Trama

The good people of a small community in the countryside near Copenhagen enjoy life and find their way to love.

The inhabitants of a summer-cottage community near Copenhagen enjoy life. Next-door neighbours Rasmussen and Olsen have their fights and complaints, but never more than can be handled with a bottle of beer and a song. Their respective son and daughter are sweethearts, but hit a bump in the road due to a misunderstanding. Bachelors Svendsen and Iversen operate a tram together by day and share a defunct tramcar for a house. They all share a summer full of comedic mishaps and joyful occasions.—Peter Brandt Nielsen

It's a fine summer day in Copenhagen. Tram operators Svendsen and Iversen fill their tramcar at City Hall and set out on their route. At a bridge they encounter Olsen and Rasmussen, who are on their bicycles on their way to their neighbouring homes in the Amager countryside. Olsen complains that he has been fired from his waiting job, but Rasmussen consoles him with beer and a song. Meanwhile, mechanics Knud and Jørgen are getting off work, and Knud announces that his girlfriend is pregnant and that he has to marry her. Jørgen picks up his own girlfriend Annemarie in the city on his motorcycle.

When Olsen and Rasmussen get home, they are eager to eat, but must first deal with their wives. Svendsen and Iversen also come home to the old tramcar they inhabit in the same neighbourhood, and they eat dinner together, though Svendsen has trouble sticking to his veggie diet. Soon, the men of the cozy neighbourhood gather on a bathing pier on the beach for their weekly band night, but end up falling in the water distracted by two pretty girls. Mrs Rasmussen and Mrs Olsen chat about the prospect of their respective son and daughter, Jørgen and Annemarie, marrying, and on the beach nearby Jørgen proposes to Annemarie.

The next day, the neighbourhood is busy with Sunday chores. Rasmussen and Olsen fight over the position of a flagpole, and Svendsen and Iversen go practicing for hunting season. Jørgen and Annemarie spend the day at amusement park Bakken. At night, Olsen and Rasmussen are both annoyed by the local cats, but the situation ends with a broken window.

Monday at the garage, Knud invites Jørgen to his bachelor party that night. Accidentally they take each other's coats when they leave, and when Annemarie later finds a letter from Knud's girlfriend in one of the coat pockets she assumes that it is Jørgen who has another woman. The next morning on her way to work, Annemarie is almost run over by a car. The driver, Valter Bruun, offers her a ride, and when Jørgen has to work late, Bruun picks her up from work as well. They eat a posh dinner at the airport, but when she asks him to drive him home he tries to take advantage of her. Jørgen comes by on his motorcycle and gets in a fight with Bruun. He explains the misunderstanding to Annemarie, and they announce their engagement. They celebrate with Mr and Mrs Rasmussen at the restaurant where Olsen has a new job and run into Knud and his new wife, who end up dancing their wedding waltz. Olsen and Rasmussen stay put in into the early hours emptying more bottles of beer than they can count. On their way home, they run into Svendsen and Iversen, who have gone duck hunting in a horse costume intended for camouflage. Back home, the Olsens and the Rasmussens eat breakfast together, and Svendsen and Iversen drop by with the results of their hunt.

Another fine day in Copenhagen. Olsen and Rasmussen have another conversation on their bicycles. Jørgen and Annemarie get married at City Hall. They take Svendsen and Iversen's tram home, and Svendsen makes a speech in front of the passengers.