Wonderful Copenhagen: Great Danes

Wind Farms in Denmark

Denmark is situated at the confluence of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. 

The location is ideal for shipping and also for a form of energy gathering: wind farms. Whether on land or on sea, Denmark makes good use of its windy climate. The wind is to Denmark what the North Sea oil fields are to Norway. Windmills: everything old is new again. 

Alsborg Architecture

Sunny Aalsborg, Denmark could not be much windier. But compared to Norway, the weather is sunny and cheerful, as are the people. 

Citizens are allowed to have collective garden plots, where they can grow vegetables, flowers and herbs. The summer homes are off limits November through March. The construction is poor quality and the facilities are bare bones. Yet the garden plots are incredibly popular. 

Whereas Norway has a stunning topography of mountains and fjords, Denmark is flat and more reminiscent of Holland. The views cannot compare to Norway and its hundreds of waterfalls. 

Surprisingly, Denmark has so many inlets plus 400 islands, and thu

s shares the same amount of coastline as Australia. 

Half timber construction

Renaissance architecture

Viking Cemetery in Aalsborg, Denmark

In the Viking Cemetary "Lindholm Hoje" in Aalsborg, Denmark, stones reminiscent of Stonehenge mark off individual cremation graves. Some are arranged in the shape of a boat. Others are triangles or circles. The Cemetary was in use from 400 AD to 1000 AD. 

The grass is clipped by free power: sheep!

Some say the graves only contain animal skeletons, as human bodies were burned.

 The leaders were burned on boats sent out to sea. The Vikings felt that being burned might get their souls to Valhalla faster, as they would not have to decompose first. 

Vikings had a very strong honor code of doing the right thing: ethics were all important. 

Alsborg, Denmark

 In this wind-blown country at the conjunction of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is the happiest country on earth. Why? Because Denmark has a sense of the cozy: a feeling of safety and being cared for, called Hygge. It is a non-judgmental sense of warmth, acceptance and mutual respect. Decor can be messy and a hodgepodge. Hair can be crazy wild. 

There are no guns. Little crime. And there is Aquavit, a caraway-flavored spirit that means the water of life. 

Skoal!!