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Moving from the US to the EU soon... Any advice? (sopuli.xyz)

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Hi all!

We're very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we're set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

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[-] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

Tons of people come to Germany and are shocked when not everyone speaks English.

It's funny, I more often seem to read so many stories of people saying "Finally, I can practice my German with someone!"

And the German is like "I speak English it's okay." Lol

[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

I think it's exactly those stories that give people a false impression when they come here. It's not that they are false, most of the time you'll certainly find people who can speak decent English. A tourist probably won't need any German, but when it comes to living here long-term, dealing with bureaucracy, finding a job or making friends, knowing German is pretty essential.

[-] Lennny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Most people saying that also are either tourists, or live near a military base, where a lot of the German population know how to speak English. Knowing danke, bitte, and entshuldigung does quite a lot. Wer ist döner is the most essential phrase in German though. Unsure about danish. Probably similar sounding but slightly more English since the closest language to Denmark for quite some time was Anglish.

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