Author Archives: Erik

Tourist in Denmark?

At the moment it is summer in Denmark. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and everything looks green and fantastic. But when are the best times to visit Denmark?

If you are looking for sun most of the day and maybe to take a dive from the long coastline, then August is the best month to visit Denmark. At times it can be almost unbearably warm, because of the moist heat. But mostly it is just fantastic. July and September can be equally nice – and so can June and October, but they can be a bit cold and a lot rainy too.

Springtime, April and May, and fall, September and October, can be breathtakingly beautiful. But it can also be chilly and rainy.

If you live in one of the really warm places on Earth, you might think of Denmark as a very cold place to visit, even in midsummer. But the sun is far easier to find than snow. It can snow anytime between November and April, but normally we do not see snow until late December or early January – and it is often gone by March. Some winters we get almost no snow at all.

It can be dark in November and January. But all the Christmas lights throughout December scare the darkness away for a while.

What about the Danes? Well, most of us are actually quite nice. We do tend to be a bit reserved, which might give the impression of us being in bad humor and not willing to assist if you need to ask for directions or have your photo taken in front of something worth a photo. But mostly it is just a very thin layer of Viking coolness that can be easily broken. 🙂

Needles

It is summer and grass pollen season. But for the first time in many years, I have only few problems with allergies.

This year I dropped the pills and instead tried acupuncture treatment – and it does indeed seem to work much better.

I do not understand why it works, but as long as it works I’m happy.

Soren Kierkegaard

This year, it is 200 years since the Danish philosopher (and poet, and theologian), Soren Kierkegaard, was born. If you do not know about him, you can find a lot of information on the internet. Here are just some quotes from him:

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.

If you have difficulties understanding all he said, then do not worry; you are not alone. Hence the quote:

People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

Spring in DK, April 2013

At last we have gotten rid of winter and have finally entered spring here in Denmark.
To all of you on the southern hemisphere, it must mean that you have now entered fall and are looking at winter right in front of you. I hope this is okay with you.
I am certainly glad that we are heading for summer here, even if it means that before long, I have to take medicine against allergic reactions of grass pollen.

Missing spring

According to the calendar, it should be spring right now in Denmark.
But a short step outside tells it is still winter.
Snow and low temperatures.
Sigh!

Breaking Bad

Right now, at this moment, I  watch the TV series Breaking Bad on Netflix, while thinking how many more episodes there has been made, when I decided to read the latest news on Twitter.

(I can’t watch TV and read messages on my phone at the same time – but I try anyhow)

I read a retweet from one of the main actors from … Breaking Bad, who is telling the series is – at this moment – about to end.

How weird is that?

A trip to the South

Why did I put a penguin on my blog February 7th? It was a hint that I might tell about penguins later. And here it comes: I have just arrived from a spectacular trip to the land of the penguins: Antarctica!

It has been a dream for as long as I remember. But a lot of things – not least economy – have made it an impossible dream. But suddenly there was an option to do the trip, and I immediately went all in.

So for a little over two weeks, I have travelled to Argentina, where a ship has brought me over the Drake Passage to the cold but beautiful continent Antarctica.

I have seen a lot of penguins and sailed round icebergs in a Zodiac boat. I have seen seals and got a close encounter with whales.

It has all been so fantastic. Even though I am not made for a life on sea; I get seasick very easily. 😉