Do NOT Move to Denmark! | 9 Reasons Why a Danish Life Isn’t for You
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SPOILER ALERT: Living in Denmark is NOT for everyone. Maybe you should not move to Denmark.
In this video we examine 9 reasons why moving to Denmark might not be for you. Sure, we love living in Denmark, but we wanted to identify reasons NOT to move to Denmark. The idea is that maybe we can help people determine if a Danish life is right for them or not.
No country is perfect, and every destination is full of pros and cons for the people living there. This certainly applies to Denmark and here are 9 reasons not to move to Denmark.
1. Don’t move to Denmark if you want to master Dansih. It’s possible, but Danes may want to just speak English to you – especially because you will have an accent and struggle with pronunciation.
2. Don’t move to Denmark if you can’t adjust to the climate. It’s likely colder, wetter, and greyer than wherever you are moving from.
3. Don’t move to Denmark if you can’t handle the dark winter and extra daylight in the summer. The light balance is very different than what we were used to growing up in the northeast USA. It may be the same for you.
4. A Danish life isn’t right for you if you love mountains and winter sporting activities. Many people think of Scandinavia as mountains and fjords – but Denmark is rather flat and there won’t be much skiing for you here.
5. Don’t move to Denmark and expect to “be Danish”. It just won’t happen like that, and you shouldn’t give up your own culture to adopt Danish culture.
6. A Danish life isn’t for you if you can’t adapt to Danish foods and food culture. Many Danish traditions involve food, and they’ll all take a little adaptation PLUS you may not find your foods from your home country very easily.
7. Don’t move to Denmark if you can’t be around drinking. Danes like to drink and many traditions in Denmark include alcohol, toasts, shots, or general drinking. Sure, you can stay sober, but it can be overwhelming at first.
8. Reconsider adopting a new Danish life if you are a super ambitious person, especially if you brag and like to show off your success. It won’t fit in well in Danish culture.
9. Don’t move to Denmark if you’re overly outgoing with strangers and new people. If you’re super extroverted and think you can make friends everywhere you go, you may come off too strong for the Danes.
CHAPTERS:
Intro – 0:00
Learning Danish – 0:25
Danish Weather – 2:13
The Light Balance – 3:26
No Mountains in Denmark – 5:17
You Want to be Danish – 6:38
Danish Food – 8:07
Drinking in Denmark – 9:29
Over-Ambition – 11:13
Overly Friendly? – 13:14
Final Thoughts – 15:06
Inspired by this video about not moving to Norway by @Anna Goldman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7aiD5votec&t=348s
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Thanks for watching everyone – and let us know if we missed anything else to be aware of or the things you LOVE about living in Denmark 😀 and if you like Derek's Lille Fredag shirt, you can find it here: https://robetrotting.myspreadshop.net/lille+fredag
Umm why do you have a problem with don’t move to denmark I can’t see the problem
“Danes have trouble with accents”
I’m Danish and I can confirm that
True😅👍🏼
dude you cant even speak danish
I appreciate that you are being realistic
The part about embracing your own heritage is gold
I have been here for 6hrs and I love this place! The culture and history is just so much and so amazing! I would love to move here!
if i move to denmark i will rent a basement to live in to avoid light,i hate bright morning,i avoid pubs,i dont like women that drink,and i am not interested in what mens have to tell me, so i will buy a nice tv set a motorcycle,and cook my own food, and smart working from home, so i go to the gym after work,and church on sunday.
Denmark is a very good god country and it’s ok to go to denmark and it’s not true cuz Denmark is good
Something I always miss when I’m in Denmark, even tho I’m Norwegian, is nature… there’s non (at least for mountains). And then there’s bread. Even tho a lot of food is cheaper than at home, the bread can become expensive, and u will pay a lot to find a good whole wheat bred. Maybe Norway is special, but that is really something I miss. Also for my fellow ladies.. period products are way too expensive here, at least for the biggest brands
Thank u! We need our country back… so go for it! Make it hard to be here! <3
Another Danish summer joke.
The bible talk about it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. They call it a flood, we call it the Danish summer.
Im danish so what are you takling about
Alle danske politiker fik tæsk af deres mødre, da de var små
Bravoooo!!!!!!!!!
I’m danish and actually had trouble understanding what you were saying in danish
watched this video and loved every single point you made… well, guess who's moving to Denmark?
I found this video pretty annoying cuz I live in Denmark and it’s a small country that not much people know, and it’s not much people that are even visiting the country and this video with 111k visits just makes it kinda worst
Speaking of alcohol, I learned today you can purchase beer or wine at 16 and beer and wine are served in school at events. I live in Florida so the lack of sunshine would be a problem. You also did not cover taxes. I learned also today, one can pay over 50% of your salary in taxes. Florida, we pay no State tax.
I SPEAKE DANISH (Since I come from Denmark) AND I DIDNT UNDER STAND WHAT U SAID UNTIL U SAID “The duck at the bread”
Curious.. Im a Dane living abroad for 7+ years. What food items aren't available in Denmark either in the big supermarkeds or online?
All I’m hearing is reasons to move 😭 I took a week long vacation – fiancé studied abroad there last year – and I am literally in love with the country. The acceptability, public transport accessibility, the amazing food that was genuinely filling and not filled with garbage (american here lol). Just the way everyone loves each other – complete strangers – it’s amazing.
How did y’all do it? I know it’s not easy to move there
Me and my family head to Denmark so often because my dad was born there it is so beautiful there but these are really good reasons this year when we’re going it’s gonna be in the 50 or 60
nice thing about Copenhagen is you can spend your whole life there and never have to hang out with a Dane(apart from work)…there's plenty of expats!!!all my friends are Irish ,Scottish or American!
why jsut why you say's that about my land
As a Dane I have to admit that this is fairly accurate. Though of cause the description is generalised and won’t apply to every Dane out there ☺️
I am born and live in Danmark its good
Total BS
It always changes weather but somtime its so hot that you normally dont want to go outside but the language i dont care you speak English its fine any language fine but i had a friend who learned to speak Danish in 2 months!
December 2021 we had 8 minutes of sun. The rest of the time it was cloudy or the sun had already set.
I don’t see something negative or bad
watching this so i can get over moving away
I'm born and raised in Denmark and my whole family is Danish, I have a lot of issues with alcohol but it's honestly just about finding people that can respect you don't drink alcohol
Fun fact: The legal age for drinking alchohol is 15 years old. But you can't buy Alchohol in the shops if you're under 18. You need an adult to make the choice and buy it for you.
Good to know these two are not moving to Denmark!
So true.
Not to mention that Denmark is a digital concentration camp, the technocracy are stripping the Danes from freedom and livelihood. Democracy in Denmark is an illusion, we have lost our sovereignty to the Globalists, EU, WEF, WHO, UN. Go where you find most freedom, NOT DENMARK. 🤷♀️
Pov your danish seeing this
Hej jeg er dansk
jeg er for denmmark god vidio
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