Denmark’s longest running English language podcast
Since 2013, the “How to Live in Denmark” podcast has provided 7-minute insights into living in Denmark from the viewpoint of an international. Full of gentle humor and affection for the Danish way of life, the podcast looks at basic topics such as making friends and learning Danish as well as more business-related topics such as working in Denmark and understanding your Danish manager.
My tip for the best way to learn Danish: Learn it through song lyrics. Find a Danish-language singer or group you love, and listen to their lyrics again and again…
Job switching in Denmark is common – Denmark has one of the highest job mobility rates in the OECD. If you don’t change jobs regularly, people might wonder why….
Among the design quirks of Copenhagen is the color “Copenhagen Green”, a green-black mix you will see on every bench in town plus many doors…
Who is Holger Danske? He is Denmark’s sleeping hero, a mythical figure based on a real person. The legend is that when Denmark is in trouble…
The white Danish graduation cap, with its colorful band and the name of the graduate in gold embroidery on the back, awakens a deep sentiment…
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…
One thing I find interesting about the Danish language is the flexibility of the word kæreste, the Danish version of “boyfriend” or “girlfriend”…
The darkness that starts to fall in the early afternoon, which means that 5pm looks just like 8pm, which looks just like midnight, which looks just like 5am…
If you’re only in Denmark for a few months, it might not be worth the investment in time to learn much more than the basic pleasantries in Danish…
Denmark is a rich country, but does it have rich people? It does, but Denmark’s wealthy tend to keep a low profile, due to the informal Jante Law…
When I first arrived in Denmark, you could shut down any dispute in Denmark by appealing to equality and the common good…
Denmark is not a passionate culture. If you hear someone talking about their passion here, it’s almost always some sort of hobby…
New Year’s Eve in Denmark is all about amateur fireworks. Cannonballs, Ding Dongs, Triple Extremes, these are the fireworks you can purchase…
In Denmark, the approach to drugs is inconsistent. Getting illegal drugs doesn’t seem to be too difficult, but getting legal drugs from your doctor can be…
When you’ve been an international in Denmark for a while, as I have, you sometimes forget what it was like to arrive here for the first time and know nothing…
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