Breaking down stereotypes at Kalø

This News Blog will take point of departure in general views of stereotypes of people from around the world.... but are they true??

We decided to interview several people, attending the Seminar here at Kalø...and we are truly glad to say; Much of it is totally wroooong!!!!!!!!!!!!!


- AND THANK GOD FOR THAT.....


The Danish Viking

Appearance: Big and dumb looking with blond curly hair. Always mumbling and grunting.
Living conditions: Lives in a cave.
Way of life: Winter-bathing, fishing whales, smacking up his wife with a club and dragging her by the hair.

Breaking down stereotypes. Interview with Stine from Copenhagen, Denmark.

Stine Studies anthroplogy, and she likes to chill out at home, eat looong breakfast and hang out with her friends…and not to forget, to ride her green granny-bike around the styreets of Copenhagen. In the weekends she likes to go to the park and hang out and do homework.Stine thinks that the guys should shape up, but that the girls are just fine! She doesn’t agrre that all Dfanes are blond, but rather have “paté coloured hair”. The Danes are not too extreme, but like to blend in.
She thinks Danes have a high living standard and that most students either rent an appartment or live in community housing.
Motto:” Laugh at least once a day.”


The Russian Mafia

Appearance: Always red-faced with drunken eyes.
Living conditions: Concrete ghettos.
Way of life: Drinking loads of vodka, ice-bathing and rolling around in the snow. Firing off kalashnikovs.

Breaking down stereotypes. Interview with Vioulla from Prague, Czech Republic.

People in Prague are usually fashionable dressed..and don’t look drunk at all! In Czech Republic people outside Prague live in big houses. Near Prague people either live in housing estates or appartment brick-buildings. Vioulla lives in a flat in Prague, and studies. Everyday from 17-23 she hangs out with her friends and often goes to the cinema. In weekends she leaves Prague to do volunteer work or go hiking.Motto: “Enjoy life every second”


The Spanish Matador

Appearance: Slim and rank posture with an oily and well-trimmed mustache. Smells heavily of perfume.
Living conditions: He lives in house full of mirros so he can always admire himself in his tricot. Way of life: Dancing La Cucaracha to the Gipsy Kings all night and all day.

Breaking the stereotypes. Interview with Aitor from Northern Spain.

For Aitor the most important sport in Spain is to rest and have a siesta, and to socialise with friends. He believes that dancing and alcohol is a very important aspect of life. Therefore he parties a lot in the wekends, but also has to work as a indoor football referee.
In Spain it can be quite difficult to get a flat, so most young people live at home until they are 28-30 years old, have finished their studies and got a job.
Aitor’s motto: “Fiesta!”


The Ghanian Hunter

Appearance: A fast running naked man with a spear and pierced through the nose with a twig. Living conditions: In the trees or in huts made of cow-dung.
Way of life: Hunting animals and being lazy.

Breaking the stereotypes. Interview witth Marc from Ghana.

Marc likes to appear clean and neat, and to dress business-like. He believes it’s important to talk nicely and to have control of life without stressing oneself. His virtues are to be patient, articulated and to be careful of what you say and not to judge people.

Marc used to own a company with 25 workers. He was a building contactor – building houses. Now he studies architecture in Horsens.

Marc’s vision is to help orphans by building houses for them to stay in.Marc’s Motto: “It’s easy to choose, but it takes the wiser to pick out the best”.


Cheers from the Yellow team!