind Per also mentioned or?
Butter cookies. The best ones I've tried before were from Dänemark :up:
Annette
07-28-2005, 8:03am
Ooops how could I forget Brigitte Nielsen? :funny:
http://www.e-famosos.com/contenidos/fotos/brigitte_nielsen/brigitte_nielsen_2.jpg
Annette your country has a lot of explaining to do....... :funny:
*digs a deep hole to hide in* There's no excuse for her...:hide:
Annette
07-31-2005, 3:58pm
having been in Denmark in summer time, I thought it was one of the best weathered summer I have experienced in Europe(If I dont count Spain and Italy)
:shocked: Really?! You must have been here in a good year then:p No, seriously... May and June are usually good months and then comes July and rain and in August it gets really hot! At least for Danish standards:p They are actually going to move the school summer vacation so that you don't go back before late August and not like now in early August. This doesn't count for universities though. They start in September.
I have also heard that ppl gather outside the palace in Copenhagen(I'm to tired to remember the name of it) on the queens birthday and say " Kære dronning kom nu frem, ellers går vi aldrig hjem" and then she comes out to the balcony and waves.
It's called Amalienborg :D And yes, that's true we do do that:up: Every time there's a celebration in the royal family thousands of people gather outside the castle and wait for them to come out and wave.
oh and another two things that I suddenly recalled are sausage( spegepølse) and Gammel Dansk. Both things are smuggled in to this coutnry right and left from Denmark. I have once been stopped in the custom over here with 2 spegepølser( they were both taken away and I had to pay a fee)
Yeah, the Danish salami is really popular in and outside Denmark, but I didn't know that Gammel Dansk was known outside Denmark. I don't really know what it tastes of, so I can't describe it to you guys.
Annette
07-31-2005, 4:00pm
Butter cookies. The best ones I've tried before were from Dänemark :up:
Oohhh, those!:D They are good! But will you believe that they are so hard to find here?:shocked:
http://www.business-supply.com/product_images/image/EB030435.gif
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/432382/2/Danish_Butter_Cookies_9.jpg
On the round and square ones there is sugar on top.
Big Swede
07-31-2005, 4:42pm
but I didn't know that Gammel Dansk was known outside Denmark. I don't really know what it tastes of, so I can't describe it to you guys.
Gammel Dansk is very well known in Sweden, and it taste like.... yuck!
Annette
07-31-2005, 4:44pm
Okay.... and thanks for the description:p
Oohhh, those!:D They are good! But will you believe that they are so hard to find here?:shocked:
http://www.business-supply.com/product_images/image/EB030435.gif
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/432382/2/Danish_Butter_Cookies_9.jpg
On the round and square ones there is sugar on top.
Those are good cookies.
Kristian
07-31-2005, 7:40pm
Oohhh, those!:D They are good! But will you believe that they are so hard to find here?:shocked:
http://www.business-supply.com/product_images/image/EB030435.gif
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/432382/2/Danish_Butter_Cookies_9.jpg
On the round and square ones there is sugar on top.
Yeah those are exactly what I was talking about :up: They are yummy :p
So bad for your people there :nono:
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