
Make the first move to get Danes to understand other cultures’ traditions
What to do if you are living in an area where no-one celebrates Halloween? A “stay at home” dad found the solution. Find out how …

Fostering world class citizens – the challenge
Finding a school which prepares your child for adult life can be challenging. Meet students from the Copenhagen International School Class of 2019 and find …

A vicious circle: you can only get better at Danish if you speak it daily – but you have to be good to be able to use it daily.
French trailing spouse Sylvie Reynolds had done what she was told to do if she wanted any chance of a job here; she had learnt …

Acute lack of GP’s in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities
On 30 August, the region responsible for medical care in the Greater Copenhagen area, Region Hovedstaden, announced that newcomers, and those moving around in Copenhagen …

The diary in my moving box
A move to a new country, the surprising find of an old diary – all part of a personal journey, which reveals to our writer …

EXPAT CHILDREN: WHAT IT’S LIKE TO GROW UP ROOTLESS
Interview with psychologist and co-founder of Globally Local, Anita Mayntzhusen. Be inspired to help your own children by her findings and insights from her study of …

How to become the happiest native in the world? Find out in the “Year of Living Danishly”
Can going native in the world’s ‘happiest’ country, really make you more content? Archetypal Londoner and journalist Helen Russell made it her mission to find …

The Benefits and Challenges of raising Third Culture Kids
You may have heard the term TCK recently, and thought ‘oh great, another acronym to remember’, but if your kids are growing up outside of …

“I define myself according to how much I have overcome,” says Zindzi Mandela in this interview with Your Danish Life
Zindzi Mandela talks about her role as the South African Ambassador in Denmark and reflects on her upbringing memories as Madiba’s daughter. The interview was …

Leaving behind her booming career – German TV STAR starts all over in Denmark
Following a successful career as a TV and theatre star in Germany, recognised German actress Katrin Weisser decided to settle in Denmark with her Danish …