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Relocating to Denmark?
- Thread starter James Hart
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The actors are Norwegians
Unbelievable! In that case, they're really nailing the emphasis (or lack of it) even though they're just speaking gibberish. Impressive...most impressive
The actors are Norwegians
yeah,,those actors are a crack up. They do some outrageously stupid things on t.v. too. Like remember that one actor (forgot his name, but he's there in the video), he did a sketch about the strangeness of a scrotum, and actually took off his pants and mooned the audience, then started stretching his scrotum, and saying "what is this for?" . Man, that dude is deranged
Hello all,
I'm hoping to gather some info and insight...
The wife and I have been contemplating relocating to Europe on and off for years. Neither of us speak/read/understand any languages other than English, but have no problems tackling one if needed. I randomly google different destinations and think we are getting closer to committing to something than we've ever been.
For a little background, I'm a lower/mid level IT professional with a background in ISP/Telecom/VoIP with the preferred role of a systems troubleshooter... I like putting out fires seem to be good at it
Anyway, lately I've been looking at Denmark, I like what the interwebz tells me about the place and I see they have a lot of need to IT people AND seem to have a majority the population with English as a second language.
Any Americans without significant ties to another country ever make the move (Denmark or otherwise)?
Any Danes want to chime in with opinions on immigration and/or thoughts of life in your homeland?
I have no opinion of any specific region, but have been reading up on Aarhus and the surrounding areas.
Thanks for any info
interesting this conversation comes up. I hang out with a friend occasionally whose native to South Africa. Has seen or studied just about every area in Europe. As good as life sounds just about anywhere over in Europe, you have to question whether or not people's opinions are overfluffed.
I have to think that there's something $H!TTy! about every area
Yea.....I have two problems 1. I'm something of a negaholic (working on it) and 2. I would think that things even themselves out in any area we choose to live in.
well if you are running from problems than it usually doesn't work to change your location. There is one saying "the troll allways hides in your suitcase". One thing is for sure, traveling teaches.
Yeah I'm not looking for an escape and I'm very aware of the 'grass is always greener' phrase.
Just looking to 'do something different' for a while... but at the same time I keep going back to a bridge from a favorite tune:
"You say you need to travel far away
To make you think of something else
Well, I think you’d find out if you dared to stay
That far away is a place inside yourself"
The wife and I are thinking hard about moving overseas again because of the frustrations we are dealing with on trying to evict a deadbeat tenant and move ourselves into our bigger house (2 small houses on a single lot, I live in the smaller and have rented the bigger one for over 10 years). Once stuff get's settled again, the push may die a bit... but we will still be traveling for a visit next year.
Everyday it seems like it might be the next day... at this point it *might* be Monday.
Just looking to 'do something different' for a while... but at the same time I keep going back to a bridge from a favorite tune:
"You say you need to travel far away
To make you think of something else
Well, I think you’d find out if you dared to stay
That far away is a place inside yourself"
The wife and I are thinking hard about moving overseas again because of the frustrations we are dealing with on trying to evict a deadbeat tenant and move ourselves into our bigger house (2 small houses on a single lot, I live in the smaller and have rented the bigger one for over 10 years). Once stuff get's settled again, the push may die a bit... but we will still be traveling for a visit next year.
Everyday it seems like it might be the next day... at this point it *might* be Monday.
I don't think it is necessarily a better/worse situation. I think it is more about finding a country/population that shares your core values and their importance. I believe you have a lot more chance being happy and integrating well with the rest of society if you share the same basic values with them, even if the economic or social situation is not heaven on earth.
maybe its my age, but people around my area (same state as Hart's) just come off as really snobby and opposed to connecting with people outside their regular circle.
As far as my "everything can be $H!TTY" statement, I was referring to the fact that, as people stated, despite the fact the living is great, food/drink/specialty items really run up the expenses, and to top it off, despite the taxes are being used in the right places, they're still high. The weather sounds great tho, despite what some people say about it. IMO any area you move to there will be a sacrifice to be dealt with, but make sure it has the basics.
Bump......my turn to ask. I have been offered a job in Copenhagen, and we are currently working out the logistics. The wife and I haven't decided to accept the job or not.
I've only been out of the USA a handful of times in my life, and that was only to Vancouver, Canada and Tijuana, Mexico. I'm really nervous about moving across the world, but it also could be a great experience.
The employer will be handling the legalities so I can work in Denmark and even offered to help us with housing which is great. Still, there are many more details to arrange. How do we get our dog to Denmark? Does everyones house really look like an IKEA ad? How are people from the USA generally viewed and treated? I am very outgoing, engaging, friendly, and social, so how will that fit in with the Danish culture?
-Mike
I've only been out of the USA a handful of times in my life, and that was only to Vancouver, Canada and Tijuana, Mexico. I'm really nervous about moving across the world, but it also could be a great experience.
The employer will be handling the legalities so I can work in Denmark and even offered to help us with housing which is great. Still, there are many more details to arrange. How do we get our dog to Denmark? Does everyones house really look like an IKEA ad? How are people from the USA generally viewed and treated? I am very outgoing, engaging, friendly, and social, so how will that fit in with the Danish culture?
-Mike
I can't really help you with your question but that sounds like a very cool offer.
Check if Maynards as distributors in Denmark
1st.) I'm jealous!
2nd.) I'll send you me resume after you are settled... maybe you can get me in too
My move is mostly off the table, but I'm still working on learning the language and making online friends there.
The gist I get is Copenhagen is the most open to foreigners, the more rural you get the more of an outsider you may become. There is no general hatred of Americans, but being "very outgoing, engaging, friendly, and social" as well as observant and respectful can make a guy fit himself into even the most hostile setting in time.
Bringing your pets over to Europe is a bit of a long-winded process. Before you start, make sure your vet is acquainted with the USDA and EU rules for transporting pets - it'll save a lot of headaches later. Then, firstly, they need to be microchipped with an international ISO microchip. Then they need to have a rabies jab. From the day you get that done, you must wait at least 21 days. Then, a week or so before you travel, they must be treated for tapeworm. You must also get your veterinary paperwork approved by your local USDA office in plenty of time to travel (a few days in advance should be enough). Not sure where the nearest office to NH is, but I know there's one just outside Trenton, NJ (that's the one we used when we came back to the UK). Then they need to fly via an approved carrier - most major airlines count as approved carriers.
We did all this ourselves, since we're kinda old hands at this international relocation thing, but getting in touch with an international pet transport company might be useful as they can take care of a lot of the admin stuff for you.
I think you should go for it. Life's too short to shut out new experiences, and everyone should try living abroad at some point in their lives. It's sad how many people (especially people in the US) shut themselves off to this. Good luck.
Do it. Beautiful country, marvellous city, fantastic people. As is the whole of Scandinavia.
And only a short flight from all of Europe's major cities, for those weekend breaks.
And only a short flight from all of Europe's major cities, for those weekend breaks.
I worked for a Danish company for a couple of years and visited several times then and since - people were lovely - neat all speak excellent English and are very warm and welcoming, lovely country, culture and attitudes.. I liked it a lot - was mostly in Copenhagen. Dont know if it's changed but I remember the tax system being a bit strange - might be just my recollection but check it out - when we moved to Ireland from Scotland we were captured by the adventure and got a shock in the differences in the tax, school and medical systems - as well as a few cultural things - we loved it anyway and still here after 20 years but gawd were we naive in our assumptions! Enjoy your adventure!
Just realised I posted the pet stuff earlier in the thread... that's what happens with thread necromancy. Anyway, in the intervening months, the rules have been somewhat relaxed compared to what I posted before - as I said above, you can go through the process, start to finish, in 21 days now instead of 6 months.
We're actually planning a little holiday later this summer over to Sweden - it's been years since I was in Scandinavia and it's incredibly beautiful (beautiful people too!). We'll be in Stockholm, but hopefully we'll be able to get down south to Helsingborg or Malmo so we can pop over to Copenhagen for a visit.
Anyway, in the intervening months, the rules have been somewhat relaxed compared to what I posted before - as I said above, you can go through the process, start to finish, in 21 days now instead of 6 months. We're actually planning a little holiday later this summer over to Sweden - it's been years since I was in Scandinavia and it's incredibly beautiful (beautiful people too!). We'll be in Stockholm, but hopefully we'll be able to get down south to Helsingborg or Malmo so we can pop over to Copenhagen for a visit.
