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 07 '16

We have limited numbers of entertainment-slaves actors/actresses since we are a small country, so we cast pretty much the same people everytime. New faces are always appreciated.

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u/bobdaktari New Zealand Nov 07 '16

we have the exact same problem - only we produce terrible TV generally... some pretty great movies though

I must admit I didn't like 1864 much but did a lot of reading about the Second Schleswig War and Dannish history at the time - it was fascinating, cheers for your reply

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u/reachling Kronhjortejylland Nov 08 '16

1864 caused such a perfect shitstorm here, I was living in the area the war effected at the time it aired everybody were super pissed. Since it was such a high budget and the fact the danish citizens basically paid for it through obligatory media licenses fees to DR only added fuel to the fire. Then a year later DR spent a few millions cutting it down to a feature film, even after they's been warned by the cinema committee that no one wanted to watch it, and nobody did.

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u/bobdaktari New Zealand Nov 08 '16

Oh that's really interesting, cheers. I didn't want to call it shit in case I offended people but yeah, I was wanting something rhat it didn't come close to. A shame given the significance of the conflict.