The event
This is a simple meet and greet to welcome Lyngerup.dk to Ireland and share stories, bugs, coins and caching adventures between Ireland and Denmark. It will take place in the Red Cow Moran Hotel on Thursday 25th July from 7:30pm. We'll have an area booked for the evening in the Cocktail Bar... go in the main entrance of the hotel and immediately turn left. Plenty of drinks will be available (its a bar after all) and there will be some food served that we can partake in if desired. Remember, it's an international meet and greet, so bring that geocoin collection for discovery! The event location is served well by roads, being nearby (although pleasantly far away from) the busiest junction in the country. There is ample parking onsite and the Luas Red Line passes right outside the venue for those taking public transport. So now you have no excuses. Come meet the Danish!
Mød danskerne på "Den Røde Ko" - Whats that?
It means "Meet the Danish at the Red Cow". Or so I'm told by our visitors. I don't know a word of Danish, so it could of course be VERY rude ;)
Here are some random facts about Denmark that I found online... to encourage you to attend this event!
Danish men marry the oldest of all Europeans - at 32 years old in average.
There are 443 named islands in Denmark, 76 of which are inhabited.
The flag of Denmark, Dannebrog, is the oldest state flag in the world still in use by an independent nation. It was adopted in 1219.
The country's average height above sea level is only 31 metres and the highest natural point is Møllehøj, at 170.86 metres.
Separate studies have ranked Danish people as the happiest in the EU (2007 Cambridge University study), and happiest people in the world (2006 Leicester University study) or 2nd happiest in the world (World Database of Happiness 2000-2009).
Danish people have the lowest income inequality in the world, with a Gini index of 24.7 in 1997.
The World Audit ranks Denmark as the world's most democratic and least corrupted country in 2008. It is also second for freedom of press.
A 2007 UNICEF report on child well-being in rich countries ranked Denmark as the 3rd best country overall after the Netherlands and Sweden.
Denmark has had no less than 14 Nobel laureates, including 4 in Literature, 5 in Physiology or Medicine, and one Peace prize. With its population of about 5 million, it is one of the highest per capita ratio of any country in the world.
According to the WHO (2002 stats), Danish women have the lowest incidence of obesity in the EU.
Hope to see you all there! (At the event location, not in the country!)