@asymmetricinfo experience of internationals working in Denmark and Americans working in Denmark in particular, and also give keynote speeches on the topic of US-Danish business differences, so hit me up if I can assist. https://t.co/hZBx5AWknG
@asymmetricinfo "We hired you to do a job, you're doing that job, we'll let you know if there are any problems. Otherwise, no news is good news."
If you're used to constant feedback and hype, and many Americans are, this can be discouraging.
Anyway, I've written several books on the
Friday June 5 is ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐จ, or Constitution Day, the closest Denmark gets to a national day.
But there are none of the colorful parades, fireworks, or military fly-bys that characterize national days in some countries.
And unlike Swedes and Norwegians, Danes don't dress up in traditional folk costumes on their big day. In fact, I'd never seen one of these outfits until I came across photos from Solvang, California, where Danish heritage traditions are celebrated more visibly than they are in Denmark itself!
Most Danes will just enjoy the day off, and perhaps take a trip to their summer house, where they will raise a very large Danish flag.
If you'd like to do something special to mark the day, visit Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen and see the actual pen King Frederik VII used to sign Denmark's first democratic constitution on June 5, 1849.
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I write more about Constitution Day and many other Danish traditions in my new book, ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ซ: ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค.
If you enjoy learning about Danish culture and customs, or if you like my free How to Live in Denmark podcast, I think you'll enjoy the book too. ๐ท
OK, this is Danish transparency: The local cops announce exactly which streets will be the focus of traffic enforcement operations in the week ahead.
If you're dumb enough to *still* speed on those particular streets, you deserve to get caught.
I often suggest https://t.co/DetRsbGGBk as a way to meet new people in Copenhagen, and I still use it myself, especially if I develop a new interest and want to find people who share it.
The good thing about Meetups is that the people you're thrown together with actively want to meet someone new. They're not just hanging around with the friends they've known forever. They're more open to a chat with a total stranger like me.
My most recent meetup was with a photo group lead by Lรกszlรณ Gattyรกn, a social media manager who does portraits as a hobby. He told us all to be at a certain spot near Nyhavn at 7pm, where he would take a few shots of each person at the "golden hour" with Nyhavn as a background.
We were a mixed group. We had a German ๐ฉ๐ช engineer who wanted some good shots for his grandparents' annual Christmas calendar; we had a Moroccan ๐ฒ๐ฆ med student on an exchange who wanted some scenic images to take home with him. Alone in Copenhagen except for his colleagues, he hadn't taken a single photo of himself with a local background.
We had an Indian ๐ฎ๐ณ fellow who made a hobby of visiting every cafรฉ in Copenhagen, and showed us a long list of the best ones in the Notes app of his iPhone. There was also a young woman who said she hadn't updated her Facebook profile picture in 5 years and thought it was time to do so.
And there was me, a local speaker ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐บ๐ธ who constantly needs new photos to share with media and event organizers. They understandably don't want to use the same publicity photo that was used for last week's speaking event somewhere else.
Lazlo photographed us one-by-one with Nyhavn as a background, and as we waited the rest of us chatted. The German and I had a sharp exchange of words about whether @grok was reliable or not. The Indian fellow recommended more cafรฉs. Someone played some music on a portable speaker.
It was a fun experience, and Lazlo's work was so good that I used some of the photos to revamp my website. Later, some of us took a walk together and ended up having a drink.
Bottom line: if you're new in Copenhagen or just looking to refresh your friend circle, https://t.co/DetRsbGGBk can be a good approach.
Want to understand Danes? Watch what they watch. ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐บ
Danish film & TV reveals more about Danish culture than any guidebook โ from classic noir to beloved comedies like The Olsen Gang and the landmark series Matador.
And a lot of it is FREE. ๐งต
Apparently DK35 is the magic number, at least for eBook downloads. Since ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ซ is selling well, I've dropped the prices on all my other Denmark eBook downloads to just DK35, exclusively on Amazon Kindle.
That's just $5, EUR 5, or GBP 4. ๐ฐ
That means you can download all these books for just Dk35 apiece:
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค, ๐๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด
๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด-๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ: ๐๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด-๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ 35 ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด
And, of course, my newest book
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ซ: ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ
All for less than the price of a flat white! โ๏ธ
You can also read your eBook on any phone or tablet using the Amazon Kindle app.
@berlingske Berlingske er hรฅblรธst ude af trit med amerikansk politik, isรฆr politik i Texas. Der er meget lille chance for, at den spinkle og lidt fesne James Talarico kommer til at vinde i en stat, hvor Trump vandt med nรฆsten 14 procentpoint i 2024.
Do holidays like Grundlovsdag just seem to creep up on you? When I first moved to Denmark, I remember being constantly surprised by unexpected holidays and traditions, including some (like Blue Monday and the motorcycle procession opening Bakke each year) that arenโt on any calendar.
Thatโs why I wrote โThe Danish Year: Twelve Months of Customs, Quirks, and Rhythms of Everyday Life in Denmark, only Dk 35 on Amazon Kindle. Thatโs less than the cost of a flat white! โ๏ธ
You can read it on any smartphone or tablet with the Amazon Kindle app.
Youโll read about:
โท๏ธ January, and why ski holidays are a good indication of income inequality
๐ปFebruary, and how the โcat in the barrelโ shows the decline of traditional religious faith
๐March, and how the decline of โgรฆkkebrevโ is a loss for romance in Denmark
๐ช April, and why Danes care more about gardening than many foreigners
๐ฏ๏ธMay, and what it means to put a candle in the window on May 4
โ๏ธ June, and the โdefense dayโ military screening that is required for all Danish boys โ and, as of 2026, of Danish girls as well
๐ผJuly, and why โthe Daisy Routeโ is a great way to discover parts of Denmark you ordinarily would not see
๐August, the first day of school, and why early education is an important part of making kids โDanishโ
๐คพโโ๏ธ September, the opening of handball season, and why elite sports are exempt from The Jante Law
๐ณ๏ธOctober, often election season, and why youโll often see Danish candidates putting up posters with their own face on them
โ๏ธNovember rain, and why Denmark is tearing up its streets to prepare for the flooding caused by climate change
๐ง๐ผโ๐December, and why Christmas nisser. are a clue to the way Denmark sees itself
Check it out, and if you like it, please leave a review on Amazon or on Goodreads! ๐
Danish paintings selling for big money at auction. I've become a fan of Danish painters over the years, despite initially being skeptical. I particularly like C.W. Eckersberg, but Krรธyer also has a lovely and consistent style based in the Skagen school.
https://t.co/aeEDyZWVCs
Looks like a price of DK35 is the sweet ๐ญ spot for eBook downloads - ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ซ is selling well - so I've dropped the prices on all my other eBook downloads to just DK35, exclusively on Amazon Kindle.
That's just $5, EUR 5, or GBP 4. ๐ฐ
That means you can download all these books for just Dk35 apiece:
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค, ๐๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ, ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด
๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ: ๐๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด-๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ: ๐๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด-๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฉ 35 ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด
And, of course, my newest book
๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ซ: ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ
All for less than the price of a flat white! โ๏ธ
You can read your eBook on any phone or tablet using the Amazon Kindle app.
Vintage fashion shopping is very popular in Denmark, so popular that new commercial "vintage" boutiques (of varying quality) are popping up in major shopping areas.
Quite an alternative to the usual flea markets and Blue Cross/Red Cross second hand-boutiques.
But as a longtime vintage fashion fan, I've noticed quality has been declining as the popularity of vintage clothing increases. Frankly, many of the best pieces are already taken.
Some of them will cycle out again when their owners clean out their closets; others will be torn, stained, and thrown away.
Meanwhile, so much of the clothing from major brands today is made of cheap, plastic-like fabric. This is true for both fast fashion and higher-end brands who should know better.
A possible solution, at least in the short term? Making your own clothes, or having someone make them for you, with vintage fabrics.
You can still get luxurious wools and cottons from the 1980s or earlier at vintage fabric boutiques, such as Eleanora's Stofbutik in Copenhagen.
On a recent visit I had real dรฉjร vu: I hadn't felt this kind of fabric quality in a very long time.
You'd think some designer or brand would see value in offering high-end clothes at a high-end price with this type of quality now.
Do you know of any who do?