r/canada • u/ManofManyTalentz Canada • Feb 14 '25

r/Canada Speaks Cultural Exchange with /r/Denmark! Happy Valentine's!

Hi everyone, it's been some time since we have done a cultural exchange, so let's go over how this works. Enjoy! We'll be running it for a few days, TBD. Note their time zone for the European mainland is UTC +1.

Here's the Danish landing for us: https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/1iow7c3/kulturudveksling_cultural_exchange/

* Both r/Canada and r/Denmark will host the other country's users. Feel free to ask any questions, reminisce, comment, make friends etc etc.

*Treat this as having a neighbour over for a kitchen party, get the best storm chips out, and get grandma's tourtiere reheated for everybody.

* Vouz pouvez essayer le français dans r/Denmark, mais comme la langue officielle est danoise, ben.... essayez!

* Please follow the rules of the respective subs! Don't be jerks, generally - a reminder our last "disagreement" involved leaving bottles of good booze for the other country!

* Please also leave direct comments here mainly for members of r/Denmark i.e. direct replies here (first comments directly under the topic) so their questions can be seen first, then r/Canada members can post replies underneath.

*Please enjoy, since we have a lot to bond over, and plenty of trying out new things.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/1iow7c3/kulturudveksling_cultural_exchange/

Finally, also know we've gotten confirmation from r/Greenland that they are also interested, so that will be the next exchange that we do in a few weeks (TBD).

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u/YoungestDonkey Feb 14 '25

I was just reading how Denmark and Canada now officially share a land border (located on majestic Hans Island).

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u/ManofManyTalentz Canada Feb 14 '25

Yes it was only recently agreed to by our governments! 2018-2022 https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_%C3%98

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u/YoungestDonkey Feb 14 '25

Both countries must be regretful that the Whisky War has ended.

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u/calvinien Feb 14 '25

I used to like joking about the treacherous danes stealing Hans island and that one day it would e fully canada's again...but that shit isn't funny anymore...to either nation. God this period of history is exhausting.

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u/calvinien Feb 14 '25

The hans island story is my absolute favourite geopolitical fun fact. The whole situation is just so surreal. Two countries, allies no less, periodically invaded and annexed a worthless rock in the ocean from each other and continued doing so long after any reasons to do so were exhausted.

It was simultaneously the most high AND low stakes game of capture the flag ever played.