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Ruth MottramSome non-Danish colleagues yesterday were talking about how strange it is in Denmark that you can always see the horizon, there are no mountains in the background.
That's definitely only partly true, but on the other hand we have incredible clouds.
Simon Brooke@Ruth_Mottram as a Scot (who has visited Denmark, but fifty years ago), I cannot really imagine how this feels.
Ciara@Ruth_Mottram Until I read this, this realisation hadn't struck me - the 'why' of why clouds are a constant spectacle here. Just yesterday, we were commenting on how 'architectural' the afternoon clouds were, almost fake-looking enormous eclectic ever-changing shapes and types in every direction as far as the eye could see, and yet that's not uncommon.
Pepijn@CiaraNi As so often the people growing up with it are the last to notice!
I've been wondering if it also makes for a genuine trope in literary about certain regions. In Dutch language books about the north of the Netherlands it's almost a guarantee "towering spectacular clouds" (surprisingly often in a "man/men is/are beholden to god" way) are mentioned. Same (minus the religion it seems ;-)) for Danish books about Jutland, and novels featuring the US mid-west.
On that, here's a book recommendation: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/112987900233363481 ;-)
Pepijn (@[email protected])
@[email protected] I did not realise it went that fast. Impressive! Somewhat on topic: if you read Dutch or German (afaik there's no English translation) you might enjoy the book De Graanrepubliek / Das Getreideparadies. It's a (Dutch) classic epic documentary style book on how small grain based empires were created in the expansive fertile polders in the Dutch north. And how that shaped the first european agricultural policies. https://www.frankwesterman.nl/translations/german @[email protected]
@Pepijn Thanks :-) @Ruth_Mottram
@Pepijn @Ruth_Mottram I think it would qualify as a trope right enough - I've noticed it particularly in literary fiction about the US mid-west, all the big skies and big clouds.
FranzHohler@Ruth_Mottram and always big, endless skies!
Niels Chr. NielsenMaybe the reason that we like to talk so much about the weather, to such a degree that many are amateur meteorologists.
@NiChNi Denmark's meteorological society (which I sit on the board of), has in fact the most members per capita of any European met society in fact...
Klaus Vink Slott@Ruth_Mottram
Reminds me of when we had a family visit at our summerhouse at Møn. They were from Norway and we showed them around at Møn. First at Møns Klint and they were mildly impressed, but then we drove to the bird watch tower at Nyord where there's absolutely flat landscape for miles and miles and they went completely mind blown. They had never seen anything like that before.
Reminds me of when we had a family visit at our summerhouse at Møn. They were from Norway and we showed them around at Møn. First at Møns Klint and they were mildly impressed, but then we drove to the bird watch tower at Nyord where there's absolutely flat landscape for miles and miles and they went completely mind blown. They had never seen anything like that before.