Danish and European stereotypes

Danish and European stereotypes

On the 10.02.2010 we had a lesson called "Danish and European stereotypes",we discussed about what we tought about Denmark before we came at this Ersamus.

What I thought about Denmark before I came here:

Firstly, I have to admit that I had not a lot of ideas of what it would be like, I was excited to go in a foreign country where I only new very little about the country and the culture, so I didn't have so much special expectations our ideas.
Indeed, mostly when you try to imagine how it's going to be, you are usually disappointed, I wanted to discover everything in Denmark and I'm not disappointed at all!

But of course I had a few ideas and images, what I thought about Denmark before I my Ersamus:

1. I had read a article about the Danish happiness. So I though everybody was always happy, all the time. I thought it was like a perfect country in all the fields, but I realise that it takes sometimes a long time to be get treatments when you are ill, which is important problem to me, my country is performant for that point.
It's true that people are simling much more, they look more confident and satisfied about their life (even little job's).

2. I thought it will be a very ugly country, because it's flat country (if there is a ugly building you see it from far away like in Flandres)and I thought there will be windmills everywhere (and I think that's really ugly, in my opinion it destroys the landscape) but I haven't seen any (they are more near the sea). In reality the buildings are quite nice and there are a lot of fields and there aren't as much houses as in Belgium, the town is pedestrianized, the houses are mostly colorful.

3. I thought Denmark liked his royal family a lot, but I didn't imagine that it was that much (nearly in every lesson, we talk once about them) for me it's very surprising, when you compare to Belgium, where we use to make fun and destroy our royal family daily.


Belgian stereotypes

I'm Belgian because:

1. I don't take myself seriously. I easily make fun of myself.

2. I always criticize the chocolate, chips and beer of other countries. When I leave my country for a while, I've always a stock of Belgian chocolate in my suitcase. I always eat my chips with mayonnaise.

3. When I travel more than a hour, it's already a long trip.