denmark - a sea nation
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Denmark as a sea nation told through geographical, cultural, and economic facts. Made by The Embassy of Denmark in Prague, Czech Republic. Join us at facebook.com/pragueemb.dkTRANSCRIPT
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
DID YOU KNOW …
THAT DENMARK HAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST COASTLINES
COMPARED TO THE SIZE OF A COUNTRY?
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7,500 KM OFDANISH COASTLINE…
… CORRESPONDS TO DRIVING FROM PRAGUE TO ARMENIA AND BACK!
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
HOW FAR CAN A PERSON
IN DENMARK BE FROM
THE OCEAN?
- SAME AS THE DISTANCE FROM PRAGUE TO MELNIK, CZECH REPUBLIC –
IS HOW FAR A PERSON IN DENMARK CAN BE FROM THE OCEAN
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50 KM
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
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VISIT KLITMØLLERTHE DANISH ‘COLD HAWAII’
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
SMALL TOWN ON THE DANISH WEST COAST
– AND ONE OF THE BEST (AND COLDEST)
SURFER LOCATIONS IN EUROPE
KLITMØLLER: ‘COLD HAWAII’
KLITMØLLER HOSTED THE SURFER’S WORLD CUP IN 2012
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
DENMARK’S BIGGEST, FLATTEST, AND WETTEST NATIONAL PARK
VADEHAVET – DANISH WADDEN SEA
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
TIDAL FLATS IN WESTERN DENMARK
THE SEAWATER IS CHANGED TWICE A DAY
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW TIDE
IS APPROX 1,5 METRES
VADEHAVET
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MAERSKTHE BIGGEST COMPANY IN DENMARK WITH MAIN FOCUS ON
SHIPPING (MAERSK LINE) AND
OIL AND GAS (MAERSK OIL AND MAERSK DRILLING)
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THE LARGEST CONTAINER SHIPPING COMPANY IN THE WORLD WITH MORE THAN 600 VESSELS
HAS JUST REACHED GREEN TARGET OF REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS BY 25 % FROM ITS BENCHMARK 2007 LEVELS
MAERSK LINE
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARKOFFSHORE WIND FARMS DENMARK IS FLAT, SURROUNDED BY SEA,
AND STRONG WINDS ARE COMMON.
THIS IS PERFECT WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR WINDMILLS
– OFTEN IN WIND FARMS
OFF THE COAST
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
2012: 30 % OF DENMARK’S ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION WAS COVERED BY WINDA LARGE CONTRIBUTOR WAS THE WIND FARM ‘HORNS REV 2’ WHERE
91 WINDMILLS PROVIDE ENERGY FOR 200.000 HOUSES – ANNUALLY!
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
THAT IN COPENHAGEN ZOO YOU CAN GET CLOSE TO A SWIMMING POLAR BEAR THROUGH NO MORE THAN A THICK WINDOW?
DID YOU KNOW …
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
YOU CAN WATCH THE POLAR BEARS OF COPENHAGEN ZOO SPLASH AND PLAY
OVER AND UNDERNEATH YOU
FROM A TUNNEL UNDER WATER
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
‘THE BLUE PLANET’
THE NEW DENMARK’S AQUARIUM WITH 20.000 SEA ANIMALS – RIGHT NEXT TO COPENHAGEN
AIRPORT AND OVERLOOKING THE BALTIC SEA
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
INSPIRED BY A MAELSTROM … THE DANISH CONNECTION TO SEA AND WIND WAS AN INSPIRATION FOR THE WHIRLPOOL-SHAPED DESIGN OF THE NEW DENMARK’S AQUARIUM
IT WILL BECOME NORTHERN EUROPE’S LARGEST AND MOST MODERN PUBLIC AQUARIUM AT ITS OPENING 22 MARCH 2013
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARKA SPECIAL DANISH TREAT: MUSSELS
UDENRIGSMINISTERIET, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF
DID YOU KNOW …
THAT IN DENMARK YOU’RE
ALLOWED TO COLLECT MUSSELS
AT THE BEACH AND EAT AS MANY
AS YOU LIKE – FOR FREE
DENMARK – A SEA NATION
COPENHAGEN HARBOUR IN WINTER