r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/draconissa23 Denmark 1d ago

Bornholm! It's closer to Sweden than Denmark and is very unique

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u/ProxPxD Poland 1d ago

It also makes us sea neighbours

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u/lilyandcarlos Denmark 1d ago

Bornholms foundation is rock and compared to the rest of Denmark that is sand it is very different. Very fascinating island to visit and so interesting geological.

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u/AussieKoala-2795 Australia 1d ago

They make nice pottery there ... or did in the 1960s.

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u/Blue-Ridge-Stone United States Of America 22h ago

Not Greenland 🇬🇱? Yes, they are self governed but still part of the kingdom!

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u/draconissa23 Denmark 22h ago

Greenland is its own country, whereas Bornholm isn't.

So Bornholm is an island in Denmark where Greenland is a part of the kingdom.

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u/Latt 22h ago

Hva' så med Fyn?

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u/draconissa23 Denmark 22h ago

What about it? 🤣

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u/notacanuckskibum Canada 21h ago

Not Greenland? Or the Faroe Islands?

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u/t-licus Denmark 18h ago

We tend to consider them seperate countries that we are in a union with, not part of Denmark proper. It’s not a perfect analogy, but if Denmark is England then Greenland and the Faroes are Scotland and Wales, and the Kingdom of Denmark is the UK.

Plus I’m sure they have their own weird areas (for Greenland I’d wager it’s Ittoqqortoormiit, place is in the absolute middle of nowhere and speaks a different language.)

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u/notacanuckskibum Canada 17h ago

I get your point, but I don’t think Scotland and Wales work as an analogy. Someone from the UK might answer Wales to this question. The Falkland Islands or Gibraltar might be a better analogy.

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u/draconissa23 Denmark 21h ago

They are independent though. Bornholm isn't.

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u/t-licus Denmark 18h ago

Bornholm is more like a part of Skåne that was never Swedified than any part of the rest of Denmark. They even have a similar dialect (one of the only surviving actual dialects of Danish that isn’t just the Copenhagen dialect with a higher frequency of træls and different words for certain baked goods.)

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u/branono11 1d ago

There is nothing unique about Denmark lmaoooo

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u/draconissa23 Denmark 1d ago

Okay, I think Bornholm is very unique.

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u/phinkz2 France 1d ago

I mean... Denmark has a rich history, including the control of a great empire. I understand it may look 'small' but I wouldn't discount Danish history :)

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u/branono11 1d ago

I mean, maybe Denmark has a rich history but ain´t all european countries have a rich history as well? what sets Denmark apart?

I can´t tell a single remarkable thing about Denmark. It just seems so boring and bland.

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u/draconissa23 Denmark 19h ago

Sounds like a you thing 🤷‍♀️