Denmark First Impressions after living 6 months in Aarhus

We have lived in Denmark for 6 months now. In this video I share our experience living in Denmark, covering work-life balance, cost of living, rent prices, cars and more.

00:00 Intro
00:32 General impressions
01:00 People
01:43 Working in Denmark
02:47 Weather
03:41 Cost of living, prices, rent
05:37 Cars
06:25 Next steps

[Gert-DK]

Best way to make friends, is joining a sports club. If you like handball or football, it is easy. Even small villages of have a handball and/or football club. Bigger clubs in the city also have teams for exercise and kammaratery. There are often Old Girls and Old Boys teams.
In the winter time you can join evening school, there are all kinds of classes. Ask your commune for a list of activities.
You have to be active yourself, people don't pop in and ask if you wanna be friends. You can also ask your neighbor in for a cold beer or a cup of coffee. Especially in the summer, a cold beer would be a good “bait”. Just keep friendly and very informal, no dressing up or fine china.

Good luck.

[EranKatz]

Thank you for sharing. I just stumbled into your videos as I was trying to research about Aarhus and I must say I resonate with your condition. I saw your video about moving from Hungary, where you started by sharing how difficult things were because of your leadership and as an Israeli, in the past year, I really feel the same. I am happy for you guys that you found a place in Denmark and hope you still enjoy your life over there.

[sectos]

nice to hear people's thoughts on other parts of denmark besides copenhagen

[reyjusuf]

Just finished a 5 days business trip in Aarhus. The lifestyle looks very cozy, maybe too cozy for some people. It's very walkable which I like. I can imagine that winter can be depressing.

[rickybuhl]

Once you're settled enough and feel comfortable looking outside the city, you'll find buying a house entirely plausible. Admittedly I'm out in the arse end of nowhere (Aarhus is an hours drive away, I'm nearer the airport) but there's usually a 2 bedroom cottage for sale for a few hundred thousand. Bought mine a few years back needing a little work for 250k, one of the old girls in the village has dropped hers to 300k. A full project can be found for less with a little patience and luck. We just need a few of the connections we had "back home" to find our way around how things are and find out what we want to do with ourselves - changing our mind is usually expensive, as is paying someone to do work for us (as you mentioned). I like country living, so it makes sense for me - if you're a city lad, then Aarhus is a good balance. Spent enough of my life away in the city (London, Bristol, Leicester, Copenhagen) that coming back out here and not being able to get a pizza or kebab delivered felt like going off-grid but a few years later I'm used to only having mobile internet (4G gaming is just fine, even for Tarkov), cutting wood to heat the house, a bus every hour and making pizza at home lol... But being adopted by the people and wildlife - feeding the foxes to stop my back door getting scratched up, feeding the birds in 3 different places to keep the peace or watching the blackbirds get drunk on apples that have been on the ground for a couple months - more than makes up for it. The "Andelsbolig" is also worth looking at, if you haven't already - it's interesting if nothing else, as a concept.

[BKR-Motion]

Super helpful video, i noticed you blurred out the number plate on the car but it's visible in the beginning shot

[ZsoltBak-uzpd]

Nagyon szuper hallani, hogy ilyen jó tapasztalaitok vannak Aarhus-sel kapcsolatban. Nekünk Anglia volt az A terv (korábban éltünk ott a feleségemmel) és néztünk B tervnek is valamit. Felmerült Dánia, 4 nap utánajárás után Dánia lett az A terv. :) . Nekünk is Aarhus a fő irány az irány a szakmáink miatt, úgyhogy könnyen meglehet még találkozunk!

[dhimass]

I spent 2 years lived in Hungary, and I will move to Aarhus too next March

[mariahareskov]

"You can be sure the Danish winter sucks." Truer words has seldom been spoken. 😂 And yes, we're all about the sun here.

[cooleymike]

Hey BC this was awesome, If you could do more of these that would be splendid. Things like owning a bike vs a car, benefits of each?

[Zuzzanna]

You may have to be born here to survive our winter, because it is dark most of the day.
I personally think it's a pleasant time, with light both outside and inside, but I know there are people who unfortunately get depressed.

[martigrgic]

Hi, nice video!
We are also looking to move to Denmark (from Croatia), but plan to take our car with us. Any specific reason why you had to buy the car there and didn’t drive it from Hungary?

[Vlay]

Hey Gusztav!What's the cheapest way to get to Arhus by plane, from Serbia or Croatia eventually?Very useful video by the way! 🤠

[simeon]

Are there any Hungarian restaurants on Jylland? Im from northern Serbia originally and cannot live without goulash and halaszle.

[aarhusnord]

Welcome to Aarhus, Denmark 🇩🇰. As a Hungarian, how do you feel about Orbán - he really seems to have been a "special character" in recent time?

P.S. haircut - with a bit of luck, you can have a machine haircut at down to 120 DKK in Aarhus, for example at Frederiks Allé.

[Outtapocket]

Whats the percentage of English speakers in Aarus ?

[DominusRexDK]

so i am a Dane, but my understanding based on what other expats have said. is that the old "Danes are hard to befriend, but when befriended some of the best friends." and especially if you are an adult. holds true. they are hard to befriend because they mostly already have friends they´ve built relations with for a long time. but if you manage to befriend them, they will prioritize you as a friend.

[adamf]

Jó hallani, hogy jó tapasztalataitok vannak Dániával kapcsolatban. Én diákként szeretnék oda költözni az egyetem miatt, de a megélhetéssel kapcsolatban azért vannak félelmeim. Viszont tök érdekes amit a bevásárlással kapcsolatban mondtál, eddig azt hallottam hogy az alapvető élelmiszerek is jóval drágábbak mint magyarországon.

[zialiaquat]

How did you find appartment bro the cost you are paying the rent.

[ChrisLivingInYork]

Talking about the weather over there does it rain a lot in winter and is it often cloudy, because in the UK the weather is absolutely awful and often wonder if Denmark is better.