People and cultures have many different origins and stories and some of these stories inspire truth
Tradition and value and as we go north we expect to find a deficiency of life
However some places up north stand firm and tall fighting against the elements and today
we are returning a little more north to a country known as Denmark and
Finding out that it in fact has an abundance of life and moments yo everybody welcome back to FTD facts
My name is Dave Wawa, and ya guys. I'm excited. This is a part two on Denmark boobity boobity boom
I'm like pretty excited for this because I've really had a great time learning about some of the northern countries such as like
Sweden and Finland and out Denmark, and I'm glad that actually our first video caught on and you guys were like man
We want to see actually a lot more
Not to say that these countries are better than the other countries that we've talked about it's just nice to learn something new right now
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But on top of that I also gotta say that for a lot of you guys in our first video you guys had some really
Awesome things to say about Denmark a lot of guys had really positive things some of you guys were even
From Denmark and some of you guys even wrote in to us giving us facts and saying hey
How could you forget about this fact, but don't worry guys. That's what part 2's are for now
He's speaking of some of the facts that you guys mentioned in our first video you guys stated that Denmark has the oldest flag in
the world and I kind of wonder is that true or not because
Denmark is a country that has a lot of age and a lot of history and a lot of
Experience she may be a mature country with mature people but as for the oldest flag well
That's not actually a hundred percent true because there are much older flecks
But that doesn't diminish the fact that Denmark has the oldest continuous flag in the world so one thing
That's really fascinating about this red flag with the white stripes
Which is known as the Dane brog or commonly to other people the Danish cloth?
however many of the kings of Denmark use this red flag with white crosses as early as
1307 but it's also thought to have been developed after the Battle of Lynn Denis in
1219 but either way the Guinness Book of World
Records has given the country of Denmark the official title of having the oldest continuous flag, so that's
Number one, and you know considering we're talking about symbols such as flags
Let's talk about other national symbols of the country and that is animals so when it comes to national
Symbols and animals not a lot of countries really do have animals as a national symbol, but as for Denmark
It's one of the few that does and it's one of the fewer that actually has two national animals
Mm-hmm these two are the elegant mute swan which has been a national bird since
1984 when it replaced the Skylark and even going even smaller let's not forget about the small
Tortoiseshell butterfly and although these two are beautiful in their own way Denmark is the only country that uses these animals as their
Representation and eque while we're at it. We might as well mention that the national flower is called the marguerite daisy
Beautiful and elegant, but not deadly all right, so we've talked about symbols
We've talked about the flag, but you know when it comes to Denmark
What is one of the first things that you imagine would be bicycles?
Well it probably would be because a lot of people ride them in that country
You could almost say that it has the most cyclists per capita
If there was actually a study done
But take Copenhagen for example many people ride them everywhere and one thing that this country has that no other
Country has at least not that I'm aware of is a bicycle
Superhighway, that's right
It extends 22 kilometers long connecting
Copenhagen to the outer suburban towns as well as you feel look at the roads
There are certain bike lanes that are actually designed differently from the sidewalk and from the road
This is because their bike lanes are on a different raise level than the sidewalk and the road and one thing that Denmark
Boasts is that it's country has more bikes than they do cars as a matter of fact
They have an estimated 4.2 million bicycles to 1.8 million cars
That's really good these guys are like super green and if we were to break it down
they say approximately 43 percent of cyclists are males and
57 are females and with everybody biking around it covers
26% of all of the trips in the country with an average cyclist going 1.6 kilometers a day
The kids have stress training at schools now muna in the third year third grade and again in the ninth grade
And they have to you know efficiency tests on the bike lanes signalling and all that stuff and my son who's eight
I just use riding on the bike lanes to
Kindergarten with me or to daycare when he was three and a half with his training wheels you know riding along and since the way
It is you have to there's a practical solution the kids have to start riding
Around the city a lot of times I've been in the u.s.
When you ride your bike you feel almost like an outlaw you feel like oh?
I can I just find a little tiny bit of space for myself here you feel like they're just laying out
Now with all this biking you can imagine that a lot of people are really really healthy in Denmark and as a matter of fact
They did a study which I don't really know how they got these numbers
I guess they based it off of another country with a similar population
But they say they get 1.1 million fewer sick days than other countries again
I don't know really know how they got that but one thing I can say for sure is that if there's a lot of cyclists
That means a lot of people in Denmark really got firm buts. You know I'm saying because they're like
You know getting in shape and actually speaking of health and health care
Most people may not know this maybe even the people within the country may not know this but the her
Level is the tallest building in all of Denmark
And it's also considered the eighth tallest Hospital in the entire world it has 28 floors and stands
390 feet tall and I'm not gonna lie it looks more like our apartment complex more than a hospital
But I mean I guess that's what they end up looking like when they get so big
But the her love hospital was built in 1975 and they get about 82,000 patients a year
And it is located in her lab, which is near Copenhagen and ok we talked about the tallest thing in Denmark
Let's talk now about the biggest and I'm not talking buildings
I'm talking islands and not tropical ones yeah
And four islands when it comes to Denmark - the biggest of them all is Zealand island
And this island is ranked the 13th largest in all of Europe and as a matter of fact
It's not just the most populated island and all of Denmark
But it's also the fourth most populated
Island in all of Europe as well with a population of over two million two hundred sixty seven thousand people it has cities like Copenhagen
helsingor Greve and of course
Roskilde and the island itself makes up 39 percent of the entire population of Denmark
But as for size it stretches to be
7031 kilometers square with an average height of 125 meters
So we know that Denmark is one of the oldest countries
We know that Denmark has the oldest continuous flag, but what about cities and structures?
What is the oldest place in Denmark that is confirmed? This is the town of Reba?
this is the of Reba and it's been around for a long time with a
population of slightly over
8,000 people it claims to all of its tourists that it is not just the oldest town in all of Denmark
But the oldest in all of Scandinavia
Being first established in the 8th century with an attested document for the city dated in
1854 and as a matter of fact the Reeb Cathedral is one of the oldest buildings in all of
Denmark being built in 1860 along with the town in 2010 it had its thirteen hundredth anniversary
Birthday which was a giant party, and I really wish I didn't miss it. However guys that is us
Just peering into another great country for a part 2 video
sure
We've missed a lot of other amazing great
aspects to this country
Such as the fact that we could dive deeper into its culture history and even maybe talk about its Nobel Prizes that its citizens is
One or maybe perhaps its overall achievements such as being developers of Skype and Google
Denmark remains to be a very fascinating country to learn about and perhaps we will explore more of it in the next episode
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My name's Dave waffle
and it's been awesome hanging out with you guys be sure leave comments for future up to d facts videos down there and yes if
We missed facts put them down there and let us know if for all those people who live in Denmark
Where do you live?
Where are you from and what sort of stuff could we learn from you?
But this is Denmark a country and people with great culture of age and maturity
It is a place that has been present since the dawn of the modern world
Contributing to our advancement towards the human race that we know of today
This is a three that has remained true to its heritage
Being symbolized by the age of its flag while its white cross against the red backdrop
Reminds us of strength and honesty against the blowing winds of time
Hey, did you guys like this video
Did you miss our first one well check out our first facts on Denmark right here other than that if you guys want to learn?
More about the northern countries such as Sweden or maybe even Finland and until next time. We'll see you in the next video