New booklet: Living and Working in Denmark
If you already know that you call your boss in Denmark by her first name, where to find your Danish co-workers after 4 pm, and how to avoid breaking the Jante Law, then you probably don’t need to read this publication. For everyone else, Living and Working in Denmark – An Expat Perspective is the perfect place to begin learning about Denmark.
Its seven chapters offer a description of everything from workplace dynamics, the ins and outs of Danish social life, and how your family can get the most out of their stay here – all in the words of people like yourself: Expats. For example, one of the interviewed Expats says:
I’ve worked many places. You say the tax is very high in Denmark. It is high, but compared to other places, when you add up what you pay there for different services, the difference is not that big. And here you can see what you get. You have free health services, public transport is very functional and public recreation areas are nice and well maintained.
The booklet was presented last week by The Danish Chamber of Commerce, Oxford Research, Expat in Denmark, and the Danish Ministry of Employment at Børsen. The publication is targeted Expats, who have either recently arrived in Denmark, or people considering a life and career in Denmark. It is also very suitable for Danish/international companies (e.g. HR departments), recruiting agencies, as well as counselors and other organisations working with Expats in their daily work.
Moving abroad is filled with surprises, and Denmark is no exception. With Living and Working in Denmark – An Expat Perspective, current and future Expats in Denmark will hopefully have a slightly easier transition!
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Expat in Denmark
Peter A. Lemmich
Helle Granhøj
The Copenhagen Post
Neal Greenspan
Craig Till
linnkatarina
Many people around the world wanted to visit, study and live in this happiest place on earth. There are lots of different interesting stories everybody should know. Yes it will cost you a lot regarding taxes but it cost you nothing when you go for hospitalization. You can have your life live longer with its cool and clean environment. And more . . .
This book is marketing propaganda at its best. It is well written and gives many useful and interesting facts but it is a completely one-sided and biased view of life in Denmark. I think it is disingenuous in that it paints a very rosy picture of life in Denmark and does not talk about the many difficulties expats face. to get a more realistic and truthful and complete view of life as an expat in Denmark, all one has to do is read through the blogs on this website and on cphpost.dk and other sites that allow expats to voice their uncensored opinion. But one must remember that books like this, that are developed by the Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Employment, are intended to put Denmark in the best light in order to attract highly qualified workers to the country – there is nothing wrong with doing that because that is their mission but the reader must see through that and understand that actual life in Denmark does not always live up to the myths and exaggerated claims that marketers and politicians make. If foreigners aren’t provided with accurate and complete information – the whole truth – then they will be very disappointed when they get here.