question from a foreigner: what are these plastic bags on public transport for?

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  1. Garbage. They want you to put your garbage in them and take them with you, then dispose of the garbage elsewhere.

  2. These are for pissing. You take a bag, and piss in it and then pour it on the floor in a corner.

    It’s very important you do it in af corner, so when other people stands in that corner, they get the full experience of dried piss smell.

    Edit: what happened below this comment?

  3. Traditionally local artists would use the transparent bag to frame their art in different trains. In 2015, an artist put up several controversial paintings and, after [lengthy court proceedings](https://youtu.be/n6ZxknCZ_Tw?t=76), the artist was deported from denmark. Since then, the artists union has maintained a general strike against this system, demanding the artist’s return to the country.

  4. Usually, it’s to spite the environmentalists – they actually use double coated petroleum based plastic, which is twice as bad for the environment and doesn’t dissolve naturally 3x longer

  5. Its if our god Thor comes for sacrafices. You must give him your offer if he comes in the bag, preferably mead or beef jerky. If he is not satisfied you will suffer severe consequences

  6. They can be worn in rain, if you forgot your umbrella.
    .othetwise as others mentioned in a traditional east-danish thorsfejde..

  7. If you see someone about to throw up, you take this bag and put it over their head, thus saving the public transport from their puke and vomit. Always do you part in making public service stay clean.

  8. Sorry Im so late answering the correct answer. It’s for when you don’t have a ticket. Then this is what we in Denmark call a “Helle” so if you forgot to buy a ticket or didn’t want to, you just have to run for the bag, grab it before the conductor and shout as loud as possible “HELLE” then you will not get fined. Just remember if the conductor gets the bag before you, he or she can choose what ever punishment they see fit. During the initial phase of fighting for the bag, biting is allowed. Good luck.

  9. As soon as my daughter made the first sound of what turned out to be a massive puking-the-entire-stomach-content-out-on-the-bus, several people went for the bags and handed them to me without a word. Came in handy.

  10. Those are signaling flags, if it’s dark the next time you need to take the bus put the flag on a stick using the hole in the middle and wave it so the driver can see you, remember to put it back again after use. :). If it’s a snowstorm you can put a light shining into the flag, that’s why it’s white and hollow so it glows nicely.

  11. it is a bus hat. You fold it open and put it on your head to show the bus driver to keep driving. Take it off when you want to get off

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