What Newcomers to Denmark Ask Me | The How to Live in Denmark Podcast, Denmark's longest-running...
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.
I remember arriving just about this time of year and being astonished by all the public holidays in spring. I’d arrived to work, but the office kept shutting down.
Now one of my various gigs is cultural training for newcomers, paid for by the big corporations that bring them here. The questions they ask bring me back to the time when I first arrived.
One of the most popular questions is pretty basic: How do I send a letter in Denmark? What does a postbox look like? Where do I buy a stamp?
I also get a lot of questions about Danish bicycle culture, which the Danish government promotes so heavily in its tourist campaigns.
A nice man newly-arrived from Russia asked me: Will it be possible for me to get a bicycle in Denmark? I said yes, it would.
But hey, there are no dumb questions. (Would it be possible for me, Kay, to get a bicycle in Moscow? I have no idea.)
Bicycle culture is often exaggerated in Denmark – the truth is, the number of kilometers cycled each year keeps falling, (https://samvirke.dk/artikler/vores-cykelkultur-ruster-se-hvor-meget-eller-lidt-danskerne-cykler)and the number of cars keeps increasing, even thought it is very expensive.
You can still get by with only a bike in Copenhagen and Aarhus, but in the less urban parts of Denmark, life will be uncomfortable without a car.
This is the 117th episode of the "How to Live in Denmark podcast", and originally ran in 2023.
Get all of Kay Xander Mellish's books about Denmark at http://books.howtoliveindenmark.com. Book Kay for a talk to your group or organization at http://events.howtoliveindenmark.com.
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