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Ah, idiom is a wonderful thing. Here are our favourite Danish sayings; here in the office we are particularly fond of commenting on the thickness of other people’s sandwiches, so the idea of a horse having a birthday lunch makes us very happy indeed. Det blæser en halv pelican This literally translates as it’s blowing half a pelican and means

  This easy pickled cucumber salad recipe adds a lovely fresh taste to any open sandwiches or pork dish; serve with hot dogs, roast pork or even prawn salad. My grandmother always said that you should cut the cucumber as thin as possible, so it is floppy! Ingredients 1 cucumber, sliced 1 cup of white vinegar (although I often use

  Light a candle. According to the European Candle Association Danes burn more candles per capita than any other nation, nicely offsetting the 179 days of rainfall they get annually. That’s about six kilos of candle wax a year, compared to the three kilos of bacon each Dane consumes. Yes, we know it sounds cliched, but there is nothing like

What exactly is hygge? Well, we have had many had long family conversations about what constitutes hygge, and after 6 glasses of aquavit and some herring we often conclude that by attempting to define you break the spirit of it. Hygge isn’t an interior design concept, or a stylish accessory, it’s more of a feeling. That kind of cosiness inside