CULTURE BOX: DENMARK. Danes react to sayings about Danish culture

Are all Danes really tall, blond, and cold-resistant like Vikings? Do they feel like the happiest people in the world? Are they really crazy about liquorice? Danes from DTU share their opinion about these and many other stereotypes about Denmark and Danish culture.

This is the first episode of the series "Culture Box". In these videos, we are going to "unbox" different sayings about various cultures and to let people from the respective countries react to them.

Are you ready to open the Culture Box of Denmark, and to reveal which ideas about Danes are true and which are just a myth and stereotype?
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0:00 Introduction
0:49 Disclaimer
1:12 “All Danes are tall and blonde”
1:36 “Danish people are reserved”
2:14 “Danes hate to show off”
3:04 “Danes are very calm”
3:19 “Danes always follow the rules”
3:55 “Danes are very organized”
4:29 “It is very difficult for foreigners to find Danish friends”
5:03 “Danes are like Vikings”
5:24 “The Danish language is very hard, and it sounds like drunk Swedish”
5:56 “Danes are obsessed with their flag”
6:26 “All Danes wear only black and dark clothes”
6:58 “Danes are health fanatics”
7:31 “Danish people love liquorice”
8:06 “Danes drink a lot of alcohol”
8:55 “There is no defined dating culture in Denmark”
9:41 “Danes don’t realize how privileged they are”
10:36 “Danes are the happiest people in the world”
11:34 Anything else?
12:07 Some tips from Danes
12:55 Conclusion
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Participants of the video:
Astrid Helene Erecius
Jacob Krum Thorning
Caroline Nave Øhrstrøm
William Mandrup Petersen
Naja Jean Larsen
Markus Bay Slater Nielsen

Carbon Team:
Merve Gürel & Fedor Shchipitsyn
Supervised by Trent Christopher Coelli
Contact email: [email protected]

Filmed and edited at DTU, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark