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15.01.08 Danish Pastry Sensation
Filed: Food and Dining, Denmark
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The Danish pastry is regarded as a sweet pastry of the country and it is known throughout the industrialized world. The pastry of the Danish people is usually made of flour, yeast, milk, eggs and loads of butter.
The yeast dough is usually rolled out thinly, coated with butter and it is then folded into many […]

7.01.08 A Visit to Roskilde
Filed: Places to Visit, Attractions, Denmark
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Welcome to Roskilde, an ancient city in Denmark that dates from the Viking Age. It is considered as the economic center of the region. Roskilde is composed of pedestrian streets with amazing myriad shops, restaurants and cozy cafes that run down the center of the city. There are also a lot of tourist spots in […]

2.01.08 Getting to Know the Danish People
Filed: Denmark, Culture
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The Danish people are those who have an ancestral or ethnic living in Denmark. These Danes are said to be descendants from different ancient Germanic tribes who reside in modern day Jutland, Sweden and on Danish Islands. There are almost five million ethnic Danes who live in the country today.
They are a Scandinavian ethnic group […]

5.09.07 Going Odense
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Welcome to Odense, a Danish municipality found in Region Syddanmark on the island of Funen in Denmark. It has a total area of 304 square kilometers and it has a total population of 186,595. Odense is said to be the most populated municipality in the region.
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4.09.07 Dragor Beauty
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Known as a municipality in Copenhagen County on the southern coast of island of Amager in eastern Denmark, Dragor covers an area of 18 square kilometers and the town has a total population of 13,156.
Dragor’s neighboring municipality is Tarnby, Oresund and Koge Bay. The town was among the few municipalities in the country which was […]

3.09.07 Exploring Gentofte
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Welcome to Gentofte, a municipality in Copenhagen County on the east coast of the island of Zealand in Denmark. It has a total area of 26 square kilometers and has a population of about 68,623.

Gentofte is a product of an amalgamation of seven former independent towns namely, Dyessegard, Gentofte, Hellerup, Jaegersborg, Klampenborg, Ordrup and Vangede. […]

1.09.07 The Bountiful Arden
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Arden became a municipality in North Jutland County on Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It has a total population of 8,513.
Arden was created in the year 1970 because of a municipality reform which combined Astrup, Store Arden, Oue-Valsgaard, Rold-Vebbestrup and Rostrup municipalities. The municipality’s last mayor was Hans Christian Maarup who was a member of […]

28.08.07 The Land of Hoje-Taastrup
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A municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, Hoje-Taastrup has a total population of 45,948.

Its neighboring municipalities are Alberstlund and Vallensbaek. The town as well as Taastrup and Hedehusene are railway station towns in the Greater Copenhagen Authority. The station in Hoje Taastrup is said to be among the largest […]

27.08.07 Slangerup Trip
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A town in Frederikssund municipality in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark, Slangerup is found in the northern part of the island of Zealand.
Slangerup was established by the Viking Slangir during the time of Harald Bluetooth. The town became the scene of activities which involved Bishop Absalon and Valdemar the Great during the 1200s. The famous Thomas […]

25.08.07 Struer’s Finest
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A municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark, Struer includes the island of Veno and it has a total population of 22,752.
The country’s smallest church is found in Veno and the island is about 7.5 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide. Through ferry, people from Struer can go to Veno […]