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My Danish Christmas Advent Calendar – 21 December (Ris à l’amande)
Welcome to My Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Join me every day in opening a new door. Once again, I’ve got a host of goodies to share with you – traditional Danish Christmas recipes, traditions,...
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My Danish Christmas Advent Calendar – 22 December (Rullepølse and sild)
Welcome to My Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Join me every day in opening a new door. Once again, I’ve got a host of goodies to share with you – traditional Danish Christmas recipes, traditions,...
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My Danish Christmas Advent Calendar – 23 December (Lunch)
Welcome to My Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Join me every day in opening a new door. Once again, I’ve got a host of goodies to share with you – traditional Danish Christmas recipes, traditions,...
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My Danish Christmas Advent Calendar – 24 December (The Big Day)
Welcome to the final instalment of My Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! 24 DECEMBER The Big Day is finally here! Let’s start with our lunch, which was fairly light – sild (marinated herring) and...
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Nytårsaften – get ready to jump!
We’re now recovered from Christmas (ho, ho, ho!) and I’ve just looked out my DDH’s (Dear Danish Husband’s) black tie outfit. And safety glasses. And several bags of explosives… Is my DDH the Danish...
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Godt Nytår, you shy Danes!
Yes, I mean you. From the urban centers of København, Aarhus, and Aalborg to the rural areas of Sjaelland, Funen, and Jutland. I have a profile on a Danish website to meet Danes online. Time after...
View ArticleGetting to know Denmark – Little known facts!
There are so many interesting facts about Denmark that even if you have been in the country for a while, you still have a lot to learn. Being born in the country does not guarantee that you are an...
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Buns up!
Photo by By Ole Palnatoke Andersen Move over, Mardis Gras. Instead of this “Fat Tuesday” tradition to mark the day before Lent, the Danes celebrate Fastelavn. This Shrovetide celebration is held on a...
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The mystery of the missing blogger…
My Dearest Readers! The last time you heard from me was December when I was bombarding you with 24 Days of Danish Christmas and jumping from a chair into 2015… Apologies for the radio silence! On the...
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Election time – again! Left. Right. Left, left, right!
Dear Readers Just taking a quick break from bumping off a nasty character – Col. Mustard, in the Library, with lead piping (The Mystery of the Missing Blogger…) – to let you know that this morning the...
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18 December 2015
Welcome, once again, to my Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Every day I’ll be giving you a little peak into how our family celebrates Christmas here in Copenhagen. Do the Danes love Christmas? Um, yes...
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19 December 2015
Welcome, once again, to my Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Every day I’ll be giving you a little peak into how our family celebrates Christmas here in Copenhagen. Do the Danes love Christmas? Um, yes...
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20 December 2015
Welcome, once again, to my Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Every day I’ll be giving you a little peak into how our family celebrates Christmas here in Copenhagen. Do the Danes love Christmas? Um, yes...
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21 December 2015
Welcome, once again, to my Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Every day I’ll be giving you a little peak into how our family celebrates Christmas here in Copenhagen. Do the Danes love Christmas? Um, yes...
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22 December 2015
Welcome, once again, to my Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Every day I’ll be giving you a little peak into how our family celebrates Christmas here in Copenhagen. Do the Danes love Christmas? Um, yes...
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23 December 2015
Welcome, once again, to my Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Every day I’ll be giving you a little peak into how our family celebrates Christmas here in Copenhagen.Do the Danes love Christmas? Um, yes...
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24 December 2015
Welcome, once again, to my Danish Christmas Advent Calendar! Every day I’ve been giving you a little peak into how our family celebrates Christmas here in Copenhagen. Do the Danes love Christmas? Um,...
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Here comes 2016 – jump!
We’re now recovered from the 24 Days of Danish Christmas (if you missed that, you can start here with 1 December) and yesterday afternoon I looked out my DDH’s (Dear Danish Husband’s) black tie outfit....
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Fastelavn (Danish Carnival) is fast approaching!
If you’ve walked past the window of a Danish baker’s shop recently, then you’ll already know that Fastelavn is fast approaching… Because the first fastelavnsboller made their appearance just as soon as...
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Fastelavn is coming…time to branch out?
On Tuesday I told you about Fastelavn (Danish Carnival), Fastelavnsboller (Danish Carnival buns) and how to bake your own. Today we have another carnival essential…the Fastelavnsris! (The history...
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