Do NOT Move to Copenhagen! | 9 Reasons Why Denmark's Capital Isn't For You

Do NOT Move to Copenhagen | 9 Reasons Why Denmark's Capital Isn't For You
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🇩🇰 This video is for anyone who is thinking about moving to Copenhagen. We LOVE living in Copenhagen - but we aren't every person, and there are some cautionary tales to share.
In this video we try to answer a lot of the questions that we get from people who are thinking about moving to Copenhagen and living in Denmark. We try to share the good and the bad to paint a realistic picture of what life in Copenhagen is like.
Living in Denmark as a foreigner has all kinds of benefits and challenges and they seem to be magnified in Copenhagen. Let us know what you think, and if this sparks even more questions, we hope to answer them in upcoming videos.
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[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Guys, seriously what episode of House Hunters were you on? Asking because I want to look it up on demand and watch it, yet I know nothing about it!

[@RobeTrotting]

@@SuiGenerisAbbie it's Season 137 Episode 3

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@RobeTrotting i am such a huge fan ♥ of that franchise of shows (HH's and HH's International). I have been watching both for a very, very long time. ♥ Hoping I can find that Eppie, in my Comcast VOD TV place tonite.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@RobeTrotting Guys, I just looked up this episode and saw this synopsis, for it: 09/14/19: A Woman convinces her reluctant husband to move to La Safor Spain. I don't think that is your episode. Is it? Have another look if you would, please. I'd love to see the eppie if I can do so (If such is "free to me" On Demand). You two would be great fun to see in another context entirely, as well.

[@1960birch]

Thank you for sharing your very sharp powers of perception when it comes to Danish culture and costumes. Great to have you here in Copenhagen.

[@RobeTrotting]

Thank you so much! 😃

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

I love their tips and comparisons.

[@mememe733]

Haha I once got a job at clothing store on Michigan Av. In Chicago, and on my very first day I was the “standing by the door greeting people when the came in” person. It felt like I was just standing there all day harassing people the moment they set foot in the store 😣 I felt so awkward and embarrassed that I actually quit 😅

[@AbsSolut]

Longest time i "survived" as a Jyde in KBH was 3 days. Got stressed :D

[@muhest]

A thing about being international in Denmark … while danes tend to be very cut off ish with adding new friends … we are all also very much “in love with ourselves” in the context of living in the most awesome country in the world. If we then see someone making an effort to assimilate to being danish - volonteering in local sportsclubs, parental groups, organising stuff for their community, taking danish lessons … you know … noticing when you do go that extra mile, we are more open to “letting you in” to our circle of friends. But like you said … most of us have friends dating back to childhood. Due to the social structures in our society. Our friends and us goes wayyyyy back. So show us you want it … and you will open doors more easily.

[@RobeTrotting]

Thanks, that's very true and well explained :)

[@Bjowolf2]

I guess it is, because we put something deeper into the words friend and friendships - we don't just call people "friends" after a 5 minutes social acquaintance, as you seem to do in some cultures - it takes time for real friendships to develop here.

[@jonathanclarke5545]

Another excellent video guys, thanks! I enjoy visits to Copenhagen, and appreciate/enjoy that spontaneity is less outlawed, but still very happy I live in Aalborg. It’s not perfect, and people can be suspicious of us outsiders, but some of the non English speakers in particular, have been really generous with their time, patience and happy to hear my terrible Danish pronunciations. It’s helped language development enormously.

[@chengifoo7603]

I think it is about time you guys do a complete video in Danish as you know so so much about Denmark, the culture, the history, the Danish do's and don'ts etc etc !:-) Take the challenge and you will get more subscribers too for sure because you guys are so cool for doing it. I will be rooting for you 🙂

[@RobeTrotting]

Thanks for the support. Right now we couldn’t do a whole video in Danish, only a short maybe (Derek has done one short in Danish). We’re a little self conscious and don’t want to be laughed at and when we say Danish names for example, we get trolled and don’t want to go through that.

[@SunkenCathedral]

I don't know why some commenters keep pushing them to do this. The videos are meant for foreigners in Denmark and people who otherwise want to learn about the country. That's the intended audience (I think). So if a video was in Danish, we wouldn't understand it and it wouldn't be so helpful...

[@mvoetmann1]

Please don't. It is nice that you know a bit of danish. I am sure that it makes your lives much easier. But listening to foreigners attempting the language quickly becomes painful. Sorry. As for your audience, they all understand your erudite and wellformed English. Few will appreciate your comparatively limited Danish.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@RobeTrotting Guys, there will always be people who will laugh at you. People are jerks. Sad but true. I am not supporting them at all. But, I am supporting your soldiering on and really speaking more Danish, since you have lived there for a long time, now. I speak horrible French and Polish. People gather around me in a circle (a damn circle) to laugh at me, but, one has to carry on. That is the only way to learn a language is to keep trying. My French teacher always said: Soyez sage, car il faut essayer which basically means Be good because you must try. He never tolerated English being spoken in the classroom! I cannot emphasise enough learning to speak the language of the foreign country wherein you find yourselves. Even if people speak English with alarming fluency over there, learning Danish will earn you the highest "Brownie Points" you can accrue, trust. Even learning to speak as little Polish as I know, BADLY, gets me shocked looks and this: "Wow!!!!!!!" Really, people are so impressed and pleased that you will learn even a little of what is SO near and SO dear to them.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@RobeTrotting Also, to add what I just wrote, What do you care about trolls? You are above them, Guys. Rise above their meanness. Such is always due you. 😉 😃

[@musicfan189]

That point about customer service is so true.. I've worked as a sales assistant for almost 10 years, and it was the strangest thing... One of the things I got a lot of practice at, was profiling the customer personalities... Sometimes, just walking by and doing the customary 'Welcome! Let me know if you need anything!' could scare off a customer.. Especially Copenhagen natives, where it became almost an artform to be nearby and available, but all not intrusive and sort of occupied looking, so that the customer knew where you were in case they needed help, but didn't feel watched or pressured by your presence... Customers from Jylland however, would sometimes almost get insulted if I wasn't there to greet them immediately as they entered the shop... And then, of course, there was the weird hybrid, who expected the level of attention and active presence like someone from Jylland, but also the same lack of intrusion as a Copenhagener, and then usually also expected you to be able to read their mind and react to unexpressed expectations... Customer service is a mixed bag...😂

[@RobeTrotting]

Wow that’s so funny, you really had to play psychologist haha

[@musicfan189]

@@RobeTrotting It was definitely interesting.. 😂

[@williamjones4716]

Rural Jydske still live by the maxim that it takes a village. When I lived on the farm in Vendsyssel the local købmand from the landsby Brugsen still took orders by phone and delivered groceries. Try that in Kbh. 😄

[@charismahornum-fries691]

It's so weird that people talk about being stressed in Copenhagen. Everything is basically closed after 6 pm. It's a lot quieter than other European capitals. I recognize that weekends are different and more lively but still, How noise and stress are probably just different for everyone.

[@RobeTrotting]

Yeah, I agree - it’s more noise and chaos for basically any other capital city. I don’t live here for the quiet anyway 😂

[@lonaeriksen7116]

WOW, very informative , loved it , I lived in Copenhagen many tears ago , how things have changed. I live in the US now and love to hear what life is like in Denmark and you two do an awesome job!💗💗💗

[@GoforKrogh]

Why do I get the feeling that "Many tears ago" is on purpose rather than a typo :)

[@RobeTrotting]

Thanks so much for watching 😃😃😃

[@lonaeriksen7116]

@@GoforKrogh YESSS , I just noticed that , years ago, no tears!😊

[@kokoshneta]

Very smooth with the casual Fresh Prince reference there! 😂

[@nicoleflo]

It’s funny how you describe the customer service here as not having the same “fluff” as you might get in the US. I personally think things have gotten a bit TOO fluffy and americanized now 😂😂 I prefer to be completely ignored by the staff when I go shopping, and find it quite annoying when staff asks me if I need help 😂

[@nikolaj-si1so]

Right. I hate that. Its MUCH more Common in USA. It allways annoys me. I tell Them NO. its none of their business or ignore Them every time.

[@Zandain]

Good points, guys - ladled with drippy sarcastic humor, I love it! hello from Hundested 🌸 ❄️

[@RobeTrotting]

Haha, just a bit - but of course we try to show all sides of what it's like living here. Hello from CPH and thanks for watching :)

[@nicoleflo]

What a delightful channel ☺️

[@jipersson]

Don't believe what they say about drinking! We don't drink ALL the time!! Some of the time we sleep, eat, go to the toilet and speak Danish, and some of those things are despite intensive training, difficult to combine with drinking!!!

[@AlxzAlec]

Jeg var i Berlin fra lidt siden, og Tyskere drikker altså heletiden. De drikker store flasker øl hvorsomhelst på hverdage. Danskere drikkere meget når der er traditioner, men slet ikke så tit!

[@Bjowolf2]

You should just tell us that you would like to speak Danish to us to practice it more. Danish people are really just trying to be polite and helpful - and perhaps taking the chance to practice their English skills a bit 😉 - , knowing that most foreigners typically know only very little Danish, since Danish is a small and peculiar language, so they don't really expect you to be interested in learning Danish for real and are therefore a bit taken by surprise, when you actually are 😊

[@sciexplorer5649]

Great video! 👍

[@RobeTrotting]

Thank you! 👍

[@tarotcelebgossip]

Thanks so much guys, I want to move to Copenhagen from Australia this year, found this so insightful and helpful, especially about renting and deposits eek!

[@GebbyT04]

I love how open you guys are to Denmark and it’s small bad things 😂 one of the things I love about Denmark is that there is no dangerous animals or poison spiders 🕷️, but I wish there where palm trees and warm weather, that’s why I love going on vacations to places where there is 🌴

[@theronsokol8078]

I really want to see the cost of living video, thanks for the content guys.

[@annestovgaard681]

maybe a video about the "signals" you need to learn on the bike...many Danish people forget them, but it is still nice to know, if you are new in Denmark 🌍

[@RobeTrotting]

We’ll have something to that effect in a future video 😃

[@LiLBitsDK]

oh that was one of the things I hated most in the states... when I am going shopping looking at the stuff if there is something I would like etc. etc. then I don't want people to constantly asking me if I need help... if I need help I will let you know... now leave me alone with my thoughts about what I need at your store...

[@williamjones4716]

Must have been a quaint mom-pop shop or your demeaner met their shoplifter profile.

[@angelo3971]

The best thing that happened to me this Sunday was having a few words with you guys in the middle of Central Station (I'm sorry for the fan harassment!!!! (:). Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing with us the hardships and happiness of being a foreign resident in this beautiful and vibrant Copenhagen.

[@RobeTrotting]

Thank you so much for saying hi and your kind words. We are so glad to know that our videos have helped you find your way here :)

[@stenerline]

Copenhagen is great to live in, I've lived all over town but for me Frederiksberg is the best place to live, quiet but close to everything

[@RobeTrotting]

Yes, it’s a great location! 😃

[@wesleynoturno]

Guys ahahah LOVE YOU!!! ahaahh I also live in København and fuckkkkkkkk its so funny all video you made.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Whoa, I never knew you guys were on House Hunters! GREAT! 👍👍 I love ♥♥ that series. I have watched it since 2014. Yeah, the folks never get all of what they want, or are looking for on the show, do they?? Guys, what show specifically were you on? I want to re-watch it please. Also, how in the heck did you get on the show? Audition? Someone get you on a show? Maybe do a video about that, eh?

[@helensahagian1501]

Great program, I love to see the Danish flag always behind you. True Danes. I am 90 now and don’t think o will be back, but if I do l would love to need you. It is so different no from 1960 when I left (for 2 years.) well I am here 60+ years later. Have been back often. No more family tho, but dear friends.❤️❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@stiglarsson8405]

Thank you guys, it was spot on! Its probably still this.. moving frome Philly to another city in US is a big challange.. and in worst case one end up in Florida or southern California, in a neighbourhood where moste peope speak spanish!?

[@hw-art]

I got my driver's license in Copenhagen. My instructor originally came from Serbia, and he told me that Copenhagen is notoriously difficult to drive in. So if you learn how to drive in Copenhagen, you can basically drive anywhere. ;-)

[@brooke7608]

omg, i wanna see that house hunters episode so bad!!! do you guys have the season and episode?

[@RobeTrotting]

season 137 episode 3 - but it’s… a little bit produced (still is though haha)

[@Vee-jc1qh]

Take a Chevy to Ikea! Very informative and fun to watch 🤗

[@AB-80X]

What, like a Burp or something?

[@golasgolas783]

Really like your channel guys and I think it's time to start using microphones of some sort :)

[@RobeTrotting]

There’s a Yeti microphone on the table in front of us

[@mandiekragekjrhansen5103]

As a person who lived in another part of Denmark, then moved to Copenhagen for some years, traveled around the states and now live in Canada. I really enjoy watching your videos and hearing your experiences about living in Copenhagen. Makes me smile. All the best to you ❤

[@tysej4]

If you want to drive... Come to Jytland... We all drive xD.

[@sifrasmussen2315]

One thing you do not find out side Copenhagen, is the energy. It is this constant buzz. Either you love it or hate it. I love it, but I cant afford Copenhagen, with the space requirement I have. I grew up with lots of space, and even though it was fine with a tiny place when I was 20. It is not fine now. Out here about 1½ hour away by car or train, you get a lot of apartment or house for a reasonable amount of money. :D So even with a job in Copenhagen, it might just be an idea to commute. My husband has done that for a long time. Just avoid rush hours. :D

[@joncelso2369]

If you swap Copenhagen for Dublin, the video is still spot on! 🤣 The only differences are... 1) The biking bit is true, but cycling isn't as ubiquitous as it is in DK (but much more prevalent here than the US and there is quite a bit of biking infrastructure in Dublin) 2) Don't expect speaking Irish to Irish people because Dublin has the lowest percentage of Irish speakers! 🤣 Great vid, lads!

[@tillabezdan823]

I love House Hunters, do you have the link for your episode? 😀

[@RobeTrotting]

All I know is it’s Season 137 episode 3: Long-Term Living in Denmark

[@tillabezdan823]

@@RobeTrotting Thank you! :)

[@obelix244]

about accent. ive seen in your videos you are having a little troupple saying æ, ø and å. but you can just practice with the danish sentence " a æ u å æ ø i æ å" (I'm out on the island in the river) :D

[@hwway4488]

I don’t like biking when it’s snowing or really cold! And why is it so expensive to get my tires fixed!

[@RobeTrotting]

Agreed! I'll always take the bus then haha

[@johndododoe1411]

You're supposed to fix your own bike in your own shed or basement. All the parts are cheaply available.

[@Bjowolf2]

"Don't come here, if you can't ride a bike ..." That's what training wheels are for. 😂

[@RobeTrotting]

haha just not when I’m biking to work

[@Bjowolf2]

@@RobeTrotting Don't be shy, please - we've all been there 😂 Or would you prefer to have parent support instead? 😉

[@KiwiCatherine]

I love you guys and you are so perceptive and agree with what you say. However I came from NZ and my standard of living is so much better here. Wages and social services so much better here and I could not afford to live in NZ

[@velbehage]

yeah. There is no sleazing up in DK stores and restaurants- mainly because the staff don't need to act butlerlike to get tips. I must say that I prefer very much to be left alone instead of the overly friendly and fake attention. This way I find much more equal and fair.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Say Guys: Can you please do videos about how to get around in Denmark if you do not have a car, or bike, please?

[@AxelQC]

How do people bike in the winter?

[@RobeTrotting]

Carefully 😂 personally I don’t always because I don’t have really cold weather gear but most of the winter I get by biking with gloves and a hat.

[@pirakoXX]

"Student Biker" Another American tradition that could come very useful here too? This sign on your back or backpack, for Danes as well as foreigners not used to riding bikes in Cph, could make a few experienced bikers in a hurry to shout out nicer directives to you.....??!!

[@janolsen9856]

Denmark have a lot of foreninger- Find your lokal forening. Dont know the english word. But if you wanna met people/frinds.

[@RobeTrotting]

It's definitely easier and quicker to meet international friends

[@janolsen9856]

@@RobeTrotting and Danish people with out alkohol but they are borring..just kidding.TY for nice videos.

[@rohitdoestech]

As someone from the UK most of this isn't new, bars and clubs open past 02:00 young drinks out and about 18+ ofc unless in a pub with family.

[@tasfialife]

Love Denmark 💝💝💝💝💝💝

[@kristianlangager996]

Everyone wearing black at night IS a bit like the Monty Python skit about Not Being Seen. "On this road, there are 14 people - none of them can be seen."

[@KiwiCatherine]

I moved here 26 years ago and lived in svendborg and now frederikssund . I live semi country and hate Big cities. Too much noise. I was fluent after 8 months and have no international friends. Met most friends through work. I have car but use public transportation often as it’s easier.

[@traver1965]

If you make a Go Fund Me thingy you can probably get at better microphone ;)

[@traver1965]

Okay t o be honest the mic got better over time

[@soaringkite2673]

What if you are a senior citizen or handicapped? Is Copenhagen wheelchair accessible?

[@TheSnortler]

I moved to Copenhagen about 15 years ago from a small town and I've biked in the capital 3 times. Every time I was shitting my pants. The cyclists in Copenhagen are insane - it's NOT for the faint of heart :D

[@RobeTrotting]

We got that Tour de France though! haha

[@anders9646]

The devil island 👿 As we say in Jutland 😂

[@williamjones4716]

a/k/a "Kongsby"

[@RobeTrotting]

Y'all should hear what they're out here saying about Jutland haha (kidding of course)

[@anders9646]

@@RobeTrotting we are north germans and they are reserve swedes haha 😂 always kidding

[@williamjones4716]

@@anders9646, stopping in Slesvig during cross-border road trips, I could always mix my college German with Danish to get along with a variation of Plattdeutsch. 😉

[@anders9646]

@@williamjones4716 come along and let's take back Skåne!

[@ludvigglhasseris]

Nr. 6 is so accurate. People think your a snob if you move to Copenhagen. Another thing to it, it's a stereotype, that if you move to Copenhagen from Jutland, you'll be greet by people who think your a farmer and ect. The thing is, probably half of the people in Copenhagen are born outside of Copenhagen 😂

[@RobeTrotting]

YES - so many of the Danish people we know in CPH are from someplace else haha

[@ludvigglhasseris]

@@RobeTrotting I think i know around 100 people with whom I went to highschool with, and they all moved to Copenhagen. Another thing you could mention in a video, is that if you move to Copenhagen, and you speak with a Copenhagen accent after a year, people from your hometown will get so angry, and think that you're a wannabee or something 😂

[@williamjones4716]

@@ludvigglhasseris, a dear and older friend who has since passed grew-up in Amager and talked about when she visited relatives in Blokhus the other children would make fun of her and her "pretty" Danish.

[@ludvigglhasseris]

@@williamjones4716 my brothers in law are all from Copenhagen. They do it the opposite way. Makes fun of my Aalborg accent 😂

[@AlxzAlec]

I live in a small Jutlandic village and I can confirm that the majority of us are NOT farmers😂

[@duckmcduck007]

Danes in Copenhagen tend to drop more of the letters in words. So learning Danish somewhere else in the country could be easier.

[@AlxzAlec]

I actually wonder what kind of people live in those Nyhavn apartments

[@sebastianbagergaardrasmuss3918]

If ever become lucky enough to get to meet you guys, I'd probably speak some danish anyways.

[@RobeTrotting]

We’re not great in Danish so it wouldn’t go too far haha

[@sebastianbagergaardrasmuss3918]

@@RobeTrotting ah, we would manage guys. Sure we would.

[@dgh25]

16:15 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 WTF was that!?

[@futtejanas5690]

Would be fun to see, (us self whit your eys) if you evt. Ware to have a "go pro" mountet on your Chest, next time you go out to eat... See how its like for you, as expats, in cph. Are you up for it?

[@bjrnhjortshjandersen1286]

But if you cross the bridge to Sweden and shop for groceries you can save a bit.

[@Gert-DK]

A giant garage! LOL

[@RobeTrotting]

Not a lie though haha

[@Gwenx]

I grew up in the Copenhagen area like a 15-20 min train ride from Hovedbane gården. I love living in and close to the city and wouldn't want to live further out, but i feel like i could live anywhere in Denmark and i most certainly would move a little further out on the train line to get a bigger apartment or cheaper house hahah! I feel like Our budget living in Hvidovre is great when i hear my friend who lives in Emdrup, or some who lives in the city... Its crazy how much people spend on living in the city :O

[@RobeTrotting]

Yes, that makes a lot of sense - you can stretch the budget and get more for it farther out :)

[@mvoetmann1]

Copenhagen is not for me. I was born there. I lived most of my life there. But I much prefer living in the countryside. Forests, fields and beaches. That is the good life. I live about 100 km from Copenhagen. But to people from Jutland i still count as a Copenhagener. In their minds Zealand is pretty much only Copenhagen.

[@AlxzAlec]

Jeg har bort i Kbh og flytter der hen igen. Men jeg er enig, naturen er så fin her, men jeg kan godt lide storbyen. Begge ting er gode, og når du har boet i Kbh så længe så kan jeg godt forstå at du vil prøve noget nyt. Du kommer ikke til at fortrydde det hvis du flytter.😊

[@eidodk]

Living in the city-centre is absolutely not a problem at all.. It'll take you two weeks to get used to the noise. Getting to become friends, is going to come from spare time activities. The work "friends" are NOT going to make it into your friendgroup, they are your competition. Americans gain friends at their workplace. This will never happen here. You'll have an easier time building friendships in copenhagen, than in a tiny town in the outskirts.

[@RobeTrotting]

Agreed - plus good windows or double windows go a long way and block the noise :)

[@ronni2664]

The last sentence in that comment is just wrong. There is absolutly no reason it is easier to get friends in a big city like CPH then in a small city. I would even say the other way around. It's easier to get into the community in small citys, helping out at city partys, become a member of a sports activity and other stuff will integrate you so fast into a small citys culture and friendcirkle.

[@bzdtemp]

Of you think of colleagues as "competition" then of course you're not gonna be friends with them. It is definitely possible to become friends with people you work with, in fact it even happens that people who work together becomes more than friends. However as with most things in life, nothing is given so mileage does vary.

[@eidodk]

@@bzdtemp Ofcourse it happens that people who work together becomes "more than friends". There's however a GOOD reason why most danish companies have strict fraternisation rules. As in do not get your nookie where you work, it'll get you fired. You don't do number two where you eat either. It DOES happen, that you meet long life friends at your workplace, but that's DEFINATELY the odd one out. You don't know how long you're going to stay at any company so the people AT these companies are acquaintances, while your friends will be people you meet at spare time activities.

[@bzdtemp]

@@eidodk I must question you're " DEFINATELY the odd one out" since my experience is rather different, maybe it depends on the places you've worked or something. And as for most Danish companies having " strict fraternisation rules", while some do I highly doubt it is "most" - perhaps you can point to some documentation. Besides, rules or not - it happens.

[@SushieSpice]

Be honest - biking in Copenhagen during rush hour isn't problematic - it's traumatic 😱😱😱 😂

[@janlindtner305]

Parking permits in Copenhagen are sold at 180% so even if you have paid it is difficult to find a space and the policies want you to use public transport or a bicycle (crowding and CO2). The Netherlands is more bike dense. The rest of the country calls it "Københavneri"=Copenhagenism

[@olexxr8503]

Id rather have 10 friends instead of 30 relations ...

[@MansLifeAndCars]

Jylland 💪

[@nokkemor15]

Når nu i er så super gode til at forklare om gode og dårlige sider af Danmark og især i denne video København så kunne det være sjovt/rart for os der er danske eller lever i Danmark at få det hele på modersmålet/dansk. I kan jo godt dansk.😃 The text written above is in danish.

[@veronicajensen7690]

deres videoer er jo ikke lavet til danskere men til udlændinge der overvejer at flytte til Danmark eller gerne vil lære noget om hvordan det er at leve her

[@lealyan]

there's always a flip side to everything.

[@OutdoorFreedomDk]

Tak skal i 2 ha'. 👍( Ritten: Tak skal i to have.) - You still do good videos. Funny, Nice and Educational. 🤡🌼💼=💪

[@katarzynagoraj]

Almost all the cons you mentioned, are pros for me. Maybe it's time to move to Copenhagen 😉

[@RobeTrotting]

See you there 😃

[@bzdtemp]

On the everything is expensive examples - that should exclude healthcare and studying.

[@RobeTrotting]

I assume you mean there’s a higher tax burden?

[@bzdtemp]

@@RobeTrotting The taxes is something else for sure. However I should have been more precise. At 40s or so there is a clip in your video where different types of expenses is show as notes, one of those says "Medical", something that mostly taken care of just as tuition is covered or cheap(ish).

[@janniejensen720]

Nu har jeg overhovedet heller ingen planer om at flytte til Kbh. 2-3 dage der er mere end rigelig. Nu er der heldigvis mange gode byer i Danmark, så ingen grund til, at flytte til kbh

[@christopherandersson2496]

As a Swede Copenhagen is much much more better than Sweden. For one rom apartment in Stockholm city you need to wait 37 years in line to rent. Also the housing crisis is out of proportion in Sweden. Also smal citys is the same. We in Sweden thinks that Danish people are much more social and easier to get friends in Denmark than Sweden.

[@theaross3939]

the Copenhagen accent is more or less the danish equivalent to a californian accent ;)

[@RobeTrotting]

Interesting 🤔 I don’t think the Cali accent is very strong or significant though - I’d have no problem understanding it but it does get exaggerated in movies and tv.

[@williamjones4716]

You mean so-called "Valley" talk?

[@theaross3939]

@@williamjones4716 yes

[@theaross3939]

@@RobeTrotting the Copenhagen accent is easily understood by all danes as well, it doesn't have anything todo with that. the way i think of it, is that the cph accent is more of a personality trait (stereotypically) than other danish accents

[@kaedeyutani9197]

Thought struck me, you should invest in a better audio setup :-) or make your room less echo'y :P Your spry voices needs better representation.

[@RobeTrotting]

ok

[@kaedeyutani9197]

@@RobeTrotting Only say this since you're worth listening to. Its entirely well meant..

[@henrikkristensen4823]

Why not move to Philidelphia (US)......When Danish......:)

[@dennisbohman3848]

You say danish is hard, then what about their weird way of counting. Its not even logic to a swede =)

[@RobeTrotting]

The counting requires algebraic equations

[@dennisbohman3848]

@@RobeTrotting I might have been unclear, I meant halvfjärs, fem å tyve that would be like 5,20, tho I think it is 25?

[@johndododoe1411]

It's like the French and German systems combined. Fünfundzwanzig. Femoggalvtredsinstyve = 3-½ score and 5. Except on cheques, those use the Swedish system to prevent changing amounts with a few clever penstrokes.

[@MikCph]

Re. car: consider membership of a car sharing club…

[@neutralbychoice3584]

Danish accents are Strange. I mean, i have only ever lived in Jutland but have pretty much a perfect Copenhagen accent…

[@AlxzAlec]

Københavnere taler som om der er stive, og derfor tror alle turister selvfølgelig at det må være fordi vi Danskere jo åbenbart drikker så meget alkohol😂 Men seriøst, når jeg kommer til hovedbanegården en gang imellem, så ved man aldrig om folk er stive, eller om de bare er Københavnere😊

[@AlxzAlec]

@siliara We have Rigsdansk, and then all the accents. In Copenhagen, the accent doesn’t seem to be dying. A lot of young people have the strong Copenhagen accent while others have none. There’s also a few words in Danish that people in different parts would maybe pronounce a bit differently, but other than that, you can sometimes still hear on young people if they have an accent. It’s mainly older people that have it, but sometimes young people do too. Just not a strong one

[@danniandersen5858]

I wouldn't like to live in Copenhagen but rather Storkøbenhavn (greater Copenhagen). I'm born in Rødovre and raised in Høje Taastrup but live in Holbæk because it is cheaper :)

[@MarianeL00]

Norway is more expensive

[@RobeTrotting]

True but they got that oil money haha

[@carsteng2]

After living in Denmark for five years and not having Danish friends only mixed friends you probably only speak English with them so wonder why your Danish is bad . You are right that most Danes speak English really well but they prefer to speak Danish when they are together with there friends so if they are a group and everyone is forced to speak English you will get problems in the long term, Danish is not that hard a language to learn if you want, I find it interesting that most people from other English talking countries actually speaks desent Danish after a couple of years but I still have to meet an American who do but why? What I don't like to hear is that you guys tell other who look at your videos that it's much easier to speak English since most Danes speak English... I find that pretty disrespekting to the country and arrogant you do know that we are not US and people moving to US are expected to speak English from day one so come on guys. Do often look at your videos with a smile but sometimes I think what are you doing in Denmark if you try to make Denmark to be a mini US with Danish benefits.

[@RobeTrotting]

To be honest, I think you’re putting words in our mouth and creating your own narrative.

[@1233hund]

About the waiters. If you do what you du in us. It calls BON kammerat. You are not freinds, ist a professional agrement with you and the guest. Therefore you are not act like the us

[@RobeTrotting]

ok

[@traver1965]

So you attended Danish classes? Prove it. Let us see one video only in Danish ;) We can all laugh together afterwards hehe

[@RobeTrotting]

Not doing a video in Danish because we don’t want to be laughed at

[@andersthomsen3409]

"Dining out in Denmark vs. dining out in Copenhagen"? It seems like one of those should have been US related 😂

[@RobeTrotting]

oops 😅

[@NightAuwl]

If you don't want to move to Copenhagen just move to Frederiksberg. That is in no way Copenhagen - just ask the people living there 😁

[@olexxr8503]

What the heck guys .. stop using the word "surving" it has nothing to do about living in Copenhagen ..

[@Phiyedough]

When you compare Copenhagen with USA, that's fair enough but when you imply that USA shares culture traits with other parts of the world, that is just wrong. American culture is unique, the closest country, culturally speaking, being Canada. For people from pretty much anywhere else in the world it would be a major culture shock to move to USA.

[@ronni2664]

Of all the big citys I have lived in for loonger or shorter time, (Berlin, Bruxelles, Antwerpen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Oslo and other smaller citys) KBH was the worst of them. They were trying to hard to be special, to be "hip" and to be something they are not. And the bad manners and arrogant way of being, can be on bike, personal or professionelle, its just (in general) worse then even the frensh part of Bruxelles.

[@AB-80X]

I have lived in two Belgian cities, I have lived in Oslo as well. Sounds like you suffer from a major Jutlantic inferiority complex.

[@ronni2664]

@@AB-80X sounds like you are a class example of what i write about. Arrogant wannabe person, with a inferiority complex that just tryes to hard to keep other people down. Congratulation.

[@AB-80X]

@@ronni2664 Far from it. Have you ever wondered why Sandemose wrote about a small town in Jutland? I have lived in the following cities, and base my comparisons on that. New York Houston San Fran Brussels Ostende London Dubai Florianopolis Oslo Calgary Münster Berlin Madrid I know how cities are and what can make them bad. If you think Copenhagen is the worst place to be because people try and make it something its not, you are so far off it's not even funny. And that's even more hilarious when you bring Aalborg into the mix. I'm the co-founder of a Danish company that now employs over 3000 people world wide, and I am the absolute opposite of someone who live by the Laws of Jante.

[@ronni2664]

@@AB-80X interesting you keep bringing up things like law of jante and Jutland inferity complex, when I talk about citys like Berlin, Oslo, Bruxelles. To my knowledge they are not in Jutland and don't have that complexs. Berlin actually has a similiar reputation in Germany that Copenhagen has. To be disconnected from the rest of the country and not really being the same. They often ask if you live in Germany or in Berlin. But Berlin is the relaxed and welcoming kind of city. But it seems lile that I write Aarhus and Aalborg in the list makes you ignore everything els and see red, going into a boasting rant. I seems like a toxic trait to have, but you do you. You wont get any respons of anything further here, as it seems you are spiraling.

[@williamjones4716]

You might lump Toronto into that wanna be a hipster mix, with so much pedestrian friction that posters are hung in the trams and subway extolling how to be polite.

[@jamp6167]

Things to do in copenhagen Number 1. Leave

[@Alhem11]

Ha, ha, you guys are becoming Danish 😂 Your hate/love for Copenhagen is typically Danish. 🤣We all love Copenhagen, but mostly or only when the city satisfies our needs, right? 😉However, you should put a more clear disclaimer in your fixed descriptions, that says that it is your personal experience or opinion, which does not reflect the actual living conditions. Pretty much all the cautionary tales you share, I can find examples of the opposite.

[@RobeTrotting]

Haha, I guess you could say that but we DO open the video with “we love living in Copenhagen and calling it home…”. As for the disclosure, I don’t think anyone needs that to know all of our content is based on our opinion and experiences (we have that in our channel description though). We try to express that and give examples of all sides, but it gets exhausting to try to speak in an irrefutable legal tone 😂

[@Alhem11]

@@RobeTrotting I know you do, but when you say "The Danes", in the videos, I as at Dane find it very generalizing and if the topics are things that I, as a Dane for obvious reasons know more about than you, it feels as if you are missing out on some points of view.

[@D3NL1LL3P]

F Copenhagen, come to Horsens! Best town in Denmark!

[@thomashjortshj974]

Copenhagen is for reserve swedes, true danes lives in jutland😂🎉

[@RobeTrotting]

This video wasn’t for you then

[@FionaAstrologer]

Yeah, don't move to Copenhagen if you suffer from cyclophobia. 😁

[@FionaAstrologer]

And can you please link to the house hunters episode!

[@RobeTrotting]

m.imdb.com/title/tt9758132/ I don’t know who is streaming it these days but this is the episode info 😃 if you watch it, please know it’s more than a little bit produced haha.

[@niebuhrsongs]

Your titles are getting a bit clickbaity. Just sayin'.

[@RobeTrotting]

Thanks for the unsolicited critique, but this was most certainly a video describing the reasons why some people would struggle living in Copenhagen as it's named. I don't know what misled you, but it wasn't us or the title.

[@Makarov934]

Who wants a party in Warpig🍺🍺😝😝

[@RobeTrotting]

War Pig? cool place to eat and have a beer but not party.

[@Kim_Pedersen]

I mean guys.... Come on.... Are we talking about the same city? Copenhagen, Denmark? And by the way. You need some New material. We have heard i all before 🥱 But keep up your channel. I am still enjoying it 😉🥰

[@RobeTrotting]

So kind 😒

[@Kim_Pedersen]

Yes i have to live up to the stereotype of a danish man😁 Dont get offented, i still love your channel. And i'm loyal🙂