DANISH TRIVIA

                                           A Little Fun Info
    
 In Texas we look for water towers, in Denmark one looks for the church tower which is nearly always on the west side of the church. Most churches were originally Catholic. Reformation came to Denmark in 1530 and now most of the churches are Lutheran. Members support the church with 2% of their income. However, church attendance is very low with only about 2% of the congregation attending services regularly.          As in much of Europe, the church yard serves as a cemetery,

A tax rate of almost 50% support a total social system/society. All medical care, schooling, including university, are free.

The Danish alphabet contains three extra letters: o with a line through it which translates to an oe, an a with two dots over it translates to aa and a joined AE.

We found neither A/C nor window screens. We left our windows open in hotels at night and never had a bug problem.  When eating outside sometimes we had to fight the bees for our food. They were plentiful and everywhere. They were elongated kind of skinny little devils. No one ever got stung though.

 

Furniture is a major industry and export. Legos are a Danish invention and major industry. 

Half of all the three paddle windmills in the world were made in Denmark.

Although the number of farms has decreased, the farms have become bigger and ¾ of the country is farmland. Wheat is a major crop. Kellogg’s is everywhere, we peddled by many many of their fields. Sugar beets and corn follow wheat as major crops. Fresh produce was abundant and good. 

It is said there are twice as many pigs in Denmark as people. Danish ham is a big export item. Fishing, especially for herring, is also big. 

Farms, including the main house and barns are built U shaped with a central court. Quite different from our farms.

The national drink is beer; Tuborg and Carlsborg are well known. There are many local beers.

The cheeses, breads, beer, and pastries were wonderful. Danes are good and imaginative cooks. Eating is an event for them.

 Smorrebrod, no resemblance to our smorgasbord, is an open face sandwich with any combination of thinly sliced items you want. They are made to order, usually in a bakery or special shop. The only limitation is one’s own imagination.