Annie Samples is a 36-year-old content creator, copywriter, and mother who lives in Denmark with her husband and four kids.
Annie is American, but she and her family moved to Denmark a little over three years ago when the design company her husband works for opened an office there.
The comments on the video seem to show a mixture of respect and shock toward the practice — especially from those who live in the United States.
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I decided to reach out to Annie to learn more about this tradition and why people do it in the first place. "I actually had heard a lot about the outdoor naps before I moved here, and I genuinely thought it was common knowledge about Denmark," Annie told BuzzFeed. "Even still, it sounded wild to me and I was pleasantly shocked to see that it actually does happen here. ... I previously attempted it with no success with my third child and sort of gave up on the notion altogether. After my fourth child was born, our visiting nurse stressed the importance of outdoor stroller naps, and that's when I gave it another shot. Outdoor napping is extremely common. Most families do it, and daycare institutions have infants nap outside in strollers as well."
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