Denmark itself is indeed pretty flat, with a maximum elevation of 171 m. Belonging to Denmark though we have the Faroe islands (max elevation 880 meter) and Greenland (3694 meter).
So the highest mountain in Denmark is in Greenland.
Denmark. DeNederlands. The surname Daane (meaning from Denmark) is common in Zeeland, NL. My cousin thought our great-great grandparents came from Denmark and not Gelderland, NL. Maybe the two nations should just merge.
Could be. Sjaelland/Zeeland is, apart from being a Dutch province, also an area in Denmark, btw. That’s the island where Copenhagen is. But Daane is indeed also a Dutch name. If we were to merge we’d also need to conquer part of Germany, though. That will probably not happen😁
Netherlands and Denmark share a taste for odd salty licorice. So there’s that.
dubbel zout! Prima!
We grew up getting salmiakki every year at Christmas from mom’s Finnish friends. I still love the stuff but friends who have tried it think I’m insane.
Heksehyl!
Salmiakki! Apart from licorice, a very yummy, very nasty alcoholic beverage.
I struggle with how weird time zones are. So I loved Munro’s map of what the world would look like if countries were where their time zones said they were.
That’s a good one.
He should do one for state-provincial timezones in North America. They’re not quite as distorted as countries, but still not well aligned with the nominal zones.
I’m in the Cleveland area, and my financial advisor is in Atlanta. She keeps thinking I’m in the Central time zone, even though I’m farther east than she is.
Atlanta’s location is exactly what makes it such an excellent location for an airline hub. It is within about two hours flying time from nearly all the of the eastern half of the US.
This. Most of what’s now in the Eastern time zone belongs in Central. etc.
About 90% of the whining we get at each DST changeover date is not because of DST; it’s because you’re already in the wrong timezone and the DST change just makes it screamingly obvious instead of only very obvious.
I’ve thought about posting a rant thread on this, but absent taking the effort to draw & post my own map to show where the TZ boundaries ought to be, the conversation would confuse more people than it would enlighten.
A friend in Bangkok told me that a Thai, upon learning my friend was from Australia, complimented him on his good English. The best my friend could figure was the Thai had confused Australia and Austria.
I keep forgetting where Switzerland and the Netherlands are. No idea why; I can just never remember (maybe because they’re pretty small compared to other countries).
Extend the vertical lines at the top, and you can see where North American time zone boundaries should be. In general - they have been shifted too far west. Extreme example - Juneau (Alaska panhandle) and Attu (Alaska - in the Aleutian islands) are at roughly the same latitude, but today the sun rises two hours later in Attu (can you picture a 10:29 am sunrise and 6:45 pm sunset in the winter? It also means 7 am sunrises and midnight sunsets in the summer.) https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/US-timezone_map.htm
Blame Mercator again - Algeria and DR Congo are both bigger than Greenland, and Saudi Arabia comes close.
You think that is weird, try the other end. Just take it north: it kind of teases at the Washington coast, showing you the actual ocean for a relatively short stretch about 80 miles north of Aberdeen, then cuts in toward Forks and Port Angeles. Keep following the road in the same direction and you will end up on 101 south headed toward Olympia. I am not sure where the north/south designation changes.