remember the angola episode i mentioned how i went to denmark one time and bought a sandwich
that was 21. well this was that sandwich and my reaction was like 21 oh this better be the
best sandwich i've ever had in my life you got lucky what's good youtube it is your boy geoboss
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while we learn together well you guys are probably from denmark so you already know but either ways
let's have fun remember the angola episode i mentioned how i went to denmark one time
and bought a sandwich that was 21. well this was that sandwich and my reaction was like
21 oh this better be the best sandwich i've ever had in my life you got lucky
it's time to learn geography hey everybody i'm your host barby legos vikings and
royal goldman we had a lot to cover so let's jump in
ah denmark the link between the rest of europe and scandinavia so much to discuss denmark is
classified as a nordic country hence located in the northern european region even though it's kind
of like the southernmost state in the nordics full disclaimer ignore wikipedia i'm going to pronounce
the location names in their proper danish context so here we go denmark is made of the uland
not jutland peninsula that connects to germany in the south as well as 1 419 islands of those
only 443 are named and 74 are inhabited with the largest island being shelland not zealand which
is not to be confused with dutch zeylons which is not to be confused with new zealand although
they did get their names can't take it that's too much information it is connected to foon island
not finn island by the great belt bridge completed in 1998. the country is divided into five regions
the capital being copenhagen located on shellen copenhagen is home to a myriad of historical
sites palaces statues residential units that are all the same height and style with pockets of
colorful quaint cozy shops and cafes and dangerous bicycle lanes looks so classy though it looks good
bicycle lanes oh that's pretty close to the car but i think you have that in probably every first
world country where you have a bicycle lane closed at a car so yeah you are not supposed to walk on
now this is where things are gonna get a little spiced up and by spiced up i mean free yeah you
don't walk in a bicycle and come on now think cold and covered in whale blubber denmark for those of
you who didn't know is a kingdom one of the last surviving ones in europe and is currently under
the headship of chain smoking queen margaret ii these still fall under danish sovereignty
and make up the massive greenland island and the little pharaoh islands both of these places are
radically different from mainland denmark for one greenland is primarily inhabited by native inuit
tribal peoples that live on the island and is 80 covered in ice year round the pharaoh islands are
a conglomeration of 20-ish mystical cloudy windy islands that have this crazy looking
lake that looks like it's about to spill over the cliffs into the ocean these two areas have
their own self-governing home rule otherwise only depending on denmark for military justice currency
and foreign affairs otherwise i mean that's pretty much it i mean historically they did try
to kind of create an empire by colonizing parts of the caribbean ghana india and then the nicobar
islands in the indian ocean but they kind of ran out of money and ended up selling everything to
other countries too bad it would be awesome to see people in the indian ocean speaking danish
nonetheless mainland denmark is kind of like a fast-moving economic machine let's talk about how
now when it comes to land makeup denmark is pretty flat i mean the highest point mulehoy
is only about 170 meters tall and it looks like this otherwise only about 13 of the country is
forested including the tree plantations and the rest is pretty much used for agriculture that
can produce enough food to feed about 15 million people it's about three times the size of their
entire population good for you denmark but one thing denmark is actually famous for growing
is non-produce plants like grass fodder and christmas trees the highly sought after danish
nordman fur has been classified as the rolls-royce of christmas trees and every year investors from
germany the netherlands and even the uk jump in at the end of november and grab whatever they can
before it's gone now one thing you need to know is that like many other areas in the nordic region
denmark's weather can be quite dreary first of all denmark is the only nordic country that doesn't
really get a lot of snow denmark is kind of like the mud pit located below the jet stream blocked
by norway and the uk but he did say denmark is at the lower side of the uh nordic section so
um i could understand why they don't get a lot of smell i don't know if that makes sense but
he's gonna explain something hold on is that even though it gets really cold pressure systems rarely
cause snow this is also pretty much why everybody dresses like a j crew fall fashion line model on
the streets if you're gonna get wet and freezing you may as well look good while doing it otherwise
yeah i mean pretty much the rest of denmark is just rolling green plains with sandy beaches and
quirky little islands that people like to hop over for camping trips in the summer if we were going
to talk about greenland and the faroe islands we would get a radically different story of
mind-boggling captivating cliffs bluffs sea stacks glaciers fissures icebergs and mountains if you
don't know what a mulan is it's not this but this this mulan is large enough to swallow a school bus
but we'll have to say that for another video though come up
bro what yo nah bro what is that i gotta put that back if you don't know what a mulan is it's not
this but this this mullein is large enough to swallow a school bus
but we'll have to say that for another video they'll come out in 9 374 years
in the meantime let's talk about the people
now this is gonna get really fun denmark's people are really unique in their cultural historical and
postmodern upbringing first of all the country has about 5.7 million people and is one of the highest
taxed countries in the world about 89 percent of the country identifies as ethnically danish about
uh from denmark what what is the uh tax rate there what is the tax rate uh that you guys
have to pay he says it's one of the highest in the uh world percent are others some of
the largest groups in the other category being the polish germans turkish romanians iraqis and
afghans now when it comes to danish culture there's a lot behind it but in a nutshell
vikings vikings pretty much had their start in what is now present-day denmark and whom
pretty much dominated all of the nordic regions as far as new finland and canada to estonia which
is why most of the nordic states and regions can pretty much understand each other when they talk
danes swedes norwegians and icelanders can generally understand each other as they have the
same basic linguist and if you look at the flags they're practically the same and i think finland
is actually the same as that one if i'm not mistaken wow that's crazy that's pretty cool
structure sure there are subtle discrepancies but overall they can kind of get by conversationally
granted there's a saying the norwegian and swedish languages sound like dancing
fairies whereas the danish language sounds like a dude with a potato in his mouth
by the way anybody who wants to learn danish full disclosure it's gonna suck the j makes
the y sound the y makes the u sound the v makes a w sound the r makes a r sound the h is silent
half the time a ton of the letters are never even used and don't even get started on a u
and o i kind of discovered a little trick though when i went to denmark when speaking danish all
you really have to do is kind of like pronounce the first part of the word that you think makes
a sound and then just kind of like give up on the rest of the word for example kooping new
i'm literally just listing names of places in copenhagen
honestly though you really won't have much of a problem getting around if you speak english
over 80 percent of the entire country mostly the younger generation speaks proficient english to
the point where they don't even need subtitles when watching american tv shows and movies
also keep in mind greenland has its own language that is completely unintelligible as it's an inuit
language closer to the indigenous inuktitut and yupik languages found in canada and alaska and
faroese is pretty hard for most danish people to grasp as it actually has more words rooted in
the ancient norse language and it's actually more intelligible to icelandic back to culture though
denmark has definitely left its mark whether it's notable figures like author hans christian
anderson philosopher or whether you pronounce his name that's actually he pronounced his name wow
it's not soren kierkegaard it's or whether it be the invention of the loudspeaker or legos or their
love of handball their impeccable architectural love of cuisine noma in copenhagen by the way
ball i got it i got to do me a separate reaction video on handball y'all y'all leave some links in
the comment section please being voted the best restaurant in the world with plates that feature
live ants and moss if you're really going to get a feel for danish culture though you kind of have to
know about yantelon and hygge the funny thing is danes are kind of brought up in a social mindset
that is kind of integrated into their subconscious known as yantalon which kind of translates to
something like you are not better than the crowd which i know sounds kind of depressing but it's
really trying to instill a sense of equality and communal cooperation hygge translates to something
like spend good times with friends and family and it's like a cozy thing of course denmark is
known for being ranked one of the happiest overall countries even though they are also kind of one of
the highest ranked consumers of antidepressants as well but hey they still pull off everyday life
looking oh so good even if it's during one of those really loud annual emergency drills
okay christine explain what's happening right now denmark is testing the sirens
yeah when we're being attacked by the germans again i'm scared i'm really really scared
right now let's run to the security basement the germans are coming speaking of germans
now we all know that one why does everybody fear the germans so much person we're all kind
of jealous of because they're kind of rich well adjusted and have a ton of friends and
they're like kind of good looking well that's norway denmark is a little bit rockier no but
seriously for such a small nation denmark has a huge entourage of friends and it's almost kind of
hard for anyone in the world to dismiss them at a party as a founding member of the eu and nato
denmark has had roots planted in diplomacy for decades first off denmark generally gets along
with germany business between the germans is a hugely integral part of their economy and
denmark acts like the gateway to scandinavia for them and the rest of europe the us and
the uk are incredibly close as both tangible and cultural imports have been established for
centuries for a while the danes even took over parts of the uk which is why to this day the
english language still retains hundreds of old norse derived words like leg dog and window the
closest friends though would have to be the nordic countries finland sweden norway and iceland these
four are without a doubt denmark's closest friends even though sweden and them have kind of had more
wars and battles historically than any other two states in the world they've moved on and grown up
out of the nordic countries though norway would probably be considered their best friends danes
are obsessed with norwegians and often consider norway the girlfriend they took away from sweden
in conclusion denmark is the rich rainy rascal that always seems to show up on time for every
party but somehow gets all his work done in an organized efficient manner stay tuned djibouti
is coming up next okay denmark seems pretty chill like like i said though tell me the tax
i think that is going on there and that handball those two things caught my
attention like seriously right so yeah let me know about those in the comment section
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