Spring has come to Denmark, and even indoor fanatics can’t help noticing that leaves are sprouting and flowers opening… The boring winter country has been magically transformed into a wonderful garden. Knowing the names of some of the most typicalblomster(flowers) andtræer(trees) will never be as relevant as right now:
Vintergækker.
Vintergækker(snowdrops, literally ”winter jesters”) are some of the very first flowers to appear on thegræsplæner(grass lawns).
Next in line are the violet/yellow/whitekrokus(crocus) and the yellowerantis(winter aconite).
Bøgen(the beech) is Denmark’s nationaltræ(tree). It’s mentioned in the country’s national anthem,”Der er et yndigt land”(”There is a lovely country”), in the lines:
Vort gamle Danmark skal bestå
så længe bøgen spejler
sin top i bølgen blå
Our old Denmark will remain
as long as the beech mirrors
its top in the blue wave
Indeed, walking (or running!) in askov(forest) full ofnyudsprungne bøge(beeches with new leaves) is one of the most refreshing things you can do in Denmark. Theblade(leaves) can be eaten as salad while they’re stilllysegrøn(light green).
Nyudsprungne bøgetræer. New beech leaves in a Danish forest.
Mellem bøgene(between the beeches),på skovbunden(on the forest floor), you may be lucky to see the lovely, star-shapedanemoner(anemones). 99 % of them arehvid(white), but in a few places you can catch a glimpse of ablå anemone(blue anemone).
If you walk orcykler(ride your bike) through a typical Danishvillakvarter(residential neighboorhood), there is a chance that you’ll catch the sweetduft(fragrance) of the snowykirsebærblomster(cherry flowers) in bloom on thekirsebærtræer.
In case you feel like sitting down in thegræs(grass), I wouldn’t be surprised if you could already spot a fewtusindfryd(daisies, literally ”thousand joys”), the typical Danish summer flowers. Withklimaforandringerne(the Climate Changes), you just never know!
Tusindfryd.
