So today we're going to talk about two particular nations that have a very
Interesting joint history and because of that
sometimes their culture actually bleeds into each other and these are the countries of
Denmark and Germany we're gonna find out what is different and similar about these two great places
What's going on guys Dave Walpole here and welcome to FTD facts the channel where I look at people cultures in places from all
Around the world now today mmm. I'm just excited because
I like Germany and I like Denmark I've done tons of videos on Denmark and tons of videos on
Germany as a matter of fact if you guys want to see our playlist I'm gonna put that throughout the video for you guys to
check out because man these countries are just
amazing
But today the Danish we're gonna teach you a little bit about Germany and for the Germans we teach you a little bit about Denmark
And for anybody else in other places around the world that are just curious and you're watching it right now
Well we're gonna learn a lot about these two places
But let's first start off let's talk about one of the most interesting facts that I found out there in the fact Universe Online
Thank You Wikipedia and that is if you look at Germany it is classified as a Western European
country but Denmark
It isn't which I found very weird because now hold the phone I know a lot of people from
Demagog well we're actually part of Europe
people from Denmark don't actually sound that way obviously it's just me being a jackass but theoretically Denmark is officially listed as a
Scandinavian country which I was blown away by
See
what through me he's so off about this is that when I think of regions and lands I think that they should always be
separated by sea
kinda like continents and my only defense is that I'm
Canadian and a lot of people always say yo you're an American but that's not necessarily the case as a matter of fact they just
Mean that you're from the Americas if you go to South?
America that's part of the Americas Mexico is part of the Americas and
Whether or not they want to be considered that just like us Canadians but that's the way it is
Even if you look at the English in the Irish they're that whole section is classified as
Britain but Denmark to me shouldn't be considered a
Scandinavian country I mean culturally it is but by where it is it's sitting on the European
Peninsula known as the Yellin Peninsula so it's like to me it's in Europe however guys
That's going way off topic
let's look at land size of these two different countries as well so you got
Denmark its main land sits at approximately forty two thousand nine hundred and thirty three kilometers square
That is not even close to how much the entire kingdom has as a matter of fact it's big over two
million kilometers it's nuts and this is because you got Greenland and of course the Faroe Islands that make up the Danish kingdom and
roughly with those incorporated it comes to two million two hundred and twenty thousand nine hundred thirty kilometres square
Ranking the twelfth largest country in the world a Germany comes in with a whole land size of three hundred and fifty seven
Thousand, three hundred and eighty six kilometers square which makes this country ranked
62nd in the world as we know I want to say thirty six but that's not the case
also
when it comes to land considering we're on the topic let's just mention it Denmark is a
flat country yo man it is so flat it's like a pancake flat nothing's flatter than
Denmark like literally they should count their blessings that they don't get hurricanes there because if there was a giant tidal wave
Denmark would be gone literally I'm not gonna lie guys the average height of the land is
Approximately 31 metres above sea level with of course the highest point in Denmark being 170 point eight six meters high
Honestly although. I'm just joking around with the whole yeah
Denmark being flat to be perfectly honest if it wasn't flat it wouldn't be one of the biggest agricultural
Exporters in the world and it's because it's flat that it has a lot of arable land for its
Agriculture so it is kind of a good thing and if you're not really sold on that you should remember the fact that Denmark has
a really really big location of sand dunes
That's right so have you ever heard of the Rav Berg mile
which is approximately two kilometers wide and according to Wikipedia
Which is so reliable it is listed as the largest sand dune in Northern Europe
Ha see right there even Wikipedia called Denmark a northern European
Country, I'm not letting this go guys
It's Europe by the way the little bit of extra information that sand dune was formed over 300 years ago
makes you really
Gasps global warming considering, we didn't have cars back then
Yeah Germany though it is way different
I mean it's got its got flat land but it's more to the north down south hmm
It's all mountains a lot of these mountains came from ancient volcanic
activity from long ago but if you go way down you
Also get to the Alps which is a huge area for skiing
That's another thing Germany is big for skiing because it's got mountains and Denmark does not I mean
That's truth be told that's the only reason why Denmark is not?
popular for skiing, which is crazy I mean like
When you think one country's got one thing then all of a sudden boom another country strikes back with another hits yeah
I mean I guess you could go
Snowboarding down the sand dunes the Rehberg grads Berg mile I think that's how you pronounce it but
you wouldn't get very far so let's talk about cultural aspects now because Denmark really mirrors a lot of
Scandinavian countries good oh that's why they call it a Scandinavian country because of the culture I hope seriously guys not letting this go
mmm feel free to correct me down there but if you look at Germany it's a little bit different it mirrors a lot of
culture from
Switzerland Belgium and even Austria but however we can look at all the historical cultural stuff, but I'm gonna focus more on
2days culture and let's be honest they are very different in Denmark cycling is
Huge, it's like the biggest thing this is partly
Due to the fact that the land is extraordinarily flat and easy to get around but
also, people do love to bike in the country and within Denmark there is at least a 7,000 kilometers of
dedicated bike roads and lanes
And as a matter of fact in Denmark if you go there there's kind of uh what they call a three
tier system
For the different types of roads you've got the bottom
which is the roads for cars and then off to the side a
Little bit raised above that is the lane for bikes and then above that is the sidewalks it's quite ingenious how they've
Organized it and on top of that if you want more proof of how big cycling is in the country they have 11
dedicated national cycling routes it's
interesting and they're big
Germany however I mean cycling is big there but let's talk about one modern thing that is huge in Germany and that is
video gaming
As a matter of fact video games are so popular every single year the country holds what is known as
Gamescom which is one of the biggest video gaming conventions in the world also Germany is really well known for making
video games
itself as a matter of fact a lot of board games and video games have come from the country for example the game Settlers of
Catan comes from Germany I'm not gonna lie it's not one of my favorite games
I find it really boring there's a lot of fans out there. That really love it. I'm not saying it's a bad game
I'm not saying it's a bad game it's just I would rather play the thing board game
Literally guys if you haven't picked this game up the thing outpost 31 you're missing out
No they haven't done anything for me to promote it. I just love this game so much
Sorry, Settlers I know
on top of that they say within Germany there's approximately forty four point
three million gamers at least in 2018 which was more than England
also though they kind of like some weird games there in 2002 the most popular games were
Construction and management games
Which you know when you think of German efficiency you think of German efficiency and work and stuff like that and I guess they love
efficiency so much that when they play their video games they want to still feel like they were working
Not for me I like to blow stuff up however within the country they do have a regional headquarters
For Ubisoft and they are home of the company known as Crytek
Which is famous for making far cry and Crysis now I didn't talk about differences let's talk about some similarities both countries
really loves a sausage
Oh, yeah I mean Germans and the Danish they really love their big meaty
juicy
We're talking about sausages right as a matter of fact in Germany they called them versed and in Denmark they call them pulse
However when it comes to sausages Germany I think has the sausage more ingrained in their culture
simply because of festivals like
Oktoberfest there might be some you know festivals in Denmark or the Danish festivals that I'm not aware of but I mean
Oktoberfest is probably a bigger and more popular one that's all over the world heck here in Canada
Kitchener has the second largest Oktoberfest
which
not too far away from me and
It's the second biggest in the entire world so I know of that more than a lot of Danish
Things holidays holidays that's what I meant to say
now that being said when it comes to holidays the Danish Enza Germans are big on
Christmas they go nuts for it which I like I'm a Christmas guy myself I want to be Santa Claus
As a matter of fact FYI did you know that Silent Night was made in Germany okay?
yeah, some of you guys may say it was born in Austria
which is theoretically technically right in today's standards however the song was written by Franz Xavier Gruber and Joseph Moore in
1818 and for Austria in Germany they were united as a country until about 1886 when they decided to
split of course back then they were under the Holy Roman Empire which theoretically you could say that the song is
Roman maybe however for the Danish they
Also have their own unique one and this one I do know of for example their Christmas Eve is known as Yule
Which is one of the reasons why you get you?
Yuletide sort of thing and yes the J is pronounced as a Y
But of course in Denmark you'll see people sing songs like now it's Christmas again
or now it's Yule again as well as a child has been born in Bethlehem and it's crazy because what they do in
Denmark is they sing these songs
While kind of going around a Christmas tree it's it's very different I've seen it in other things and I know it's internationally
Well known so I had to give that to Denmark and you know it last but not least let's talk about one big similarity between
Denmark and a good old-fashioned Germany and that is simply punctuality man if you are late for anything
Danish people don't like it and the Germans
Definitely don't like it so we if you ever go to those countries you got to be on time
Punctuality is key and I mean here in America you know, we?
just put up with other people's crap and we are always waiting on people all the time it's a bit
I wish we had the Danish and the German
Esque in our countries either way guys that's it for me that's the fun time we're having here learning about Denmark and Germany
hope you guys like this video
I love learning about different places around the world and finding out what's different
Man I can't wait to do it on my own
Country but guys be sure to hit that subscribe button and tune in I talk about a lot of different things from
militaries to the countries themselves to yeah the the
Witch's ball not that which is better I should say but the what is different between these are like my fun
having a good time with you guys sort of videos so
thanks for watching
also, before you get out of here boom hit this clickety button thing above me so you can check out our playlists we got a
Germany playlist and I've also got a
Denmark playlist I also put at the end of the video in the description box below if you can't click for some strange reason because
I don't know YouTube changes everything every five minutes but on that I'm out of here guys I will see you in the next one
Okay, bye
oooh
I don't know if I told you this but here's those videos
Oh, wait I did tell you about it but here's just a nice little reminder for you guys
Yeah, I don't know if you guys can hear this but my voice is starting to get scratchy I've been talking for like 30 minutes
So I'm getting out of here bye