{"id":247,"date":"2011-12-06T23:00:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=247"},"modified":"2011-12-07T01:04:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T01:04:54","slug":"wet-winter-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2011\/12\/06\/wet-winter-wonderland\/","title":{"rendered":"(Wet) Winter Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

Autumn vs. winter \u2013 who is going to win?<\/p><\/div>\n

OMG! Det sner!<\/strong> (It\u2019s snowing!) Yesterday afternoon, delicate, tiny snefnug<\/strong> (snowflake[s]) came on a surprise visit several\u00a0steder<\/strong> (places) in Denmark, whirling through the fresh luft<\/strong> (air) like white confetti. It melted to cold water on pedestrians\u2019 faces, and made the cars\u2019 vinduesviskere<\/strong> (windscreen wipers) run wild\u2026 In my region, Eastern Central Jutland, the very\u00a0glat<\/strong> (slippery) asphalt caught everyone napping, causing delays and confusion on the roads. But children were happy, and nothing really matches the tranquil beauty of haver<\/strong> (gardens) and marker<\/strong> (fields) all covered in white\u2026 One day later, however, the sne<\/strong> (snow) was all gone.<\/p>\n

In a weather-obsessed country like Denmark, the first snow is always a bit of a sensation\u2026 Most often, it doesn\u2019t last long, though, and a typical Danish winter seems to be wet and rainy rather than white and snowy. A day of frost<\/strong>\u00a0may very well be followed by a day of t\u00f8 <\/strong>(thaw). Vejrudsigten<\/strong>\u00a0(the weather forecast) typically warns against sne og slud<\/strong>\u00a0(snow and sleet).<\/p>\n

According to older folks, who lived before \u2019global warming\u2019 became such a buzzword, there was \u201dalways\u201d more snow before. (The beer was cheaper, the women prettier, etc.) While I can\u2019t comment upon that, I\u2019d like to give you the first stanza of an old song that\u2019s still sung and enjoyed \u2013 Jeppe Aakj\u00e6r\u2019s \u201dSneflokke kommer vrimlende\u201d<\/p>\n

Sneflokke kommer vrimlende
\nsnow flocks come swarming<\/em><\/span>
\nhen over Diger trimlende,
\nfalling across dikes,<\/em><\/span>
\ndet knyger ud af Himlene,
\nit\u2019s pouring out from the Skys,<\/em><\/span>
\ndet sluger Hegn og Gaard,
\nit\u2019s swallowing fences and farms,<\/em><\/span>
\ndet ryger ind ad Spr\u00e6kkerne
\nit\u2019s rushing through the crevices<\/em><\/span>
\ntil P\u00f8lserne paa R\u00e6kkerne,
\nto the sausages in their rows,<\/em><\/span>
\nog Faarene ved H\u00e6kkerne
\nand the sheep at the hedges<\/em><\/span>
\nfaar Blink i Pelsens Haar.
\nget gleams in the hair of their furs.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

OMG! Det sner! (It\u2019s snowing!) Yesterday afternoon, delicate, tiny snefnug (snowflake[s]) came on a surprise visit several\u00a0steder (places) in Denmark, whirling through the fresh luft (air) like white confetti. It melted to cold water on pedestrians\u2019 faces, and made the cars\u2019 vinduesviskere (windscreen wipers) run wild\u2026 In my region, Eastern Central Jutland, the very\u00a0glat (slippery)…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247","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=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}