AND
The
Queen's Birthday in Denmark
“Margrethe,
Margrethe, come on out, or we will never go home!” call loyal
citizens of Denmark on their queen's birthday.
They
do this standing below the public balcony of the Royal Amalienborg
Palace. And sure enough, Queen Margrethe and a few members of her
family step out onto the balcony and greet the cheering crowd.
The
funny thing (to me) is that the tradition dictates that this happen
several times. After smiling and waving to the crowd, the queen will
go back inside. The crowd will make their traditional call again
(rather like calling to Rapunzel or Juliet, isn't it?), and she will
step out again—three or four times altogether.
Do
things Danish, today!
Porridge
for breakfast and open-faced sandwiches for lunch are some
popular meals. Meatballs and potato salad are popular
choices for dinner in Denmark.
Licorice fudge Licorice is a popular flavor for desserts—licorice ice cream, licorice chocolate, licorice fudge, licorice mints, and of course licorice candy. The Danes apparently especially like salty black licorice. (I'm thinking, “Salty??”) You probably cannot find all of these licorice treats in your local grocery store, but perhaps you can add some pieces of licorice to vanilla ice cream.
Play
Vikings. Play with Legos. Perhaps you can play Vikings WITH Legos!
- Here are instructions for creating a Viking ship out of a milk carton.
Do
some Danish-inspired folk art. Use paint or paper-cutting to create
symmetrical folk designs. Check out this
and that
and this other
websites for some ideas. (Scroll down at the last link.)
For
more Danish activities, check out this and this other earlier post.
Also
on this date:
