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Moving from the US to the EU soon... Any advice? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by frank@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi all!

We're very excited to move to Denmark soon as lifelong Americans. I have a good job lined up, and we're set on a place to live for a while.

Any advice from people who have done it, looked it up, had friends who have done it, etc? Just in general :)

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[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Time to learn a new language, unless you're moving to Ireland or Malta I guess. Tons of people come to Germany and are shocked when not everyone speaks English.

Anyway, I think you'll get better answers if you specify a country. The EU is quite diverse, so I don't think there's a ton of advice that'll be true everywhere in the EU.

[–] darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Malta

Maltese is an awesome language!

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

So is Irish, but the point was that English is an official and widely spoken language in both countries.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tons of people come to Germany and are shocked when not everyone speaks English.

It's funny, I more often seem to read so many stories of people saying "Finally, I can practice my German with someone!"

And the German is like "I speak English it's okay." Lol

[–] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it's exactly those stories that give people a false impression when they come here. It's not that they are false, most of the time you'll certainly find people who can speak decent English. A tourist probably won't need any German, but when it comes to living here long-term, dealing with bureaucracy, finding a job or making friends, knowing German is pretty essential.

[–] Lennny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Most people saying that also are either tourists, or live near a military base, where a lot of the German population know how to speak English. Knowing danke, bitte, and entshuldigung does quite a lot. Wer ist döner is the most essential phrase in German though. Unsure about danish. Probably similar sounding but slightly more English since the closest language to Denmark for quite some time was Anglish.