Prince Frederik and Princess Mary's Working Visit to Germany: May 19-21, 2015


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Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will be heading a three-day high-level Danish business delegation to Hamburg and Munich on 19-21th May. The visit will start in Hamburg on May 19th and continue to Munich on May 20th. The visit will finish on May 21st.

The focus of the visit is on: Sustainable living, healthy living, tasty living, stylish living.

The admins are welcome to move my post to a possible new thread.

Sources:
Vil du med kronprinsparret på erhvervsfremstød i Tyskland? Design denmark
Official Danish business delegation to Germany - Hamburg and Munich
 
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The program for Frederik and Mary's business promotion visit to Germany is now up
Program for erhvervsfremstød i Tyskland - Kongehuset

Like usual, it is packed.
the majority of the events are joint but they also have solo events

Thanks Polyesco :flowers:

Yet another tightly packed official programme. They must be exhausted after those trips. This time they fortunately can avoid jetlags and long travel times with a flight time from Copenhagen to Hamburg on only 50 minuttes.
 
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Some short articles on their upcoming visit
"Crown Prince Frederik: of royal visit from Denmark in Hamburg is set"
Kronprinz Frederik: Royaler Besuch aus Dänemark in Hamburg erwartet - News Deutschland

"As the Danish embassy in Berlin announced that the journey of deepening trade relations serves.
The visit is under the motto "Danish Living" (Danish life) and treated among other topics sustainable architecture, urban development, environment, energy efficiency and health. On the program several company visits are in two cities.":flowers:
Royaler Besuch: Dänisches Kronprinzenpaar besucht Hamburg - Hamburg - Bild.de

"A real pair of Prince you can see may then on May 19 in Hamburg and at the 20 in Munich. Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Mary visit Germany together with a delegation of business leaders.
A very warm welcome, Frederik and Mary!"
https://scontent-4.22773.fna.fbcdn....=4abc231dbadbede0ec18bfead8800998&oe=560C609D

website for the Danish Business visit to Germany
https://danishroyalvisit2015.de/

and a little more info
Kronprinsparret på officielt besøg i Tyskland fra den 19. - 21. maj 2015
 
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F&M may soon land in Germany and start their three-day working visit. It's a very tight packed visit with no fewer than 15 different events just on the first day! :notworthy::coffee:

A little hour ago from our Minister for Development, Mogens Jensen (who you may know well now):

"On the way to export promotion in Germany with the Crown Prince Couple, DanishIndustry, @75 companies.Great potential for#DKøko"
https://twitter.com/MogensJensenS/status/600537339027415040

Today begin the Crown Prince Couple and the Danish industry a massive business delegation to Germany:
Tysk farvel til atomkraft åbner store muligheder for Danmark - Politiken.dk


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First glimpse of Frederik and Mary arriving to the official reception at Hamburg City Hall:

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http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/maryfrederik106_v-vierspaltig.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFWwBLDW0AArWKO.jpg:large

https://instagram.com/p/22wHeGxxsL/

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Greeting people outside the City Hall:

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Notice all the Danish flags :)
http://www.billedbladet.dk/sites/bi...dia/article/mary-i-tyskland.jpg?itok=6DqltlhZ

BB article: Tyskerne er vilde med kronprinsesse Mary og kronprins Frederik | Billed Bladet

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Mary helping the Danish cooks:
HRH Kronprinzessin Mary beim Kochen mit Jens Rittmeyer ��#danishroyalvisit#happy#stunning#iloveit
https://instagram.com/p/22-SEYxN95/
 
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Thanks for the many delightful pics. :flowers:

Germany is without comparison the biggest export market for DK, which is also why more than 100 companies are represented in the delegation following M&F. While Northern Germans are (I'd claim) pretty familiar with DK, that is not necessarily so with Southern Germans, which is also why M&F are visiting Munich/München, not to mention that the economy down there is pretty sound, as I understand it.
That is also why the business papers are covering this visit. And it means a lot for particularly us living in Jutland and Funen, because the business ties, for geographical reasons, are close. - Quite a few Germans now live and work in DK and a number of Danes have moved across the border to Germany to live there while working in DK. (Lower taxes).
Also if you live in Jutland you embark on regular pilgrimages with your trailer (also known as a Jutlander-hook) to Germany to do your shopping. If you live in Southern Jutland you don't go to Danish supermarket unless you forgot to buy milk... Something our politicians who stay in Copenhagen completely fail to comprehend...


A nice gallery from Royalista of Mary trying to hold on to all the flowers she has received - and failing. Fortunately the likable Minister for Trade and Development Mogens Jensen was there. -
Crown Princess Mary overwhelmed by flowers in Germany | Royalista
 
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Today begin the Crown Prince Couple and the Danish industry a massive business delegation to Germany:
Tysk farvel til atomkraft åbner store muligheder for Danmark - Politiken.dk

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Thank you all for all the links and information :flowers:
This article was a very nice read. About the purpose of this visit
"It is precisely to rectify the imbalance that we have the royal couple on the trip. It means a lot in a conservative state like Bavaria. Where one is not so accustomed to royal visit, as you are in Berlin and perhaps also Hamburg. They appreciate the royal visit, which will provide us with much publicity, "said Jens Holst Nielsen, the marketing manager of Danish Industries.

Day 1 with lots of events but Frederik and Mary are in top spirits and great attitudes

Frederik at the hospital
So cute with the little girl
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Love the pictures of Mary cooking
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and is Frederik handsome or what ;)
http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Crown+Prince+Frederik+Crown+Princess+Mary+H-thYI_3IXHl.jpg

Info on the exhibition "Create with Aarhus"

Åbning af udstillingen Create with Aarhus - Kongehuset
https://www.aarhus.dk/da/aarhus/FremtidensAarhus1/AND/Create-with-Aarhus.aspx

According to this tweet, Frederik began his speech in "perfect German"
miho | herzelieb ‏@herzelieb 8h8 hours ago
Ihre königliche Hoheit Kronprinz Frederik beginnt seine Rede in perfektem Deutsch! #danishroyalvisit

Danish Crown Prince Frederik visits Asklepios Hospital Barmbek in Hamburg.
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http://ppe-agency.com/500px/May2015/PPE15051961.jpg :wub:

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Mary with a wonderful laugh
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Frederik just has a certain charm
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another gallery
DEU: Crown Prince Frederik And Crown Princess Mary Of Denmark Visit Germany
including Mary's visit to the Danish Design exhibit
 
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F&M's visit well covered in the main news on TV2 tonight. TV2 interviewed the couple as well, so good chances for daily interviews and coverage in the evening's main news.

The TV2 News tonight also told that 75 Danish companies accompanying them as well as 30 different media. Again noticed Frederik as usual putting his arm around Mary every 2. second. It's so sweet.

At this moment, The Crown Prince Couple participate in a dinner with the business delegation.

Different pictures from Day 1:
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Visit at the Healthy Living - Mary helping the Danish cook:
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Security presence is pretty high, so far I've counted five bodyguards, none of them from PET (don't recognize any and DK police officers, like their Swedish counterparts, stand out like lighthouses in a crowd :):):cool::):)). I guess Germany has rules about foreign armed police officers operating in Germany?

As Roskilde pointed out, M&F were well covered on the evening news. Not least in why they go to Germany and why it means so much to Danish businesses that they go.
Publicity, good publicity sell. Status open doors and including an opportunity to mean real live royals is a great incentive to attract German business people and thereby establish contacts between companies that may otherwise not have made any particular contact.



The German public service channel NDR has this about M&F:
First a gallery: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Royaler-Glanz-in-Hamburg,maryfrederik116.html

Article with video: https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Mary-und-Frederik-verzaubern-Hamburg,frederik210.html

As a little trivia: the population of Hamburg is slightly less than the population of DK. So no wonder that city is a must for such a visit.

The comment down below, express a delight that NDR in their news had M&F as their top story. - (So am I, so am i!)

ADDED: Hamburger Morgenpost also have a couple of nice little articles: http://www.mopo.de/promi---show/kro...daenen-geht-s-aber-gut-,5067148,30737960.html
http://www.mopo.de/nachrichten/olaf...nprinzenpaar-in-hamburg,5067140,30731532.html

A gallery from Radio Hamburg: http://www.radiohamburg.de/VIP/Royals/2015/Mai/Prinzenpaar-zu-Besuch-in-Hamburg

From gala.de: http://www.gala.de/royals/skandinav...ry-powerpaar-auf-deutschlandtour_1256035.html
The purpose of the visit is well covered and Australia gets a positive mentioning as well.

VIP.de has a small gallery: http://www.vip.de/cms/prinz-frederi...z-nach-deutschland-4930d-c93b-32-2316137.html

From shz.dk http://www.shz.de/hamburg/meldungen...burg-frederik-und-mary-sind-da-id9743796.html - Tasmania gets a mentioning.

A nice serious article from Augsburger Allgemeine http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de...mt-Erst-Hamburg-dann-Muenchen-id34121332.html

The Nordschleswiger also covers the visit: http://www.nordschleswiger.dk/news.4460.aspx?newscatid=47&newsid=80206&h=Herzlicher-Empfang-f%C3%BCr-Mary-und-Frederik-in-Hamburg---Mit-S%C3%B8nderjysk-Kaffebord
They write for the ethnic German minority in DK, but also for the many Germans now living and working in DK.

A gallery from Fyens Stiftstidende: http://www.fyens.dk/udland/Se-billederne-Kronprinseparret-besoeger-Tyskland/artikel/2716205
 
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Another wonderful set of happy and relaxed pics.


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:previous: Thanks for the video, Polyesco. :flowers:

That was a very positive coverage indeed!
I'm glad the royal enthusiast (the big smiling lady with the crown) got her wish fulfilled, so that she many never wash her hand again... - She seemed like a kindred spirit, Polyesco. More pleased it seemed with Frederik grabbing her than Mary. ;)

And I've said this before and I'm delighted to repeat it: Each and every time Mary is on the job abroad, the word "Australia" pops up. Free life long positive advertizing for Australia, not a bad bargain, eh?

ARD is a public service channel, so we a not talking about a network viewed by 27 people.
 
:previous:Cant really blame the lady ;);)

nice to see this is getting coverage. Especially since Denmark and Germany are neighbors

Very good promoters of Denmark
and yes Australia gets some free coverage as well :flowers:

At theSustainable Living at HafenCity University
https://www.anpfoto.nl/royalimages/search.pp?page=1&ShowPicture=32679074&pos=18

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CFXzrtJWEAA1qdv.jpg:large
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and from tonight's dinner
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added
German businesses show strong interest in DK visit. 450 guests welcome #CrownPrinceCouple @aarhus2017 @VisitAarhus
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Pictures from the dinner last night:
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http://www.billedbladet.dk/sites/bi...dia-qbrick/8D6F6DC37485F4B1.jpg?itok=EhOmiixn

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Take a look at this picture:
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And then watch this video from BB. Here we learn something new about our Mary - she does not like beetroots. She gets hold of a beetroot energy bar... "Oh, is it with beetroot?" and she puts it nicely back in place :D "Is this one with carrots?" and yes carrot was more in Mary's taste.

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Haha glorious. Well, their four children are definitely not delivered by the stork :p
 
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Thanks, Roskilde. :flowers:

Poor Mary, beetroot is indeed very common in typical Danish dishes and smorgasboard.
Like here with a typical lunch, pariserbøf = parisian beef: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3-GRfIf6Qs8/VLQmbQCarAI/AAAAAAAADDc/tFlxQaJcPUU/s1600/IMG_5147.JPG

Or on the most simple and dare I say common piece of bread you make in about six nano-seconds in the morning because you didn't bother to prepare your lunch the day before, and now you have to catch the bus in about 3½ minute. A rye bread with leverpostej = liver pate and slices of beetroot:
https://lauridsenitanzania.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_1845.jpg

She must have been served beetroot many times and have had to gulp it down. :p

How common is beetroot with Australian food?
 
Maybe as a side dish for a BBQ, but i can't see it being a regular feature on menus.
 
I rarely envy the royals but on this occasion I do: Flensborg Avis Online - Hamburger Spezialbier für dänisches Kronprinzenpaar
M&F were presented with 240 bottles of specially brewed beer.
And of special interest for our Australian friends, the beer is based on Australian hops. Another example of Mary's heritage never being far from the surface.

I think the expressions on M&F's faces says it all. :cheers: + :coffee:

Thanks Lumutqueen. In that case there is a whole culinary world for the Australians just waiting to be discovered. :chef:
Beetroots is a must with for instance "biksemad". (I believed I have described the ways to make this wholesome and almost... non-fattening... dish a couple of times before). http://frukofoedskoekken.dk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Lchf-venlig-biksemad-10_FAV_RED.jpg Biksemad = something like: leftover-mix-from-the-fridge-dinner.
Back to beetroots for a moment. Can't say I blame Mary. Who want's to eat a beetroot-bar?? It's rabbit -food, just like salad. Vegetable thingies are great, but only together with proper food, like beef.

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From Royalista: http://royalista.com/103520/crown-princess-mary-conjures-apple-pasta-germany/
Those interested in jewellery will find this interesting.
 
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Most Aussies expect to find beetroot in a salad and more especially on a hamburger. PS that's a yummy looking dish.
 
Day two:

As Muhler pointed out the Crown Prince Couple started their day two in Hambourg with a visit at the Holsten Brewery which is owned by Danish Carlsberg. During the visit, Frederik took part in helping with brewing the beer.

It was only this event there found place in Hamburg - after that visit they flew off to Munich where they now will continue their day 2 and day 3.

Pictures:
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Royalista gallery from yesterday:
http://royalista.com/103520/crown-princess-mary-conjures-apple-pasta-germany/


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Day 2 - Frederik and Mary have arrived in Munchen :flowers:

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And are received by Bavaria’s minister-president Horst Seehofer and his wife at the palace Residenz:
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BB article: Tell that the airplane from Hamburg to Munich was 30 minutes delayed - so logically Frederik and Mary as well arrived half an hour later to Munich, but the many people didn't care and got lots of handshakes in the pouring rain when F&M arrived.

http://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelig...ns-frederik-ankom-med-stil-til-slot-i-munchen


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While waiting for more pictures from today are here some more pictures from the dinner last night:

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https://scontent-ams2-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=192992652adec1a53fcbd94f2e1f50d9&oe=5601F3F6 (With Mogens Jensen, our Minister for Development)
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And more pictures from this new Royalista gallery:
Mary and Frederik presented with their own beer in Germany | Royalista
 
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