Hello!This is the final episode of What The Denmark Season 3.Many of our listeners share the podcast with friends/ families who come to visit and so we wanted to create an episode that speaks to exactly the questions that many people have when coming...
In this last episode of the current season we give you everything you need to know ahead of coming to Denmark for the first time. Sam and Josefine are joined in the studio with two excellent guests sharing their insights and tips on how to orient yo...
Hello!Apologies for the slight delay in getting this episode out - put it down to Christmas/ New Year schedules etc.However, we think it's worth the wait!The episode is all about dating Danish people.For a culture that is normally so practical and ma...
For a culture that is normally so practical and matter-of-fact (see Separate Duvets), Danes seem to find it surprisingly difficult to talk about relationships. Compared with other cultures, it’s rare in Denmark to ask someone out on a date in person...
Hello!This week's episode is all about Denmark's attitude and action towards building a greener economy.In the 1970s, Denmark was like most other Western countries when it came to generating energy: the majority of the economy was built on non-renewa...
In the 1970s, Denmark was like most other Western countries when it came to generating energy: the majority came from high-polluting, non-renewable resources. When oil crises hit after OPEC switched off oil supply, Denmark, and indeed much of the w...
Hello!The topic of this week's episode could arguably fill a season, but we've done our best to give you a brief history of Denmark, and how it informs the Danish mindset today.Despite it's relative smallness in present times, Denmark used to be a bi...
It seems that one of the defining characteristics of being Danish is to feel you are a member of a small nation. During the Viking and Middle Age periods, Denmark was a relative superpower, with territory spanning modern day Norway, south Sweden and...
Hello!This week's episodes was one of the more fun ones to research!I went over to visit Rikke Rosengren, the founder of the Bonsai Institute skovbørnehave (forest kindergarden) just outside of Copenhagen.Rikke is the author of the book Child of Natu...
In the 1950s, a Danish woman, Ella Flatau, began taking her kids on walks in the forest to teach them about the world. Soon, other parents asked if their kids could join, and before long, they formalised the arrangement, creating the first "forest k...
In this episode Sam is speaking to Anne Jamison and John Bennett, a couple from the USA who moved to Denmark from Dubai last year. Anne and John share their thoughts on: Work/life balance in Denmark and how this differs from US cultureDenmark being...
Around the world house prices are rising far higher than incomes meaning "ordinary people" are unable to afford to own a place to live. In Denmark, andelsboliger ("co-operative housing") offers a solution. With roots in the 1800s, it is an approach...
We're back with Season 3! In this episode we tackle Janteloven or "The Law of Jante". In 1933, a Danish-Norwegian author called Axel Sandemose wrote a book describing a fictional town in rural Denmark. The people of the town were very set in their...
Hello! Hope you've had a lovely summer. The What The Denmark team have been busy getting ready for a new season of the podcast... and we'd love your input for a couple of episodes! Dating Danes One episode has the working title How to date a Da...
When temperatures drop, the last thing on most people's minds is to go outside, strip off and take a plunge into near freezing water. That is, however, what a large percentage of the Danish population do each winter. Why on earth would someone choo...
