What better way to learn about Denmark and/or Danish than to view some videos about the country itself… if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is surely worth a million.

This first video is amazing. Who knew that the Danes were the very happiest people on earth? Watch the clip and it is certain to put a smile on your face and make you want to pack your raincoat and head to Denmark!

No, it’s not a quirk. Over the past 30 years, in survey after survey Denmark has consistently come out on the top of the list of places where people are the happiest. See Hugh Downs tell the story on 60 minutes in the video below!

Since this page is a resource for the Danish language, here is a short introductory video regarding the Danish written language. This could be useful for a librarian who needs to identify texts, or even for a linguistics student who might wish to pick up a pointer or two.

A bit of the history of Danish, in video:

A bit of Danish humor (in English).