Im a Latvian. We have a bit colder weather during winters, but pretty much the same. Came here to study, and god, I loved that I have so many things in common with the people of denmark. We go wintee bathing aswell, and just in general really feel like at home. If its sunny, you should enjoy it, and that mentality i really really love. Love to all my Danish friends.
2:50 me and my mom both hate the cold so we would NEVER dream of doing winter bathing. But most of my friends apparently loves it so all I can do is just laugh and shake my head 😂
Dear RobeTrotting, I have watched many of your videos and I love them! 🙏🥰 Including this video or, at least, the first half of it. I had to stop watching the video half-way through because of the background "music" (annoying noise to my ears). I wish you would stop adding this background music/noise in your future videos. It's so unnecessary and takes away the focus from what you are actually communicating. I hope you are ok with my Danish directness and honesty 🙏 With much respect and appreciation for you guys 🤗
I give you so much right.. This one is not bad I think, but many people put really bad music on their video 🙉 Think it's something RU-vid recommends, not bad music, but ear-splitting, which turns into noise in my ears - takes focus away..
You could visit Jutland. That's a completely different experience of Denmark. I'm from Copenhagen and Copenhagen is like LA. Jutland is equivalent to Texas, especially West Jutland, where I'm at right now. I may want to move to Jutland.
Actually when I started doing the weekly podcast uploads it made it so much easier to sort and plan but I still couldn’t tell you “September 19th is week number ___”.
So glad to see you are still going strong and is happy here. Here is a thing I hope you will consider for the future. On Friday Bakken - Denmarks oldest amusment park in the world opens up. The tradition is that all the bikers will drive to the park on the opening and closing day. I hope one day to see you out there. As I work there I would love to see you take a trip out there.
Thanks for the making these videos, love listening to you guys and your experiences and perspectives on Denmark. I find it funny and interesting as a native danish person. I hope you are doing good
So glad you’re enjoying these and we’ll keep them coming. We’ve been busy with life and podcasting but will 100% continue making this type of video as we continue :)
jeg elsker når i laver jeres vidoer på denne måde når i bar sider i et studium . og taler med nole i har inviteret syndes jeg enlig ikke så maget om de bliver hurti småkedlig .. :)
No, not black and gray 😱 Come in happy, fresh colours, it livens up the street scene 🌞 I don't own black clothes - it's so sad and boring. And with so many rainy or cloudy days, we don't have to be boring in our clothes either ❤️🩵💚💜🧡
@@RobeTrottingYes, you look like everyone else now 😉 I'm always easy to recognize, my winter jacket is clear blue 💙 Very atypical as a Dane, but I love colors 😍
Danes are very racist. If you grandparents aren't born here, you're NOT a Dane. Even internally, we are racists. If you're not born in Jutland, you're not "Jyde", on Fyn, not a real "Fynbo", and so on.. So........😁 Not everyone makes planes, 30 weeks ahead..
Copenhagen is not like the rest of Denmark.. There is a difference between Danes in big cities and in the countryside, and a particularly big difference between Danes in Copenhagen, rather than the rest of the country..
@robetrotting Copenhageners in Jutland gets beat up, Jutes in Copenhagen bi*** & moan about prices and stuff. Guess where the feelings of inadequency reside? 😜
Your term of friends in the Us are more often what we call acquaintances in Denmark. When Danes call someone friends, it means you are friends with responsibilities. You are trustworthy, honest and sincere. Friends are your on hands psychologists who you can share intimate topics and vise versa, and give you objective advise even though it's unpleasant to hear and support you in your time of need.
The entire rest of the country?! 😯 I don’t know many people who have even done that haha. We live in Copenhagen though, so it’s much easier to make videos here than to travel elsewhere in Denmark with equipment and spend time on a trip “working” instead of just enjoying ourselves 😊
@@RobeTrotting just try it , just once. I will even make coffee and cake. However I Won’t be back until 27/3, I am currently visiting my American boyfriend in Chicago. He is a big fan, says you have taught him a lot, and things really makes sense ( I think “things” might mean me )
oh shoot didnt even realise that i plan that much ahead before you´guys spoke it out, but the always be on time is a semi jydsk culture it look lazy and disrespectful to come 3- 5 minuts late to an appointmen or to work. but man the planning ahead got me i was scrolling trough my calender and its totally booked :P
it´s not just about being queit, you also need to lie.. so many things you cant tell people where you offend people if you tell the truth.... its like the americans asking "how are you", thats how danes talk. most danes very rare speak the truth, and there is alot og problems you cant talk to them about.. thats why i feel more at home outside my home country, not so much bullshit when it comes to the dutch for example, they will tell you whats on their mind... and confront the problem they have in their country and life try speaking the truth to people that have spend their life working for the goverment for example, those people live in a bubble with unicorns and flying pigs and they dont want to be disturbed by the real world and the truth
@@RobeTrotting you rarely get sunny days now because of "cloud seeding" this was not the case until about 2012 when it comes to Denmark. If you doubt what I say is true, feel free to look at my playlist "For the sleepers" it has info about the subject.
I wonder whether you have adopted or gotten used to the 24-hour system? Eg. “My show starts at 19:30” All the best to you guys. Y’all are so sweet❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for a good video. And thank you for explaining, the clothes reason to people. Things like that is not thought about often, but it is true. Just as a pedestrian, walking a long a road, you do not want, light colours on.
Glad you enjoyed it and glad to explain some cultural reasoning behind things that people sometimes don’t consider. It happens a lot when people encounter new places. There’s usually some good reasons for our cultural differences that make us seem less alike than we really are 😊
There’s a lot of good in both systems, but the king doesn’t really have power over the Danish system. The president of the US doesn’t act alone either - and it’s hard to compare due to the size difference and the makeup of the US with 50 state systems… not to dodge the question. It’s just not an easy answer.
Looking forward to being on the inaugural flight AA PHL-CPH in June! (You both have a new nonstop home). If not inaug; at least be in town for week leading to Skt Hans! Do a vid sometime on that.....(or maybe you have already).....
That's so great - we are excited to fly back to Philly direct in early July. It was actually much cheaper flying CPH to PHL compared to the PHL to CPH flights though. No idea why.
As a Dane I cannot quite recognise the not talking and sharing about yourself in your workplace 🤔. I’ve never been in a work environment where you didn’t talk about your private life to some extent. Of course not all people like to share and talk as much as others. Same goes for the gym. But I go to a smaller gym with “grown up” members and not one of the big chains. In my gym we usually greet each other and often chit chat with other members too 😊.
yeah to some extend, the same when we talk about the problems denmark have its like the americans when they greed you and say how are you.. (the dont want the real answer) dont speak the truth it could very welll offend people... try speaking the truth if the kommune or police makes a mistake 🤣 specially people that work for the goverment live in a dream bubble without any real world connection after living in nederland for some years i hate how we danes cant speak the truth when we feel like it... we dont deal with problems we hide them under the table in danish culture
Here your Danish “grandmother” , who moved to El Salvador 55 years ago ,where everybody says Hello to each others 😂.When in Denmark the first few days I forget until I realize that nobody responds 😅
@@JesperMilling som københavner der er flyttet til en lille by i jylland kan jeg godt hilse og sige mange af de ældre hilser ikke uanset om man hilser på dem
Good to have Mike back.👍 I would never winter bathe, but my 50+ sister does it and enjoys it... The wardrobe thing was spot on; most of my clothes are black, navy or dark green in colour.
Again a fantastic video, thank you for sharing your way of living and informing how Denmark changed your way of living. I'm also still in love with Denmark. Upcoming month we are going to Nord Jylland again ;) . For us that is the place we would like to have a living. Growing up in the Dutch province Zeeland reminds me a bit about the more privacy, introverted way of dealing the daily life. And i always liked that, for now i dont have the experience people are more introverted to me. But, to go into a shop and buy something is completely different then making friend. I think the trigger is patience and getting involved in local activities and...that helped me so much: try to speak Danish. It was so bizar, people just cracked open from a Danish shell. But great !
Black is kind of the clothing option that is available - Yes! I've tried for a time to spice up my clothing, in terms of color, but it is actually difficult if you don't shop abroad. Still, it is interesting to see how you have accimated to danish living. Whether this makes you more danish or insane... can't it be both?
Winter bathing is also called Viking bathing, as in Viking times you bathed in the sea every day.. It strengthens your immune system extremely much, and makes you not catch colds as often as others.. ;-)
we will not judge you 😇👨❤👨 not becoming "danish" so forget about speaking danish the next 5 years just relax and enjoy Denmark .everybody knows that danish is insane 😍
If we had Danish family we would prioritize that part for sure, and it would be easier - the two of us trying to correct each others Danish is like the blind leading the blind and angry 😂
try this one says a random word hus noun/ navneord ? n or t word ? t word " bend" it et hus huset huse husene genetiv ? ental husets flertal husenes. kat noun/ navneord ? n/t word ? "bend" it en kat katten katte kattene genetiv ? ental kattens flertal kattenes . verber/ udsagnsord gå verbum ? "bend" går gik ( har/er ) gået gående = infintiv =lang tillægsform . do this once in a while when you are together to test oneanother and remember
So fun to read these type of comments. We decided last september to move to Denmark with family in the summer of 2024 and we started to learn danish straight away... We are still not there but keep on learning the language and I feel very proud when I read a komment here in danish and I understand it. As well there is a serious fear that our now 2,5 years old boy will pick up danish very fast and we will not understand what is he saying to us 😂
we wont judge but a big part of our country will, just look how they vote.. according to some people it takes alot more then the laungege, you also need to shake hands the right way and know forgotten historie.. if our country dident care we would have taken more then 5000 refugees when sweden and germany took a million each.. insted we just clossed our borders to the people in need, because they was different.. bieng different in denmark is after all one of the biggest crimes in our culture according to many people the fact that we are the only country in schengen that feels the need for a border guard everyday to protect our culture tells alot we are also the only one that feels the need to take the values refugees bring with them after a long life... wtf..... they come to dk for help and we have a law that says we can steal from people because they are refugees
@@Hansen710 You can't teach forgotten history, that is an oxymoron, so obviously it's not forgotten. Sure, a question regarding when we last won the EU football championship is ridiculous in terms of the citizenship test. However, if you don't have state mandated Danish for immigrants, then immigrants will also get no state help to learn Danish, and if people want to integrate here, they NEED to learn Danish - it is doing immigrants an insane disservice telling them that they can do fine never learning Danish, there are huge parts of our culture you just won't get, idioms, day to day conversation if you are a non-Danish speaking person in a group of Danes, they will speak English to you and Danish with eachother, and it is entirely unreasonable to expect everyone to even be able to carry a full conversation in English, every time someone who doesn't speak Danish is around. I've acted as translator at parties, because some people don't speak English and it is unreasonable to expect them to be fluent in English when they are Danish in Denmark. Some people are shit at learning languages, some people are just old enough that English wasn't a huge focus as it is today, and so on. Each country according to the UN refugee convention is obligated to take in 1% of their total population as refugees, we took in 56.000 roughly during the Syrian refugee crisis which is roughly 1% of our total population. Germany has a population of 83 million 1% of that is 830.000 so Germany taking in a million as if it's something spectacular is mathematically ridiculous when compared to Denmark. Sweden's economy likewise tanked because of the massive amount of refugees they took in, in 2015. The idea that the Danish economy could survive an influx of 20% in population practically overnight (that is 1 million, give or take) is economically insane. They all need help, they all need to use the state services. Think about that for a second and imagine the utter chaos - it would've helped nobody, us nor the actual refugees. We didn't close our borders because people are different, we didn't close our borders at all. We took in the number of refugees that we were obligated acording to the UN. We did effectively close our borders during the covid pandemic, way more so than during the 2015 refugee crisis. About taking people's belongings, it is shitty and the law has been used about 17 times (2022) since 2015. However, it is based on the regular welfare rules, you can't get state welfare if you have more than 10.000kr in assets, but i agree that is a shitty law and i don't like Inger Støjberg, i also think it's farcical that she can even be elected after being convicted of ministerial abuse of power - That is the actual scandal, that she was even criminally convicted for some of the nonsense she pulled. Also, being different? The rules are the same whether you are from the US or Uganda, and we aren't exempt from the EU free movement of labour so obviously the laws are going to be different, but if they aren't an EU member then yeah, it sucks, but it definently isn't because they are "different" unless you define different as "non-EU member"
I love your videos 🙂❤ If you like swimming in the sea in the summertime too, I recommend the sandy beaches on the island of Bornholm. I grew up over there and we went to the beach almost every day in July and August. Lots of good childhood memories
Nice to experience a "normal" vlog from you. When you have planned your time you achieve much more and you also know what you are deviating from, if you decide to do something else. Several of your frustrations about establishing Danish friendships are largely based on stereotypes. Be yourself and close relationships will come naturally.👍❤🤟
Military like planning and you go a year ahead? That's not necessary... just look at your obligations 1-2 days ahead and try to be one train departure ahead of schedule when you leave the door... But okay, one departure ahead may be half of a year considering US public transport 😉
just remove all fun surprice elements and you are good but the bad surprices will come no matter what, you are just cutting down on the good times.. we danes suck
You would NEVER have to worry about us wanting to speak to you in ANY language judging from your negative online personality. So don't worry at all about what languages we communicate in, it doesn't and won't ever impact you.
@@RobeTrotting I don't actually HAVE a negative online personality. You have been in MY country for SEVEN YEARS, and you haven't put in an effort to integrate AT ALL. You should honestly just leave. We have people fleeing wars who learn the language and SPEAK it within 6 months, and all you two do is make jokes about "rodgrod mo floe"
@@eidodkjamen så tá du lige til USA, Finland eller Ukraine - faktisk bare et eller andet land, som ikke har dit modersmål og lær du så lige sproget, rigtig rigtig hurtigt, fordi det beder du andre om og ud fra dine kommentarer må du jo tydeligvis være ekspert og super hurtig/lærenem for nye sprog. Sæt i gang..
If you're a really good golfer or a bricklayer, you can wear white trousers - otherwise not. Unless of course it's important for you to signal homosexuality.
You both are becoming so danish, I love it!!! But you are still missing two things to really get there.... 1. Sproget... Efter så mange år, bliver I snart nødt til at tale dansk, også selvom vi danskere er gode til engelsk... 2. A danish citizenship (but I believe you need 9 years of living here for that, so you got time to practice on your danish (we would certainly welcome you as danes 🇩🇰🇩🇰)
