Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Up with Geography: Denmark

Country Name:
Denmark

Capital:
Copenhagen

Continent:
Europe

Maps:
European continent. Denmark outlined poorly
in dark ink.

A close-up of Denmark.

Neighbors:
Germany

Water Borders:
North Sea, Skagerrak (strait), Kattegat (sea), Bay of Mecklenburg, Baltic Sea

Total Area:
16,562 square miles; Denmark has two overseas territories (Greenland & Faroe Islands) that I'm not including in its total area

Five Largest Cities:
Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg, Frederiksberg

Famous Geographical Point:
Limfjord

Famous Person:
Niels Bohr, physicist (recipient of the 1922 Nobel Prize for Physics)

Book Set In/About:
Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness by Marie Tourell Søderberg

I'm having a hard time putting into words what hygge is, so here is the Wiki page about it. I find it both fascinating & awesome and I totally want to read this book

Movie Set In/About:
"Jagten (The Hunt)" (2012), directed by Thomas Vinterberg

A young child's lie threatens to ruin the life of a dedicated teacher.

Headline of the Day:
"Apple Will Build a Second Data Center in Denmark" on BetaNews.

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