April
LINK: Flowers at springtime
Winter
Save the heart
Christmas time
It is Christmas time, and there are Nisser everywhere.
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Sophienholm at Lake Bagsværd
“Sophienholm is an exhibition hall owned by Lyngby-Taarbæk town council. Situated in a beautiful park overlooking Lake Bagsværd and annually showing four or five major art exhibitions it attracts visitors mainly from the greater Copenhagen area.” All text
Pollen
Astma-allergi Danmark: “The daily pollen count of the six most important pollen types and two spore types are published. This is alder, hazel, elm, birch, grasses, and mugwort, and spores from Alternaria and Cladosporium.” Pollenmonotoring in Denmark
Take a walk – Copenhagen area
“Kastellet, English: The Citadel located in Copenhagen, Denmark, is one of the best preserved star fortresses in Northern Europe.” (Wikipedia)
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
Kringle / Pretzel
Though this cake don´t look like a Pretzel, it still have that name, “Kringle”. Danish kringle are served with coffee at several festive occasions.
Recipe Christmas kringle with marzipan (in Danish)
krinlens form (about the shape)
Recipe in English Danish kringle
Recipe (in Danish)
Amager strand / beach
Danish pastry
Since Christmas is over, we have to say good bye to the delicious “Christmas buns”. It is difficult to make Danish pastry at home, but not to difficult to try.
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Christmas dinner
Brunede kartofler og flæskesteg med rødkål. Sugar glazed potatoes, roasted pork and red cabbage, – some of the ingrediens at a typical Danish Christmas dinner. Merry Christmas!
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Saint Lucy
December 13 is named after saint Lucy – Sankta Lucia- , and celebrated with processions of singing white dressed girls, each with a candle in her hand. The Lucia bride has 4 candles in a wreath on her head. The tradition with Lucia procession came to Denmark from Sweden, around 1944. Sweden has documents telling about Lucia in 1764, but the tradition wasn’t common before 1920-30
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Christmas lunch
Danish herrings for the traditional “Christmas lunch”, which not necessarily is a lunch, but absolutely supposed to be a fun and happy party. All companies are having a “Christmas lunch” in December. Family lunches and those made for friends will be in the week ends. If the menu is a Danish lunch with ryebread, there will be at least 3 kind of herring, for a start. Ansd always a glass of ice Cold snaps. (Brandy)
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Wikipedia about Christmas lunch tradition
My Daily Denmark 