First-Hand Stories

In Denmark, we pride ourselves on workplace equality. Flat hierarchies. First-name culture. Quiet professionalism. There’s a collective understanding that everyone contributes, and no one needs to...

A failed summer in Canada attempting to embrace cycling for fitness and sport left me thinking that bikes weren’t for me on a day-to-day...

Traditions!! So many of them here in Denmark! It shocked me quite frankly when I first arrived as a newbie “foreigner”. Denmark? A Western...

  I re-joined the workforce last month. A job I interviewed for at the end of last year opened up again, and the hiring manager...

Danish unemployment benefits Each month, this column uncovers how Denmark’s democratic ideals shape daily habits, institutions, and social norms. While on maternity leave—my longest break from...