Denmark, a Nordic and Scandinavian country located in Europe consists of a peninsula and an archipelago of 443 islands. Water views, low elevations and temperate climates are part of the most memorable scenes.
Denmark is 42,943 square km including the Faroe Islands and Greenland (two autonomous territories). The country has a population of 5.85 million and most of them live in the capital, Copenhagen, the largest city.
The Danes enjoy a high standard of living as the country has high rankings of national performance, education, health care, civil liberties, democratic governance and equality, Its economy is very competitive and it has high incomes from agriculture, tourism, energy and transportation. A high level of government services and transfers and high dependence on foreign transfers transformed the economy of this country.
“Visiting the famous city and some of the attractions are completely worth it”. Copenhagen is the safest city in the world, it’s completely accessible on foot or by bicycle and very pleasant during the summer. Kastellet, one of the best preserved fortresses in Northern Europe, with a church, lakes and great views, Christiania, a Freetown and Nyhavn, the old port of the city, were some of the most iconic that I visited.
— DANISH CUISINE —
Food in the country has changed since the Industrial Revolution, the inspiration of foreign and continental practices and the importation of many products. They mainly consumed fish, rye for bread, potatoes, long-life preparations and more products available on the family farm. The change in the world brought dairy cooperatives, material for the confectionery of desserts and more dishes to the country, which today are part of modern cuisine and have been the winner of high marks.
Traditional Danish food includes the open sandwich (Smœrrebrød), a piece of buttered rye bread (dense, brown bread) topped with homemade cold cuts, local fish or meat. On my visit to Copenhagen, I tried the open sandwich with the famous Plaice fish (a flat fish from the Northeast Atlantic) with hand-peeled shrimp (Sødspættefilet med håndpillede rejer) and dill on top, in the company of a very fruity and refreshing Danish cider.
The Roast pork with parsley sauce (Stegt flæsk med persillesovs) is the national dish in Denmark and it’s usually consumed for dinner. It’s the combination of roast pork belly dish with potatoes, parley sauce (milk, flour and fresh parsley and some spices) and some beetroot as an optional. The combination of the ingredients was a very delicious and original.
Danish pastries… one of my favorite sweets in the world. The most traditional is Spandauer, a pastry with custard or jam. They are distinguished by being multi-layered rolled sweet cakes with different combinations and fillings. I had a sample of these delicious sweets, berries-vanilla and cardamom “Spandauer”, they were perfect to accompany a coffee for breakfast.
The meringue cake with passion fruit and caramel, raspberries pie with cream and the cream roll (Flødeboller) were more of the options I tried. This last one was a very delicious and unique sweet snack base (baked marzipan) and white filling (eggs whites, water and sugar) covered in chocolate.
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