Americans explore Denmark (home of our European ancestors) Here's our take!

Our final stop in Scandinavia is in Denmark! We take a few days to explore the land of the Danes, which is one of the countries where some of Tanner's ancestors (think 1700-1800s) lived, worked, and eventually emigrated from on their way to the US. Although we didn't find any tombstones or other evidence of the ancestors, we still felt more connected now that we know more about where they lived and what it looks like today. Small town farming communities just like the one's we grew up in!

Here are a few of the places we visited:
Copenhagen
Sorø
Korsør
Nyborg
Otterup
Hjadstrup
Bederslev
Kolding

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[Barl]

So nice to see you are willing to explore outside of Copenhagen. So many travel bloggers and tourists only go there and makes it seem like Denmark consists of just central Copenhagen.

[micca]

Its so nice to see people actually go see Denmark and not just Copenhagen. Amazing.

[Beannin]

If you need someone to look into your family history in Denmark, I would be happy to take a look. I work at the City Archive in Odense, and do a lot of genealogy research in my spare time.
Let me know! 😊

[ChokyoDK]

Love seeing people going outside of Copenhagen.
Denmark has so much more to offer than just the capital.

[Blackadder]

Your oldest child is at such a wonderful age, when everything is new and exciting, a wonderful world to explore (under your guidance of course)

[Valjeandk]

Copenhagen is famously expensive.
If you're on a budget, just buy regular food at a normal store/supermarket, and make your own meals.
There is a lot to save.
Eating out in Denmark is expensive, partly because of the high wages.

So eating out in Copenhagen is especially expensive.

[arne.munther]

The S at the end is genitive. Christiansen's Plantskole: Christiansen's Nursery / Nursery of the Christiansens

[hoegild]

About the sign.. planteskole is basically a shop selling plants and stuff for the garden. The s at the end of the name just means that "this is hes shop" so Jensens bakery means the bakery of Jensen. Aaand about the prices in Copenhagen..you guys shop in the most expensive shops in the entire country!

[omega]

Although Denmark is comparatively expensive, a thing to note about 7-Eleven is that we pay for convenience, there's easily a 20-30% price increase on all goods in a convenience store. The key is grocery stores instead of convenience stores, many bigger grocery stores also uave a bakery and butcher attached, malls also have cafès and restaurants that are decidedly cheaper (and better) than whatever you can get from a convenience store (it may be the same price, but bigger portions).

Also, Norway is actually the most expensive country in Scandinavia, by quite a margin. Sweden is the cheapest, Denmark is inbetween.

Hiwever, does depend a little on what we're talking about, groceries are the most expensive in Norway except for fish, which tend to be quite expensive in Denmark meanwhile all other meats, vegetables etc. are much cheaper than in Norway. That mostly comes down to domestic production, Norway has a huge fishing industry while Denmark has a huge domestic agricultural production (enough to feed 20million people give or take).

[dasmaurerle]

The one thing I can't wrap my head around whenever I'm in Denmark, is how freakingly amazing their Yogurth is. It's absolutely mindboggeling...😍

[Psander]

I live in the city where you took the ferry to Denmark from. We call it "Tura" which basically means you buy a one way ticket but never leave the boat. The ride is about 20 min, so you can easily go back and forth while eating and drinking.

[thkempe]

8:44 I assume, it is a genitive s at the end which is not part of the actual name, because the sign says: Gunnar Christensen's Nursery. It seems that the Danish language, like German, does not use an apostrophe to separate the s from the actual name.

[Bamsebjoern]

My parents and grandparents lived in Otterup 😊

However, they mostly hail from southern Jylland.

Our family tree goes back, roughly, 1100 years. And at that point I guess, I can't talk to anyone without being related to them at some point 😅

[gwynethglas-brown]

Fantastic trip all round Absolutely breathtaking views. Tivoli is a really lovely park to visit i agree it can add up be expensive but again compared to our currency to theirs .
Copenhagen such a beautiful place, so is Helsingborg 😍. I am very sure you will be back at some point
Theres never enough time to see everything 😜.
Thank you for taking us along on your journey was such a joy to watch 🥰 take care

[lauritsthedk]

I didnt expect to see u guys going to otterup, thats very close to the town ive been living in most of my life "Lumby". I hope you guys liked it!

[jjivy]

Yall are amazing! Beautiful video and loving the storyline of family travel and seeking family history. Thanks for sharing!! Love from Texas ❣

[cynic]

0:25 Sounds like you did take ferry between Helsingborg (Sweden) and Helsingör (Denmark) and yes there it is common to enjoy the ferry ride to and from without leaving the ferry on the other side.

[MrJerrysp]

Thank you for that nice Video. I shame as german, I never have been in Denmark up to now, but it`s now of my to do list😃

[MyVirtualWalking]

Wow a great journey with so many stunning views 🎉😊.

[Aoderic]

Hi, about the last name "Christensen" there's about 110, 000 of them in Denmark. I'm one of them 😊
It's the 8th most common last name here, Jensen and Hansen being 1st and 2nd.
You aren't very likely to be related to many of them, one of the main reasons is that the "sen" names, the ones ending in sen, used to be paternalistic. So if a man was called Christen his son would be something like Hans Christensen, and his son might be Søren Hansen, and his son would be Peter Sørensen etc.