{"id":1270,"date":"2015-08-13T07:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T07:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2015-08-13T07:36:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T07:36:10","slug":"danes-and-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2015\/08\/13\/danes-and-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"Danes and alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The painting \u201dHip hip hurra\u201d (1888, copyright expired<\/a>).<\/p><\/div>\n

Sk\u00e5l!<\/b> [scawl!] (Cheers!) Toasting in Denmark can be an unforgettable everyday experience: Alle l\u00f8fter deres glas, kigger hinanden i \u00f8jnene og sk\u00e5ler h\u00f8jt.<\/b> (Everybody raises their glass, looks each other in the eyes and toasts loudly.) The roaring sk\u00e5\u00e5\u00e5l<\/b> animates the whole room, even beyond the table of the celebrants. Then everybody takes a sip of \u00f8llet<\/b> (the beer)\u2026<\/p>\n

Alkohol<\/b> [ALcohhawl] has long been a part of Danish culture. It is often associated with fester<\/b> (celebrations), f\u00e6llesskab<\/b> (togetherness) and hygge<\/a><\/b>. One of Denmark\u2019s most famous paintings \u2013 Hip hip hurra! <\/b>(hip hip hurray!) by P.S. Kr\u00f8yer \u2013 gives a very good idea of this stemning<\/b> (mood, atmosphere).<\/p>\n

France has vin<\/b> [veen] (wine), Scotland has whisky<\/b> and Denmark has \u00f8l<\/b> (beer). That\u2019s the traditional tale. Nowadays, many Danes are skipping their dinner beer and drinking a glass of r\u00f8dvin<\/b> (red wine) with their food instead. Danes continue, however, to feel a special stolthed<\/b> (pride) about their beer. There\u2019s a bajer [BAH-yoar] <\/b>(beer or lager) for any occasion: h\u00e5ndbajer<\/b> (hand beer) when you\u2019re on the go, fyraftensbajer<\/b> (closing time beer) when you\u2019ve finished working, fredagsbajer<\/b> (Friday beer) when you\u2019re done with the week\u2019s work, flyttebajer<\/b> (moving beer) when you\u2019re moving house and need a break from pushing all those heavy pieces of furniture around\u2026 Made a fool of yourself? There\u2019s a beer for that! Just tell the \u201dvictim\u201d of your clumsiness: Jeg gi\u2019r en kvajebajer!<\/b> (I\u2019ll give a fool\u2019s beer!)<\/p>\n

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Den t\u00f8rstige mand. (The thirsty man.) An iconic ad from the Tuborg breweries (1900, copyright expired<\/a>).<\/p><\/div>\n

Have Danes become too lax about alcohol? Some foreigners get very worried when they see 14\u201316 year-olds experimenting with beverages in Danish alleys. Getting fuld <\/b>[ful] (drunk) has become a part of growing up, but I don\u2019t know if young people in Denmark are any \u201dworse\u201d than teenagers in Germany or other nearby places. And even old people like pensionister<\/b> [pangshawnISTor] (pensioners) may be everyday drinkers, enjoying for example a small glass of Gammel Dansk<\/b> (\u201dOld Danish\u201d, a brandy) in the afternoon. It\u2019s no secret that Danes are among the EU\u2019s most passionate drinkers. While 25 % of people in the EU don\u2019t drink any alcohol<\/a>, only 7 % of all Danes are afholdende<\/b> (abstinent). It\u2019s not easy to say nej tak<\/b> (no thanks!) when all your friends would like to share a drink<\/b> with you!<\/p>\n

What do you think? Is there too much druk<\/b> (\u201dexcessive alcohol drinking\u201d) in Danmark<\/b>? Or is Danes\u2019 laid-back attitude to alcohol part of what makes Denmark such a dejlig<\/b> [DIElee] (nice, lovely) place to be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Sk\u00e5l! [scawl!] (Cheers!) Toasting in Denmark can be an unforgettable everyday experience: Alle l\u00f8fter deres glas, kigger hinanden i \u00f8jnene og sk\u00e5ler h\u00f8jt. (Everybody raises their glass, looks each other in the eyes and toasts loudly.) The roaring sk\u00e5\u00e5\u00e5l animates the whole room, even beyond the table of the celebrants. Then everybody takes a sip…<\/p>\n

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