The Danish monarchy has existed for more than 1000 years and is among the oldest royal houses in the world. The Danish Royal Family has nine castles around the country, but their main residence is Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen, where both Queen Margrethe II and Crown Prince Frederik’s family spend much of their time. Amalienborg isContinue reading “Amalienborg Palace”
Category Archives: Denmark
Freetown Christiania
This month we left the European Union… kind of. We visited the partially autonomous community, Freetown Christiania, in Copenhagen. Christiania is built on an old abandoned military base that was taken over by hippie squatters in 1971. The community quickly turned into a hippie, anarchist and collectivist community. After forming a collective fund in JulyContinue reading “Freetown Christiania”
2022 in Denmark!
On New Year’s Eve, Brev’s team manager, Hanne, hosted her family, friends and Team FOG for a New Year’s party at her house. 🎉 Every year at exactly 6 pm, about 2 million Danes tune into the Queen of Denmark’s New Year Address. During this address, the Queen speaks about the current state of affairsContinue reading “2022 in Denmark!”
Brev’s Danish Game Day
Today Brevin will be sharing a blog post on what a typical game day here in Denmark looks like for him. Check it out below: Game days in Serbia were much different than here in Denmark. For example, in Serbia we would arrive to games about 75 minutes prior to tip off and we wouldContinue reading “Brev’s Danish Game Day”
Traditional Holiday Foods Part 2
On Christmas Eve we got to experience a traditional Danish Christmas meal. Brev’s team manager, Hanne, dropped off the ingredients and cooking directions (which were in Danish) early in the morning to be heated up and finished later that evening. Luckily, one of Brev’s teammates is engaged to a Danish woman, Cecilie, so she couldContinue reading “Traditional Holiday Foods Part 2”
Traditional Holiday Food & Drink Part 1
Glogg and Aebleskiver are apart of every traditional Danish holiday celebration. Gløgg is a traditional Nordic wine that has been around since at least the 16th century. It’s a warm spiced wine, usually containing cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and ginger. Additionally citrus peels from oranges or lemons, raisins and almond slices are sometimes included. Aebleskiver isContinue reading “Traditional Holiday Food & Drink Part 1”
Naestved Christmas Welcome
Earlier this month, we joined hundreds of Naestved locals in their holiday tradition of welcoming Santa to the city. Everyone gathered at the city harbor and enjoyed free traditional Danish holiday snacks and drinks, including Æbleskiver (a pastry) and Glogg (a spiced wine), while waiting for Santa. Eventually, Santa arrived via a patrol boat andContinue reading “Naestved Christmas Welcome”
Jul Markets🎅
Earlier this month, Brev and I went to Copenhagen to visit the three Christmas Markets in the city. The Nyhavn Jul Market is located along the canal and contained about 20 small shops selling an assortment of goods like spiced wine (glogg), Danish Butter Cookies, hats, gloves and mukluks. Here the vendors were very vocalContinue reading “Jul Markets🎅”
Hygge
One of my favorite things about Denmark is the hygge lifestyle. If you look up the word “hygge” it translates roughly to “coziness,” but means so much more than that. Hygge is “creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people” – you can see this reflected in all theContinue reading “Hygge”
The Little Mermaid
In 1913 the bronze and granite Little Mermaid statue was unveiled in the Copenhagen harbor. The statue was a gift from the Danish brewer Carl Jacobsen and was inspired by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairy tale. Accordingly to the fairy tale, everyday the Little Mermaid emerges from the sea and stares longingly towards theContinue reading “The Little Mermaid”
The Jo Show 