Some differences between Denmark and Belgium...

- The parking disc is not the blue plastic you have to put under the windshield but it's in the windshield .... so useful :) The parking is free and you can stay there for one or two hours.

- The lock of the door is above the doorhandle.

Kolding

After Easter break, I went to Kolding with my boyfriend. It's a very nice town where you can shop and see some places surounded by water.
We were very lucky because the weather was dry and sunny. It was also quite hot.
I am happy to have visited this city, I am used to Haderslev now and it's good to see somewhere else.

I love DK!

Danish and Belgian people are sometimes really different as far as the culture, daily life, tradition, etc are concerned. Some facts I have observed:

Ecological!
- Denmark is a "green" country: it has the most amout of windmills but they don't sort the waste out or use different bins for plastic, glasses, paper, etc. But in the shop we can find a place where you can put your old plastic bottles (you get 3 DKK for each!) and there are some big bins in the town where you can just throw your glasses. Compared with Belgium, Denmark is not so polluted. I have the impression that Danish people don't leave their bins in the nature, etc as some Belgian people do!
- They also cycle a lot to be eco friendly and ...
- use small bread for their hotdogs: they don't care about bread, the most intersting is the sausages ... but instead of using a napin and throw it, they use a bread they can eat!

Not macho!
- Some girls attend "men" lessons such as carpentry and there are more feminine bus drivers here.
- Men and women are equal and have the same rights: it's really great BUT we girls have to pay our food at the restaurant...

Caring for each other!
- Spring comes slowly and slowly but don't worry: if you want to drink something while sitting at a terras, you can just use the car rug standing at your chair!

Traditional!
- Danish people use DKK and not Euro
- They put the Danish flag in the middle of the table while celebrating someone's birthday
- They are really proud of their Queen Margareth
- Teenagers are not allowed to drink alcohol until the age of 18
- Don't say "sorry" or "thank you" in the streets, look at strangers in a very strange way

Safe!
- Mothers just leave their babies outside when they are in a shop/café/restaurant/etc and these ones have also to sleep oustide the kindergarten. And nobody steals them...

Nudist :)
- At the swimming pool, there are no single rooms but a big one where we can see everybody! Hopefully, men and women are separated but we have to take a shower and go to the sauna naked! I don't feel really at ease...

Close to their family!
- "Hygge" is a Danish expression that illustrates the fact that people love to be together and enjoy their life.
- For special occasion such as a birthday, Christmas, Easther, etc, they also love to be with their family and friends to have a good time and eat together.

It's nearly Easther !!

Like in Belgium, Danish people have a longer weekend for this event and they spend some time with their family, especially with children who have a week off. Parents just hide some chocolate eggs in the garden and children have to find them :)

It was surprising to me that some shops are open and some people such as bricklayer, etc work this day.

Fun in the kitchen

How can put on weight in one hour? Welcome in the cooking lesson: everybody laughs, prepares some traditional food together, tastes new flavour, discovers new dishes, (and Danish ones as far as I am concerned :)) etc.
In one word: AMAZING! It was so interesting to eat different courses and compare our culture/food habit.

I am proud to have tasted the herring because now I can say it: I really hate it ;)

10.00 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> 11.30

But the other dishes were just perfect and eco-friendly!

Thanks everyone for this morning ... (and my arm is ok;))

Sightseeing in Copenhagen

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These holidays, we went on a three-day trip in Copenhagen.

Wednesday, Feb 17th:
- Arrival CPH, hotel Danhostel
- City Tour Bus/ Rundetaarn/ Strøget/ Town Hall Square

Thursday, Feb 18th:
- The Little Mermaid
- Amalienborg Castle/ Rosenborg Castle/

Friday, Feb 19th:
- National Museum/Carlsberg Brewery


This trip was really amazing! Copenhagen is a wonderful city: there is plenty to do, there is plenty to see, you can get wathever you want... it's worth a visit!




But it was a pity that the weather was so bad: snow, snow and snow! We were cold and we couldn't see Tivoli or Fristaden Christiania.

I was really amazed that the water was freezed: the boats couldn't move anymore!

Haderlsev

These are typical houses in Denmark: small ones from different colours.







In the evening people light some candles: we tried it and it's so relaxing!

A bit about Haderslev...

Haderslev is a city in the South of Denmark. Its population is 21,435.
Haderslev is situated in a valley, leading from Vojens to Haderslev Fjord and the Baltic Sea.
The city was presumably founded by Vikings at least a century before it was granted status as royal borough in 1292.