Hi all!

We’re very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we’re set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

    • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
      19·
      2 months ago

      expats

      The word is “immigrants” but Brits and Yanks are scared to call themselves that lol

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      If you work for an American company you may end up with an American style corporate hierarchy, but Danish companies are a lot more egalitarian on average. Not just office wise, but also “only addressing the boss by their first name” wise.

      That’s been a thing in the USA for decades.

    • frank@sopuli.xyzOP
      4·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, this is all great advice. I work for a very European style company in the US and will work for a Danish company in Denmark. So I’m not expecting total culture shock (like our CEO currently wears a T-shirt and sneakers, you can have a beer with him) like going to Japan would be, but also looking forward to less work focus.

      Yeah, the mental math of money, units, will all be a lot. But we’ll get used to it!

      I’m stoked for the smaller, car-free, perhaps simpler life.

      • underscore_@sopuli.xyz
        1·
        2 months ago

        Jumping on this to evangelise about some car ownership alternatives, as it can even be quite the cultural leap even for some Europeans to not own a car.

        Firstly Denmark has some brilliant cycling infrastructure I would highly recommend sourcing a bike with a pannier rack to make small trips to the shops easier. If you enjoy it you can always go all in later with a cargo bike and there are many - even from local brands - to choose from (although I have an urban arrow I can also recommend a Bullitt (DK))!

        For when you do need a car aside from all the big brands rentals there are also peer-2-peer rentals, eg in Finland I will use go more which is great here and while it looks like they also exist in Denmark your mileage may vary, but I have friends in Sweden who have used this there too.