{"id":1085,"date":"2014-06-30T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T10:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2014-06-29T07:04:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-29T07:04:04","slug":"a-love-letter-to-the-danish-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2014\/06\/30\/a-love-letter-to-the-danish-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"A love letter to the Danish sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everybody knows that Denmark is not Copacabana. Does such a sad thing as the Danish himmel<\/strong>, where all that cold regn<\/strong> [rhyne] (rain) originates, really deserve a k\u00e6rlighedsbrev<\/strong> (love-letter)? Well, take a look at the classical oil paintings of Skagensmalerne<\/strong> (the Skagen painters). P.S. Kr\u00f8yer, Mickael Ancher, Anna Ancher and the others \u2013\u00a0they were all enchanted by the infinite lysebl\u00e5<\/strong> (bright blue) of the sky, mirrored in the ocean on both sides of the Skagen peninsula (the northernmost “branch”\u00a0of Jutland). Even with skyer<\/strong> (clouds) they found it so smuk<\/strong> (beautiful) that they left their original homes and settled down in Skagen to capture lyset<\/strong> (the light).<\/p>\n

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“Skagen september 1913” by Carl Locher<\/p><\/div>If you fancy a selfie in front of the “bright Nordic skies”, though, there are other options than Skagen. After all, Denmark is a flat country, where one half is made of veje<\/strong> (roads), marker<\/strong> (fields), \u00f8er<\/strong> (islands) and vand<\/strong> (water). The other half is made of clouds and solnedgange<\/strong> (sunsets).<\/p>\n

People coming from bjergrige lande<\/strong> (mountainous countries) are often surprised by the wide horizons in Denmark. There is so much sky that the country virker<\/strong> st\u00f8rre end det faktisk er<\/strong> (seems bigger than it actually is). It does take some time, however, to appreciate. If you live in a
\nwild country with a lot of amazing landscapes, Denmark most probably will seem a bit kedelig<\/strong> (boring) at first. Sk\u00f8nheden<\/strong> (the beauty) is in the details. Walk slowly, and the sky will open!<\/p>\n

Okay, most Danes har benene solidt\u00a0plantet p\u00e5\u00a0jorden<\/strong> (“have their legs solidly\u00a0grown i the earth” = are down-to-earth-ish), and spend more time looking at screens and each other than looking up. But we also love talking about vejret<\/strong> [vare-eth] (the weather) and how bad or cold or lovely it is. If you’ve ever felt the gentle sun on a Danish beach, or driven through idyllic-but-monotonous villages of r\u00f8de murstenshuse<\/strong> (red brick houses), or bopped along to the groove among the people on the huge plains of the Roskilde music festival, you’ll see why people still refer to the legend that claims the Danish flag fell from the sky\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Everybody knows that Denmark is not Copacabana. Does such a sad thing as the Danish himmel, where all that cold regn [rhyne] (rain) originates, really deserve a k\u00e6rlighedsbrev (love-letter)? Well, take a look at the classical oil paintings of Skagensmalerne (the Skagen painters). P.S. Kr\u00f8yer, Mickael Ancher, Anna Ancher and the others \u2013\u00a0they were all…<\/p>\n

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