#danish stuff

[vikingqueer]

this close to the solstice, nighttime truly is so weird. it doesn't get truly dark until 11 pm and it's light again by 4 am. what a phenomenon that summer is.

[spectralarchers]

Help the world's oldest comic book store survive ❤️

Fantask, the oldest still active comic book shop in the heart of Copenhagen, is on the verge of closure here on the first of March.

They've been selling comic books since 1971.

Here's some historical pictures, including a visit by Will Eisner and Stan Lee, to the shop, which is still the same location as in 1971 when it opened:

You can help them survive by ordering comic books (in English!) here:

Verdens ældste nulevende tegenseriebutik. Åbnede d. 22. oktober 1971

From January 1st and until February 28th, they are also having a 50% sale on all comic books pre-2022 in loose issues (all costing around 30-40-50 DKK), which means I just managed to get 48 missing Hawkeye comics home for half what I was expecting it to cost - and I helped preserve comic book history ❤️

Explore the shop through Google Maps:

Fantask · Sankt Peders Stræde 18, 1453 København K

★★★★★ · Comic book store

They ship worldwide, but they don't have an actual shipping cost available outside of Denmark when checking out. You can contact them at their socials listed at the bottom of the page for inquiry.

If you want to support, even if you don't want to buy anything, you can buy a gift card as a 'donation' here*:

50 DKK (7.2 USD) gift card

100 DKK (14.4 USD) gift card

150 DKK (21.6 USD) gift card

200 DKK (28.8 USD) gift card

300 DKK (43.2 USD) gift card

400 DKK (57.6 USD) gift card

500 DKK (72 USD) gift card

600 DKK (86.4 USD) gift card

700 DKK (100.8 USD) gift card

800 DKK (115.2 USD) gift card

900 DKK (129.6 USD) gift card

1000 DKK (144 USD) gift card

Please help them survive.

(*Danish tax authorities won't accept a regular crowd funding campaign on GoFundMe or other due to regulations on white washing in Denmark, so a gift card is the best way to support the business).

//

Fantask skal reddes - og samler du på tegneserier, så kan du være med!

De har nemlig 50% på alle tegneserier (blade, ikke hæfter) her i januar & februar, så står du og mangler nogle til samlingen, så er det nu, du skal slå til.

Jeg har lige fået bestilt 48 Hawkeye blade jeg manglede til samlingen, som ellers bare stod på en liste til 'når jeg var forbi en tegneseriebutik'.

Hjælp den ældste tegneseriebutik i verden med at overleve ❤️

[louistonehill]

15 & 26 for the asks? 🌚

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

Hmmm I know there are some but my mind is blank at the moment xD whoops

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

I have a lot of angry things to say about any anglophone culture using Asetro/nordic mythology in any way tbh. Either it's the insulting garbage that is Marvel's portrayal, some queer US American claiming Tor is gay when he's always the butt of queer jokes for being so heteronormative, or it's some Brit on the BBC referring to vikings as mindless barbarians.

The spirit of it is ours and I've yet to see it being portrayed or treated faithfully. It's as bad as new-age people claiming they comprehend buddhist thought

Other than that you're free to adopt Mads Mikkelsen you all seem to like him so much xD

[official-rolli-und-rita]

Once again explaining to danes that risalamande is not an old french traditional christmas dessert and to my knowledge exists exclusively in denmark

[falskogfej]

Rødt Frederiksberg for første gang?? HOLY shit

[fancymuffins-and-wannabecakes]

Denmark wins the 27th Men’s Handball World Championship in Egypt 

DK also won the 26th World Championship in 2019, making them world champions twice in a row

Tillykke Danmark! 

[thevikingwoman]

Sorry @scharoux​, I lost your ask! (after I wrote it up) thank you for the ask :)

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

I already answered this here! 

for sweets I really like æbleskiver, y a Danish holiday bake item. They are mostly like spherical pancakes and you eat them with jam and powdered sugar. 

10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language? 

Most Danish swear words are religiously profane, which is not terribly exciting, but you tend to string them together for nice long sentence, such as

For een i Satan i hede hule helvede 

(for one in Satan in hot, hollow hell)

I also like the word eddermameme, which I think is just nonsense? but added for emphasis. 

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

Beer, which I’m not particularly fond of. 

[hikingofthenoldor]

Why do I have to read 40+ pages about Swedish in Swedish for my Danish class? I would have appreciated an introduction to Swedish in a language that I actually speak, but no.