Three IMPRESSIVE things about DENMARK! 

Dane here. When I was about 14, my mom sent me to the bank with a lot of cash in an envelope. On the way to the bank I had dropped the envelope without noticing. I looked and looked but couldn't find it. I went home and told my parents. The next day a lady living in our neighborhood had put up posters, saying that she had found some money, and for whoever had lost it, to call her. My dad called the lady and he explained and she asked some questions to make sure it was my dad's money, when she was sure she let my dad come and pick up the money. After that I was soo grateful and I promised to always be like that lady.

lost my wallet in a taxi here in copenhagen. The driver helped me look for it but with no luck. A YEAR later another cab driver returned it with all its contents after they found it while replacing the seats of the taxi

As an American watching this, I'm impressed by the fact that people simply choose to get along and wish the best for each other. What a fantastic place! Good luck and best wishes!

As a brazilian, SOME things that impressive me: - prices - every clean - you get money from trash - flat - danish language sounds chinese sometimes - HOT VIKINGS - no curtains

As a Dane. Welcome. You're doing five jobs of the Danish tourist bureaus in less than 10 minutes. Must be the amazing bronze hair.

Nice video. I'm a brit living by the bridge in Jutland, so not too far from you. I would say outside of Paris I've always found the French to be the most lovely people. Certainly the things you have said about the Danish and are absolutely spot on. Trust is everything in Denmark, you expect the government to do the right thing, this pandemic is a great example of it, they made tough decisions early for the good of everyone. People wear their masks and social distance because that's what you're meant to do. Nowhere is perfect but I love living here and regret not having come to Denmark many years ago.

Denmark usually ranks nr 1 in the least corrupt countries in the world. I guess, that helps the trust part a bit too.

Dont be sorry about your boy singing.. It just means he is comfy, feeling safe and happy.. 🙏🙌

I find that people are also extremely patient here in Denmark. And I love their day care/ sfo system. This was such a pleasant change from how things work in India. This is in addition to what you mentioned of course.

I'm glad your son got his citizenship in 20 minutes. I still have to get my residence card since I renewed it back in April 2021 and I have lived here for 11 years already.

I’m impressed by how you pronounce Odense 😍 .. correctly 😄

I lost my Louis Vuitton wallet with 300 euros inside one time in the subway in Denmark and it was returned to me with the money inside 💙

Janteloven was pronounced like a Dane.

I'll say that your pronunciation of "Janteloven" was pretty much spot on.

Hi! I love this video 🤗..i'm watching from philippines..i have a boyfriend there in Denmark and he trusted me so much 😍...i hope that this pandemic will end so that i can travel there in Denmark with Him...

I'm really glad to hear you like Danmark and us Danes 😃👍🏻 we also like people like you, so welcome to our country 🇩🇰

to add on the money boxes thing, if you get to the smaller towns you can sometimes find unmanned stands that sell fruits, jam or vegetables with just a money box and a price list. where you are just expected to put your coins in for the goods you want

My mom once told me a story When i was little my mother put me in the car and we started driving Home. (It took like 20 mins she said)And there was a car following us. But She proceeded home. When we got Home the car pulled up behind us and told my mom She had lost her wallet

Trust is I think ... the same as it is with respect. I trust you from the start. But you can easily betray my trust, in qhich case, I don’t trust tou anymore. And you will have to work very hard to earn my trust again. Same with respect ... I know people usually say: Respect is not a given, it’s earned. I think it is a given. You have my respect from the start. But you can in a few steps lose that respect. And then you once again will have to work hard to reearn my respect.

At least years ago we had tables by the road offering vegetables and items, with a box for payment! A visiting French lady named that in France, shortly after, all would be gone! But in Denmark it functions. And in 1983 it was decided to make a common Debit Card for all Danish Banks, named "The Dancard", with no yearly payment. And this is why Danish are the most Card-using people in the world, for the benefit of all, without a lot of money being transported round, but only electronically!

I love finding lost phones and trying to go in detective mode and find who the owner is. :D

You can trust all the Danes to give the video a thumbs up ;D

Thank you for the nice comments.

I like that you mentioned about trust in Denmark. I remember the last time that I traveled to Denmark, when I walked through the centrum of small towns, I noticed a lot of people who parked their bicycles at varied stands, parked them unlocked. Here in Ontario, Canada almost everyone will lock up their bicycles when shopping or doing some other errands.

Good video :-) ! I think we Danes start of, by trusting each other, until there's a reason not to. If you loose our trust, you'll never get it back ! BTW! Welcome to Denmark ;-) !

the efficiency still astounds me. I received maybe 4/5 letters by post a year, everything else is online. bank/doctor, whatever, it's all there and super simple.

It's quite funny how it takes a foreigner to teach us how we really are! :-D You are spot on, thanks for the education! 👋🏻

You have to believe in the good in every person I think. It’s a good way to live Margaux. My wife forgot her purse at a McDonalds near Avignon a few years ago when on holiday in France. We returned about an hour later with little hope of finding it again. But to our surprise and happiness, someone had handed it in, with all the money still inside! We were lucky, I know. But this kind of situation gives you faith in humanity👍😊 Trusting people makes you a better person I believe, even if you do not know them personally. Trust and respect go hand in hand imo.

It can be really hard too, I mean the paperwork, on the the internet. Living in Denmark, in english, works fine. It gets the work done, but it's not entirely the same. Nogle er fantastiske til at lære nye sprog på kort tid. Det giver dem en unik oplevelse af verden og nogle af disse mennesker har deres egne kanaler her på RU-vid.

Hi, Margaux. You are such a darling! Thank you for being so positive. Many foreighners mention the confidence between people as one of the most impressive things about Denmark. I'm glad you feel included! I have no idea where it comes from, but it is very gratifying that that's the way it is.

Yeah I once found a big wallet on a bus, with cards and a big pile of cash (800€). I immediately returned it to the nearest police station. There was some kind of finders fee, which I declined.

The "jante loven" is a social satiric piece of poetry, none takes it too serious!!!!

Beautiful and smart woman 😏 and being French is a positive. Your danish is actually quite good 👍

Thank you for your kind words and impressions of our country 😊👍 And for the record, I think you have very good pronunciation! 👏

Hi Margaux. Thanks for your sales pitch😉. Talking about trust and trustworthiness - Why? - I think it goes way back in time. We are (were) a small homogenous nation. We have developed into a generally caring population, and political system for that matter. We have been used to thinking of, and caring for, each other for several centuries. That has instilled a basic humanity and decency in the majority of danes. A thought example: If I found a wallet in the street with, say, 50.000 kr in cash I would, of course, be tempted to keep them - but I would have to violate my decency for that. My next thought would be: This might be another persons entire life savings - I could potentially ruin someone elses life. I, personally, would find that thought extremely difficult to live with, and it would probably haunt me for many years. I think these are values that are easy to have when you live in a country where few people really are wanting. I feel lucky to live here, and it makes me proud that you apparently feel so well received here. No matter how long ago - A big welcome to Denmark.

Yep ve have a long history of Democracy in in Denmark, thpugh its important to understand, that Demokrats in the US is, compared to the far out rigth ving in Denmark,

Amazing, i cannot stop watching your videos! you are wonderful,thank u so much

As a native Dane, these are things that I really dont normally think of, but when they're mentioned I am just soooo grateful to be born here.. what a great, great country I am from:-)

I was Born in Denmark 80 years ago,but moved away 55 years ago,but am I ever proud of my Danish origen,we dont go to church very often,but do we ever follow the 10 commandments.

As for speaking English, I went to Provence in 2019 and I found it surprising how much better French people were at speaking English than I had expected. Once, I asked a bartender how to find my way back to the hotel. I had to give up asking him in French - and he was much better at English than I was at French, he he! Thanks for sharing another good video and keep up the good work

I am danish. You are wright about trust, but stilll I was very surprised, when some years ago I was shopping food in the supermarket and when I was about to pay, I had forgotten my wallet. The supermarket was about to close, and I had no food at home. A lady standing behind me offered to pay for my grocery an told me to take the grosery, go home and then she would meet me later and get the money! It was almost 400 kroner. I told her, that she could trust me. "I know" she said and I left with the grocery, she had just payed for. 15 minutes after we met. She got the money and a bottle of wine to show my gratitute. I promised myself to do the same, should I ever met someone in the same situation. My brother, who has been living abroad for more than 30 years, is very astonished, when sometimes he can walk away with some expensive things from a store and be trusted to transfer money later. It would never happen elsewhere he says, and I belive he is wright.

I am Danish. my rule of thumb regarding finding a wallet is, if there are something identifying ID and such, I will call the person, so I can return it. if there isn't, I will take the money and probably keep the wallet.

yea its pretty nice here

Same in Norway.

4:40 in my country (Iran) specially in northwest where Azerbaycani turkish people are living finding a wallet or anything is a responsibility and returning it is very normal thing! I am shocked why is some places it is strange to return something that isn't yours!

About trust yes we trust people, ofcours not blindly we do keep and eye out to make sure that trust in the start is allright to put in them, but mostly it is if you brake someone's trust, its very hard to regain trust with people, or you in general shown or become known as a untrustworthy person, that person would have to work very hard to regain trust from others again. Yes we belive in second chances to people, but they have to work hard to get that second chance, show they a willing and want to have a second chance, you do not get a second chance without effort and hardwork, and prove you changed.

How refreshing and a nice contrast to all the moaning we hear about trivial problems like “I can’t buy xxx here” . That we often hear from expats. Thanks for contributing to what I hope will be a positive spiral.

Denmark is my dream land

He he, we Danes love it when foreigners say nice things about us. Personally I find it more enlightening when you talk about things you find weird about Danish society. We are certainly the best in most matters, but there must be things we can do better.

Excellent observations, thx for sharing. And to a degree the three things are intertwined - trust is the basis, doing business deals does not require so much paperwork and bureaucracy when u trust your business partner does what is agreed upon, and by being good at English - sry to say to a Frenchman but the most universal language - gives Denmark the opportunity to trade worldwide (including welcoming tourists too), which is a necessity for a small country like Denmark to make ends meet. The Trust-thing is the basis, it is hard to replicate; when u do not have trust it takes generations to build. Especially If distrust and corruption has taken root. But a first step could be the construction of a welfare system…

I love your accent

You welcome!

As a humble dane (jante loven) Welcome here. Keep it up.

Took me 4 months to get a french pedigree for my puppy (born in france), so yes, france is behind in digitilizing.

The first row of Jantelagen is "don't think you're better than me".

I have dual 🇺🇸🇩🇰, spend my winters in Arizona. I don’t do Danish winters.

Congrats on reaching 1000 and already up to 1.34 (trying to get to 1000 myself)! I thought your video was good all around. Good luck in Denmark and with your RU-vid journey aussi.

Thank you for your nice words about the Danes... from a Dane.

You could try danish smørrebrød and compare french food with danish :)

Congratulations for 1k subscriber.

Cool you live in Odense ☺️ Maybe I will move back to Odense some day 🙂

Great video!

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Love the video. What is the song in the background. Is it “Toiboi- so simple” or a danish song?🇩🇰🇩🇰

They trust the system to do the best for them, because it does

I love your perspective!

Maybe you should explain what mobilepay is, for non-Danish viewers

Ha ha, eco friendly. When I first moved to Denmark I was shocked that the postbox was stuffed to the brim with advertisments two times a week, plus the free newspapers🤷‍♀️ That was one of the things I cancelled straight away, but I’m not sure in this digital day and age if people still get the advertisment magazines in their postboxes🧐

the goverment trust is only true to a degree but mostly we trust them. There is sometimes where we shake our heads at what they decide.

Odense wow i live in Bogense how small the world is :D

Denmark is the only country in the world who has "Nem-ID" which is some of the hardest software to hack

Well personally I wouldn't be too disappointed about frenchmen speaking English as French in itself is a "main language." It's much more probable for a person you meet somewhere in the world to speak at least a little French rather than a little Danish.

I would say that French people are good at language as well. They all speak French, and that is a language that has eluded me.

Hi Margot 🥰 how did you meet your husband? I would be interested in knowing the story 😘

Can you tell me why any foreign language spoken on tv or radio in France is dubbed into french ? At least on tv, why not use subtitles ? The same thing is done in Germany .

I wanted to know, since you mentioned trust, if the husband flirts with other women, specially when they are beautiful. Is the wife accepting of love affairs or not. Thanks

I have to disagree with you on that citizenship. My dad had lived in Denmark for about 40 years, and being a british citizen he had to go through about 10 steps getting approved for that danish citizenship, and it took a total time of 2 years being approved, and getting that final piece of paper. Even though he is a danish/english teacher and mastered the exam to perfection, and did all the crazy things they wanted. I think the process of automatically approving children under the parents passport, is a lot easier and that is the exception to the rule. Getting a danish citizenship for a grown up person is a really really tough process for most people. (So I have heard)

I think you will find that all of Scandinavia is like that.

A question. As a french native speaking, why are you speaking english on your videos? Why not just keep speaking french. "Prince" Henrik - prinsgemalen Henrik, kept talking french, even thou he lived in Denmark. You are speaking better Danish, then he ever did.

Then you know why we are the happiest country in the world

English is a Danish invention.

Okay but like the danish ascent is so boring exactly when people talk English haha hope you like it here

If you're French how come the etat unis accent?

Janteloven is a worldwide concept of mindset. People in Denmark wrongly think its a Danish thing only, but the only thing that is Danish about it is, that we have given it a name

Hi! Do you know how to speak danish? 🌸

Hi..I am from Mumbai india one of the most corrupt countries in the world..how we can be more honest people. Please tell me if you can.thanks in anticipation.

I think you mistook trust for ignorance. We are very ignorant people in Denmark, we do not peak into others lives, or ask questions, we just go make chaos and cry when people get exposed for doing bad things, we love to leave each other alone. We do have more trust than any other country, definitly but its ignorance more than anything else.

The third point is difficult, here you have to know where you are then there is trust. Denmark used their huge oil money to socialize, we shall see how long this lasts.

So you think we're backwards farmers in Odense? he he...

English people trying to talk danish: I Kobenhavawen det er virkeelit nermt at fo nyie vener Me trying to talk english: yeah don’t even try to talk danish if you’re English talk English we fully understand you.

Arrêtez de cracher sur la France, vous vous rendez pas compte que pour chaque compliment pour le Danemark, vous descendez la France. Du calme, de l estimé de soi. Y a que les français pour agir ainsi. la France est un pays magnifique, bien plus intéressant que le Danemark par ailleurs, mais ça c un autre sujet.. et les danois ne vous aimeraient pas plus si vous dénigrez votre pays…..

Copenhageners are the worst at English 😁 Unlike Jutlanders and Fynbos, who can (for the most part) speak the language without accent.

I'd say some of the stuff is going downhill in terms of how it used to be

1. If you think the Danish Justice Dep. are efficient in handing out citizenships, you will be really impressed to learn how extremely good they are at rejecting and terminating them too. 2. Yes, Danes are good at English but unfortunately they have given up completely on pronouncing their own language. 3. The confidence you mention is not particularly Danish, you will find it everywhere in the Nordic region. Biggest problem with Danish society: It has deliberately been made impossible to support a family on a single income. Should be made a human right - for the sake of the children.