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Democracy in Denmark: The Great Election Poster Derby 🇩🇰 #howtoliveindenmark

23 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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On Danish election day, a whistle at noon starts a frantic race where political parties and their youth volunteers sprint to plaster posters on lampposts, bridges, and trees. Once hung, posters can't be removed by law, so the first ones up claim the best spots. Candidates often hang their own.

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This year, on October 25th, at precisely noon, the whistle blows and they're off— teams of poster hangers. Every party wants to put their posters on the very best lampposts and bridges and trees and fences. It's against the law to take down posters once they're hung, so there's a big rush to get your party's poster up first. So on that October Saturday, You'll see teams of young people rushing about with ladders and hardback posters and zip ties. There are a lot of young people available to do this because most Danish parties have a youth wing. There are also a lot of young candidates. You'll sometimes see the candidates themselves putting up posters with their own face on them.