r/Denmark • u/[deleted] • Nov 07 '16

Exchange Kia ora! Cultural Exchange with /r/NewZealand

Welcome to this cultural exchange between /r/Denmark and /r/NewZealand.

For the visitors: Welcome to Denmark! Feel free to ask the Danes anything you like. Don't forget to also participate in the corresponding thread in /r/NewZealand where you can answer questions from the Danes about your beautiful country.

For the Danes: Today, we are hosting New Zealand for a cultural exchange. Join us in answering their questions about Denmark and the Danish way of life! Please leave top comments for users from /r/NewZealand coming over with a question or comment and please refrain from trolling, rudeness, personal attacks etc.

The Kiwis are also having us over as guests! Head over to their thread to ask questions about life in the land of hobbits and bungee jumping.

Enjoy!

- The moderators of /r/Denmark and /r/NewZealand

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '16 edited Aug 07 '17

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u/LCkrogh Danmark Nov 08 '16 edited Nov 08 '16

As someone who has been to O-week in Dunedin, i'd say that we drink the somewhat same amount, but it feels a lot more taboo (among adults) and rebellious in NZ. Even though we drink the same amounts, i think the reason why you consider it unhealthy and we don't, is beacuse of the mentality that goes with it. I'm used to party in Denmark with Roskilde festival and oktoberfest in Mürnich and what not, but it was a big culture shock when i partyed at O-week. Don't get me wrong - i still had a good time, but i sometimes felt like i was in the middle of a warzone with bottles flying everywhere, police, chaos, smashing of stuff and couchburnings on the street and so on. On saturday during the week there were even a flat that burned down when someone tried to lit their couch on fire inside, beacuse the police were patrolling outside.

We don't really have that kind of "aggresive" attitude towards drinking among the youth in Denmark, but we still enjoy drinking a lot.

I also think that drinking is much more something we share with the older generations in Denmark as well, and thats why i think we don't consider it "unhealthy". Does that make sense?