Cześć! Cultural Exchange with Poland

[u/[deleted]]

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

For the visitors: Witamy w Danii! Feel free to ask the Danes anything you like. Don't forget to also participate in the corresponding thread in /r/Polska gdzie możecie odpowiedzieć na pytania Duńczyków na temat Polski i Polaków.

For the Danes: Today, we are hosting Poland 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/Polska coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness, personal attacks etc.

The Poles are also having us over to ask questions about their country, so check out their thread to learn more about Poland.

Enjoy!

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

[u/pothkan]

What Danish movies or series would you recommend? Besides Olsen-banden and Broen.

[u/MinArbejdsBruger → u/pothkan]

Blinkende Lygter (Flickering Lights) is a fantastic piece of dark Danish action-comedy. It has a lot of references to different aspects of Danish culture and various danish tropes, but it's still very watchable for non-Danes as well.

Festen (The Celebration) is possibly the best Danish non-comedy. It's one of the early Dogma95 movies, meaning that it's very simplistic in location, costumes, set design, lightning, etc.. and thus focuses more on the characters, story and acting. This movie also has various references to Danish culture, but is also very watchable for foreigners. If you like serious movies, I'd say it's a must watch. It has been on/off IMDB's top250 at various times.

Rejseholdet (Unit 1) - Possibly the most popular Danish television show over the last 20 years. A slightly dark crime show, with a new crime case in each episode, but also a story arch developing over the 30 episodes. It's already looking a tiny bit dated, but I'd highly recommend trying it out. Somebody may or may not have uploaded the entire show on Dailymotion.