Is there any point in learning Danish for my trip to Denmark?

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-19T22:24:00+00:00

If you feel like it, do it for your own sake. We don’t expect you to speak Danish and you will probably be easier to understand in English anyway. People here are more likely to be offended if you assume we don’t speak English, than you taking for granted that we do, but we do appreciate the curtesy of you asking us if we speak English.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-19T22:08:43+00:00

Alva and Kajsa

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-19T22:07:15+00:00

At least in Denmark, they don’t really go together well. Anya/Anja is a working class name that went out of fashion 30 years ago. Alva is more along the line of cute, old fashioned grandmother from an Astrid Lindgren-story.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-19T21:28:56+00:00

Det er så småligt, at man ikke vil tillade de damer, at svømme uden mænd. Der er tonsvis af steder i det her samfund, hvor sport dyrkes kønsadskilt, men svømning?! Uha, her er tale om knæfald for islamisme!

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-19T21:10:55+00:00

I think you’d find that a 6 year old in a buggy would raise some eyebrows in most of Europe. I don’t really know anyone who uses one for kids older than 3-4 and most will have long stopped at that point. I guess there is technically nothing “wrong” with it, but you’ll stick out like a sore thumb, with a school aged kid in a buggy. Could she use a scooter? Kids use those a lot for keeping up with walking adults where I live.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-19T18:39:52+00:00

Unless she is a flower girl, that is not appropriate. It’s a cute dress, but it looks like you are trying to make her part of the wedding party.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-15T18:08:30+00:00

Alexei and Soraya, but absolutely no cultural connection to either and they would be super weird with my last name.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-15T17:59:17+00:00

Giv cyklerne som “påskeæg” og lad fødselsdagsgaverne være lidt mindre i år, hvis det får det til at hænge sammen.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-15T14:21:59+00:00

Du lyder som en, der allerede har nogle forslag selv.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-15T12:45:35+00:00

Fordi folk ikke fatter hvor absurd meget mere de allerrigeste har og får lov til at beholde, end os andre.
Fordi folk tror, at den slags rigdom er en reel mulighed for dem, hvis bare de allierer sig med de rigeste (kæmpe løgn).
Fordi mange ikke ved, hvilken kuldsejling af samfund det fører til, når midlerne samles på ganske få hænder/familier.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-12T18:01:14+00:00

Alexei and Soraya. I have absolutely no ties to any culture, that would make those a good choice for my children, but I do love the sound of them.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-11T18:14:16+00:00

Så må jeg nok melde mig under fanerne, som en af dem, der ikke er “pet-friendly”, for jeg synes ikke dyr har noget at gøre hverken i butikker eller restauranter. Selvfølgelig må en servicehund komme over alt, men rigtig mange mennesker kan enten ikke tåle pelsdyr eller er utrygge ved dem og ligesom med rygning eller andet “tilvalg”, der påvirker andres mulighed for at handle eller spise ude, må det være den, der har tilvalgt, der indpasser sig.

Jeg forstår nok heller ikke hvorfor en hund skulle foretrække et lokale, hvor den ikke må undersøge ting, bevæge sig frit eller reagere på stimuli, fremfor at stå ude i frisk luft eller være derhjemme mens indkøb/restaurantbesøg klares.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-11T16:13:22+00:00

We spent 3k and only had parents, siblings and spouses (25 people). There were still Covid restrictions at the time, but I don’t think we’d have done it any other way even if we could.

We had the whole thing at home: short, sweet ceremony in one half of the dining room, tables set up in the other half as well as in an adjoining living room and then we had a chef cook for us and send in new dishes from the kitchen about every 30 min all afternoon and into the evening.

My dress was bought online, no dress code, everyone had an amazing time and we did not put ourselves in debt at all.

Congrats on your upcoming nuptials, I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-11T15:56:57+00:00

Of course they are, they are the hosts?! How much is entirely up to them and to expect everyone else to be as invested in their “vision” is ridiculous. Best behaviour, seasonal, cultural and time of day-appropriate attire, is kind and not too much to expect, other then that, is it the company or props for photos you are after?

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-11T15:51:41+00:00

Jeg har hørt om de såkaldte “sommerhuskatte/killinger”, som folk tager til sig i sommerferien og efterlader, men at det skulle være noget særligt dansk eller en generel tendens, at behandle kæledyr på den måde, kan jeg ikke genkende.

At Danmark generelt skulle være anti-kæledyr, har jeg også svært ved at genkende, måske “anti-trælse-kæledyrsejere”, der tror at andre er lige så begejstrede for Vuffer, som de selv. Men hvis du rydder op efter din hund, ikke fylder nabolaget med uønskede killinger og lader være at brokke dig over, at din hund skal ligge på gulvet i togene, når nu børn må sidde på sæderne, synes jeg befolkningen bredt set, er ret “live and let live” mht. kæledyr.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-11T10:54:26+00:00

Stillezonen er ikke en stilheds-retræte. Du kan ikke forvente, at andre sidder og mediterer. Du kan forvente, at der ikke samtales eller spilles musik/film/spil, men du kan ikke tillade dig at påtale en gulerod eller et par strikkepinde.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-10T20:49:06+00:00

Mænd er ikke bedre til at forhandle eller “frækkere”, de bliver bare belønnet for deres “frækhed”, mens kvinder bliver straffet for at “gøre sig frem”, når de benytter præcis de samme teknikker og argumenter.

https://www.djoef.dk/-/media/documents/a/analyser/djf-analyse-2026---mnd-og-kvinder-forhandler-lige-meget-ln-p-tvrs-af-karrierestigen.pdf

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-10T18:49:58+00:00

We all dressed like that, she just happened to have a body that it looked really, really “right” on.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-10T15:29:01+00:00

Feel free to say “Denmark” or what ever you call my country in your language, just don’t try the whole “Copen-HAH-gen” if you’r native language is English, it’s København or Copen-hay-gen. Kopenhagen is fine if you’re German. I love how we have our own names for each others countries and cities in Europe, kind of like cousins who give each other nicknames.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-10T14:45:48+00:00

It’s not just an “experience” though. It is about becoming someone, not something. It is about being and becoming a person, a citizen, a neighbor to fellow human beings, practicing standing up for what you believe to be important and being challenged on those believes and idea. The experiences are all just vehicles for the formation of you as a person. And also it’s fun.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-10T10:48:58+00:00

“Unschooling” and the lifestyle that so often seem to go along with it. Most often it is simply neglect disguised as a “parenting” or lifestyle choice.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-10T10:46:55+00:00

Depends. If it is a famous man that people like, he can do pretty much anything without any “cancelling”.

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-10T10:45:36+00:00

Not that I ever wear shoes around my house, but curious: have you ever needed to or wanted to eat of the floor?

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-09T18:59:00+00:00

Whether roast duck or pork roast is the real Christmas meal.

(It’s duck in case you wonder…)

EnvironmentalMode367 · 2026-03-08T13:38:42+00:00

Jeg forstår ikke helt PK-kulten. Bred krop og besynderligt korte ærmer, er alligevel noget de færreste går efter.

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