How to Live in Denmark

How to Live in Denmark


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Why Danes Find Compliments So Awkward
March 24, 2024

A story I’ve heard over and over again when I talk to internationals working in Denmark is this: They thought they were going to get fired. They’d been working for a year or so at professional-level j

Romance in Denmark
February 06, 2024

Denmarks doing a big recruitment campaign now, trying to get young professionals to bring their skills to Denmark, and a lot of them are single when they arrive. If they want to meet someone and don

Finding light in the Danish Winter Darkness
January 09, 2024

Many internationals newly arrived in Denmark struggle with the long Danish winter. The darkness that starts to fall in the early afternoon means that 5pm looks just like 8pm, which looks just like mi

New Year's Eve Traditions in Denmark
December 26, 2023

Its almost Week 1, in the weekly numbering system thats widely used in Northern Europe, where the year starts with week 1 and runs through to Week 52 or 53, depending on the calendar. Its very effi

How to Handle a Conflict in Denmark
December 18, 2023

If you are an international who lives in Denmark, or someone who wants to, you have to learn the Danish way of dealing with conflict. This might be with a colleague, or your upstairs neighbors, or the

Drugs in Denmark
September 29, 2023

Denmark is getting rich selling pharmaceuticals to other countries, but within Denmark itself, the approach is inconsistent. Getting illegal drugs doesn't seem to be too difficult, but getting legal d

Equality and the Electric Bike
August 27, 2023

When I first arrived in Denmark, you could shut down any dispute in Denmark by appealing to equality and the common good. Solidarity - solidaritet - and flleskab, or community, or even samfunds

How to Meet a Dead Viking: The Mummies of Denmark
August 01, 2023

Many people who visit Denmark are fans of the Vikings, the colloquial name for Scandinavians before the medieval era, although technically speaking the Viking raiders were at their peak in the years 8

No ice cream in July: Scenes from the Danish summer vacation period
June 29, 2023

In Denmark, the right to a long summer vacation is enshrined into law - the national vacation law, which states that all employees have a right to three weeks vacation between May and September. Shop

Rich in Denmark
May 26, 2023

Denmark is a rich country, but does it have rich people? It does, but Denmarks wealthy tend to keep a low profile, due to the informal Jante Law in Denmark that prohibits too much showing off. That