202 1 Detailed Introduction to Studying in Denmark
Clothing, food, shelter and mode of travel
I. Clothing
The average temperature in Denmark is around 20℃ a year, and there is not much weather at 30℃, and it is rarely below zero. Generally speaking, the living environment is quite suitable, and everyone's clothes are basically comfortable. You don't have to take a lot of clothes.
Usually, clothes can be purchased when the seasons change, so that you can enjoy a great discount, and it is best to get a credit card and swipe it to get a discount. Finally, pay more attention to the preferential information of shopping malls and learn to use online shopping.
Second, food.
In order to adapt to the western dining habits in Denmark, everyone lives here, and most of them are exposed to western food every day, such as salad, hamburgers, noodles, bread, pizza and so on. Rice is relatively rare and the price is generally more expensive.
But if you choose to cook by yourself, the cost will be much lower, but you should pay attention to the use of open kitchen; You can also go to the supermarket to buy semi-finished products, and you only need to process them a little when you go home, so you can eat them.
Third, live.
Student apartments are the first choice because they are convenient, fast, safe and cheap, but there are few places; For students with poor self-care ability, you can also consider boarding, and local families can provide you with better life services.
Of course, the most cost-effective thing is sharing. You can rent an apartment with several classmates or friends, so that everyone can share all the daily expenses including rent and leave a lot of money.
Fourth, ok
Here, sidewalks and bicycle lanes are separated. Although bus lanes are not wide, most of them are single lanes, so you will feel particularly safe and you don't have to worry about grabbing lanes when driving.
However, public transport fares are not cheap. Liu Xusheng people under the age of 26 can buy a Youth Pass, and two or more people can buy an Economy Pass when traveling together. The price is much cheaper, so learn effective ways to save money.
Food sharing
First, from morning till night: alternating hot and cold
Most Danish families have very regular eating habits. Breakfast is eaten at home, including cold meal and hot coffee or tea. Lunch is eaten in the company or school, mainly cold meals; Family dinner is a real main meal, mainly hot dishes. Dinner is very important for Danes, and it is also a social occasion. Some people will also add a snack in the afternoon or before going to bed.
Breakfast includes all kinds of bread, supplemented by butter, cheese, sausage slices, cold meat and so on. Office workers usually have a light meal, which may be a multi-layered Danish sandwich or a fast food.
Dinner in the evening often has only one main course, and the common "appetizers" in western food are sometimes replaced by desserts, ice cream and fruits, while beer and liquor are the most common alcoholic beverages. Many Danish families still follow the fine tradition of parents cooking together and pass on family cooking skills to their children.
Second, the devil's sun
As mentioned above, cold food plays an important role in Danish food culture. Some people think that this is because Denmark has a cold climate and the earth is a natural freezer. Ingredients can often be kept fresh for a long time, and heating is too cumbersome. Or the ancient Vikings didn't have time to cook with fire when they were fighting, migrating or hunting at sea, so they developed a unique habit of cold meals or even raw food. Whatever the reason, many similar dishes remain in Danish cuisine today, some are mouth-watering and some are slightly exotic.
Chop raw beef into mud, put a raw egg yolk on it, mix well with the meat, dig it down with a spoon and eat it bit by bit-this dish may sound tasteless, but it is a representative of raw food in Denmark. Because of its shape and color, the Danes gave it a very vivid name "Devil Sun".
Aside from the taste, the "devil's sun" itself looks very good. Bright red raw beef with golden yolk does have a delicious feeling, but I'm afraid China people's spleen and stomach are hard to digest. Although you may not eat raw meat, Danes can learn more about their love for fresh vegetables and fruits.
Cold sliced meat and seafood salad are also very popular in Denmark. All kinds of classic cold meals come together, which is the famous "cold meal" in Denmark-cold meal buffet. Eating less oil and salt may be the secret of keeping them healthy.
Third, pork balls.
Pork is the most consumed meat in Denmark. Danish housewives are definitely experts in cooking pork. After all, the two famous dishes entering the international market are all made of pork. In addition to the "normal" crispy roast pork, Frikadeller is a famous Danish meatball with various styles and a little Viking style.
Unlike roast pork, Danish meatballs are rough in all aspects. It is very big, if compared with Chinese food, it usually reaches the size of a lion's head; The stuffing can be pure meat, but onions, eggs and milk should also be added to the pork, and then fried in a pot with big oil or butter and olive oil; As a main course, it is usually eaten with steamed potatoes and broth containing beetroot and carrot pieces.
Moreover, in Denmark, which advocates cold meals, this dish, which should be eaten while it is hot, sometimes needs to be cooled. These characteristics make this ordinary home-cooked dish in other places seem a bit heavy. See if you can bear it.
Fourth, Danish fish meal.
It is said that relying on mountains to eat mountains and relying on water to eat water. Rich marine resources make Denmark a big seafood cooking country, with a wide variety of "fish meals".
Herring itself is a cold-water deep-sea fish, which is rich in fat and has high nutritional value. Chinese medicine even uses herring as medicine, thinking that it has the effect of tonifying deficiency and reducing swelling. However, because the Nordic people invented the method of pickling and fermentation since ancient times, they did not cook, roast or fry, but left the seasoning process to nature, which turned herring into one of the most notorious seafood in the world.
Although the appearance and taste of salted herring are amazing, it is very convenient to eat, cheap, and rich in calcium and vitamin D (because you don't have to vomit), so it is very popular in Denmark.
If the smell of herring bothers you, start with "boiled cod in mustard sauce". Cut fresh cod rich in Danish waters into pieces, cook with white water, and add mustard sauce to remove the residual fishy smell of cod itself.
Five, black bread
Black bread, or rye bread, has a special name "Rugbr" in Denmark? D "is the most common staple food in Denmark, especially breakfast. In addition to the common rye grain, the raw materials used in Danish black bread also include various seeds, such as flaxseed, sunflower seed and pumpkin seed, which makes its taste subtly different from the black bread we usually eat.
Fermentation process is very important in making brown bread, and yeast can't keep fresh for a long time. Therefore, it is time for Danish bakers to bake the dough with the most suitable expansion volume while the dough is fresh, so as to learn the basic skills. The trick of some old shops is to add a little beer when making.
Rye bread is very popular and enduring in Denmark, mainly because of its low sugar content or even no sugar at all, which conforms to the healthy eating concept advocated by Danes. Therefore, when making authentic Danish open sandwiches, you should also use slices of this bread instead of white bread.