A blog of an ordinary Dane

3 weeks in my back yard. That is my plan for the summer. We bought a gas grill last year so this year we do not need to go on summer holiday. I am so happy. If we need to see something new we can go for a walk along Lalandia but I doubt it will be the...

Here near my house ferries sail for Germany every half hour. It has been so since 1963 when the new fast link to what back then was West Germany started. Over the years people have gone to Germany and they only stop near my house because they have to...

Like many Danes Easter is the time of the year where we gather as a family. Uncles, Ants, cousins and children. In our family we meet the day before and start the cooking. Some have been down in Germany collecting 200-300 cans of beer, candy and soft...

I just saw the movie "Boot Camp" from 2008 As the text says in the end there were and are many camps like this. Most known is Paradise Cove in Samoa. More than one of the teenagers who were forced there killed family members. It is uncertain what they...

For some time Danes have been concerned when parents who have been born in another country send their children back home for schooling because they find the Danish culture too demanding. In Denmark you can buy alcohol on your own when you turn 16 years...

A girl asked for help with her illness at Boston Childrens Hospital. She was already in treatment for her illness but the hospital decided that the diagnose was wrong and asked the court to take custody away from the parents. In the end Boston Children...

The Rotten Banana is a large part of Denmark where nothing happens. Most tourists never see these parts of Denmark and frankly the people like me who are living here are so special that you want to remain at home instead of coming here. When I saw the...

I am living in the part of Denmark called Lolland. If I name the village I live in you will know who I am for real, so I will not do that due to concerns of my neighbor. I live in the part of Denmark the people in the cities call "The Rotten Banana"....

It is difficult to go to work right now in this part of Denmark. There is snow everywhere and it is very cold. In fact they just announced that the trains between Naestved and Koege has been stopped because a train is stuck near Haslev. I cannot remember...

I have hope for 2018. Our small town here in Lolland has not jobs. Many of our youngsters drink and sleep all day long. I cannot hold anything against them. Without jobs. Without any possibility of education beyond high school, there are no future for...