Is Making Friends in Denmark Like Dating?

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This week on What Are You Doing in Denmark, Annie and Derek continue their conversation about making friends in Denmark and why it’s so hard. Annie discusses the mixed emotions of relief and overwhelm she feels when visiting her native United States, and jumping back into a very social culture with different social boundaries. She also explains why her son struggled to socialize with Danish classmates as he transitioned from American schooling to Danish schooling. What did it mean when his teacher described him as “too American for his peers”?
Derek explains the reason that you should approach making friends in Denmark the same way you approach dating and defines the word “friend crush”. Annie and Derek offer advice to a listener who describes himself as “quirky” and is concerned about making friends in Denmark if he accepts a job offer there.
The show delivers some helpful tips on socializing with Danes and laughs along the way so that you can be fully equipped to handle every social situation.
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12 мар 2024

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@winterlinde5395 2 месяца назад

I always think about the friends thing as the difference between „making“ friends in America and „becoming or growing“ friends in Germany. And what you are describing seems to show that the Danes are more like we are in Germany. 😊

@lohofa 2 месяца назад

For Josh and others... Just be yourself. If Danes detect any falseness you're goung to have a hard time. The over the top Americaness can feel superficial and false (not saying it is). So be honest if you're in doubt of something. Ask. We might not be the ones to open up first but if you dare to that we will take you in. So ask if you're having problems with the humor (read sarcasms) or feel lonely. Join your colleagues for football is still the best advice I've ever heard (play or watch). It doesn't mattet if you like football or not. But it is very social.

@TainDK 2 месяца назад

Social clubs in general is a scoop - if you like kayaking, join the lokal place - any sport or creativity club, within what you like would do. That way you will have people around you, who have a common interest as you and from there you can get to know people. If you then are invited for a gathering (barbecue, fun at the beach etc.), just say yes if you have no other plans, there might be people there who you haven't meet yet and that you might kick it off with even if the one having the event might not be one who you could see as a potential friend, and that way you might get friends that you didn't originally bump into - but that you met along the way. This will take a while, but in the mean time you have social clubs with hobbies you like =)

@vrenak 2 месяца назад

And no matter how obscure your interests are there are common interest people for you, doesn't matter if you collect stamps, knit socks, do roleplaying in the dark forest, or play a sport at a hobby level, but it'll of course take time to go beyond that setting, but this common interest is a good way to get to know others so you can begin talking other stuff on the side, and just let it grow slowly naturally from there.

@MrSorteper Месяц назад

About invitations. Yes we dedicate the time for the guest and that means be honest if you have another thing planned. So expect us to reject invitations when we have other things planned but you will cet us 100% when we are together

@KHValby 2 месяца назад

Greetings from one of the locals ❤. Loved it and 🤣🤣🤣

@helensahagian1501 2 месяца назад

I was flying home from AZ this weekend. I spoke to a perfect stranger next to me. I am 90 and have traveled the world. Born in Denmark and came to USA 64 years ago. You was saying that you may not do that in Denmark, I have forgotten so much what you can and cannot do in Denmark. I have been back many times and so much has changed in the last many years. Love your talks and how much you love my homeland.❤️🇩🇰🇺🇸❤️

@uteberg4781 2 месяца назад

My mother is 93 and I would be so glad if she would visit me in denmark. But although she is very fit, she doesn't like to travel any more. I love your mobility and wish you many more visits to your home country and everywhere you want to travel! 💖🤗🌻

@MrSorteper Месяц назад

I like you mentioning the problem about being back in your own countries and hear too much english and such. Ibget that. But a recurring problems seems to be that we danes are hard ro meet and make friends with. Well soo many friendships are founded in your youth , at schools and at the workplace. But in my experience it is hard to meet foreigners in many danish workplaces. Off course some areas are different but I work at a city hall where danish is the work language. It's just my experience that I speak english about 40% of my work day. So english is really my second language but yes danes are rather good at english but it is our second language. But most of all, where to meet outside clubs and work?

@TainDK 2 месяца назад

I love these colabs with Annie =)

@larskjar 2 месяца назад

To be fair having odd interests is great for making friends in Denmark. Whatever your quirk is there will be a club for it. We like clubs. And in a voluntary association you have a common start.

@eivindlange783 2 месяца назад

Making friends in Denmark: Fight a common enemy.

@drumstick74 2 месяца назад

To the questioner Josh: Aren't all Americans quirky? 😁Just kidding, you'll be fine...Most Americans thrive here, is my experience. Like commenter lohofa said, just be yourself.

@stefankarlberg2433 2 месяца назад

i’ve never been this early i love you and your vids helped my trip to copenhagen so much! you guys make me believe it’s possible to move over there for real!!🫶

@spyro257 2 месяца назад

u are very welcome here, and hope u make it a reality! but do get outside of Copenhagen, if u visit again, or move here... ♥ from a Dane

@stefankarlberg2433 2 месяца назад

@@spyro257 I appreciate the hospitality! We visited Aarhus as well, and despite getting in at 2:00 AM it was the safest i’ve ever felt. Hoping to get to visit all of the islands so i can actually understand all of the jokes and whatnot hahaha

@spyro257 2 месяца назад

@@stefankarlberg2433 nice... mainland Denmark, where i live, and Zealand (Sjælland), kinda have a rivalry, where they call us "farmers", and we call them "devils", or saying they are more like Swedes, than Danes... it's all in love tho, just like Danes and Swedes, talk shit about each other, but people that are not Danes, cant make fun of Swedes, like Danes do, and the other way around... u have to remember, Sweden and Denmark are the 2 countries, that has had the most wars with each other, EVER...