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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🎅”

smørrebrød

Last weekend I had to try the traditional Danish smørrebrød, which is an open faced sandwich on buttered rye bread. The name of the sandwich itself comes from the word for butter (smør) and bread (brød) and the sandwiches are piled high with so many toppings that they need to be eaten with utensils. IContinue reading “smørrebrød”

Halloween in Denmark

Within the last decade Halloween started being celebrated in Denmark. Just like in the U.S., Danes carve pumpkins, kids dress up and go trick-or-treating and lots of people put up spooky decor. A few of Brev’s teammates grew up trick-or-treating, but most of them said Halloween became popular after their time. Before Halloween, the closestContinue reading “Halloween in Denmark”

A Country of Cyclists

In Denmark biking is one of the primary forms of transportation and nine out of ten Danes own a bike. In Copenhagen alone there are 2.5 bikes per person and more than 250 miles of bike lanes in the city. Many Danish families have a box bike, also called a cargo bike, which has aContinue reading “A Country of Cyclists”