Is Denmark The Best Country In The World?

#Geography

More fun geography videos:

100 Extraordinary Geography Facts:

40 Random Ridiculous Geography Facts:

30 Geography Facts Most People Get Wrong:

🌎Subscribe to The Geography Bible to learn more about countries, geography and cities from around the world!

[Txmazzz]

I'm Lithuanian and living in Denmark for 7 years by now. I will never ever gonna leave this country, it gave me way more than my homeland and I just appreciate everything here. Taxes are high, but when something happens you can feel that you pay those not for nothing. I had to call an ambulance as I was kinda having hear attack, Ambulance came in less than 5 minutes ! And since then, they marked me as high alert person, so next time I will call there will be no questions who I am and what's happening. Never ever seen this in any other country done for a simple immigrant citizen. Damn I love Denmark.

[frederiklysgaard]

Having traveled around the world, I have always been asked about the happiness thing: Are you just happy all the time? No of course not. And I often meet forighners who seem dissappointed when they get here, becasue honestly, Denmark can be pretty boring, but the flipside to that is safe and stable. I think the word content is better than happy, most people here achive a pretty decent life with most of the things they want and need, no we are not all millionairs with luxury cars and what not, but pretty much all are doing pretty great. Nearly nobody really fails, and if you do, we have probably the best safety net. I think you said it well in the introduction, our lifestyle is human oriented. I think the quality of a country is best measured by the quality of life of the population, the entire population! Not just the rich. We work real hard to help each other, and I gladly pay the highest taxes in the world, because I know how much it benefits my fellow country men, as it has benefitted me. I know our heavy taxation is the reason for all this comfortable lifestyle, and I would much rather pay more taxes for more welfare than less taxes and recieve less welware.


I think it all boils down to feeling secure and able to achive things we want, there are probably countries out there where it is easier to become a millionaire and more kind to those who are, but I think you'll have a hard time finding a place where it is easier to become middle class and more friendly to the average citizen. Not only are our universities free, but you get paid a hefty sum going there: Getting my degree I get paid 6500 dkk, which is 950 dollars or 870 euros, a month that is. I work a nonskilled job as a substitute teacher in my spare time, and I get 33 dollars an hour, and that is a job I got with nothing but my high school diploma. This ensures that studying, bettering yourself, and making yourself more suitiable to fulfill your own dreams and play an important part in society is not a financial problem. I even got 410 dollars a month the last year of high school, as I had turned 18.
In the same way if you find yourself to be unemployed, you'll recieve money from the government to ensure that you can continuesly take care of yourself and your familiy.

Americans talk a lot about freedom, and to me this is exactly freedom. Freedom not to worry about poverty, the freedom to know that my children can become literally anything they want and have the skills to no matter my bank account. And having to worry about the hospital bill when you injure yourself or get sick to, me that is the exact opposite of freedom. It sounds so insane to me that people have debt because they got sick in a developed country. I really cannot imagine living in a country, where I would be okay with my neighbourg having to pay thoudsands of dollars because he got sick.
When I travel to other devoloped countries, I am always shocked by the number of homeless people, walking through the streets in Germany, the UK, the US etc. there are homeless people all over compared to here, and being okay with that feels so distant to me. And don't get me started on guns.

No Denmark is by no means perfect, we got plenty of flaws, it is not a paradise. But I cannot think of a country generally doing better that we do. Being Danish is the luckiest thing in the world, and seeing videos like this really makes me think about how insanely lucky I am. I love this place so incredibly much

[miaash]

I lived in Switzerland as a child in the 70s, and I have been living in magnificent Denmark since 1999. Danes are amongst the most civilized and handsome/stylish people on Earth!
The language is certainly difficult because of the various vowels.
The sky is not often blue.
But, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS CIVILIZED, BEAUTIFUL LAND!

[skynet]

I think my own take on being danish is "the good type of boredom"...

If there's one thing i can say about living here, it that not much really happens! We get no really extreme weather, we have no geological instability, no real problems with citizen unrest, and the political scene is diverse, but working towards a common goal for the most part, regardless of who is in power. We also stay good friends with every neighbor we have, with both Germany, Sweden and Norway especially being tight with us, and we have the added security of being both members of the EU and NATO, so we are in a rather safe place in regards to both security and economy...

And honestly, since the German occupation ended in 1945, nothing of real note happened here, and it has just been a generation of nothing bad happening... So if your goal is to just live your life in peace without really worrying about anything, i feel confident in saying we have one of the best places in the world...
It's flat, safe and boring, just the way i like it!

[flatline]

as a Dane living in Denmark, i would say we complain alot, and i mean ALOT! but doing so also brings change and attention to the problems which is a good thing, i would say with confidence i wouldn't live in any other country.

[nikolajgholm]

THE reason Denmark is one of the best countries to live in, is our welfare system. Technically, yes, we are a monarchy, but that is like saying China and North Korea are democracies (which they technically are on paper). The monarch does not have any power, it is just a romanticized institution, so even though it might say on the Denmark Wikipedia we have a monarch, it is in reality entirely wrong.
Back to our welfare system. As in the rest of Scandinavia, we do not have economic worries. Yes, we pay high taxes, but if sh*t hits the fan and you get sick, or your workplace gets shut down, we have a welfare check you can actually live on, our healthcare system is free, so no matter what happens, you will never end up in the street due to medical bills - because there are none, the state just provides you with the appropriate care.
We call this the "security net" - like the net at the bottom of the circus when the acrobats are performing. You might fall, but you will never die. It is kind of genius, because no matter what hand life dealt you, you actually get a real chance of social mobility, rehabilitation, or whatever help you might need.
And not only are all our education free (college, university, everything!) we get what equates to $1000 a month for studying, so we don't have to waste time working, but can focus on our studies and still pay our bills. We simply do not have to worry. That is why we are happy.

[Lemonz]

I moved to Denmark from the Faroe Islands in 2009, and I like it a lot :)

[frantstorpmadsen]

Danmarks emphasis on securing a decent life for everyone goes way back in the history of the Danes. E.g. this was put into words in the song “Way higher mountains” from 1820 by the Danish national poet/icon Grundtvig, who writes in the final verse: “…and then we have in richness made it far, when few people have too much, but even fewer have too little”

[lameduck]

I think what makes the Nordic countries stand out as a great place to live, is the cultural insistancy of equality and egalitarianism. There is a concept called "The Law of Jante" in nordic countries that state that you are no better than the person next to you. It teaches humility. solidarity and a spirit of cooperation. While often seen as demeaning and holding the individual back, this mindset exactly teaches us to be conscious of the state of the society we live in, rather than focus on personal achievement.

[kennethwyc]

For the record, Taiwan is not a "special administered region of China" and is a de facto country! The people vote for its own president, government, has its own currency and passport, and does not report to Beijing in any way, shape or form.

[crazywarriorscatfan]

Europe in general seems to be the best place to live. I'd love to!

[kennyabi]

I am from Denmark. Its a great country to live in but so are so many other Places. Actually the happiness index and out life expectancy are connected. We are happier in general because we do live a bit more unhealthy in some ways.

[b.v.nielsen]

The fact that the Nordic countries are in top of almost every survey, should be a hint to others, that we are doing something right.

[MrArtdelgado]

I'm American and was fortunate enough to live in Denmark for a couple years and I have to say there's nothing like summer time in Denmark. Everyone's friendly, intelligent, and fluent in English. The beer is awesome (Tuborg's the best), they have candy stores on every other block and they're serious about their candy, too.

[Whisky.]

Ey Dane here. this video sums up how Denmark is pretty well. But there is another major flaw in our system. Our psychiatric department has wey to little funding compared to our quality of life. People are getting discharged way too early because the psychiatric department doesn't have enough space for all the patients. For example, one I know has been Hospitalized voluntarily and forcibly admitted to the hospital because of depression and suicidal thoughts. And he was discharged way too early. Luckily he hasn't kicked the bucket, and he is pretty stable for now.

[auguhelt]

Hey. So.. the part where you said Denmark has about 400 islands is kinda true. Yea we have about 400 named islands but in total we have ca 1400 unnamed and uninhabited islands so yea you were kinda true with the number 400 but I think you messed up some of the numbers. Good video though.

[SanDanielDK]

3:41 in Denmark we aren't pandering to China by referring to Taiwan as a "special administrative region of China" so feel free to add that to your list.

[halinatrolle]

Yes it is. Denmark is the best country in the world, even now, in those difficult times. I do hope, it will stay that way forever.

[pharol]

I live in Denmark. Not sure if we really is the best country in the world but we try to be

[timothythegerbil]

I have lived in Denmark my whole life and moved to England a year ago I am moving back next year but watching these videos makes me want to move back straight away lol 😂😂