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Danish culture can be pretty confusing, especially if you are not from Denmark. This podcast is on a mission to resolve cultural confusion in the country, and help anyone understand how peop...

If you’ve listened to our episode on Dating Danes and have been really applying yourself, you might be starting to think about Danish weddin...

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 Jo...

For a culture that is normally so practical and matter-of-fact (see Separate Duvets ), Danes seem to find it surprisingly difficult to talk...

In the 1970s, Denmark was like most other Western countries when it came to generating energy: the majority came from high-polluting, non-re...

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 Middl...

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 a...

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...

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 D...

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 Sandemo...

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 l...

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 i...

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, citizens' trust in their governments has declined all across Europe , and around the world. Denmark...

Danish food culture has an outsized impact on the world stage. For a country with less than 0.1% of the world's population, Denmark boasts t...

Guki is originally from Georgia (the country, not the US state), and moved to Denmark for studies after growing up fascinated by Scandinavia...

As winter approaches, you might spot an unusual sight on the streets of Denmark: fashionable people (mostly women) wearing an all-in-one ski...

Danish culture is premised on various values such as trust, equality and respect for privacy. Whilst this has many virtues, from an outsider...

David Heinemeier Hansson is a tech entrepreneur and internationally successful racing driver. Anyone who has worked in computer programming...

The initial stumbling block for a lot of non-Danes speaking Danish is being able to say things in a (somewhat) comprehensible manner, and un...

Sam, Josefine and Andreas (our "audio guy") have a conversation about the things we've learnt from the first season of What The Denmark. We...

The sport of handball has a rich history in Denmark. The country invented the modern form of the game (so the story goes) and the men's team...

Esther is originally from The Netherlands, and moved to Denmark in 2019. This is the first of a new type of episode on What The Denmark wher...

Getting the dream job (or indeed any job) can be a daunting experience. In this episode of What The Denmark we dive into the practical advic...

The Danish job market is a competitive hunting ground. Many applicants find themselves sending out hundreds of CVs without any joy. In this...

If you’ve ever spoken at length with a Danish person, chances are that their dry sense of humour has resulted in instances of confusion rath...

In the previous episode of What the Denmark, we covered the theory on making friends in Denmark and why it can be more challenging than else...

Danes are notoriously known for being hard to make friends with. In the 2019 report by InterNations, Denmark ranked at the absolute bottom o...

Denmark and other Nordic countries are celebrated for their flat organisations and inclusive work practices, and for a good reason. But what...

There's a good chance you've never thought much about the type of duvet you have. But there's actually quite a lot of interesting history, s...

How the discovery that Danish couples slept with separate duvets led to the start of the What The Denmark podcast. Learn more at: https://ww...