How To Live in Denmark Updated Edition: A humorous guide for foreigners and their Danish friends

by Kay Xander Mellish

In this fun, easy-to-read book, Kay draws on her own experience as a foreigner in Denmark in when it comes to learning Danish, trying to find a job in Denmark, and looking for a place to live in Copenhagen. She also touches on dating in Denmark, Danish drinking culture, Danish child-raising, and how you can guess a Danish person's age from their first name alone. This entertaining look at life as an outsider in "the world's happiest country" draws on gentle humor and can be enjoyed by both foreigners and their Danish friends.Kay is the voice behind the long-running "How to Live in Denmark" podcast and author of five books about Denmark, including "How to Work in Denmark", "Working with Tips for Americans" and "Working with Tips for Danes." She is a popular keynote speaker in Denmark, elsewhere in Europe, and in the US.

Genres: Nonfiction

125 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 23, 2017

About the author

Kay Xander Mellish grew up in Wisconsin and graduated magna cum laude from New York University, where she studied journalism and art history. In addition to her non-fiction work, which has appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, Sports Illustrated, Mother Jones, and the Danish tabloid BT, Kay spent many years writing fiction.

Unable to find a publisher, she began flyposting the first page of her short stories on lampposts and construction sidings in New York City, with a voicemail number to call if readers wanted to hear the rest of the story. After a law-and-order mayor cracked down on flyposters, Kay took to the internet, creating in 1995 one of the first fiction sites on the web.

Kay moved to Denmark in 2000, and now runs the KXMGroup, a Copenhagen-based consultancy that helps Danish companies communicate in English.

Reviews

[James Igoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyable...

[Lorena · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a fun read about Denmark, but it was a peppered with sexist comments and slightly racist which made it annoying at times.

[Sezen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok book. But i felt a slight racism towards non white people through all reading. For example, why should native Americans be afraid of Vikings if Vikings landed in America? Couldn't native Americans fight back? Or ebat does it mean when you say there are a lot of headscarves in Denmark but not on the Danes? Writer claims she is well integrated in the community and i am surprised she hasn't seen Muslim Danes.
There are more examples but it is more about the tone of the book. I felt disturbed a bit.
Anyone who lived in Denmark for two years can easily write this book. But i guess it is all about PR.