The MANY things we wish we knew before moving to Denmark
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The MANY things we wish we knew before moving to Denmark
This week, Derek and Annie welcome back Mike - a What Are You Doing in Denmark OG! Around the table, your hosts and former host discuss all the things that would have been nice to know before moving to Denmark. Of course some pleasant surprises are in the mix, and the goal is to have some laughs and share some advice, including the things that are still adjustments for us, even after living in Denmark for years.
Annie shares the new pieces of clothing that have been integrated into her children’s wardrobe, and Derek discusses all the things he learned and didn’t learn in Danish class - including how to lie about his age. Mike chimes in with helpful advice on networking, making friends, and what to watch on television to fit into a Danish crowd.
All this and more is covered in this episode and you shouldn’t forget to share it with any friends who are thinking about or have made the move to Denmark.
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The adult julekalendar is so funny
The main small talk in Denmark is always about the weather 😊🌞🌧️❄️
I think as a Greenlander moving to Denmark it is difficult to make Danish friends unless you have something i common. I have among a Danish education made friends and breeding Whippets (Dogs). You have to have something i common to make friends in Denmark i think to get through the barrier. Danes are very polite and kind ppl... no doubt about it and they don´t like nosy ppl either. Love your channel. Hugs Angel
It is not an attempt to gaslight or put you on the spot when danes say: No such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.
It’s more in the direction of, no point in complaining about something you have no control over.
My mom used to say that to me and my brothers growing up. Including the early years where she would dress us. So that would be gaslighting your own children.
But even if theres no point to complaining about it, we still do. A favorite passtime for danes is complaining. To the degree where - if you don’t complain about something, are you really danish? 😂
Thing about week numbers … in my experience it’s mostly used if you’re employed in any sort of public capacity … teachers, doctors and nurses, civil servants a.o.
Not so much in the private sector.
I’ve lived 61 years now … and I have never gotten used to scheduling according to week number.
Only week I know with certainty is winterbreak is _always_ week 7. And week 26 is around midyear or sommin’. 😂
Yeah week 7.. unless it's week 8 as in some parts of the country, the week system is so annoying! - you can add it easily in Google Calendar and Outlook
Winterbrek is only week 7 for about half the country, the other half uses week 8, and even some weird municipality have even week 6 or week 9
I'm working in the IT business and we use a mix of dates and week numbers for planning.
We've got two kinds of Christmas: The Employers' and The Employees'
Store bededag was always a friday 😉
'De Nattergale' is a pun on the the english words Nightingale, we have a the same bird calle Nattergal, but if you add an 'e' to the end it means something to the effect of 'the Night Madmen' or 'natte tosserne'
Always sing it, when learning new language.
Helps the muscles to train and it easier to get the rigth sound.
namaste
I just got back from Copenhagen a few days ago. Your videos were very helpful for the trip! One thing I totally wasn’t prepared for was how my blood pressure medication schedule was messed up due to the time change. We weren’t in Copenhagen long enough to fully regulate. So keep that in mind if your on a medication schedule.
you can always wear shorts and tee as long as it above 12 degrees celcius. if it should rain a little - it wont kill you. just go to cover and wait it out. or ignore it.
I think it was Piet Hein who said: "Everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it!" (Alle taler om vejret, men ingen goer noget ved det)
Danes usually attribute this to Storm P, Americans to Mark Twain.
@@klausolekristiansen2960 Well, I agree. It was Storm P. I'm getting old, and I've lived abroad since 2003....
Definately Storm P. - but he could very well have nicked it from Twain 🤣
Edit: It's a "Flue", not a "Gruk" 😉
I love all of this - thank you for sharing your view. I especially love the advice "get an immigration lawyer" cos even if you wanted to help, it might be the wrong advice etc. and as the HR couldn't do anything about a wrong thing, neither could you - perfect advice.
Also, Nice to see you Mike - you been missed
Oh and the potato week is 42 - if its hard to remember and you know of "hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" just think of the answer 42, the answer to Life, the universe, and everything ;-)
also week 26 is the last week of June (not necessarily full week, but it starts at the end of June) - sometimes it is also the first week of skolernes sommerferie sometimes that starts at week 27 (skolernes sommerferie always is off in July, so if week 27 does not cover the beginning of July, it starts at week 26 so you are sure to be off all of July - at least thats how it has been so far - it might change =)
Lotta love
Hvorfor er det ikke jul i juli? As a child, I found that strange.
Coming up to 2 years here and about to leave. I have some great Danish colleagues but didn’t manage to make one Danish friend. I think it is difficult everywhere but even harder in Denmark. I think there were a few key reasons why my wife wanted to leave. Even darker and worse weather than England was one. Housing so expensive and I was surprised that my salary plus a large deposit wouldn’t buy us anything we would want. Flats look lovely in Copenhagen but things we consider basic in the U.K. - eg more than one bathroom/toilet not available. But also I couldn’t play much tennis (I’m still on waiting lists to get into a club).
And, these are just the small things...
Try to be a Dane coming there... They certainly know about racism over there... Especially against their own.. Small, small people.. 😱
Ofc it wouldn't in Copenhagen it's a very expensive City. Also a lot of the flats are very old and kinda still like they were back then. I don't think it's that hard to make friends in Denmark. Harder than some places, but Danes make real friends
@@blueeyedpunk OK blue eyed punk and, exactly how would you classify a "teal friend"?
The latest experience I've had with my former people is, everyone else (world wide it seems!?) now have to learn to do/be like - what they call "the rest of us" which made me wish all these "the rest of us" back to their own little Hell.. and, stay there..
I love the Danish weather!
When I was young, I hated it.
But it grows on you, and you may get to love it!
The sad, soggy and wet most-of-the-time makes for
an almost insane joy when it stops for even a few days,
where then the wind obviously sets in and makes you
want to climb under a mountain and light up!
I took my bicycle and turned it away from said wind,
in the sunny spring days we now enjoy!
Sit back, let the eastern wind ease you out west,
experience the light green surroundings
and the many, many bicycle lanes that let you
escape the concrete and the abstract of the city,
and hear the birds, see the butterflies, hug the trees
and pretend that you're just measuring their size like
an old time body builder coach on steroids.
Then park the bike and rest your sore bum on a bench,
and try to unwind, 'cause you won't want it all to get lost
or just pass you by without you knowing it.
Then really try! It's hard to derive anything from any moment
except "What do I do next?" or "Why am I thinking about money right here,
where no one is selling or buying anything?"
But try again, and some silly bird flirts with your ears,
and you know you're almost there!
Ther's a big difference between tr cities and the country. Out in the county, we all know each other. 😊
For a good christmas story advent tv serie, then the best would be Jul på Vesterbro ;)
As an American living here, you are entitled to comment on the weather. It is not about the man. The ball is heavy!
We will and can live with they took Store Bededag, but we will mention it the next 20 years. Politicians will not have a chance to forget it.
Not all Sankt Hans evenings is a kids thing. In my town we had 3 diffent onea and they stated at 21.00 and went on to midnight or so. Like the kajak club had one where we had hotdogs, ispinde and beer sold. But the big ones with thousands of people like in Odense last til 5 in the morning. And it gets a bit wild. Naked guys and girls running around the fire. Or riding their mopeds naked around the fire. Amazing perfect bodies from 17 to 27 year old girls. The guys not so much.. 😅 Thanks to some 13 year old girls i didnt have to think about drinks that night. Got really drunk once with these teens that had vodka galore in their bags... Fun night.
I'm longing so much for getting in contact with people of international background here in denmark. I'm living in South Jutland and moved here (from Austria) 2 years ago. I loved living in Vienna, because of its international background and I'm missing that. Do you know any internet platform, where I could get in contact with international people? Thank you for your videos!! 🤗🌻
If you wan't international contacts Copenhagen is the place to go, very international city.
@@niko1ndex I absolutely agree! But I have an organic flower farm here, its therefor not that easy for me to move to Kopenhagen. Thats why I thought of an internet platform to get in contact. Maybe also someone lives nearby? 💖🤗🌻
@@uteberg4781 what is the name of your organic flower farm? Sounds interesting.😊
Why do you want the international backgrounds of people? I mean you can speak with Danes
@@blueeyedpunk I AM speaking with Danes, but as I explained before I'm coming from a big city with international background and I love the exchange of different cultures. It inspires me, I love to learn about other habits and I can't imagine to lock up just with one culture/nation ... That seems pretty much like horror to me, no matter what culture that would be, monoculture is not my thing (not in landscaping/gardening etc. and also not in social or cultural matters) ... we live all on the same world together, thats my approach and I want to enjoy this diversity! 🤗💖
As a Dane I have to go against the majority and declare: "Yes, there IS bad weather and we have it all the time!" 😄 The older I get (turned 52 on the 8th) the more intolerable this climate feels 😒
Big prayer day! 🙏😂
Tak for alt 😂
Join a "forening" for a hobby you want or have. You will make friends there more easily than elsewhere , in Denmark.
The potato week is week no 42 😊
Once again thanks to Mike and his slightly geriatric partner, and not least, the beautiful female counterpart.
Intertaining as always.
I live in France. What about fingerprints and photo? I have done that here. Where to do it there?
I assume you mean for things like for a danish passport. You just book a time at a borgercenter (citizen centre) in your municipality at a time of your convenience, show up for your time, and check yourself in on the screen, and wait to get called. These centres are most commonly located in city halls and libraries, but they can also be in connection with other public buildings, or stand alone, you choose from a list when booking your time.
We drove to Houston to do my biometrics.
About moving here and getting in: Denmark like any other country wants skilled workers but must make rules to deter refugees from arriving in massive numbers. And rules can not be made to in/exclude race, religion or country. That is exactly why rules are adjusted all the time. And Canada / USA is 10 fold worse for entry. You are assumed to be "bad" and must prove you are "good"
As I’ve heard most of our government wants to change “ storebededag” back to a day off 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
What taxes do Americans pay to Denmark as a retiree there?
'..the greater good'
As a person who has traveled to the US, as a tourist - since 2001, I´m not shredding any tears for you. It´s usually taken me up to 2 hours just to get threw US CBP 😒 ! And that´s just as a "Frekking" Tourist, going home in a few Weeks later🙄. So how do you feel your own Country is handling things ? Immigration and the like ? i Do ❤your Vlog, even though I don´t agree with everything 🙄 !
Lots of deflection there
@@RobeTrotting Yup, Having travelled to the US multiple times at different entry points, it's a LOT about the place, like going in via LAX = horrible (they're basically the staff at the royal theatre in Olsen Banden ser rødt), Seatac = breeze, Boston = organised but slow.... Same goes when returning to Denmark, different entry points into Europe means different experiences.
@@vrenak How did this become about airports?
@@RobeTrotting probably because we tend to fly to the US and not sail anymore, also there's a bridge or two missing to drive.... :) (Someone with another channel would just love crossing the atlantic on a bridge, while he's still Young.)
Regntøj is usually made of polyurethane
Se jul i Gammelby. 😉
I think the talking about the weather thing has to be a shallow Copenhagener regional thing because it's never been relevant where I live except maybe as a greeting, and even then it's kinda rare. I lived for a while in the Netherlands in my youth and they did often mention the weather, which was absolutely baffling to me.
Y’all find any way and reason to bully Copenhagen 😂
@@RobeTrotting Haha, too true! But I feel like that's mutual.
I'm sure this is very good for anyone planning a move to Denmark - but for the rest of us?
It’s the only video available on UA-cam. Sorry 😢
@@RobeTrotting This is the best response I've seen in a long time 😆
Do you have any ideas you’d be willing to share about where to go to try to build relationships with queer people in Copenhagen?
My wife and I have just moved here, and building queer community specifically is something we’re eager to invest in.
A common piece of advice for making friends is to join a club or 'forening' of some sort. Mike and Derek have previously mentioned that they joined a queer volleyball(?) club.
To Annie: All native Danes speak English, it has been mandatory since 1943. German (French) is also mandatory, only 4 years. But it not certain they want to use their English or German. I have a friend with a brain damage, he has forgotten it.
Yes, unless you're a stubborn fool, like me, knowing both the Danish language and the Danish legalese language, trying to obtain (win?) A Danish residence permit for your spouse, which sounds easy right?, you'll feel like giving up halfway through.
It's "easy", as such, to get a residence and work permit if you have the right education, but if your plans are longer than asking for permission to stay, every year... my best advice would be, lawyer up and learn Danish to a useful level.
The immigration authorities will be as stubborn as you, only speaking their own language (in this case Danish legalese) and even a native Dane, like me, will struggle to keep up when the law is changed... so, find a lawyer to be your shield against Danish bureaucracy if you can afford it.
I spent way too much time reading for my ex, and mother of our kids, to stay in DK, despite her education being way above my class. But luckily she's permanent resident now, so the kids don't need to get used to any odd arrangements.
The weather complaining is a first world kongsby city thing, if you lived in Jylland on the Vesterhavet, where the trees don't grow straight, you'd learn what bad Danish weather is all about; and nobody complains, they simply carry on "mod vind."
I love victim shaming people that rock up somewhere drenched when the weather prognosis for days has said we would be getting rain and they chose to leave home wearing a t-shirt. Sorry not sorry xD
Yeah *lol* it really _is_ the person's own fault with the pretty accurate weather forecasts we get.
It's not gaslighting if it's true 😂
Hi guys. I love most of what you create, but its very difficult for me to listen to your potcast. There is so much interuption, like when someone talks, another person is like yeah mmm or ohh. Sorry guys my head cant have that. But all love to you.
I’m sorry! I really try to stay quiet but I get excited!
*'Globetrotter..
???
Skal det være en korrektion af "Robetrotting", som er et bevidst ordspil på order Globetrotting?
I always enjoy your videos. I am heterosexual. It makes no diff to me. You are scentient people, nice, clever, open minded and intelligent, and that matress! Sorry :D
Christ´s heavenfaring. Ascension in English. (You three know of course, but your viewers might not.)