When is it cold in Denmark?
Nov 5th, 2007 by Peter
Answer: When the Chinese women starting 3 pair of pants.
Rrrr. Sexy…..
Actually this is the first year my wife hasn’t done that. Normally she would be wrapped like a early freaking Christmas gift this time of year. Somehow she bought my father’s theory that if you start; you can’t do with out the extra layers.
If you, on the other hand, try to do without them, you get used to it. Even though you may get cold legs, you won’t freeze as long as the rest of your body is kept warm.
I have practiced this all my life, so maybe that’s why she believe it. We’ll see in a month or so when the winter sets in for real.
In Germany (and I guess in Denmark, too), you don’t need to turn into a living onion once it gets cold. You go outside for a few minutes, but all shops, busses and offices are well heated, so you never have enough time in the cold to really freeze. That’s not working in Beijing, as I had to find out. I remember my first autumn/winter there when I visited my now mother-in-law wearing only light trousers. The heating period had not started yet (something I did not know of) and I sat opposite her at a table for at least two hours freezing before she realized I was not wearing five layers like she did. My fault!
You really have to wear long underwear in (North-)China, but I still don’t understand why they have to make them in “sexy” turquoise or pale pink instead of black or at least white?
Ahh… you’re absolutely correct. I forgot how China is late on heating up houses. never a problem here, and you are right about the busses and houses.
These days both my wife and I use our bicycles to work/school. For me it takes about 15-20 minutes, but my wife 10min more, so she is actually out there where it is freezing. Even a good ride on the bike can’t cure cold legs if you only wear 1 pair of pants, so I’m a bit proud of her giving it a go :-)
Yesterday she called her sister back in China and told her she only wore one pair of pants. Her sister were in disbelief. C tells me that her home city is about the same cold as here in Denmark atm., so it’s some achievement to C and her family.
I know all to well, and not very sexy with all those layers. However I do admit it being very practical in the cold Chinese winter without heating, but most of them really don’t understand how I can stay warm with only one pair of pants.
It must be rather cold back home in Denmark. Because it’s so long time since we got any news updates on this page that we might fear you have gone into hibernation. Or is life in Denmark just too boring during the winter half of the year – I almost forgot how dark it can be in the north during the winter.
It is :-)
haven’t got much to write about these days. Everytime I get an idea about things to write about, I’m nowhere near my computer and think I can remember it for later, but …. sigh. Old age is gaining on me.
Oh – I know the symptoms. Happens to me often also. Luckily though so much happens in my life (daugher 3 years) that I still have too much to write about.
well, i wanna do some homework before heading to Denmark. while i searched online that someone said no need to take thick clothes, my web friend who is from South areas of China said it is rather cold there. dont know whom to believe
Hi Amee,
Thanks for popping by.
Compared to most of China Denmark has different climate. Not sure any area of China is comparable. Denmark ranges from -10 to +25 degrees with some days or weeks colder or warmer. Winther is normally around 0 to -5, while a Danish summer is 18-25.
What cheats a bit is the climate. Denmark is surrounded by ocean, and this gives plenty of windy and rainy days. So suddenly the chill factor comes into account. So a day with 10 degrees can feel like 0.
Being close to the sea, also gives a pretty humid climate at times. This increases the chill factor, and also makes you break a sweat earlier than you would at the same temperature in f.ex. Beijing.
So some summerdays you can wear little clothes, while others may need a thin wind breaking jacket.
Hard to prepare for exactly. Depends on what time of the year you’re around :-)
Peter