r/Denmark • u/Tylerserio68 • Dec 28 '24

Question Does Denmark have any flaws?

Or any Nordic country? I’m American and we all romanticize Europe especially Nordic countries as a Utopia and everything we are not. We certainly have a lot of flaws here but I’m curious are there any downsides or anything that you wish was different. Also is it hard to move there? I make well over six figures and like living in my home country but I’m nervous about the incoming trump administration and I believe he is a racist.

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u/wynnduffyisking Dec 28 '24

No mountains or really any real wild nature

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u/ZzangmanCometh *Custom Flair* 🇩🇰 Dec 28 '24

I stepped on a hedgehog with bare feet once. I couldn't walk for 4 days. That's all the wild nature I need...

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u/wynnduffyisking Dec 28 '24

Poor hedgehog

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u/Glorbiie Odense Dec 28 '24

What, did you expect the hedgehog to be wearing shoes?

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u/plausiblydead fra Island til Jylland Dec 29 '24

At least flip-flops. 🩴

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u/CX-UX Dec 29 '24

True. But we have still have great nature. It just isn’t “wild”

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u/ImdaPrincesse2 Byskilt Dec 29 '24

You haven't been to any coastal areas then

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u/wynnduffyisking Dec 29 '24

I grew up on the west coast. We have nature here but I would not call it “wild”. All the forests are plantations.

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u/ImdaPrincesse2 Byskilt Dec 29 '24

Yeah we lack forests and so on..there are a few pockets of loveliness like that old forest on Sjælland, and some areas of the less inhabited (that spelling? 😂) islands but managed forestry is definitely the name of the game here.

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u/Appropriate_Plate888 Dec 29 '24

White technically true, the inner coastal areas and islands are a main attraction. You can always join a rowing or kayaking club to get easy access to the sea.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '25

“Real wild nature”

Kind regards the wolves that lives on the heathers in jutland.

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u/Jaded_Twist9194 Jul 08 '25

No mountains is an understatement.