{"id":1548,"date":"2017-05-19T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T10:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2017-05-19T10:33:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T10:33:09","slug":"whats-dangerous-in-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2017\/05\/19\/whats-dangerous-in-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Dangerous in Denmark?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1549\" style=\"width: 271px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1549\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1549\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/IMG_0641-261x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/IMG_0641-261x350.jpg 261w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/IMG_0641-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/IMG_0641-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/IMG_0641.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rare sign in Denmark: <strong><em>Mortal danger! Quicksand!<\/em> <\/strong>(Photo by the blogger.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Australia\u2019s got sharks, Canada is grizzly ground, Iceland has volcanoes. But what is <b>farlig<\/b> [farlee] (dangerous) in <b>Danmark<\/b>?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Lots of people enjoy a bit of <b>sp\u00e6nding i tilv\u00e6relsen<\/b> (excitement in \u201dthe being\u201d = in life). If we as <b>mennesker <\/b>(humans) didn\u2019t appreciate a good <b>kick<\/b>, I guess we wouldn\u2019t <b>springe ud i faldsk\u00e6rm<\/b> (\u201djump out\u201d in a parachute) or <b>bestige bjerge<\/b> (climb mountains) for fun. What do Danes do to keep their <b>adrenalin<\/b> levels above zero?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Life in Denmark is very orderly and I\u2019ve heard foreigners call the country something like \u201dpretty but boring\u201d (no names revealed!) In fact, the word <b>tryghedsnarkomaner<\/b> (safety junkies) was once coined by a poet \u2013 Vita Andersen \u2013 to describe the Danes and their struggle to control anything that threatens the <b>fred og ro<\/b> (peace and quiet). Here are just two examples of how <b>fare<\/b> (danger) and <b>kaos<\/b> are avoided in Denmark:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>folk<\/b> (people) are always reminded to remember things. <b>Husk din bagage.<\/b> (Remember your luggage.) <b>Husk at stemme.<\/b> (Remember to vote.) <b>Husk at checke ud, hvis du rejser p\u00e5 Rejsekortet.<\/b> (Remember to check out if you travel with an official Travel Card.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">whenever <b>s\u00f8erne fryser til <\/b>(the lakes freeze) <b>om vinteren<\/b> (in winter), some <b>kommuner<\/b> (municipalities) <b>forbyder<\/b> (forbid) walking or skating on the <b>is <\/b>[ees] (ice)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>until <b>tykkelsen<\/b> (the thickness) has been officially checked and approved as safe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">So, <b>p\u00e5 den ene side <\/b>(on the one \u201dside\u201d = hand) life is really safe and comfy in Denmark, which makes it really <b>b\u00f8rnevenlig<\/b> (\u201dkids-friendly\u201d). You\u2019ve got <b>cykelstier <\/b>(bike lanes), lots of <b>cykelhjelme<\/b> (bike helmets), lots of social security \u2013 and no <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/01\/20\/10-danish-mountains-you-should-climb\/\">peaks<\/a>, no earthquakes, no tigers outside of the zoo. <b>P\u00e5 den anden side<\/b> (on the other hand), Danes are travelling all around the world to watch sharks and grizzlies and volcanoes! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1551\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1551\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1551\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/mongolian-wolf-984896_640-350x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/mongolian-wolf-984896_640-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/mongolian-wolf-984896_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Free photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/da\/mongolske-wolf-984896\/\">Pixabay<\/a>, public domain.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you\u2019re in Denmark and miss that special <b>hjertebanken<\/b> (beating of the heart) that makes you thankful being alive, you could perhaps try to get lost in a Danish forest in November, maybe during a real <b>vinterstorm<\/b> (winter storm) with <b>v\u00e6ltende tr\u00e6er<\/b> (falling trees) and <b>lynnedslag<\/b> (lightning strikes). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Well, no, just go on a <b>skovtur<\/b> (forest trip) and keep quiet\u2026 If you\u2019re lucky, you just might meet one of those <b>ulve<\/b> (wolves) that recently have <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/10\/18\/ulv-ulv\/\">returned<\/a> to Denmark! Even if they\u2019re not really dangerous (you are to them!), don\u2019t you think their being there makes Denmark just a little bit less <b>kedelig<\/b> (boring) and a little bit more <b>sp\u00e6ndende<\/b> (exciting)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/mongolian-wolf-984896_640-350x234.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/mongolian-wolf-984896_640-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2017\/05\/mongolian-wolf-984896_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Australia\u2019s got sharks, Canada is grizzly ground, Iceland has volcanoes. But what is farlig [farlee] (dangerous) in Danmark? Lots of people enjoy a bit of sp\u00e6nding i tilv\u00e6relsen (excitement in \u201dthe being\u201d = in life). If we as mennesker (humans) didn\u2019t appreciate a good kick, I guess we wouldn\u2019t springe ud i faldsk\u00e6rm (\u201djump out\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2017\/05\/19\/whats-dangerous-in-denmark\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":1551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2005,504954,4900,4901,1046,13083,504600,504333,251412,505162],"class_list":["post-1548","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-children","tag-control","tag-danes","tag-danger","tag-denmark","tag-safety","tag-tryghedsnarkomaner","tag-vita-andersen","tag-wolf","tag-wolves"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1548"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1553,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions\/1553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}