in 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving to Denmark (Part 1)/ Expat Life

Hejsa❤️ god video!❤️ bor du i byen Vamdrup?

What you said about goingto a new place and having to change, instead of expecting it to change for you, is so admirable, and is something a lot of those middle eastern immigrants could learn from.
You are a good example of what an immigrants SHOULD be, and we really like that.

I will go there for a vacation because i sée more picture buildings color around thé river there..and i hear about people danemark they bring always happiness

pleace visit the west coast during summer, or Bornholm. im from Ringkøbing, live in aalborg. have you been to any of thouse places? Aalborg was in the ny times resently. :)

I Are froom denmark and I wad born here is a butiful land try to go to djurs sommerland and is on danish

Thank you for your beautiful video. My family & I trully love Denmark. We've been there twice already and we still cant get enough of it. I believe there are so many beautiful places to explore and the Danish are caring, friendly & respectful people. Hopefully we can visit again this year. Looking forward to seeing Jutland & other cities that we have not visited yet. Any suggestions, pls? Thanks.

A great listen, thank you. I have dual citizenship 🇩🇰🇺🇸, and spend my winters back in Tucson. Being retired helps. It’s definitely a culture shock as mentioned its best to leave almost everything American behind if you decide to make Denmark your home permanently. When I worked in Denmark, and made a reference to America on how things where done, my Danish co workers would say. “Your not in America anymore”.

Rain suprise

Hej Kelly! My daughter and I visited Copenhagen last fall and absolutely fell in love with it. I love the soft-spoken, polite, well educated Danes, the strong Danish family values, hygge (of course!), the minimalist lifestyle, the healthy, outdoor vibe, the beauty of the architecture, parks, waterfront, the crazy cyclists biking furiously in the rain, and the wonderful Danish food. Wish I could find rugbrod in Atlanta. I have mastered frikkadeller and made it several times this past winter with creamy gravy on mashed potatoes with Felix lingonberry jam, which my local grocery store carries. I have read numerous books on hygge and living Danishly. If my job was not here in the States, I would move to Copenhagen tomorrow. I absolutely loved it there and could see myself living there. I actually love rainy days and cool/cold weather. In the meantime, I will have to live Danishly through your videos. Love your honesty and humor. Tak!

Your cake looks great! Just a sprig of mint on top! I made a strawberry and blueberry shortcake for July 4th. Peaches and raspberries are nice combo also. I love marzipan. Any good Danish cake recipes with that?

I feel for you - it’s hard to let go of your culture - but you can’t really prepare yourself for the daily life in a foreign- vacation is easy but living long term takes its own toll.

Driving with an American driver's licence in Denmark is actually illegal. To swap a foreign licence to a Danish one, you need to take both a theoretical and a practical test before you can swap your foreign driving licence to a Danish one. That way you know the signs.

While editing your videos you should adjust the audio so that the volume levels are similar throughout the whole video. Would make for a better viewing experience :)

Love this

Nice video! Very helpful. Thanks for your amazing videos

The Americans who have it worse in Europe are the ones who can't accept the fact that things are not the same like the US and often they whine endlessly that things are not the same as it is in the US.

Hej Kelly, Du er en rigtig sød Pige og fortæller godt om dine oplevelser :-) ,jeg kan godt forklare dig om alle de spørgsmål du søger, husk, at Danskerne er meget ironiske og at meget vi siger er humor. Knuss fra Steen Andreas

How did you drive in Europe without taking a european driver's license test?

Heading back to Copenhagen, Denmark this Friday for the second time and I’m so excited! Fell in love with the city the first time I went and hoping to see more of the country this time around. I could definitely see myself moving to Denmark. 🤗

Been there, done that!! Moving here from US with a big container😅

I like your video😊

Moving to Denmark took a lot of tough adjustments. It's like uprooting a southwestern plant and transplanting it in the wet Danish soil. Maybe it will grow, or maybe it will not. I should of realised before I moved here that I would become an immigrant, and have to go through the immigration process. I kind of thought I was just being transferred.

I wonder how much you traveled outside the US before moving to Denmark. Many US Americans tend to be uninformed about anything/everything outside the US borders because they simply have never been abroad, others have traveled but have always gotten off easy because US American culture has spread all over the world. It is when you have to leave your entire way of living behind (well, mostly) that you stumble over all the little issues you managed to ignore up to that point.
You will never stop being an US American, you should cherish it and hang on to whatever you find beneficial from US culture. Use English at home to the extent you can to enable your children to be bilingual - they will be immersed in Danish culture outside the home anyway. Be proud of your heritage.

Hi from South Africa. Discovered your channel today, I think I'm going to love it. ❤♥

Everything I brought when I moved to denmark fitted in a fiat ducato , cat included 🦊

Totally agree about the cooking and so , even that I only moved from a place 800 km from danmark , it is a big difference

Does Amazon not deliver to you in Denmark though? So wouldn't you have access to everyrhing everyone else does?

Would be nice if you gave actual examples. Nice to know what we need to consider, but would be much more useful if you provided actual examples: food differences, how are the driving signs different, what are the useful things there not useful, coming from USA, etc.

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Accepting change is the first step to being a Dane, or any other nationality if you want. But it’s the same in all of Europe. A Dane moving to France would have to change, and a Frenchman moving to Germany would also have to change.
I think a lot of the change has to do with how we think. I had a big city mentality (London) when I first moved to Denmark. It took a few years to shake that of and learn to relax more.
But Rome wasn’t built in a day, and everything will fall into to place eventually, and one day you will wake up and feel totally Danish.
But that’s the beauty of Europe, so many countries and different languages huddled together in a mass, a melting pot of different ways of thinking and cultures. Brilliant!!

Nice video. We are thinking about moving to Denmark, my grandfather was born there and I have family that I would love to meet. I enjoyed your points, nine years ago we moved from Canada to the USA. I remember being in a grocery store, everything was packaged differently, standing there trying to order sliced meat ( converting grams to pounds). At least the language was the same and the driving laws are similar. It did take me some time to get accustom to the “exit in two miles” our Canadian car with the metric speedometer. I had the similar sadness at about 3 months, I had to remind myself of the great opportunity to experience NYC and now the BayArea (California)

If moving, is wealth affected? I’d love to live in Denmark, however I no longer need income. Is wealth taxed when moving? If someone has millions of dollars in cash and millions in assets and wanted to retire there would their wealth be taxed or is there loss of control with finances? I do not agree with the high income tax but since I wouldn’t be working how would that work. I’m sure property taxes would be high but that’s not as much as a concern as the home I desire may only be 3-400 thousand.

Rain in Denmark - it isn't as bad as you say - only rains about two days a week. ^_^

This is lovely. I'm an American planning to move to either Japan or Denmark. I started of learning Japanese, so my goal is Japan. But from the little I've read, Denmark is also amazing. My first goal is to spend a 2 week stay in Japan to have an idea of what at least being there is like. It's gonna take a lot of time to save for goal 1, but I'm excited.

This video is kind of hard to watch, because most of us wants people to feel welcomed here, and you are bringing another culture, which sometimes will clash with the danish culture, but thats very exciting, Its like a kind of field where we can learn from each other. This means you have to integrate in Denmark, just to make it easier for yourself, but you do not have to assimilate, after all you are an american and you should not forget the culture you comes from, instead lets enrichs each other with the cultures and learn from each other.

I need Mylar Balloons... I have to import them myself

As a Dane living in France since 35 years I can recommend this to anyone who is looking for a real culture and language challange.
I also lived one year in the US, in Dallas of all places and as a “Copenhagerne” I have evne survived a few yeas in Holstrebro and Maarslet. Through all that, I’ve simple tried to stay myself, as it’s the one I do the best. And for you, Kelly, if I can allow myself, please stay as wonderfully American as you are - and keep those videos comming, I love them!

Sounds sad.

Great video! Manchester in England has the same weather as Denmark. I had to buy a special raincoat when I started working in Manchester because it rained so much. "Rainpants" made me laugh because in the UK "pants" are underwear, and what American call "Pants" we call Trousers. So call our Rainpants "Waterproof Trousers". Vive la différence!

As someone who lived and worked in the US, have you visited the US embassy in Copenhagen to inquire as to how to obtain your "entitlements" such as Social Security, eventually? It is worth establishing communication with them. I was fortunate enough to catch a workshop they hosted in 2019 that was very informative. Apparently, when my Danish wife and I eventually retire there, I can still get my SS and SHE can get the SS she is entitled to. Anyway, you look quite young, and are far from worrying about that, but be sure to stay in touch with the embassy to see about these things.

Idk why i'm here i'm danish

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Påklædning ?
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Påklædning !
Påklædning man har på
(som er forkerte)
Påklædning man burde have på
(som måske er rigtig)
Påklædning som er den rigtigt
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Ps. husk hjelm

thanks for sharing this.

Why the whispering?

I’m a Puerto Rican that’s thinking about moving to Denmark. It’s my dream place to live in.

Still a better country than America 🇺🇸

I'm 27 years old my name is Rebecca , I'm Italian my mom is just died.... my dream would be to start a new life in Denmark. Finish my education and brand new start... I have 2 dogs (little one & a big one) I wish to learn all that I can, in order to make it happen sooner as possible. ❤️Where Do you think would be the best place to start living in a central but green place with backyard cause the size of the house is not important for me but I think, having a garden would be the best solution in order to have a easy life with my dogs.

A fun way to learn a foreign language. find an audiobook such as Harry Potter, it is available in many languages. listen to it 2-3 times until you know the text. (possibly as a goodnight story with your children) then listen to the same book in the new language. you know the text, you know what is being said, if it helps, break it up into chapters or lines.

"I had a raincoat or so I thought" Poor thing!!!