Funny to hear someone calling Odense a "small town" when im living in a "town" with max 40 people. For me Odense is the BIG city with all the stuff we cant get anywhere else then there XD :)
I come from much larger city- Warsaw, the capital of Poland, so Odense seemed really smaller to me at first , but soon I liked it more and more,as lived nearby, but to tell the truth, my heart is still in Nyborg, which is much smaller, but really beautiful.
It really boils down to a personal choice of where you want to live and it is interesting to listen to your perspective of Copenhagen and why you wanted to move away from Copenhagen to somewhere quieter and less busy. When I moved to Copenhagen, my first apartment was near Nørreport station in a protected building built in 1815 with a lovey garden as our backyard. We lived there for 5 years and I still think it is a quiet city. My first impression and still is, it is a big provincial village compared to other cities with its own charm, history and relaxed atmosphere. Now I'm living in Frederiksberg surrounded completely by greenery and it is quiet which I'm already used to it by now:-). But once I get out of my house, Frederiksberg comes alive with its unique blend of energy, a sense of community and togetherness and lends.a certain beauty to it making you feel just right at home. I guess cities do grow on you eventually. Happy to hear that you love living in Odense, a city I have visited and I found it to be a gorgeous city with a rich history and wonderful sights. The most appealing I think with Odense is that it has so much potential to offer - may beat Copenhagen to be the next best city to live it in the years to come :-)!
This video is so nice! I’m also an international living in Denmark, and I study at SDU in Odense. I moved here about 8 months ago with my Danish boyfriend, currently with his parents on Fyn while saving up for an apartment. We want to live in Odense as well, since it will likely be both of our “study city”. But I am there nearly every day already. We are hopefully going to get an apartment in August, so this is why I’m scrolling through RU-vid trying to find helpful tips about getting the most out of your (small) apartment, how to make it affordable (since only he can get SU or student support, I’m not an EU citizen so I cannot), and all other things. I’m really glad I found your channel, you help give me hope that this will work out more than I already think it will 😃
First of all. Odense is a wonderful city :) I have lived in Copenhagen and suburbs for many years. It was great. I mean if you want a drink or go to a restaurant you just open your door and walk a few meters. But now I have moved to a small "village". I really enjoy how quiet it is. No neighbor parties keeping you awake all night. No cars making noise etc. I work in Copenhagen so I actually get the best of two worlds (Thanks Hannah Montana). It is like you having one hour to Copenhagen. The diffence is that you get to chose: Lazy at home and hygge in Odense or an one hour trip to experience Copenhagen. I think you chose well
I live in Odense too. it's a nice city and easy to get around by bike. I have lived in Aarhus, where I was born and Aalborg. If Copenhagen wasn't so expensive, then I would like to live there.
I liked aarhus as well (as a visitor), but expensive/hipster trendy. We liked the botanical gardens. Kopenhagen after 1 week i was glad to get out. Roskilde is lovely too, nice atmosphere. And odense was beautiful, nice parks, hilly. Though the inner city is a bit scattered. With a strange brewery in the center. My son liked aalborg a lot. I didnt go up here. What place did you like most? Or is happiness a state of time, and mind ?
More green? Well, as someone once said about Odense: how can you put a city here, it's a forest!? But it makes a nice mix of city and village (Odense is also known as the biggest village in DK). But what do I know, I've lived here in Odense most of my life. 😁
I'm Australian an live in Australia mate woo-hoo 😆 it's just a wonderful country but the people is what makes this country the best 👌 I was thinking of coming to Denmark for my work so just watching your videos to get a better idea of what to expect ☺
I was born in Søborg , raised in Ballerup until we moved to Jutland, me being 5 years. Its a common problem, housing prices keep rising in Copenhagen. Nice choice , moving to Odense, the hometown of H.C.Andersen. Fairly big town, but still You will find cheap housing ( relatively) , just don’t move to Vollsmose .
@@janithadharmabandu9663 I would not recommend , moving to a ghetto .My child hood , was in concrete housing, that later became a ghetto .If you have work, you can afford so much better housing anyway :)
My family and I are getting everything in order so we can move to Denmark at the end of 2022. I kept looking at where in Denmark and I decided Odense would be a really good fit. I was drawn to Odense for many reasons and then I found your video that listed all of the reasons why my family would like to move there. Thank you for the information!
Thanks Christopher, I’m glad to hear you would like to move to Odense 😃👍🏻 i wish you best of luck with the whole process, i know it’s not easy to move countries 🙂
Sou novo por aqui, e estou gostando muito do canal porque a Margo é muito simpática, e mostra a Dinamarca como ninguém mostra. Saudações daqui de Portugal 🇵🇹🤗
I have always said, Odense is a "stor by (big town) and not a storby (city)". I mean that as a complement. Odense has a good cozy vibe with friendly people, but there are still stuff to do and innovation. Great place to live. I myself lives in Hellerup by the sea.
I'm from Bosnia but am planning on moving to Denmark to get my master's degree. I'm split between Aalborg and Odense. I don't know which city offers better student life (taking everything into account e.g. prices, accomodations, vibe etc)
Thank you for promoting Odense! the makerspace is re-opening to the public this weekend! (22/05/21, !PM, the O'Town Garage). I have been living in/next to Odense since 2013.
Sounds good, with the move to a more relaxed less expensive area of Denmark. I have relatives that also live in Fyn. They live in Svendborg and they seem to be happy living there. It is interesting about the need to be fluent in French to obtain employment in France. We have a similar situation here in Canada for people that live in the province of Quebec. In Quebec the working language is French, which makes it quite difficult for people who only speak English to find a job.
I am originally from Edinburgh but three years ago my partner and I moved to a hamlet in the countryside. It is approx. and hour from Edinburgh but it is so peaceful. I walk regularly and see deer; hare, farmyard animals and we had a toad in our tiny pond and we have hedgehogs appear in the Spring. It couldn't be more different from the busy lives we led in the city and we love it. We are well travelled and I am glad I visited exotic countries when I was young.These days we love to visit Europe and in particular we love Scandinavia. After the past two years with the pandemic we now want to leave Scotland and spend the time we have left abroad. We were very taken with Copenhagen, but having lived in a city most of our lives, we enjoy being close to nature and living in a peaceful place. We are attempting to learn Danish and we will see what the future holds, but we hope we will make the move abroad. Your video was so useful and it is wonderful to have found your very interesting Chanel. Thank you.
I was born in West Berlin which was a quiet town but todays Berlin is really, really loud and busy so I moved around a lot (I spent an accumulated year in southern France, 16 months in New Zealand, I lived in 4 of the 16 German states, 7+ years NL...) and ended up in a really small farming village of 2,000 people in the Netherlands very close to Germany and close to Belgium as well. Before the pandemic I would go grocery shopping in Belgium every 3 months or so, lovely French cheese like Caprice and Flanby yummo. I enjoy watching your videos because I was considering applying for a job with a danish company but won't to work from home office in NL actually because I am unsure about moving to Denmark. Hope you and your now 2 kids are doing fine.
Welcome to Odense, my home town! I live in Odense, was born here and returned after living in a few other places in DK and abroad. I was actually born and raised just a few km north of Vollsmose - and if you ever go there, I think you will find that the rumours are way exaggerated. There are many ethnicities living there - but I think their shopping centre is one of the best places in Odense to buy vegetables. And I’ve never heard of any car-jackings and things like that. If you ever go to the wonderful little beach town of Kerteminde, you can take the opportunity to drive through there and see for yourselves what it’s like 😊
You make me very curious about Odense, it looks lovely and quaint! Je suis une jeune canadienne/québécoise qui espère venir étudier au Danemark l’année prochaine, à Viborg. Ton channel est très éducatif et inspirant, merci pour ton contenu 🙏🥰
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I live next to Søborg :) I get why you want to get away lol! I hope you and your family will thrive in Odense, it's a very nice little place. In places, it reminds me a little bit of "Grasse" near Nice, in a Danish way. I actually really wanted to live in France, the area of Tourette-sur-loup and Vence. I had a GF there, and was so at ease in Tourette, and I loved the feeling of life in the streets of Vence
Am a Nigerian planning to relocate to Denmark this is exactly 💯 what I want to know because I have a child I think from this video I know what to expect thank you
I’m looking forward to move to Denmark, do you find yourself comfortable speaking in English in Odense, I’m Argentine living in Spain and wanting to move to Denmark, cheers
I'm from Los Angeles, and I have my fingers crossed about being able to visit Denmark this year after everyone gets vaccinated and cases go down. I've been looking into potential routes and stops I'd like to make in Denmark, including Odense and Egeskov Slot nearby, because most of my research has been based around visiting KBH and Aarhus. Thanks for the heads up about the new HC Andersen house though!
Welcome to Odense. We love french people here :-)) I live here and was born and raised here, i lived for a decade in Copenhagen, but Odense is a very speciale place, very charming indeed. Do you know the saying "Fyn is the Provence of Denmark"?
Ohh but the ties between Fyn and France are there doing the napoleonic wars french soldiers where stationed on the eastern part of the Island. Some other french curiosities, notice how many hairdressers in Odense use the "couifure" term. At klingenberg you can have Eclairs, at café Gertruds you'll see the traditional french red Diamond with the Tabac scripture, and they serve moule marinere. You can play boule at Gartnerbyen and have a glass of wine. For some more traditional Fyn you can visit løgismose mejeriudsalg in Broby, danish artisanal food produce is sold here, a bit out of the city though. Let me now if you need assistance. Also bring more french people
Hello i love your videos and the way you explain things ⭐️ just one small advice ❤️ dont share too much specific information (like your husbands hometown) cause it might not be safe here on youtube
I am sorry but there are not Bullet-Trains in Denmark, we are waaaay after SNCF in Denmark!! Maybe in the future when we have build out the train system and rails in Denmark, beginning with the connection to Germany!!
I've visited Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense but found the latter the WORST city by far. The library/bus stop is full of loud/unruly non-ethnic Danish children (teenagers) smoking, spitting and generally being aggressive. Be careful. The middle of town is nice and it is bit on the rural side but I wouldn't visit that city again.
I have heard of that Voldmose area and we are definitely not going anywhere near it ... we have certain districts in Paris in France too that I used to steer clear of 😓
My inlaws live in Vollsmose and I’ve worked close by for many years. It’s really not as bad, as it’s made out to be, we find :) Sure there’s troublemakers and noisy kids sometimes trying to intimidate you when you pass by, but day to day life is really not that different. Vollsmose offers great and cheap housing and beautiful nature close by. I’m aware of the gangs, but I have never personally felt unsafe in Vollsmose.
@@AFrenchWomanLivingInDenmark As far as Paris goes, a friend of my father (she is Macedonian, but lives in New Zealand) and works there as a French language teacher. Her mum wished to visit Paris and of course my father's friend accepted it. But, both returned very disappointed from the trip to Paris. She didn't tell me exactly why, but I felt that disappointment in her voice when we spoke on Viber. Some 20 years ago the sister of one of my former elementary school classmate was in Paris for a graduation trip and said that walking around in the night is dangerous.
Are you not experiencing any issues as a foreigner in Denmark? I personally find Denmark people rude, ignorant unfriendly and very self-centred.I find your views rather reserved and rosy eyed. I guess you are living in a bubble. No offense to Danish people!
Thanks for sharing , i’m surprised at how 50 50 this point is to foreigners .. as for me i’ve been here for 2 years and i’ve never had a rude or bad experience, they’re all nice to me , talkative and smiling so 🤷🏼♀️
@@AFrenchWomanLivingInDenmark I'm not forcing anyone their beliefs. I'm amazed after Paris, Vancouver, Dublin and so forth you are cutting it in Soeborg and Odense. Here a Canadian architecture student's feedback futurelandscapes.ca/copenhagenplusorminus/denmark-sucks-copenhagen-sucks
Odense are my favorite city on earth and it's for the same reasons you mention 🙂 big and small at the same time ♥️ i might be coloured because I grew up on Fyn, now i live in another great town, Fredericia 🙂
I was in Odense this summer for a visit and I just fell in love with this beautiful city❤ I didn't really feel like I was in a big city it was so nice, friendly and stress free. Me and my family live in Iceland🇮🇸 wich I love but it has been a dream for so long time to live abroad so we are planning to move to Odense next year. Thanks so much for your video, I'm gonna follow you and learn as much as I can about Odense🥰🇩🇰
Hi Margaux I live in Odense (born and raised here but have also lived in a lot of other places) and I think you and your family will like it. If you are into football you are very wellcome supporting OB (Odense Boldklub) 😇
Was born I Faaborg, raised in a really small town in the country side of North vest Fyn, part of Søndersø kommune till I was 20, moved to Odense, and been here for 20 years. So yeah I never left Fyn :)
I found your channel randomly some weeks ago and I really appreciate your perspective on my home country I'm a 27 year old Dane who moved abroad five years ago with my German husband (first 2.5 years in the Philippines and now we live in Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia) I'm from a town between Copenhagen and Odense (Slagelse) a really nice place to grow up!
@@kristinahansen4852 Definitely avoid Kierulffsvej as much of the trouble happens there, but it is genrally a very calm regular Danish city. If you have a hard time sleeping don't live too close to the train station, I had my sleep disturbed in my university apartment. They've been added to the ly-tog mornings and afternoons, so if you are working in Copenhagen or Odense you'll get there quickly!
My Family is planning to move to Denmark next February (2022). And 8 have been in Odense last year. I was also so fascinated about the city. But my office is in Copenhagen. I believe Odense is the best fit for us too. Only the problem is my office. I will have to travel everyday. Can you tell are there people who traveling daily for work to Copenhagen. Is it practical? Thanks for your information.
I lived in Odense while I was studying and while my husband was finishing his studies. I always said it was the biggest small town - because it’s a city with a small town vibe. We had the greatest apartment in HC Andersen’s gade, but we wanted to live closer to our parents, so we moved back to Jutland. Now we live in a small town close to a bigger city which is great when you have younger kids. They feel very safe here and know all the kids at their school. We might move to a larger city when the kids are older, but for now this is perfect.
Im so happy you found a city you enjoy living in I personally live in Frederiksberg (a city in the middle of Copenhagen) and I could never imagine living outside Copenhagen bc this is where I have grown up (I’m 17) and I want to stay here forever but it’s going to be hard because it’s so expensive living here
Hello ma'am. I had a query. Can we find work in odense for as much hour as in copenhegen? And is wages lesser in odense than copenhegen?? Please do reply. I really want this information.
Well, I enjoyed your video about this great and historical city of odense,denmark. Im a Liberian from west africa But Don't know as to whether there is a black community in odense. I would appreciate moving there.
Un problem de luxe non ? j'ai visité les deux (Kopenhague et Odense) avec mon fils de 22 (maintenant) en 2019. Si je devrait choisir probablement j'ai faisait le même choix. K. est trop chèr je pense et trop grand. Quoique Arhus et Aalborg sont aussi bien chouette. Mais chacun le sais, que des villes étudiants sont plus chères. Aalborg est le moins chère, je pense, et la nature dans le nord de Jutland est impressionante. Les dunes, lacs, fjords etc. Je suis sûr que vous serez heureux en Odense. Il ya un joli salle (de restauration) avec different sortes de nourriture en environment de la gare ! Salut
This seems to be a very nice place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!
Born, raised and lived in Odense for many many years. But after I meet my now wife, we moved to the country side of Fyn, only 20 minutes away from downtown Odense. Dont miss the city, but it's a pretty solid place to live
That sounds great! 😃😊👍🏻 we are definitely planning the same in a few years , we would like to buy a house on the country side too but not too far from downtown 😀
I live in Odense and I hope that you have found yourself at home in the city. We are always happy to have tourists and newcomers settle here. We hope that you have found yourself comfortable here and thank you for the wonderful video from my hometown.
Je viens de visiter Odense et j'ai adoré ! Je vous jure, j'ai même regardé le prix de l'immobilier avant de quitter cette ville (alors que je suis encore étudiante mdr)
The train takes 1½ hour to Copenhagen - It's so far away... The tram (LIGHT RAIL!!) was supposed to have been ready this year, but of course there's been a lot of hick-ups. - Not least forgetting to tell a concractor building the big underground parking lot down town to finish the roof by a certain date.
Thanks for the video! I am a Kiwi living in Denmark with my Danish partner and have been living in Copenhagen since March 2020 (yes, that March). My partner comes from Fyn and we have always planned on heading back once her studies had finished. We find ourselves in a similar position as you were at the time you moved. Neither of us have been big city people and we love quiet open spaces and things being less busy. I have always enjoyed going to Fyn to we are very excited to now be making plans to move over this year. We also want out kids (yet to have) to grow up outside of a city to gain more experiences and be closer with my partners wider family (who we enjoy the company of). Since I am so far from my family in New Zealand, it doesn't make sense to not be closer to hers so that has been a driving force to move to Fyn also. Again, thanks for your content and maybe our paths will cross.
M 😎 ! Your RU-vid channel is called "A French Woman Living in Denmark" (not Copenhagen 😁 ). We're gonna miss you, but you've made a really good choice 😊 ! Apart from being the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen..., It's a beautiful city, with really nice people 😊 !! And your only a short drive from "Egeskov slot" (must see) 😎 and a lot of other beautiful places on Fyn 🙂!! Hope the best for you all 😊 !! Keep posting 😎 ! Fyn! Tag nu godt i mod dem, og pas på dem 🙂🙂🙂 !
Live in Cobenhagen (Amager) for over 20 years, then moved to Odense and lived there about 15 years, and now i live in Middelfart since i wanted access to place you may rent with a garden :) I miss how close everything i need is in Cph and Odense (could basicly walk to anything) abit now to be honest. But i love how much much MUCH quiters it is now here in Middelfart. And with car still easy to reach places you need.
I get the sentiment that you want to move to a quieter city than Copenhagen, and that rent is expensive ...I'm just no sure how Odense solves any of those things - Odense isn't exactly cheap to live in either EDIT: Okay I saw the text about wanting to live in a decent sized city...
After this video, I think I’m in love with Odense. I live in small town name Banner Elk, North Carolina. I’m coming to Odense next year. And thanks again for this video.
I hope to move soon to Odense and I have been looking for videos showing the area, city attractions etc. Also, just general information on like markets, fun activities, malls etc but it's really hard to get any videos on Odense. your video is the closest to any information there. please do more city tours
@@AFrenchWomanLivingInDenmark moving out to the country is the best thing that ever happened to me. Good for your health and mind. I love going to a big city every now and then, just to feel that buzz again, feel a city atmosphere. But I do not miss the big cities.
