Denmark Zoe Byham 3P

Continent: Europe Bordering Country: Germany Geography: Denmark is made up of 482 island . It is a peninsula coming out of Germany. Map Courtesy of: World Book Online Water Bodies: Atlantic Ocean North Sea Baltic Sea Climate: It is usually gets about 32 degrees in winter, but in the summer is 63. Map Courtesy of World Book Online:

Capital City: Copenhagen Cities in Denmark Capital City: Copenhagen Photo Courtesy of World Book Online Jutland, Arhus, Alborg, and Odense.

The population of Denmark is 5,570,000 people. The Danish People RELIGION Many people in Denmark are Lutheran, Protestant Denomination, Jews, Roman Cathlic, and Muslims. The population of Denmark is 5,570,000 people. LANGUAGE Danish FOOD Bacon Ham Danish Butter Cheese Fish RECREATION Soccer Rowing Archery Diving Amusement Park

Holiday Traditions Did you know that Denmark has holidays that we have like feast before fasting! It is the same thing as Mardi Gras , but in Denmark they may a way bigger dell out of it. In America not a lot of people celebrate Mardi Gras, but in Denmark almost everyone celebrates it! there the kids dress up in costumes, like Halloween. They ask for buns or money when they go to peoples doors. one day before it is lent the parents give them branches , to decorate with the things they got the days before. The morning before lent the kids wake up their snoring parents by shaking the covers like a rattlesnake shakes its rattle . They also throw costume parties where they have a piñata made of a barrel filled with candy. I wish I lived in Denmark!