Dating in Denmark can be tricky for foreigners. Here are some tips for dating as a foreigner in Denmark. Where do you meet someone to date in Denmark? Can you date your co-worker in Denmark without it being considered sexual harassment? I talk a lot in my speeches about how people bring their own work culture with them when they come to work in Denmark, but they also bring their own dating culture. Continue Reading.
Many Danes meet their future spouses at work. Yet there are also strict laws in Denmark against sexual harassment. Where do you draw a line between harassment and two adults developing tender feelings for each other?
My Danish friends who are about to spend some time in the U. First, in the U. That Highway Patrol lady with the mirrored sunglasses who has just caught you speeding down Route 66 is unlikely to have much of a sense of humor. The second tip is that, should you go to a bar, it can happen that a stranger or two will offer to buy you a drink. If the stranger is of the opposite gender, or same gender depending on the bar, that person is interested in you. Let them buy you a drink.
And chat with them while you drink it. Buying a drink for someone is a big deal in Denmark, a place where a loving couple who go out for a romantic candlelight dinner often split the bill. For Danes, buying someone a drink is like buying them a birthday present. Many Danes are not comfortable with a stranger making that level of commitment.
The journalist chose to focus on love and romance in Denmark. Here are a few translated excerpts:. Having lived in Denmark for 15 years, Mellish has noticed that there are special rules for love here. No one knows who should take the initiative. Instead, Mellish has found, romance is facilitated with large amounts of alcohol consumed in the evenings.
