Denmark - 1 per day - Page 4

staff · January 24th, 2008, 03:04 PM

Dragör is like a carbon copy (or the other way around) of Limhamn, the Malmö suburb/neighbourhood I grew up in. The difference being that Limhamn has more than twice the population and some ugly commieblocks.

FREKI · January 24th, 2008, 03:36 PM

^I'm guessing the age would be from the Danish glory days for both places wouldn't it?

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Originally Posted by ØlandDK

I actually never been out there - it's so far away

Yeah it's crazy - that "little" airport sure does a great job in seperating Amager..

Had in not been for my grandparents ( and a farm trip with the school I remember very little from other than drinking fresh warm milk - eww ) I doubt I would ever have been there..

But that is certainly about to change - man I can't wait for spring.. a softice, some shades on and walking in some cozy little tudor village with thatched roofs - does it get more Danish than that?

Blue Viking · January 24th, 2008, 11:31 PM

Keep up the good work, Øland!

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Originally Posted by FREKI

^It is true - but if you look at the culture of the Greenlandic most seem perfectly fine with being part of Denmark.. so what would be left after a seperation would not be many - they would then have to import all the skilled people ( and with the need for those around the Nordics already that will certainly not cheap ) and food and all other resources - plus offer attractive living for the workers they would desperatly need to come work there..

So all in all it is posible with a big enough oil find or gold or whatever - but it will be a huge hazle compared to the curent status where they already are getting 50% of all finds for local spending

Denmark and Greenland are very close. I can't even imagine Greenland splitting away. There are many Danes and people from Greenland who have intermarried. I know more people who are half Danish, half from Greenland than i know people from Greenland, Faroe Islands and Bornholm combined.

Oh, and a great book about Greenland that I just finished is the semi-biographical "Kalak Kalak" by Kim Leine. Some of it also takes place in Norway.

One day I have to go to that magical island. If it wasn't so damn cold

I have only flown over it and it just looks amazing. Like another planet!

***Þróndeimr*** · January 25th, 2008, 12:16 PM

Farøbroerne and the picture it self is just amazing!

Nõgesh · January 25th, 2008, 04:12 PM

This street is sooo cute

ØlandDK · January 25th, 2008, 04:19 PM

Day 11 - Faeroe Islands

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picture by g.norðoy from Flickr.com

Nõgesh · January 25th, 2008, 07:16 PM

awesome view!

sapmi · January 25th, 2008, 07:53 PM

Do they speak Danish on the Faeroe Islands?

Kaneda · January 25th, 2008, 07:59 PM

Yes, both Danish and Faroese, which is like a kind of Old Norse.

sapmi · January 25th, 2008, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaneda

Yes, both Danish and Faroese, which is like a kind of Old Norse.

Ok. But Faroese is the common everyday spoken language? I read somewhere that the use of Danish language is decreasing. Kind of like Swedish language in Finland.

SimsPlanet2 · January 25th, 2008, 10:27 PM

Hhaha, I have seen that picture before! Really like it, nice place!

FREKI · January 26th, 2008, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by sapmi

Ok. But Faroese is the common everyday spoken language? I read somewhere that the use of Danish language is decreasing. Kind of like Swedish language in Finland.

Yes, it's like on Iceland where the local language is the primary and then comes Danish..
( I'm not even sure Danish is tought on Iceland anymore btw, but it was 15 years ago - one of my best mates back then was Icelandic )

I can certainly understand if they see learning Danish as a hasle, but the problem is they lack educational facilities and have to go to Denmark to get educated..

In the future with more and more classes in English I'm sure English will do, but we're not at that point yet - plus I'm sure that young people growing up in such an isolated and rural place long for some density and a little "big city" once in a while..
Plus the chance of bagging a great well paying job is probable a lot greater on the mainland..

Ton-Tille · January 26th, 2008, 10:13 AM

breathtaking view!

staff · January 27th, 2008, 07:54 PM

FREKI,
I think Danish is still taught in Icelandic schools, at least that's what one of my class mates told me (that they learned it when she was in high school/middle school).

UrbanLife · January 27th, 2008, 10:52 PM

How is faroese compared with icelandic? Do they understad eachother in the same way we scandinavians do?

FREKI · January 28th, 2008, 06:46 AM

I have no idea..

They do sound kinda simular and are both closely related to old Norse - but with the 1000s of dialects troughout the Nordics that evolved from Old Norse ( and quite a few languages too ) I would expect they would have a hard time communicating verbally..

But I dunno..

EDIT: Just read on Wiki that the Faroese find Icelandic pretty understandable - especially in writing, but the Icelandic don't as such understand Faroese

http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A6r%C3%B8sk ( In Danish )

ØlandDK · January 28th, 2008, 11:56 AM

Haven't been online for a couple of days now, so now I'll post a picture for Saturday and Sunday and later today there will be a picture for today.

Day 12 - Middelfart

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picture by m.prinke from Flickr.com

view from Middelfart towards the Little Belt Bridge

ØlandDK · January 28th, 2008, 12:06 PM

Day 13 - Denmark

picture by Jens Dresling from Politiken.dk

The Danish handball national team winning gold at this years European Championship.

Ton-Tille · January 28th, 2008, 01:54 PM

Congrats Denmark!

Nõgesh · January 28th, 2008, 02:28 PM

nice wig

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FREKI Pip pip pip boom.. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 9,888 Likes (Received): 214	I have no idea.. They do sound kinda simular and are both closely related to old Norse - but with the 1000s of dialects troughout the Nordics that evolved from Old Norse ( and quite a few languages too ) I would expect they would have a hard time communicating verbally.. But I dunno.. EDIT: Just read on Wiki that the Faroese find Icelandic pretty understandable - especially in writing, but the Icelandic don't as such understand Faroese http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A6r%C3%B8sk ( In Danish ) __________________ COPENHAGEN A Daily Dose - The Full Monty My Travel Pics - My Denmark Pics - My Driving Videos Last edited by FREKI; January 28th, 2008 at 06:52 AM.

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