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Beer, Bedlam, and Belonging: The World of Denmark’s Graduate Trucks

26/06/2026

Young women in white student caps celebrate on a green-railed graduation truck decorated with Danish flags and balloons, cheering and holding drinks as they ride through town

Customs & traditions

ADHD Is An Explanation, Not An Excuse.

26/06/2026

A woman in a dark floral dress sits in an armchair with hands clasped, looking thoughtfully off to the side, in a softly lit lounge area with grey curtains and dark furniture

Health & wellbeing

The Org Chart Is a Fiction

26/06/2026

Business

Dear Julia—Ask a psychologist about life in Denmark

Finding meaning, connections, and a bit of humor in life between cultures. In Dear Julia, psychologist Julia Jones answers readers’ questions about life between cultures,...

Being Danish: Family Culture and Values – What Family Looks Like in Everyday Denmark

Family culture and values can look very different depending on where you grow up. In some places, family is everything, the center of life,...

The Little Viking Saga – Endless sand – Episode 9

When we initially decided to move to Denmark I immersed myself in as many books as possible about the Danish way of life and...

Tur-retur: Episode 9 – A society of swearing and unsanitized song lyrics

Car karaoke is a not-so-guilty pleasure that I don’t get to indulge in all that often in Denmark. Between the high-quality bike infrastructure (even...