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What is My New Danish Life all about?

My New Danish Life is a fast growing travel and lifestyle blog, written by me, an American expat living in Denmark. I share real-life experiences of what has happened to me while living in a foreign country. I’d love to work with you to promote your destination or product on My New Danish Life, let me tell you more about me and my audience!

How My New Danish Life is NOT like the rest!

Discussing everything from planning a move to settling in to experiencing life as an expat, you’ll find it all on my blog. Also, by using humor, I show how anyone can adjust to culture shock and new norms. I hope to help other expats with their transitions and encourage them to go with the flow.

Specifically, I share my love for traveling as a family in the car, with the camper, in the air, on the rails and on the sea. I highlight places that offer the perfect amount of fun for members of the whole family. There are also a few suggestions for great couple getaways. You’ll find posts from various destinations, and more are added every month.

Camping in both the USA and Europe is a big part of my family’s life. I love sharing campgrounds and travel experiences to encourage other families to get out in nature and find the joys of unplugging once in a while.

There are tips and tricks to surviving travels with babies and children. I also offer sewing tutorials that show how anyone can make homemade travel toys that are sure to entertain a little one for hours.

I offer humor and a down-to-earth view of new experiences that life has to offer and show readers the importance of making each day your best day!

Most of all, I love my new life in Denmark! I hope to share as much of my experiences in this great country as I can with others who also want to have the best experiences in Denmark. 

Who is the audience of My New Danish Life?

My loyal and awesome readers are made up many different groups. Mostly, they are Danes and foreigners living in Denmark. These readers are interested in finding great places to explore as a family that are often found in or near nature. Also, these two groups also make up the majority of the readers who read my content on life as an expat in Denmark. I love to share my experiences as well as the many great products that I have grown to love since moving abroad! Many of my Danish followers are women, who, like me, tend to like slower-paced ways of enjoying life.

However, I do have many followers from other parts of the world who are interested in learning more about Denmark. They like to see how I experience the country, since the habits and customs of Danes are often very unfamiliar to me. This type of perspective is very relatable to others wanting to get a feel for how they might react to a life in Denmark or a trip to visit Denmark. Though the majority of my readers come from Denmark, I also have a large following in the USA, the UK, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.

How can you Work with Me on My New Danish Life and beyond?

  • Sponsored Posts
  • Guest Post Writing
  • Social Media Campaigns
  • Brand Ambassadorship
  • Video Creation (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok)
  • Event Appearance and Live Social Sharing
  • TV Brand Representation
  • Instagram Takeovers
  • Content Creation
I have worked with a number of Scandinavian brands, companies, and attractions. You can see many examples of my work on my social channels. These examples include reviews of my experiences with their attraction or products, unboxing videos, giveaways, come-with-me videos, and many more. You can also read about my experiences with many different Danish places via this blog that has tons of great places for families. We love to go camping, and I have shared all of my favorite camping places in and out of Denmark on my sister blog called Tales from the Campsite and Beyond.

Here are some blog posts you might like!

Check out these blog posts that give you an idea of how you can work with me to benefit your brand!

WOW PARK Tree House Park in Billund, Denmark

How to Have the Best 2 Days in Ribe, Denmark

10 Ways How not to Lose Your Sh#@ When Living Abroad

My Past Partnerships

I am so grateful for the wonderful experiences I have had working with these amazing companies. Check out these great companies who have worked with me to promote their businesses on My New Danish Life: 

Let’s Make Magic!

I would love to help promote your business, location or product and look forward to hearing a proposal from you! Please feel free to contact me via email with your ideas. mynewdanishlife.com@gmail.com

Thanks, Kelly

 

 

 

17 Comments

  • Rob Whisman

    August 12, 2023 at 7:29 am Reply

    Hi I am an American born Portland Oregon Jeg bor I Citrus heights nu . Min mor Dank fra Kobenhavn . Dane oops I’ll stick to English. This is in regards to “rod grod mejflude” auto correct makes it difficult. My mom lived through Nazi occupation the phrase same as Navajo code talkers. German Nazis infiltrators had trouble saying it. My danish uncle taught me the password. Tusind tak.

  • MARIA

    March 21, 2023 at 10:55 am Reply

    Hi Kelly,

    I came across your blog through youtube videos about your Danish life. I loved them, whatever I searched for your videos were popping up (great job with the SEO, I suppose we can say Danish school paid off for you 🙂 )! So happy for you and your family settling in so nicely, and I hope you are managing to overcome your own challenges as a stranger with your Danes 🙂

    I am a mother of two (soon to be a 5yo and an 8yo) looking to relocate with them and my husband. From the perspective of my work, relocation is easy as my company has offices around the world, but I have certain criteria I am trying to fit into the destination country, the main ones being educational system, family life and job opportunities for my husband. We were looking at UK due to the width of opportunities for each of us. However, from the perspective of educational system, from what I learned from the web, Danish system fits us perfectly. I love the creative thinking and the attention on social skills Danish system is built on, as I strongly believe if kids are happy, they will be successful in whatever they want to do. Kids wellbeing is our number 1 priority, as this period in their lives is very sensitive to their overall development, so we are really looking for an optimal environment to nurish their curious minds.

    What we wanted to investigate a bit more was what we can expect from our older one fitting into school from the language perspective (public school is our preferred option). We would like to minimize the stress for him as much as we could. I read that in public schools non-Danish speaking children are either placed in a reception class with other non-Danish-speaking students or are placed in a regular Danish-speaking class but are given extra support in the language. What is your view on these and do you recommend reception classes? I totally agree with your no one-size-fits-all concept, but wanted to understand better pros and cons of opting for a reception class for our 7.5 year old son. We are looking to relocate in the next couple of months.

    Also – is there some kind of official evaluation / rating of public schools, similar to the one that exists in the UK? Can we get in touch with specific schools prior to moving to DK, to try to get the feeling of what we could expect?

    The little one would I suppose be joining kindergarten, I am still to research that, but I think she is better positioned due to her age, and that she would fit in perfectly.

    As for my husband – what is the best place to get acquainted with job searches? We would be aiming at Copenhagen.

    Thank you so much in advance for your advice and looking forward to finding out more on your blog!

    Good luck and take care!

    • Kelly

      May 5, 2024 at 6:43 pm Reply

      Hi! Normally, the child goes to the school in the town where he/she lives. You do not get to pick unless you send them to a private school. However, I do not know too much about Copenhagen, since I life on the peninsula. Children start in kindergarten at age 6. If your child is 5, she will have to go to daycare until she turns 6. The reception class is not something you can choose. It is something the school decides. This type of class/program is for children who do not know Danish. Your child will stay in that class until they are ready to join the others. This is mostly for Danish class. Your child is likely to be with the other kids for the other classes. However, this might be different in bigger places like Copenhagen. I live in a small town, so things are more inclusive here. I would not have such high expectations on education if you move here. It is not the same as the USA or UK. You might consider having your older child repeat the grade he just finished in the USA. This way, he might already understand the material for things like math, and have more time to focus on learning Danish. I would not worry about them reaching certain milestones when they are that young. Being comfortable and making friends is the most important part. (at least it is in Denmark) 😉 Good luck!

  • Denise Braun-Frodsham

    May 22, 2020 at 8:48 pm Reply

    Hi Kelly,

    I find your videos very interesting. I can relate to so many of your experiences!! I am married to a Danish-American (Erik) whose grandmother (bestemor) came from Roenne, Bornholm. He had a very interesting childhood, in that his family traveled to Denmark every other summer during his youth. In 1960-61 they lived there for an entire year, as his father was a Fulbright scholar, and taught American history in high schools in Noerresundby, Esbjerg, Kolding and Silkeborg. They lived in these 4 places for 3 months each. My husband was 12-13 years old at the time and went to the local schools. Talk about Danish immersion !! He learned Danish very quickly. He made many lifelong friends that he/we are still in contact with.

    He already had an interest in trains (at the age of 3 “Tootles the Train” was his favorite book), so the jernbane experience of Denmark was fascinating to him, as Denmark still ran steam engines at this time. He loved all the damploks and the vintage wooden railcars than still ran on small private railroads all over the country. He still has a great interest in Dansk jernbane material. He collected all kinds of Danish train memorabilia over the years.

    Fast forward to the present day. We were married in 1989 and spent 5 weeks in Denmark for our honeymoon. I got quite the tour of all the places and people that he knew in his beloved Denmark. Over the 31 years of our marriage we have made 10 trips to DK, usually for 3 weeks each. We mostly stay with friends, who are located all over the country. I can say that I feel very comfortable in Denmark, having learned quite a bit of the unique Danish culture and attempting to speak as much Danish as I am able. We appreciate the views and perspectives of all our Danish friends. (They come visit us in California, too :))

    We always go to Bornholm, which we absolutely love. We stay with friends in Oestermarie, and visit our favorite places: Gudhjem, the Aarsdale Moelle, Hammershus Slot ruin, the 4 rundkirke and just enjoy the view of the yellow sennup fields against the blue of the Baltic Sea. My husband still has a few cousins living in Denmark. We miss his late great auntie Lilly, who lived to the age of 104 in Aakirkeby.

    Two places we find very interesting: 1) the trolley museum at Skjoldenaesholm in north Sjealland; and 2) the annual Graested Veteran Traef (also north Sjaelland) held in May on Pinsen weekend. Your boys would love both !!

    I love Denmark: from the tip of the Ska in Jylland to the sandy beach at Dueodde on Bornholm :))

    • Kelly

      May 25, 2020 at 2:20 pm Reply

      Wow! That sounds like you have lots of experience! I also came to Denmark for many years for a month at a time with my husband when we were dating and before we decided to move. I have to say that living here is nothing like what I thought it would be! It is very different from the carefree travel life to the hustle and bustle of day-to-day. I appreciate your ideas and thanks for reading!

      • Mary

        December 17, 2020 at 12:34 am Reply

        Hi Kelly,

        I am an American expat living in the U.K. for the past 8 years. I could have written word for word each of your posts on transitioning to a new country!! I’m still struggling to feel like this is “home” or that I fit. Now we will soon be moving to Denmark. Your perspective and insight have been eye opening and it’s nice to know that it’s not just me. Transitioning is hard especially when you leave strong bonds and connections behind.

        Thank you for sharing your experiences!!

        • Kelly

          December 17, 2020 at 8:45 am Reply

          I’m glad that I could help, Mary. Feel free to send me an email if there are things you think would be helpful for me to write about or to post on in a video on my YouTube channel. I am sure you have many questions that I haven’t answered, and I would love to give more info! I hope you have a smooth move! 🙂 -Kelly

  • Lars Holger Sørensen

    April 26, 2020 at 6:05 pm Reply

    Today I saw your You Tube video about Living in Denmark when shut Down by Covid 19.

    This gave me an idea:

    You should read this book about Living in Denmark:

    The Year of Living Danishly – My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country.

    Written by a British woman, Helen Russell.

    The book from: Turbine

    • Kelly

      April 27, 2020 at 5:53 am Reply

      Thanks for the suggestion, but I have already read that book actually. When I moved to Denmark in 2016, I didn’t have a lot of help with settling in and integrating, so I read that book within the first few months. It really gave me something to think about, even though my experiences living in Denmark have been different. There is no one-size-fits-all experience when it comes to being a foreigner in Denmark. Thanks for watching.

  • Palle Pedersen

    November 1, 2019 at 9:05 pm Reply

    Hi Kelly,
    I just found your blog today and like your contents, topics and straight forward manner of covering subjects. I am a Danish expat (30 years in the UK) and seem to have many of the same culture shock experiences as other people when returning to Denmark shortly, except for the visa and legal ones. I have sent you an email with some suggestions and would be happy to help other people too as I will be spending a fair amount of time in the expat, entrepreneurship and innovation communities, when I move back there over the next few months.

  • Arunima

    August 23, 2019 at 2:54 pm Reply

    I really want to connect with you either on facebook or whats app. Its really helpful. I have similar culture shocks like you. I am an indian married to a dane. W e will be in alborg soon. I am also currently in denmatk on procedural stay. I am have applied for family reunification.

  • Traci

    August 18, 2019 at 6:30 pm Reply

    Hi! I’m an American mom of two boys and thankfully found your You Tube video and blog! We’re moving to Copenhagen in February/March 2020 for my husband’s job and all of the information you have shared has been extremely helpful! Is there any easy way for me to reach out to you with questions? I’ve already been taking notes on several of your postings so far, and welcome the opportunity to tap into your expertise as my husband and I make our plans for ourselves and our family. Thank you again! Your insight is greatly appreciated!

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