50 Differences

1. no one says bless you after you sneeze.
2. they serve alcohol at school parties.
3. every party has a pre party (a warm up as they call it).
4. you take off your shoes at the front entrance.
5. real strong black, salty licorice is VERY popular here.
6. carrots everywhere, its the main snack and in every food.
7. every single bakery is delicious, even the gas stations.
8. you call your teachers by their first names.
9. "fuck" and other very bad cuss words are natural emphasis words here, appropriate to use in school and in front of adults, no repercussions.
10. kids are trusted and have a lot of responsibility so when you do something wrong you suffer the consequences and just deal with it, theres no guilt tripping and dwelling. whats done is done.
11. hygge.
12. everything costs money including ketchup at mcdonalds and water everywhere else.
13. theres no saying excuse me here.
14. medical care is free and so is dental care under the age of 18.
15. public transportation is god's best gift.
16. riding bikes is completely normal and for all ages, starting at about 3.
17. training wheels before 3/5. we have training wheels from 5 to 8.
18. stoplights: red for stop, red then yellow then green for go not red yellow green.
19. you eat all food with a fork and knife, everything.
20. they dont raise their hand in class they raise one finger.
21. everyone participates in class and is eager to learn because it is not the law to go to high school.
22. you stay with the same class, all day every day.
23. no tipping at restaurants unless you are feeling generous.
24. everything is very expensive but they also learn double what our minimum wage is.
25. no one likes peanut butter.
26. brown bread is very very popular.
27. a lot more liberal here.
28. people are very closed-off and soft spoken at first.
29. they love obama.
30. you can smoke in some cafes.
31. they have a smoking section at school and EVERYONE smokes in between every class.
32. school schedules are very different, they are all online and constantly changing.
33. teachers just leave you alone in a classroom and expect you to do your work.
34. everyone brings their laptop to school.
35. school is based on personal choice to learn and responsibility. you dont turn in assignments besides projects and specific homework or tests.
36. they speak danish, not dutch but EVERYONE knows english.
37. h&m's are everywhere.
38. everything is closed on sundays except for the first sunday of every month.
39. everything closes early (6/7)
40. everyone dresses up to school and no matter what everyone looks very presentable. it looks like everyone (boys and girls) just walked out of vogue.
41. you wear heels and nice dresses to parties.
42. drinking age is 16.
43. its 100% legal to drink in public.
44. people either have the most high tech phones (iphones) or the crappiest, low tech phones. there is no in between.
45. detention is a myth here.
46. there is no gummy worms or sour patch kids or chocolate pudding or peanut butter and jelly or grilled cheese or s'mores or graham crackers or macaroni and cheese.
47. will ferrel is not a hilarious genius here. (most people havnt seen step brothers or anchorman)
48. no censorship.
49. no thanksgiving.
50. all cars are manual, its rare to find automatic.
51. Christina loves tara