It's Chris's turn to visit Copenhagen, this time as a pseudo-Norwegian. Notes on football, mayonnaise, and the behaviour of Norwegians and the English abroad is compared. Knut hires a chatbot; Chris does culture.
Links:
- Comparison of Norwegian Bokmål and Standard Danish - Wikipedia
- Danish pastry - Wikipedia — In Danish, Norwegian and Swedish, the term for Danish pastry is wienerbrød/wienerbröd, "Viennese bread".
- Bicycle rentals in Copenhagen | VisitCopenhagen — So many options.
- Danish Mayo - A Cupboard Essential - ScandiKitchen — Ugh, you know?
- Sandwich for Lunch | Mr. Bean Official - YouTube
- Stiff upper lip - Wikipedia — Knut's is actually frozen
- Sport in Glasgow - Wikipedia
- Roller skiing - Wikipedia — aka road skiing
- BBC - Can festive cheer boost your language skills? — The BBC's version of that Danish news story about how drinking makes you less anxious about your second language skills
- Quotation mark - Wikipedia
- Hygge - Wikipedia
- The Last Samurai (2003) - IMDb
- Piggsko herre - Herresko - Sko | XXL — Piggsko! For when you need pigs in your decks.
- www.best-grip.no – Den beste skrupigg — Skrupigg! For when you want to screw pigs into your decks.
- Yaktrax — Yaktrax! I just like saying the word. Yaktrax!
- Tapperiet Brus – Brewery, bar, shop and eatery in Nørrebro, Copenhagen by craft brewery To Øl
- Danish Bacon - Wikipedia
- Pork rind - Wikipedia — or pork scratchings, as we say in the UK
- Jennifer Lawrence backstage after 2013 Oscar win - YouTube — The whole 6-minute press conference is great, but the clip links right to that bit.
- Paris syndrome - Wikipedia
- The Moon Opera, kinesisk dansedrama
- The Bridgewater Hall — Chris's gold standard for contemporary auditoria
- How the sandwich consumed Britain | The long read | News | The Guardian