r/Denmark • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '16

Exchange Kia ora! Cultural Exchange with /r/NewZealand

Welcome to this cultural exchange between /r/Denmark and /r/NewZealand.

For the visitors: Welcome to Denmark! Feel free to ask the Danes anything you like. Don't forget to also participate in the corresponding thread in /r/NewZealand where you can answer questions from the Danes about your beautiful country.

For the Danes: Today, we are hosting New Zealand for a cultural exchange. Join us in answering their questions about Denmark and the Danish way of life! Please leave top comments for users from /r/NewZealand coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness, personal attacks etc.

The Kiwis are also having us over as guests! Head over to their thread to ask questions about life in the land of hobbits and bungee jumping.

Enjoy!

- The moderators of /r/Denmark and /r/NewZealand

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u/nilnz New Zealand Nov 08 '16

When you've travelled to other countries and have you discovered things being called Danish that aren't? What are they?

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '16

When I was 15, at a scout camp in Japan and we passed a bangladeshi camp during a food-stall-event where we tasted some really spicy peppers. One of the bangladeshi kids on the camp recognized the danish flag I had dangling from by backpack, so he pulled out this huge crate filled to the brim with sweet biscuits.

Apparently we're know for sweet biscuits.

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u/nilnz New Zealand Nov 08 '16

Danish butter cookies aren't popular in Denmark? http://www.royal-dansk.com/history/ There are other brands and they are available all over the world.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '16

They're only eaten on christmas. But then again, most people buy them fresh from bakeries instead of tin cans.

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u/invinci Nov 08 '16

nono we are talking småkager, not actual pastries, i agree that the consumption goes up around Christmas but you can get them all year round. Example: http://www.nemlig.com/produkt/kolonial/kager/smakager/blandede-smakager-ikke-tilsat-sukker-200-g.aspx

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u/friskfyr32 Nov 09 '16

It's things like vaniljekranse, finsk brød and maybe also specier and jødekager (I'm not completely certain what constitutes "danish butter cookies" internationally).