{"id":1648,"date":"2017-12-21T11:28:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T11:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2017-12-21T11:31:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T11:31:32","slug":"danes-and-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2017\/12\/21\/danes-and-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Danes and Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo courtesy of Thomas Angermann at Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0 license.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Det sner! <\/b>(It\u2019s snowing!)\u00a0<\/b>Snow in Denmark isn\u2019t so common as people abroad sometimes imagine. Maybe because of klimaforandringer<\/b> (climate changes), Danes go through weeks and weeks of gray winter rain, and then \u2013 bang! The miracle occurs, covering marker<\/b> (fields), skove<\/b> (forests), haver<\/b> (gardens) and tage<\/b> (roofs) with a beautiful hvidt t\u00e6ppe<\/b> (white carpet). Still, many Danes have\u00a0 <\/span>mixed feelings about the magical winter powder\u2026<\/p>\n

Frostsne<\/b> (frost snow) is the kind of sne<\/b> children and barnlige sj\u00e6le<\/b> (child-like souls = playful adults) dream about. Temperaturen<\/b> (the temperature) stays below zero \u00b0C, and the snow is so compact and amazing that it knirker<\/b> (is creaking) below your vinterst\u00f8vler<\/b> (winter boots). You can build a snemand <\/b>(snowman), k\u00e6lke ned ad en k\u00e6lkebakke<\/b> (toboggan down a toboggan run), sl\u00e5s med snebolde<\/b> (have a snowball fight) or st\u00e5 p\u00e5 ski<\/b> (go skiing \u2013 yes, there are several forests and hilly areas that are excellent for cross-country skiiing in Denmark).<\/p>\n

T\u00f8<\/a>sne<\/b> (melting snow) is the kind of sne<\/b> most Danes experience \u2013 and they hate it! The cold air gets wet and heavy, and the streets become slushy glidebaner<\/b> (slides). People worry about the traffic, as biler og cykler<\/b> (cars and bicycles) get slowed down. Everywhere there are forsinkelser<\/b> (delays), and people are freezing and sneezing.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, sne<\/b> is really important to people\u2019s sense of living in a Nordic country. If you check out Danish reklamer<\/b> (ads) \u2013 especially the ones for Xmas related products, such as jule\u00f8l<\/b> (Xmas beer) \u2013 I\u2019m quite sure you\u2019ll find bunker af sne<\/b> (loads of snow).<\/p>\n

In spite of the complaints, Danes, too, are dreaming about a hvid jul<\/b> (white Christmas). When you don\u2019t<\/i> have to be on the roads, sne<\/b> quite simply transforms the country, and makes even the saddest street sparkle. Hundelorte<\/b> (dog shits) and stress<\/b> disappear below de langsomme snefnug<\/b> (the slow snowflakes). As the saying goes: Der er intet i verden s\u00e5 stille som sne. <\/b>(There\u2019s nothing in this world as quiet as snow.)<\/p>\n

Gl\u00e6delig jul! \ud83d\ude42<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Det sner! (It\u2019s snowing!)\u00a0Snow in Denmark isn\u2019t so common as people abroad sometimes imagine. Maybe because of klimaforandringer (climate changes), Danes go through weeks and weeks of gray winter rain, and then \u2013 bang! The miracle occurs, covering marker (fields), skove (forests), haver (gardens) and tage (roofs) with a beautiful hvidt t\u00e6ppe (white carpet). Still…<\/p>\n

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