Danish flag

Denmark

Under Construction!

This page last updated on October 20, 1996

  • Explore Denmark-Lots if information and pictures here!
  • Denmark - General information
  • Denmark - More General information
  • Photo's of Danish Railcars
  • Danish Tourist Board-NY

    View photos of: A Danish Collector's Plate or Danish Aebleskiver.


    Danish Proverbs


    "Children are a poor man's wealth"
    
    "You can't run from the Wolf, because the Wolf travels with you."
    
    "Faults are thick where love is thin." - Danish proverb
    
    "Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child." 
    
    "He who would leap far must first take a long run." 
    
    "Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them." 
    
    "The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage. "
    
    "The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold of a house."
    
    "The beer goes in  and the wits go out."
    
    "Every fool thinks he is clever enough"
    
    "You must bake with the flour you have"
    
    "No is a good answer, when given in time"
    
    "Bend the willow when it is young"
    
    "He is truely wise who has traveled far and knows the ways of the world..."  -  Viking saying
    
    "The man who is afraid of asking is afraid of learning."
    
    "He who is afraid to ask is ashamed of learning."
    

    Interesting Facts
  • Hans Christian Anderson - The tiny house where he was born is now a museum in Odense. The city of Odense displays silhouettes of him throught the city .
  • Musician and Comedian, Victor Borge, was born in Denmark
  • Storks are protected by law. It is not unusual to see a home adorned with a replica of a stork on the roof.
  • Danes love to celebrate and find many reasons to do so.


    Other interesting Sites
  • Gorm - The Wired Viking - Proverbs
  • Bing-Grondahl Danish Blue Plates
  • Bornholm
  • Bornholm - Snogebaek Harbour Festival.
  • Daneman's History of Danish Photography
  • Denmark
  • Danish Proverbs and Sayings
  • The Kingdom
  • CKF Foods Links: Denmark
  • BORNnet: Tourist and Business Guide to Bornholm
  • City.Net Denmark
  • Danish Registry
  • Danish Facts
  • About Denmark
  • World Factbook: Denmark
  • Danish Wall Paintings (in Danish)
  • Jubii-Danish Links
  • History of Denmark

    Danish Customs & Culture


    More data to be added regarding . . . . .
    Birthdays Christmas Flag Day (Dannebrog) Liberation Day
    
    
    [Bob's Home Page]

    Comments? - Write to me!

    Robert K. (Bob) Born
    RKBorn@ix.netcom.com