6 Of The Hardest Things About Living In Denmark: Americans in Denmark Explain 

The good thing about living in a country with high prices is that when you travel everything is cheaper, even the expensive tourist traps.

A comment about the Resistance towards Foreigners, and particularly the fact that English is no longer a primary language in many university classes. This is less due to a hostility towards foreign students (Denmark certainly has benefited a lot from those!). The problem is that Denmark only has a population of about 5.5 million people. Denmark also has one of the worlds greatest support of students, with not only the actual study programs being free, but also paying the students monthly via the SU system. There are few other countries that can match that, and since that by EU law, Denmark has to offer the same benefits to people who just come here to study, and then leave the country. Since we're so few people living here, it really doesn't take a lot of people to upset that balance, meaning the students who come here, study for free AND get paid for doing so, and then leaving the country without working or paying back can quickly drain the money box, meaning the system could fail sooner rather than later. Since it's by EU law not legal to provide different services to people from different countries, the only real way to regulate it is to at least make sure students have enough interest to stay here long enough to learn the language, and be able to pay back via taxes and so forth. The Danish education system cannot survive being a place where people just go to get a free education and then leave without giving anything back to the country.

@4:20 : "Resistant to foreigners"? Ha ha! Love it - Danes are resistant to Danes too! Once Danes become 25 of age, they have decided who they want as friends and that's for life!

In all fairness it has to be said that Post Nord did not so much suffer from the privatization as from the steep decline in the number of letters sent. Denmark is in the front of using email and secure electronic mail with authorities. Also, we pay our bills electronically. When the rest of the world arrives there the postal services in those countries will suffer too.

I was born in DK and lived there 24 years, then I moved to the UK in '98. When people learn I'm Danish I sometimes suddenly have to explain current Danish politics. LOL

You guys present things in a very digestible way which makes me stick around and listen to your videos to the end. Thanks for the great videos.

If I ever get to go live in Denmark, I'm really gonna have to meet you, guys. You are two of the coolest-sweetest-warmest RU-vid hosts. 🤗☀️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

9;37 honestly I don’t think that is totally about you guys. The politics in America is something people really follow closely, especially when it is time for a new president. People didn’t just ask you that. Everyone was talking about, to and with everyone. I couldn’t go a day without the election coming up in conversation. And I am just some random danish teenager, who dont have any none-danish friends.

A quick note on renting - the laws regarding deposits are quite square. If you run into trouble with a landlord that keeps your entire deposit - you can challenge that, by contacting organizations like LLO (Lejernes Lands Organisation - Renters National Organisation). They will take the case and evaluate it - and provide the lawyers and caseworkers necessary. They do this for 500-700 DKK - which is a fraction of the cost of what people usually lose. Often times landlords keep the deposit for what constitutes "normal wear and tear" - which is wear on floor boards, doors, windows etc. If your lease says you have to repaint - it has to be specifically noted in the lease, that you either have to use professionals - or professionals of their choosing. Otherwise you are well entitled to doing it yourself. Whenever you move to an apartment - take a lot of pictures. And I mean A LOT. Before you put your stuff there. You have 14 days after you move in to highlight "fejl og mangler" or defects. These defects are most easily provided as photographs accompanied with a list. It will also help if you get blamed for something later - like a stain on the kitchen table, damage to the doors or whatever.

Dane here - we all also collectively hate PostNord haha. It's the shittiest, most expensive and unreliable postal service in the world

as a Dane, I would say that prices in Copenhagen are higher than in other smaller cities ​in Denmark

Hi. I follow your channel because our daughter has been dating an American for a number of years and they have plans to settle in Denmark. It helps me understand the challenges they face and the culture and thinking that characterizes an American. He is from California so he is again very different from you, but he has found that going out to eat is very expensive 😂😂 thank for your videos

I loved this vid! I just knew there had to be some not so great things about us so thank you for your honesty 😊

Thank you for the video! I never really gave much thoughts into these issues, so thank you for the heads up!

about having to answer for your country, while that does happen for foreigners from many different countries, because many Danes are very curious about what is going on around the world and does to some extend keep up with many countries, it is especially true about America, partly because it is so prevalent on the international scene, and partly because theway things are handled in USA is so foreign to Danes that they seem almost silly.

All very true. Thank you so much for another great video☺️

I just love your videos, you guys are just so sweet, even when youre talking about the difficulties youre talking nice about Denmark 💙

I watch your videos because I am trying to move to Scandinavia from the US. I’d like to hear more about the difficulties of moving there so this video was nice to see. And it did not discourage me from trying to move there!

Postal service have been reduced dueto nearly nobody send letters. Today I receive one or two letters each year, everything else is digital. About restaurant prices in Denmark, I belive it's the other way around. It's not people eat at home because restaurant prices are high. Restaurant prices are high because many people prefer eating at home and rarely eat out.

As a Swede living in another country, I recognize some of the problems as universal when anyone moves to another country. Take "legal stuff" as housing for example. Even if one knows the language good, it can still be very tricky and confusing (it can even be hard in my native tongue Swedish). I recommend any expat to get help from the locals there. For prices, I am used to everything being all inclusive. Where I live now, I have to expect many "small" extra costs. These costs are always presented with a smile and a glance as if I am completely stupid when I ask about them... :D

Post Nord (formerly known as Post Danmark) is the absolute worst, and most prefer to use other services whenever possible. If I need to ship or receive a package and can choose between e.g. GLS and Post Nord, I would usually go with any other available option. Packages are also not always treated that well by Post Nord, which is why they have gotten the nickname "Post Mord" (Post Muder) by many. So it's not just you - we heavily dislike their service too! :D

I really loved this video - your right about the things you mentioned and i'm sure you can come up with many other things that has been hard and maybe even still are hard for you guys. Can't wait for more videos like this - where you talk about the harder things

The Danish' postal service used to be as good as the American but then it was merged with the Swedish postal service and semi-privatized and since then it has been horrible.

Some really good points there! 🙂

As a Dane, I agree with a lot of this. But it is more a feel of being against wellfare migrants, and the feeling the former eastern European, come and work for less. Undermining our work, Unions, the good pay and wellfare system. And yes, we are worried about loosing our idendity, our Danishness, because of other religions, traditions and behavior. We are a small country, that could loose what we love

You guys caught it spot on. Anyway, when people ask about your perspective on US politics, it's not meant to bother you. It is just that we are quite well informed and curious. So we hope to get a bit more in-depth understanding, by asking directly. Sorry.

The post office in Denmark is in great crisis, as people no longer send letters. They talk about that the bottom of the number of mail sent is about to be reached, so to understand is they will soon no longer be able to drive the mail retable. In the old days, we had a fine and well-functioning mail, but in step with the Internet, the postal service has become worse and worse.

I must share this channel on my Facebook page. Even not everything is perfect here in Denmark, I really love you two guys found the way to my country. Welcome!

You can pay up to six month in downpayment when you rent. But half is preepayed rent. Which means that you do not have to pay for the last months you rent and your landlord is sure that you pay rent after you have cancelled your rental. The other half is a depositum which your landlord can use if he has to fix up the rental after you have moved. It is illegal to charge more than three months depositum and more than three months of preepayed rent.

I love your upbeat energy !! Def will hit the sub -trying to visit Denmark soon :)!

I definitely recognized from this that I might be guilty of being that curious person looking for perspective and asking about the US or whatever. I also like to think that most Danes would (or at least should) respect and understand a direct "Can we talk about something else? I'm just here to have a beer"

I'm from Denmark. where I don't totally agree on the immigration, your part right. Most of the hard time laws politics are advocating for are things like reducing all the free money most immigrants get. and making it harder for immigrants to just come here for free money. Denmark is not a huge country so we can't handle 2million immigrants when we are only 5mil Danish people. our system is not build for it. we have high tax for the soul reason to be able to go to school for free, hospital free, doctor free and so on. when then immigrants come here who don't work and goes on our free support where you get 1330$ a month without working. this takes a lot out of our system.. most immigrants we got was from Iraq and those countries. they have another culture that where some don't let their women work. and some are not willing to learn Danish at all. They also get a lot more children and here you also get x amount of money from the state for free for each child you have. and a lot just lived on that. When people abuse our system it will ruin it for other immigrants that come her to make a life for them self's. it's a shame. one law was to change it so you can only gain money for free to two of your children. this hit's Danish people too. just because so many immigrants abused it. We don't want our hard worked welfare system to break down just because some immigrants just come here to free load on our system. But some immigrants come here and make something out of them self's and that nice. I don't think you would be able to find a Danish person who has anything against those immigrants. you maybe find some but they are far and few between. 90% of Danish people can speak English. Sure we would want people living here permanently to learn Danish this is because so many immigrants speak langue's that we don't understand. So communication breaks down. if everyone who came here all spoke English then I think we would not force people to learn Danish if they wanted to become a citizen.

Danish is an ancient culture that goes back 5000 years. And that’s so important to remember- why Danes are proud and privileged living in their own history

Tell it as you see it. Both good and bad. All of your other vids are great too, but this helps expand to a broader, more useful image, both as the two of you coming to Denmark, what Danes could do better, and last but not least, for other foreigners to look out for, when coming to Denmark. Keep it coming! 👍

Hello again - Thanks for that very enlightening episode! Actually Copenhagen started to surprise us recently - in a good way - about the cost of eating out! I’m from Odense, and for some reason the prices of beer in bars and pubs was the first difference I noticed between Odense and Copenhagen 😆 We went to some semi-famous places like Charlie’s Bar in Pilestræde, - very British place, if you like that kind of thing - and most of their tipples were 10 or 20 percent cheaper than in our bars in Odense - it’s most likely a consequence of the big competition in Copenhagen that prices are relatively low - we found that it’s a general rule. Then recently my gf, my mate and myself went to our capital again to stay at my mate’s daughter’s new flat and we dined in her students’ part of town, notably at a place called Stefano’s Pizzabar in Stefansgade. They served some of the best pasta dishes we had had in a while. It’s a lively area, at least in the summer, and we only found affordable bars and restaurants there!

It makes me a bit sad to hear that we don't want foreigners in Denmark. It is absolutely not true. It is a misunderstanding. The new problem that we did not see much 20 years ago is, that it had to be addressed, that our society (or any society for that matter) cannot provide free social goods and education for a growing number of foreigners who have no intention of interacting, integrating or assimilating taking a job and pay tax. We have not previously had to worry about violent religious fanatism (exept during wwII) in a way we do now all over Europe. We want to make shure that asylum and aid is provided to people who needs it, and not to people who would just like and want it. I cannot blame anyone for liking to receive free benefits, but we owe it to be adressed to pople in need. In my eyes, you are danish if you pay you taxes and participate in the society no matter your gender, colour or religion. (We also have danes who are too lazy to work and pay tax even if they can). We are a very small and of course attractive country for many, if you are leaving a country because of poverty, corruption etc. But we simply cannot provide help for all of the world. Of course we have to wellcome refugees but not necessearily migrants who just want a better life. (Who doesn't want that). We are of course very privilledged having a safe, stabile, nonviolent and orderly society with none or very little corruption. Beeing part of a richer society naturally makes it an obligation to share with and care for others. We want to continue the path, not having poor people living in the streets, and provide help locally and also outside our borders. I feel sorry for people who grow up in parts of the world with poverty , no social security and violence and corruption. If nobody works, pay a very high tax (world record) we will not be able to help anyone. Beeing a simple scoolteacher and not a millionaire, I am not a racist, I believe a have very few prejudgies, and I pay my tax with joy and pride, knowing that if we all do that, many people will have a better life. What I/we want to protect is the right to reject, a very few of all foreigners from misusing our hospitality and our social services.It is not an excuse, that it is a tradition where you come from to recieve social goods which is not meant for you, to hate the danish institutions and establish an second line of alternative religious legislation controlled by religious leaders who openly declare, that Danish legislation does not have to be followed.This is what makes prejugies and racism. In many year we have been afraid of conflicts. We have to stand up forthe rules of our society. The privelegies goes hand in hand with supporting your hosts and friends taking part in our society and paying tax. We will protect your rights to dislike us, write in the newspapers, demonstrate, call the queen and any politician an idiot without risking anything. We don't use the term honour much in Denmark, but it means a lot in other cultures. It doesn't mean that we don't have honur. It actually violates my honour when my/our hospitality is abused. I will not accept beeing called a racist because I want to protect my home from people who have no intention of participating and no intention of contributing when offered asylum, or permanent stay no matter if you are from Sweden , Bahamas or Ghana or any specific religion. The problems are not about many foreigners, but a very limited group, who repeatedly contribute to inscurity with long, long list of serious continuous gang and drugcrime, religious fanatism, violent religious traditions fx honour-killings. These are so far from our values. Of course we have our own criminals, murderes etc. , and they are no better. These few are destroying he possibilities for all the real refugees and imigrants with good intentions. If we close the door for imigrants in Denmark we have a problem. The population is shrinking and getting older day by day. We need more young people to work and pay tax to help others and ourselves.

Man, don't get me started on privatization of both postal services and rail :-)

As for it being expensive, yes, sure, it can be. BUT Just as you said "paying New York prices" the same can be said for where you live now, Copenhagen. "Copenhagen prices" is a thing in Denmark.. and according to memory, Copenhagen has also frequently (don't know if it is at this point in time) appeared on the list of the "20 most expensive cities in the world to live in".... As for the expensive "eating out" part, true, it's not cheap going out to have dinner ect. but on the other hand, you don't have to tip in Denmark. 15% of the bill is actually tip. (more or less) Servers here doesn't have to rely on tips to make ends meet, it's already a part of their salary. There's a whole more to the "drikkepenge" subject, but it was due to a law that got passed in 69 and then some other things as well.

Fun fact, it can be faster, cheaper and easier, to hire a taxi for mail/package delivery, that actual mail and package delivery companies and Post Nord.

Well done guys ... great video!! Been back in Denmark for 5 years after 20 years in the UK .... and it is HARD!!! Even as Danish, connecting with Danes is very hard and (sorry Denmark) but is completely anti-foreign (which includes Danes who have been away). Love your videos.

Love love love you guys ! 😌❤️

I'm from Denmark and I'm quite proud of my country and often enjoy the feedback from especially american immigrants, coming here. But of course not everything about being a foreigner in Denmark is all sunshine and lollipops and we get that. I think it's good that you address the difficult parts too. If you paint a too rosy picture of Denmark, I think that the things that really ARE amazing, lose credibility, because only highlighting those things, begins to seem a bit forced. (Sorry if I'm butchering the grammar) So I actually appreciate the more nuanced evaluation.

Great video!

I love your videos and how respectful you are in sharing your impressions about Denmark ❤️. Although I do not come from the US, I can relate to a lot of the topics raised in this video. I work in a university and I could see how top down this decision (regarding putting an end to courses held in English) was, and how much unsatisfaction it raised among my Danish colleagues. Sadly, the universities are already feeling the consequences, the number of paying students has decreased drastically (even in courses held in English) and is putting a lot of financial pressure on the shoulders of the universities! It's sad to see :( Also, I can relate to the resistance to foreigners. It's annoying to be recruted from abroad because you have a unique set of skills that is needed here, but finding some natives talking to you like they were doing you a favor to let you live in their territory... or the immigration agents asking for a "marriage certificate" because they don't understand that a latina can live here based on her own work visa...Fortunately I am also in a supportive environment with a lot of very kind Danish colleagues that do not think like that 😊 Regarding representing your country, probably people who draw such comments don't understand the difference in size and diversity between the US and Denmark. I have found myself in a similar situation a number of times, to put things into perspective, I explain you can fit Denmark 190 times inside my country, so there you can not is find a homogenous reality when it comes to living standards, political opinions, cultural backgrounds and so on. To be honest, I appreciate the curiosity. Sometimes these questions end up leading towards a very interesting conversation.

It's really interesting see your perspective sometimes, especially because I do find it very very copenhagen :) I've lived in 5 different cities in jutland, I've never heard of 6 month deposit, I didn't even know it existed.. Nor have I had any trouble with the post service, and I have stuff delivered to me every month.. Real estate example! I recently moved, when I moved I was paid back my full deposit because the owners of the apartment I lived in didn't have the time to honor the law that states that they have to put the apartment up for sale again as fast as possible. Also, I find it completely ridiculous that anyone in the year 2021 have to learn danish to stay here.. While it might be polite or whatever(I don't really care for it either way), it most definitly should not be a necessity. oh yeah, while not mentioned here, I don't think we're too strict on foreigners beside the above, I do however think we can have a horrible mentally towards foreigners at times.. While we praise ourself with the law of jante, we are easy to blame "outsiders" when something bad happens

I think I can agree to these points, as a Dane living in the USA (where nobody cares what Denmark thinks, really) I get the points about having to 'representing your country' when I can imagine that 'representing' the former guy must have been harder than me representing that Denmark cut their UN quota refugees to zero and blamed it on the Syrian refugee crisis - a policy with which I totally disagreed - how can you suddenly decide that you abandon a signed treaty just because it's popular to be worried about Syrian refugees? I respect you guys more and more with every video you release, and I think Philly is a pretty cool city too.

Love You Guys!! ❤️🇩🇰

It’s great to live as a foreigner in a country. Don’t expect to become a local before you set down roots. Til then we are visitors. I fix am a frequent visitor in Ghana - where my family lives. But I will never become Ghanaian. That’s ok.

Agree with everything you say here, even as a Dane (well, apart from the difficulty of learning the language). PostNord makes my blood boil; I don’t care that most things are digitalized these days, it would be nice if confirmation cards (for example) would arrive within a week and not several days after the event. (I can’t help noticing that several of us comment on this more than on your comments on immigration :-))

The reason for closing studies taught in English is that students from other EU countries have the same rights as Danes to study for free in DK and also to get SU (6321, - dkr per month study suppliment) and very many students from Eastern Europe used that posibility. If you graduate in DK EU citizens are also garanteed unemployment benefits for 2 yrs.

thanks for the vid, what are you guys studying and how long have you lived here? are you planning on going back to america?

Living without eye-contact from folks is a soul crusher for me. I agree with your comments though. I enjoy your videos fellas.

I love how you put Schmeicel when you said wall

Completely agree!!!

Here in Germany the landlord is not permitted to ask for more than three months (without the costs for water or heating) of deposit. Also needs a good reason if he intends not to reimburse the whole deposit. Not the right colour especially if it is white is not a reason. I guess you don't even have to paint at all but i'm not sure.

Im a graduate student in Århus, and all my classes are in english, we have a dutch, brasilian and indian teacher 😅 - I agree about the resistance, I Think because we are a small country and we dont even have housing for our homeless, we would like to take Care of them too🤷‍♀️ I believe the newer generations are more open than the Older ones where some still live in the 50s 😅

I'm curious. Do apartments in Denmark come with kitchens, or lights? Here in Germany they usually don't. It also like you said, trying to find an apartment if you are a foreigner. Even though I am a dual National. I have had a difficult time, renting apartments that I wanted. Got turned down many times. The rent deposit thing surprises me though. Here they have to refund it, or you can take them to court.

PostNord,, bhaa. Glad when i buy stuff online its here next day with Gls. Great topic again from you, about us danes.

Have you ever thought of making a video about the differences between Danish and and American entertainments like movie theaters or carnival/amusement parks. Since i personally have always thought them to so different from each other like hygge vs spectacular

The wall thing, and the Mario sound, I can't ... XD

When the Danish Postal Service was founded by King Christian the 4th back in 1624 - the expected delivery time of mail from across the country was 6 days. Today with Post Nord the expected delivery time is the same as nearly four centuries ago. No wonder people lose faith in the Danish postal service.

On average people fellow American foreign politics and the big controversies more than they fellow common Danish politics. Many Danes just want more knowledge so they will ask an American if they can, especially when the President says a lot of things. It is really difficult to not start asking about that stuff because we are curious.

Love this video, and I feel the same about having to answer for your country... I am tired of that topic of the former guy. ;) Even though you talked about very valid points of things that can be hard to deal with while living here, you did it very well and respectfully as always. :)

I love you guys😊

hello I have a question for you, how do you feel as immigrants in Denmark regarding the language? is it easy for immigrants like you to communicate just in English?

I am glad you guys were able to make it here, and I am so sorry about the unnecessary difficulty the government puts immigrants through.

The six months rent you put down before you can move is a two-part deal: ½ is a deposit to pay for repairs and renovation (fresh paint etc) after you move and ½ is rent to pay in advance.

Your right. Post is a disaster. Yes. We care for our country. Some Danes think: if you want to live here, you have to make an effort and take part.

Well done.

Think about how lucky you are; you get to known, enjoy and sometimes choose the best of both worlds. Regarding postal service; I can tell you service is worse in Canada (no longer any mail brought to the door) in spite of being far behind in public IT solutions - the main reason for why few uses mail in Denmark and it has gotten so expensive.

Thank you Mike and Derek for your very reasonable answers. The Danes do indeed respect people with honest opinions. Especially for the part about being ambassadors for the US must really get annoying, and I totally get that. I think it's quite hypocritical for Danes to ask so many loaded questions about the political stance of Americans regarding American politics, but keeping Danish politics private.

I agree 💯 ─Postal service has gone downhill since the privatization in 1995. 📯Post Danmark did a great job, and we had dedicated post offices that are now gone. 😮‍💨 With PostNord it is not only expensive, but _waaaaay_ slower than when I was in my youth. Back in the 80's you'd mail a letter and the recipient would get it the next day; the stamp cost perhaps 5 DKK.🤩

Question... I think you said "I learned to stop asking 'How are you doing?'" I haven't watched *all* your videos yet (so I apologize if this is asking you to repeat yourself), but if I understood you correctly, could you share more about that, please? (If leaving a link to a specific part of a different video of yours is easiest, that's great too! Thank you!)

The danich postal services privat asyou note had ben hit hard by lost revenue of the move to e-Boks. Comperd to other country's the bus mis model is just not there ennymore.

When you said Postal Service I was like "what's that?" as I never use the word in english. But when I looked it up I thought aahhh ofc. *Remembers PostNord delivery time nam flashbacks*

Omg last point is soooo true just got back from spending the summer in Copenhagen and I noticed that so much😂 just like you said you just would be out having a drink can you get it interrogated on why do US is the way it is😂

I can see how it must have been hard for you guys during the US Election last year , I totally understand what you are talking about, when I go to Denmark , friends , family, wants to discuss US politic and it can get really TOO MUCH!

High prices? I went here from Greenland to study and it's quite cheap with a bunch of different discount stores to choose from. During times with low balance on me card in Greenland, all I could do was buy instant noodles. Here I can buy rugbrød and pålæg for a few days

The postal service - that was the understatement of the year 🤭🙃🤣🤣🤣

Hack for postal. Get it sent to your work. Everyone does it here where I work. You'll get your stuff faster and easily. Granted. It's an office building but it's so sweet. I get a mail from the "office building secretary" when it's ready to be picked up. Oh and order things early in December, otherwise you might be standing in line. xD

just have to correct you on the 6 month of depositum, its only 3 mounths, still alot of money to lay down, only private owners can claim over 3 months, same for the post services O_o we have mostly day to day delivery, but we also have mail box area,s where there is alot of boxes, where the pickup happen unmaned, you get a pin, type it in and it opens a box room, with your package.

PostNord is a merger of Nordic postal services, shared ownership by the states. One postal system might sound great, but not if you cannot put it into practice - they are still separate systems with their own problems. The main complaint here in Sweden is how they fail to give service to less populous areas. And there are reports on letter and parcels getting lost, all the time. And I can tell you that I had problems with them when ordering from Denmark. In short: They got the wrong details, one field, and I could not pick up my package. Neither the sender nor PostNord could fix that error so I had to send it back and get a refund.

In the US its also expensive to eat out .. we went i San Fransico and New york in 2015 .. and when we compare the excange rate $ vs kr. and the mandatory 20% in tip it's more expensive .. 😁😁

Copenhagen is also more expensive to live in than the rest of Denmark, I'm from Northern Jutland, I'm used to high prices, and I still have a minor heartattack when I see the prices in the capitol.

Separate the people from the government's decisions, I love that. That should apply everywhere

Thanks for this video. It feels honest and true and not like something made by the Danish tourism office to make you move to Denmark. (I'm Danish) 👍🙂

Postnord is also known to not even check if you're home and just pretend like they did. Stories of people who were home all day only to recieve a "We tried to deliver your package but you werent home" are very common.

They can only take 3 months of rents as part of the deposit and 3 months as forudbetalt leje. Thus if you have payed all up until the apartment lease is gone, then they have to pay back forudbetalt leje regardless.

How do you get through the dark months ?

Just remember there's a difference in immigration and where it comes from. The thing is the politicians as everywhere else makes laws that doesn't really work as intended

You can also use danish in Norway, Greenland, Fareo Islands and in south Sweden.

About the postal service. yeah it's shit but it really depends on who you chose as a postal service fx. Danish Freightmen is acctually what most people chose cuz sometimes depending on who you have bought your stuff from it's next day delevery. I can say it cuz I work at Danish Freightmen on Fyn where almost all my customers tell me that I was quick and they only bought it the day before. But postnord and gls etc. are generally slow and bad to use depending on what it is you have bought.

Grey skies and dark winters also go on my list.

Postnord is not 100% private owned company they still get money from the government. and it cost a lot of money to ship a package to America last time I checked it was 517 DKK for a package if its too heavy to be shipped as a letter and unlike USPS tracking is not free you have to pay more for tracking at Postnord and they charge 160 DKK on top of VAT on things coming from outside the EU.

no no our system is designed to make sure that people who comes to Denmark wants to take part in supporting our Society. Not to scar them away lol. We had way to many moving to Denmark and not even wanting to try and learn the language, or even work here they just wanted the social goods we have cause of high taxes without even paying 0 Danish krone in taxes to support the system. We Danes got tired of that shiet. That is the real reason for tightening the screw on immigrants.

when you do 6 months of rent then 3 month is deposit and the last 3 month is prepaid rent for when you move out... so the last 3 months you don't spend money on rent (since already paid) and you can use that to save up for next apartment's deposit

The rain and the darkness. How is the rain, gloom and dark not getting to t you? I love my home country, but the weather is nasty and often depressing.

Postal service is obsolete. I have not checked my mail box in six month. Because nobody sends snail mail i Denmark anymore. I do have to check mine because, at company I have work with for years have not send me a bill online for months, and i might switch company because of that.

So basically you´re bickering about the exact same things as we Danes do. Guys,- you´re becoming Danish. Welcome. :)

I agree with your points. I'm a native Danish citizen and I like my country but it doesn't prevent me from criticizing things that I find problematic. It's difficult to find new friends in DK even for native Danes as they generally prefer sticking with their old friends. It's extremely difficult to rent a suitable apartment as the waiting lists are usually very long. Often you will have to wait 10-15 years for a vacant apartment. And you're right that the Danish postal service sucks big time, especially PostNord who have lost or misplaced numerous parcels adressed to me. But apart from that there are many things I love about DK, especially the health care system. Things that prevent me from moving to another country though I do love the USA that I have visited 6 times.