Living in Denmark

In Denmark the working day runs largely in English, so the barrier that greets newcomers in much of the region barely registers. Pay is high and tax takes a real share of it, but what remains still outpaces the cost of an ordinary life, and the part that goes to the state buys back a great deal. Tech, engineering, and healthcare are among the fields most willing to take on someone without a local history.

Denmark is firmly a destination country, home to about 833.7K foreign-born residents, roughly 14% of the population. That immigrant community has grown 39% over the past decade, and its origins are notably spread out — Poland (49.8K), Germany, and Ukraine sit close together, with no single country dominating. Its own diaspora of 124.7K is small by comparison and concentrated in neighboring Sweden.