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texastumbleweed

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Denmark
« on: May 11, 2017, 09:10:47 AM »
Totally serious, should we all just move to Denmark? 

Can anyone with actual experience living in Denmark comment?  It seems like in spite of the weather and the taxes, the standard of work and living seems really pleasant.

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Re: Denmark
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2017, 10:46:38 AM »
Totally serious, should we all just move to Denmark? 

Can anyone with actual experience living in Denmark comment?  It seems like in spite of the weather and the taxes, the standard of work and living seems really pleasant.
I've visited, but have never lived there.  It's kind of cold.  And dark in the winter.

But seriously, my MIL grew up there, have many friends there, and hubby has relatives there.  They are very happy.

They work 35-40 hours a week.  Their homes are smaller.  They ride their bikes to work a lot (cars and gas are expensive.  My friend used to bike her kid to preschool 9km each way, before biking to work.  That's more do-able when you work 35 hours a week.)  They do long for an SUV sometimes.


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Re: Denmark
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2017, 07:29:08 AM »
I lived there for a time some years back.
Yes, the work week at Ericcson was about 37 hours.   On Friday afternoons they would bring up beer (that they sell in the cafeteria) and relax and chat in one of the conference rooms before leaving for the day.

The Danes had far fewer material possessions from what I noticed.   Many didn't own cars as the car tax was on order of  the value of the car per year.  And of course the price of fuel was high. 
 
That being said,  Copenhagen had bike lanes wherever you went and had many people using bicycles for transportation in additions to the bus system and rail.

Many of the younger engineers that I knew had children but many also weren't married.   

I loved living there and would have relocated our family at the time as it seemed an open and happy place to be.


dodojojo

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Re: Denmark
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2017, 10:08:03 AM »
My mom had a cousin who immigrated to Denmark, lived there for at least 2-3 decades and then immigrated to the US where the rest of his siblings live.  I should ask if he regrets the change.  Also wonder if he kept his Danish citizenship.