How Danish is “The Danish Model” – actually…?
As you have probably noticed the average age at the Danish workplaces has fallen over the last couple of weeks, due to an unprecedented presence of kids and youngsters who currently […]
Is service dead in Denmark?
Now, I’m not normally one to generalise… or to complain, but after literally thousands of bad service encounters in Denmark, I want to understand what is going on / wrong? […]
Wybra – A social platform for meeting new people!
I have been testing the Wybra concept and it was great fun: I contacted a guy called Thomas Berdal, who created his Facebook site “I Will Cook for Food” (http://www.facebook.com/iwillcookforfood?fref=ts). Thomas launched the […]
Are expat kids “messed up”?
Perhaps it’s because I’m getting married in May, I don’t know, but lately everyone seems to be asking me whether I’ll “go home” when I have kids. Firstly, hold your […]
Ketchup?
‘Ooohh, what are you putting on your bread? That’s not what you’re supposed to do!’ I was having lunch with my colleagues and made a terrible faux pas: I put […]
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Fun – or maybe not?
There has been a rage at Expat in Denmark’s Facebook page the last couple of days. On March the 8th – the International Womens Day, I posted a drawing that I considered […]
Don’t fit nicely into a box? Thought about creating a new one?
According to many of my expat friends, it can be hard to find a job in Denmark if you don’t fit nicely into an existing box. Whether you have […]
Hangover in Prague – a Danish rite of passage?
These days the press, the politicians and pretty much everyone who has an opinion about everything are having a fit about Danish youngsters who are apparently travelling to Prague in […]
The ultimate desperate housewife: trailing my husband across the globe
It was midnight in April last year. My husband, straight off the plane from Copenhagen after interviewing for a job, crawled into bed and asked ‘Do you want to move […]
Christian? Yes, but not religious!
Last Month a local congregation announces: ”Priest wanted, with his faith intact” At first glance this might seem like an odd text in a job advert looking for a minister […]
