I’m not sure about the culture part - I frequently shop at our local rema1000, and I’m always amazed from the amount of processed products Danes purchase (frozen pizza, pre-made meals, and too few fresh produce).

Israel (Hopefully I won’t get hate messages for it 🙂) But had some experience living in the USA and Italy as well (both too have much better selection)

The quality is abysmal :)

It's swimming in water fluids (salt brine if I'm guessing correctly) and has poor quality and taste (at least in my opinion, as someone who loves to cook and used to work in restaurants) and has been sitting for god knows how long in their refrigerators (not referring to freezers)

Where I come from, we had freshly cut meat from the same day sold in supermarkets (no such thing as an unfrozen meat cut sitting for days in the refrigerators), and 99% of the supermarkets had a butcher department where you could ask for a certain cut, and it would be prepared/cut by the butcher on the spot.

Danes might not mind it, but we do (me and my wife).

Regarding the prices - can't say for sure, but compared to let's say Rema1000, 500g of chicken breast at the butcher (organic, with the chicken being cleaned and cut in front of you) would be around 80-100kr.

Around 6000-7000kr a month for two adults and a pup.

We mainly stick to dairy and veggies, with the occasional meat from the butcher (2-3 times a month - expensive, but the quality is so much better than the supermarkets which is utter shit).

Having lived in a country with plenty of mountains, and moving recently to Denmark - I agree with that guy :) (and I’m not a light rider - 73kg). Winds are much harder to handle (at least in my opinion), not only mentally but physically as well; the wind gusts you get here are insane and frequent (always fun having that afternoon workout with 50km/h+ gusts).

Can’t say for sure about those two shops, but being a dog owner I can confirm most places, if not all, that we visited allowed dogs 🙂

Some even surprised our pup with treats and petting. Note that the bigger shopping center don’t mind as well, or the bigger shops like Uniqlo and Muji.

Had it happen twice - went on a chat with them via the app and had it sorted it out (they replied after a day, and had it re-routed to a collection point)

I’ve only been here since April, and ordered shit load of stuff, both domestically and from abroad. So far haven’t had any delay issues. Even when it was stopped by customs - once I filled out and submitted the relevant form everything was sorted quickly and arrived in a matter of a day or two.

That's quite a statement - I know it's hard to believe, but some of us do prefer it over central downtown Copenhagen.

Regarding the cops - so I hear, busy on pusher street doing jack shit.

Kinda curious, is there no way to report this? Is there no one who "enforces" this? i.e., give out a ticket in case poop is not collected.

The amount of shit on the streets is truly insane, both as a dog owner and as someone who lives in Amager.

We had municipality officers (not sure what is the term in English) everywhere back in Tel Aviv (Israel) who somehow always knew when to show up and give out a fine (justifiably) if you didn't pick up your dog's poop.

My friend, as a Jewish person reading your text gives me chills, and not for the right reason. That’s quite a statement and phrasing for our four legged friends. Get some help, might be worth finding another outlet to vent out on.

Never said they should. However, I doubt about the dead animals each time. In any case, lots of places (parks as well as reserves and forest) in Copenhagen as well as Denmark in general allow letting dog roam free on them 🙂

Most of the owners I see with clear indication of not being “dog people” - are actually the ones who don’t do jack shit with their dogs, and are always kept on a leash - cranky and full of unreleased energy. There are great places to release dogs in the wild where it’s allowed (plenty of big parks in Copenhagen allow releasing dogs).

In addition, living right by the reserve, I can count on one hand the amount of dogs without a leash (but I’m here since April, so maybe it’s all relative).

Most Danes I’ve met with dogs as well, appear very cautious with their dog, and avoid contact if not needed or if unwelcome.

I live right next by (our house borders Kalvebod) - I strongly disagree. Quite a few kids run around, and I had the pleasure of finding diapers more then a few times inside the reserve

Hopefully, if you annoy someone - I really really hope they kick you in the face 🙂

As someone who’s both a dog owner and lives right by Kalvebod, I disagree - there’s barely any dogs in CP in general (at least compared to what I’m used to back home (Tel Aviv)).

Bad dog owners will always be present, and the same can be said to bad parents, bad drivers(not the same, but you get my point), etc.

As a cyclist as well, I can say the opposite - riding daily in Amager, most of my “close accidents” were small kids abruptly running on the path (I make sure to slow down almost to a stop, but can’t say the same for other cyclists).

And in general, for us type that do not want kids - dogs are a huge source of joy, especially if you give em love and attention (as cliche as it may sound).

So yes, I fully disagree with you statement that dogs don’t have a place in cities :)

But that’s my experience

100% from home

But not your typical case - we moved to DK mid 2023, but I’m still working in my Israeli company (and managing a few people). But from friends who work locally in Danish firms (IT), at varies between a single day from home, to up to 3 days minimum at work.

There were a few cases as well where they vandalized a small memorial for those killed on Oct 7th (Israelis) - I don't care which side you're on, vandalizing a memorial is just plain being an asshole scum of the earth.

As a jew/Israeli living in Copenhagen, this is alarming - do hope these were just a bunch of idiots.

edit - as someone said, I would definitely report that

If you're into racing, and more on the serious side of training, I would recommend checking out:

• Nørrebro Cykleklub
• FBL - Frederiksberg Bane- og Landevejsklub

Both are foreigner friendly, but note that you're still going to hear Danish most of the time.

There are a few clubs with quite a few foreigners that are known for their social rides:

• PAS Normal (They have social and fast rides if I recall correctly)
• Cranks & Coffee (same)
• Coffee Collective Cycling Club
• Rapha Club
• Copenhagen Cycling Club

This is just from my personal experience and might differ. Others may have additional input.

Note that right now a lot of the clubs are in their off-season period due to the weather

Just heads up - you will need to schedule an appointment (send them an email, they’re quick to respond and Mads is a really nice guy)

Recently had my bike serviced at https://cykom.com/

While not cheap, I highly recommend them - super professional. In addition, while not a most, they’re a certified shimano service center, which is always a plus.

I have to ask, is this stupidity allowed/legal? Moving to CP, I was somewhat surprised seeing scooters on bike lanes, and still am.

To make it clearer - I’m referring to motor scooters

From personal experience (we live in Ørestad Syd) we don’t really experience any noise from the airport. If anything, most of the noise is coming from all the wildlife here in the area:)

Never had a bad experience in Italy. I could add as well that as someone coming from a super dog friendly city (Tel Aviv), neither there have I had anything similar to what you experienced.