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World’s Oldest Flag Still In Use
Posted by lingofacts | Aug 23, 2017 | History | 0 |
What Lego Means
Posted by lingofacts | Aug 22, 2017 | Language | 0 |
Denmark’s Long Coastline
Posted by lingofacts | Aug 22, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
The Danish Homes
Posted by lingofacts | Aug 10, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
I Want To Live Here
Posted by lingofacts | Mar 9, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
First Danish Newspaper
by lingofacts | Aug 23, 2017 | History | 0 |
The first Danish newspaper was founded in 1666 and written entirely in verse. The oldest of the existing newspapers, Berlingske Tidende (Berling’s Times), was founded by a Copenhagen printer in 1749.
Read MoreThe Oldest Amusement Park in the World
by lingofacts | Aug 23, 2017 | History | 0 |
Dyrehavsbakken, or Bakken, located within Denmark’s peaceful Dyrehaven, is the world’s oldest amusement park.
Read MoreThe Historical Tivoli Gardens
by lingofacts | Aug 23, 2017 | History | 0 |
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen’s best known attraction, was established in the 1840s, rationalizing that “when people amuse themselves, they forget politics.”
Read MoreWorld’s Oldest Flag Still In Use
by lingofacts | Aug 23, 2017 | History | 0 |
Denmark’s national flag, the Dannebrog (the flag of the Danes), is the oldest flag in the world still in use by an independent nation, having been acknowledged in 1219.
Read MoreFemale Prime Minister in Denmark
by lingofacts | Aug 23, 2017 | History | 0 |
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, elected on October 3, 2011, is Denmark’s first female prime minister.
Read MoreThe Copenhagen’s World Clock
by lingofacts | Aug 23, 2017 | History | 0 |
Danish inventor Jens Olsen spent 27 years building the World Clock in Copenhagen. It began keeping time in 1955 and will supposedly be able to accurately keep time for the next 570,000 years.
Read MoreWorld’s Oldest and Longest Pedestrian Street
by lingofacts | Aug 22, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Copenhagen’s Strøget, at almost 2 miles (3.2 km) long, is the oldest and longest pedestrian street in the world.
Read MoreThe Danish Alphabet
by lingofacts | Aug 22, 2017 | Language | 0 |
The Danish alphabet has three letters not found in the English alphabet: Æ, Ø, Å. All three are vowels and come after the letter Z in the alphabet.
Read MoreWhat Lego Means
by lingofacts | Aug 22, 2017 | Language | 0 |
The name Lego® is an abbreviation of two Danish words leg godt, meaning “play well.”
Read MoreThe Danish Swimming Lesson
by lingofacts | Aug 22, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
Practically all Danes know how to swim, and swimming lessons are part of the compulsory curriculum in all state schools.
Read MoreDenmark’s Long Coastline
by lingofacts | Aug 22, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Denmark has 7,314 miles (11,771 km) of coastline, which is longer than the Great Wall of China and equals almost 1.5 meters of coast per Danish citizen.
Read MoreHappiest Country in the World
by lingofacts | Aug 22, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Denmark is reported to be the happiest country in the world. Wouldn’t you want to live there?
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