"A German woman was invited to a birthday party in Denmark. At the party lot of cakes were served as it is normal in Denmark. The German woman thought that the sandwich cake looked very good so she took a big piece. She didn’t understand why all of a sudden it was silent in the room and why everybody else at the party looked at her in a strange way until one of her real friends after some time told her that she had not respected the order of choosing the cakes. You are meant to start with the buns, then the cake in the shape of a pretzel, and ending with the sandwich cake as a sort of dessert at the coffee table. The German woman didn’t realize that it would be very impolite in Danish culture to correct her."
(reported by Danish man)
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