The image is from www.information.dk.
The German word Spaßmacher (jester, comedian) comes from Spaß (fun, joke), which, I have just discovered, was originally the Italian spasso. The Danes took their spas, spasmager and spasmageri (the activity of a spasmager) from the Germans, though.
The image is from www.information.dk.
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