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  1. Und schon haben wir wieder den Wendepunkt des Jahres...
    #Mittsommer #Sommersonnenwende #Midsommar
    oder wie auch immer das Fest dort wo ihr lebt auch genannt wird.

    Ich denke an diesem Tag gerne zurück an den Urlaub vor zwei Jahren in #Dänemark
    Wir durften hier gemeinsam mit vielen anderen Menschen #SanktHans in #Skagen feiern.

    Ein Abend, der immer in Erinnerung bleiben wird. 🥰

  2. We went to see the bonfire at a Danish midsummer celebration (Sankt Hans), the first one I've attended with my children.

    As we were leaving, I was delighted to note the cargo bikes parked around the area. It must have been ~100 bikes, this is just a small selection.

    #cargobike #biketooter #Copenhagen #Amager #Ørestad #midsummer #SanktHans

  3. June 23rd. Sankt Hans Aften. The night Denmark gathers around bonfires. Preferably on the beach, if there’s one nearby. In Denmark, there usually is. Someone makes a speech. Someone hands out the words to the Midsummer song ‘We Love Our Country’ even though it’s 138 years old so we should know it by now. Everyone sings it. Someone lights the bonfire. Everyone parties like a pagan.

    Tonight, it'll look like this because bonfires have been banned because of the drought.

    #ClimateDiary
    #SanktHans

  4. I går var heksen på sankthansbålet i #Rønne skiftet ud med stof­bolde af form som corona­virus:

    [💸] https://tidende.dk/kultur/heksen-skiftet-ud-med-coronabolde-det-er-en-faelles-fjende/122820 (betalingsmur, men man kan godt se det korte videoklip øverst i artiklen)

    Sædvanligvis laver jeg ikke kobling mellem sankthans­hekse­dukker og middel­alderens grumme heksef­orfølgelser, men jeg kan godt se at symbolikken slet ikke er tids­svarende. Tænk hvis man i en anden sammen­hæng havde en offentlig begivenhed hvor man i hyggens navn piskede en neger­dukke. Så ville verden da først gå i brand.

    Så 👍 herfra til de kvinder der havde tænkt kreativt i går og lavet coronabolde i stedet for en heks.

    /cc [ #sankthans | #midsommer | #Bornholm :bornholm: ]
  5. There. All prepared for the yearly 🇩🇰 Sankt Hans "burn a gender neutral alien"* event.

    This year the sacrificial innocent alien is a small six-legged deer like creature with excellent depth perception and a flowery disposition. It's barely the size of a puppy. Poor thing.

    It'll burn well. #sankthans #danish #denmark

    *because we don't want to burn a "witch" :-)