All posts tagged: danish culture

Happy as a Dane Reporting Live from Denmark!

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This is the most exciting post I have probably ever written! One I have been dreaming about being able to post one day: After a fun and exciting 12 1/2 years in America – my family and I now live in Denmark. It hasn’t been easy to get to this point and there are still lots of challenges involved with relocating our family but we made it and I can now give you current updates on Danish culture and share with you hidden gems only the locals know about. On this past year’s journey I have come to realize that visiting Denmark is a whole different story than actually living here. For over ten years I was a tourist in my native country and I could fill my visits with fun and all the best Denmark has to offer. Now, that I live here I feel like an immigrant seeing things from the outside. I realize how tough it is to be a foreigner in this little country where the majority is so alike that …

Hygge – by a Dane in America

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As a Dane living in America I could not be any happier about the recent invasion of hygge to the United States and a lot of other countries! I love American culture and Americans. Especially their openness to new cultures and immigrants and their willingness to embrace what is new and different. But there is one thing I have been missing during the seven years of living here and that is a slower pace, more family time and the ability to just enjoy the moment – in other words: hygge! Many Americans are very busy, their kids are very busy/active and I believe a little more down time would do us all well. This has become of extra interest to me as I am raising my children in America and I want them to be as happy as the Danes. My favorite example of the difference between Americans and Danes is how coffee is mostly “on the go” over here while in Denmark it is typically something you enjoy sitting down, preferably while talking with a friend. I had …