Reverse Culture Shock: When Back in America From Denmark
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- Reverse Culture Shock: When Back in America From Denmark
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In this video, we talk about all of the reverse culture shock experiences that we encounter when we return back to America after living in Denmark for almost five years.
These culture clashes are numerous and result in feeling as if we no longer fit in our native American culture. This can mean that even annual visits to friends and family take some adjustments.
Getting over reverse culture shock isn't a simple task, but it doesn't have to consume you as you adjust back to America from time abroad. We point out some of the most common ways that we feel reverse culture shock and how we deal with it.
Whether you're an expat returning permanently and repatriating from time living abroad or just like us and visiting American for a few weeks and then returning to Denmark - you can probably relate to this video.
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CHAPTERS:
Intro - 0:00
Feeling Like a Tourist - 0:49
You're Not THAT Interesting - 2:32
Overabundance and Materialism - 3:56
American Chattiness - 6:20
Values Clash - 8:30
Faster Pace - 10:40
Final Thoughts - 13:17
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What I love about Denmark is that simple happiness is valued and encouraged
Us too! Happiness is way more valuable than money or material items and that’s an overarching theme in Danish culture and the lifestyle. It’s a much better fit for us.
Yeah and the theft the government does through its taxes.
@@dumbdumber7203 You must be talking about the US government.
@@HippoAreCute Nope, the Danish guvernement. I pay 50% of my income in taxes and then another 10-15% in duty/tolls - they are out of their fucking minds.
@@dumbdumber7203 I personally enjoy paying high taxes for the massive amount of benefits we all get back. But to each their own 😁
When you talk about returning “home” and yourself feeling different now, just reminds me so much of the scene in Lord of the Rings.
When the hobbits return to the Shire and sits in the bar seeing life just moved on and they’ve changed themselves as well.
As a Dane, I’m so glad that you guys like Denmark, and that you appreciate our way of living, but I would also love to hear about what you love and miss about USA and Philadelphia. What’s the first thing you eat, when you go back??? What is the most common “I can’t wait to….” conversation between you guys, before you get on the plane??
Thanks for a great channel. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I really enjoy watching your videos. 👍🏻🤗🌻
Hey Sandie, thank you so much for the kind words and for watching! So glad that you enjoyed the video 😃🇩🇰
Our video next week is on the things we miss about the USA when we’re in Denmark and the things we appreciate about Denmark more when we visit the States. We have been filming segments in different cities as we went about our summer holiday.
I’m the future we will definitely do a video with more details about Philadelphia and our favorite things to do when we visit 😃 We’ll work on that during our Christmas visit.
@@RobeTrotting can't wait to see that
@@RobeTrotting I really loved this one! And I, too, would like to see more about what you love/miss in Philly compared to Denmark. I know you already touched upon it, but I would really like to hear about your favorite food and culture-spots (I'm totally not planning a trip to Philly once this corona-nonsense is over ;))
@@RobeTrotting You guys are simply awesome!
EDIT: Even if the Americans doesn't realize it =D hehe..
As a Dane, I have travelled 3 of the American states. What Denmark needs, is the level of service-mindedness, you find in America. When entering ANY store in Denmark, there is ALWAYS unmanned cash registers. I can't STAND it! It is disrespectful to the customers. Denmark and service are 2 separate universes...🤦♂️😖😡
I did two tours overseas (3 yrs in Japan & 4 in Italy) and what you say about your home changing and you yourself changing is true for troops serving abroad as well. And while the shock that life went on without me was a surprise (how dare they?!), an expanded world view was priceless. Culture and language and food are all different, but people are still people. I learned that most people everywhere are good, kindness is a shared human value, and that a smile works the same in every culture. Great lessons to learn early in life.
As an American, I often feel overwhelmed by certain aspects of our culture (especially the hustle culture and consumerism) and wonder how much my anxiety might improve if I were to spend some time in Scandinavia. As a minimalist who is into slow living, I feel like the culture there might really fit for me.
Totally relate to this...! It really creeps up on you too; you almost don't notice you've changed until you go back. Great video!
Right! All of a sudden we just feel like we don’t fit in anywhere - but it a good way 😃 thanks for watching Erin!
Loved this video, it was actually validating for me to hear your perspective. I feel very similar every time going back to Chicago. Lots of planning your day because there are so many schedules, it is so fast-paced. Also, the food portions just made me insane, and every single time I come back to Denmark it takes my stomach a little time to settle down. It is nice to visit once in a while, but it takes its toll on my mind and body. It is a lot of fun to see family and friends, but yeah, I have adjusted to my life in Denmark and really love it. I don't need to small talk with people on a train or in a line for groceries. They are all super nice, but I am not a big chit-chat person or small talk (never have been really), so this could be why I adjusted to DK pretty quickly. :) Thanks for sharing your video and love you guys!
So glad we share a similar perspective! We have totally changed the itineraries for our trips home because it is exhausting. It feels so good to see everyone and maintain the connections back home, but it can be the opposite of a vacation for you (and it feels so bitchy saying it!) It has taken us some time to adjust to the chattiness of the US on this trip - but it has been a little fun too. Like being a tourist in the place where we lived for 30+ years!
I remember having a bit of a culture shock when I moved to Scotland back in 2014. The way they did things there were sometimes vastly different than here in Denmark. The UK is very much a pub centered country, and I was not prepared for that, at all. But after a few months I started to embrace it, and I ended up loving loving in Scotland. I moved back to Denmark in 2016, and since then I have been dying to get back - even if it's just for a weekend
Brilliant episode. Spot on with the "one-activity-per-day" thing. I had not thought about that, but you are absolutely right. Good one, you guys.
May be Sweden is different, people often have a second engagement. But it is possible we are boring or.....
@@lindatisue733
Very boring 👎
Thanks for taking us along.
I'd also like to thank you for being such lovely ambassadors for Denmark
The other day my dog wanted to take a break under a certain bench, where a nice lady was sitting. I ended up having a 30 minutes conversation about the history of the neighbourhood and life in general.
I think I've been inspired by other cultures like the American, to try and be more open to something like that. Although I also really like, how you can take the public transport or walk around a crowded area without having to talk to people. :)
Thanks for another great video.
I don't know if this experience falls into the "Reverse Culture Shock" category but I'll share it anyways. In 1993 I was visiting my parents in my old childhood home for the first time after 15+ years abroad. After a restless, sleepless first night with a galloping yet lag I decided to go to the kitchen to make me a coffee. I knew that my parents weren't coffee lovers but I also knew that they always kept a well stocked pantry with provisions to cover any eventuality. I went to the kitchen and with no coffee maker in sight I started to look for the essentials: a kettle, a cup and obviously the coffee. My mother heard the noise and went to the kitchen to investigate.
My mother: "What are you doing here at this hour?"
Me: "I need a coffee but I can't find anything here"
My mother: it's much too early for that, go back to your bed and wait for breakfast (mind you I was in my mid 40s) And besides since when do you drink coffee? You never had coffee in your life"
Me: "Well I drink coffee now, where do you keep the coffee, the cups and the kettle? "
My mother: "You know exactly where they are, everything is exactly as when you left.
Me: "I need a coffee, and I don't remember where the things are now. Would you please give me the things or just tell me where to find them?
My mother: "What do you mean you don't remember? You were born here! Just because you came back yesterday you don't need to go all stuck-up .... bla bla bla
She didn't have coffee and later that day I found out that she had painted the kitchen twice and completely renovated it once with another partially renovation in the time I was abroad.
I don't know if that was a "Culture Shock" but for me at least, that was a shock.
Apart from that, most people I talked to had only one mantra: everything is as it used to be, nothing has changed here. Maybe for you, but for us no. And I felt like I was in a completely different place than the place I left so many years before. Strange feeling, like being in a fluid place where two dimensions overlap. Very strange. I left in my twenties and now, in my mid forties people, specially old family members treated me as if I was just a kid or an adolescent? Odd, really odd
You said it well, "Odd really odd." I have traveled back to the US to visit for many years and so many things seem odd really odd.
In Denmark you can fell the culture chok, just mowing from one region to another 😂 I live in North Jutland, and we dont talk as much as people in Copenhagen. We eat a lot more potatoes with gravy, and less vegetarian then in Århus 😆
try move from Roskilde to Harboøre xD
potatoes with gravy is not vegetarian?
@@whattheflyingfuck...
Technically true but in a world of levels, butter is okay for lacto vegetarians (most vegetarians).
@@TheShieldMaidenandtheStray Haha :-). Tried that?
And when a person from Copenhagen talk to people speaking only Jutlandish (jysk)
Nobody is understanding each other
Love your videos. I am in many ways a Boston girl but also love Philadelphia. Hope to visit Denmark some day
Hope if you do you feel welcome
Your more than welcome to my little kingdom ☺☺☺
Great point about "not belonging anywhere". I have had the same experience when coming home for family events in Denmark.... it's like everyone moved on while I'm stuck in 2003.. and back in the States it's still very foreign to me.
Nicely done! Home is still home, no matter where life takes you! Great perspectives, shows that you embrace your current home, see the differences, and work hard to be a member of that place.
I absolutely love your attitude towards, well, everything. The positivity you bring to your channel is inspiring and awesome.
Thank you so much, Kia! 🇩🇰😀
Great vid! I'm an American, married to a Dane, living in the UK for 16 years now. Boy, howdy did a lot of what you said ring true. I think the biggest challenge is being at home nowhere and both places simultaneously. And while that can feel a bit sad, the perspective of being an outsider is really wonderful, I think.
It’s so so true, that takes a little bit of getting used to and somehow the last couple years has made us feel it even more than normal. Still, we agree with you 100% - the perspective of being a foreigner is a really wonderful experience. Everyone should have that experience at least once in life 😀
Seriously impressed by the depth of consideration you guys have. How very impressive to reflect on this subject. Another good video from you two. Thank you very much. 🇺🇸🇩🇰
I feel your displaced-pat feelings!
As a diplomatic brat, living in 10+ countries before I turned 16
...it took me a long time to find 'my place'
My brother lives in Canada and I'm in DK...we visit, but feel that we belong on separate sides of the Atlantic.
Some find it odd, but it's the way our family, functions 🇨🇦😉🇩🇰
Great video..nice to see the other side, even just a smidgen 😊
hello from Hundested 🌸 🌱
Do you mind me asking what it was in Denmark that appealed to you specifically?
It couldn't have been the weather, I'm sure 😂😁
@@pHD77
Danish mom, Canadian Dad
& I enjoy the Danish weather!
I can always top up my sunshine quota with a trip to the Med ☀️
I love the light summer nights and the dark winter days and all the weather in between..
I fully remember reverend culture shock coming back to Denmark after living in the US. I found everything so cute and funny 😂
Love how you ended the video with the love you hold for both places. That's a really good point. Philadelphia looks really nice btw. I'd love to visit there. 💜
agreed :)
"Focus on the love" Love that. 😊 Really interesting and great video 👏👏
Thank you so much Anne 😃🇩🇰
Great video! Very interesting, relatable and insightful.
You have become poly-national 😁 It really seems like you have embraced Denmark, and thank you for that. I hope you guys feel embraced by Denmark and the Danes 🙂
Love this Vlog 😃
I love all the perspective!
Thanks for the great videos guys! I always watch to get another perspective on life and especially on Denmark and Copenhagen. Its very refreshing to be made aware of the things in your culture that seems weird to others even its totally normal to you 😀
Food for thought. Great topic!
I can totally relate to the the amount of things you are exposed to in the States. I have some family near Chicago and one day (when we were out driving... 😆) I started to feel quite stressed but was unable to figure out why (not my first visit changly enough)... Then, when back home in Denmark, I was out driving and it hit me🤯! There were no commercials or cables hanging randomly in the air (or so it seemed to me)..... I remember feeling quite relieved!
Anyway - thank you for sharing😊🍀!
Hey guys! Thanks for the clip... I enjoyed it. IMO, you have both sussed out us Danes in terms of how we tick. I certainly hope you'll stay here for many years to come. Thank you also for going on the defensive of what it's _actually_ like to live here.
Stay safe!
Spot on, thanks for sharing
You guys are awesome! And is a great help for showing my American girlfriend things about Denmark that i Would never think of because of having grown up here.
Hope you're having a great trip.
So cool! Glad we could help and that you’re both enjoying our videos - thanks so much for watching and hopefully it’s helping her to understand things a bit more, we probably have similar experiences to her 😃🇩🇰
Tak for endnu en spændende video, der sætter jeres liv i perspektiv. Håber i får en god world pride i København i denne uge.
Definitely something I have experienced, just a bit differently.
I'm a Syrian-German from Dresden, and had been living in St. Petersburg for a few years. Now I live and study in Greifswald and Stralsund.
I still appreciate Dresden for its art and music, but after the teachers and classmates that I had, I'm happy to never move back there. At least not permanently.
Totally can understand. When you choose to move somewhere, you have a deep personal attachment to that choice and really embrace that new town. Choosing what you call "home" is really personal and important!
I had a reverse culture shock after living 4 years in US and then came back home. Shit’s real!
And regarding having hard time fitting in either places; I feel exactly the same. You grow much more than you realize when you live abroad. You become more of a “global citizen” in a way. You begin to see the pros and cons in a vastly different light, which you won’t possibly get, if you didn’t do it. Even though we’re doing well for ourselves in our little pond here in Denmark, there is a lot that can be improved still, and currently it’s almost fashionable to bang on US, but there are still so many wonderful things about the US that gets neglected by all the current polarization.
Something I do wish to change in the US is just the general approach/attitude towards politics. It doesn’t have to be cramped in absolutely everywhere. Politics isn’t about “us against them”, strong-arming each other, black and white convictions, quite the opposite. We all know that we’re all different, so ofc. that’s reflected in politics, and in many cases in Europe like we tacitly know that if a right wing government had sit there for a while like Germany, many would like to see a left wing government, not just to switch it up, but because you tacitly know that it’s more democratic and it’s the foundation for our society that as many voices get heard and have influence, and in return, you also keep those you’re own party’s feet at the charcoal.
Regardless, I love the States and I consider it my 2nd home, and it gave me a perspective of life that I actually desperately needed. Like a missing puzzle piece within myself that I kind of knew was there, but couldn’t really identify. We’re so god damn homogeneous here in Denmark, and even though that can be really good, it can also get quirky in the sense of, there’s less room for individualism. It doesn’t take a lot to stick and I can rest in myself not just in a wishful kind of way, but actually genuinely doing it, and I absolutely have a deep sense of appreciation for the US for giving me that.
I do resonate with a lot of what you guys are saying, and it’s fun for me seeing the same kind of realization in reverse 😁
Wish you guys well.
It’s hard, right?! Hits you where you don’t expect it.
@@RobeTrotting When you arrive at the airport in your own country, and everyone is speaking your native language, it’s indescribable if you’ve been away for an extended period.
It’s such a great feeling - it almost makes you feel giddy to be in a “natural” environment again. It’s that familiarity that you miss while you’re abroad and having to work a bit harder each day to carry out normal tasks.
@@RobeTrotting Yea exactly! It’s a really profound experience, I can only wish for people to experience. Followed by; once you get back. You’re a changed person, like you’ve diverted from your original path in such a drastic way, that the things you’ve learned and the optics that you’ve acquired now, makes it harder to fit in the same way, as you did before. Meanwhile the country you’re not native to, well you’re not born there, so even though home is where the closest family is, you’ll always feel a bit out of place somewhat.
And then you wound up in an unfair middle ground and one just have to realise how fortunate and privilege have been to get the opportunity. Once the brain digest it all, you won’t change it for anything. You guys seems to have a an authentic and healthy mindset about it.
- Yea, carry out just simple tasks become taxing as hell 😁
How awesome that you guys took us on a trip of your old home town. I often hear that Denmark and the Nordic countries are used as a scare example of how socialistic it is and I honestly wish every American could come here for 6 months (or everyone who wanted to at least) and see how it works, how it really is. We humans are such adaptable creatures, we slowly fit in where we are. In a way it is an incredible feature we have.
It's good to hear your perspective. More videos like this
Thanks so much for watching and the comment, we will keep videos like this coming for sure 😊
Great video :-)
Great video
Interesting as always
Thanks for sharing :-)
Thank you so much and thank you for watching. So glad you enjoyed it 😃🇩🇰
WaaoO !!! This is definitely one of my favorite videos !!!
I LOVE the perspectives on both cultures !!! That you can only have when you've lived in a different culture for a years.
I lived in Canada for 7 years, with a lot of visits to Copenhagen, Denmark every six month.
But still, it was very difficult for me to live in Canada. My values was clearly very Danish, also deliberately chosen values - a lot that couldn't be met in Canada.
I've travelled A Lot ! I LOVE travelling !!! But it's a very different thing to settle down in an other country, than travelling the world.
When you stay in one place for years, the culture really is getting under your skin !!!
- I like to say one thing in your case; your relationship is your home !!!
You are very obviously so good together !!!
Great video.. :)
Great video!
As a Dane, I gotta say that the thing you mentioned about the events and how you will only have one event where you will arrive at a certain time and leave (almost) at a set time, is kinda annoying to me.
Everybody arrives at the same time and I often feel "trapped" at an event, because it would be rude to leave early. Sometimes you just end up sitting there for hours and waiting for the first to leave so you won't be the first one. It is nice to meet people and all that, but it can get very tiring at length.
I remember when I visited Houston .Texas, I was shocked by the size of the portions of food. People I didn't know would speak to me with no purpose.
Yes, the portions are always so large that we end up bringing some home haha. The random chats definitely have a strange affect on us now because we don’t always expect it and it sometimes feels (I hate to say this and seem rude) but like a waste of time.
3:59 I (a Swede) didn´t know that. I heard about the New Sweden colony in the 1600s, but I didn´t know Philadelpha was settled by Swedes. Great to see our colors still fly there!
Yeah, it’s really cool. The Old Swedes Church is still in South Philadphia and I think it’s the oldest continuous congregation in the States (will have to fact check that though).
@@RobeTrottingIt's the second oldest after the Old Swedes church is in Wilmington, Delaware which was the main Swedish settlement called Fort Christina. Philadelphia was also settled but with smaller villages. The main Swedish influence on American culture however is the introduction of log cabins!
Nice to see the world opening up, so you guys can start thinking about this trip or that again.
I love your channel. I would love to live in dk, but I'm self employed. I love hearing your stories. Ty
Nice one!! and now we are on that.. Is there something you just have with you from Denmark to America and the other way around
What great ambassadors for Denmark you gys are:) Thanks!
I like what you’re saying about “celebrity” status.I’m going home to Baltimore after a year in Cuenca, Ecuador and will have to remember this. Thanks. Your point about materialism is interesting. A friend who now lives here in Ecuador (from Santa Fe) said the same thing. She visited her daughter in Denver and was shocked at the miles of malls and stores.
Yes have to remember, when I lived in Korea I was a "local celebrity " . Itwas easy to forget I wasn't entitled to that celebrity in the US. On the other hand, I think the are a lot of Americans that just can't believe anything is better about another country.
Moved to England all by myself and stayed there for 3 years so moving to Denmark after that kinda of helped me to ease into things without too much of a culture shock as I believe the British and the Danes are quite similar - generally reticent but interpreted as stiff upper lips for the Brits and 'closed-up' or unfriendly for the Danes and they don't do small talk either:-) I learned to embrace it all and take it in good stride and plod on and now when I return to my home country every year, they can't really put me in a pigeon hole, which is perfect!! :-) Some say I speak with a British accent, some say I speak with an American accent and some say, a strange accent but regardless of accent, I find it so amusing and interesting as well as to how people see you and amazingly that is where you discover that you have somehow developed your own sense of identity with your own values which holds me in thrall all the time. Thanks to the people whom I meet and bump into throughout my life making me who I'm today. Your video has helped me to reflect on all of that today. Thank you so much:-)
Great video
Excellent stuff!
Thanks Martin, and thanks for watching 😃
Great video and stay safe. :D
Thank you! We are and are excited to return to Denmark in a few days after a wonderful time stateside 😀
Funny! I remember being visited by a very distant family member. She chatted seemingly without breathing in between. My boyfriend and I had to take her to an expensive restaurant, which we couldn’t afford. When she finally left, we were so run down, that we were only able to lie on the couch.
You guys are such good company. I lived in Russia for only six months, and the reverse culture shock was overwhelming.
As a Dane living in Spain, I was tested regarding the opnening hours of stores too. The stores are closed every sunday, so you have to do your shopping beforehand. We've really come to like this though! Not having the option is sometimes a good thing.
We used to have stores closed on sunday by law until 2000 (not counting kiosks which restrictions were partially lifted in 1989) but it only applied to stores smaller than 400m2. Before that I recall there were some special sundays when they could be open. The restriction was loosened again in 2009 when larger stores could stay open on sunday as well but only between 12-18 except on some special days and cases. Since the system was messy as hell they finally removed restrictions in 2016. Still most of the local markets remained open only between 10-21 on sundays until just a few weeks ago when they extended the time to 22 - at least in my area.
@Mike Could You please tell me, what kind of Tripod You are using where You stand with the Camera at the end 14:02? If You have a link to it, would be great. Great video again guys. :-)
Love the swagger, Derek!
This will go right to his head 😂
That’s a good one :)
Thank you for this video! It's made beautifully and I learned a lot about Philadelphia. I feel this reverse culture shock so deep. I've been between two countries for over a year and I feel really alone. I love Denmark and want to integrate but it won't happen unless I speak Danish perfectly I think 😂😭
Hi, i'm a dane. I don't think you have to learn to speak perfectly danish to become friends in Denmark. Most of US speak very good english. I don't know how old you are, but if you have a an interest in singing, playing music, doing crafts, playing a sport ect.. You should join a choir, take a course in "aftenskole", join a sport. It is easier to get to know people. I Hope you find a way, so you get to know people.😊
Best wishes.. 🌹
Yay you officially integrated in Denmark 😂 it's fun to see you there. I wish Dane where more chatty! I try every day to be more chatty in Denmark but it is difficult!
I have lived in three different countries: an advantage of experiencing different cultures is also that you can pick out the best parts of it and feel more free to drop some other things/traditions that you don't really need.
I can recognize so many things in what youø're saying. You only have to move to another part of the country and when you're home feelings are the same.
I notice too when I was in the States, the grass-hopping from one place to another to a third and so on. Americans are constantly moving around when out, and go flat on the couch when home. My best moment was sitting in the swing in the mornings on the porch with a cup of coffee and see it all wake up, and my American boyfriend learned to value that too... :)
Thanks for the video it clear to see you hav love for both ounties and clear that you have dveloped a change by your loifestyle changes by living in Denmark. I like and you don't think anymore that it has to be so fast. Bliver spændene når i kommer til Danmark igen om I stadig synes om den mere afslappede facon.
What you are saying here is so true, I can really relate , I am Danish , having lived also in Sweden , Now live in US, Love your videos!
Thank you Lona, so glad you can relate to this feeling 🇩🇰😀
I can only imagine, how it's most have been going back after so long time. I lived in London for 6 months, and in that short amount of time. I forgot my danish, even that I worked alongside danish people. We only spoke English all the time, it toke me like a week just to get back to danish. So even that I understood what people said to me in the first week I replied in English.
And still to this day 20 years later, I stil find something easier to explain I English, rather in Danish.
Love the videos. Gotta say I don’t know what I would say, if strangers just started to talk to me out of the blue 😂 I think that is a reason why many Danes got headphone/ earplugs on when out around town 😂
Nice. I liked your comment about the stores being open 24/7 365. You don't think about it, but having them closed early or not open every day really does force you to slow down a little bit, and spend your time on more quality activities...
Good video on the subject. Even if it's just another part of the country you moved to, a lot may have changed in the town/area you grew up in, when you come back to visit.
So true Sara! You don’t have to cross the ocean to feel these kinds of things 😃
Same if I go to Copenhagen -Now I only feel like I know these ways around :D
So sweet :-D
Lovely. By the way, I went to Vejle with my girlfriend after seeing your video, so thank you for the inspiration. :)
Speaking about that, some dude drove past me on a bike last night when I was out walking... he said "have a good evening" in danish obviously, and I replied... it actually felt nice... but yes generally we were taught as kids "don't talk to strangers" ;-)
I can totally relate. When I fly back home to Australia I feel like a tourist in many ways and it can get a bit confusing when I don’t remember certain streets or shops , Whoever I love bragging that I live overseas and that I managed to leave the dump of a place I grew up in plus I brag having dual citizenship all the F**ing time just to piss people off 😆
Dual citizenship must be fairly common in Australia.
Haha classic Australian 🤣
8:39 Greetings from Czechia!!!
you guys are wonderful, and I love to see your old home. But just as much as I like to see your old home. I like to have you back home, here in Denmark where you have your home now.
So don't you worry, and don't feel like outsiders. You are part of Denmark now. Your home
I do kind of talk to strangers everywhere, maybe because I sometimes travel alone or that I lived in the States. But my grandmother did it and my mother do it too, though in Denmark I do sometimes get a strange look from friends or the strangers, I start to talk to.
Have you been to Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copehagen? The reason I came to think of that is The Thinker, and Rodin in general.
So much for him bringing in the best people.
What do you mean by this?
New video wooooooow
cool you said Hygge almost right awesome love from my heart nice to hear hard word to say.
Guys, I would ❤ to visit Philly one day.
Andrew Zimmern praised its food scenes so many times on his Bizarre Foods, Delicious Destinations, and The Zimmern List shows!
I live on the danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, and moving here from Copenhagen 20 years ago was a true culturechok... the slow pace, the local dialect and so on. And no cafés was open at wintertime 😵😳.... Things have changed since then... or maybe I have??👍
Been in Danmark since 06'. Moved from Ohio and I try to get back there every other summer, except when COVID screwed that up. I never feel odd about being back with my family and friends but I'm always shocked and sometimes very sad at the changes in the city itself. THAT can make you feel like a stranger or at least sort of lost somehow. I'm always so happy to get back to hot summer weather I guess that kind of overrides any strangeness I could feel about being back with fam and friends. Curious...did you guys take out the Danish travelers insurance before you went back to Philly? I always do, it's moderately pricey but covers everything.
On the topic on ads:
Ads are regulated by law in Denmark some things are just illegal to advertise (like cigarettes)
Danish TV stations aren't allowed to run ad breaks during a show/movie/whatever, they are only allowed to run ads in-between shows.
Some stations circumvent this by broadcasting from outside Denmark, like Viasat (TV3 etc).
Love to see you guys back in Denmark 🇩🇰
Also good you don’t forget your roots 👍🏻
Very true. We are excited to get back to Denmark next week (although we’ll have one more video of our summer holiday in the States) 😃🇩🇰
@@RobeTrotting love to see how you guys are doing in the states.
But love even more to see how you are doing in Denmark, your now second or first home all depends on how you view it 😉♥️
You both look super great here :)
Wow 🤩 thank you
Philadelphia is not quite as bad as a lot of other US cities in terms of car dependency. I lived in the Washington Square and Bella Vista neighborhoods for over ten years and got by without a car since Philly is so walkable. Septa is definitely not on par with the Copenhagen metro, but it can get the job done. I think a car in Philly is a nice to have at times for certain activities, but definitely not a must-have. New York and Boston are probably even better for a car-free life? I moved to Los Angeles for work in 2017 and imagined that I would have to eventually get a car, but so far I have gotten by (though barely, and it certainly is not easy or convenient-LA is true car culture).
And I loved seeing how Philly is starting to adopt the “Copenhagen-Style” bike lanes of separating the bikes lanes from traffic with parked cars.
4:20 My wife is from Florida, im Danish and she moved here 2 years ago. This is so funny to me, you mentioned in another video that a small grocery store in the US is like a Bilka in Denmark and it's so true. I vividly remember in the small local Publix where she lived, they have a Gatorade AISLE... Like a whole aisle (which is like 4x bigger than a Danish total soda/soft drink/juice aisle) just with Gatorade... Like what the f.... It's especially true for unhealthy stuff, but even things like lunch meat Denmark has like 2 kinds of chicken lunch meat, meanwhile Publix has like 12. Also American stores seem to put way more stock on the shelves, and less in the back. Just in the B-roll you see 5x of the same cereal next to each other, where in Denmark you would only have 1-2 on display of the same kind
Are you two just visiting in the states, or maybe on work over stateside for now? The travel issues with planes have been very bumpy for the past year and a half. My dad’s aching to see us again, but the states still seem to be closed for non-essential travel. (DK resident here)
We were visiting and are back in Denmark now. Since we are citizens on the USA and residents of DK we have been able to fly back and forth.
that picture under the love sign is a really nice picture
Great video 👍 I always forget the tipping culture, when I am in the States.
I do not know, if that is typical as a dane, but it always surprises me 😏
We forget the nuances too! How much do you tip the guy driving the shuttle, or the barista, or the food truck, or the everything. For us it is much more simple in Denmark when you just tap your card and say "nej tak" to the receipt 😋
@@RobeTrotting with service and taxes included. My US friends told me, that 20 % is ok in tips in the States, so that must be fine 🙂👍
Philly cheesesteak review NOW! :D
Birbs! I totally got distracted by the birds at the fountain. Also is it just me or were you ever so slightly on the edge starting 10:40? Maybe it's because you talked about it!
What an amazing name to a park, love park 😍
Absolutely love this 'episode' of your vids because it's deep in reflections and pro and cons between when you used to live in the US compared to now when you live in Denmark. There are sooo many similarities I as a Dane see regarding the city that I love (Copenhagen) compared to Philadelphia. First of all I couldn't help comparing this cliché notion about the Rocky statue and I instantly compared it to the Little Mermaid statue at Langelinie in Copenhagen :) Another thing which really struck me is the political affiliation that needs to be so profoundly shown these days where I feel like the Bush (jr) 'doctrine' after 9/11 (either you're with us or you're against us!) and as a dane this polarisation between Team Red and Blue scares me. Finally I loved the part where Derek in the 'Faster pace' section of the vid said (about the ability to be able to shop 24/7 365 in Walmart, Superstore etc) Quote: 'It really affects the way that THEY live'. There was no the way WE live and I was like WOW... Derek you're becoming a Dane faster than you think *wink* Anyways Great Video Guys I'm on to the next :)
I can relate to the feeling of being an outsider. I have felt like that for over 30 years, in all the 3 countries (4 if I count the one I knew well as a child) I have lived and come back to since. This feeling of being in a parallel universe that is familiar, yet strange at the same time can be both exciting and exhausting at the same time. I'm getting used to the feeling but the shock never quite goes away when I go back to any of the countries (never mind the shock of changing syntax when speaking, and how the language itself affects values and thinking.) But it's OK: I know that I'm not crazy (or at least any crazier than before) and what I am experiencing is normal.
Love Park was a world famous streetspot for skateboarders a little decade ago, before they remade the park design to get rid of them. I only know this because of pro skatevideos from my teen years.
Like your videos a lot - they are very depthfull, but still straight forward and easy to understand as a Danelish minded guy 🍺🇩🇰
Thanks for the kind words! And you’re right, LOBE Park was big for skateboarding but it wasn’t the intention (just not a lot of alternative). One of the ovals near the art museum and the river trail was really popular 5 years ago.
I made one paper on this in my german studies coming back from Germany after years.. not as simple as one would think. Reverse culture shock is real.
Ha! Story of my life! Danish mother---American father......Don't feel very Danish when in DK......don't feel very American when in USA! Blessed curse; but one I have always appreciated.
Wow, you can definitely relate then. It is a blessed curse for sure. Both countries and cultures have so much to offer but it feels a bit incomplete sometimes.