How different is Danish culture from American culture?
I am going to be a foreign exchange student to Denmark next year. Originally I wanted to go to a very very strange and culturally different place than the U.S. like Thailand, or Brazil, but because of my age (15) the person in Rotary who chose where I am to go, picked Denmark for me. I know it is different, no place would be the same as where I am from, but if you have traveled a lot, could someone explain some of the biggest differences? If you are from there I apologize for being disappointed to go to your homeland.
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You should be glad to go to Denmark. It's definitely a lot different from America both culturally and visually. You'll find that the houses and scenery look nothing like those here. Basically, Denmark looks like a typical Scandinavian country. Do you know which city you're going to? Here's a picture of Copenhagen (the capital). http://www.thebrooklynnomad.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/copenhagen.jpg
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Nawww I can understand you disappointment of going to Denmark when you had hoped for Brazil or Thailand. Denmark is very different from the US in terms of behaviour and mindset but not much according to clothing. However neither is Brazil. After all Jeans and t-shirt is pretty universal. There are lots of differences between US and Denmark, just the size of the towns in Denmark are so small they would be considered small towns in the US, even the capital Copenhagen. There are many beautiful places in Denmark, you might enjoy seeing some of the many islands (Denmark consists of 500 islands, circa 300 are inhabited) some islands only have a few inhabitants. If you want to see people still wearing old fashioned dress it would be the islands of Læsø and Fanø. If you want to see amazing scenery you should go look at Bornholm. You could also check out the old city of Dragør with it's 16th and 17th century houses, it's located on the island next to Copenhagen and close if you are going to Copenhagen. The biggest issue for you may the food which is very different (but fast food is availlable everywhere so don't worry if you hate Danish food). I do hope you will have a wonderful stay after all. Here are some links The island of Læsø: http://www.toppenafdanmark.dk/danmark/da… The island of Anholt:http://www.anholt.dk/ The island of Fanø: http://www.visitfanoe.dk/danmark/da-dk/m… The island of Bornholm: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornholm and http://images.google.dk/images?hl=da&rlz… The town of Dragør (The island of Amager): http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%C3%B8r and http://www.dragoer.dk/page11.aspx
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I just love Denmark. It would be different because they're crime rate is very low. So you may see babies sitting outside in the open for "fresh air" since theyre crime rate is so low. They're houses are much smaller. Usually bedrooms are only big enough for a bed and closet. Also you might see many people are normally outdoors, since Denmark's houses are so small, they wouldnt have much furniture. Denmark is basically a better, smaller, active country. Unlike how the US is lazy, crime infested, polluted, and our government cant make decisions.
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